[amsat-bb] Re: Kenpro 500 parts?

2010-11-18 Thread Tony
nloadFile.cfm?FileID=968&FileCatID=155&FileName=G%2D550.pdf&FileContentType=application%2Fpdf >> >> >> >> Greg >> >> w9gb === >> >> Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:37:12 -0500 From: Tony, K2MO Subject: To: >> AMSAT-BB >> >> All, >&g

[amsat-bb] Re: [sarex] Re: Re: ARISSat-1 and FOX social media fundraising

2010-11-18 Thread Lou McFadin
I fully support what Drew says here. AMSAT NA has been very supportive to all of AMSAT DLs projects. We have poured many thousands of dollars into p3e not to mention the efforts of our volunteers in the past. You are of course still free to support whatever projects you want to. You are also we

[amsat-bb] Re: Verticals on FM sats

2010-11-18 Thread Roger Kolakowski
Check Bob Bruninga's (wb4apr) treatise on 19" verticals for use on 440 and 2 meter satellite frequencies (rather positive but you need a good ground plane) Google his call and 19" ground plane or look in the archives here... Roger WA1KAT On 11/18/2010 8:28 PM, John Geiger wrote: > I apologize

[amsat-bb] DM45 on Tuesday 16 November - report

2010-11-18 Thread Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Hi! I'm getting caught up on my logbook, and wanted to thank everyone who worked WD9EWK on Tuesday while I was in northern Arizona. I had posted to the -BB that morning about my plans to operate from there, and logged 43 QSOs on 5 passes - 2 passes each on AO-27 and SO-50, plus an FO-29 pass

[amsat-bb] Re: Kenpro 500 parts?

2010-11-18 Thread G. Beat
Tony - REMEMBER -- ALL this hardware is METRIC.  So use the proper parts and tools ! w9gb - Original Message - From: "Tony" To: "G. Beat" , "AMSAT-BB" Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 7:21:45 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Kenpro 500 parts? Greg, Wow! Thanks very

[amsat-bb] Re: UK Space Agency to use AMSAT-UK FUNcube Boards

2010-11-18 Thread W4ART Arthur Feller
On 18-Nov-2010, at 06:12 PM, Trevor . wrote: > In it they reference two International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) documents > regarding the Amateur Satellite Servivce: > [AD-05] IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination Request (IARU-ASFCR) > (Rev. 2009-03) > [AD-06] IARU Amateur Radio Satel

[amsat-bb] Verticals on FM sats

2010-11-18 Thread John Geiger
I apologize if this topic has been covered recently, but I am asking again. I am in the middle of redoing antennas, and am looking to keep something up for the FM satellites. How well will a 1/4 wave dualband groundplane work on the satellites? I remember reading a review in QST in the past ye

[amsat-bb] Re: Kenpro 500 parts?

2010-11-18 Thread Tony
Greg, Wow! Thanks very much for that wealth of information on the old Kenpro. My old unit still works fine, but some of the hardware is rusted pretty bad. The G550 hardware looks identical so I may be in luck. I also need the terminal cover, but I doubt Yaesu has it since they don't use that t

[amsat-bb] Re: [sarex] Re: Re: ARISSat-1 and FOX social media fundraising

2010-11-18 Thread Samudra Haque
Can I ask how many solar panels will be unfurled from the 1U chassis which has an internal dimension of approx. 87 x 87 mm? Will it be a symmetric or assymetric arrangement? Will the antenna be embedded into the extended solar panel? 73 de N3RDX Samudra On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Anthony M

[amsat-bb] ao51 L/S

2010-11-18 Thread Bob- W7LRD
Thanks for putting AO51 in mode L/S.  Had a qso with KC9ELU, didn't say much, however the fact we can say anything at all I find remarkable.  The AO-40 (sobsob) gear still works!! 73 Bob W7LRD ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are

[amsat-bb] Fwd: [amsat-dc] O/OREOS amateur radio beacon info

2010-11-18 Thread Samudra Haque
Possible answer to Keps question for O/OREOS, from NASA Ames: >Best guess now is that the TLEs (Keplerian elements) will be posted within >about an hour of launch on the mission dashboard -- our ops team posts them >immediately when they are provided by the launch operator.  You can pass that >

[amsat-bb] UK Space Agency to use AMSAT-UK FUNcube Boards

2010-11-18 Thread Trevor .
The UK Space Agency is proposing to use the AMSAT-UK FUNcube boards as part of its innovative new CubeSat UKube-1 slated for launch in December 2011. The United Kingdom Space Agency website now includes some more details of the UKube-1, a 3U CubeSat (10 * 10 * 30cm) project. See http://www.uksp

[amsat-bb] Re: CQ : Information on P3E?

2010-11-18 Thread Peter Guelzow
Hi David, the mass will be around the same as AO-10 and AO-13, same S/C structure, same fuel tank.. Launch Mass: ~150 kg 73s Peter DB2OS On 18.11.2010 20:35, g0...@aol.com wrote: > Hi all. > > I am trying to find some information on P3E. I wonder if anyone can help? > > Specifically, I'

[amsat-bb] Re: Kenpro 500 parts?

2010-11-18 Thread G. Beat
Tony - Unless you have access to a local machine shop and machinist, your only source for these Japanese manufactured parts is Yaesu USA. SOME of the KR-500 parts may be identical (common) to the current production Yaesu G-550 elevation rotator. Yaesu purchased the Kenpro Company w

[amsat-bb] Re: [sarex] Re: Re: ARISSat-1 and FOX social media fundraising

2010-11-18 Thread Anthony Monteiro
Hi Trevor, The current plan is to use the same frequency for the FM downlink and the telemetry beacon. The IHU will have sufficient memory capacity to hold at least a days worth of data so the beacon would be turned on once a day for a telemetry dump and then back to transponder mode. And yes, we

[amsat-bb] AO-51 mode change to L/SU 2125utc 18 Nov 2010

2010-11-18 Thread Mark L. Hammond
Hi All, The mode change is complete, according to schedule. November 18 (late UTC) FM Repeater, L/SU Uplink: 1268.705 MHz FM (no PL tone) Downlinks: 2401.200 MHz FM *and* 435.300 MHz FM (at low power!) The next mode change will be: November 21 (late UTC) FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.920 MHz F

[amsat-bb] Re: [sarex] Re: Re: ARISSat-1 and FOX social media fundraising

2010-11-18 Thread Thomas Frey
Andrew Glasbrenner schrieb: > On 11/18/2010 12:07 PM, Thomas Frey wrote: >>I fully agree with Domenico. BTW there is no website or a video >> presentation >> known about the project FOX. Is this a "paper tiger" ? >> > http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/images/fck_images/2010_President_Annual_Repor

[amsat-bb] Re: [sarex] Re: Re: ARISSat-1 and FOX social media fundraising

2010-11-18 Thread Trevor .
--- On Thu, 18/11/10, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote: > http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/images/fck_images/2010_President_Annual_Report%281%29.pdf > > Slides 14 through 17 Hi Drew, Really glad to see that AMSAT-NA is going ahead with the FOX project. >From my point of view potentially the valuable p

[amsat-bb] CQ : Information on P3E?

2010-11-18 Thread G0MRF
Hi all. I am trying to find some information on P3E. I wonder if anyone can help? Specifically, I'm trying to find the overall mass of the satellite and the mass of the fuel carried for the 200N orbital transfer motor. I can estimate it from AO-13, but I wondered if any accurate info was

[amsat-bb] Jameson, MO (EN20xa and EN30aa) - 19 Nov

2010-11-18 Thread Gail A Mcdaniel
David and I plan on working a few passes tomorrow from north of Jameson, MO on the grid line (EN20xa and EN30aa). We will probably work from the same location we did a couple years ago on Isle Ave west of hwy 13. We are planning on working the HO-68 pass @ 1658z, SO-50 pass @ 1831z, AO-27 pa

[amsat-bb] Re: [sarex] Re: Re: ARISSat-1 and FOX social media fundraising

2010-11-18 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
On 11/18/2010 12:07 PM, Thomas Frey wrote: >I fully agree with Domenico. BTW there is no website or a video > presentation > known about the project FOX. Is this a "paper tiger" ? > http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/images/fck_images/2010_President_Annual_Report%281%29.pdf Slides 14 through 17

[amsat-bb] Re: [sarex] Re: Re: ARISSat-1 and FOX social media fundraising

2010-11-18 Thread Thomas Frey
Andrew Glasbrenner schrieb: > On 11/18/2010 7:45 AM, i8cvs wrote: > >> Hi Drew, KO4MA >> >> In my opinion would be much better to donate 690 dollars to AMSAT-DL >> for P3E ! ! >> >> 73" de >> >> i8CVS Domenico >> >> > Well, feel free. I won't stop you. > > 73, Drew KO4MA > > Sent via

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 and FOX social media fundraising

2010-11-18 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
On 11/18/2010 7:45 AM, i8cvs wrote: > Hi Drew, KO4MA > > In my opinion would be much better to donate 690 dollars to AMSAT-DL > for P3E ! ! > > 73" de > > i8CVS Domenico > Well, feel free. I won't stop you. 73, Drew KO4MA ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org.

[amsat-bb] Re: FO-29 ON !!!

2010-11-18 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
That is really great news! 73, Drew KO4MA Sent from my iPhone On Nov 16, 2010, at 6:53 AM, "Mineo Wakita" wrote: > FO-29 turned ON at 07:46UTC, 16 Nov 2010 > by the effort of the control station. > > JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita > > > ___ > Sent via amsat

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 and FOX social media fundraising

2010-11-18 Thread i8cvs
Hi Drew, KO4MA In my opinion would be much better to donate 690 dollars to AMSAT-DL for P3E ! ! 73" de i8CVS Domenico - Original Message - From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" To: ; "Amsat-BB" Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 4:23 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 and FOX social media fund

[amsat-bb] Re: Please help us Track the FASTRAC satellitesoncetheyare launched Nov. 19th!!

2010-11-18 Thread Mineo Wakita
FASTRAC Launch information http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/fastraci.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita ___ 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!

[amsat-bb] OT: Magellan Meridian Gold and APRS

2010-11-18 Thread Jeff Yanko
Hi all, Somewhat a bit off topic to the birds but has anybody successfully combined a Magellan Meridian Gold GPS unit to a VHF transceiver? If so, please contact me off -BB. BTW, a couple weeks ago I was in the midst of trying to get the TM-D710A working with an odd split frequency, the ISS u