[amsat-bb] Re: az/el rotators
The only one I have seen is the Alpha Spid http://alfaradio.ca/alfaspid-azel.html 73, Joe -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Joseph Armbruster Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 3:16 PM To: Amsat BB Subject: [amsat-bb] az/el rotators Besides the G5500, are there any other commercially available rotators on the market? I've had a heck of a hard time finding anything comparable on the search engines. Thank You, Joseph Armbruster ___ 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] AMSAT Journal
My Journal arrived today Does your Journal have your address on the label? Mine has only my name and a bar code. I'm sure the bar code must be my address, but my other magazines have a human readable address. Just Curious? Joe kk0sd ___ 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] Time for a repetion of considerate operating practice on FM satellites
Hi European operators, It looks like a repetion of the considerate operating practice at least here over Europe is in place. Sorry it is long :-) Here it is with minor modifications since last year: The first issue of this article is from 2000 - but with some modification it is still useful. I wrote this because the operating practice on the FM satellites by a few operators is less than productive. Unfortunately it makes it difficult to have real QSOs for the rest of us. The FM satellites function just like a FM repeater. They can accommodate one station at the time only. This makes it necessary for us to be very considerate, when we use these satellites. We have a number of satellites using frequency modulation operating at the moment. That is a good thing since they obviously attract a lot of new operators to the amateur satellite service. We have AO-51 and SO-50 both on all the time and AO-27 on for 6 to 7 minutes during daytime South to North passes. New to us are HO-68 and SO-67. The operating practice by a large number of us in Europe is appalling. People call on top of one another, whistling, and use repeater tones, do not allow a QSO to finish, call OHLA-OHLA, call CQ three to four times and include the locator and so on. Some seems to have the idea that it is their satellite and they therefor monopolize whole passes using excessive power to drown low power stations. The most popular satellite, AO-51, attracts quite a large crowd on every pass. If you want to hear examples of the above, try to listen to this very useful satellite during a weekend pass on 435.300 MHz plus minus Doppler. I do not pretend to have the perfect solution to these problems and I most certainly do not want to be called a policeman on the satellites - but a few gentleman agreements would make life (an overstatement - it is just a hobby) a lot easier for all of us. The golden rule - do not transmit if you can not hear the downlink, is not known by some stations. I have personally called a lot of stations, where my downlink signal has been very good - but the station called did not answer - or asked for the call again several times - but gave a 59 report. In my humble opinion we should adhere to some simple rules, which I will put forward here: Calling CQ satellite 3 - 4 or more times and give the call and the full locator at the same time is non-productive. It simply takes too long time. Experienced operators easily pick out new stations using a short CQ call. It is not really necessary to call CQ - just give your call. Considerate operating practice allows a QSO to finish. Many operators on the FM satellites do not adhere to this. You very often find a station calling on top of a running QSO, which makes the QSO take much longer time than necessary. Often it is because the QSO takes a long time, which leads to the next rule. Make the QSO short when the satellite is busy. Valid QSO's just need to exchange calls and signal report. That is it. You do not need locator or operator name. If there is very little traffic OK go ahead and talk about anything - but not when the satellite is busy. Here in Europe we also have the habit of asking for the full lokator. I have tried to avoid that, but I have failed in this respect. For a terrestrial QSO or in a contest you need the full lokator - but not for a satellite QSO. A considerate operator will make one QSO per pass. If you are an experienced operator, who has made a lot of contacts before - limit your contacts to new stations. Do not use the FM satellites to elaborate on the weather situation in your local area, when the satellite is busy. Give priority to portable and mobile stations if they can hear the satellite. Give DX stations (rare calls) a chance to get through. I have just witnessed a JY4 station being drowned by local QSO's. JY was new to me even if I started satellite work in 1992. If someone is really annoying - don't try to block their signal - try to send them a polite e-mail especially if they are from your own country. Also respect if people want to use their own native language. It is perfectly OK to talk Danish, German, Russian or any other language, as long as they do not carry on for many minutes. Do not talk very fast. It will not help. Remember we have different languages and use phonetics. Look at your satellite-tracking program in order to avoid calling stations that are out of the footprint. If you are a newcomer to satellites try to use them on a weekday morning. QRM from non-radio amateurs and non-satellite radio amateurs. Over the years I have heard taxi drivers in Spain, music from Arabic countries, telephone conversations in Russian - Danish, Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish (continue the list) radio amateurs using the uplink frequencies for local calls, packet transmissions from Siberia - over the FM satellites. Some of these problems with other
[amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Journal
Mine came with an address label. Received last week. 73, Ed - KL7UW At 05:53 AM 9/3/2010, Gary \Joe\ Mayfield wrote: My Journal arrived today Does your Journal have your address on the label? Mine has only my name and a bar code. I'm sure the bar code must be my address, but my other magazines have a human readable address. Just Curious? Joe kk0sd ___ 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, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 == BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 144-QRT*, 432-100w, 1296-QRT*, 3400-fall 2010 DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubus...@hotmail.com == *temp ___ 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] Tip: Inexpensive Digital Voice Recorder
All, For those of you who have not already invested in a digital voice recorder for recording your hand-held satellite ops (highly recommended), I ran across the Sanyo Digital Voice Recorder - ICR-FP600D at eCost for only $12.99 + SH (refurb). See URL: http://www.ecost.com/Detail.aspx?edp=58169925navid=155441519 Note: I do not own this model, so I cannot comment on it's quality or features, but for this price it appears to be a pretty good deal. The only downside might be that this model does not have USB connectivity, rather audio is stored on an SD card (1GB SD card is included according to the description, but some other places selling this model have reported that this model doesn't come with the SD card...), which can be removed and inserted into a PC SD card reader for transferring the files to your computer. For those that are interested, you can find the user manual at URL: http://www.sanyo.de/produkte_daten/Dictation/manual/SANYO_SANYO_ICR-FP600D_ICR-FD700D_Manual_E_2_E.pdf 73, Doug KD8CAO ___ 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: Tip: Inexpensive Digital Voice Recorder
Thanks for the tip! Ordered!!! George, KA3HSW - Original Message From: Doug Papay doug.pa...@gmail.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 12:01:35 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Tip: Inexpensive Digital Voice Recorder All, For those of you who have not already invested in a digital voice recorder for recording your hand-held satellite ops (highly recommended), I ran across the Sanyo Digital Voice Recorder - ICR-FP600D at eCost for only $12.99 + SH (refurb). See URL: http://www.ecost.com/Detail.aspx?edp=58169925navid=155441519 [snip] ___ 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: Tip: Inexpensive Digital Voice Recorder
Hi Doug, Question: How are you recording your qso's when handheld? Are you just recording your spoken side of the qso or do you have the recorder tied into to the earphones somehow. (on the base of course, one can just pick up from a speaker jack into the recorder) Also, a CAUTION on some of the inexpensive recorders. Most do not have an on/off switch or APO function, so you need to pop the batteries in and out which is kind of annoying. 73, Ted -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Doug Papay Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 10:02 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Tip: Inexpensive Digital Voice Recorder All, For those of you who have not already invested in a digital voice recorder for recording your hand-held satellite ops (highly recommended), I ran across the Sanyo Digital Voice Recorder - ICR-FP600D at eCost for only $12.99 + SH (refurb). See URL: http://www.ecost.com/Detail.aspx?edp=58169925navid=155441519 Note: I do not own this model, so I cannot comment on it's quality or features, but for this price it appears to be a pretty good deal. The only downside might be that this model does not have USB connectivity, rather audio is stored on an SD card (1GB SD card is included according to the description, but some other places selling this model have reported that this model doesn't come with the SD card...), which can be removed and inserted into a PC SD card reader for transferring the files to your computer. For those that are interested, you can find the user manual at URL: http://www.sanyo.de/produkte_daten/Dictation/manual/SANYO_SANYO_ICR-FP600D_I CR-FD700D_Manual_E_2_E.pdf 73, Doug KD8CAO ___ 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: Tip: Inexpensive Digital Voice Recorder
Ted, I work birds with a Kenwood TH-D7A. I use a 2 male/1 female y connector and Plug one end into the Speaker jack on the microphone, one into the mic jack on the recorder and then plug my earphones into the female jack. The speaker jack on the mike only passes the receive output, but with the radio in full duplex, I get my signal from the downlink. Works like a charm. I hear both sides of the QSO. 73 Clear Skies Rick Tejera Editor SACnews, Public Outreach Coordinator Saguaro Astronomy Club Phoenix, Arizona www.saguaroastro.org saguaroas...@cox.net K7TEJ -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Ted Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 15:19 To: 'Doug Papay'; amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Tip: Inexpensive Digital Voice Recorder Hi Doug, Question: How are you recording your qso's when handheld? Are you just recording your spoken side of the qso or do you have the recorder tied into to the earphones somehow. (on the base of course, one can just pick up from a speaker jack into the recorder) Also, a CAUTION on some of the inexpensive recorders. Most do not have an on/off switch or APO function, so you need to pop the batteries in and out which is kind of annoying. 73, Ted -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Doug Papay Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 10:02 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Tip: Inexpensive Digital Voice Recorder All, For those of you who have not already invested in a digital voice recorder for recording your hand-held satellite ops (highly recommended), I ran across the Sanyo Digital Voice Recorder - ICR-FP600D at eCost for only $12.99 + SH (refurb). See URL: http://www.ecost.com/Detail.aspx?edp=58169925navid=155441519 Note: I do not own this model, so I cannot comment on it's quality or features, but for this price it appears to be a pretty good deal. The only downside might be that this model does not have USB connectivity, rather audio is stored on an SD card (1GB SD card is included according to the description, but some other places selling this model have reported that this model doesn't come with the SD card...), which can be removed and inserted into a PC SD card reader for transferring the files to your computer. For those that are interested, you can find the user manual at URL: http://www.sanyo.de/produkte_daten/Dictation/manual/SANYO_SANYO_ICR-FP600D_I CR-FD700D_Manual_E_2_E.pdf 73, Doug KD8CAO ___ 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 ___ 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
