[amsat-bb] ARISS Contact looking for ears

2012-09-15 Thread John Belstner
We will be operating an ARISS contact for the students at Sunset Hills Elementary School this coming Thursday around 10:24 AM local. http://ariss.rac.ca/upcoming.htm#Sunset_Hills_Elementary,_San_Diego,_California,_USA Unfortunately we have some challenging terrain surrounding the school that ma

[amsat-bb] Re: 2012 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Election Results

2012-09-15 Thread Stefan Wagener
700 ballots and how many eligible voting members? Stefan, VE4NSA On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Alan P. Biddle wrote: > As a result of the 2012 board of directors election, Tom Clark, K3IO, Lou > McFadin, W5DID, and Gould Smith, WA4SXM, will serve on the board for two > years. The first alter

[amsat-bb] ANS-260 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

2012-09-15 Thread Lee McLamb
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-260 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 communic

[amsat-bb] Re: Antenna Polarization Question

2012-09-15 Thread i8cvs
- Original Message - From: "Thomas Doyle" To: "i8cvs" Cc: "Amsat - BBs" Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 10:34 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Antenna Polarization Question > Domenico, > > Thanks for the reply. I am slowly building my sat station back to what > it was back in the day whe

[amsat-bb] 2012 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Election Results

2012-09-15 Thread Alan P. Biddle
As a result of the 2012 board of directors election, Tom Clark, K3IO, Lou McFadin, W5DID, and Gould Smith, WA4SXM, will serve on the board for two years. The first alternate is Mark Hammond, N8MH and the second alternate is Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK. The final results of the voting with 700 ballots

[amsat-bb] Re: Antenna Polarization Question

2012-09-15 Thread Thomas Doyle
Domenico, Thanks for the reply. I am slowly building my sat station back to what it was back in the day when I had a pair of KLM antennas with polarization switching. I have recently added a switchable polarization 70 cm antenna to my current station and am amazed at how often during an FO-29 pass

[amsat-bb] Re: Antenna Polarization Question

2012-09-15 Thread i8cvs
- Original Message - From: "Thomas Doyle" To: Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 8:47 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Antenna Polarization Question > I was listening to a couple of guys on FO-29 having a nice chat about > satellite antenna polarization. They were trying to figure out what > type

[amsat-bb] Re: Antenna Polarization Question

2012-09-15 Thread Jim Jerzycke
I run linear polarization, and just live with the fades. Saves a lot of complexity and headaches! 73, Jim KQ6EA On 09/15/2012 06:47 PM, Thomas Doyle wrote: I was listening to a couple of guys on FO-29 having a nice chat about satellite antenna polarization. They were trying to figure out what

[amsat-bb] Antenna Polarization Question

2012-09-15 Thread Thomas Doyle
I was listening to a couple of guys on FO-29 having a nice chat about satellite antenna polarization. They were trying to figure out what type of polarization FO-29 used. They looked at the picture of FO-29 on the AMSAT web site and decided that it was not circular. Someone told me that it was circ

[amsat-bb] Videos of AMSAT-UK Colloquium Presentations Available

2012-09-15 Thread Trevor .
You can view the presentations given to the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium 2012 on Saturday, September 15 by following these steps: - Go to http://www.batc.tv/ - Click on "Film Archive" - Select "AMSAT 2012" in Category box and click on Select Category - Select a presentation in Stream b

[amsat-bb] Satellite Presentation

2012-09-15 Thread Hector, CO6CBF
Hello all! On Sunday September 16th, I will be in a Satellite presentation for my Radio Club on behalf of the Satellite Cuban Group (GROS). The place selected is the Cienfuegos` sea walk. I hope to operate on the SO-50 and AO-27 passes from 17:50z to 19:30z. I will operate as CO9FAA using t

[amsat-bb] Office Closed

2012-09-15 Thread Martha
The AMSAT office will be closed on Monday, September 17th. Will reopen on Tuesday. -- 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 amateur satellite program! Sub

[amsat-bb] Re: streaming

2012-09-15 Thread Alan P. Biddle
Morning, They are live streaming. Some great presentations! http://www.batc.tv/ch_live.php Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Trevor . Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 6:42 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject