[amsat-bb] Re: SUMBANDILASAT IS NOT DEAD

2012-02-04 Thread Mal Pizzey
Great news Hans Congratulations to all the Control team at of SO-67. Sounds like there has been a lot of Ingenuity in the diagnosis and recovery process. I know that SO-67 has been missed down here. Thanks for the update and all the best, 73s Mal Pizzey VK2MAL / Amsat-VK _

[amsat-bb] The official end of CW service at Palo Alto Radio Stations /KPH/KFS/KSM

2012-02-04 Thread i8cvs
Hi All, Please look at the following interesting page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=RYhrSEERvbI The woman who transmit on CW is Denise one of the Radio Operators at Palo Alto Radio/KPH station. This official message states the end of the Maritime Radio Service on CW at

[amsat-bb] ANS-036 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

2012-02-04 Thread Lee McLamb
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-036 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communic

[amsat-bb] Telemetry demodulator board AO-10/AO-13

2012-02-04 Thread Jack Colson
Does anyone have an interest in a complete telemetry demodulator which was used for AO10/13. The PCB/design was done by G3RUH. I have a complete unit available with metering and power supply, RS-232 data output. Photo available on request. Thank you for looking. 73 Jack, W3TMZ __

[amsat-bb] Another Delay For Next SpaceX Flight

2012-02-04 Thread B J
http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/003/120203update/ 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 program! Subscription setting

[amsat-bb] SUMBANDILASAT IS NOT DEAD

2012-02-04 Thread WOZANE
Hi SumbandilaSat is not dead and may resume amateur operation end February/early March. Read about the rescue operation on www.amsatsa.org.za . You can also downlink an audio report from Johann Lochner ZR1CBC 73 Hans _

[amsat-bb] Re: K8YSE at 1005 grids!

2012-02-04 Thread gkcarr
John, you have accomplished much...and shared much. 73 George WA5KBH -Original Message- From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2012 09:16 To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] K8YSE at 1005 grids! Hi! Congratulations to John Papay K8YSE for reachi

[amsat-bb] AO-7 Mode A antenna

2012-02-04 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
I recently put together a rotatable dipole for 10m for mode A reception. There isn't room for it on the satellite tower, which is a MA-40 with 2m, 222, 435, and 23cm yagis already. I do have a push up pole with a 5 element CC 6m yagi and G450 that I'm sure would handle the additional load, but I

[amsat-bb] Oops... 1006 grids for K8YSE

2012-02-04 Thread Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Hi again A correction... K8YSE's grid count for his satellite VUCC award is actually at 1006 grids. So much for trying to read the VUCC standings sheet early in the morning. Everything I just wrote about John is still true, a great accomplishment for 1006 grids all worked on LEO satellites in

[amsat-bb] K8YSE at 1005 grids!

2012-02-04 Thread Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Hi! Congratulations to John Papay K8YSE for reaching 1005 confirmed grids for his satellite VUCC award! John has been on the birds for the past few years, missing out on the days of HEO satellites, yet he has spent many days - and nights - chasing stations to add to his log. His Cleveland QTH

[amsat-bb] UKube-1 in The Register

2012-02-04 Thread Trevor .
An article by Brid-Aine Parnell about the UK Space Agency's first satellite UKube-1 was published in The Register yesterday. UKube-1 will carry a set of AMSAT-UK FUNcube boards providing a 435/145 MHz linear transponder. Read the article at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/03/the_uk_in_sp

[amsat-bb] Re: Aeneas cubesat

2012-02-04 Thread Nick Pugh
They can ask for an experimental license which be coordinated via IRAC. It could be in 430 to 450 mhz band Nick k5qxj -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Bill Ress Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 12:25 PM To: amsat-bb@amsa