[amsat-bb] HudsonValleySatconGroupNet Thursday09/3...@8pm on EcholinkN2EYH-L

2010-09-29 Thread Cotejaune2
It is time again for the HVSG Net Thursday September 30,2010 at 8 PM on Echolink N2EYH-L or the MtBeacon 146.970 pl 100 repeater. This is net number 102 and the beginning of our fifth year. Please join us and share your satellite knowledge with the net. NB2F(DEE) an Amsat area coordinator is

[amsat-bb] 2010 Symposium Schedule Now on AMSAT Web

2010-09-29 Thread JoAnne Maenpaa
Hello Everyone, The 2010 Symposium Schedule is posted on the amsat.org web at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2010/SymposiumSchedule.php A few minor tweaks may be necessary over the next 7 days. The final version will be available on-site at the Symposium next week. Authors and presente

[amsat-bb] AO-51 mode changed to V/S-U! 2120utc 29Sept2010

2010-09-29 Thread Mark L. Hammond
Hello All, The reloading of AO-51 is essentially complete; the bird is in good order. A side effect of the crash/reload is that the mode change to S-band has been delayed--until now. We are going to resume the scheduling of AO-51 with the following changes: the power budget should allow the

[amsat-bb] No Hayabusa Results Until Next Year

2010-09-29 Thread B J
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1009/29hayabusa/ 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL ___ 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 se

[amsat-bb] New Launch Date For Next Falcon 9

2010-09-29 Thread B J
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1447 The article has some great photos of the rocket. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to suppor

[amsat-bb] Re: Q5 on AO-51

2010-09-29 Thread Dale Hershberger
On 9/29/2010 4:53 PM, Bob- W7LRD wrote: > > Hi Dale-coppied you solid on AO-51 mode S downlink. Several of us > were calling you. How's your S gear working? Catch you later. > > 73 Bob W7LRD > Hi Bob... I must have problems. I could not hear my down link. I am sorry if I stepped on others

[amsat-bb] My First Year on the Satellites

2010-09-29 Thread Ronald Oldham
September 2010 marks the end of my first year on the satellites and I have had a great time meeting new hams and working the birds. I have a modest station consisting of two omni-directional egg beater type antennas mounted on the eave of my roof, mast mounted pre-amps and an IC-910H. During the

[amsat-bb] Full Doppler Tuning

2010-09-29 Thread Ronald G. Parsons
My July/August 2010 issue of The AMSAT Journal arrived today and I was pleased to see the article by Alan Biddle on Doppler Tuning. This has long been a pet project of mine since Paul Williamson, KB5MU, published his article "The One True Rule for Doppler Tuning" in the OSCAR Satellite Report, J

[amsat-bb] Why We Do What We Do ...

2010-09-29 Thread Clint Bradford
Dear Dee asked her team of "ARISS Area Coordinators" last week for a brief explanation of "what we were doing on behalf of AMSAT and ARISS. I immediately replied to her, citing the number of presentations I have made ... and the number of demos accomplished - numbers that could have been interp