[amsat-bb] ARI Amateur Radio Satellite Meeting Report

2011-10-05 Thread Trevor .
The 8th Italian Amateur Radio Association (ARI) satellite meeting was held at the Joseph Hotel in Marina di Pietrasanta (Lu) on September 18, 2011. An English language PDF report of the meeting along with pictures of the event can be downloaded from:

[amsat-bb] Re: Gpredict

2011-10-05 Thread Michael Schulz
On Tue, 2011-10-04 at 22:36 -0700, Greg D. wrote: Easy to install? Yes. I use it on my Linux system, and it just works. Or in other words, it doesn't get in your way while operating. It doesn't override adjustments you make to the frequency on the radio unlike for example HRD. 73 Mike

[amsat-bb] Oscar 16 How to use

2011-10-05 Thread mm0kjg
Hello all. Can some please expalin how to use Oscar 16 Pacsat. Is it still working. my uplink is 145.900 Fm and 437.051 Usb downlink. I read somewhere that its double sideband?. If so can i receive Dsb on my Ic910 . Thanks Kev De Mm0kjg ___

[amsat-bb] Re: Oscar 16 How to use

2011-10-05 Thread Stephen E. Belter
Kev, AO-16 is not currently working. There is a problem with the watchdog timer in the satellite. While a ground station (usually Mark, N8MH) can command the satellite into the FM/USB repeater or bent-pipe mode, the watchdog resets the satellite within 30 seconds. It was working for a period

[amsat-bb] Re: EL18 on Sunday Monday

2011-10-05 Thread K5OE
I logged a total of 34 contacts (some dupes and can't read my writing on one K3, but I'll check John's recording later) from EL18. If you need a QSL card for this grid, please just send me an email and I'll drop you one in the mail: k5oe at amsat dot org 73, Jerry, K5OE

[amsat-bb] 46th Annual Melbourne, FL Hamfest

2011-10-05 Thread n4csitwo
Attention all, This coming weekend, the Platinum Coast Amateur Radio Club Society (PCARS) will hold the 46th Annual Melbourne Hamfest in Melbourne, Florida. For details, I invite you to visit www.pcars.org. This, in my opinion, is one of the best hamfests held in the southeast. AMSAT will be

[amsat-bb] Re: ARI Amateur Radio Satellite Meeting Report

2011-10-05 Thread n0jy
Thank you for sharing that, Trevor! 73, Jerry N0JY The 8th Italian Amateur Radio Association (ARI) satellite meeting was held at the Joseph Hotel in Marina di Pietrasanta (Lu) on September 18, 2011. An English language PDF report of the meeting along with pictures of the event can be

[amsat-bb] CO6CBF/p FL02

2011-10-05 Thread Hector Luis Martinez Sis
Hello Guys � � Tonight, I will go to Villa Clara in FL02, but I must come back tomorrow early morning, because of; I should work here in Cienfuegos, EL92. � � �I will carry my portable setup and I will try to be on the very early morning passes of SO-50 and maybe on AO-51. � �

[amsat-bb] Fwd: time for a bit of humor

2011-10-05 Thread wa4hfn
- Forwarded Message - From: Richard Smith mbrs2...@att.net To: AJ4AT aj...@comcast.net, Damon Runion wa4...@comcast.net, Pat Lane w4...@bellsouth.net, Dorothy Corcelius dc62...@verizon.net, Shawn Carter cartershaw...@hotmail.com Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 2:11:15 PM The

[amsat-bb] Re: Fwd: time for a bit of humor

2011-10-05 Thread Ng, Peter
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[amsat-bb] ISS Keps

2011-10-05 Thread Kevin Deane
So here we are again, Amsat shows the ISS in the right spot but the keps it gives out for automatic updates are around 6 minutes off again. I know about the boosting and why they are off, just dont ubderstand WHY they are good on the online tracker and not anything else? Kevin KF7MYK

[amsat-bb] Univ. of Pittsburgh satellite demo

2011-10-05 Thread Helmuth Kump
I will be visiting the Panther Amateur Radio Club at Pitt this Friday afternoon and evening, signing KT3L portable in FN00. Please say hello to the hams at Pitt, we'll be on AO-51 at 2131, and later on, AO-7 at 0005. 73 Doc, KT3L ___ Sent via

[amsat-bb] Re: ISS Keps

2011-10-05 Thread Mark L. Hammond
I'm only guessing--but---I bet that online tracker is using keps updated daily (from Celestrak or SpaceTrack), while the posted keps for downloading are only posted once a week or so. Mark N8MH On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Kevin Deane summit...@live.com wrote: So here we are again, Amsat

[amsat-bb] Re: ISS Keps

2011-10-05 Thread Alan P. Biddle
Kevin, The NASA.ALL Keps are issued and updated weekly, normally Friday, as they have been for literally decades. The on line tracker widget gets Keps directly, and so will be as up to date as Celestrak and Space Track. Two different systems, and purposes, which is why there is a difference.

[amsat-bb] Winners of Space App Competition announced

2011-10-05 Thread Trevor .
The AMSAT-UK FUNcube team are among the winners in a competition to fly an Android App on the amateur radio Smartphone satellite STRaND-1 due for launch next year. Details at http://www.uk.amsat.org/2011/10/05/winners-of-space-app-competition-announced/ 73 Trevor M5AKA

[amsat-bb] Uni_trac 2003 Hardware

2011-10-05 Thread Al Ozias
I am looking for the Uni_Trac 2003 hardware (serial port input, metal box). If you know where I may find one at a resonable cost please contact me diectly via email. Al - N7EQF ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the

[amsat-bb] Re: Gpredict

2011-10-05 Thread Greg D.
Hi Mike, I don't use it to control my radios, as I have a custom set of interfaces. I use predict (the text-based one) as the IP server for a homebrew CAT driver, and I modified the predict source so that it output the proper strings for Az/El control. Gpredict supports all the pass