[amsat-bb] AMSAT at Orlando

Hi All I attended the AMSAT conference in Orlando and it was fantastic. The presentation were excellent and the high school students were inspiring. So a big thanks to Lou and his crew and the AMSAT leadership for a great conference. Thanks nick ars k5qxj EM30xa 30.1 n 90.1 w cell

[amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT at Orlando

I'll second that, Nick. Indeed, hearing about a high school group that is building a CubeSat as an after hours school project is amazing. More impressive is how articulate and composed the two presenting students are! The whole way home I was thinking about what a great group of people AMSA

[amsat-bb] orbitron question thanks

Thanks to everyone who replied.   There were two solutions,   Pre filter the download from Celestrak so that only the wanted sats go into the TLE file. Edit the TLE file in Orbitron to remove the unwanted sats.   Both good solutions.   73 John G7HIA ___

[amsat-bb] ARISS Project Wins Public Relations Award

Special event with astronaut wins public relations award - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - As Clint Bradford of Jurupa Valley said, “It was 13 months of planning for 10 minutes of conversation, but, oh!, what a conversation!” “‘LIVE! … from outer

[amsat-bb] Re: Polarization for ISS and Weather Satellites

The polar orbiting NOAA weather satellites have right hand circular helical antennas for the VHF APT service. Right hand circular polarization is recommended for NOAA APT receiving antennas. http://www.noaasis.noaa.gov/NOAASIS/pubs/Users_Guide-Building_Receive_Statio ns_March_2009.pdf See the se

[amsat-bb] WSJT - A Bit Off Topic

I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who is using WSJT with an FT-847 and Signalink USB interface. I'm having no luck getting PTT to work. Rick W2JAZ ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member?