[amsat-bb] Re: Hitting a southbound Moon

2010-05-12 Thread i8cvs
- Original Message - From: "Greg D." To: Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 8:34 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Hitting a southbound Moon > > Hi folks, > > Now that the Arecibo event is behind us, there is still one puzzle that > I'd like someone to explain to me. How do I aim at the Moon? > > I'm on

[amsat-bb] Re: Atlantis launch at Dayton?

2010-05-12 Thread Bob McGwier
The launch is seriously postponed as in already confirmed by nasa right? Bob N4HY Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Bill ONeil Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 05:46:06 To: Subject: [amsat-bb] Atlantis launch at Dayton? Anybody going to setup NASA TV at Dayton?

[amsat-bb] S band cavity filter test

2010-05-12 Thread Luc Leblanc
With AO-51 in mode V/S i start to test a wave guide filter model ITS 1653C made by ITS corporation Mc Murry PA. The wave guide centered on 2401Mhz with a band pass covering 2400 to 2402Mhz with a very low insertion loss. The first test made on my last AO-51 pass confirm all the qrm out of the

[amsat-bb] ao 51 V/S

2010-05-12 Thread Dale Hershberger
Hello... I heard some QSOs on S band on the last pass...I have had to repair my connection to the dish to receive the down link signal. I was successful to hear some signals from the L48. I could not make out the call signs but it is encouraging.. I will keep on trying. W7LRD,.Bob.. I w

[amsat-bb] Office

2010-05-12 Thread Martha
The AMSAT Office will be closed through Monday, May 17th. I will be attending the Dayton Hamvention. -- 73- Martha ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur sate

[amsat-bb] Re: Atlantis launch at Dayton?

2010-05-12 Thread Bill ONeil
>From NASA website 5/12 @ 15:37 EDT:   NASA Managers 'Go' for Friday Launch Wed, 12 May 2010 11:35:58 AM EDT Wednesday is "L-2" at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, meaning there are only two days remaining until the scheduled launch of space shuttle Atlantis on its STS-132 mission. Count

[amsat-bb] AMSAT stamps 100% to AMSAT

2010-05-12 Thread Bob- W7LRD
In the spirit of the Dayton $5000 challenge I am offering on Ebay my AMSAT framed stamps.  100% of the proceeds go to AMSAT.  I expect nothing less than a spirited bidding battle for these stamps. http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3984.m570.l1313&_nkw=amsat+stamps&_sacat=See-All-Categor

[amsat-bb] Re: Tone on AO-51?

2010-05-12 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
Luc Leblanc wrote: > May 10 - May 16 > > FM Repeater, V/S > Uplink: 145.880 MHz FM > Downlink: 2401.200 MHz FM > 67 Hz PL Tone Required > > I work it without the PL tone this morning 0539 EDT pass. Is the tone is > present only when AO-51 is in eclipse? > > I had intended to use the tone

[amsat-bb] Tone on AO-51?

2010-05-12 Thread Luc Leblanc
May 10 - May 16 FM Repeater, V/S Uplink: 145.880 MHz FM Downlink: 2401.200 MHz FM 67 Hz PL Tone Required I work it without the PL tone this morning 0539 EDT pass. Is the tone is present only when AO-51 is in eclipse? "-" Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe DSTAR urcall

[amsat-bb] Call for Papers--2010 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference

2010-05-12 Thread Ford, Steve, WB8IMY
Technical papers are solicited for presentation at the 29th Annual ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference to be held September 24-26, 2010 in Portland, Oregon. These papers will also be published in the Conference Proceedings (you do NOT need to attend the conference to have your paper inc

[amsat-bb] Atlantis launch at Dayton?

2010-05-12 Thread Bill ONeil
Anybody going to setup NASA TV at Dayton?   Bill KW8KW ___ 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/

[amsat-bb] Re: PC clock

2010-05-12 Thread i8cvs
Hi Herich, DK1TB When manually tracking a LEO satellite beginning from OSCAR-6 I realized the same trick to point the antennas with an angle 5 to 10 degree in front of the satellite position. The same technique is used by hunters to shoot down birds. 73" de i8CVS Domenico - Original Messa

[amsat-bb] Re: Happy 5th Birthday to HAMSAT

2010-05-12 Thread Tony Langdon
At 06:41 PM 5/12/2010, William Leijenaar wrote: >Hi Domenico > >Thanks for the flowers. > >Hopefully we can get some more linear transponders in orbit in the future. Look forward to it, just getting 70cm SSB up and running here. I suspect that I will be using this mode almost exclusively for sa

[amsat-bb] Long Distance Software Patch

2010-05-12 Thread Rich Dailey
Voyager II is bit-flipping, engineers will attempt a fix from 8.6 billion miles away. Transmission delay is 13 hours. Wow. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1005/11voyager2/ Rich, N8UX ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of

[amsat-bb] Re: PC clock

2010-05-12 Thread Erich Eichmann
Hello Mark, Domenico and others, when SatPC32 updates the antenna positions it turns the antennas a half step in front of the satellites position. The manual says: "Under all tracking options, the rotors are activated with a precession of one half step, either one half of the time interval or o

[amsat-bb] Re: Happy 5th Birthday to HAMSAT

2010-05-12 Thread William Leijenaar
Hi Domenico Thanks for the flowers. Hopefully we can get some more linear transponders in orbit in the future. Besides the small mode-UV that I have here on the shelf I am working on a mode-LS version as well (CubeSat size ofcourse). Also on my bench is a credit card sized 2m-70cm FM transponder