[amsat-bb] Spacelab – STS-50 Mission 1992 Video

2012-06-16 Thread Trevor .
See http://www.uk.amsat.org/8308 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium Sept. 15-16 http://www.uk.amsat.org/colloquium/twelve AMSAT-UK News on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions

[amsat-bb] US Towers TMM-433HD for sale

2012-06-16 Thread David Reinhart
Crank-down, fold-over tower with coax arms, inverted vee arm and steel mast for sale on ground in Holden, MA. Complete except for anchor bolts. Over $3,000 new from US Tower, asking $2,000 or make offer. Buyer must pick up. The town is never going to let me put this thing up and my XYL

[amsat-bb] 2M1EUB/P QRV 24 JUNE-JULY 8 (loc) IO76/77/87/86

2012-06-16 Thread paul robinson
Hi Guys,its that time yet again...2weeks in scotland,fun begins 24/6   ill be driving round scotland and hope to be qrv from any spots i can hit the birds from,grid sq covered should be io76 io77 io87 and io86 and may be more if i have the time...will be about for 2weeks till about july 08

[amsat-bb] Re: perfect groundtrack contest

2012-06-16 Thread Howie DeFelice
Hi Domenico, Thanks for the link. Most of the commercial GEO satellites in orbit are bent pipe translators, similar to the amateur linear transponders. Only in very few satellites in recent years have used on board processing and switching. The Intelsat IRIS payload, the INMARSAT F4 satellites

[amsat-bb] Re: US Towers TMM-433HD for sale

2012-06-16 Thread George Henry
Don't give up so easily...  Massachusetts is one of the states that has codified PRB-1 into state law, so your fight should be easier than in a state where one has to go thru the federal courts.  Does Holden have an antenna ordinance, and if so, what does it say?  What steps have you taken so

[amsat-bb] tiAngong-1

2012-06-16 Thread Daniel
Hi all, Has anyone found out what the freq.'s that the space lab are? They launched 3 folks up there today ( or they say) so just wondering if there is a way we can listen in or what have you Thanks Dan ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions

[amsat-bb] HORYU-2 sat status

2012-06-16 Thread Mika Siira
Hello folks, Does anyone know about current status of HORYU-2 satellite? it has been sending the same telemetry CW data for several days in a row. E-mail has been sent for mission manager but no reply so far. Mika, OH8MBN ___ Sent via

[amsat-bb] Anyone Have More Info On This ?

2012-06-16 Thread Thomas Doyle
Looks very interesting. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47842589/#.T9zmqIGbGik 73 W9KE Tom Doyle ___ 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] Re: tiAngong-1

2012-06-16 Thread Trevor .
--- On Sat, 16/6/12, Daniel kf1...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone found out what the freq.'s  that the space lab are? They launched 3 folks up there today so just wondering if there is a way we can listen in or what have you The launch of fighter pilot Major Liu Yang and her two colleagues seems

[amsat-bb] MSNBC - ISS NanoRacks

2012-06-16 Thread Trevor .
MSNBC report on the DreamUp program, see http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=8326 They also mention the Arduino CubeSat ArduSat. 73 Trevor M5AKA ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to

[amsat-bb] ANS-169 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

2012-06-16 Thread Lee McLamb
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-169 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

[amsat-bb] Re: HORYU-2 sat status

2012-06-16 Thread Masahiro Arai
According to the Horyu2 web site in Japanese, Horyu2 has trouble in OBC. The command station is trying to reset her. She is sending same TLM since 5th June. Masa JN1GKZ Hello folks, Does anyone know about current status of HORYU-2 satellite? it has been sending the same telemetry CW data

[amsat-bb] FW: MIC-E Notification

2012-06-16 Thread Robert Coppock
ahoy amsat and wb4apr/ Bob, i believe i read, that to digipeat thru no-44, the status message in a th-d7a had to be ABOVE a certain level. i leave mine on as status= SPECIAL. i cannot find that info now, but did run across something different=Kenwood D7 and D700's use the Mic-E format

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2012-06-16 Thread Robert Coppock
well, i just found this under the user service agreement= 9) Determine your own precedence based on your current communications requirements for each pass. In general, all use is routine except for special circumstances. Typical Special usage is for demonstra- tions, and long