[amsat-bb] Re: W2NSD silent key

2013-09-15 Thread Bruce
sorry to hear. i still remember back in about 1972 getting an issue of byte and seeing the imsai 8080 computer. i bought one and built it (a whopping 4 memory boards with 4 rows of 1k on each board... 16k memory...), still have it. i also have the first 2 years of byte magazine missing about the

[amsat-bb] Re: W2NSD silent key

2013-09-15 Thread Pat McGrath
A great man -Original Message- From: R Oler [mailto:orbit...@hotmail.com] Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 9:22 AM To: Amsat BB Subject: [amsat-bb] W2NSD silent key he lived a full and solid life, but his absence will be feltfor those who loved satellites during what is probably th

[amsat-bb] Bike Frame Polar Tracker

2013-09-15 Thread Mike Hoblinski
I saw this on the instructables site. http://www.instructables.com/id/Bicycle-Frame-Polar-Tracker/ Thought it was an interesting idea for maybe tracking the sun. But maybe the more mechanically inclined might be able to build on the idea and modify it a bit more for hamsat use. I have seen a lot o

[amsat-bb] Re: W2NSD , silent key, had a full, solid life and then some !

2013-09-15 Thread James R. La Frieda
On 9/15/2013 9:21 AM, R Oler wrote: he lived a full and solid life, but his absence will be feltfor those who loved satellites during what is probably the golden era of hamsats. Wayne was a friend, as he was to so many pioneering technologies. Wayne Green. Fair skies. WB5MZO Sent from m

[amsat-bb] W2NSD silent key

2013-09-15 Thread R Oler
he lived a full and solid life, but his absence will be feltfor those who loved satellites during what is probably the golden era of hamsats. Wayne was a friend, as he was to so many pioneering technologies. Wayne Green. Fair skies. WB5MZO Sent from my iPad ___

[amsat-bb] Antares And Falcon 9 Launches Postponed

2013-09-15 Thread B J
Antares: http://www.parabolicarc.com/2013/09/14/antares-launch-delayed-24-hours-wednesday-morning/ http://www.americaspace.com/?p=42566 Falcon 9: http://www.parabolicarc.com/2013/09/15/week-delay-falcon-9-launch/ http://www.newspacejournal.com/2013/09/15/falcon-launch-slips-to-the-end-of-the-mon