[amsat-bb] Celestrack site not up?

2012-04-11 Thread Greg Dolkas
Anybody know if the Keps site has moved, or is simply (and temporarily) down? Gpredict isn't updating it's keps, and I figured out that www.celestrak.com isn't responding to a ping. Greg KO6TH ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are

[amsat-bb] Re: temp qrt

2012-04-11 Thread i8cvs
Hi Bob, W7LRD You don't need to rebuild your antennas but you need a HEO satellite ! 73 de i8CVS Domenico - Original Message - From: Bob- W7LRD w7...@comcast.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 2:27 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] temp qrt to all my friends on the

[amsat-bb] Re: Celestrack site not up?

2012-04-11 Thread Alan P. Biddle
Greg, Working fine, both direct and using SATPC32, this morning. Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Greg Dolkas Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 12:47 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org BB Subject: [amsat-bb]

[amsat-bb] W1AW 4-10

2012-04-11 Thread Mark Spencer
Thanks to all for your patience. I had a heck of a time hearing the bird.there are some serious downlink issues at the station that need to be address. Having said that, there were a number of successful contacts. If you'd like a QSL for the contact, send me the specifics direct (e-mail below)

[amsat-bb] Re: Dee Interdonato

2012-04-11 Thread Mark L. Hammond
What horribly sad news. Dee certainly was a man who responded with I'll be there. This is increasing rare in our busy world. Dayton won't be the same this year.I'll miss him indeed. 73 to our SK friend. Prayers to Ginny and the family. Mark N8MH On Apr 9, 2012 4:07 PM, Martha

[amsat-bb] Fwd: Freefest Ham Radio broadcast this weekend

2012-04-11 Thread wa4hfn
- Forwarded Message - From: Tom wa5...@gmail.com To: Tom wa5...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 9:59:40 PM Subject: Freefest Ham Radio broadcast this weekend Hamfest this weekend live world wide broadcast plus prizes for our viewers (Saturday April 14 from 1400 UTC until

[amsat-bb] North Corea satellite launch

2012-04-11 Thread Luc Leblanc
Kwangmyongsong-3 rocket launch news http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/03/20/itu-confirms-dprk-satellite-launch-plans/ - Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE HTTP://www.qsl.net/ve2dwe DSTAR urcall VE2DWE WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE ___ Sent via

[amsat-bb] Re: North Corea satellite launch

2012-04-11 Thread Martyn Williams
Hi Luc, What we know about the payload: Data in UHF band Video in X band and AP at the weekend reported the satellite will also play North Korean revolutionary music. A subsequent MSNBC report said reception details would be provided at the time of the launch, although I don't hold out hope for

[amsat-bb] Re: Celestrack site not up?

2012-04-11 Thread H. Vordenbaum
Maybe there is a problem. The last keps from ARRL and ORB were defective with some missing names and line feeds. K5HV -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Greg Dolkas Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 0:47 AM To:

[amsat-bb] Re: array rebuild

2012-04-11 Thread David Palmer KB5WIA
Hi Bob, See my web page at http://kb5wia.blogspot.com for details on a complete teardown and rebuild of a G5500 azimuth rotator; the G5400 azimuth will be similar but won't have the limit switches. There's also a link in there for two websites that have info on rebuilds of the elevation rotator

[amsat-bb] Busy weekend for Cuba's satellite group

2012-04-11 Thread Raidel Abreu Espinet
Hello all, This is going to be a busy weekend for Cuba's recently founded Grupo de Radioaficionados para Operaciones Satelitales (GROS). Three diferent activities had been schedule so far. * Friday night (20:30 EDT), Hector CO6CBF will be hosting a talk about amateur radio satellite on Pico

[amsat-bb] Typing error IARU foundation year is 1925

2012-04-11 Thread Raidel Abreu Espinet
Sorry, in previous e-mail the correct IARU foundation year is 1925 not 1961, it was a typing mistake... 73, Raydel Este mensaje ha sido enviado mediante el servicio de correo electronico que ofrece la Federacion de Radioaficionados de Cuba a sus miembros para respaldar el cumplimiento de los

[amsat-bb] Re: Question on your old Landwehr amps

2012-04-11 Thread Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL
At 09:47 PM 4/10/2012 -0400, mryan...@comcast.net wrote: Hello Vincent, I ran across an old posting of yours below. I have the same problem (cost me a lot of ladder work before I figured out that it was the 2M amp causing my desense or “hash”). Did you ever find a workaround that let you