Re: [amsat-bb] Message from INVADER

2014-07-24 Thread g0mrf
Err. Does that break your licence rules? Broadcasting / politics David -Original Message- From: Akihiro Kubota akihiro.kub...@nifty.com To: AMSAT amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 2:14 Subject: [amsat-bb] Message from INVADER Dear all, Hello, INVADER(CO-77) will

Re: [amsat-bb] Message from INVADER

2014-07-24 Thread akihiro kubota
Dear David-san, Hello, Thank you for your mail. We think the remote transmission of digi-talker message from small cubesat is purely one of the technical challenges for us. And we also think stop the war / world peace is a natural message as a citizen on the earth. But if many people in this

Re: [amsat-bb] going digital

2014-07-24 Thread Ross Whenmouth
Hi, For a digital bird with a 10 GHz downlink, would it make sense to use DVB-S for the downlink? If you did, I think that most specialised part of a ground station would be an appropriate LNB that will mix 10.0 to 10.5 GHz down to IF. Demodulation could then be performed with ordinary

Re: [amsat-bb] going digital

2014-07-24 Thread M5AKA
Ross, You may be wish to watch the presentation to given by Peter Guelzow DB2OS at 11:20 BST (1020 GMT) on Sunday, July 27. Peter will be talking about the equipment required to work the new amateur radio Geostationary 2.4 to 10 GHz payload which may be launched in 2016.  Es’HailSat-2

Re: [amsat-bb] Message from INVADER

2014-07-24 Thread Akihiro Kubota
Dear all, Hello, again. According to some personal comments to me, we are going to stop sending the following messages. War and peace are really political issues nowadays and they are not appropriate topics for amateur satellite. Thanks again for your supports on the operation of our

[amsat-bb] AMSAT Internet administrivia

2014-07-24 Thread Joe Fitzgerald
Our server and network vendor will be doing planned maintenance on ... July 27th, 2014, beginning at 2:00AM (EDT) ... [This] work will likely lead to momentary interruptions in service. The maintenance window, predicted to span from 2-4 hours, will ultimately improve network stability and restore

[amsat-bb] some videos from Hartford trip

2014-07-24 Thread Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Hi! After being home for a couple of days, I am starting to go through the hundreds of photos, some video clips, and audio recordings I accumulated from my trip to the ARRL Centennial Convention in Hartford (and post-convention road trip to Maine) last weekend. We have no videos or audio

[amsat-bb] SO-50 Recordings

2014-07-24 Thread TG9AJR Juan Munoz
Hello, I just made a few QSOs on a recent SO-50 from EK44 between 1749-1802z so while trying to handle the HT FT-60 in one hand and the Arrow antenna in the other hand I let my iPhone do the Voice Memos (Audio Recordings) for the callsings, grid logging purpose, but it turns out that it did

Re: [amsat-bb] SO-50 Recordings

2014-07-24 Thread Bill (W1PA)
Juan, I was on that pass but was unable to work you; I was hoping for N8RO (FN51) as well, but no joy. I recorded the entire pass and can send you the sound file. I need to download it from my recorder. Maybe on another pass?... :-) Bill W1PA

[amsat-bb] Space postage Stamps

2014-07-24 Thread Rich/wa4bue
Stamp collection has fizzled out. Currently downsizing and I am getting rid of most of my stamp collection. I have quite a few US Space un cancelled. Is anyone interested at face value plus shipping and postage. (Sheets and plate blocks) R W4BUE ___