...and to Bob, the pass was well-handled on your end, btw
(on _both_ ends of the Q's, actually). A credit to everyone; I was expecting
total chaos.
Patiently waiting as the "big" stations get their grid/entity, hopefully we
"handhelds"
will get the Q.
I made a lot of Q's after you left my fo
The only addition to your list is a receive preamp if you're running full
duplex.
Norm, I completely agree. I hang a ARR 432 pre-amp with it's own small 12v
pack between the
diplexor and the 432 side of the Arrow. I have an RF switched version just
in case I do
something stupid with the FT-53
re: Teksharp
I used the 1.2m version of their dish during the AO-40 days and was very
pleased.
Bill W1PA
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Odd... I am surprised at the number of folks who need NH... there are
actually a
large number of hams in southern NH.
And I work less than 15 minutes from the MA/NH border. HRO Salem, NH is 20
(and no one there will
question what I am doing in the parking lot)
There is a large regional ham
I don't know what's happened to all the eastern stations
recently. When I was trying to work grids for VUCC,
I had a lot more in the east than in the west. There were lots of
W1, 2, 3, 4, etc. on the birds.
Because it was more fun pointing east and working Europeans at 3 deg with
no one else i
I am looking to flesh out some grids, and Michael (EI3GYB) and I are running
out of things to talk about.
With my handheld set-up I can work reliably down to 3 deg, which brings
Europe west of
central Germany, the UK, and western Scandinavia into the circle during the
dinner-time-Europe passes
Has anyone owned and used both?
I love my FT-530, but I am having a "grass is greener" moment...
For those of you have, can you comment on sensitivity? de-sense?
programming?
controls/interface? availability of headsets? power? (i.e. handheld FM
satellite usage)
Anything I neglected?
Bill W
taper?
Bill
W1PA
-Original Message-
From: Bill Acito W1PA
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 4:55 PM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: Pin assignments on a stereo mic input?
One more for today... I am using a stereo digital recorder for logging. It
has a stereo 3.5mm mic socket.
I am using
One more for today... I am using a stereo digital recorder for logging. It
has a stereo 3.5mm mic socket.
I am using a "attenuating" patch cable from the HT audio into a "stereo
splitter" plugged into the mic input
(it has a stereo plug, and two mono sockets --- tip and base, and ring and
base
Anyone have a good source for small run (100-250), photo QSL's with a
satellite-specific report format on them?
Or does everyone just custom design their own (and use a full-custom
supplier (front and back))?
Bill W1PA
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For Lee
http://www.papays.com/sat/AO-27_15Jul2011_171058z.mp3
Good thing he didn't try on the next pass...
Bill W1PA
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I am still experimenting with the RX pre-amp on my Arrow. I have a 3 degree
pass from Massachusetts today at 1530Z
if anyone from extreme Western EU is available.
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I've been able to fit up a pre-amp to my Arrow. I have a ARR 432 switched
pre-amp with it's own battery pack on the 432-side of the arrow to hear
better on low (<10 deg) passes. Still using the FT-530 HT with a headset.
There were two low Atlantic passes this morning, one each on AO-27 and
AO-5
e
setting compatibility mode to Win95, it still won't run.
Thanks all for your input.
Bill W1PA
-Original Message-
From: George Henry
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 5:07 PM
To: Bill Acito W1PA ; amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Any way I can get AOS.EXE to run on Win7 64-bi
I can give you MA and possibly RI or NH with some planning
on the FM birds (you didn't say which bird).
Since I read via the bb archive, you'll need to send me your call or
an email address, 'cause I have no idea where you are. :-)
I have been active hand-held (FN42) on AO-27 and AO-51 the past f
1. I have one, but have never used it. If I am reading the satellite guide
correctly,
the only current bird I can use one on (mode B, 435MHz -- not 432) is VO-52.
Is that correct?
Or is the TX-RX completely wrong? (RX+TX=581.005)
2. I have read that the 2510 (newer version) was much easier to use
So that must be the issue... the standalone “zip” version (AOS205.zip)
located here: http://www.amsat-warenvertrieb.de/english.htm
does not appear to work, but the SatPC32 version does.
I’ll need to play more. Good leads, everyone.
Bill W1PA
From: kq...@verizon.net
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 201
Tried that no joy.
Bill W1PA
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I only have AOS.exe and its files, dropped them in their own folder in
/Program Files/ and ran as admin.
b
-Original Message-
From: George Henry
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 1:17 PM
To: Bill Acito W1PA ; amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Any way I can get AOS.EXE to run on
I really like the simplicity of this program... it does what I want.
I am relatively new to both Win 7 and 64-bit; is there a simple way
to get it running in this OS? A compatibility mode, or some sort of
emulator/wrapper?
Bill W1PA
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Mother Nature has provided some pretty "biblical" disasters in recent months...
Joplin, Haiti, Japan... we had our own bout of tornado’s here in central MA
last month (in fact, I live in the the path of the ‘53 F5 Worcester tornado,
which until Joplin, had the dubious honor of having the mos
>Note that it says "additional QSOs may be counted for QSO credit ***unless
>prohibited under Rule 7.3.7.1*** " (emphasis mine), which you conveniently
>omitted. Rule 7.3.7.1 says "Stations are limited to one (1) completed QSO
>on any single channel FM satellite."
>So yes, there IS such a rule.
I did not participate in FD this year, but I have certainly heard my share of
them in recent years.
I think we have to let go of the mantra that “any use of the bandwidth is good
use” with respect to “encouraging more satellite activity”. Wasn’t that the
original intent of the “100 point bonus
I have often wondered about this myself. I like to use headphones... I
wonder if you could use a stereo recorder, and put the "speaker out" (low
impedance) to one side, and an external mic (high impedance) to the other.
Getting the audio to balance would be a trick.
We need a small portable, t
Gosh, I love Google...
http://www.mixitproducts.com/
--
> We need a small portable, two channel mixer with low and high inputs and a
> balance control.
>
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2510, not 2510B. Not on Ten Tec's site, W7FG doesn't have them, and
waiting on one other commercial site that might have one.
Willing to pay reasonable copying costs.
As Drew pointed out, this needs to be brought down from 435 to 432 --
anyone ever done that?
Bill
W1PA
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>Desiring a "solution" is indicative of there being a "problem." It has not
>been
>demonstrated to my satisfaction that there is a massive problem that
>required
>re-thinking of what FM sats are all about.
Lots of users and limited resources is always ugly... whether it be
traffic, water,
groc
Those of you working AO-7, what is a good minimalistic set-up?
Should I be able to work it with an Arrow antenna, a RX pre-amp,
and a Ten Tec Mode B box?
Bill W1PA
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