[amsat-bb] Re: D-Star cubesat

2009-05-09 Thread Rizwan 'Drake' Merchant
your link to the paper seems broke. On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 5:37 PM, wrote: > Following the small satellite developers workshop in April there are a > number of interesting papers available online. > > A cubesat using D-Star which has been selected for launch on the Vega > launcher is certainly a

[amsat-bb] Re: My road trip to EM35 and EM69

2009-05-09 Thread Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Hi Rick ! > Just got back from my road trip to Indianapolis in EM69.  I worked 35 > contacts in > 24 hours on a few FM birds.  Anyone that needs EM69 confirmed, just let me > know. > I will be happy to send you a QSL to confirm.  Also, the same goes for those > stations I worked last weekend fro

[amsat-bb] VO-52 experimenting this morning...

2009-05-09 Thread Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Hi! Earlier today, I went to my favorite Phoenix city park (the park that straddles the DM33xp/DM43ap grid boundary that I operate from regularly) to work a VO-52 pass starting at 1705 UTC. I have worked many VO-52 passes from here over the past few months using my two FT-817NDs and a directio

[amsat-bb] Sierra Vista AZ hamfest (2 May) and post-hamfest road trip - report

2009-05-09 Thread Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Hi! Sorry for the delay in posting this. It's been a busy week since this quick trip to a hamfest in southeastern Arizona and the post- hamfest road trip I took. The Cochise Amateur Radio Association had its annual Larry Warren Hamfest at its "Green Acres" field in Sierra Vista. I was at this

[amsat-bb] Cal Poly's CP6 Satellite Launching

2009-05-09 Thread Luc Leblanc
>From NASA webcast page. Posted by RCC on 2009-05-09 at 00:01:20 EDT We will not try a launch attempt on May 9. A new launch date is expected to be set next week. "-" Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE _

[amsat-bb] 1. AO-10 (WILLIAMS MICHAEL)

2009-05-09 Thread pb0ahx
yes the beacon i heard him last day's ___ 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-b

[amsat-bb] My road trip to EM35 and EM69

2009-05-09 Thread Rick - WA4NVM
Hi to all on the board, Just got back from my road trip to Indianapolis in EM69. I worked 35 contacts in 24 hours on a few FM birds. Anyone that needs EM69 confirmed, just let me know. I will be happy to send you a QSL to confirm. Also, the same goes for those stations I worked last weekend f

[amsat-bb] D-Star cubesat

2009-05-09 Thread g0mrf
Following the small satellite developers workshop in April there are a number of interesting papers available online. A cubesat using D-Star which has been selected for launch on the Vega launcher is certainly an eye catching project. http://atl.calpoly.edu/~bklofas/Presentations/DevelopersWork

[amsat-bb] Re: Equipment/Software

2009-05-09 Thread David - KG4ZLB
Greetings, I just wanted to update my comment about only being able to control only one Icom radio with SatPC32 without the proper Icom CI-V deely! Both Tim and Stan sent me e-mails and I then entered into e-mail correspondence with Erich. After visiting CellPhone Shack, (sorry "RadioShack"), I

[amsat-bb] Re: Hygain Sat Antenna's and SSB UEK3000 Sat.

2009-05-09 Thread Edward Cole
Norman, By your questions I guess you have heard that coax loss between antenna and input of preamps degrades noise figure (which is why we put preamps at the antenna in the first place). You do not mention frequencies for the RG-213 but I am guessing you mean 145 and 435 for satellite. Ten

[amsat-bb] Re: Hygain Sat Antenna's and SSB UEK3000 Sat.

2009-05-09 Thread Alan P. Biddle
Norman, >From a loss standpoint, almost anything will be fine over the 10' length you mentioned. The real issue is the quality of shielding, and the placement of the leads. You will be operating in the near field of the antennas, and you want to minimize RX pickup from the TX antennas before you

[amsat-bb] Re: Hygain Sat Antenna's and SSB UEK3000 Sat.

2009-05-09 Thread w7lrd
Hi Norman-Back in the days of A0-40 (sobsob) I used (still do) a 3731AA downconverter with a three foot off center dish (primestar).  I ran about 50 feet of RG6 and I found at times I still needed additional attenuation.  I applaud you getting ready for the next HEO!  If we all did that it mig

[amsat-bb] Hygain Sat Antenna's and SSB UEK3000 Sat.

2009-05-09 Thread Norman W Osborne
Hello to All, Looking for suggestions for feed lines to my preamps, could I use RG213-U ? I am thinking this should be ok as both lines will be only about 10ft in length. >From the preamps, I am using hard line. I also have a UEK3000 receive converter for 2.4 , for feedline, could I get away wit

[amsat-bb] GSBARC HAMFEST TODAY

2009-05-09 Thread Peter
Correction: I will be attending the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club's Hamfest today, May 9th, 2009. The Hamfest will be held at Fireman's Memorial Park, Lindenhurst, LI, if anyone is near the area. I'll have an AMSAT table at the Hamfest and will be conducting a Satellite demonstration for the

[amsat-bb] ANUSAT spectrogram

2009-05-09 Thread Mineo Wakita
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/anusatin.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita ___ 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-bb] GSBARC- Hamfest- Today

2009-05-09 Thread Peter
Hi: I will be attending the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club's Hamfest tomorrow, May 9th, 2009. The Hamfest will be held at Fireman's Memorial Park, Lindenhurst, LI, if anyone is near the area. I'll have an AMSAT table at the Hamfest and will be conducting a Satellite demonstration for the AO-5