[amsat-bb] Re: WD9EWK's road trip - Wednesday (22 July) report
Hi Patrick and all! It was great to work 6 new grids over the past week, and I could've made a few more if passes would've been a bit more time friendly. :) In any case, I believe your trip was a huge success and many others will no doubtedly agree. It was nice to meet up with you, have lunch and chat for a bit on your final leg of the trip. Patrick, like I told you about Lake Mead, it is getting low, that's why I made the wisecrack about the water to the waitress. :) Another 19 foot drop and a formal emergency will be declared and the water distribution rights between the states, as well as Mexico, will be re-written. Sorry about the traffic over the dam, but the view and surroundings of the dam make up for any frustrations of waiting. :) 73, Jeff WB3JFS Las Vegas, NV DM26 - Original Message - From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" To: Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 11:04 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK's road trip - Wednesday (22 July) report > Hello! > > After 7 days and over 1905 miles/3066km on the road, I'm back home > in Phoenix. Today was mainly a travel day, not wanting to make a > late drive home tonight before returning to work tomorrow morning. > I worked two passes to help some operators get QSOs with certain > grids, had lunch in between the two passes, and drove about 400 > miles/640km today. > > I started the day in Mesquite, Nevada - a small town along the I-15 > freeway at the Nevada/Arizona border. Before leaving that area, I > worked one SO-50 pass around 1449 UTC from the DM26xt/DM36at line > just inside northwestern Arizona. DM26 is on regularly, but not > DM36. I figured I'd make one pass from here, handing out more QSOs > from there. I was in another part of DM36 in late May, operating > from Grand Canyon Village. In 2008, I worked from 3 different > spots in DM36 as part of my July 2008 road trip along Arizona's > borders with Utah and Nevada. I worked 7 stations across the US > and Canada, not a big number but pretty good for a weekday morning. > > After the SO-50 pass, I made the hour-long drive down to Las Vegas. > I met Jeff WB3JFS, a Las Vegas resident and satellite ham, for lunch. > Jeff had told me earlier that he had never worked anyone in his > home grid (DM26), but had worked the other grid that covers the > southern end of metropolitan Las Vegas (DM25). I said I would try > to help him, and planned to work from the DM25jx/DM26ja grid > boundary where I stopped last year. Jeff gave me some QSL cards > for QSOs we had made earlier in my current road trip, saving the > postage for those cards. :-) After lunch, Jeff went home and I > went to the south end of the Las Vegas "Strip" for an AO-27 pass > around 2029 UTC. > > In 7 minutes on AO-27, I worked 15 stations - including WB3JFS - > from the DM25/DM26 grid boundary. I realize that these grids > would not be the most rare of the grids in the state of Nevada. > I was not intending on going to those rare spots on this trip. > This stop, and the earlier stop in DM26/DM36, were made to help > others specifically looking for at least one of the grids at > those stops - and they were not out of my way for today's travels. > > After the AO-27 pass, I dismantled my portable station and stowed > the gear. It was time to return home and wrap up this trip. > Other than s-l-o-w traffic passing over Hoover Dam on the Colorado > River, the drive was OK. Some rain near Hoover Dam and near > Phoenix, otherwise a quiet drive where I could set the cruise > control on my truck. I made a quick stop at Hoover Dam to get > some photos of Lake Mead (the water level was much lower than I > have ever seen it in person), and held my camera out the window > to get pictures of the new bridge being built over the river that > will replace Hoover Dam as the way to cross the river at that > point on the Arizona/Nevada border. > > I will post a longer report covering all of my trip in a few days. > So far, I know I made over 250 QSOs throughout the trip, working > from 14 grids (DM25, DM26, DM35, DM36, DM37, DM38, DM45, DM46, > DM47, DM48, DM49, DM57, DM58, DM59) in 3 states (Arizona, Nevada, > Utah). In between the two AO-27 passes from DM58/DM59 in eastern > Utah on Monday afternoon, I made a quick road trip to the > Utah/Colorado border. I stopped at the state line to take some > photos, then went to the first exit on I-70 in Colorado before > returning to the DM58/DM59 boundary for the later pass. > > If you worked me during the past week - going back to last Thursday, > the day before the hamfest in Williams AZ started - and would like > QSL cards for those QSOs, please e-mail me with a listing of the QSOs. > If you're in the log, you'll get a card (or multiple cards). > > Since I operated from so many unique locations, I will need a little > bit of time to prepare cards. As I have tried to do in the last year > with my QSL cards, all of these cards will have descriptions of the > location for eac
[amsat-bb] AO-27 telemetry software
Good morning everybody: I'm trying to find out a way to make work AO-27 telemetry software (AO-27 TLM) with the souncard and not with an external TNC. Perhaps there is another software or workaround to achieve it. Any suggestion will be wellcome. Thanks in advance. 73, Angel, EA4DUT ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: AO-27 telemetry software
net search came up with is, he has a great listing of Telemetry decoders http://www.dk3wn.info/software.shtml Rodney kc0zhf ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: SATpc32 doppler.sqf file (Marc Tessier - VE3TES)
Hi, Be sure, when listening to beacon sat frequency, that the file contains the RX and also a "dummy" TX" instead of leaving it to a null value 0 as suggested. I talked to Erich earlier, because I found a small concern when switching between a V/U and U/V and then go back to a U only beacon sat, the software will not choose rhe right VFO. Erich suggested me to put a dummy frequency instead of 0. 2009/7/22 Marc Tessier - VE3TES : > Thanks to John K8YSE, and also Jean-François Ménard VA2SS. I now have a great > collection of birds added to my possible list of satellites... > > 73 and CU on the birds soon !!! > > Marc Tessier - VE3TES > ve3...@hotmail.com > ___ > Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- Jean-François Ménard VA2SS =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= AMSAT www.amsat.org / Member #37102 ARRL www.arrl.org =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: Rare grid squares?
But DM28, for example, contains 100 grid squares. If you're only collecting the big squares then you're only 1% there. John W Lee wrote: > Well, for me, they are: > > DM28, DN37, DN67, DN73, DN75. > > That would clean up the entire "Lower 48" for me! > > 73, > John K6YK ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] DJ-G7T experiences
After a nearly 2 month wait, my rig came in recently. The good news is that they are coming through with the current firmware and manual. The manual is "OK" but lacks an index making things hard to find, and does not include all the menu items. Fortunately, after you get comfortable with the logic, it is easy to figure them out. The computer programming software is available so far only in Japanese, but they claim the English version will be available Real Soon Now. For normal operations, the RX and TX audio are excellent, and the wideband receive is useful, or at least fun. As with most HTs, the stock antenna could stand to be replaced, and has been. Packet works well, and the VOX simplifies interfacing. On the downside, the receivers are both less sensitive than they should be. In comparison with an ancient Icom HT with exactly the same specs, using the same antenna and location, marginal repeaters which are close to full quieting on the Icom are noisy and largely unreadable on the Alinco. More importantly for satellite use, the sub band which you must use for RX is significantly noisier. I use an ARR preamp. With it on, pointing to clear sky with an Elk antenna, I get 2-3 S-units of noise on the main RX. Using the sub RX, it is full scale, and actual readability is poor in comparison with the main RX. This is independent of whether the wideband RX function is on or off. Attenuators off of course. ;) I have had the impression that some of the old AMSAT hands at portable operation have been less than impressed, and so far that has been my experience. It will be interesting so see if there are any helpful firmware updates. While a disappointment so far for satellite use, I do expect to use this as my main HT for normal operations once the English programming software becomes available. Anybody have an experiences to share, hopefully positive? Alan WA4SCA ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: DJ-G7T experiences
I also noticed the poor RX when attempting to make a sat contact with my DJ-G7T. I managed 1 contact in 3 passes. I noticed my Kenwood D7 had much better RX then the Alinco. 73 Jeff kb2m - Original Message - From: "Alan P. Biddle" To: "AMSAT-BB" Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 10:52:24 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [amsat-bb] DJ-G7T experiences I have had the impression that some of the old AMSAT hands at portable operation have been less than impressed, and so far that has been my experience. It will be interesting so see if there are any helpful firmware updates. While a disappointment so far for satellite use, I do expect to use this as my main HT for normal operations once the English programming software becomes available. Anybody have an experiences to share, hopefully positive? Alan WA4SCA ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: Rare grid squares?
How about anything from Alaska?!?!? 73, Al W8KHP ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Demo Weekend
Hello, I will be doing a live demo for CFMC witch is the largest club in chicago. The past will be on all fm bird's, i will be trying to get some of the club members on the air thanks everyone Thank You Douglas Anoman KC9MLN kc9...@amsat.org Amsat #37043 ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: Demo Weekend
Hey Doug, Can you please post a time window for the passes you'll be working? Thanks! Tim -- Original message from Douglas Anoman : -- > > Hello, > I will be doing a live demo for CFMC witch is the largest club in chicago. > The past will be on all fm bird's, i will be trying to get some of the club > members > on the air thanks everyone > > Thank You > Douglas Anoman > KC9MLN > kc9...@amsat.org > Amsat #37043 > > > > > > ___ > Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Hudson Valley Satcom Group Net Tonight July 23 rd at 8 PM EST ON N2EYH-L
Hello everyone. It's time again for the HVSG Net tonight at 8PM on N2EYH-L on Echolink or 146970 100 PL On the Mt. Beacon repeater. This is a biweekly net. Come join us and share your satellite knowledge. There are usually one or two Amsat area coordinators on the Net to answer your questions. Hope to hear you there. 73 Gary WA2AQH **Dell Deals: Treat yourself to a sweet deal on popular laptops! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1223100673x1201716527/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Faltfarm.mediaplex.com%2Fad%2Fck%2F12309%2D81939%2D1629%2D7) ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Live Webcast of Colloquium
--- On Thu, 23/7/09, Nitin Muttin [VU3TYG] wrote: > Any live webcast available for the presentations. Yes the British Amateur Television Club (BATC) are streaming live video on their website at http://www.batc.tv/ Click on Live Events on the left-hand side and then select AMSAT There's also a Chat facility available - /nick “your callsign” - sets your ID, further details are at http://www.uk.amsat.org/content/view/695/68/ The Colloquium opens at 1000 BST (0900 GMT) Saturday, the programme is at http://www.uk.amsat.org/content/view/679/266/ AMSAT-UK Colloquium http://www.uk.amsat.org/content/view/32/42/ Booking details are at http://www.uk.amsat.org/content/view/25/49/ AMSAT-UK publish a colour A4 newsletter, OSCAR News, that is full of Amateur Satellite information. Join online at https://secure.amsat.org.uk/subscription/ 73 Trevor M5AKA ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: WD9EWK's road trip - Wednesday (22 July) report
Hi Jeff! > It was great to work 6 new grids over the past week, and I could've made a > few more if passes would've been a bit more time friendly. :) In any case, > I believe your trip was a huge success and many others will no doubtedly > agree. It was nice to meet up with you, have lunch and chat for a bit on > your final leg of the trip. I've received a few e-mail requests for QSLs, and have had good comments about my trip. If I didn't have fun, there's no logical reason to drive to some of these spots. I like traveling around, playing radio, and - when possible - meeting up with some of the hams I have heard on the birds. I hadn't realized how many different grids I operated from until last night. I thought I might exceed the 10 I worked from on my trip last July. Working from 14 was a complete surprise - until I looked at a grid map and saw all those grids. Six of the 8 Utah grids were new ones where I worked from (I worked from DM47 and DM57 last year), and now I think I have worked from 36 or 37 different grids in 6 states, one Canadian province, and one Mexican state since 2006. My satellite log for WD9EWK has crossed the 6000-QSO mark, not counting QSOs made from Canada or Mexico. > Sorry about the traffic over the dam, but the view and surroundings of the > dam make up for any frustrations of waiting. :) I knew it would be busy, but still a shorter travel time than the alternatives like driving from Las Vegas through Laughlin/Bullhead City to get to Kingman and then down to Phoenix. I was able to sit in traffic and get pictures of the new bridge, the low water levels in Lake Mead, and Hoover Dam without having to pull off the road near the dam. I still have to make a fuller writeup of the past week, the hamfest last weekend as well as the road trip. I know that the group working on the AMSAT Journal might want to put some of this in print, the narrative as well as photos. I have a few hundred photos on my camera, and not just of my GPS receiver and radio gear at each stop where I operated from. :-) With the summer heat here, I really should take some time to get my two FT-817 radios working with SatPC32, as well as printing QSL cards from this trip. Again, I had fun, and I hope others had fun working me while I was on the road. Now I can start thinking of my next long trip, which doesn't necessarily have to be a "road trip". 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Sat Demo
Hello again, Sorry i forgot to put the times in and the date so here they are, Saterday the 25 i will work so-50 at 13:27 utc and ao-51 at 13:47 utc and if there is time maybe a couple more. Weather permitting. The chicago forcast is calling for rain. CFMC is the lagest club and repeater system in the chicago are so i'm hoping to get some amsat members out of it.. i hope. Thanks again everyone.. Thank You Douglas Anoman KC9MLN kc9...@amsat.org Amsat #37043 ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] W1AW Jul 28 AO-27
I will be putting W1AW on AO27 for a demonstration (HT and ARROW) during the teachers institute on July 28 (Tuesday) probably during the 1216(L) pass. Your assistance with the demonstration would be appreciated. If you would like a QSL of the contact, please send yours to WA8SME, and I'll take care of it. No SASEs required. 73, Mark Mark Spencer, WA8SME ARRL-The national association for Amateur Radio Education and Technology Program Coordinator mspen...@arrl.org http://www.arrl.org/FandES/tbp/ 530-495-9150 ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Hamsat article on the Make blog
FYI http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/07/catching_satellites_on_ham_radio.html ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Rare Grids and Gridpeditions
It's great to see the renewed interest in activating "rare" grids on the birds. If you don't have a particular grid worked and confirmed, it is a "rare" grid. It is important for all of us to recognize those who are operating "portable" in a grid away from their home. They are only there for a short period of time so giving them the frequency is the thing to do. If you hear a callsign that you have not worked before, call that person rather than someone you just talked with on the last pass. We need to encourage the new people as they are the future of the amateur space program. Use the portable designation if you are operating away from home so others will know that this might be a new grid. We have enjoyed a long stretch of AO51 being in the V/U mode on 435.300. After the end of the month, the bird will be in sunlight continuously and that will allow higher power and other modes to be used. If AO51 is in a non-V/U voice mode, as it was for a 2 week period not long ago, grid dxpeditions are not going to be worthwhile. If you plan a vacation ahead of time, you might find later that the bird will not be in a v/u voice mode during your trip. The Operations Team sets the schedule and they do it based upon requests from the membership for alternate modes. Personally I think that there should always be a 435.300/145.92 mode available. Everyone who is interested in chasing grids or activating grids away from their home should email KO4MA and request that V/U voice remain on. You cannot plan anything if you don't know if AO51 will be in V/U voice during your trip. The schedule is based upon input from the membership and if we don't make our requests, those that want the bird in other modes (both transponders) will most likely be served. The second transponder is fine for other modes but there are probably some modes that cannot be activated if V/U voice is to remain on. Maybe Drew can clarify this for us. There are some that would say that there are other satellites that can be used for FM voice. Very true, however, if you are out there trying to activate grids, not having AO51 available is a handicap. You spend a lot of money to do it and then have 1/3 of your potential air time, on the best FM satellite up there, not available to you. It makes no sense. I'm on L band now and will have S band RX running soon. I enjoy setting up for different modes. But after you work a few stations in those modes, and fine tune your equipment, there's not much left. Chasing grids never ends. There's always one more to work. If you are interested in working or activating new grids, please email KO4MA and request that AO51 always have one V/U voice transponder available. There is no guarantee that this will always work, but if there are no emails, it is likely that there will be more periods of non V/U voice on AO51. John K8YSE ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: Rare Grids and Gridpeditions
John, I certainly understand where you are coming from, although I disagree with some of your positions. AO-51 is currently our only satellite with multiple modes (other than ISS), our only S band satellite, our only BBS, our only L band satellite, etc. Unfortunately our power budget doesn't allow us to run every mode we want to at the same time. This problem will only get worse as the batteries age. We are already at the point where after this extended period of mostly full illumination, we will most likely only be able to run one transmitter at any time, and possibly not the S band in eclipse at -all-. The good news is that the full illumination lasts for quite a while, and during this period we can support two UHF transmitters at a high power level, or one UHF at modest power and the S band transmitter. If we run separate S and UHF, the UHF downlink will have to be on 435.150, as the 435.300 and S transmitters share an audio path. So...that being said, do not expect us to completely forego L and S just for more grid swapping, as fun as it is (I'm at 550 confirmed). Send your requests in early for whatever mode you'd like, and we will try to honor them. Meanwhile, get your S band downconverters ready for portable ops, your 817s and 706s working with SatPC32 on a laptop, and be ready to occasionally run your grid trips on ALL the satellites. It's a real shame to hear so many ops on V/U FM, and so few on V/U and U/V SSB/CW. Since I try to walk the walk, look for me on the SSB -and- FM birds as G/ and OZ/KO4MA over the next 2.5 weeks. I hope to stretch the footprint to North America on FO-29 and AO-7 with my little 817 and Arrow setup. Mode requests should go to ao51-mo...@amsat.org, not to me direct. 73, Drew KO4MA > We have enjoyed a long stretch of AO51 being in the V/U mode on > 435.300. After the end of the month, the bird will be in sunlight > continuously and that will allow higher power and other modes to be > used. If AO51 is in a non-V/U voice mode, as it was for a 2 week period > not long ago, grid dxpeditions are not going to be worthwhile. If > you plan a vacation ahead of time, you might find later that the bird > will not be in a v/u voice mode during your trip. > > The Operations Team sets the schedule and they do it based upon > requests from the membership for alternate modes. Personally I think > that there should always be a 435.300/145.92 mode available. Everyone > who is interested in chasing grids or activating grids away from their > home > should email KO4MA and request that V/U voice remain on. You cannot > plan anything if you don't know if AO51 will be in V/U voice during your > trip. The schedule is based upon input from the membership and if we > don't make our requests, those that want the bird in other modes (both > transponders) will most likely be served. The second transponder is fine > for other modes but there are probably some modes that cannot be activated > if V/U voice is to remain on. Maybe Drew can clarify this for us. > > There are some that would say that there are other satellites that can > be used for FM voice. Very true, however, if you are out there trying > to activate grids, not having AO51 available is a handicap. You spend a > lot of money to do it and then have 1/3 of your potential air time, on the > best FM satellite up there, not available to you. It makes no sense. > > I'm on L band now and will have S band RX running soon. I enjoy setting > up for different modes. But after you work a few stations in those modes, > and fine tune your equipment, there's not much left. Chasing grids never > ends. There's always one more to work. > > If you are interested in working or activating new grids, please email > KO4MA > and request that AO51 always have one V/U voice transponder available. > There > is no guarantee that this will always work, but if there are no emails, it > is > likely that there will be more periods of non V/U voice on AO51. > > John K8YSE > > > ___ > Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] OT Job Opportunity, DOD Technical Skill Sets Needed
Please excuse me for posting this, but in this tight job market I felt might be of interest to some AMSAT or ARRL folks. I know of job opportunities for someone in the San Diego area that has either satellite or submarine communications experience in the DOD. If you have either or both, please contact me OFF LINE and feel free to send your resume. Thanks -- Joe Leikhim K4SAT "The RFI-EMI-GUY"© "Use only Genuine Interocitor Parts" Tom Servo ;-P ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Cubesat Linear Transponder at Tokyo Ham Fair
Hi AMSATs, Last weeks I have been working on a testboard for the very small linear transponder system that I have designed. I plan to be at the JARL Ham Fair in Tokyo, Japan on 22nd and 23rd August, where I will present my thiny linear transponder to the ham people. I will be in Japan from 15th August till 27th of August. When some University Cubesat group in Japan is interrested in my transponder design I can give demonstration and presentation. Only serious parties please. Please see some older movies about my transponder design on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/pe1rah 73, and maybe see you on Ham Fair Tokyo, William Leijenaar, PE1RAH --- _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: Cubesat Linear Transponder at Tokyo Ham Fair
Hi William... It is good to see one person accomplish so much for us satellite users! You already have a successful transceiver in orbit and a launch behind you! Keep up the good work! Roger - Original Message - From: "William Leijenaar" To: Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:27 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Cubesat Linear Transponder at Tokyo Ham Fair > > Hi AMSATs, > > Last weeks I have been working on a testboard for the very small linear transponder system that I have designed. > I plan to be at the JARL Ham Fair in Tokyo, Japan on 22nd and 23rd August, where I will present my thiny linear transponder to the ham people. > > I will be in Japan from 15th August till 27th of August. > When some University Cubesat group in Japan is interrested in my transponder design I can give demonstration and presentation. > Only serious parties please. > > Please see some older movies about my transponder design on youtube: > http://www.youtube.com/user/pe1rah > > 73, and maybe see you on Ham Fair Tokyo, > > William Leijenaar, PE1RAH > --- > > > > > > > > > > > _ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > ___ > Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: Rare Grids and Gridpeditions
ok so what about this question, say you are going to go on vacation or moble /expadition, and you know that they are changeing AO-51 to say L/S mode for next week, would a HT that has L band FM transmit (DJ-G7T) 1 watt be ok or would you a 10watt amp with the proper antenna, to kick the bird :-) i have the S band covered almost. thanks Rodney kc0zhf ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Public Thanks
Andrew and Lee have jumped in and are working with the UCLA satellite lead - MANY thanks, gentlemen! And Martha, too, for finding the "right folks." Clint Bradford, K6LCS 909-241-7666 ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] G3RUH patch wanted
Does anyone have a G3RUH S band patch antenna "laying" around they don't need? email direct. 73 Bob W7LRD ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb