[amsat-bb] Satellite capable hams along NW Africa coast?

2012-11-03 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
Pondering things today, I wonder if there are any satellite capable hams along the NW African coast? I have short windows into Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, and maybe a little further south. Anyone down there, or know someone that is? 73, Drew KO4MA __

[amsat-bb] Re: Satellite capable hams along NW Africa coast?

2012-11-03 Thread Lizeth Norman
Hi all!! Easier to plan a trip, at least for satellites. There might be some frequent flier miles in the offing. Wonder what the license and customs information for those countries is? Political stability?? Don't want to be in the middle of a shooting war. Google is my friend. Fun to think about.

[amsat-bb] Re: WSJT - A Bit Off Topic

2012-11-03 Thread Richard Lawn
Thanks to all those who offered suggestions. In the end it was a strange problem related to the fact that I had another USB Audio CODEC device plugged into the hub (USB record turntable for making digital copies of LPs). Once I unplugged it and reconfigured the IN/Out assignment to follow the Audio

[amsat-bb] new payload carrier

2012-11-03 Thread R Oler
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/11/02/spaceflight-services-completes-pdr-on-secondary-payload-system/#more-43892 a possible method for carrying one of our transponders Robert Oler WB5MZO ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@

[amsat-bb] ANS-309 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

2012-11-03 Thread JoAnne Maenpaa
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-309 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 communica

[amsat-bb] videos uploaded tonight

2012-11-03 Thread Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Hi! I have been going through my pictures and video from last weekend's AMSAT Symposium in Orlando, as well as the pictures and video taken by Hector CO6CBF (I made a copy of his camera's memory card, before he returned to Cuba). I have posted two more videos so far. First, a video showing John