[amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 4, Issue 464

2009-09-13 Thread Bill Ress
Hi Lou, Thanks for taking your time to present the facts. While this takes you away from the important work at hand, it needed to be said. Regards...Bill - N6GHz ARRISat Team Member Louis McFadin wrote: It pains me to have to spend any energy answering all these comments about the

[amsat-bb] Re: [Bulk] Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 4, Issue 464

2009-09-13 Thread Nick Pugh K5QXJ
Thanks Lou for your teams efforts suit sat 2 keep up the hard work nick -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Louis McFadin Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 11:42 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [Bulk] [amsat-bb] Re:

[amsat-bb] ANS-256 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins

2009-09-13 Thread Lee McLamb
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-256 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: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 4, Issue 464

2009-09-13 Thread Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF
Amsat already has a weekly e-mail News Bulletin and a weekly Satellite Status bulletin, one of which should contain what you need. If you're not on the e-mail list for these, you need to subscribe. Roger Kolakowski wrote: If someone on the inside spent a few minutes a week/month letting

[amsat-bb] AO-51 repeater back in operation

2009-09-13 Thread Gould Smith
I turned on the main AO-51 repeater this morning (145.92/435.300). The software reload continues, the software could crash when the last two tasks are loaded and activated. 73, Gould, WA4SXM for the Command Team ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org.

[amsat-bb] FN51 operations

2009-09-13 Thread Dave Webb KB1PVH
All, I just tried to work the last pass on SO-50, unfortunately, there is a ton of QRM here. I am going to relocate and give it another shot soon. 73, Dave KB1PVH Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org.

[amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 4, Issue 464

2009-09-13 Thread Roger Kolakowski
Then I stand corrected...two weeks worth of BS has been thrown around because some people are unable to read... Roger WA1KAT - Original Message - From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF ni...@ngunn.net To: Roger Kolakowski rogerk...@aol.com Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009

[amsat-bb] Fw: 2M1EUB/P QRV N.E.SCOTLAND 10/OCT

2009-09-13 Thread paul robinson
Hi group ill be active as normal from my holiday qth in N.E Scotland (io87mc) from 10.oct.09  for abt 14 days...on all sats  MOSTLEY A07 and 80m and 160m ...using the call sign 2M1EUB/P more info can be found on qrz/2m1eub.THIS IS A DIFFICULT QTH TO OPPERATE LOW PASS FROM ! so if

[amsat-bb] K5OE's Eggbeater antenna's

2009-09-13 Thread Jerry Felts
Does anyone have the plans to build a K5OE Potatoe Masher 2?? His website is no longer online. Just wondering and hoping someone saved the plans. -- Jerry - NR5A - South Dakota http://nr5abikeblog.blogspot.com/ http://nr5abeaconblog.blogspot.com/ ___

[amsat-bb] Re: K5OE's Eggbeater antenna's

2009-09-13 Thread Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF
Put his call into Google and the Eggbeater was the first thing it found. http://www.furrballs.net/kd5rxp/K5OE,%20Eggbeater%20II%20Antenna.htm Jerry Felts wrote: Does anyone have the plans to build a K5OE Potatoe Masher 2?? His website is no longer online. Just wondering and hoping someone

[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 repeater back in operation

2009-09-13 Thread Andrew Rich
Could you explain a bit about the software load Operating system How much you have to upload data rates ? -- Andrew Rich Airways Technical Officer Grade 4 Surveillance - RADAR ADS-B Amateur Radio Callsign VK4TEC email:

[amsat-bb] ic-910 switching help

2009-09-13 Thread andy thomas
I know this is an old chestnut, but when in satpc32 and with both frequencies set on the iss simplex 145.825, satpc32 shows the up/downlink doppler but switches the 70cm tx subband. How do I configure so that the up and down links can be in the same band? immediate problem is packet on the iss

[amsat-bb] Re: ic-910 switching help

2009-09-13 Thread David - KG4ZLB
Andy, You need to use SatPC32ISS, not the regular SatPC32 David KG4ZLB/M0ZLB andy thomas wrote: I know this is an old chestnut, but when in satpc32 and with both frequencies set on the iss simplex 145.825, satpc32 shows the up/downlink doppler but switches the 70cm tx subband. How do I

[amsat-bb] WD9EWK from DM34 yesterday

2009-09-13 Thread Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Hi! I made a quick drive up the I-17 freeway yesterday to the Sunset Point rest area, about 50 miles/80km north of Phoenix in grid DM34we. I had intended on trying my hand in the ARRL VHF contest that was in progress, using the all-mode gear I typically use on VO-52. No luck there, but I did

[amsat-bb] accidental satellite ops

2009-09-13 Thread w7lrd
I noticed yesterday while AO-7 was in mode B over the US there were several stations who were working the VHF contest this weekend.  The downlinks sigs were LSB and obviously oblivious they were uplinking to AO-7.   I emailed some of them, maybe we can create some accidental satellite

[amsat-bb] Re: accidental satellite ops

2009-09-13 Thread Larry Gerhardstein
Certainly word needed to local clubs, vhf clubs, contesting clubs about this anamoly. Indeed they are oblivious to where their signal is going and how. Too little attention is paid to band plans. Good snooping Bob. See you soon on the birds. 73, Larry W7IN DN27 Montana -- see you soon on

[amsat-bb] Re: accidental satellite ops

2009-09-13 Thread John Geiger
I heard this during the ARRL UHF contest back in August as well and found it amusing. They are correct, though, and not violating the bandplan as the AO7 uplink is in the weak signal part of the band-that is what happends when your satellites lives for 35 years-band plans change It would be

[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 repeater back in operation

2009-09-13 Thread Mark L. Hammond
Hi Andrew, AO-51 is essentially a next generation PACSAT. Each craft runs its own OS, which are all similar. Google Harold Price NK6K and you'll find this link: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/nk6k/msatmain.html It gives a few important tidbits so you can see the general picture of

[amsat-bb] Re: K5OE's Eggbeater antenna's

2009-09-13 Thread Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Here you go: http://www.furrballs.net/kd5rxp/K5OE,%20Eggbeater%20II%20Antenna.htm In addition to that link, the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine: http://web.archive.org/ has copies of K5OE's former web site spanning several years. You can see the specifics for K5OE's site at:

[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 repeater back in operation

2009-09-13 Thread Andrew Rich
What are the implications of not getting the upload to work ? Is there standby memory you check and then swap to the working program ? -- Andrew Rich Airways Technical Officer Grade 4 Surveillance - RADAR ADS-B Amateur Radio Callsign

[amsat-bb] ISS and VHF data communications

2009-09-13 Thread Rocky Jones
http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Ship_Tracking_From_The_ISS_999.html Robert WB5MZO _ Bing brings you health info from trusted sources.