[amsat-bb] Re: A0 40 replacement

2013-09-12 Thread William Leijenaar
Hi AMSATs, Commercial satellites were very expensive... but we hams find a way to get our own satellite, for much cheaper price. Launches are very expensive now... but maybe there is a way we can do it cheaper ourselves (or with help from rocketeers) ? (Ofcourse not aiming for AO40 size... mayb

[amsat-bb] Re: V/U Linear Transponder

2013-08-01 Thread William Leijenaar
time and development cost on (satellite) projects a lot. Kind regards, William Leijenaar PE1RAH www.leijenaarelectronics.nl From: Tanan Rangseeprom HS1JAN To: amsat-bb@amsat.org; leijenaarelectron...@yahoo.com; PE1RDW ; g0...@aol.com Cc: thid...@gmail.com

[amsat-bb] Re: PA5RWE passed away

2012-06-05 Thread William Leijenaar
contacts. You will not be forgotten. My condolences to his family and friends, William Leijenaar, PE1RAH ___ 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

[amsat-bb] Re: Need some ears to listen for VO-52, Northern EU, Canada, USA...

2012-03-13 Thread William Leijenaar
Hi AMSATs, There was a slip on my fingers. The date should be 13-March-2012. (Thanks to 9A2EY, Zeljko who noticed my mistake) 73 de PE1RAH, William Leijenaar >Hi AMSATs, > >I received the news that VO-52 will be switched on in a couple of hours from >now, at 13:50UTC, (0

[amsat-bb] Need some ears to listen for VO-52, Northern EU, Canada, USA...

2012-03-13 Thread William Leijenaar
io records and reports are very welcome at ISRO and myself) 73 de PE1RAH, William Leijenaar --- ___ 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! Su

[amsat-bb] Quadrifilar Helix antenna question

2012-01-21 Thread William Leijenaar
ength) was shorter than 3/4 lambda length. Due to this fact I actually expected a higher resonance frequency, but it went out the opposite way. FYI: The supporting of the elements is all done with PVC tubes, to avoid any metal influence.  Kind regard

[amsat-bb] Re: OSCAR or not OSCAR ?

2011-11-12 Thread William Leijenaar
Hi Stefan, So the answer on my question if my 433MHz toy car, when I put it into space, can get an OSCAR number is YES! According to the AMSAT website you mentioned of course... :-P - My question was not specific if these satellites can or can't get an OSCAR number. My intention was more if they

[amsat-bb] OSCAR or not OSCAR ?

2011-11-12 Thread William Leijenaar
ust ask one of those ISS astronauts to throw this toy-car out of the space station and we have another amateur satellite :o) I just wonder where is the border between an OSCAR and a satellite that uses ham radio frequencies for downloading its (none ham) payload data ? 73 de PE1RAH, Wi

[amsat-bb] Re: There's no usable satellites

2011-10-31 Thread William Leijenaar
of all is that we have our own payload added. (Some less frequencies then AO40 but possibly in a MEO/HEO). Just an idea, 73 de PE1RAH, William Leijenaar > Gentlemen, > > I have spent too much money on an FT-847! > > I had better to buy a well equipped HF transceiver instead! > >

[amsat-bb] Re: Russian geostationary satellite locator - with AO-7, AO-27 and FO-29

2011-10-26 Thread William Leijenaar
or fragile parts/software. On my older website there are still some maps and graphs available, which might be usefull to other hams. Please check the link: http://www.qsl.net/pe1rah/oscarlator.htm 73 de PE1RAH, William Leijenaar ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB

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

2011-10-19 Thread William Leijenaar
and publicity value of those Cubes...) 73 de PE1RAH William Leijenaar >>William, I have wondered about this, too. >> >>I have come to think of these as seeds. Seeds that plant the idea of >>satellites in the heads of people and make them want larger, better >>

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

2011-10-17 Thread William Leijenaar
chips ? (commercial ? publicity ?) Is there any technology thing we learn from this ? 73 de PE1RAH William Leijenaar ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur sate

[amsat-bb] Questions about use of PC104 connector for CubeSat boards

2010-11-03 Thread William Leijenaar
bus, Clock, Interrupt lines etc. (similar to old ISA PC cards) Or maybe with I2C. I keep it to these questions for now... Next questions will follow out of the answers hihi... 73 de PE1RAH William Leijenaar --- ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expre

[amsat-bb] Balloon mission from Austrian hams

2010-06-22 Thread William Leijenaar
rk the transponder or the balloon APRS. The balloon information can be found at the website of  OEVSV: http://www.oevsv.at/opencms/modules/news/20100621_ballon_passepartout_5_nachlese_2010_graz.html?uri=/index.html 73 de PE1RAH, William Leijenaar www.leijenaarelectron

[amsat-bb] Re: Happy 5th Birthday to HAMSAT

2010-05-12 Thread William Leijenaar
transponder, which still needs some time to get finalized. 73 de PE1RAH William Leijenaar >> Hi Hamsat Team, >> >> Thanks for building this great Amateur Satellite it is always a pleasure >> to hear and work this great bird. I think when somebody will ask me what >>

[amsat-bb] QubeSat structure question

2010-04-23 Thread William Leijenaar
this been done before ? Any ideas ? 73 de William Leijenaar PE1RAH ___ 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-bb] Message from Shanghai Expo 2010

2010-04-04 Thread William Leijenaar
me :o) For the ICOM fans I also checked for the new IC-9100 but it was not presented at this ham expo. The only thing the ICOM people could tell me is that it might be available at the next year expo, which is quiet some time to go... Many 73 from Shanghai, William Leijenaar, P

[amsat-bb] Shanghai Ham Radio Expo

2010-03-28 Thread William Leijenaar
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[amsat-bb] Shanghai Ham Radio Expo

2010-03-26 Thread William Leijenaar
like one big world-wide family) 73 de William Leijenaar, PE1RAH www.leijenaarelectronics.nl ___ 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! Subscri

[amsat-bb] China Ham Radio-Shanghai 2010

2010-02-06 Thread William Leijenaar
radio projects, preferable related to amateur satellite projects. Info about the China Ham 2010 can be found here: http://www.chinahamexpo.com/indexEn.asp With kind regards, William Leijenaar, PE1RAH www.leijenaarelectronics.nl --- Send instant messages to your online friends http

[amsat-bb] China Ham Radio-Shanghai 2010

2010-02-06 Thread William Leijenaar
radio projects, preferable related to amateur satellite projects. Info about the China Ham 2010 can be found here: http://www.chinahamexpo.com/indexEn.asp With kind regards, William Leijenaar, PE1RAH www.leijenaarelectronics.nl --- Send instant messages to your online friends http

[amsat-bb] Re: LEO/cube sat for sale 8000$

2010-01-26 Thread William Leijenaar
these tube-sats ? 73, de PE1RAH William Leijenaar --- Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the

[amsat-bb] Question about vacuum and power module for linear transponder

2009-12-19 Thread William Leijenaar
using in linear mode. In the datasheet it says that they 'may älso be used for linear mouldation", which doesn't give many guarenty. Any experience with these modules in linear (SSB) mode are welcome. 73 de PE1RAH, William Leijenaar For my small mode-uv transponder desig

[amsat-bb] Congratulations to CAMSAT

2009-12-17 Thread William Leijenaar
ed on this satellite. 73 de PE1RAH, William Leijenaar --- Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to suppor

[amsat-bb] Stand alone real time tracker

2009-11-29 Thread William Leijenaar
with todays highly integrated microcontrollers if there is some modern kind of real-time-tracker available ? I am looking for a system that works just seconds after switching on the power supply and not something that first has to boat 15min and needs a mouse to work. 73, PE1RAH William Leij

[amsat-bb] Small Mode-UV Linear Transponder Website

2009-10-29 Thread William Leijenaar
Hi AMSATs, For the interrested people, I made some website with more technical information of my small linear transponder design. It can be found at: www.leijenaarelectronics.nl 73 de PE1RAH William Leijenaar --- ___ Sent via amsat

[amsat-bb] Re: All Satellites

2009-09-28 Thread William Leijenaar
satellite radio and uses it as a remote radio "ear" in space. In this way it is also possible to use one frequency simplex system.   Just some ideas,   73 de PE1RAH, William Leijenaar --- ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expres

[amsat-bb] Some successful experiment and beep-sats

2009-09-23 Thread William Leijenaar
Hi AMSATs, I like to share with you some news about my succesfull experiments with my tinny transponder. I managed it to work with 23cm as input frequency :) The changes are minor,  just a few components to be changed and the input filter needs to be changed. I have to do some more testing but a

[amsat-bb] Help with Renesas uController board

2009-09-07 Thread William Leijenaar
tion. When I make my own code, I can not get it to make the .MOT file, so nothing to upload. Any Renesas guru that might know how I can get it to convert to a .MOT file ? My kind regards, William Leijenaar, PE1RAH --- ___ Sent via amsat...

[amsat-bb] Re: Improving satellite reporting

2009-09-04 Thread William Leijenaar
officially tested yet. However, the design is well suited for applications like terresterial transponders.   73, with kind regards, William Leijenaar, PE1RAH ---   - Original Message - From: "Bruce Robertson" To: "AMSAT-BB" Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 8:04 A

[amsat-bb] PE1RAH pictures from Ham Fair Tokyo

2009-08-24 Thread William Leijenaar
, and it would be a great rig to have in the future shack. My thanks to Alan, GM1SXX for making the picture gallery 73 de JA/PE1RAH, William Leijenaar in Tokyo. --- ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author

[amsat-bb] My visit to Ham Fair Tokyo and joining JAMSAT booth

2009-08-23 Thread William Leijenaar
, and thanks for the nice talks we had about satellites. 73 de JA/PE1RAH William Leijenaar in Tokyo (till 28 August) --- ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to suppor

[amsat-bb] New videos demonstration of my tinny transponder

2009-08-06 Thread William Leijenaar
ee it is not an hot air castle but real working hardware. Enjoy ham radio, Hope to meet you at the Ham Fair in Tokyo, 73 de PE1RAH, William Leijenaar --- _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it&#

[amsat-bb] Cubesat Linear Transponder at Tokyo Ham Fair

2009-07-23 Thread William Leijenaar
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[amsat-bb] Re: Evidence of moon landings....!

2009-07-20 Thread William Leijenaar
Hi AMSATs,   The news is full again of the moon landings, where NASA claims to have new evidence, which makes me laugh again. I have the same idea like LeRoy, KD8BXP. When the information is only from one source it is not reliable at all, every scientist should know.   This doesn't mean that I

[amsat-bb] Anyone has demo version of Cubesat structure ?

2009-06-14 Thread William Leijenaar
structure myself, but that takes lots of work and I need to get the precize sizes somehow. Maybe someone has ever made a Cubesat demo version ? My kind regards, William Leijenaar PE1RAH --- ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are

[amsat-bb] Re: VU2MKP Silent Key

2009-06-14 Thread William Leijenaar
his soul rest in peace, William Leijenaar PE1RAH --- ___ 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