Just noticed this thread and caught up.
While rotor controllers are indeed a dime a dozen, I think we could do a
lot better than any of them.
Your typical Yaesu/Kenpro rotor uses a 24V AC 2-phase induction motor.
The control box applies 50/60 Hz AC directly to one winding and to the
other th
I found this whilest trolling the internet today...
On this day in history
* 1618 – German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler discovered
the
third law of planetary motion.
73...bruce
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I too found the pass prediction page was missing from the amsat web site. I
did find
www.heavens-above.com provides the ability to predict passes, although it is a
little complicated.
I registered with a userid and password so the site would remember the location
info and
time zone when I retur
I can confirm the comments below.
I use a RHCP QFHA and some times I abruptly lost the satellite, most of
the time the fade-out of the signal is pronounced when the sat pass the
TCA and then... you lost it...
This weekend I going to build the LHCP version...
El 04/03/13 11:51, Ib Christoffer
Soon I will be visiting DM70-71 and DM80-81. If you need these grids
confirmed, I would be glad to work with you. I will likely work FO-29
and SO-50 only this time. Please email me off-list.
73,
Clayton
W5PFG
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Hi!
Weather permitting, I will have an AMSAT table at the Scottsdale
Amateur Radio Club's hamfest on Saturday morning, 9 March 2003.
This hamfest is at a new location, the PERA club on Continental
Drive (Roosevelt Street), west of Scottsdale Road in Tempe. More
information, including a map of th
Looks like the first flights will be sub-orbital.
See http://www.amsat-uk.org/?p=14562
Trevor M5AKA
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