[amsat-bb] Re: DTMF on HF?

2014-01-10 Thread Jim Wright
In days past, the telephone companies ran an analog carrier system of 24 SSB channels with what was called a pilot tone at a reduced level. The pilot was indeed a carrier reference that was PLL to the office master clock. These 0-4 Khz channels could get off on the receiving end, but a

[amsat-bb] Re: RF, another alternate energy technology (hogwash)

2013-11-08 Thread Jim Wright
Theoretically, 1.Wouldn't these meta antennae act like the high rise building built between you and your favorite repeater. Absorbing/blocking your signal down range from the source transmitter? 2.Wouldn't all that RF building up inside the room act like the story we have all heard

[amsat-bb] Re: Information on Ballots

2012-09-18 Thread Jim Wright
Perhaps I am not the only one this happend too, but.. The long lag in receipt and return deadline caused mine to get covered up and forgotten until too late. If the deadline were shorter, I would have voted and put it back in the return mail the next day. Jim WA4IVM Amsat 31517 ps:

[amsat-bb] Re: Just heard ISS in QSO with school

2012-07-26 Thread Jim Wright
On 7/26/2012 10:45 AM, Raydel Abreu Espinet (CM2ESP) wrote: I have just heard today 26/07/2012 at 14:15 UTC, aprox. the ISS in a QSO with a school Such great experience Really really a joy. It took me by surprise as I was not aware of an ARISS contact scheduled because i didn't read

[amsat-bb] Re: Using less mobile bandwidth in replies.

2012-07-24 Thread Jim Wright
On 7/24/2012 6:46 PM, Tom Gentry wrote: This BBS is a joy to read and in general has great deportment (that's what teachers call behaviour) and very few flame incidents. How does one do that highlight on an android? Mine keeps scrolling away when I try it. Jim ps: I send this from the desk

[amsat-bb] New use for APRS

2012-04-21 Thread Jim Wright
Battery condition tester? When I got out of my Silverado last weekend with the Kenwood 710 left on in beacon mode and voice alert, the dummy that was driving forgot to turn off the 710. After sitting for a week in this condition while I went in for surgery, the battery was dead when I tried

[amsat-bb] Re: Radio Shack Rotator Help

2011-09-27 Thread Jim Wright
I can't speak to your RS rotator specifically, but I would suggest when you open it, have it over a big tub or bucket. I opened a Wilson rotor many years ago and became instantly familiar with the ball bearings when some stuck to the top and some stayed in the bottom raceway. Most of the

[amsat-bb] Re: [TM-D710/TM-V71] which gps works best indoors

2011-09-10 Thread Jim Wright
To find the way to the pottie when having a senior moment??? :-) On 9/9/2011 2:53 PM, Jeff Moore wrote: Who wants to know? Jeff -- KE7ACY - Original Message - From: **stormc...@gmail.com Why the hell would you need a GPS indoors? Yahoo!

[amsat-bb] Re: Adjusting true north for azimuth rotator.

2011-09-04 Thread Jim Wright
I believe the G5400 is a 360 degree rotor control. If you are wanting to go from West through North to East, you will hit the stop. Two options come to mind. Put the stop at South, but this gives the same problem going from West to East though South. The second option is a program like

[amsat-bb] Re: Field Day reminder

2011-07-09 Thread Jim Wright
Don't ya just love MURPHY? On 7/9/2011 12:54 PM, Bruce wrote: Monday, July 11, 2011 at 23:59 Central Time is the deadline for submission of your field day summaries. I am going to be a bit delayed in processing the results as my computer decided to die. Most likely the processor (Intel

[amsat-bb] Re: FM satellites

2011-07-06 Thread Jim Wright
When the towers are damaged or the power fails to the cell site, cell phones don't even make good boat anchors. Jim WA4IVM ps: When the media arrive and overload the system, it gets worse! On 7/6/2011 5:30 PM, Bob Bruninga wrote: In emergency situation novadays a cell-phone is much much

[amsat-bb] Re: FD Mess

2011-06-27 Thread Jim Wright
About 50 years ago during the SSB wars, Dubya TOO Ole Yankee, W2OY, was notorious for calling, *CQ CQ, don't want any KIDS, LIDS or BUS PATROLS, just good clean A M signals! * This describes at least three groups in ham radio today, not just on HF. Kids *having fun* LIDS *being LIDS* Bus

[amsat-bb] Re: Keps

2011-06-16 Thread Jim Wright
You should be able to take the AMSAT keps and delete the lines for the birds you do not want, save the result with the same name. Then reload that into your program and go. Good luck On 6/16/2011 4:14 PM, CT2IWW Paulo Teixeira wrote: Hello everyone, Is there a program or script that could

[amsat-bb] Re: RADAR QRM on FO-29 video on YouTube

2011-03-03 Thread Jim Wright
One would be surprised how far those buzzards can be heard. When I was still working for what is now Verizon, we tried for six months to turn up a 10 GHz microwave route from downtown Hampton, Virginia to the Easter Shore, a 27 KM shot using 10 foot dishes on 300 foot towers. There were

[amsat-bb] Re: G-5500 Orientation

2010-10-10 Thread Jim Wright
You want to mount the antenna on the elevation rotor horizontal so it can flip over on it's back and track through the AZ mechanical stop. For instance, if the bird is going though North/South, which ever you have for the mechanical stop, software can control it to flip on it's back and

[amsat-bb] ISS Assembly

2010-03-01 Thread Jim Wright
This is very interesting, a bit fast to read, but click on the names on the right for more info. ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!