[amsat-bb] AMSATers are Awesome!
THANK YOU to you folks who made this evening's demo in El Segundo DM03 nothing short of fantastic for my audience! Although the temp was 20 degrees cooler in El Segundo than it was in my own Riverside, our meeting place was a two-story building. So it was best to leave the assemblage in the shade, while I initiated reception of AO-51. As I detected quieting, I looked up at the 30+ in the group, and announced - "Now is the time to start walkin' towards the guy in the Hawaiian shirt and weird antenna ... " (grin) We worked South Dakota ... Lake Tahoe ... a couple of units in the San Francisco region, northern California ... YOU know who you are. I do not record these - too geeky even for me (grin 2). As soon as we finished the pass, we walked into the El Segundo PD's EOC for my presentation. The room was full of about 35 attendees. THANKS AGAIN, AMSAT MEMBERS. My physician has told me to watch my blood pressure ... but I still get excited by all of this. Clint, K6LCS http://www.work-sat.com 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] Re: Expanding Radio AMSAT's to include telescope.
> Is there any reason why a future Amatuer Radio Satellite could not > include a small telescope and CCD imaging. In principal, no. In practice, how much are you willing to spend? Perhaps the biggest problem that needs to be solved is how to get the telescope pointed at the target you want. To my knowledge the best pointing accuracy we ever achieved in an amateur spacecraft was AO40 at about 1.5 degrees. And it was spinning, so we only took pictures of bright things like the Earth where we could get an image with a short shutter opening. To image stars, you'd probably want 3 axis stabilization which is a hard problem to solve on an amateur budget. It's not particularly easy on ARRISSAT-1 will have a camera aboard, but no pointing ability at all, so we'll be snapping pictures hoping the earth happens to be in the field of view in at least some of them. It'll have a nifty Russian instrument aboard to measure just how "hard" the vacuum is at the upper edge of Earth's atmosphere. So it's about more than exchanging grid squares (not that there's anything wrong with that). -Joe KM1P ___ 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] AO-51 Demo 08/18 0544GMT / 5:44PM PDT
Hope to work you on AO-51 this afternoon, 5:44PM PDT, from a demo and presentation to three El Segundo, CA-area clubs! Clint, K6LCS http://www.work-sat.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
[amsat-bb] Re: Hawaii - YES!
Hi Bob! > I would like to thank Robert, NH7WN, for my last state for WAS - > Satellite. We worked at 18:27Z today on HO-68. I would also like to > thanks all those that emailed me with suggestions for the contact. Congratulations! I had been on for a couple of minutes earlier in that pass, so I could work VE8EV and K8YSE/VE3. I didn't stick around after those two QSOs since I was on my lunch break, and it was a bit warm here. Glad you were able to get Robert, especially after seeing NH6VB's recent post on the -BB. 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] Hawaii - YES!
I would like to thank Robert, NH7WN, for my last state for WAS - Satellite. We worked at 18:27Z today on HO-68. I would also like to thanks all those that emailed me with suggestions for the contact. 73, Bob Herrell - AJ5C EM36 Arkansas AMSAT #36645 __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5374 (20100817) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.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
[amsat-bb] Expanding Radio AMSAT's to include telescope.
Is there any reason why a future Amatuer Radio Satellite could not include a small telescope and CCD imaging. Would seem to me to be more productive and useful than just exchanging contact details. After all there are Weather Satellites. Thanks Keith Sloan 2E0VBN ___ 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: TM-D710 Satellite programming
This isn't going to help you much but I use two seperate radios so I can have full duplex capability. Plus you don't have to fiddle with duplexers and all that good stuff. 73 Matt W5LL On 8/17/2010 12:31 PM, Kai Gunter Brandt wrote: > On 08/17/2010 04:50 PM, Reid Crowe wrote: > >>I am trying to program some satellite frequencies into my TM-D710. >> Has anyone had any luck with programming a cross band split into the >> memory? I was able to do this with my VX-7R and assumed that all radios >> would support this. >> >> If not possible, how do the D710 users in the group operate the birds? >> >> >> > I'm using both VFOs as in uplink on left side and downlink on right side. > > Kai Gunter > LA3QMA > ___ > 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: TM-D710 Satellite programming
On 08/17/2010 04:50 PM, Reid Crowe wrote: > I am trying to program some satellite frequencies into my TM-D710. > Has anyone had any luck with programming a cross band split into the > memory? I was able to do this with my VX-7R and assumed that all radios > would support this. > > If not possible, how do the D710 users in the group operate the birds? > > I'm using both VFOs as in uplink on left side and downlink on right side. Kai Gunter LA3QMA ___ 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] TM-D710 Satellite programming
I am trying to program some satellite frequencies into my TM-D710. Has anyone had any luck with programming a cross band split into the memory? I was able to do this with my VX-7R and assumed that all radios would support this. If not possible, how do the D710 users in the group operate the birds? Thanks in advance, Reid N0RC ___ 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] Emeritus President of the italian Republic Francesco Cossiga i0FCG died today in Roma
Hi All, I am very concerned to inform that the emritus President od the italian Republic Senator Francesco Cossiga radio amateur i0FCG died to day in Rome at 83 For more information on his life and radio activity look at QRZ.com 73" de i8CVS Domenico ___ 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] SO-67 schedule Europe for the next days
Hi European satellite operators, There is a list for the next days on: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ Please remember it is subject to changes without notice. If you use it or just hear it please report it on: http://oscar.dcarr.org/ Have fun. 73 OZ1MY Ib ___ 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
