Today when I updated KEPS they date changed in Standard but not in Groups
Diverse. AO 73 lives in my GROUPS DIVERSE. Why?
God Bless
Rich
W4BUE
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Rich,
What do you have selected as the Diverse Source File?
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
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Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 5:02 AM
To: Dave Webb KB1PVH; AMSAT -BB
Subject: [amsat-bb]
Alan,
I think he followed Erich's instructions the other day, which would pit it
in the tle-new source file.
Dave-KB1PVH
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Not an
As per instructions AO 73 was entered under Groups / Diverse. I am sure
that it updated before because it has a date of Dec 7 2013.
The Standard and ISS updated today Dec 10 13, but Diverse did not update.
That is all I can tell you
R
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From: Alan
Dave, Les,
The current Celestrak file TLE-NEW.TXT still has primarily yesterday's Keps,
including AO-73. No
doubt an update will be available soon. The various files from Celetrak are
not updated
simultaneously which explains why the others did.
For now, the SpaceTrack data is:
AO-73
1
The ARRL Centennial QSO Party is starting very soon (
http://www.arrl.org/centennial-qso-party )
I would encourage everyone who may be interested in activating your
state/territory/district on the satellites to contact the coordinator for
your state (
Purchased a M2 436CP30. Had a failure of the switching block in less than 5
years. White plastic cracked and allowed water to ingress to the switcher.
Customer service?? No return call.
Pics on request.
Norm n3ykf
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Might I ask what sort of preventative maintenance did you perform each year?
73 Kevin WA6FWF
On 12/10/2013 8:46 AM, Lizeth Norman wrote:
Purchased a M2 436CP30. Had a failure of the switching block in less than 5
years. White plastic cracked and allowed water to ingress to the switcher.
Can that block be treated with a non corrosive lacquer? Sun and weather
does a lot of damage.
Gulf Alpha is no longer producing their OSCAR antennas.
Rich
W4BUE
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From: WA6FWF wa6...@sbcglobal.net
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 1:01 PM
5 Years??? What's the warranty period?
Jeff Moore -- KE7ACY
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 8:46 AM, Lizeth Norman normanliz...@gmail.comwrote:
Purchased a M2 436CP30. Had a failure of the switching block in less than 5
years. White plastic cracked and allowed water to ingress to the
I'm neutral on this topic, but I was curious if the M2 Manual mentioned
anything about maintenance. Here are the instructions:
http://www.m2inc.com/pdf_manuals/436CP30.pdf
There is no mention of maintenance. Of course, it would be a good idea
to check things out regularly. But, depending on
Well I look my antennas over each year but they have always been
relatively easy to get at even when they were on a glen martin tower on
the roof, I could see every other year if it is a major undertaking but
based on his call he is in New York, to think you can put a antenna up
and ignore
Official result at:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-360
A four-minute video depicting the efforts of a few of the amateur radio
operators who participated in the event can be seen at:
http://youtu.be/_yqHy_MpNiQ
many thanks to JPL for the What if...
andy g0sfj
I am breaking with my normal practise of not posting to the amsat-bb:
I have a M2 436CP42 which is even larger than the 436CP30. I have
had it since about 1999 as it was used for AO-40 uplink. I wired
mine in RHCP without the optional polarity switching relay so I have
no direct experience
I am not a fan of COAX Seal, it tends to migrate into the connector.
In the Hampton Roads area, a NAVY town, we use the old NAVY way:
* Light application of high great Silicon
* Double sided electrical tape rap
* Electrical tape rap
* Spray lacquer over
* Nylon tie on each end
Great seal!
I am prepared to consider that this is an anomaly. Have a look here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/n3ykf/11312549334/
and feel free to browse the three pictures of the antenna.
Told the people at M squared and got nowhere. This is definitely an
engineering problem.
The issue with the front driven
I have a set of Gulf Alphas I bought and never put up for sale. As new.
73
Clayton
W5PFG
On Dec 10, 2013 1:30 PM, Rich/wa4bue richard.s...@verizon.net wrote:
Can that block be treated with a non corrosive lacquer? Sun and weather
does a lot of damage.
Gulf Alpha is no longer producing
I have the short pair. Holding up well. They are about 15 years old. Loved
them enough to buy other non-satellite yagis ( for satellite use nonetheless!)
Maybe it was bad batch of plastic?!
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
On Dec 10, 2013, at 1:54 PM, WA6FWF wa6...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Well I
Wish I had known before purchasing new antennas for the K4AMG club. From what
I could see they are of better construction.
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From: Clayton Coleman
To: Rich/wa4bue
Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb]
We are using satpc32iss with windows 7 and a Kenwood ts2000. With the C+
switch we can control the radio frequency with the up/down arrows but the
radio will not up date for Doppler correction. Anyone of the list have any
ideas?
Thanks
nick ARS K5QXJ EM30xa 30.1N 92.1W
Office
The first HI recorded in Brazil at 18:00 UTC,
many transmissions can be seen:
http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/hijuno.htm
And here some HI received by JUNO:
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/archive/PIA17744.mov
73 de Roland PY4ZBZ
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Received 3 FM CW 500 Hz tone beacons:
W5UL CAPE2 GN V5435 @19:30 UTC
W5UL CAPE2 GN V5337 @19:32 UTC
W5UL CAPE2 GN V5240 @19:34 UTC
Using object 2013-064C with perfect match
Orbit #316 10 dec 3013
73 de Roland PY4ZBZ
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Try changing step size to 0 in the CAT menu. Sometimes it is working but not
updating enough to see it easily.
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
On Dec 10, 2013, at 3:47 PM, Nick Pugh K5QXJ quadp...@bellsouth.net wrote:
We are using satpc32iss with windows 7 and a Kenwood ts2000. With the C+
switch
On 12/10/2013 1:22 PM, Edward R Cole wrote:
I am breaking with my normal practise of not posting to the amsat-bb:
I have a M2 436CP42 which is even larger than the 436CP30. I have had
it since about 1999 as it was used for AO-40 uplink. I wired mine in
RHCP without the optional polarity
From the pix, I'd say the UV made the plastic brittle and vibration
from the wind over the elements finally made the cracks. - Bob K8BL
From: Lizeth Norman normanliz...@gmail.com
To:
Cc: lt,amsat-bb@amsat.orggt, amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 10,
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 02:21:50PM -0500, Rich/wa4bue wrote:
I am not a fan of COAX Seal, it tends to migrate into the connector.
In the Hampton Roads area, a NAVY town, we use the old NAVY way:
* Light application of high great Silicon
* Double sided electrical tape rap
* Electrical tape
All,
Actually, the M2 antennas don't need weatherproofing. The polarity
switching cable/ transformers and baluns are made of RG-6 gel filled with
commercial compression connectors. This stuff should be bulletproof.
The polarity switch and front driven element are sealed. There is no way
(and no
When I lived in Hampton Roads (and was in the Nav) I eventually came on
to the following algorithm:
2 layers of good electrical tape
2 layers of coax seal
2 more layers of good electrical tape, each overlapping the under layer.
When I retired from the Navy and took the antennas down,
Or, you can use the really cheap black plastic tape for weatherproofing. That
is, the no name, UL approved, tape that is sold by places like Harbor
Freight.
Such tape was provided by Decibel Products, and other commercial two-way
antenna manufacturers, for decades to weatherproof coaxial
Also called 'raincoat tape'http://www.hamcq.com/raincoat-tape/
Best stuff since your old healthcare plan !
73, Ted
K7TRK
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From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of WILLIAMS MICHAEL
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 4:54 PM
To:
What I use,
One layer of Scotch 88 over the connectors (to be able to remove the sticky
tape for maintenance or antenna change), then one layer of the sticky tape
(self sealing mastic tape) found in Andrew's Hardline connector kit, and
multiple layers over the sticky tape then, carefully cut the
The damage shown in the photos is simply the plastic (my guess is it is
Delrin) breaking down from UV exposure. Back in the 80's I built my own
circular polarized antennas for 70cm and 2M for AO-13. Having a lathe I
made some parts from white Delrin (a nylon like material). After about
ten
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