[amsat-bb] Another Terrific View Of ISS From Space Shuttle

2011-03-08 Thread B J
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-133/html/s133e010480.html 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satell

[amsat-bb] Re: [PNWVHFS] Fwd: Allocation of 433 � 434 MHz Band for Short R ange Devices in VR2

2011-03-08 Thread WB6FFC
Ed, many of the wireless WX stations here in the US are on 433 MHz as well as some of the key-less automotive entry devices. Mike WB6FFC Get Free Email with Video Mail & Video Chat! http://www.juno.com/freeemail?refcd=JUTAGOUT1FREM02

[amsat-bb] Daylight Savings Time in US

2011-03-08 Thread Clint Bradford
US Daylight Saving Time Starts on Sunday http://tinyurl.com/4pswl5y Make sure your satellite tracking programs know about it! Clint, K6LCS ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to

[amsat-bb] Elmer

2011-03-08 Thread Pete Rowe
I have shipped an S band downconverter to Paul AC0Z. I'm sure he will need a bit of Elmering from those of you who work the sats on 2401 MHz. Thanks to Paul, AMSAT has a donation and I have a bit more room in my garage. 73, Pete WA6WOA ___ Sen

[amsat-bb] Re: RARE Photo of AMSAT ACs

2011-03-08 Thread Ng, Peter
...primitive, but effective. took us to the moon! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule Aluminium Pickett-brand slide rules were carried on five Apollo space missions, including to the moon, according to advertising on Pickett's N600 slide rule boxes Peter VE7NGP -Original Message

[amsat-bb] Re: RARE Photo of AMSAT ACs

2011-03-08 Thread Clint Bradford
Depending upon the audience, I'll sometimes stop to say: "How many presentations have you attended the past decade where "slide rule" was mentioned?" (grin) Clint >> ... What's that funny thing you're holding? ;) ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opin

Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: Allocation of 433 – 434 MHz Band for Short Range Devices in VR2

2011-03-08 Thread Trevor .
--- On Tue, 8/3/11, Miguel A. Vallejo, EA4EOZ wrote: > Unlicensed devices imposing restrictions to licensed users? > I hope you > are joking, otherwise you have a serious problem with Ofcom No I'm not joking, when devices are sold in large numbers Governments will protect them even if they are

[amsat-bb] Re: RARE Photo of AMSAT ACs

2011-03-08 Thread Steve Meuse
Clint Bradford expunged (clintbradf...@mac.com): > Some of my fellow AMSAT friends may not have seen this group photo of AMSAT > area coordinators ... I use it in my presentations ... > > http://tinyurl.com/SKEDS What's that funny thing you're holding? ;) Is that an abacus or something? -St

Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: Allocation of 433 – 434 MHz Band for Short Range Devices in VR2

2011-03-08 Thread Miguel A. Vallejo, EA4EOZ
Trevor wrote: > The UK regulator Ofcom made it mandatory that applications for UK > 70cm (430-440MHz) repeater licenses had to prove that they wouldn't > cause "interference" to these unlicensed devices, eg wouldn't block > wide-open RF front-ends! Unlicensed devices imposing restrictions to lice

Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: Allocation of 433 – 434 MHz Band for Short Range Devices in VR2

2011-03-08 Thread Tony Langdon
At 07:07 AM 3/9/2011, Trevor . wrote: >Short Range Devices (SRDs) in 433-434 are bad news. Tell me about it! :/ >The United Kingdom opened up 433/434 to SRDs in the 1990's. >Automobile remote control key fobs used it - very short range, very >low power stuff but the killer was the receivers.

Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: Allocation of 433 – 434 MHz Band for Short Range Devices in VR2

2011-03-08 Thread Trevor .
Short Range Devices (SRDs) in 433-434 are bad news. The United Kingdom opened up 433/434 to SRDs in the 1990's. Automobile remote control key fobs used it - very short range, very low power stuff but the killer was the receivers. The Key Fob receivers had wide-open front-ends and collapsed in

[amsat-bb] Voyager 1 Still Gathering Data

2011-03-08 Thread B J
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-069&cid=release_2011-069&msource=11069&tr=y&auid=7897889 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to

[amsat-bb] ISS As Seen From Space Shuttle Discovery

2011-03-08 Thread B J
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/gallery/s133e011051.html 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite

[amsat-bb] Re: Chinese space station

2011-03-08 Thread Trevor .
Thanks for that. The page can be read in English via http://tinyurl.com/BeijingTempleOne 73 Trevor M5AKA ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur s

[amsat-bb] Re: Gpredict

2011-03-08 Thread Gordon JC Pearce
On Tue, 2011-03-08 at 12:24 -0600, Howard Kowall wrote: > Hello > Ok do you have this fix > or is it the framework install > thanks > Howard Post the error that you get *verbatim*. No point in trying to guess what the problem is. My telepathy is definitely a few dB down these days ;-) Gordon MM

[amsat-bb] Grid Expedition CP79

2011-03-08 Thread John Boudreau
Finally have boots on the ground in CP79. Will try to be on the following passes today and tomorrow (Mar 8/9): Mar 8 18:40 SO-50 20:15 AO-27 20:20 SO-50 21:40 AO-51 22:00 SO-50 23:20 AO-51 23:45 SO-50 Mar 9 01:00 AO-51 01:25 SO-50 11:15 AO-51

[amsat-bb] Re: Gpredict

2011-03-08 Thread Gordon JC Pearce
On Tue, 2011-03-08 at 11:48 -0600, Howard Kowall wrote: > Hello all > trying to install the windows ver of gpredict > I keep getting a installation error when I try and run it > I have it ok on one 1 xp machine but the other fails with installation error > Thanks all > Howard > VE4ISP Fortunate

[amsat-bb] Gpredict

2011-03-08 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello all trying to install the windows ver of gpredict I keep getting a installation error when I try and run it I have it ok on one 1 xp machine but the other fails with installation error Thanks all Howard VE4ISP ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opi

[amsat-bb] Re: GPREDICT

2011-03-08 Thread George and Cheryl Abbott
Windows 7 From: Charles Suprin Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 11:35 AM To: George and Cheryl Abbott Cc: Diane Bruce ; Amsat-BB ; Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: GPREDICT Just to make sure I understand,what OS are we talking about? We have discussed several. Charles On Mar

[amsat-bb] Re: GPREDICT

2011-03-08 Thread Alexandru Csete
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 4:25 PM, George and Cheryl Abbott wrote: > FYI:My security software gave me two strong warnings about downloading this > program. > Can you provide any more details about these strong warnings, please? Alex ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@

[amsat-bb] Re: GPREDICT

2011-03-08 Thread Charles Suprin
Just to make sure I understand,what OS are we talking about? We have discussed several. Charles On Mar 8, 2011 11:15 AM, "George and Cheryl Abbott" wrote: ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA memb

[amsat-bb] Chinese space station

2011-03-08 Thread Robert Oler
http://scitech.people.com.cn/GB/14047678.html the PRC is probably "not" headed for the Moon...some interesting discussion on their space program here and at Space.com I'll be over in China next month observing their program...in Europe now getting a look at the Europeans... Robert Oler WB5MZO

[amsat-bb] Re: new ISS small satellite deployment system by JAXA

2011-03-08 Thread Robert Oler
There was a pretty good discussion on this at NASAspaceflight.com and some of the other "off line" satellite boards. Big things are happening in the small sat market particularly among those who are willing to carry them. Watch for some announcements from SpaceX for instance in the coming 4-6

[amsat-bb] Re: SATPC32 ISS Showing weird operation

2011-03-08 Thread Rocky Jones
HMMMnot for sure of who flies these days with the shuttle docked...but the shuttle orbiter is a crummy reboost tool for ISS...the engines point the wrong way while docked...Robert WB5MZO > Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 03:25:36 -0800 > From: ka1...@yahoo.com > To: amsat-bb@amsat.org; ve3...@cogeco.ca >

[amsat-bb] Re: ISS orbit - was: SATPC32 ISS Showing weird operation

2011-03-08 Thread Rocky Jones
the end of shuttle ops will mean a higher orbit...there are other cool things happening like a new cubesat launcher mechanism. Robert Oler WB5MZO > From: g.shirvi...@btinternet.com > To: amsat-bb@amsat.org; ve3...@cogeco.ca > Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 11:51:32 + > Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS orbit

[amsat-bb] Re: GPREDICT

2011-03-08 Thread George and Cheryl Abbott
FYI:My security software gave me two strong warnings about downloading this program. -Original Message- From: Diane Bruce Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 8:18 AM To: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF Cc: Amsat-BB Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: GPREDICT On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 02:45:33AM +, Nigel Gunn G

[amsat-bb] new ISS small satellite deployment system by JAXA

2011-03-08 Thread Masahiro Arai
JAXA announced new ISS small satellite deployment system. The deployment use Kibo's airlock and robot arm. Kibo is the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM). The satelltes deliver to ISS in cushoning bag by supply ship Progress or HTV. The satellites are equiped on the deployment feature. The deployme

[amsat-bb] Re: GPREDICT

2011-03-08 Thread Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF
http://gpredict.oz9aec.net/download.php#mac On 08-Mar-11 07:41, PE0SAT wrote: > > Is there someone who has a compiled a dwg or an other binairy version for > Mac OSX? > > 73 Jan PE0SAT > > -- Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937 825 5032 Amateur Radio G8

[amsat-bb] Re: GPREDICT

2011-03-08 Thread Diane Bruce
On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 02:45:33AM +, Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote: > Alexandru has just made Gpredict 1.3 available free for all you Windows > operators at > https://sourceforge.net/projects/gpredict/files/Gpredict/1.3/ > > Of course, it's also available for Mac and Linux users. And PCBSD (

[amsat-bb] ISS orbit - was: SATPC32 ISS Showing weird operation

2011-03-08 Thread Graham Shirville
Hi All, This page refers to a major orbit boost planned for sometime after June? using the ATV as a big thruster http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/02/live-atv-2-prepares-for-docking-to-international-space-station/ No doubt this will seriously change the TLEs! It will improve the footprint/pa

[amsat-bb] Re: GPREDICT

2011-03-08 Thread Alexandru Csete
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 8:41 AM, PE0SAT wrote: > > On Tue, March 8, 2011 03:45, Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote: > > > Alexandru has just made Gpredict 1.3 available free for all you Windows > > operators at > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/gpredict/files/Gpredict/1.3/ > > Great to here that :) T

[amsat-bb] Re: SATPC32 ISS Showing weird operation

2011-03-08 Thread MM
It is possible there was an orbit change thrust performed after the shuttle docked. When the Shuttle docks with ISS, the ISS autopilot is turned OFF. The Shuttles autopilot takes over for the duration of the flight. --- On Sun, 3/6/11, Marc Tessier - VE3TES wrote: > From: Marc Tessier - VE3T

[amsat-bb] Re: MIR - Ten years since splashdown

2011-03-08 Thread MM
yes, the end of an Era. In the Mir days, i could fly a ham project to Mir in less than 18 months from theory to Switch on. Now with ARISS/AMSAT, it takes 5-10 years. It has been a boring past 10 years. --- On Thu, 3/3/11, gw1...@aol.com wrote: > From: gw1...@aol.com > Subject: [amsat-bb]

[amsat-bb] Re: GPREDICT

2011-03-08 Thread PE0SAT
On Tue, March 8, 2011 03:45, Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote: > Alexandru has just made Gpredict 1.3 available free for all you Windows > operators at > https://sourceforge.net/projects/gpredict/files/Gpredict/1.3/ Great to here that :) > > Of course, it's also available for Mac and Linux users.