[amsat-bb] AMSAT INDIA April 2011 Newsletter
The April 2011 issue of the AMSAT-INDIA newsletter is now available for free download. Topics in this month's edition include: - Update on the Technical talk held on April 17th - Update on the CubeSat Communication system project by AMSAT INDIA. - News from AMSAT organisations around the world Download the newsletter from http://amsatindia.org/Newsletter/AMSATINDIA-News-April2011.pdf Previous issues are available at: http://www.amsatindia.org/Newsletter/ Regards Nitin [VU3TYG] Secretary, AMSAT India vu3...@amsatindia.org www.amsatindia.org ___ 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: ARISSat-1 battery
Hi David, Agree with your comments, I am sure many were waiting egarly to hear the signals from ARRISsat.I think the team must have documented some key learnings from this which will help during the July launch of the satellite. Regards Nitin [VU3TYG] - Original Message From: amsat-bb@amsat.org To: amsat-bb@amsat.org amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 6, Issue 216 Date: 13/04/11 10:44 Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to amsat-bb@amsat.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to amsat-bb-requ...@amsat.org You can reach the person managing the list at amsat-bb-ow...@amsat.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than quot;Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest...quot; Today's Topics: 1. Re: ARISSat Deactivation (Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BARRIOS TECHNOLOGY]) 2. Top Videos from Tuesday (Clint Bradford) 3. Packet active (Petr, OK1IN (ex OK1UND)) 4. UT1FG/MM QSL confirmation (Omar Alvarez) 5. Re: UT1FG/MM QSL confirmation (Sebastian) 6. Re: UT1FG/MM QSL confirmation (Zachary Beougher) 7. logging, horse is dead I know (KF1BUZ) 8. Doppler.SQF? (K3RWN) 9. Re: ARISSat Deactivation (Alex) 10. Re: ARISSat-1 battery (Tom Schuessler) 11. Re: ARISSat-1 battery. (Mateusz) 12. Re: AMSAT-BB ARISSat Deactivation (Nitin Muttin [VU3TYG]) -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:04:53 -0500 From: quot;Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BARRIOS TECHNOLOGY]quot; lt;kenneth.g.ran...@nasa.govgt; Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat Deactivation To: quot;kk...@arrl.netquot; lt;kk...@arrl.netgt;, quot;amsat-bb@AMSAT.Orgquot; lt;amsat-bb@amsat.orggt; Message-ID: lt;cbb2346c58d9b14983e5aefe4b3458868ef5167...@ndjsscc01.ndc.nasa.govgt; Content-Type: text/plain; charset=quot;Windows-1252quot; ARISSat-1 has no 430 MHz transmitter and the MRM2 has no amateur radio antenna. From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Bruce [kk...@arrl.net] Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 6:27 PM To: amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat Deactivation this is why we did not hear itthey had the 430mhz transmitter turned on... was anyone listening to the 70cm frequency? all the preparations on 2m and we were in the wrong place. Afterwards, Dmitri performed hardware deactivation amp; close-out activities on the TEKh-43 Radioskaf-B ?Kedr? test microsatellite in the MRM2 Poisk module which had been connected to an 825M3 Orlan battery and operated its 430 MHz transmitter yesterday. 73...bruce On 4/13/2011 6:05 PM, Armando Mercado wrote: gt; Hello, gt; gt; ISS Status report for 4/13/2011 says: gt; gt; quot;...Dmitri performed hardware deactivationamp; close-out activities on gt; the TEKh-43 Radioskaf-B quot;Kedrquot; test microsatellite in the MRM2 Poisk gt; module which had been connected to an 825M3 Orlan battery...quot; gt; gt; So, we are done for now. More to come in July. Stay tuned. gt; gt; http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/somd/reports/iss_reports/index.html gt; gt; 73, Armando N8IGJ gt; ___ gt; Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. gt; Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite gt; program! gt; Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb gt; -- 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 -- Message: 2 Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:06:14 -0700 From: Clint Bradford lt;clintbradf...@mac.comgt; Subject: [amsat-bb] Top Videos from Tuesday To: AMSAT BB lt;amsat-bb@amsat.orggt; Message-ID: lt;13912386-04cb-4034-96cd-c85a89abb...@mac.comgt; Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Quick links to the top four space-themed videos from last night's Yuri's Party in Mira Loma CA US. http://tinyurl.com/Top4Vid Clint -- Message: 3 Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:32:34 +0200 From: quot;Petr, OK1IN (ex OK1UND)quot; lt;ok
[amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT-BB ARISSat Deactivation
I was monitoring the 437.550 downlink on all passes from April 11th until April 13th but nothing heard. -- Regards Nitin [VU3TYG] - Original Message From: amsat-bb@amsat.org To: amsat-bb@amsat.org amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 6, Issue 215 Date: 13/04/11 04:38 Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to amsat-bb@amsat.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to amsat-bb-requ...@amsat.org You can reach the person managing the list at amsat-bb-ow...@amsat.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than quot;Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest...quot; Today's Topics: 1. Re: Space-track downloads working? (Richard John K7MDH) 2. Re: AO-51 apparently down (Zachary Beougher) 3. Re: ISS Heard in CHILE!!! (Andrew Rich) 4. Ukraine Loses Satellite Allocations (Trevor .) 5. More Shack Cleaning (Joel Black) 6. AO-51 is Working Fine - My First Satellite QSO Ever! (Stephen Davis) 7. ISS Heard 21:25UTC in CHILE!!! (CA3SOC Raul Romero) 8. Re: ARISSat-1 battery. (g0...@aol.com) 9. Re: Ukraine Loses Satellite Allocations (Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF) 10. Re: AO-51 is Working Fine - My First Satellite QSO Ever! (Zachary Beougher) 11. Re: AO-51 is Working Fine - My First Satellite QSO Ever! (Mark L. Hammond) 12. Re: Space-track downloads working? (Mark L. Hammond) 13. ARISSat Deactivation (Armando Mercado) 14. First Contact (Clint Bradford) 15. Re: ARISSat Deactivation (Bruce) 16. Re: Space-track downloads working? (Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF) 17. Re: Space-track downloads working? (Richard John K7MDH) 18. Re: Icom 9100 (Zachary Beougher) -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:01:22 -0700 From: quot;Richard John K7MDHquot; lt;k7...@arrl.netgt; Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Space-track downloads working? To: lt;amsat-bb@amsat.orggt; Message-ID: lt;BEF364DC91EC40BEA549628162BA8582@VISTA3gt; Content-Type: text/plain; charset=quot;iso-8859-1quot; Thanks for the info, the change to https: explains everything. I have just discovered that I can manually download a compressed file from Space-Track, extract the text file, and manually update Nova from the text file. Looks like Celestrack could make that process a lot easier, so I will explore that next. Nova hasn't been upgraded since 2008 ( and it had so many little bugs to fix !! ) so I'm not going to sit around waiting to see if they put out a new version. Thanks again, Richard K7MDH -- Message: 2 Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:30:04 -0400 From: quot;Zachary Beougherquot; lt;zack.kd8...@hotmail.comgt; Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 apparently down To: quot;Mark L. Hammondquot; lt;marklhamm...@gmail.comgt;, quot;Amsat - BBsquot; lt;amsat-bb@amsat.orggt; Message-ID: lt;snt111-ds4ba3f16af5a4355d64807b3...@phx.gblgt; Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=quot;iso-8859-1quot;; reply-type=original AO51 still appeared to be down during the 1922z pass. I only monitored half of the pass, but I never heard a carrier. Zack KD8KSN -Original Message- From: Mark L. Hammond Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 10:52 AM To: Amsat - BBs Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 apparently down Hello All, We are receiving reports that AO-51 appears to be down. Hopefully one of us can get it going again this afternoon/evening. Eclipses are still getting longer, and the sun angle is getting worse, too. It probably has experienced a low battery trip (least we hope it's that simple...) Please watch and post on http://oscar.dcarr.org/ 73, -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] ___ 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 -- Message: 3 Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 06:58:32 +1000 From: quot;Andrew Richquot; lt;vk4...@tech-software.netgt; Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ISS Heard in CHILE!!! To: quot;CA3SOC Raul Romeroquot; lt;ce3...@gmail.comgt;, lt;AMSAT-BB@amsat.orggt; Message-ID: lt;38283E78DEB3481AB1A411301E478C06@MACBOOKPROgt; Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=quot;iso-8859-1quot;; reply-type=original Good on ya - Original Message - From: quot;CA3SOC Raul Romeroquot; lt;ce3...@gmail.comgt; To: lt;AMSAT-BB@amsat.orggt; Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 1:07 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS Heard in CHILE!!! gt; 15:00 UTC heard ISS in 145.825 Packet gt; gt; 145.919 145.950 not heard gt; gt; Raul Romero gt; 9-7190753 gt;
[amsat-bb] Re: -Elevation System AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 6, Issue 32
Marco, I have included some images of a Az/El rotator system including the controller in the AMSAT India january Newsletter. I will have more information in the next news letter on who has built this and other information. http://amsatindia.org/Newsletter/AMSATINDIA-News-January2011.pdf -- Regards Nitin [VU3TYG] Secretary, AMSAT India vu3...@amsatindia.org www.amsatindia.org - Original Message From: amsat-bb@amsat.org To: amsat-bb@amsat.org amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 6, Issue 32 Date: 17/01/11 22:36 Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to amsat-bb@amsat.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to amsat-bb-requ...@amsat.org You can reach the person managing the list at amsat-bb-ow...@amsat.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than quot;Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest...quot; Today's Topics: 1. Re: Elevation System (Mike Ryan) -- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:35:41 -0500 From: quot;Mike Ryanquot; lt;mryan...@comcast.netgt; Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Elevation System To: lt;amsat-bb@amsat.orggt; Message-ID: lt;53A84E533FAE41F0816662CCD2CCCB83@MikeClonegt; Content-Type: text/plain; charset=quot;utf-8quot; I agree on TV rotors. Its an excellent inexpensive way to get elevation. The U100/110 is what I use as well and its well suited because you can put the boom right through the rotor. There are some nice pictures of setups using these rotors on this sites: http://www.rotorservice.com/press3-alliance.htmlt;- my setup imitates this one ... http://home.wavecable.com/~ko6th/ http://users.wbsnet.org/n0yk/cushcraft.htm And there?s a QST article on this in the Dec 1998 issue You can even build a controller for computer control but I?m currently rotating elevation and azimuth manually. Mike WB1AAT Message: 7 Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:52:35 -0800 From: quot;Greg D.quot; lt;ko6th_g...@hotmail.comgt; Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Elevation System To: lt;iz5...@gmail.comgt;, lt;amsat-bb@amsat.orggt; Message-ID: lt;blu133-w194864a5aaeef3c66fb766a9...@phx.gblgt; Content-Type: text/plain; charset=quot;iso-8859-1quot; Hi Marco, If you are looking to lash something together (instead of going with a purpose-built Elevation rotor), I and others have had success with Television-type rotors that have a through-hole for the mast. Mounted on their side, they seem to perform very well. Just keep things balanced, and protected from the weather and they should be happy. See: http://home.wavecable.com/~ko6th/ I used an Alliance U-110. It has performed flawlessly for about 10 years now. Good luck, Greg KO6TH gt; Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:59:23 +0100 gt; From: iz5...@gmail.com gt; To: amsat-bb@amsat.org gt; Subject: [amsat-bb] Elevation System gt; gt; Hello, gt; gt; I'm Marco, IZ5IOW. I'm searching a good and cheap solution to build an * gt; elevation* system to set up an home satellite station. More specifically I'm gt; looking suggestions for the mechanical part... The loading of the antenna is gt; the follow: 15El UHF Yagi and 9 El VHF Yagi. The mechanical part should not gt; bear too much weight! gt; gt; Can anyone help me? gt; gt; Thank you all. Best 73s. gt; gt; Marco gt; ___ gt; Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. gt; Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! gt; 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 member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb End of AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 6, Issue 32 *** ___ 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] XW-1 Heard over VU
All, I heard the beacon of the XW1 during the 16:32 UTC pass on 15th Dec.VU2BJZ,VU2WMY and VU2GUR also heard the CW beacon. The signals were good right from AOS to LOS. The CW telemetry said that the beacon RF output power was 123 mw and the beacon power supply was as 0.65 volts. I used the telemetry decode application provided by the XW1 team. Recording of the telemetry signal can be found at http://vu3tyg.addr.com/XW1/XW1-Beacon.zip and the screen shot of the decoding application showing the data at http://vu3tyg.addr.com/XW1/xw-1data.GIF Congratulations AMSAT China on the successful launch and all the very best for the testing and activation of the payloads. 73's Nitin [VU3TYG] Secretary,AMSAT INDIA www.amsatindia.org ___ 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: ISIlaunch01 Status update September 22 19:00 UTC
Great launch of the satellites by the PSLV launch vehicle from India. 73's Nitin VU3TYG - Original Message From: Mani VU2WMY w...@isac.gov.in To: amsat-bb@amsat.org amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ISIlaunch01 Status update September 22 19:00 UTC Date: 09/22/09 09:46 AM Wishing PSLV C14 a great launch and all the seven spacecrafts a great success. Watching closely all the activities from ISAC Bangalore. Good luck to you and to your team, Wouter! 73 de Mani, VU2WMY Secretary amp; Station-In-Charge Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC ISRO Satellite Centre Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017. Phone:(O)91-80-2508 2054/2192/2537 Mobile: 91-80-98803 41456 E-mail ID: w...@isac.gov.in vu2wmy_m...@yahoo.com isroh...@yahoo.com Quoting g0...@aol.com: gt; gt; The UWE2 site does not seem to be available. gt; gt; But the Swisscube team have some nice detail _http://swisscube.epfl.ch/_ gt; (http://swisscube.epfl.ch/) gt; gt; 7 hours and counting. gt; gt; Good luck Wouter / ISIS gt; gt; David gt; gt; gt; gt; In a message dated 22/09/2009 19:50:46 GMT Standard Time, gt; w.j.ubb...@isispace.nl writes: gt; gt; Hi all, gt; gt; please find an update regarding the upcoming ISILaunch01 on board PSLV-C14 gt; below gt; gt; 1. All is good to go now, PSLV-C14 with ISILaunch01, a cluster launch of gt; the gt; following CubeSats: gt; gt; -BEESAT gt; -ITUpSAT1 gt; -SwissCube gt; -UWE-2 gt; gt; gt; gt; gt; ___ gt; Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. gt; Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! gt; Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb gt; ___ 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: AMSAT Symposium Breaking News: Low Cost Airfares
Hello Frank, Thanks for the information. Any plans to enable live webcast of the symposium. 73's Nitin [VU3TYG] Secretary, AMSAT INDIA - Original Message From: Frank H. Bauer ka3...@comcast.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Symposium Breaking News: Low Cost Airfares Date: 09/01/09 07:40 PM All, The 2009 AMSAT Symposium is rapidly approaching! And we hope you can join us..especially given that there are some low-cost airfares out there for those of us in the US. We have an outstanding venue this year at the Four Points Sheraton at the BWI Airport. Your symposium committee recently did a walkthrough of this facility. The accommodations and meeting rooms are superb. I do a lot of traveling and I must say that the rooms are absolutely beautiful. You will definitely get a substantial bang for your buck (or Euro, etc) at this symposium. And planned 40th Anniversary celebratory events will be truly memorable. And to make things even better, Southwest Airlines has a phenomenal Nationwide (US) fall sale. $59-109 one-way airfares are available to BWI until Sept 3. And remember, with Southwest, there are no baggage fees. So we'd love to see you in quot;Charm Cityquot;-Baltimore Maryland..for the symposium presentations, 40th anniversary celebrations, poster sessions, and BoD meeting. And don't forget to submit a symposium paper to Dan Schultz, N8FGV, ASAP!! Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, and Janet Bauer 2009 Symposium Co-Chairs ___ 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: New ICOM VHF / UHF / SHF Radio
Not sure if this will be having the functions of 910H. 73's Nitin [VU3TYG] - Original Message From: Simon HB9DRV si...@hb9drv.ch To: amsat-bb@amsat.org amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: New ICOM VHF / UHF / SHF Radio Date: 08/20/09 11:59 AM By the looks of the front panel I think it'll offer the same features for satellites as the IC-910H. We should know a lot more after the weekend show in Japan. Simon Brown, HB9DRV www.ham-radio-deluxe.com - Original Message - From: quot;John Geigerquot; lt;aa...@yahoo.comgt; gt; gt; Will it do full duplex for the satellites, or dual receive? gt; ___ 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: ISS UK Pass 14.26utc
Recvd three images 145.800. 73' Nitin[VU3TYG] - Original Message From: david.bar...@dbelectronics.co.uk To: amsat-bb@amsat.org amsat-bb@amsat.org, sa...@amsat.org sa...@amsat.org Cc: 'Kenneth, N5VHO' rans...@yahoo.com Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS UK Pass 14.26utc Date: 08/03/09 06:12 PM Frequency 145.800MHz Two perfect pictures this pass. David G8OQW ___ 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: Indian high-orbit satellite?
All, Thank you for the appreciative note on our efforts for HAMSAT II and the development of space technology in our country. We are aware of the challenges that we face in realising a Amateur Radio satellite in MEO or GTO orbit and we are making all possible efforts to make this a reality.The team at AMSAT INDIA is also on the learning curve at this moment hence we would like to keep it simple until we gain expertise on developing additional innovative capabilities on payloads. Comments like these and the achivements of other AMSAT organizations are a motivation factor for us to pursue our plans for the benefit of the global amateur radio fraternity. We shall keep you all updated on the progress. 73's Nitin [VU3TYG] Secretary, AMSAT INDIA. www.amsatindia.org - Original Message From: Rocky Jones orbit...@hotmail.com To: ve9...@gmail.com ve9...@gmail.com, Amsat BB amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Indian high-orbit satellite? Date: 08/01/09 10:34 PM Bruce. I was impressed as well (and have been for sometime reading the newsletter...and having been in India off and on over the last 10 years in aviation related matters). The folks there (both on a ham radio basis and some other things) seem to recall a lesson we have forgotten here...keep it simple ...you dont see any gee whiz stuff on their birds...just solid transponders. Indian aerospace seems to be a pleasant mix of quot;Russianquot; practicality and American perfection...at least so far Robert WB5MZO gt; Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 13:38:39 -0300 gt; From: ve9...@gmail.com gt; To: amsat-bb@amsat.org gt; Subject: [amsat-bb] Indian high-orbit satellite? gt; gt; The AMSAT India newsletter has some great news: their proposal for gt; Hamsat II requests that ISRO provide an elliptical or MEO orbit! gt; Moreover, they're also asking for space on a geosynchronous bird. I gt; suppose the latter would not necessarily benefit those of us in North gt; America, but it would provide a fine emergency service to Asian gt; regions and provide a pioneering example for other AMSAT groups. gt; gt; 73, Bruce gt; VE9QRP gt; ___ gt; Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. gt; Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! gt; Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _ Windows LiveĀ: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=PID23384::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:NF_BR_sync:082009 ___ 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 INDIA - July Newsletter
All, AMSAT INDIA July News letter is available for download at www.amsatindia.org/Newsletter or directly at http://amsatindia.org/Newsletter/AmsatIndia-News-July-09.pdf Contents : 1. HAMSAT II Update. 2. VO-52 Contest 3. VO-52 Award Update 4. News From AMSAT Organizations worldwide. 73's Nitin [VU3TYG] Secretary, AMSAT INDIA www.amsatindia.org ___ 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: [amsatindia] Re: [VUHams] VU2MKP Silent Key
It is sad and shocking to know that Robert is no more. I remember meeting him many times and will continue to remember him as a humble and fine human being. He was a life member of AMSAT INDIA and has advised and shared his inputs during the design of VO-52. He was also one of the early VU station on the AO-40 and other satellites. Photograph of Robert in his shack can be viewed by visiting http://www.amsatindia.org/images/photogallery/VU2MKP.jpg May his soul rest in peace. Nitin [VU3TYG] www.amsatindia.org _ From: amsatin...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:amsatin...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mani VU2WMY Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 2:32 PM To: vuh...@yahoogroups.com; AMSAT-INDIA; amsat-bb@amsat.org; cq...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [amsatindia] Re: [VUHams] VU2MKP Silent Key It is a shocking and a very sad news. It is a bit difficult for me to accept that OT Robert is no more with us. He was truly an inspiring, humble and a fine human being. His technical knowledge is par with excellence. Rather, it is difficult to express in words about him. We really lost a man with a strong determination and a man who stood as an inspiration to us forever. I along with my family and club members express our Heart felt condolences to the bereaved family. May his Soul Rest in Peace. We miss you Robert. Mani, VU2WMY Secretary amp; Station-In-Charge Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC ISRO Satellite Centre Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017. Phone:(O)91-80-2508 2054/2192/2537 Mobile: 91-80-98803 41456 E-mail ID: w...@isac.gov. lt;mailto:wmy%40isac.gov.ingt; in vu2wmy_mani@ lt;mailto:vu2wmy_mani%40yahoo.comgt; yahoo.com isroh...@yahoo. lt;mailto:isrohams%40yahoo.comgt; com Quoting Gopal Madhavan lt;gopal.madhavan@ lt;mailto:gopal.madhavan%40gmail.comgt; gmail.comgt;: gt; I have just got the very sad news from VU2RCR Chandru, that our friend gt; Robert Kohli VU2MKP became a silent key in Bangalore just a few minutes ago gt; in a hospital where he had been admitted a few days ago. gt; gt; gt; gt; For those of us fortunate people who knew Robert, he was a truly gt; remarkable individual who in spite of his disabilities managed to do many gt; things we would be happy to just attempt. He was an example of what can be gt; done in spite of such severe handicaps. gt; gt; gt; gt; Being paralyzed from the neck down, he could only use his head and mouth to gt; control his motorized wheel chair and it was a common sight for him to drive gt; around the streets of Bangalore, visiting friends, going to restaurants and gt; even shopping for radio components for his radio projects. gt; gt; gt; gt; He was an avid radio amateur, controlling the radio and associated gt; equipment, all with plastic rods held in his mouth. He operated the computer gt; also in this fashion and even made computer drawings on antenna designs etc gt; which he shared with friends- my satellite antennae were home brewed from gt; drawings he sent me. gt; gt; gt; gt; He was a keen DXer and had friends all over the world, on HF and satellites gt; also. When AO 40 was operational he made several hundreds of contacts. gt; gt; gt; gt; Robert was Life member of ARSI and took an active part in all activities. He gt; attended several ham fests and knew many, many hams all over VU and the gt; rest of the world. gt; gt; gt; gt; He had recently constructed a home for himself in Bangalore in which the gt; shack was on the first floor and had made a ramp from the ground floor to gt; use his wheel chair to go to the first floor, so keen was he on amateur gt; radio. gt; gt; gt; gt; Ham radio has lost a great operator who guided many hams and was a source gt; of inspiration to many of us. gt; gt; gt; gt; - we will miss you Robert. gt; gt; gt; gt; May his soul rest in eternal peace gt; gt; gt; gt; Gopal VU2GMN gt; gt; gt; gt; Gopal Madhavan gt; gt; quot;Shreyas Apartmentsquot; gt; gt; 128 (old 63) Greenways Road gt; gt; R A Puram gt; gt; Chennai- 600 028, India gt; gt; Tel: #43;91 44 2493 7724/ 42303129 gt; gt; Mob: #43;91 94440 18452 gt; gt; E-mail: gopal.madhavan@ lt;mailto:gopal.madhavan%40gmail.comgt; gmail.com gt; gt; gt; gt; gt; gt; [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] gt; gt; [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (3) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages |Files |Photos |Links Change settings via the Web
