[amsat-bb] Re: The Ham Radio Bucket List

2013-04-15 Thread STeve Andre' 

On 04/15/13 09:34, i8cvs wrote:

On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 1:11 AM, Les Rayburn  wrote:




I wasted 35+ years on HFman, all the fun really is in the World
Above 50 MHz! Thanks for helping to make
a boys dreams come true at age 51!
--
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf

Hi Les, N1LF

I completely disagree with your statement "that you wasted 35+years on HF"
because in my opinion the HF are fundamental to get technical and
operational experience to come face to face in the future above 50 MHz.

Please remember that your actual expertice above 50 MHz was born
because of your previous 35+years activity on HF.

Read please my similar Ham Radio history from the HF and up in
QRZ.com

http://www.qrz.com/db/I8CVS

Best 73" de i8CVS Domenico
(81 years old and 58 years of Ham Radio from HF to Microwave)



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I had never thought of this one.

Let the acolytes gather...

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[amsat-bb] Re: The Ham Radio Bucket List

2013-04-15 Thread ac4ny_1 

Hi Bob:

I use a Yaesu FT-60r  with a homebrew handheld 3 element loop yagi.  I only 
work half duplex. For full duplex I use a Baofeng UV3R (cheap but does 
work). The Kenwood TH-F6A is great. Make sure the HT will do cross band. 
Also use a good duplexer.
There are many other great radios out there and a lot more operators on here 
that has more insight than I.

I been on the birds since 2000. Licensed since 1979.
I work the birds as much as my work sked will allow.
73
Joe...AC4NY
EM73dp

(My neighbors thinks I lost it; running around the yard with a handheld

antenna)!


- Original Message - 
From: "Robert Garceau" 

To: "'ac4ny_1'" 
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 7:09 AM
Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Re: The Ham Radio Bucket List



Hi Joe:

I have been following this thread and have a few questions.
I have been in ham radio for 50 years. And, yep, satellite radio has been 
on

my "I got to do this" list.

Can you suggest a good HT?
I have my antenna picked out and that's the arrow.

Any help is most appreciated.

Bob Garceau, W1EQ
DXCC Honor Roll
Triple Play Award #5
DXCC Challenge 2149 band/countries
Ex. K1YRP, USA-CA All Counties #342



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From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of ac4ny_1
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 3:17 PM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: The Ham Radio Bucket List

Welcome to the birds and keep up the good work!
Working satellites is addictive. Hi Hi
73
Joe..AC4NY
EM73dp


(My neighbors thinks I lost it; running around the yard with a handheld
antenna)!


- Original Message - 
From: "Les Rayburn" 

To: 
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 1:11 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] The Ham Radio Bucket List


I've been a ham well over 40 years, since my childhood. Back then, I 
could



barely afford the Heathkit transmitter, Halicrafters receiver, knife
switch, and longwire antenna that made up my shack.

My elmer used to let me borrow his copy of QST and I'd dream about all 
the



great adventures that I'd have "someday" in ham radio. Being a child of
the Space Age, key among them were anything related to the New Frontier.

EME (Moonbounce), Meteor Scatter, and satellites all seemed like the 
stuff



of science fiction---and I longed to experience them all. But they were
exotic, and required equipment far beyond my reach. I resolved to
accomplish them all someday and added them to a sort of ham radio "bucket
list" that I hoped to accomplish before my ham career was over.

Five years ago, shortly after getting started in weak signal VHF work, I
checked off the first item on that list. Working meteor scatter contacts
with the aid of WSJT software, and during a Perseid shower, even using
SSB. What a thrill to make contacts off the ionized gasses of those tiny
rocks. Thanks Joe Taylor!

Tonight, I managed to check off a second. I worked Art, K4YYL on FO-29, a
Japanese amateur satellite!

My journey to the "birds" started about a month ago when I joined AMSAT,
determined that 2013 was going to be "the year" when I finally got active
on satellites. I purchased a copy of SATPC32 software, because I knew 
that



it could control my IC-910H--hopefully making it easier to get active.

After listening to a few passes on both the FM and the SSB/CW birds, I
decided to try my luck on the less-crowded FO-29. A brief CQ was quickly
answered by Art. I adjusted the tuning knob just a bit to correct for the
Doppler effect, and voila! there he was clear as a bell.

We had a brief QSO of perhaps ten minutes or so, and then we signed. I 
was



quickly called by K4FEG near Memphis in EM55---who just wanted to welcome
me to the birds!

Man, what a thrill! And it wasn't tough at all.

I'm using a 7 element 432 antenna tilted up to 15 degrees (fixed) and a 6
element 2 Meter beam tilted up to about 10 degrees (fixed) both inside my
crowded attic. The SSB Electronics pre-amp helps a ton on 432, and the
1/2" hardline makes sure that I don't lose too much signal. So far, I've
been able to copy the birds down to about 2 degrees above the horizon
using this setup.

Now to attempt that EME contact! I've got a 12 element Yagi just waiting
to deploy in the driveway once the weather warms a bit. Hoping to use 
WSJT



to work one of the monster stations on EME. All this in a deed-restricted
HOA neighborhood.

I wasted 35+ years on HFman, all the fun really is in the World Above
50 MHz! Thanks for helping to make
a boys dreams come true at age 51!



--
73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf

6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484

Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz & Light

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[amsat-bb] Re: The Ham Radio Bucket List

2013-04-15 Thread i8cvs 
> On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 1:11 AM, Les Rayburn  wrote:



> I wasted 35+ years on HFman, all the fun really is in the World
> Above 50 MHz! Thanks for helping to make
> a boys dreams come true at age 51!
> --
> 73,
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> 121 Mayfair Park
> Maylene, AL 35114
> EM63nf

Hi Les, N1LF

I completely disagree with your statement "that you wasted 35+years on HF"
because in my opinion the HF are fundamental to get technical and
operational experience to come face to face in the future above 50 MHz.

Please remember that your actual expertice above 50 MHz was born 
because of your previous 35+years activity on HF.

Read please my similar Ham Radio history from the HF and up in
QRZ.com

http://www.qrz.com/db/I8CVS

Best 73" de i8CVS Domenico
(81 years old and 58 years of Ham Radio from HF to Microwave)

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[amsat-bb] Re: The Ham Radio Bucket List

2013-04-15 Thread ac4ny_1 

Welcome to the birds and keep up the good work!
Working satellites is addictive. Hi Hi
73
Joe..AC4NY
EM73dp


(My neighbors thinks I lost it; running around the yard with a handheld 
antenna)!



- Original Message - 
From: "Les Rayburn" 

To: 
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 1:11 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] The Ham Radio Bucket List


I've been a ham well over 40 years, since my childhood. Back then, I could 
barely afford the Heathkit transmitter, Halicrafters receiver, knife 
switch, and longwire antenna that made up my shack.


My elmer used to let me borrow his copy of QST and I'd dream about all the 
great adventures that I'd have "someday" in ham radio. Being a child of 
the Space Age, key among them were anything related to the New Frontier.


EME (Moonbounce), Meteor Scatter, and satellites all seemed like the stuff 
of science fiction---and I longed to experience them all. But they were 
exotic, and required equipment far beyond my reach. I resolved to 
accomplish them all someday and added them to a sort of ham radio "bucket 
list" that I hoped to accomplish before my ham career was over.


Five years ago, shortly after getting started in weak signal VHF work, I 
checked off the first item on that list. Working meteor scatter contacts 
with the aid of WSJT software, and during a Perseid shower, even using 
SSB. What a thrill to make contacts off the ionized gasses of those tiny 
rocks. Thanks Joe Taylor!


Tonight, I managed to check off a second. I worked Art, K4YYL on FO-29, a 
Japanese amateur satellite!


My journey to the "birds" started about a month ago when I joined AMSAT, 
determined that 2013 was going to be "the year" when I finally got active 
on satellites. I purchased a copy of SATPC32 software, because I knew that 
it could control my IC-910H--hopefully making it easier to get active.


After listening to a few passes on both the FM and the SSB/CW birds, I 
decided to try my luck on the less-crowded FO-29. A brief CQ was quickly 
answered by Art. I adjusted the tuning knob just a bit to correct for the 
Doppler effect, and voila! there he was clear as a bell.


We had a brief QSO of perhaps ten minutes or so, and then we signed. I was 
quickly called by K4FEG near Memphis in EM55---who just wanted to welcome 
me to the birds!


Man, what a thrill! And it wasn't tough at all.

I'm using a 7 element 432 antenna tilted up to 15 degrees (fixed) and a 6 
element 2 Meter beam tilted up to about 10 degrees (fixed) both inside my 
crowded attic. The SSB Electronics pre-amp helps a ton on 432, and the 
1/2" hardline makes sure that I don't lose too much signal. So far, I've 
been able to copy the birds down to about 2 degrees above the horizon 
using this setup.


Now to attempt that EME contact! I've got a 12 element Yagi just waiting 
to deploy in the driveway once the weather warms a bit. Hoping to use WSJT 
to work one of the monster stations on EME. All this in a deed-restricted 
HOA neighborhood.


I wasted 35+ years on HFman, all the fun really is in the World Above 
50 MHz! Thanks for helping to make

a boys dreams come true at age 51!



--
73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf

6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484

Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz & Light

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[amsat-bb] Re: The Ham Radio Bucket List

2013-04-14 Thread Les Rayburn 

Michael,

Glad that you enjoyed it. No, my tongue was firmly in cheek with that 
comment. I was very active on HF, especially
160 Meters for years. Nothing like the Gentleman's Band. Also have 
enjoyed a lot of 10 Meter, 15 Meter, and 20 Meter work. QRP on 12 
Meters, SSTV, RTTY, ATV---I've tired a lot of things in the hobby. Liked 
them all but nothing has been as much fun as weak signal VHF/UHF.


Gotta love the world above 50!

73,

Les N1LF




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On 4/14/2013 9:37 PM, Michael Hatzakis wrote:

What a great story, thanks so much for sharing this.  What an awesome
concept, a "ham radio bucket list"...  I need to write one...

Oh yeah, I take issue with just one comment, " I wasted 35+ years on HF", HF
is also awesome, and fueled my excitement in Ham radio but in a
different way, so hope you really didn't mean that one...

Michael K3MH




-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Les Rayburn
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 11:12 PM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] The Ham Radio Bucket List

I've been a ham well over 40 years, since my childhood. Back then, I could
barely afford the Heathkit transmitter, Halicrafters receiver, knife switch,
and longwire antenna that made up my shack.

My elmer used to let me borrow his copy of QST and I'd dream about all the
great adventures that I'd have "someday" in ham radio. Being a child of the
Space Age, key among them were anything related to the New Frontier.

EME (Moonbounce), Meteor Scatter, and satellites all seemed like the stuff
of science fiction---and I longed to experience them all. But they were
exotic, and required equipment far beyond my reach. I resolved to accomplish
them all someday and added them to a sort of ham radio "bucket list" that I
hoped to accomplish before my ham career was over.

Five years ago, shortly after getting started in weak signal VHF work, I
checked off the first item on that list. Working meteor scatter contacts
with the aid of WSJT software, and during a Perseid shower, even using SSB.
What a thrill to make contacts off the ionized gasses of those tiny rocks.
Thanks Joe Taylor!

Tonight, I managed to check off a second. I worked Art, K4YYL on FO-29, a
Japanese amateur satellite!

My journey to the "birds" started about a month ago when I joined AMSAT,
determined that 2013 was going to be "the year" when I finally got active on
satellites. I purchased a copy of SATPC32 software, because I knew that it
could control my IC-910H--hopefully making it easier to get active.

After listening to a few passes on both the FM and the SSB/CW birds, I
decided to try my luck on the less-crowded FO-29. A brief CQ was quickly
answered by Art. I adjusted the tuning knob just a bit to correct for the
Doppler effect, and voila! there he was clear as a bell.

We had a brief QSO of perhaps ten minutes or so, and then we signed. I was
quickly called by K4FEG near Memphis in EM55---who just wanted to welcome me
to the birds!

Man, what a thrill! And it wasn't tough at all.

I'm using a 7 element 432 antenna tilted up to 15 degrees (fixed) and a
6 element 2 Meter beam tilted up to about 10 degrees (fixed) both inside my
crowded attic. The SSB Electronics pre-amp helps a ton on 432, and the 1/2"
hardline makes sure that I don't lose too much signal. So far, I've been
able to copy the birds down to about 2 degrees above the horizon using this
setup.

Now to attempt that EME contact! I've got a 12 element Yagi just waiting to
deploy in the driveway once the weather warms a bit. Hoping to use WSJT to
work one of the monster stations on EME. All this in a deed-restricted HOA
neighborhood.

I wasted 35+ years on HFman, all the fun really is in the World Above 50
MHz! Thanks for helping to make a boys dreams come true at age 51!





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[amsat-bb] Re: The Ham Radio Bucket List

2013-04-14 Thread Michael Hatzakis 
What a great story, thanks so much for sharing this.  What an awesome
concept, a "ham radio bucket list"...  I need to write one...

Oh yeah, I take issue with just one comment, " I wasted 35+ years on HF", HF
is also awesome, and fueled my excitement in Ham radio but in a
different way, so hope you really didn't mean that one...

Michael K3MH




-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Les Rayburn
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 11:12 PM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] The Ham Radio Bucket List

I've been a ham well over 40 years, since my childhood. Back then, I could
barely afford the Heathkit transmitter, Halicrafters receiver, knife switch,
and longwire antenna that made up my shack.

My elmer used to let me borrow his copy of QST and I'd dream about all the
great adventures that I'd have "someday" in ham radio. Being a child of the
Space Age, key among them were anything related to the New Frontier.

EME (Moonbounce), Meteor Scatter, and satellites all seemed like the stuff
of science fiction---and I longed to experience them all. But they were
exotic, and required equipment far beyond my reach. I resolved to accomplish
them all someday and added them to a sort of ham radio "bucket list" that I
hoped to accomplish before my ham career was over.

Five years ago, shortly after getting started in weak signal VHF work, I
checked off the first item on that list. Working meteor scatter contacts
with the aid of WSJT software, and during a Perseid shower, even using SSB.
What a thrill to make contacts off the ionized gasses of those tiny rocks.
Thanks Joe Taylor!

Tonight, I managed to check off a second. I worked Art, K4YYL on FO-29, a
Japanese amateur satellite!

My journey to the "birds" started about a month ago when I joined AMSAT,
determined that 2013 was going to be "the year" when I finally got active on
satellites. I purchased a copy of SATPC32 software, because I knew that it
could control my IC-910H--hopefully making it easier to get active.

After listening to a few passes on both the FM and the SSB/CW birds, I
decided to try my luck on the less-crowded FO-29. A brief CQ was quickly
answered by Art. I adjusted the tuning knob just a bit to correct for the
Doppler effect, and voila! there he was clear as a bell.

We had a brief QSO of perhaps ten minutes or so, and then we signed. I was
quickly called by K4FEG near Memphis in EM55---who just wanted to welcome me
to the birds!

Man, what a thrill! And it wasn't tough at all.

I'm using a 7 element 432 antenna tilted up to 15 degrees (fixed) and a
6 element 2 Meter beam tilted up to about 10 degrees (fixed) both inside my
crowded attic. The SSB Electronics pre-amp helps a ton on 432, and the 1/2"
hardline makes sure that I don't lose too much signal. So far, I've been
able to copy the birds down to about 2 degrees above the horizon using this
setup.

Now to attempt that EME contact! I've got a 12 element Yagi just waiting to
deploy in the driveway once the weather warms a bit. Hoping to use WSJT to
work one of the monster stations on EME. All this in a deed-restricted HOA
neighborhood.

I wasted 35+ years on HFman, all the fun really is in the World Above 50
MHz! Thanks for helping to make a boys dreams come true at age 51!



-- 
73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf

6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484

Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz & Light

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[amsat-bb] Re: The Ham Radio Bucket List

2013-04-14 Thread Thomas Doyle 
Congratulations Les,

Great to see youngsters getting into satellites.

73 W9KE Tom Doyle (64 years old)



On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 1:11 AM, Les Rayburn  wrote:

> I've been a ham well over 40 years, since my childhood. Back then, I could
> barely afford the Heathkit transmitter, Halicrafters receiver, knife
> switch, and longwire antenna that made up my shack.
>
> My elmer used to let me borrow his copy of QST and I'd dream about all the
> great adventures that I'd have "someday" in ham radio. Being a child of the
> Space Age, key among them were anything related to the New Frontier.
>
> EME (Moonbounce), Meteor Scatter, and satellites all seemed like the stuff
> of science fiction---and I longed to experience them all. But they were
> exotic, and required equipment far beyond my reach. I resolved to
> accomplish them all someday and added them to a sort of ham radio "bucket
> list" that I hoped to accomplish before my ham career was over.
>
> Five years ago, shortly after getting started in weak signal VHF work, I
> checked off the first item on that list. Working meteor scatter contacts
> with the aid of WSJT software, and during a Perseid shower, even using SSB.
> What a thrill to make contacts off the ionized gasses of those tiny rocks.
> Thanks Joe Taylor!
>
> Tonight, I managed to check off a second. I worked Art, K4YYL on FO-29, a
> Japanese amateur satellite!
>
> My journey to the "birds" started about a month ago when I joined AMSAT,
> determined that 2013 was going to be "the year" when I finally got active
> on satellites. I purchased a copy of SATPC32 software, because I knew that
> it could control my IC-910H--hopefully making it easier to get active.
>
> After listening to a few passes on both the FM and the SSB/CW birds, I
> decided to try my luck on the less-crowded FO-29. A brief CQ was quickly
> answered by Art. I adjusted the tuning knob just a bit to correct for the
> Doppler effect, and voila! there he was clear as a bell.
>
> We had a brief QSO of perhaps ten minutes or so, and then we signed. I was
> quickly called by K4FEG near Memphis in EM55---who just wanted to welcome
> me to the birds!
>
> Man, what a thrill! And it wasn't tough at all.
>
> I'm using a 7 element 432 antenna tilted up to 15 degrees (fixed) and a 6
> element 2 Meter beam tilted up to about 10 degrees (fixed) both inside my
> crowded attic. The SSB Electronics pre-amp helps a ton on 432, and the 1/2"
> hardline makes sure that I don't lose too much signal. So far, I've been
> able to copy the birds down to about 2 degrees above the horizon using this
> setup.
>
> Now to attempt that EME contact! I've got a 12 element Yagi just waiting
> to deploy in the driveway once the weather warms a bit. Hoping to use WSJT
> to work one of the monster stations on EME. All this in a deed-restricted
> HOA neighborhood.
>
> I wasted 35+ years on HFman, all the fun really is in the World Above
> 50 MHz! Thanks for helping to make
> a boys dreams come true at age 51!
>
>
>
> --
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> 121 Mayfair Park
> Maylene, AL 35114
> EM63nf
>
> 6M VUCC #1712
> AMSAT #38965
> Grid Bandits #222
> Southeastern VHF Society
> Central States VHF Society Life Member
> Six Club #2484
>
> Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz & Light
>
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