[amsat-bb] Re: IF you had a choice...

2009-07-17 Thread myles landstein
surprized that no one mentioned the IC 910 has birdie as well each has it's pro's and con's for sure N2EHG On Jul 16, 2009, at 4:03 PM, Jim Leder wrote: I've had a TS2000 since 2005, and have never regretted my purchase. Sure, there is an unfortunate birdie that messes up SO50 and

[amsat-bb] Re: IF you had a choice...

2009-07-17 Thread Jeff KB2M
I wasn't aware of any birdies(in the sat or ssb frequencies) in the IC-910. Where does the 910 have the birdie? 73 Jeff kb2m -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of myles landstein Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 7:23 AM To:

[amsat-bb] Re: IF you had a choice...

2009-07-17 Thread Jeff KB2M
I don't think the 910 or the 847 has any birdies in the sat frequencies. It anyone finds any I would like to know. It is a shame about the 2000, it is a much better HF TXR then the 847, but the birdie at 145800 is the satellite use show stopper. I have all three here in the shack, and a blackbox

[amsat-bb] Re: IF you had a choice...

2009-07-17 Thread David Barber
Are you mistaken? I don't think the TS2000 has a birdie at 145.800MHz. It does have one at 436.800MHz. I would agree with your other comments. David G8OQW -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Jeff KB2M Sent: 17 July

[amsat-bb] Re: IF you had a choice...

2009-07-17 Thread Jeff KB2M
Of course David, you are correct. The birdie is at 436.800. That will teach me to not proof read before hitting the enter key. Thanks for the correction... 73 Jeff kb2m -Original Message- From: David Barber [mailto:david.bar...@dbelectronics.co.uk] Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 9:39 AM

[amsat-bb] Congrats to KE5GDB

2009-07-17 Thread Rafael Valdez G.
I join Tim in congratulating Andy, he has been very active in satellites and is a good example of young blood in our hobby... I think he reminds a lot of ourselves when we were kids... 73's and Dx's Rafael Valdez Jr. XE2RV @ DM41mh 10-10 52716 VUCC Sat #164 http://sat-xe.blogspot.com

[amsat-bb] Re: NRO interest in CubeSat

2009-07-17 Thread Michael Pawlowski
Oops! Here's a link to the slides: http://atl.calpoly.edu/~bklofas/Presentations/DevelopersWorkshop2009/Bournes -Keynote.pdf. Michael From: Michael Pawlowski [mailto:n...@frii.net] Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 11:25 AM To: 'amsat-bb@amsat.org' Subject: NRO interest in CubeSat Hello

[amsat-bb] NRO interest in CubeSat

2009-07-17 Thread Michael Pawlowski
Hello all, I just ran across a set of slides from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) entitled CubeSat Experiments (QbX). It appears the NRO is interested in the possibilities a CubeSat could their organization. As for AMSAT, have we approached the NRO related to what expertise AMSAT

[amsat-bb] Re: WL7H in AK?

2009-07-17 Thread Larry Teran
Tony as an outdoor photographer I've been using some of the commercial products like Comp-u-shade, and many others that I purchased on ebay, to be honest non of them last much longer they easily tear apart or get lose, so I end up making my own with black cardboard or black binder plastic and

[amsat-bb] Re: Walter Cronkite SK 1916-2009

2009-07-17 Thread Jim Jerzycke
I grew up watching him. My Mom used to let me stay home sick from grade school so I could watch the Mercury, and then the Gemini missions, as long as they were only in space ONE day! I saw him cry when Kennedy was assassinated, and watched him choke up when Apollo 11 landed on the Moon. I didn't

[amsat-bb] WD9EWK @ Williams AZ hamfest - Friday, 17 July

2009-07-17 Thread Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Hi! Day 1 of the two-day hamfest is complete. Not many attended the presentation I had, but I was able to work several passes throughout the day from outside the hamfest's exhibit hall. I was on all 3 FM satellites, plus a couple of VO-52 passes in the morning. Thanks to all the stations