[amsat-bb] Re: Satellite Group in Cuba

2012-03-07 Thread KP4TR (Ramon Gonzalez)
Hector Luis, Los felicito y espero escucharlos pronto via alguno de los satelites Oscar en operacion. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 7, 2012, at 10:10 AM, Hector Luis Martinez Sis hmarti...@ucf.edu.cu wrote: We are pleased to inform that: The Cuban Amateur Radio Federation (FRC) has

[amsat-bb] Re: ALERT

2012-01-20 Thread KP4TR (Ramon Gonzalez)
The flare prompted a call from a friend who was operating his remote HF/6m station in Puerto Rico. He thought something had happened to the radio. Told him he either had his G5RV knocked off the tower or someone tinkered with radio controls. Then i told him maybe a solar flare reached earth.

[amsat-bb] Re: Very Interesting Radio - Possible Sat Use

2012-01-12 Thread KP4TR (Ramon Gonzalez)
Looks like a knock off of Yaesu VX-3. For $65 not bad Sent from my iPhone On Jan 12, 2012, at 12:49 PM, Clayton Coleman W5PFG kayakfis...@gmail.com wrote: Excellent idea and post, Tom. I have posted two YouTube videos of the Baeofeng UV-3R being used for satellite work. I would suspect

[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 end of mission

2011-11-30 Thread (kp4tr)Ramon Gonzalez
Hello I was a hardcore user of AO-13 back when I was in Puerto Rico, but AO-51 was my favorite satellite mostly brcause it was easy to work and did it from my car. Most of my QSO on it was on my drive back home from work. And it was fun to do. So sad to see it go, but it was fun and the

[amsat-bb] Re: HB9DRV

2011-09-26 Thread (kp4tr)Ramon Gonzalez
There is a forum for HRD. Google it. Sent from my Adobe Flash and Java challenged iPhone On Sep 26, 2011, at 3:42 PM, Dave Marthouse dmartho...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone on this list have a working E-Mail address for HB9DRV the developer of Ham Radio Deluxe? I would like to get in touch

[amsat-bb] ARISSAT-1 over Puerto Rico with SSTV and KP4WES saying hello.

2011-08-11 Thread (KP4TR)Ramon Gonzalez
Hello, I finally got a very good pass of ARISSAT-1 over Puerto Rico with good SSTV capture and a clearly heard message from Wesley (KP4WES). What you see is a RealVNC connection to a Windows 7 PC in Puerto Rico and a RemoteRig operated transceiver (Kenwood TM-D700) at my dad's house east of

[amsat-bb] KP4WES voice as heard on Arissat-1

2011-08-06 Thread (KP4TR)Ramon Gonzalez
Hello, Last night I was caught by surprise while listening to Arissat-1 over Puerto Rico the voice of a boy called Wesley (KP4WES). It was in Spanish, and now I found out he's the son of WP4T (Walter) who I know personally and have worked him on AO51. KP4WES is only 9 years old! Here's a

[amsat-bb] Arissat-1 Kids Singing over Puerto Rico

2011-08-06 Thread (KP4TR)Ramon Gonzalez
Hello, Kids singing from Arissat-1. If someone can tell me who they are: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrizY1tJK3Q ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur

[amsat-bb] Arissat from Puerto Rico

2011-08-05 Thread (kp4tr)Ramon Gonzalez
Hello Last night KP4WK and myself (KP4TR) listened to Arissat when overhead in Puerto Rico last night. In our case we both live in Florida and was out of reach at that time, but we each own a remotely operated stations at our parents home. This gives us the advantage of listening and maybe

[amsat-bb] Re: Arissat from Puerto Rico

2011-08-05 Thread (kp4tr)Ramon Gonzalez
wrote: Be sure to listen for the voice message from the Puerto Rican student. Dave, AA4KN Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: (kp4tr)Ramon Gonzalez kp4tr.ra...@gmail.com Sender: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 08:26:13 To: AMSAT-BB

[amsat-bb] Re: simplex/duplex terminology

2011-07-27 Thread (kp4tr)Ramon Gonzalez
Broadcast? Sent from my Adobe Flash and Java challenged iPhone On Jul 27, 2011, at 3:24 PM, Nigel A. Gunn, W8IFF/G8IFF ni...@ngunn.net wrote: Art... What's the definition then of a one way only link, as in a TLM channel or beacon? On 07/27/2011 06:54 PM, W4ART Arthur Feller wrote: No

[amsat-bb] Re: Thrust bearing maintenance

2011-06-01 Thread (kp4tr)Ramon Gonzalez
I own this thrust bearing but imho it is not worth investing time and material in such a low cost item. Get a new one and save yourself time. Clean the old one and sell it on ebay as used. Sent from my Adobe Flash and Java challenged iPhone On Jun 1, 2011, at 9:07 AM, Zachary Beougher

[amsat-bb] Re: VUCC, grids, and a new QTH

2011-04-25 Thread (kp4tr)Ramon Gonzalez
I have around 74 countries worked from FK78 (puerto rico) via AO-13 and other modes but that stopped in 1998 when i moved to florida. I recently installed a remote control station in Ponce PR which is in FK68. I will be able to work 6 meters and some LEO. Ponce is around 50 miles southwest of

[amsat-bb] Re: VUCC, grids, and a new QTH

2011-04-25 Thread (kp4tr)Ramon Gonzalez
Excellent! I still recall the pileups on AO-13 from the JA's and DL's when all I wanted to do was ragchew. 6 meter is my best bet and 2m/70cm from a vertical. So when you hear me the KP4TR/W4 will be from EL87 while plain KP4TR is from either FK68 or Fk78 (I forgot the other remote I have in

[amsat-bb] Re: PREDICT for 64-bit Winderz?

2010-10-17 Thread (KP4TR)Ramon Gonzalez
Here's my answer. Install Sun/Oracle Virtualbox within Windows 7 and install Windows 95/ME/XP in VirtualBox. Then install Predict/Instantrack or any other DOS based software you really need to run on this virtual machine. 73! On 10/17/2010 9:06 AM, Mark L. Hammond wrote: Hi All,

[amsat-bb] Nice video by KP4WK working AO-51

2010-03-05 Thread (KP4TR)Ramon Gonzalez
Here's a nice video posted by KP4WK using a tape measure antenna to work AO-51. I'm also heard working AO-51 while driving in my car. Satellite Fever KP4WK working AO51 with the tape measure antenna http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBVT-3BwYI8 ___ Sent