[amsat-bb] Re: soldering iron recommendation

2011-04-01 Thread i8cvs
- Original Message - From: Dave Guimont dguim...@san.rr.com To: Lowell White whit...@usa.net Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 6:38 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: soldering iron recommendation Any problems with switch isolation from the AC line? I may add your hack to a

[amsat-bb] Re: Intro to Satellite Presentation

2011-04-01 Thread Shamai Opfer
Hi, I didn't check the schedules, but maybe you can also demonstrate receiving CW beacon of one of the Japanese COnn satellites. It is also.good for showing the Doppler effect 73 Shamai 4Z1WS ב-1 באפר 2011, בשעה 01:14, Dale Hershberger da...@alaska.net כתב/ה: On 3/31/2011 10:33 AM, Dale

[amsat-bb] Re: Intro to Satellite Presentation

2011-04-01 Thread Shamai 4Z1WS
Hi Dale, I didn't check the predictions, but maybe you can also demonstrate receiving CW beacon of one of the Japanese COnn satellites. It is also nice to hear some sound from space..., decode Morse, and learn about the Doppler effect 73 Shamai 4Z1WS ב-1 באפר 2011, בשעה 01:14, Dale

[amsat-bb] Re: ZF2AE/ZF8 will be QRV from FK09

2011-04-01 Thread Adrian Engele
Thanks to all the stations that managed to work me from FK09. I know I missed a bunch of you but we also have many in the log. AO27 was not behaving on my end. It was extremely noisy on the downlink and I was only able to work a few of you. FO29 - AO51: this was a tricky pass. AO51 was coming

[amsat-bb] WWV WWVH Survey

2011-04-01 Thread Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL
WWV is doing a survey. If you use it you can find the survey here: www.tf.nist.gov/survey/ KB7ADL ___ 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 program!

[amsat-bb] Short notice plans from EK99xp this afternoon - ZF2AE/ZF8

2011-04-01 Thread Adrian Engele
Fellow ops, I was originally not planning on getting on the satellites this afternoon but we are coming back early from our neighbor island trip. I will try to make the following passes: FO-29 @ 2153UTC AO-51 @ 22:11UTC assuming it is still on the end of March Schedule AO-07 @ 22:31 UTC. I

[amsat-bb] Android satellite tracking app

2011-04-01 Thread George Henry
Looking for an Android tracking app that: Doesn't require GPS (which lots of tablets don't have); Has a world map (groundtrack and footprint) display instead of a sky watcher type display, and; Is available to download from someplace other than the Android Marketplace (which doesn't support

[amsat-bb] Re: [Fwd: FW: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 6, Issue 184 [Sec=Unclassified]]

2011-04-01 Thread Tony Langdon
At 09:37 AM 4/2/2011, you wrote: I have been following this discussion with some interest. I too have experienced working AO-51 in areas where the footprint is over relatively low population areas. Despite being thrilled by my first contacts from VK4 (my home state) my enthusuiasm on AO-51

[amsat-bb] Paccomm PSK-1 firmware discovery

2011-04-01 Thread Greg Beat
I am checking out a couple of surplus Paccomm PSK-1 this weekend. I was told that there was only one version of the PSK-1 firmware, BUT I have discovered that is not true. S/N are hand written on the PSK-1 printed circuit board. S/N P10511 *** *

[amsat-bb] Can SatPC32 track the moon?

2011-04-01 Thread Bill Dzurilla
I've been using SatPC32 to track the ham satellites. Lately I've also been trying EME (moonbounce). Does anyone know if SatPC32 can track the moon as well as the amateur satellites? If yes, how is this done? 73, Bill NZ5N ___ Sent via

[amsat-bb] Re: Can SatPC32 track the moon?

2011-04-01 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
On 4/1/2011 9:40 PM, Bill Dzurilla wrote: I've been using SatPC32 to track the ham satellites. Lately I've also been trying EME (moonbounce). Does anyone know if SatPC32 can track the moon as well as the amateur satellites? If yes, how is this done? 73, Bill NZ5N There is a program in

[amsat-bb] [Fwd: FW: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 6, Issue 184 [Sec=Unclassified]]

2011-04-01 Thread vk0kev
I have been following this discussion with some interest. I too have experienced working AO-51 in areas where the footprint is over relatively low population areas. Despite being thrilled by my first contacts from VK4 (my home state) my enthusuiasm on AO-51 operation quickly wained due to a few