[amsat-bb] XE2HWB from DL43 - this weekend (27-28 July)

2013-07-25 Thread Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Hi! I received an e-mail from Bernardo XE2HWB, a long-time VHF/UHF operator based in La Paz in southern Baja California who has also worked satellites. Bernardo is leaving tomorrow to go out to the Sierra de la Laguna in grid DL43. He plans on working SO-50, FO-29, and VO-52 passes on Saturday

[amsat-bb] D STAR Amsat users net

2013-07-25 Thread damon runion
Hello all D Star Amsat net (informal gathering) Thursday evening at 0100 utc. REF60B check the link https://sites.google.com/site/memphisdstar/d-satellite-amsat-net You can also use drats chat room download from the link click on chat then click on join channel then type in dratsamsat then

[amsat-bb] Web Address

2013-07-25 Thread Martha
Just a reminder that you can find up-to-date information on the satellites, the latest AMSAT news and the AMSAT store on *amsat.org * -- 73- Martha ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join

[amsat-bb] Interns build a CubeSat

2013-07-25 Thread M5AKA
A NASA video, see http://amsat-uk.org/2013/07/25/interns-build-a-cubesat/ Also on the AMSAT-UK site: The email address for telemetry reports from the STRaND-1 satellite on 437.568 MHz has changed, it is now: strand.messagesgmail.com http://amsat-uk.org/2013/07/23/uk-strand-1-cubesat-is-

[amsat-bb] ISS Deployment Costs

2013-07-25 Thread M5AKA
Aviation Week is saying Nanorack charge $85,000 per 1U CubeSat for its ISS deployment service, and expects to launch as many as 38 of the units on the first mission. (November this year ?) http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=%2Farticle-xml%2FAW_07_22_2013_p28-597963.xml 73 Trevor M5AKA

[amsat-bb] D STAR AMSAT informal tonight

2013-07-25 Thread damon runion
Hello all D Star Amsat net (informal gathering) Thursday evening at 0100 utc. REF60B check the link https://sites.google.com/site/memphisdstar/d-satellite-amsat-net You can also use drats chat room download from the link click on chat then click on join channel then type in dratsamsat then