[amsat-bb] Re: Odd Question (answer)
When the Earth image is about 4 across (8,000km), and the satellites are one pixel across (say .001) then each dot is actually to scale a spacecraft that is 8km wide. Which is about 8000 times bigger in diameter than a real spacecraft. So what you are seeing is what space would look like if every one of our satellies was the size of a EARTH-KILLER asteroid. Actually the impact concern is the AREA so in effect, the 8000 times smaller spacecraft are actually 64,000,000 times smaller in cross section than the dot on the image. (unless I made a stupid math error). Bob, Wb4APR -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Franklin Antonio Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 1:30 AM To: MICHAEL Cc: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Odd Question At 09:22 PM 9/23/2013, MICHAEL wrote: For the longest time I have been wondering how a satellite is placed in orbit without hitting anything else? I have seen pictures of all the stuff circling the Earth and it just baffles me how anyone can get anything in orbit without hitting anything. Can anyone explain this? Sure. Those pictures you've been looking at are not drawn to scale. The dots representing the satellites should be a lot smaller. If they were, you'd see there's a lot of space out there. ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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-BB@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] DC and AMSAT Awards
Good morning, I was curious about the rules for the the OSCAR Satellite Communications Achievement Award, the OSCAR Sexagesimal Award, and the OSCAR Century Award. The rules from KK5DO's website state that A contact is defined as one with a station in another state, DXCC country or Canadian Provience. Once you have a contact with a station in that area, you must hunt for another. Furthermore, the rules also state that For those that have the RAC CANDADAWARD or ARRL WAS with satellite endorsements, you may submit a copy of your certificate as proof of working the 13 Canadian Proviences or 50 U.S. States. Since Canada only has ten provinces, that implies that the three territories also count under the definition of province. Similarly, I would argue that the definition of state should also include the District of Columbia as a separate entity since the precedent from counting the Canadian territories as provinces is clear. Does the District of Columbia count as a separate entity for the purposes of these awards? 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC AMSAT-NA #38,913 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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: Odd Question (answer)
I don't know much about colliding dots but .. The volume of space from surface of earth up to about 200 km is roughly 1 to the 20th (cubic meters). The volume of a spherical spacecraft with a diameter of 5 meters (slightly larger than a cubesat) is about 500 (cubic meters). Assuming 10,000 of these spacecraft orbiting earth (a bit of an overestimate) we have a total volume of 5 times 10 to the 6th (cubic meters). At any instant the chance of randomly introducing a new object into an occupied position is on the order of 1/2 times 10 to the -13th power. Of course I have omitted a few important details (and I haven't checked my arithmetic) but since this is about 10 to the 7th less than the odds of being hit by lightening if one lives to be 100 I wouldn't worry about it too much (however, I would take reasonable precautions with lightening). K2ubc ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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: Odd Question (answer-fixed)
OOPS... Corrected... --- When the Earth image is about 4 across (8,000km), and the satellites are one pixel across (say .001) then each dot is actually to scale a spacecraft that is 2km wide. Which is about 4000 times bigger in diameter than a real spacecraft. So what you are seeing is what space would look like if every one of our satellies was the size of a EARTH-KILLER asteroid. Actually the impact concern is the AREA so in effect, the 4000 times smaller spacecraft are actually 16,000,000 times smaller in cross section than the dot on the image. (unless I made another stupid math error). Bob, Wb4APR -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Franklin Antonio Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 1:30 AM To: MICHAEL Cc: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Odd Question At 09:22 PM 9/23/2013, MICHAEL wrote: For the longest time I have been wondering how a satellite is placed in orbit without hitting anything else? I have seen pictures of all the stuff circling the Earth and it just baffles me how anyone can get anything in orbit without hitting anything. Can anyone explain this? Sure. Those pictures you've been looking at are not drawn to scale. The dots representing the satellites should be a lot smaller. If they were, you'd see there's a lot of space out there. ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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-BB@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] Soyuz Launch Wednesday, September 25 on NASA TV
Here is a bit of time limited news which will occur before the next news bulletins are released. Astronaut Mike Hopkins, KF5LJG, and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryzanskiy will liftoff aboard a Soyuz Rocket on Wednesday, September 25. NASA TV has published this schedule (all times in USA Eastern Daylight Time UTC-4) September 25, Wednesday 4 p.m. - ISS Expedition 37/38 Soyuz TMA-10M Launch Coverage (Launch scheduled at 4:58 p.m. ET; includes video B-roll of the crew's pre-launch activities at 4:10 p.m. ET) - JSC via Baikonur, Kazakhstan (All Channels) 7 p.m. - Video File of ISS Expedition 37/38 Soyuz TMA-10M Pre-Launch, Launch Video B-Roll and Post-Launch Interviews - JSC (All Channels) 10 p.m. - ISS Expedition 37/38 Soyuz TMA-10M Docking Coverage (Docking scheduled at 10:48 p.m. ET) - JSC (All Channels) September 26, Thursday 12 a.m. - ISS Expedition 37/38 Soyuz TMA-10M Hatch Opening and Other Activities (Hatch Opening scheduled at 12:25 a.m. ET) - JSC via Baikonur, Kazakhstan (All Channels) -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9...@amsat.org Editor, AMSAT Journal ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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
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[amsat-bb] Re: DC and AMSAT Awards
If the FCC and ARRL would recognize the District of Columbia with its own prefix as the RAC has done with their provencies and territories then we should. However, until they do, it is included as a contact for Maryland. Here is the list from RAC that they use for their contests. Nova Scotia [NS] (VE1, VA1, CY9, CYØ); Quebec [QC] (VE2, VA2); Ontario [ON] (VE3, VA3); Manitoba [MB] (VE4, VA4); Saskatchewan [SK] (VE5, VA5); Alberta [AB] (VE6, VA6); British Columbia [BC] (VE7, VA7); Northwest Territories [NT] (VE8); New Brunswick [NB] (VE9); Newfoundland and Labrador [NL] (VO1, VO2); Nunavut [NU] (VYØ); Yukon [YT] (VY1); Prince Edward Island [PE] (VY2). AMSAT chose to use the same list in their award since AMSAT-NA includes Canada. Hope this helps. 73...bruce On 9/24/2013 9:13 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: Good morning, I was curious about the rules for the the OSCAR Satellite Communications Achievement Award, the OSCAR Sexagesimal Award, and the OSCAR Century Award. The rules from KK5DO's website state that A contact is defined as one with a station in another state, DXCC country or Canadian Provience. Once you have a contact with a station in that area, you must hunt for another. Furthermore, the rules also state that For those that have the RAC CANDADAWARD or ARRL WAS with satellite endorsements, you may submit a copy of your certificate as proof of working the 13 Canadian Proviences or 50 U.S. States. Since Canada only has ten provinces, that implies that the three territories also count under the definition of province. Similarly, I would argue that the definition of state should also include the District of Columbia as a separate entity since the precedent from counting the Canadian territories as provinces is clear. Does the District of Columbia count as a separate entity for the purposes of these awards? 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC AMSAT-NA #38,913 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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 -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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: DC and AMSAT Awards
Bruce, That an illogical argument. Only three states have their own prefixes: Alaska, Hawaii, and California. It also ignores the fact that the District of Columbia is not part of Maryland. Incidentally, DC is the only top-level subdivision of the United States or Canada that does not count as a separate entity for this award. 73, Paul, N8HM On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Bruce kk...@amsat.org wrote: If the FCC and ARRL would recognize the District of Columbia with its own prefix as the RAC has done with their provencies and territories then we should. However, until they do, it is included as a contact for Maryland. Here is the list from RAC that they use for their contests. Nova Scotia [NS] (VE1, VA1, CY9, CYØ); Quebec [QC] (VE2, VA2); Ontario [ON] (VE3, VA3); Manitoba [MB] (VE4, VA4); Saskatchewan [SK] (VE5, VA5); Alberta [AB] (VE6, VA6); British Columbia [BC] (VE7, VA7); Northwest Territories [NT] (VE8); New Brunswick [NB] (VE9); Newfoundland and Labrador [NL] (VO1, VO2); Nunavut [NU] (VYØ); Yukon [YT] (VY1); Prince Edward Island [PE] (VY2). AMSAT chose to use the same list in their award since AMSAT-NA includes Canada. Hope this helps. 73...bruce On 9/24/2013 9:13 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: Good morning, I was curious about the rules for the the OSCAR Satellite Communications Achievement Award, the OSCAR Sexagesimal Award, and the OSCAR Century Award. The rules from KK5DO's website state that A contact is defined as one with a station in another state, DXCC country or Canadian Provience. Once you have a contact with a station in that area, you must hunt for another. Furthermore, the rules also state that For those that have the RAC CANDADAWARD or ARRL WAS with satellite endorsements, you may submit a copy of your certificate as proof of working the 13 Canadian Proviences or 50 U.S. States. Since Canada only has ten provinces, that implies that the three territories also count under the definition of province. Similarly, I would argue that the definition of state should also include the District of Columbia as a separate entity since the precedent from counting the Canadian territories as provinces is clear. Does the District of Columbia count as a separate entity for the purposes of these awards? 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC AMSAT-NA #38,913 __**_ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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-bbhttp://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/**podcast.xmlhttp://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xmlor iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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: DC and AMSAT Awards
I took over processing the awards for AMSAT over 10 years ago and have processed it the same way the previous awards managers had done. You are absolutely correct that DC does not count for this award because in creating our award, we used the ARRL worked all states award, the RAC worked all provinces award and the DXCC list to create our award. There is nothing in any of those awards that include District of Columbia and our award does not either. Also, we do not include US Territories such as US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Guam and a couple other islands in our awards. 73...bruce On 9/24/2013 11:24 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: Bruce, That an illogical argument. Only three states have their own prefixes: Alaska, Hawaii, and California. It also ignores the fact that the District of Columbia is not part of Maryland. Incidentally, DC is the only top-level subdivision of the United States or Canada that does not count as a separate entity for this award. 73, Paul, N8HM On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Bruce kk...@amsat.org wrote: If the FCC and ARRL would recognize the District of Columbia with its own prefix as the RAC has done with their provencies and territories then we should. However, until they do, it is included as a contact for Maryland. Here is the list from RAC that they use for their contests. Nova Scotia [NS] (VE1, VA1, CY9, CYØ); Quebec [QC] (VE2, VA2); Ontario [ON] (VE3, VA3); Manitoba [MB] (VE4, VA4); Saskatchewan [SK] (VE5, VA5); Alberta [AB] (VE6, VA6); British Columbia [BC] (VE7, VA7); Northwest Territories [NT] (VE8); New Brunswick [NB] (VE9); Newfoundland and Labrador [NL] (VO1, VO2); Nunavut [NU] (VYØ); Yukon [YT] (VY1); Prince Edward Island [PE] (VY2). AMSAT chose to use the same list in their award since AMSAT-NA includes Canada. Hope this helps. 73...bruce On 9/24/2013 9:13 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: Good morning, I was curious about the rules for the the OSCAR Satellite Communications Achievement Award, the OSCAR Sexagesimal Award, and the OSCAR Century Award. The rules from KK5DO's website state that A contact is defined as one with a station in another state, DXCC country or Canadian Provience. Once you have a contact with a station in that area, you must hunt for another. Furthermore, the rules also state that For those that have the RAC CANDADAWARD or ARRL WAS with satellite endorsements, you may submit a copy of your certificate as proof of working the 13 Canadian Proviences or 50 U.S. States. Since Canada only has ten provinces, that implies that the three territories also count under the definition of province. Similarly, I would argue that the definition of state should also include the District of Columbia as a separate entity since the precedent from counting the Canadian territories as provinces is clear. Does the District of Columbia count as a separate entity for the purposes of these awards? 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC AMSAT-NA #38,913 __**_ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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-bbhttp://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/**podcast.xmlhttp://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xmlor iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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 -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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: DC and AMSAT Awards
The Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, etc. all count as separate entities for these awards as DXCC entities. I find it ironic that an organization that is incorporated in the District of Columbia and had it's first headquarters in the District of Columbia would not recognize that the District of Columbia is a separate and distinct entity that is not part of the State of Maryland. 73, Paul, N8HM On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Bruce kk...@amsat.org wrote: I took over processing the awards for AMSAT over 10 years ago and have processed it the same way the previous awards managers had done. You are absolutely correct that DC does not count for this award because in creating our award, we used the ARRL worked all states award, the RAC worked all provinces award and the DXCC list to create our award. There is nothing in any of those awards that include District of Columbia and our award does not either. Also, we do not include US Territories such as US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Guam and a couple other islands in our awards. 73...bruce On 9/24/2013 11:24 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: Bruce, That an illogical argument. Only three states have their own prefixes: Alaska, Hawaii, and California. It also ignores the fact that the District of Columbia is not part of Maryland. Incidentally, DC is the only top-level subdivision of the United States or Canada that does not count as a separate entity for this award. 73, Paul, N8HM On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Bruce kk...@amsat.org wrote: If the FCC and ARRL would recognize the District of Columbia with its own prefix as the RAC has done with their provencies and territories then we should. However, until they do, it is included as a contact for Maryland. Here is the list from RAC that they use for their contests. Nova Scotia [NS] (VE1, VA1, CY9, CYØ); Quebec [QC] (VE2, VA2); Ontario [ON] (VE3, VA3); Manitoba [MB] (VE4, VA4); Saskatchewan [SK] (VE5, VA5); Alberta [AB] (VE6, VA6); British Columbia [BC] (VE7, VA7); Northwest Territories [NT] (VE8); New Brunswick [NB] (VE9); Newfoundland and Labrador [NL] (VO1, VO2); Nunavut [NU] (VYØ); Yukon [YT] (VY1); Prince Edward Island [PE] (VY2). AMSAT chose to use the same list in their award since AMSAT-NA includes Canada. Hope this helps. 73...bruce On 9/24/2013 9:13 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: Good morning, I was curious about the rules for the the OSCAR Satellite Communications Achievement Award, the OSCAR Sexagesimal Award, and the OSCAR Century Award. The rules from KK5DO's website state that A contact is defined as one with a station in another state, DXCC country or Canadian Provience. Once you have a contact with a station in that area, you must hunt for another. Furthermore, the rules also state that For those that have the RAC CANDADAWARD or ARRL WAS with satellite endorsements, you may submit a copy of your certificate as proof of working the 13 Canadian Proviences or 50 U.S. States. Since Canada only has ten provinces, that implies that the three territories also count under the definition of province. Similarly, I would argue that the definition of state should also include the District of Columbia as a separate entity since the precedent from counting the Canadian territories as provinces is clear. Does the District of Columbia count as a separate entity for the purposes of these awards? 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC AMSAT-NA #38,913 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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-bbhttp://amsat.org/mailman/**listinfo/amsat-bb http://**amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/**amsat-bbhttp://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xmlhttp://www.amsatnet.com/**podcast.xml http://www.**amsatnet.com/podcast.xmlhttp://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xmlor iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat __**_ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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-bbhttp://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink -
[amsat-bb] Another brilliant idea!
I understand that the AmSat BB is 99% serious business. I think it's time to lighten the mood a bit. I'm going to (try to) fund a new project. I want to place a satellite with a full-sized 160m beam into orbit. I want this thing to be highly polished or plated in Chrome. (It will put the Russian space mirror to shame), and be visible during daylight hours. I think the flares will catch the interest of people, and draw them into this insane hobby. How's that for a dumb idea? (I'll shut up now...) ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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: Another brilliant idea!
Lighter if made of balsa and covered in silver Monokote... TK K7TRK -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of DJ Nise Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 12:55 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Another brilliant idea! I understand that the AmSat BB is 99% serious business. I think it's time to lighten the mood a bit. I'm going to (try to) fund a new project. I want to place a satellite with a full-sized 160m beam into orbit. I want this thing to be highly polished or plated in Chrome. (It will put the Russian space mirror to shame), and be visible during daylight hours. I think the flares will catch the interest of people, and draw them into this insane hobby. How's that for a dumb idea? (I'll shut up now...) ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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-BB@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] Lots Of Rockets, Poor Reliability
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2013/09/24/too-many-rockets-not-enough-dependability/ 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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: Another brilliant idea!
From: DJ Nise I'm going to (try to) fund a new project. I want to place a satellite with a full-sized 160m beam into orbit. ... How's that for a dumb idea? Wonderful, only drawback is that 160m isn't allocated to the Amateur Satellite Service ;-) Of course that's true of all the LF allocations. There was an opportunity a few years ago to fly a 136 kHz payload with a 1 km long antenna but the lack of Amateur Satellite Service allocations made it a non-starter. BTW does anyone know if there are any papers relating to the Amateur Satellite Service being discussed at this weeks IARU Region 2 Conference in Mexico ? 73 Trevor M5AKA ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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: Another brilliant idea!
How many element? On 09/24/2013 03:55 PM, DJ Nise wrote: I want to place a satellite with a full-sized 160m beam into orbit. ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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: Another brilliant idea!
... full-sized 160m beam into orbit ... Reminds me of the two antennas who met up on the roof. They fell in love and got married. The ceremony wasn't much but the reception was fantastic ... -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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: Another brilliant idea!
Nice! ...may I suggest only the words AMSAT be chrome plated and studded with bright white LEDs :) 73 peter ve7ngp -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of DJ Nise Sent: September 24, 2013 12:55 To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Another brilliant idea! I understand that the AmSat BB is 99% serious business. I think it's time to lighten the mood a bit. I'm going to (try to) fund a new project. I want to place a satellite with a full-sized 160m beam into orbit. I want this thing to be highly polished or plated in Chrome. (It will put the Russian space mirror to shame), and be visible during daylight hours. I think the flares will catch the interest of people, and draw them into this insane hobby. How's that for a dumb idea? (I'll shut up now...) ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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-BB@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: Another brilliant idea!
Hi Trevor, Yes we are discussing the removal of the downlink only restriction on 29MHz and the proposal to permit satellite linear transponder downlinks to operate at the bottom of the 144MHz band (just 22.5kHz though) The meeting is still in session at this time best 73 Graham XE3/G3VZV BTW does anyone know if there are any papers relating to the Amateur Satellite Service being discussed at this weeks IARU Region 2 Conference in Mexico ? 73 Trevor M5AKA ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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-BB@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: Odd Question (answer-fixed)
On 9/24/2013 10:45 AM, Robert Bruninga wrote: Actually the impact concern is the AREA Which leads to a surprising problem. Suppose a cubesat at the end of it's mission deploys some sort of sail intended to increase atmospheric drag and shorten time to re-entry. Good idea right? Maybe not, since you are potentially increasing the number of square-meter-years in orbit. From an overall risk perspective, it might be better to leave the smaller object in orbit longer. -Joe KM1P ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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
