[amsat-bb] Re: D STAR

2013-11-12 Thread STeve Andre'
*absolutely true* We've surrendered freedoms by using this. ICOM of course had no real understanding or appreciation of this (I've talked with higher-up managers at Dayton), so it's become something we have to live with. It does reek, however. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en72 On 11/12/13 15:58

[amsat-bb] Re: The Ham Radio Bucket List

2013-04-15 Thread STeve Andre'
thought of this one. Let the acolytes gather... --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en72 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http

[amsat-bb] Re: Satellite hit by debris from weapon test

2013-03-11 Thread STeve Andre'
. But, I hope no one does that because Trevor has done a lot. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en72 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription

[amsat-bb] Re: LEO to HEO

2012-10-18 Thread STeve Andre'
-- with the right amount of money. I'm not sure that a kick motor would ultimately be cheaper than a flight designed to get something into HEO, nor as safe. It's really all about money, several millions of little dollarettes... --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en72

[amsat-bb] Re: European Lunar Lander - Call for Declarations

2012-06-01 Thread STeve Andre'
that a random HT would work, but I don't think we're talking of the classic EME-capabile station. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en72 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support

[amsat-bb] Re: Icom 451 questions

2012-01-12 Thread STeve Andre'
with it may be its age, and getting some of the specialty ICs could be hard. I seem to remember a few of them selling on ebay in the $200 area? --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en72 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author

[amsat-bb] Re: satellite radios

2011-11-28 Thread STeve Andre'
. The Flex 5000 with their 2m/70cm board would make a fantastic rig, albeit at a price (3500 ish?) but is in the neighborhood of the 9100. The IC-290/IC-490 are older ssb rigs, but they'd work pretty well, too. A few thoughts... --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en72

[amsat-bb] Re: OSCAR Acronym?

2011-11-12 Thread STeve Andre'
with people, but hardly think that orbiting is bad. So use either. Orbital is better--or more historically accurate-- but not worth fights over (not implying you were thinking that). --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en72 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions

[amsat-bb] Re: KickSat - a personal spacecraft of your own in space

2011-10-17 Thread STeve Andre'
, the better. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en72 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

[amsat-bb] Re: Seriously Get Over It!

2011-08-21 Thread STeve Andre'
On 08/21/11 18:56, Kevin Deane wrote: Enough with the friggin ARISSAT-1 reports, gee I heard it too. Post your reports here http://oscar.dcarr.org/ I mean really . Kevin KF7MYK Whats wrong with that? Just hit your delete key when you see arissat and report. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en72

[amsat-bb] Re: Crew handleing of ARISSat-1

2011-08-03 Thread STeve Andre'
of the problems that happened. I suppose this is a good lesson for kids, that nothing in space should be taken for granted. This failed to be deployed once before? So a lesson to learn. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en72 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org

[amsat-bb] Re: Three Words ...

2011-08-03 Thread STeve Andre'
experimental workplace. ...How long did the various US astronauts train for Hubble missions? I'm not excusing rough or really careless handing, but things happen. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en72 On 08/03/11 17:15, Michael Schulz wrote: So let me play devils advocate here for a second or three. When

[amsat-bb] Re: OMG

2011-08-03 Thread STeve Andre'
? Absolutely! But consider this: where would the ISS be if it was run the way the US congress has been acting lately? At the bottom of an ocean, I'd say... --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en72 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those

[amsat-bb] Re: ISS Views STS-135 Re-entry

2011-07-25 Thread STeve Andre'
ponder this! --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en72 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

[amsat-bb] Re: FD Mess

2011-06-27 Thread STeve Andre'
in communications, and speak of the exercise opportunities at the other contests, especially those of rovers. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en72 On 06/27/11 14:21, Nigel Gunn wrote: A bigger FD problem is that FD is advertised as a chance to demonstrate your emergency comms ability to Joe Public. FD

[amsat-bb] Re: FD Mess

2011-06-27 Thread STeve Andre'
Me, I'm recovering from bad sunburn. I look like a lobster ready for dinner... --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en72 On 06/27/11 15:40, Bob- W7LRD wrote: After all the hoopala settles. When/where else can you play with radios, go camping, go potty in the woods, get bug bites, have a good time

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSatTLM source code

2011-06-23 Thread STeve Andre'
impressed with some of the closed source programs they've seen--and wanted to improve on. But this is changing, and is yet another reason to get more younger people involved in ham radio in general. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en72 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSatTLM source code

2011-06-23 Thread STeve Andre'
Anthony, my comments were about ham software in general, not the arissattlm code. Apologies if it came off that way. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en72 On 06/23/11 21:57, Anthony Monteiro wrote: Hi Guys, This has always been open source, its just that the server is temporarily down. You can find

[amsat-bb] Re: ISS HRD

2011-06-16 Thread STeve Andre'
? Like, here? --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en72 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat

[amsat-bb] Re: Flames on Endeavor

2011-06-01 Thread STeve Andre'
to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb Yes, it's the APU, I think. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en72 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 decoding software release

2011-02-09 Thread STeve Andre'
the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb Are you releasing the source? --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en72 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA

[amsat-bb] Re: SSETI-ESEO project cancelled?

2011-02-08 Thread STeve Andre'
it expired a robot came along and snatched it up, in the hopes that its owners would pay 25+ times the renewal price for it. --STeve Andre' wb8wf en72 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now

[amsat-bb] Re: Rig debate time...

2010-10-16 Thread STeve Andre'
is the archive? --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 ___ 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! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat

[amsat-bb] Re: New Satellite Downlink?

2010-08-25 Thread STeve Andre'
wrote: Hi Steve, I wonder how that would work with multiple languages:) 73 Graham G3VZV - Original Message - From: STeve Andre' and...@msu.edu To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 10:24 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: New Satellite Downlink? On Wednesday 25 August

[amsat-bb] Re: AO-7 Mode Switch

2010-06-10 Thread STeve Andre'
its operational status has been pretty well figured out, it isn't something that is completely defined. Thats my guess. I'm simply glad (and amazed) that it works at all. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed

[amsat-bb] Re: Re HELIX REFLECTOR?

2010-06-05 Thread STeve Andre'
john, whats a good rule for height of the antennas to avoid large back lobes reflecting, ie how many wavelengths up should the antennas be? Thanks... --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 On Saturday 05 June 2010 17:07:15 John Belstner wrote: Just another $0.02 to add. You will find that the size

[amsat-bb] Re: 20-year Li-Ion Packs

2010-02-05 Thread STeve Andre'
(scorpio blue), they don't publish MTBF any more. So while I want aa batteries with 13.1AH capacity and 12,000 recharge cycles, I'm going to have to wait for them... ;-) --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed

[amsat-bb] Re: 471A Service manual - looking again

2010-01-08 Thread STeve Andre'
prove this wrong in your further searches. If you do find it, please let folks know. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur

[amsat-bb] Re: On the possibility of imaging AO-40 with earth bound telescopes...

2009-10-15 Thread STeve Andre'
This is interesting; I've learned stuff because of this. Not that it's practical, but what could Hubble see? The first question would be can it be positioned to stare down, and then how well would it see something that close and fast? --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 On Thursday 15 October 2009 08

[amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 4, Issue 509

2009-10-01 Thread STeve Andre'
. Tim KI6VBY What makes them degrade over time? Are the newer ones better in this regard? --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur

[amsat-bb] Re: All Satellites

2009-09-25 Thread STeve Andre'
cheap telemetry but the side effects are priceless. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 On Friday 25 September 2009 15:56:37 Rocky Jones wrote: The hamsat bands are slowly being converted into cheap telemetry bands... Robert WB5MZO To: ni...@ngunn.net Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:31:40 -0800 From

[amsat-bb] Re: Best source for LMR-400 coax assemblies, pre-config with connectors?

2009-08-12 Thread STeve Andre'
The RF Connection, in MD. URL is therfcinc.com I believe. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 On Thursday 13 August 2009 00:23:27 Mark Lunday wrote: Looking for recommendations.don't want to go the eBay route. Thanks in advance. Mark Lunday WD4ELG Hillsborough, NC - FM06kb

[amsat-bb] Re: satellite WAS #309

2009-08-11 Thread STeve Andre'
to achieve on the LEO satellites. 73s John AA5JG If you were in eastern europe? --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite

[amsat-bb] Re: New satellite rigs?

2009-08-07 Thread STeve Andre'
I didn't know the 703 was discontinued. Sigh--I wanted to have some friends get them. I'd like to think that Icom will come out with other radios, but given the current economy, will they do that, I wonder. SHF on a radio--I like that! --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 On Friday 07 August 2009 04

[amsat-bb] Re: Evidence of moon landings....!

2009-07-21 Thread STeve Andre'
things were faked. I do not find this discussion OT for Amsat-bb, because this affects us. It erodes the effort of tens of thousands of technical people, and has ripple effects for the USA, far beyond the original topic. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 [snip] Steve you can add my witness

[amsat-bb] Re: Fwd: Re: Re: Evidence of moon landings....!

2009-07-21 Thread STeve Andre'
On Tuesday 21 July 2009 10:12:46 Edward Cole wrote: Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:52:08 -0800 To: STeve Andre' and...@msu.edu, amsat-bb@amsat.org From: Edward Cole kl...@acsalaska.net Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Evidence of moon landings! LeRoy, I'm not sure how you can have a source

[amsat-bb] Re: Evidence of moon landings....!

2009-07-20 Thread STeve Andre'
-bb, because this affects us. It erodes the effort of tens of thousands of technical people, and has ripple effects for the USA, far beyond the original topic. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those