[amsat-bb] Beaconing

2012-12-08 Thread Kevin Deane
If people STOPPED BEACONING via the ISS we would still be able to use PC-SAT... Thanks for taking part in the destruction of NO-44... AND being annoying on the ISS Digipeater... Kevin KF7MYK ___ Sent via

[amsat-bb] Re: Beaconing

2012-12-08 Thread Dave Webb KB1PVH
Kevin, Let me start by saying this ISN'T a personal attack. Bob WB4APR has been asking on and off for years for people to stop unattended beacons with varying success. The problem is that most of the offenders don't read the BB. Why don't you go on a personal crusade and figure out who the

[amsat-bb] US and Hungarian Postal Service

2012-12-08 Thread John Papay
I had the pleasure of working HA1SE on Monday 3Dec 2012 on AO-7B cw. The QSO was during the afternoon so I quickly prepared a QSL card to take down to the post office as Imre was very excited about the QSO (it was my first HA so me too!) Yesterday, Friday 7Dec, and to my surprise, I received an

[amsat-bb] Re: satellite antenna photos oa4o

2012-12-08 Thread WILLIAMS MICHAEL
Norm, Norm, After many years, I homebrewed polarity switching into my old 2 meter KLM antenna. The switching/matching system is made up of the matching coax, relay, printed circuit board (PCB), and the baluns. Here are several options. 1. Try to save the old hardware. 2. Split the antennas.