[amsat-bb] Satellite demonstration from Aguada town

2012-09-03 Thread Hector Luis Martinez Sis
Hello all!!

The trip to Aguada de Pasajeros town was uneventful.  The location chosen
for the demonstrations was the town `s central park. 21 stations were worked
on three satellite passes and a lot of contacts were done on the HF bands and
2m local repeaters.  A lot of people came to the presentation and some asked
about how begin in the amateur radio world.

The most exciting part for the audience was when we heard the contact between
NA1SS form the ISS and K3CUJ from the National Electronics Museum, Linthicum, 
MD.
It was a great experience to everyone!!!

Equipments used for this satellite operation is what I use usually when
I am portable. A mobile 2m FM radio with a homebrew 70cm/2m down converter 
inside,
with a strap around my neck. The 2m Kenwood TK-270 HT for Tx, a 12V 7AH battery
into a backpack, a digital MP3 recorder, The HT in one hand and the homebrew 
Arrow
Antenna with a homebrew preamplifier in the other hand.

Thanks to everyone who worked me and said hello to the group. Right now,  I have
answered a lot of question about satellite and AMSAT on our 2m local repeater.
I am sure that we won some satellite enthusiasts more.

73!

Hector, CO6CBF
EL92sd






 Hello all!



 On Saturday September 1st, The Aguada de Pasajeros `s  Radio Club  will give
 an Amateur Radio presentation from  the Central Park of the town. The Radio
 Club will be operating on the HF bands and 2m local repeaters. I will be
 there on behalf of the Satellite Cuban group for a Sat demonstration, I hope
 to operate on the SO-50 and AO-27 passes from 12:00z to 20:00z and I will
 try to encourage some Hams to the Microphone. Aguada town is in EL92 around
 40 miles from Cienfuegos city.



 Please, give us a call!



 73!



 Hector, CO6CBF

 EL92sd












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[amsat-bb] Satellite demonstration from Aguada town

2012-09-03 Thread Hector, CO6CBF
Hello all!!

The trip to Aguada de Pasajeros town was uneventful.  The location chosen
for the demonstrations was the town `s central park. 21 stations were worked
on three satellite passes and a lot of contacts were done on the HF bands
and 2m local repeaters.  A lot of people came to the presentation and some
asked about how begin in the amateur radio world.  

The most exciting part for the audience was when we heard the contact
between NA1SS form the ISS and K3CUJ from the National Electronics Museum,
Linthicum, MD. It was a great experience to everyone!!! 

Equipments used for this satellite operation is what I use usually when I am
portable. A mobile 2m FM radio with a homebrew 70cm/2m down converter
inside, with a strap around my neck. The 2m Kenwood TK-270 HT for Tx, a 12V
7AH battery into a backpack, a digital MP3 recorder, The HT in one hand and
the homebrew Arrow Antenna with a homebrew preamplifier in the other hand.

Thanks to everyone who worked me and said hello to the group. Right now,  I
have answered a lot of question about satellite and AMSAT on our 2m local
repeater. I am sure that we won some satellite enthusiasts more.

73!

Hector, CO6CBF 
EL92sd

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Asunto: [amsat-bb] Satellite demonstration from Aguada town

Hello all!

On Saturday September 1st, The Aguada de Pasajeros `s  Radio Club  will give
an Amateur Radio presentation from  the Central Park of the town. The Radio
Club will be operating on the HF bands and 2m local repeaters. I will be
there on behalf of the Satellite Cuban group for a Sat demonstration, I hope
to operate on the SO-50 and AO-27 passes from 12:00z to 20:00z and I will
try to encourage some Hams to the Microphone. Aguada town is in EL92 around
40 miles from Cienfuegos city.

Please, give us a call!

 

73!

Hector, CO6CBF

EL92sd

 




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el cumplimiento de los objetivos de la organizacion y su politica informativa. 
La persona que envia este correo asume el compromiso de usar el servicio a 
tales fines y cumplir con las regulaciones establecidas.
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[amsat-bb] Re: Congratulations Bob on QST plaque!!

2012-09-03 Thread Sean Cavanaugh
Hi Bob,

Interesting that they would be squeamish about higher voltages when a while 
back they ran an article suggesting running a 3-500 amp with the interlock 
defeated and a meter jammed in there to measure the filament voltage. They 
(quite rightly) took a bit of flak for that one though. 

Anyway, congrats on the award!

73,
Sean -VA5LF

On 2012-09-01, at 12:49, Robert Bruninga bruni...@usna.edu wrote:

 In the original draft, I had indicated all kinds of ways to use the 300 to
 500 VDC from ones home solar system, or the 300 to 500 VDC from their
 Hybrid or EV or the 330 VDC that is inside every modern electronics system
 or power supply to power all kinds of things during a power outage.  But
 QST was concerned that publishing anything with voltages over 12 volts was
 too dangerous.

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