[amsat-bb] Re: Atlantis and Hubble Photo

2009-05-16 Thread GW1FKY
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[amsat-bb] Re: Tracking Friends at Dayton..

2009-05-16 Thread Nate Duehr
On Sat, 16 May 2009 00:07:21 -0400 (EDT), Bob Bruninga In this case the best application was not sending POSITION, but would be sending FREQUENCY. This way, you dont need to know where they were (or find them on the map), but just look at their data and CALL them by voice. Bob, I know I

[amsat-bb] Bad link

2009-05-16 Thread Luc Leblanc
Sorry Bad link on my previous message copy paste this one instead. http://r- onetrading.com/index.php?page=shop.product_detailsproduct_id=281category_id=70option=com_virtuemartItemid=1#Pacific%20Wireless%20VA24- 16 - Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe WAC BASIC CW PHONE

[amsat-bb] Gain VS Bandwidth at 2.4GHZ

2009-05-16 Thread Luc Leblanc
For those who are using WiFi 802,G beam on S band I just found that my Pacific Wireless WIMAX VA 25 -16 antenna for 2.4GHZ has a bandwidth starting at 2.5ghz to 2.7ghz (www.pacwireless.com) Even if at theses frequencies things are a bit larger i'm guessing the 16db gain figures are surely not

[amsat-bb] Re: Satpc32 with 2 Transceivers

2009-05-16 Thread Bill Dzurilla
For the benefit of anyone who may experience a similar problem in the future, Erich, Howard, and I had a discussion of this issue via private email. The method I described in my prior post apparently does not work with Yaesu rigs, because they do not allow variation of the transmit frequency

[amsat-bb] Re: Tracking Friends at Dayton..

2009-05-16 Thread Bob Bruninga
In this case the best application was not sending POSITION, but would be sending FREQUENCY. This way, you dont need to know where they were (or find them on the map), but just look at their data and CALL them by voice. my first thought was: THAT'S COOL! Finding what FREQUENCY someone is

[amsat-bb] Re: Gain VS Bandwidth at 2.4GHZ

2009-05-16 Thread Greg D.
Hi Luc, Conclusion don't jump too fast on some hamfest deal as what's good for WiFI is not always so good at 2.4ghz! This was probably just a typo; if so, pardon the reply... Wi-Fi and Wi-Max are different things. An antenna designed for Wi-Max may not operate very well, as you

[amsat-bb] Re: Gain VS Bandwidth at 2.4GHZ

2009-05-16 Thread Roger Kolakowski
Not that they were optimum tuned for the 2.5 GHz frequency but what polarity were the Pringles Can washer antennas that were so popular for Net-Stumbling a few years ago? Roger WA1KAT - Original Message - From: Greg D. ko6th_g...@hotmail.com To: luclebla...@videotron.ca;

[amsat-bb] Re: Gain VS Bandwidth at 2.4GHZ

2009-05-16 Thread Edward Cole
At 10:33 AM 5/16/2009, Greg D. wrote: --snip- Pretty much every Wi-Fi antenna I've ever seen is linearly polarized. The diversity antennas are two separate antennas, usually one vertical and one horizontal, with separate cables going to two radios. Going circular would

[amsat-bb] Re: Gain VS Bandwidth at 2.4GHZ

2009-05-16 Thread Dave Guimont
I have toyed with using a comercial medium gain patch array for 2.4 GHz Leos. I would guess that there is no incentive to use circular pol for terrestrial data links. Even reflections and multi-path signals would remain linear. Space com is a totally different deal and circular makes sense if

[amsat-bb] Re: Gain VS Bandwidth at 2.4GHZ

2009-05-16 Thread Greg D.
Hi Roger, The Pringles Can antennas are linearly polarized along the line of the probe stuck in at the bottom. It's actually a 1/4 wave feed. Years ago I took a 7 turn helix and a co-worker's Pringles can out to the courtyard at work, aiming back into the building just to see how

[amsat-bb] Re: Gain VS Bandwidth at 2.4GHZ

2009-05-16 Thread Luc Leblanc
On 16 May 2009 at 11:16, Stan W1LE wrote: The fades in reception of 2.4 GHz satellites are due to using a linear polarization and NOT a circular polarization. Try a circularly polarized feed. Or try a H AND a V linearly polarized antenna system, select in the shack which one to listen

[amsat-bb] Re: Gain VS Bandwidth at 2.4GHZ

2009-05-16 Thread Don Ferguson
Greg, You got me thinking about going circular! I am wondering how you build an omnidirectional Circular antenna? What am I missing as I don't want my router or my notebook to be directional? Don -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On

[amsat-bb] ANS-137 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins

2009-05-16 Thread Lee McLamb
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-137 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and

[amsat-bb] Re: Gain VS Bandwidth at 2.4GHZ

2009-05-16 Thread Greg D.
Hi Don, Perhaps use a design such as a Lindenblad or a Quadrifillar Helix; you don't have enough space to put one on the laptop, so it's got to go on the AP. Of course, you lose 3db going circular-linear. Maybe that's the problem. They'd rather double the radios and put one vertical, and