[amsat-bb] CubeSats and TubeSats in March SatMagazine

2012-03-02 Thread Trevor .
See http://www.uk.amsat.org/5260 73 Trevor M5AKA ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings:

[amsat-bb] Re: G5500 Connector

2012-03-02 Thread Tom Lubbers K8TL
Several years ago, due to corroded pins, I contacted Yaesu for a replacement (the male side). I decided while at it I would get a spare female. The price they quoted before shipping was $100 Plus I hard wired it!! Used same fix for the on off switch on the control box! K8TL

[amsat-bb] Round the world APRS balloon

2012-03-02 Thread Bob Bruninga
An around the world balloon attempt will be made sometime next week. The payload is about the size of two 9v batteries (50 grams) and will be carried by 10 underinflated party balloons above 40,000 feet in the Jet Stream. The balloon will only have CW battery, Inside and Outside temp data. All

[amsat-bb] Re: G5500 Connector

2012-03-02 Thread Stefan Wagener
Try: Nanaboshi NJC-207-PF at http://rlham.com/cgi-bin/query.dbw?TYPE=CATINPUT=4000 or do a Google search Stefan, VE4NSA On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Tom Lubbers K8TL k...@earthlink.net wrote: Several years ago, due to corroded pins, I contacted Yaesu for a replacement (the male side).

[amsat-bb] March-3 manned glider, March-17 Balloon

2012-03-02 Thread Amsat Argentina
We are pleased to inform next Saturday March-3 2012 (if weather permits) from 12hs (GMT-3), Amsat-LU and friends will be flying from Zarate (Route 193, km 19 from Buenos Aires) an UV repeater including APRS + SSTV + CW + DTMF thru several flights aboard manned glider, as test for LUSEX (LU

[amsat-bb] Re: Re Cushcraft A430-11S

2012-03-02 Thread David Palmer KB5WIA
Hi Mike, 13.2 dBd sounds a little optimistic for a 4.7-foot UHF yagi. My older 9-foot Diamond A430-S15 yagi was rated at 12.7 dBd, and the 9-foot highly optimized M2 432-12EME antenna is rated at 14.3 dBd. I'd ballpark a 5-foot yagi at around 10 dBd or so myself ... maybe they misprinted dBi ad

[amsat-bb] Re: Round the world APRS balloon

2012-03-02 Thread George Henry
Question: since the balloon will be flying below 50 km, and therefore not operating as a space station, how are you handling the issue of a US amateur station transmitting in foreign jurisdictions? Reciprocal operating permits or licensure in all anticipated jurisdictions in the flight path,

[amsat-bb] Jarrah White - SpaceX Dragon Video

2012-03-02 Thread Trevor .
See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2t2iPUSx1c 73 Trevor M5AKA ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings:

[amsat-bb] LA4FPA Norway

2012-03-02 Thread Wyatt Dirks
LA4FPA will be qrv on the birds AO7 and FO29 looking to work stations in the US this weekend. I don't have specific details but if you see he is in the footprint listen around and see if you can't work him. 73 Wyatt AC0RA

[amsat-bb] MURSAT1 - An Austrian TubeSat

2012-03-02 Thread Trevor .
A presentation from two of team behind Austria's first TubeSat, see http://www.uk.amsat.org/5317 73 Trevor M5AKA ___ 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] Fun Balloon

2012-03-02 Thread Kevin Deane
Our club was thinking of doing a balloon, does anyone remeber the last couple clubs that did that? I am finding the most important part will be the parachute thinga ma jig...Not that we care about the package, just dont want to kill anybody... :) Kevin KF7MYK

[amsat-bb] Re: LA4FPA Norway

2012-03-02 Thread Bob- W7LRD
I'm way on the other side of his footprint.  The difficult we do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer. 73 Bob W7LRD CN87 - Original Message - From: Wyatt Dirks wyattdi...@msn.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, March 2, 2012 1:09:30 PM Subject: