[amsat-bb] HI satellite contact

2011-06-18 Thread Wyatt Dirks
I have been working toward getting worked all states over the satellites. Well i am down to only two states HI and AK. I am working with several people in AK to get that state on the worked list. Now i need some help with HI. Is anyone in HI on any of the satellites? I am in Iowa so it will

[amsat-bb] Re: Yaesu G5500 rotor problem

2011-06-18 Thread Bill
Thanks to all who replied. Got it fixed, just a bad wire. On Jun 18, 2011, at 3:53, i8cvs domenico.i8...@tin.it wrote: Hi Bill, NZ5N I hope you have the schematic diagram with you.The Azimuth meter M-1 has a terminal connected to the ground and the other one is connected to R3 and C-10 on

[amsat-bb] We Have a WINNER!

2011-06-18 Thread i8cvs
Hi All, We have a WINNER in the Who is this AMSAT-NA Gentleman ? contest! Photo at ... http://www.hamradio.selfip.com/i6ibe/oscar40/oscar40.htm The answers spanned across five email replies. 1) Mark L Hammond N8MH writes: It's Dr. Tom :) I don't know the dog... 2)W4ART Arthur Feller writes:

[amsat-bb] SoCal to East Texas

2011-06-18 Thread Eric Fort
A Technician class friend of mine and I would like to ragchew between His QTH in Lindale, TX (32.495164 N, 95.513233 W) and My QTH in Phelan, CA (34.436400 N, 117.468649 W) with the exception of oscar 0 is anything flying that would enable this on a frequency above 50MHZ? Thanks, Eric AF6EP

[amsat-bb] ANS-170 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

2011-06-18 Thread JoAnne Maenpaa
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-170 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and

[amsat-bb] Re: SoCal to East Texas

2011-06-18 Thread G0MRF
Any sat will make the distance, but you will not be able to 'Ragchew' on an FM satellite as you are sharing a limited resource.- Only one QSO at a time. Best approach for a chat is a linear transponder which will support several QSOs at once. Try FO-29 or AO-7 Even so, you will be