No, they do not close DVNP after Easter. It is open all year around. There
are a couple of camp grounds closed after mid April that is only due to
the lower attendance. I was there last year well after Easter and walked
from Furnace Creek to Stovepipe with about 70 other fools for the Death
Valley
Hi John, W0JAB
I also missed AO40 in my opinion it was the best satellite ever
made by AMSAT
Pulling for P3E !
73" de
i8CVS Domenico
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From: "John Becker"
To:
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 12:41 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FO 29 help
> 2 real good points.
> I for o
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I would thank everyone who commented on my question about the diplexer. The
discussion opened up some new thoughts where, had I not read about duplexers
I may have been kicking myself in the rear. Hopefully if weather holds I
will have everything going ! Thanks again to everyone and I hope to eyeba
Thanks to all that offered advice...
I just copied the last pass here on the west side (a 20 degree max for me)
and started the rx at 435.895 and eventually with some manual tuning, heard
WB0KFC and a K6 station chatting. I did not get in as I was scrambling about
tuning ! So, it looks like I will
2 real good points.
I for one DON'T see what the big deal is about the FM birds
other then being very easy.
Every time I listen it's like a free for all.
Sure do miss AO-40
John, W0JAB
AMSAT life member
At 04:44 PM 4/23/2011, you wrote:
>At 06:37 AM 4/24/2011, Kevin Deane wrote:
>
>
>> Or he
Thank you for your responeses, I finalley get a good answer other than just
"Stay off the linear birds" I knew some of you would get your panties all in a
bunch, take a chill pill!
So it makes sense, thanks for taking the time to explain...
Kevin
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On Sat, 2011-04-23 at 13:37 -0700, Kevin Deane wrote:
> I may be wrong in my opinion, but I dont see why we cant use FM other
> than to keep usage down? I hope everyone dosent freak out, as this
> seems to be "Taboo"
It would be technically okay if the linear sats were still healthy with
nice new
At 06:37 AM 4/24/2011, Kevin Deane wrote:
> Or he could just use FM since hardly anyone uses the SSB birds
> compared to the other sats.
>
>Although I am sure there are a million reasons not to use FM. even
>though it works just fine on the SSB birds. The feedback I got from
>the FO-29 Contro
At 04:42 AM 4/24/2011, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
>On Sat, 2011-04-23 at 10:42 -0500, Gregg Wonderly wrote:
> > In the end, digital compression of spectrum space is going to
> happen more and
> > more. AM style broadcast is hugely inefficient even though it is
> painfully
>
>Okay, but *why*? Why a
At 01:42 AM 4/24/2011, Gregg Wonderly wrote:
>In the end, digital compression of spectrum space is going to happen more and
>more. AM style broadcast is hugely inefficient even though it is painfully
>simple to do. I don't really believe that D-Star is the right choice for
>"everything" because i
There are some very good reasons to NEVER use FM on a linear
transponder, especially FO-29 and AO-7.
Since FM is running a constant carrier, it sucks all the available power
away from other users on the transponder, and makes the transponder run
a full-carrier on the output.
This is VERY hard
That's a weird one...let us know when u find it!!
>Totally clear and full quiet no distortion
>
>
>--
>From: Dave Guimont [mailto:dguim...@san.rr.com]
>Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 1:48 PM
>To: Ted
>Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org
>Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FO 29 help
>
>
>
>
>I am clearly able to
>
>
>
>I am clearly able to track the bird with doppler as I can hear the CW beacon
>through the entire pass (switching back and forth). I can also TX into the
>bird and hear my signal coming back duplex. However, what is coming back is
>my voice signal but totally unintelligible. Also, I have hea
Thanks Bill. Yes, a single feed line goes to a Diamond duplexer then 2 lines
to the radio (meter and preamp in line)
I will adjust the freqs next time
73, Ted
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Bill Dzurilla
Sent: Saturday
Or he could just use FM since hardly anyone uses the SSB birds compared to the
other sats.
Although I am sure there are a million reasons not to use FM. even though it
works just fine on the SSB birds. The feedback I got from the FO-29 Control
Team was that SSB was pretty much "the rule" o
It sounds like you when you are hearing your distorted voice it is some
cross-mod from your own radio rather than a downlink signal from the bird. I
assume you are using a diplexer to split the coax from the Elk to 2m and 70cm,
and then running coax to each output on the TS-2000? The diplexer
Ted,
It sounds like you are hearing a "reflection" of your signal, not the downlink
from FO-29. This is a common malady associated with 3rd harmonic interference
on mode J (V/U) satellites. Try this on a pass that will reach at least 30
degrees above the horizon:
1. Turn HRD control of your
On Sat, 2011-04-23 at 10:42 -0500, Gregg Wonderly wrote:
> In the end, digital compression of spectrum space is going to happen more and
> more. AM style broadcast is hugely inefficient even though it is painfully
Okay, but *why*? Why are we so obsessed with squeezing bandwidth down
and down,
Good morning,
Since putting up the Elk on a rotor (fixed el +- 25 deg), I decided to try
some linear birds.
I have tried FO 29 about 3x but seem to have some issues. I am using TS-2000
in SAT mode with HRD Sat program.
Up: 145.9 LSB
Dn: 435.8 USB
I am clearly able to track the bird with dopple
Thanks; I found it. Turns out if the screen is maximized the status bar
rolls off the page. I thought I was losing my mind.
On 4/23/2011 7:18 AM, John Wright wrote:
>
> At 23:59 22/04/2011, you wrote:
>> I have just reinstalled LOGSAT and Y2k upgrade after a hiatus. If I
>> recall, the program wo
In the end, digital compression of spectrum space is going to happen more and
more. AM style broadcast is hugely inefficient even though it is painfully
simple to do. I don't really believe that D-Star is the right choice for
"everything" because it is single source. But, so is Microsoft wind
Big thumbs down, as the full duplex desenses very badly. Nice radio otherwise,
but stinks for satellite. I bought one of the first hundred, and have kept up
with the firmware updates.
73, Drew KO4MA
-Original Message-
>From: Bill Acito
>Sent: Apr 23, 2011 9:27 AM
>To: "AMSAT-BB@amsat.
Anyone using (first hand) one of these for FM LEO's? I have read that the
sub-band
(when running full duplex) may not be as sensitive? How well does it work?
Bill W1PA
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On Fri, 2011-04-22 at 21:19 -0400, Robert Collester Jr wrote:
> Echolink Users,
>
> I have Echolink but my 2-meter hand-held has no connectivity. Is there
> someone who will allow me to conference with them on Thursday nights, just
> before the start of the net?
>
> Bob Collester -- DaddyBob
> K
On Sat, 2011-04-23 at 20:00 +1000, Tony Langdon wrote:
> At 07:33 PM 4/23/2011, you wrote:
>
> >The chips are "readily available" at a few hundred dollars apiece, and
> >if you attempt to implement your own AMBE codec then you're going to
> >have DVSI's lawyers jumping on you.
>
> More like $20 a
Echolink Users,
I have Echolink but my 2-meter hand-held has no connectivity. Is there
someone who will allow me to conference with them on Thursday nights, just
before the start of the net?
Bob Collester -- DaddyBob
KJ4HUH
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Rg 174 will work
nick
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Graham Shirville
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 6:41 AM
To: CubeSat @ CubeSat.org; AMSAT BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] advice request for FUNcube
hi All,
A simple questio
At 07:33 PM 4/23/2011, you wrote:
>The chips are "readily available" at a few hundred dollars apiece, and
>if you attempt to implement your own AMBE codec then you're going to
>have DVSI's lawyers jumping on you.
More like $20 apiece in small (possible 1 off) quantities.
>Proprietary software h
On Sat, 2011-04-23 at 07:58 +1000, Tony Langdon wrote:
> some have). The purpose of the audio coding is compression. While
> the algorithm is protected by patents, and the only economic way to
> license it is to buy a chip from DVSI, they are readily available, as
> is the documentation.
Th
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