[amsat-bb] Re: Volunteering
On Sat, Jun 08, 2013 at 09:05:03AM -0500, k4feg wrote: I propose that AMSAT_NA create a position of a: /*Volunteer Coordinator*///*Director*/, who's sole job would be to identify needs for any and all projects or issues that AMSAT_NA deems of importance to our hobby and they would need to communicate these needs in a timely manner to the AMSAT_NA membership. This position would not be for a person who has limited time but someone who could give the position the time such an important position requires. Take a look at Jono Bacon's book The Art of Community. It sounds like you need a Community Manager. -- Gordonjcp MM0YEQ ___ 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: Subject: Is there anyway to get the transponder on the ISS working again ?
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 09:08:24PM -0500, K5VOU wrote: b.) it is not functioning properly or I believe it overheats c.) NASA does not want it functioning as an open repeater. Why can't they set it to only open on valid CTCSS? -- Gordonjcp MM0YEQ ___ 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: Is there anyway to get a linear transponder on the ISS?
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 08:31:10AM -0500, Joe wrote: http://www.idle-tyme.com On 5/30/2013 12:13 AM, Andy Kellner wrote: Bit of a shame that the people in charge at NASA decide its worth flying an accoustic guitar to the ISS so some astronaut can have his 5 minutes of fame, but dont spend $ 2000 on a tiny FM repeater which 10.000+ hams worldwide would enjoy in many years to come, let alone the educational impact. As it has been said, if that radio would be turned down to .. lets say 5 W .. the impact on the power budget of the ISS, which currently has a power generating capacity of 84 kW (!), would be completely insignificant. Oh, don't be so bloody ridiculous. The guitar was flown up about ten years ago! If you want two grand spent on an FM or for that matter linear transponder, put your hand in your pocket and stop whining. It probably wouldn't even cost as much as that (even allowing for the US dinar being pretty low right now) to build a flight-rated repeater - it's not like it has to live outside, right? -- Gordonjcp MM0YEQ ___ 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: Is there anyway to get a linear transponder on the ISS?
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 11:02:15AM -0400, Robert Bruninga wrote: if there were a real ham on the ISS things would be different. Yep, then nothing would get done. All he would do is float around and complain about all the things that everyone else should be doing. ... and moaning about how astronauts these days have it too easy, and it wasn't like this twenty years ago, and if they had only kept the requirement for astronauts to be fighter pilots we'd be on Mars now. -- Gordonjcp MM0YEQ ___ 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: Is there anyway to get a linear transponder on theISS?
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 04:46:30PM +0100, David Barber wrote: Don't forget they ran L/V (23cm up / 2m down) for a short period in January 2009. Unfortunately few takers, I think only three of us in the UK. When they ran U/V I was able to get in quite successfully with my 70cm HT and a simple Yagi, and receive my own signal with the 2m set in the car. Unfortunately, the ISS had been boosted to a slightly higher orbit which put everyone else wrong - the computer-controlled tuning and aerial steering systems were looking in the wrong part of the sky, at the wrong time, and transmitting on the wrong frequency. Chalk another one up for the Armstrong Rotator then ;-) -- Gordonjcp MM0YEQ ___ 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: Help in Hearing ISS
On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 10:10:02AM -0500, Les Rayburn wrote: So, here are my questions: 1.) My IC-910H is controlled by SATPC32 in satellite mode. Simple enough. But when I make the ISS the active satellite it stays in V/U mode, and won't easily let me go into simplex mode to work the ISS voice circuits or FM repeater. Do not use silly overcomplicated radios and pointy-clicky software. Don't waste time with directional aerials and Heath-Robinson rotators. Grab some pass predictions, and stick a handie with a rubber duck in a south-facing window set to 145.825MHz - if the ISS is transmitting you will hear it. The ISS isn't always in packet mode, and in particular they shut it off during EVA and docking/launching procedures. If it's up and talking (check issfanclub for details) you *will* hear it. -- Gordonjcp MM0YEQ ___ 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: Better/best operating system for SatPC32?
On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 04:37:13PM -0400, Philip Jenkins wrote: I'm in the process of buying a very low-end refurbished PC for use at Field Day and at a 10 day local fair this Fall to demonstrate satellite operating. All that this PC will be used for is running packet software and SatPC32 in the field. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to use the PC to control the antenna. (I may use this PC as for packet/APRS at home; I have another Win XP shack desktop already dedicated to ham radio/SatPC32/rig control/antenna steering.) Windows 7 won't run on anything that most people would call low end. You might manage to install it on a fastsh Core2 machine with perhaps as little as 4GB of RAM. If you want something lightweight and reliable, use Linux. The packet radio stack is about as modern as any amateur radio software ever gets, and you can use gpredict for your satellite passes. Depending on which distribution you pick, you can make it as lightweight as you want. -- Gordonjcp MM0YEQ ___ 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: Better/best operating system for SatPC32?
On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 10:33:18AM -0400, Philip Jenkins wrote: The refurbs are pretty cheap, so I may get two and install XP on one and some flavor of Linux on the other (I'm the most familiar with Ubuntu (but that isn't saying much), but open to suggestions.) Does Linux still support serial ports? Yes, of course! There's the added advantage that you don't need additional drivers for USB-to-serial converters, too, which takes a bit more uncertainty out of things. If it ever was supported, it should be supported now. Okay, the kernel-mode soundmodem stuff has gone, but that was a stupid idea ;-) Remember those old floppy connector tape drives? They're still supported - if you can get a real genuine FDC to play with... -- Gordonjcp MM0YEQ ___ 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: J-Pole Antenna
On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 09:22:13PM -0700, Art McBride wrote: Jeff, You are correct, a J Pole is an end fed dipole on its side. Max gain at the horizon and extinction at 90 degree elevation. The J section is for matching and does not radiate. Gain = 2.1 dBi at the horizon. Absolutely perfect for the ISS though, especially at these latitudes up around 56°N. -- Gordonjcp MM0YEQ ___ 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: ANS-022 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - AMSAT-NA Website Down
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 04:47:42PM -0800, R.T.Liddy wrote: Looks like the hackers tried to get into the AMSAT-UK Site, also, from what it says they are trying to sell for cheap. The term is crackers, *never* hackers. -- Gordonjcp MM0YEQ ___ 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: Linux-Sat Tracker
On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 12:34:58AM -0800, Kevin Deane wrote: Trying to utilize a couple old computers using Linux and am trying to install a sat tracker. Anyone with any knowledge for this endeavor please contact me off the BB. Thank you very much! I use gpredict, which works pretty well. When you say old, how old? Which distro are you using? Anything that has at least Gtk2 (which is any distro released in the last ten years and certainly anything even nearly current) will cope with gpredict. -- Gordonjcp MM0YEQ ___ 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: Trio TR 9300
On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:44:07 -0700 (PDT) Perry Yantis p...@att.net wrote: Does anyone on the bb have an english version of the operators manual for a Trio TR9300 6m radio that could make me a pdf file??? Maybe there is one on line but I have't found it yet?? IIRC the TR9300 is much the same as the TR9000 2m and TR9500 70cm rig. Perhaps the manual from one of these would be close enough. Take a look on mods.dk for these. Gordon MM0YEQ ___ 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 with a rubber duck
About 12:25 today I went outside with my TH-F7E handie, and stuck in the frequency. A bit of tuning around and I had noisy but clear CW on 435.780 - quite far down in the noise but a good easy copy. I didn't write down exactly what was sent but the TTT TTT TTT groups were instantly recognisable. 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] Re: The Official Site of XW-1 Amateur Satellite
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 03:59:34PM -0700, Michael Baker wrote: OK, Huston, we have a problem. When IE loads the page it goes nuts and just keeps trying to load while the progress toolbar flashes. Something is amiss with the web page. Michael Baker K7DD k...@cox.net Works perfectly in Firefox 3.5 on Linux. The fonts look a little odd, but that's because it's a zh-cn charset. I didn't realise anyone still used IE - it accounts for less than 5% of all browsers hitting all sites I look after... 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
