[amsat-bb] WD9EWK from Kingman Hamfest starting on AO-7 @ 1425 UTC

2010-11-06 Thread Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Hi! With the current issues on AO-51, my first satellite demonstration from the Kingman (Arizona) Hamfest will be on the 1425 UTC AO-7 pass. This will go almost directly over the hamfest here in grid DM25xf, and I hope to make some contacts to show off satellite operating. I will also be on

[amsat-bb] AO-51 reloaded and operational

2010-11-06 Thread Mark L. Hammond
Hi All, Thanks to a great team effort, we have the AO-51 repeater back up and operational. It will be several more hours before the PBBS is open for public access, but we expect it will be open around 2100utc today. We usually get asked, What caused the crash? We honestly don't know. It is

[amsat-bb] aa5ck QSLs

2010-11-06 Thread ted
My thanks to those I was able to contact this week during my trip making it very enjoyable. I'll get to work on the QSLs and sending them, just give me a little time. No SASEs or return cards are necessary. 73tedaa5ck ___ Sent via

[amsat-bb] Free Antennas - Located in Vicenza Italy

2010-11-06 Thread Tom Davis
The following antennas are free to anyone who is willing to pick them up (I would hate to send them to the eco center.): 1.2 m parabolic dish with balanced mounting bracket. It was used with a Yaesu G-5400, and works well. 2 m 4 element beam 70 cm 10 element beam NOAA Loop Yagi 1691

[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 reloaded and operational

2010-11-06 Thread Rick Tejera
Mark, Thanks to you and your team for your efforts at keeping this bird available for all of us to enjoy. Sent from my iPod Rick Tejera Editor, SACnews Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org K7TEJ On Nov 6, 2010, at 6:32, Mark L. Hammond marklhamm...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, Thanks

[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 reloaded and operational

2010-11-06 Thread Matt Wilbur
I agree, THANK YOU very much to the AO-51 team for your efforts. Based on this news, I'll be operating from S7 (LI75rj) on AO-51 tonight/tomorrow on three AO-51 passes, the first at 07/0106utc, at 07/1154utc, and 07/1333utc. 73, Matt Wilbur NM6W / S79RC (through 8nov) On 11/6/2010 8:22 PM,

[amsat-bb] Re: BT7AAE XW-1 special event station to be working onAirShow China 2010

2010-11-06 Thread Rick Tejera
Michael, It sounds like it will be a nice show. Thank you to you and your CASAT team for your effort to provide the amateur community with such a fine bird as HO68, one of my favorites. Speaking of, Gotta get ready 11 minutes to AOS :). Thanks again. 73 Clear Skies Rick Tejera Editor

[amsat-bb] question about antenna distances on tower

2010-11-06 Thread N. Mahdinejad
Dear Amsat Members. I have read the KO6TH webpage at http://home.wavecable.com/~ko6th/;. This was very useful for me. Thanks you for publishing such information with clear pictures. I have question about the whole setup. 70cm antenna, 2.4ghz dish, rotor in the middle, tower cam in small box,

[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 reloaded and operational

2010-11-06 Thread Rodney Waln
so just what would that anomaly be?? if known just courious, Rodney kc0zhf   Message: 4 Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2010 09:32:25 -0400 From: Mark L. Hammond marklhamm...@gmail.com Subject: [amsat-bb]  AO-51 reloaded and operational To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Cc: ao51-mo...@amsat.org Message-ID:

[amsat-bb] VUCC #204!!

2010-11-06 Thread Zachary Beougher
Hi Everyone! I just received VUCC #204 in the mail today, and I wanted to thank everyone for the grids and QSOs since I got on the birds last November. Special thanks to John – K8YSE, Jim – ND9M, Patrick – WD9EWK, Chris – KC0YBM, Michael – K4MOA, Doug – KD8CAO and Allen – N5AFV for the hard

[amsat-bb] Re: VUCC #204!!

2010-11-06 Thread Larry Teran
Congratulations Boy! keep it going, is always a pleasure to contact you on the sats 73's Larry KI6YAA On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Zachary Beougher zack.kd8...@hotmail.comwrote: Hi Everyone! I just received VUCC #204 in the mail today, and I wanted to thank everyone for the grids

[amsat-bb] ISS Voice Contacts

2010-11-06 Thread Rick Tejera
All, A little help here. Not quite sure if I'm working at getting NA1SS in the log from the right angle. First a description of my station: I'm using a Kenwood TH7-DA with a home brew Dual band yagi, mounted on an old telescope mount for tracking. I've programmed a split frequency into the

[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 reloaded and operational

2010-11-06 Thread Dave Taylor
Basically, it's an area of increased radiation. You can find lots of info on the web. For example, at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Atlantic_Anomaly . -- Dave, W8AAS On Nov 6, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Rodney Waln wrote: so just what would that anomaly be?? if known just courious, Rodney

[amsat-bb] Re: ISS Voice Contacts

2010-11-06 Thread Ted
Hi Rick, good questionI can't help you on the radio part, but thought a bit about this part of your question: I've tried to transmit in breaks but how do I know if I'm hitting the station or not? I'm guessing I'm not getting in since I haven't gotten a response. Or worse, causing QRM to