[amsat-bb] Integration of World’s First D-STAR CubeSat

2013-10-22 Thread M5AKA
OUFTI-1 is being assembled this week, see the videos at http://amsat-uk.org/2013/10/22/integration-of-worlds-first-d-star-cubesat/ Also on the AMSAT-UK site Indian Record for Tracking Ham Radio Balloon http://amsat-uk.org/2013/10/20/indian-record-for-tracking-ham-radio-balloon/ Ham radio

[amsat-bb] Re: view from a satellite - Gravity Movie

2013-10-22 Thread Clayton Coleman
Gravity is a very entertaining film. I found some of the scenarios portrayed laughable yet creative. It is amazing that during the entire 90 minute film only two actors are utilized, one being only for the first 1/3 of the movie. The debris scene is very scary when you think of all the global

[amsat-bb] Ham Radio on National TV

2013-10-22 Thread Thomas Doyle
Almost fell out off the couch. I was watching TV and there was a national commercial that featured Ham Radio. This is not some cheesy local affiliate news filler or a two-bit webcast but an actual professionally produced commercial that features Ham Radio broadcast on national TV. It is a bit of a

[amsat-bb] Re: Ham Radio on National TV

2013-10-22 Thread Rich/wa4bue
The meter to the right is that 0 centered? Is that a CB radio? - Original Message - From: Thomas Doyle tomdoyle1...@gmail.com To: AMSAT AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 2:31 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Ham Radio on National TV Almost fell out off the couch. I was

[amsat-bb] Re: Ham Radio on National TV

2013-10-22 Thread Simon Brown
What were they selling - Soap? Simon Brown (G4ELI/HB9DRV) http://v2.sdr-radio.com -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Doyle It is a bit of a stretch to link the product they are selling to Ham Radio but nice to see

[amsat-bb] Re: Ham Radio on National TV

2013-10-22 Thread Bryce Salmi
Haha yeah this has been running on national TV for several months now. On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Simon Brown si...@sdr-radio.com wrote: What were they selling - Soap? Simon Brown (G4ELI/HB9DRV) http://v2.sdr-radio.com -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org

[amsat-bb] Re: Ham Radio on National TV

2013-10-22 Thread Stefan Wagener
Yup, very cheeesy soap :-) So lets figure out the radios in the background, Yaesu anyone? Stefan On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Simon Brown si...@sdr-radio.com wrote: What were they selling - Soap? Simon Brown (G4ELI/HB9DRV) http://v2.sdr-radio.com -Original Message- From:

[amsat-bb] Re: Ham Radio on National TV

2013-10-22 Thread n0jy
Ham and cheese go together well! Jerry On 10/22/2013 2:31 PM, Stefan Wagener wrote: Yup, very cheeesy soap :-) So lets figure out the radios in the background, Yaesu anyone? Stefan On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Simon Brown si...@sdr-radio.com wrote: What were they selling - Soap?

[amsat-bb] Re: Ham Radio on National TV

2013-10-22 Thread Alan
Simon, Velveeta is a cheese product, and also a brand name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velveeta Recently they have been branching out into prepared products which use it. 73s, Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org]

[amsat-bb] New Satellite Segment in IARU Region 2 Bandplan

2013-10-22 Thread M5AKA
New Satellite Segment in IARU Region 2 Bandplan http://amsat-uk.org/2013/10/22/new-satellite-segment-in-iaru-region-2-bandplan/ Also on the AMSAT-UK site Maryland CubeSat Balloon Launch http://amsat-uk.org/2013/10/22/cubesat-balloon-launch/ FUNcube SDR Radio Telescope

[amsat-bb] Re: Ham Radio on National TV

2013-10-22 Thread R.T.Liddy
You guys are WAY too serious!   It's Ham Cheese!!!   Get it   73,  Bob K8BL  :O) From: Thomas Doyle tomdoyle1...@gmail.com To: AMSAT AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 2:31 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Ham Radio on National TV Almost fell out off the couch. I was watching TV