[amsat-bb] EM10

2011-07-22 Thread K5OE
I plan to be on Lake Travis this weekend (Fri/Sat) and may also venture Houseboat Portable over to not-rare EM00, If you need this grid, look for me on late afternoon evening passes of AO-51, AO-27, and SO-50. 73, Jerry, K5OE ___ Sent via

[amsat-bb] Puerto Rico CubeSat Project on TV

2011-07-22 Thread Trevor .
TV News report on YouTube (in Spanish) --- Eight students from the School of Engineering and Geomatic Sciences at the Polytechnic working with Honeywell Aerospace Company of Puerto Rico in designing a CubeSat nanosatellite in Puerto Rico. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN5rM5Dxs-k --- CubeSat

[amsat-bb] Re: Arrow yagis

2011-07-22 Thread David Palmer
Hi George, Arrows are great antennas -- when I first put up my az/el system in the backyard I used an Arrow 4-element 2-meter yagi for the uplink, and it worked just fine. One thing I noticed was that after a month in the elements / rain, the studs connecting the aluminum elements together had

[amsat-bb] Re: Arrow yagis

2011-07-22 Thread John Papay
My satellite truck is currently using the 4el VHF Yagi from Arrow Antennas. They are very well built and can be ordered with a Type N connector for a small extra charge (well worth it). The 7x7 Arrow II is what I use for UHF on the truck with a coax relay to switch between horizontal and

[amsat-bb] Re: Arrow yagis

2011-07-22 Thread Dee
George, I had the same experience- I wanted to put together a small portable demo system, however, as noted below, the studs holding the elements together corroded. Maybe, if you can find a few Stainless studs, you might get away with this. Brass and aluminum create an interaction and freeze

[amsat-bb] SatPC32 (Question?

2011-07-22 Thread Stuart Balanger
*Question? I have Setup the Kenwood TS-2000X completed that 1st. step, the readme.txt says Choose the COM Port # for CAT control can't find the box where the words COM port is? Can someone help me?73,.Stu (WA2BSS) Ps It is definetly a 3H day (Near 100 degrees in

[amsat-bb] Re: : Arrow yagis

2011-07-22 Thread David Palmer KB5WIA
Hi George, Arrows are great antennas -- when I first put up my az/el system in the backyard I used an Arrow 4-element 2-meter yagi for the uplink, and it worked just fine.  One thing I noticed was that after a month in the elements / rain, the studs connecting the aluminum elements together had

[amsat-bb] Re: Arrow yagis

2011-07-22 Thread n0jy
I have an Arrow four element 6 meter antenna that sat upon my tower for a few years and was still in great shape when it came down. It did suffer a broken element right at the boom, from a hawk sitting on the end of the element. I was able to order a replacement element at a reasonable cost and

[amsat-bb] Re: SatPC32 (Question?

2011-07-22 Thread Alan P. Biddle
Stu, Should be immediately to the right of the drop down box where you selected the rig and baud rate. There is a box with the com port on top, and the CAT delay below. Beyond that is a single box. Select the comport menu, and then enter the desired port number to the right. Alan WA4SCA

[amsat-bb] planetemily.com

2011-07-22 Thread Charles Suprin
Folks, It looks like the front page of planetemily.com has been hacked. Has anyone else noticed anything strange? Charles ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the

[amsat-bb] Re: planetemily.com

2011-07-22 Thread Charles Suprin
Just to clarify http://planetemily.com comes back as 0wn3d By C4Parana Charles On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Charles Suprin hamaa...@gmail.com wrote: Folks, It looks like the front page of planetemily.com has been hacked.  Has anyone else noticed anything strange? Charles

[amsat-bb] Re: ISS BBS Mess/Qsl

2011-07-22 Thread Ted
I am 'packet challenged' never having tried it. But I'd like to try what Kevin is doing. If anyone is doing this with a Kenwood TS-2000, which I think has a built in TNC, I would appreciate any help on how to set up the radio for this Thanks, Ted, K7TRK -Original Message- From:

[amsat-bb] 5500 rotor problem

2011-07-22 Thread Jeff KB2M
Thanks for all the replies on my 5500 rotor problem! I had some time tonite to work on it and here's what I got. On both a1 a3, and e1 e3 pairs I'm reading only 1.0 volts. Between a2 a3 , and e2 e3 pairs I see only .5 volts at half range, IE an elevation of 90 degrees = a reading of .5 volts.

[amsat-bb] Re: planetemily.com

2011-07-22 Thread Jeff Moore
I'd recommend NOT sending anybody to the site until it's taken down and cleaned! Otherwise you risk picking up nasty garbage from NOT practicing safe computing. Jeff -- KE7ACY - Original Message - From: Charles Suprin hamaa...@gmail.com Just to clarify http://planetemily.com comes

[amsat-bb] Re: Yaesu 5500 rotor problem

2011-07-22 Thread i8cvs
Hi Jeff, KB2M Disconnect A1 and E1 from the rear of control box and measure the voltage between input and ground at the imput of voltage regulator Q2 7806C and it must be about 12 volt DC. Since the voltage you measured at the output of Q2 7806C is lover than 5 volt DC i.e about 1 volt DC

[amsat-bb] Re: ISS BBS Mess/Qsl

2011-07-22 Thread normn3ykf
Gentelmen: Keep me in the loop. I've got a tt4 and an ht I could dedicate to this.. Sounds like fun. Norm n3ykf ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur

[amsat-bb] Re: ISS BBS Mess/Qsl

2011-07-22 Thread Dave Larsen PhD
Best to use the digi and not the PBS as useing the PBS ties up the uplink freq Dave N6CO - Original Message - From: Ted k7trkra...@charter.net To: 'Kevin Deane' summit...@live.com; amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 2:50 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ISS BBS Mess/Qsl I am

[amsat-bb] Summer gridsquare vacation

2011-07-22 Thread newsradio6
Hi all, not going to be as rare as last summers trip to Manitoulin Island, but this summer I will be on the trent severn waterway in grid FN04 + FN14 in ontario august 1-7 with the arrow and the ht. Will try to be on ao51, so50 and any other FM sats we can find. John. VA3BL Sent wirelessly

[amsat-bb] FS: Yaesu FT-736R with CTCSS board, 50/1296MHz modules

2011-07-22 Thread Joe Veldhuis
I've decided to put my trusty 736 up for sale. It has the tone squelch board, 50MHz and 1296MHz modules installed. I'm including my homebrew CAT and TNC cables. Make me an offer, or bid on fleabay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=280713621932 -Joe, N8FQ

[amsat-bb] Re: SatPC32 (Question?

2011-07-22 Thread Dee
Stu, Here is a pix of the screen that you get when you set up the radio control. Good Luck. Dee -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Stuart Balanger Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 2:50 PM To: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Subject: