[amsat-bb] Re: Latest AMSAT Journal
Hello Joe and the list. If I can explain a little about how bulk mailing works, it might help explain some issues that people have with getting the journal. I work for a printer that does bulk mailings also and this is how they do things. AMSAT's printer may do it a totally different way than how my employer does it. First, It all depends on when the mailer gets the printed copies. There may be issues with paper used, when the files arrive, scheduled deadlines met on time, things like that. Second, the sender supplies a file with names and addresses that need to be printed onto either labels or onto the printed material in a certain space. This takes about anywhere from 30 minutes to a whole day (equipment issues) to set up aligning the print heads. Each process has its own procedures and differs between mailers. Third, depending on what the volume (quantity) is, it could take a day to a week to print names and addresses onto the printed material. Fourth, keeping the addresses sorted so that they are going to the right destination can get complex sometimes. Fifth, after everything is sorted by zip codes and destinations, then comes shipping via semi to the separate sort facilities across the country and outside country destinations. Yes, depending on quantity, bulk mailing gets shipped to sort facilities across the country by contracted carriers. Sixth, it could take as much as a week to get from the mailers dock to a sort facility on the other side of the country depending on where the mailer is located. If you look at the mailing label area on your journal next time, you'll see that little square that has this saying in it: Periodicals POSTAGE PAID At Silver Springs, MD and at additional mailing offices that means that it has gone from the mailer to at least one sort facility in the path before it gets to your local post office and your home mailbox. There is also meeting the criteria of how the USPS wants things sorted and weighed and. The list is endless currently. My place of employment has had the USPS reject a load because it either weighed one pound more or less than what is stated on the documents. The USPS also has guidelines that have to be met about thickness and weight of paper. That can hold up a mailing also. This is not to say that this is how AMSAT does the mailing of the journal. I am just stating how its done at my place of employment to give everyone an idea of what it takes to mail the Journal each time. Things do change each time the Journal is mailed so that has to be taken into account each time. Proposed deadlines have to be met to keep things flowing. If one deadline is not met, that can hold things up by a week or more. The times I gave are based on a mailing of several hundreds of thousands having to have addresses printed onto them. You also have to remember that the printer that AMSAT uses has to make deadlines also. The printer could be the same business that does the mailing which does help. AMSAT only has to do roughly almost ten thousand printings of the Journal each time. This takes time on the presses to set up. Based on where I work, the Journal would go onto the sheetfed press not the 4 color offset press because of the quantity amount. Which means a little bit more cost in paper, press time, and setup. Then it moves out to the bindery department to be folded, cut, and stapled to its final size for the mailing department. I hope this explains some about why one person may get a journal before another person does. I know it doesn't explain everything but it gives everyone an idea of what it takes to get the journal mailed. James W8ISS ___ 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: New Satellite Downlink?
> And isn't the idea that we are authorised to > experiment with these satellites, now that > the US Navy is no longer using them? Let me correct the record. We have no such authority. We are simply looking at how one might use such a limited 500 byte broadcast message capability IF-and-only-IF such access were somehow possible. That's why I like the idea of finding a use in disaster communications, where a proposal might have some value... Bob, Wb4APR ___ 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: TAPR Trakbox Kit
> It's there. You just don't know how to cut and pastebroken URLs. Surely there is a less combative way to phrase that.. ___ 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: Latest AMSAT Journal
All- I have received complaints concerning delivery of the Journal that is mailed non-profit 2nd class . According to the Supervisor of 2nd class non-profit at the Post Office, the problem is on the receiver's end. If the magazine does not "bounce back" to us, it is in the system ready to be delivered. Although the magazine is mailed in MD, some members located in the state get their Journal later than members in the in other parts of the country. So - there is really nothing we can do at our end. The printer generally takes a week from the time he receives the files from the Editor. It then takes about 3-4 days for the mailer to get it to the Post Office. If you do not receive an issue, please let me know and I will send a replacement copy. Martha - At the beach On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 5:56 AM, James French wrote: > Hello Joe and the list. > > If I can explain a little about how bulk mailing works, it might help > explain > some issues that people have with getting the journal. I work for a printer > that does bulk mailings also and this is how they do things. AMSAT's > printer > may do it a totally different way than how my employer does it. > > First, It all depends on when the mailer gets the printed copies. There may > be > issues with paper used, when the files arrive, scheduled deadlines met on > time, > things like that. > > Second, the sender supplies a file with names and addresses that need to be > printed onto either labels or onto the printed material in a certain space. > This takes about anywhere from 30 minutes to a whole day (equipment issues) > to > set up aligning the print heads. Each process has its own procedures and > differs between mailers. > > Third, depending on what the volume (quantity) is, it could take a day to a > week to print names and addresses onto the printed material. > > Fourth, keeping the addresses sorted so that they are going to the right > destination can get complex sometimes. > > Fifth, after everything is sorted by zip codes and destinations, then comes > shipping via semi to the separate sort facilities across the country and > outside country destinations. Yes, depending on quantity, bulk mailing gets > shipped to sort facilities across the country by contracted carriers. > > Sixth, it could take as much as a week to get from the mailers dock to a > sort > facility on the other side of the country depending on where the mailer is > located. > > If you look at the mailing label area on your journal next time, you'll see > that little square that has this saying in it: > > Periodicals > POSTAGE PAID > At Silver Springs, MD > and at additional mailing offices > > that means that it has gone from the mailer to at least one sort facility > in > the path before it gets to your local post office and your home mailbox. > > There is also meeting the criteria of how the USPS wants things sorted and > weighed and. The list is endless currently. My place of employment has > had > the USPS reject a load because it either weighed one pound more or less > than > what is stated on the documents. The USPS also has guidelines that have to > be > met about thickness and weight of paper. That can hold up a mailing also. > > This is not to say that this is how AMSAT does the mailing of the journal. > I > am just stating how its done at my place of employment to give everyone an > idea of what it takes to mail the Journal each time. Things do change each > time the Journal is mailed so that has to be taken into account each time. > Proposed deadlines have to be met to keep things flowing. If one deadline > is > not met, that can hold things up by a week or more. > > The times I gave are based on a mailing of several hundreds of thousands > having to have addresses printed onto them. > > You also have to remember that the printer that AMSAT uses has to make > deadlines also. The printer could be the same business that does the > mailing > which does help. > > AMSAT only has to do roughly almost ten thousand printings of the Journal > each > time. This takes time on the presses to set up. Based on where I work, the > Journal would go onto the sheetfed press not the 4 color offset press > because > of the quantity amount. Which means a little bit more cost in paper, press > time, and setup. > > Then it moves out to the bindery department to be folded, cut, and stapled > to > its final size for the mailing department. > > I hope this explains some about why one person may get a journal before > another person does. I know it doesn't explain everything but it gives > everyone an idea of what it takes to get the journal mailed. > > James W8ISS > ___ > 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 > -- 73- Martha __
[amsat-bb] Re: New Satellite Downlink?
On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 09:32 -0400, Robert Bruninga wrote: > > And isn't the idea that we are authorised to > > experiment with these satellites, now that > > the US Navy is no longer using them? > > Let me correct the record. We have no such authority. Okay, then that *might* be different. I suspect you'd have to try *really* hard to find anyone that would get upset at people listening to your satellite without authority. It's impossible to get Ofcom interested in stopping people transmitting without a licence or outside the terms of their licence, and that's when they're jamming the local 2m repeater that the Ofcom guys with amateur licenses frequent! > We are simply looking at how one might use such a limited 500 > byte broadcast message capability IF-and-only-IF such access > were somehow possible. That's why I like the idea of finding a > use in disaster communications, where a proposal might have some > value... > > Bob, Wb4APR How hard would it be to develop a mobile/portable command station for it? I know you said it used some very specific stuff to program, but just how specific and difficult-to-reproduce would it be? Gordon MM0YEQ ___ 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] VA7EWK QSLs - please send to WD9EWK, not to Canada
Hi! I just heard from a ham friend of mine in Vancouver, whose address is the station address on my Canadian call VA7EWK. He's received some QSL cards for me from my trip up there last month. I should have those cards in my hands shortly, but please remember that the Canadian address listed on QRZ.com and other online sources is not the QSL route for VA7EWK. Please use the address for WD9EWK, the PO box in Scottsdale AZ, when sending QSLs for VA7EWK. For those who sent me QSL requests before I had my VA7EWK cards printed - many thanks! All of those requests have been answered. For many others, I have sent out my VA7EWK QSLs with SASEs in the last 7-10 days. If you have not received anything from me but would like a VA7EWK card (or cards from any of my recent trips), please e-mail me directly with the QSO information. I will be happy to send out a card, and (for VA7EWK and XE2/WD9EWK QSOs) probably an SASE to get your card in return. Thanks, and 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] RE AO27 18:45z
I had a little technical difficulty when working this pas. Had a good QSO wit a K0w?? And the thing is my recorder was on pause EK. By chance did any one get a recording of that qso or if your read this K0??? Please let me know the info we worked to get it done and I have a memory that can be measured in nano meters HI Any help drop me a email or here is ok WB8ZOM @ARRL.NET It was near the end of the pass. Thanks DON ___ 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] Transit Satellites
With all this talk of the Transit satellites on 149.985MHZ, how are they listed in the keps. I checked for other satellites of interest on the kelso webpage and found navy navigation satellites. There are a few named transit. What Transit birds are we talking about. I want to see how strong their signals are on my scanner. Any information would be appreciated. Dave Marthouse N2AAM dmartho...@gmail.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: Transit Satellites
The two in question are labelled as OSCAR 23 and OSCAR 25. Others are labelled as NOVAs, yet others as TRANSITs. On 30-Aug-10 22:49, Dave Marthouse wrote: > With all this talk of the Transit satellites on 149.985MHZ, how are they > listed in the keps. I checked for other satellites of interest on the kelso > webpage and found navy navigation satellites. There are a few named transit. > What Transit birds are we talking about. I want to see how strong their > signals are on my scanner. Any information would be appreciated. > > > Dave Marthouse N2AAM > dmartho...@gmail.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 > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3102 - Release Date: 08/30/10 > 06:35:00 > -- Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937 825 5032 Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF (was KC8NHF 9H3GN), e-mail ni...@ngunn.net www http://www.ngunn.net Member of ARRL, GQRP #11396, QRPARCI #11644, SOC #548, Flying Pigs QRP Club International #385, Dayton ARA #2128, AMSAT-NA LM-1691, AMSAT-UK 0182, MKARS, ALC, GCARES, XWARN, EAA382. ___ 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] for sale: 2M5WL
Hello fello sat-ops I bought a beautiful M squared 2M5WL SERIOUS 2mtr boomer to step up for EME JT65, meteor scatter and even those low AO7 passes. But, to get that serious gain, it is 33 ft long and, well, on top of my modest tract home, it is a little too much for the XYL, and where it would be installed would make it swing a bit too close to my tower. This comes from W5UN's serious EME array as he replaced it with another design. It is used, but in primo condition, typical M2 quality, SS hardware, etc.. Texas Towers is selling it for $249 plus shipping. I am selling this for $150 plus shipping (UPS from Texas to Calif. ran about $35). Paypal is fine. I wanted to offer it here before the usual ham outlets. Thanks Craig N6RSX dc...@rwglaw.com NOTICE: This communication may contain privileged or other confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this communication to the intended recipient, please advise the sender by reply email and immediately delete the message and any attachments without copying or disclosing the contents. Thank you. ___ 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: Latest AMSAT Journal
I suspect Martha is being gracious, and not naming me :-) I am probably the biggest whiner when it comes to not getting the Journal. Martha's postal supervisor is wrong. There is something that can be done, and that information is available here: http://epubwatch.usps.gov The guys at my local post office clued me into "Pubwatch", but it has to be done by the publisher/distributor. I want to be VERY CLEAR, I do NOT believe anyone at AMSAT is at fault! I believe the problem is after shipment and before it would arrive at my local post office. A link in the middle of the chain is where I believe the problem is. AGAIN this is not an attack on AMSAT. I do not believe that is where the problem lies. 73, Joe kk0sd P.S. Martha, why are you checking email from the beach Relax a little! -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Martha Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 9:31 AM To: James French Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Latest AMSAT Journal All- I have received complaints concerning delivery of the Journal that is mailed non-profit 2nd class . According to the Supervisor of 2nd class non-profit at the Post Office, the problem is on the receiver's end. If the magazine does not "bounce back" to us, it is in the system ready to be delivered. Although the magazine is mailed in MD, some members located in the state get their Journal later than members in the in other parts of the country. So - there is really nothing we can do at our end. The printer generally takes a week from the time he receives the files from the Editor. It then takes about 3-4 days for the mailer to get it to the Post Office. If you do not receive an issue, please let me know and I will send a replacement copy. Martha - At the beach On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 5:56 AM, James French wrote: > Hello Joe and the list. > > If I can explain a little about how bulk mailing works, it might help > explain > some issues that people have with getting the journal. I work for a printer > that does bulk mailings also and this is how they do things. AMSAT's > printer > may do it a totally different way than how my employer does it. > > First, It all depends on when the mailer gets the printed copies. There may > be > issues with paper used, when the files arrive, scheduled deadlines met on > time, > things like that. > > Second, the sender supplies a file with names and addresses that need to be > printed onto either labels or onto the printed material in a certain space. > This takes about anywhere from 30 minutes to a whole day (equipment issues) > to > set up aligning the print heads. Each process has its own procedures and > differs between mailers. > > Third, depending on what the volume (quantity) is, it could take a day to a > week to print names and addresses onto the printed material. > > Fourth, keeping the addresses sorted so that they are going to the right > destination can get complex sometimes. > > Fifth, after everything is sorted by zip codes and destinations, then comes > shipping via semi to the separate sort facilities across the country and > outside country destinations. Yes, depending on quantity, bulk mailing gets > shipped to sort facilities across the country by contracted carriers. > > Sixth, it could take as much as a week to get from the mailers dock to a > sort > facility on the other side of the country depending on where the mailer is > located. > > If you look at the mailing label area on your journal next time, you'll see > that little square that has this saying in it: > > Periodicals > POSTAGE PAID > At Silver Springs, MD > and at additional mailing offices > > that means that it has gone from the mailer to at least one sort facility > in > the path before it gets to your local post office and your home mailbox. > > There is also meeting the criteria of how the USPS wants things sorted and > weighed and. The list is endless currently. My place of employment has > had > the USPS reject a load because it either weighed one pound more or less > than > what is stated on the documents. The USPS also has guidelines that have to > be > met about thickness and weight of paper. That can hold up a mailing also. > > This is not to say that this is how AMSAT does the mailing of the journal. > I > am just stating how its done at my place of employment to give everyone an > idea of what it takes to mail the Journal each time. Things do change each > time the Journal is mailed so that has to be taken into account each time. > Proposed deadlines have to be met to keep things flowing. If one deadline > is > not met, that can hold things up by a week or more. > > The times I gave are based on a mailing of several hundreds of thousands > having to have addresses printed onto them. > > You also have to remember that the printer that AMSAT uses has to make > deadlines also. The printer could be the same business that does the > mailing >
[amsat-bb] Keps Question
I was just on the Amsat keps page. What is the difference between nasa two line and bare nasa two line elements? Dave Marthouse N2AAM dmartho...@gmail.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: Keps Question
Dunno but on SpaceTrack you need the NASA 3 line keps. Here are the two you need. OSCAR 23 1 19070U 88033A 10241.88541763 +.0056 +0-0 +1-3 0 08735 2 19070 090.2658 195.9583 0188372 220.8263 137.8631 13.27127631082025 OSCAR 25 1 19419U 88074A 10241.87525650 +.0066 +0-0 +1-3 0 09319 2 19419 089.9297 028.0929 0096203 327.3759 032.1461 13.41832746077668 On 30-Aug-10 23:53, Dave Marthouse wrote: > I was just on the Amsat keps page. What is the difference between nasa two > line and bare nasa two line elements? > > > Dave Marthouse N2AAM > dmartho...@gmail.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 > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3102 - Release Date: 08/30/10 > 06:35:00 > -- Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937 825 5032 Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF (was KC8NHF 9H3GN), e-mail ni...@ngunn.net www http://www.ngunn.net Member of ARRL, GQRP #11396, QRPARCI #11644, SOC #548, Flying Pigs QRP Club International #385, Dayton ARA #2128, AMSAT-NA LM-1691, AMSAT-UK 0182, MKARS, ALC, GCARES, XWARN, EAA382. ___ 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: Latest AMSAT Journal
I wouldn't trust that website, it still recommends using Internet Explorer 5.5! On 30-Aug-10 23:58, Gary "Joe" Mayfield wrote: > > There is something that can be done, and that information is available here: > > http://epubwatch.usps.gov > > The guys at my local post office clued me into "Pubwatch", but it has to be > done by the publisher/distributor. ___ 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: Latest AMSAT Journal
I agree Joe. I swear all my gun magazines are "PRE-READ" at the PO before I ever get them, due to torn edges/pages. John W6ZKH From: "Gary "Joe" Mayfield" Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Mon, August 30, 2010 4:58:45 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Latest AMSAT Journal I suspect Martha is being gracious, and not naming me :-) I am probably the biggest whiner when it comes to not getting the Journal. Martha's postal supervisor is wrong. There is something that can be done, and that information is available here: http://epubwatch.usps.gov The guys at my local post office clued me into "Pubwatch", but it has to be done by the publisher/distributor. I want to be VERY CLEAR, I do NOT believe anyone at AMSAT is at fault! I believe the problem is after shipment and before it would arrive at my local post office. A link in the middle of the chain is where I believe the problem is. AGAIN this is not an attack on AMSAT. I do not believe that is where the problem lies. 73, Joe kk0sd P.S. Martha, why are you checking email from the beach Relax a little! -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Martha Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 9:31 AM To: James French Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Latest AMSAT Journal All- I have received complaints concerning delivery of the Journal that is mailed non-profit 2nd class . According to the Supervisor of 2nd class non-profit at the Post Office, the problem is on the receiver's end. If the magazine does not "bounce back" to us, it is in the system ready to be delivered. Although the magazine is mailed in MD, some members located in the state get their Journal later than members in the in other parts of the country. So - there is really nothing we can do at our end. The printer generally takes a week from the time he receives the files from the Editor. It then takes about 3-4 days for the mailer to get it to the Post Office. If you do not receive an issue, please let me know and I will send a replacement copy. Martha - At the beach On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 5:56 AM, James French wrote: > Hello Joe and the list. > > If I can explain a little about how bulk mailing works, it might help > explain > some issues that people have with getting the journal. I work for a printer > that does bulk mailings also and this is how they do things. AMSAT's > printer > may do it a totally different way than how my employer does it. > > First, It all depends on when the mailer gets the printed copies. There may > be > issues with paper used, when the files arrive, scheduled deadlines met on > time, > things like that. > > Second, the sender supplies a file with names and addresses that need to be > printed onto either labels or onto the printed material in a certain space. > This takes about anywhere from 30 minutes to a whole day (equipment issues) > to > set up aligning the print heads. Each process has its own procedures and > differs between mailers. > > Third, depending on what the volume (quantity) is, it could take a day to a > week to print names and addresses onto the printed material. > > Fourth, keeping the addresses sorted so that they are going to the right > destination can get complex sometimes. > > Fifth, after everything is sorted by zip codes and destinations, then comes > shipping via semi to the separate sort facilities across the country and > outside country destinations. Yes, depending on quantity, bulk mailing gets > shipped to sort facilities across the country by contracted carriers. > > Sixth, it could take as much as a week to get from the mailers dock to a > sort > facility on the other side of the country depending on where the mailer is > located. > > If you look at the mailing label area on your journal next time, you'll see > that little square that has this saying in it: > > Periodicals > POSTAGE PAID > At Silver Springs, MD > and at additional mailing offices > > that means that it has gone from the mailer to at least one sort facility > in > the path before it gets to your local post office and your home mailbox. > > There is also meeting the criteria of how the USPS wants things sorted and > weighed and. The list is endless currently. My place of employment has > had > the USPS reject a load because it either weighed one pound more or less > than > what is stated on the documents. The USPS also has guidelines that have to > be > met about thickness and weight of paper. That can hold up a mailing also. > > This is not to say that this is how AMSAT does the mailing of the journal. > I > am just stating how its done at my place of employment to give everyone an > idea of what it takes to mail the Journal each time. Things do change each > time the Journal is mailed so that has to be taken into account each time. > Proposed deadlines have to be met to keep things flowing. If one deadline > is > not met, that can hold thin
[amsat-bb] Re: It's Time to Register for the 2010 AMSAT Symposium
Is the registration fee for the Symposium refundable if I don't get to attend (or only refundable up to a certain date)? I have not registered yet. I've already made the hotel reservation, but waiting to buy the airline ticket till I'm sure I can be there. September will be incredibly busy for me work-wise, and October may be as well. Thanks Philip N4HF On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 10:14 AM, JoAnne Maenpaa wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Here is a relay of Symposium news from the AMSAT News Service Bulletins ... > > SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-241.01 > It's Time to Register for the 2010 AMSAT Symposium > > AMSAT News Service Bulletin 241.01 > >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. > August 29, 2010 > To All RADIO AMATEURS > BID: $ANS-241.01 > > It is time to register for the 2010 AMSAT Space Symposium and > General meeting. You can register on-line at the AMSAT Store: > http://www.amsat-na.com/store/SymposiumReg.php > > Your conference fee includes entrance to the Symposium, refreshments > and a copy of the 2010 Symposium Proceedings: > $40.00 per person before 15 September 2010 > $45.00 from 21 September through 5 October > Online registration closes 5 October at Midnight. > Registration at the door will be $50.00. > > ___ 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] IC-821H and preamps
Does anyone know if when you have the preamp button set, and it sends +12 vdc up the antenna jacks, is the voltage dropped when you key up on one of the antenna ports (ie, preamp on, + 12vdc is sent to both 144/430 and you key up on 430, is the voltage dropped on the 430 side?) Getting back on the birds, and getting used to the 821, 73 de tom K8TB ___ 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: Transit Satellites
It is my understanding that the transit system is inactive. This was a Navy navigation system that used the approx 150 MHz and 400 MHZ signals for determination of location. I used this system while active duty in the USN submarine service. I listened to the 149.985 MHz signal at home for many years, but, have not heard it for at least 10 years. The birds were known as OSCAR (for operational) by the Navy. Here are some links to some information indicating that at least one bird was transmitting in 1996. http://space.skyrocket.de/index_frame.htm?http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/transit-o.htm http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/Transit/ http://techdigest.jhuapl.edu/td/td1901/index.htm If you do hear a Transit satellite, and the satellite is operating properly, you will hear a data burst, known as a Barker word. This data burst occurs at every even 2 minute mark. It can be used as an accurate time hack. The assumption was that the unit using the system would have time that was at least accurate to a minute and this could be used as a time hack. Hope this helps 73 Glenn WB4UIV At 06:49 PM 8/30/2010, Dave Marthouse wrote: >With all this talk of the Transit satellites on 149.985MHZ, how are >they listed in the keps. I checked for other satellites of interest >on the kelso webpage and found navy navigation satellites. There >are a few named transit. What Transit birds are we talking >about. I want to see how strong their signals are on my >scanner. Any information would be appreciated. > > >Dave Marthouse N2AAM >dmartho...@gmail.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 ___ 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] Telemetry files of CAPE 1 -Very important / Archi vos de Telemetría de CAPE 1 -Muy importante
Hello. I am HEILER Ledezma. I am a member of the research team that developed the Colombian picosatellite 'Libertad 1'. We are currently researching about the cubic picosatellites telemetry (CubeSats telemetry). Can someone send me the file of the entire telemetry of CAPE 1, since its launch [17 April 2007] until its last transmission? Similarly, I am willing to continue providing information to those who need it. Thank you. Heiler Yesid Ledezma Leudo CubeSat 'Libertad 1' -Researcher Telecommunications Engineering. -- Buenas noches. Soy HEILER Ledezma. Soy miembro del equipo de investigación que desarrolló el picosatellite colombiano 'Libertad 1'. En la actualidad estamos investigando sobre la telemetría picosatélites cúbicos (CubeSats). ¿Alguien me puede enviar el archivo de toda la telemetría de CAPE 1, desde su lanzamiento [17 de abril de 2007] hasta su última transmisión? De igual forma, estoy dispuesto a seguir aportando información a aquellos que la necesiten. Gracias. Heiler Yesid Ledezma Leudo CubeSat 'Libertad 1' -Researcher Telecommunications Engineering. ___ 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
