[amsat-bb] Professorship Available

2012-02-06 Thread Bob Bruninga
The Naval Academy is advertising a tenure track position for PHD professor with strong EE background in the Aerospace Dept. IE, help build small satellites... And they do mean build not theorize about it... http://www.usna.edu/JobInfo/ Bob, WB4APR

[amsat-bb] Office Closed

2012-02-06 Thread Martha
Due to a transformer failure, the office is closed. All power to the office will be shut off in 20 minutes! -- 73- Martha ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the

[amsat-bb] Re: SSB Birds fm Hawaii

2012-02-06 Thread Bob- W7LRD
Hello Robert You would be in demand on AO-7.  AO-7 is really not difficult though can be tricky.  Keep in mind AO-7 switches between A B modes every 24 hours at around 2340Z, I think.   Also our JA friends can not transmit on 432mhz.  However they are on mode A.  I have tried many times to

[amsat-bb] Re: SSB Birds fm Hawaii

2012-02-06 Thread Bob- W7LRD
Robert-here is another good resource http://aar29.free.fr/sat/index.html 73 Bob W7LRD   - Original Message - From: Bob- W7LRD w7...@comcast.net To: Robert Smith duken...@pixi.com Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, February 6, 2012 10:14:02 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SSB

[amsat-bb] Re: SSB Birds fm Hawaii

2012-02-06 Thread Bob Bruninga
Robert, Remember also, we are looking for someone with AMSAT and AX.25 packet experience in Hawaii for out upcoming Arctic Buoy deployment next month. A Hawaii ground station is required to activate PCSAT-1 on an ascending pass to configure it so that it can hear the Buoy. We want someone

[amsat-bb] Receive Pre-Amps for 70cm

2012-02-06 Thread PETER SIMONSEN
I recently purchased an M2 Satellite Eggbeater antenna kit with the intention of working satellites from my shack. I think this antenna will work best with a pre-amp for the 70cm band that perhaps I can put in my attic close to the antennas. Who makes a good pre-amp for this situation to

[amsat-bb] Re: Receive Pre-Amps for 70cm

2012-02-06 Thread normn3ykf
Peter, Assuming full duplex and no rf switching requirement (aka recieve only) my particular choice is DEMI's series of preamps. Cost $75 built and tested. If you're like me and don't mind a little solder smoke, and have access to test equipment for alignment, the kit is available for 45$. 73

[amsat-bb] Re: Receive Pre-Amps for 70cm

2012-02-06 Thread Alan P. Biddle
Peter, A 70 cm preamp is always useful! There are a lot of them out there, but my experience is that ARR and SSB Electronics make the best. Definitely not the cheapest, though. http://advancedreceiver.com/page2.html http://www.ssbusa.com/gaasfet.html Be certain to get one which is RF

[amsat-bb] Kenwood TM251 memory battery replacement

2012-02-06 Thread John Geiger
I have a Kenwood TM251A FM radio I use on the FM satellites, and the memory battery is going to need to be replaced. I figure sending it to Kenwood for replacement is going to cost more than the radio is worth. The only thing the manual says about it is to send it to Kenwood for replacement.

[amsat-bb] NASA Seeks Proposals for Small Satellite Demonstrations

2012-02-06 Thread Trevor .
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[amsat-bb] Re: Kenwood TM251 memory battery replacement

2012-02-06 Thread Ted
John, suggest you e-mail Leo at Kenwood West kcc-amat...@kenwoodusa.com ask if it is a 'drop in' or solder job (it is likely behind the front panel and soldered.) Leo is very helpful and will give you the straight poop GL, Ted K7TRK -Original Message- From:

[amsat-bb] Re: Kenwood TM251 memory battery replacement

2012-02-06 Thread Dave Webb KB1PVH
John, Try looking at this. http://www.eham.net/articles/26901 Dave - KB1PVH Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID X ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur

[amsat-bb] Re: Chibis-M?

2012-02-06 Thread Simon Pack
Hi, I still receive Chibis-M (RS-39) on 435.315 in the late evenings. However, it isn't downlinking in morse code anymore. It sounds like it is downlinking data in a BPSK format, which I've not tried decoding. Another point to note is that it doesn't start downlinking until a long time into