[amsat-bb] ICE/ISEE-3 to return to an Earth no longer capable of speaking to it

2014-02-07 Thread ka2pbt
From Emily Lakdawalla of The Planetary Society: So ISEE-3 will pass by us, ready to talk with us, but in the 30 years since it departed Earth we've lost the ability to speak its language. I wonder if ham radio operators will be able to pick up its carrier signal -- it's meaningless, I guess, but

[amsat-bb] Telstar's 50th Anniversary QSO Party (TODAY!!)

2012-07-10 Thread ka2pbt
Jul 10, 1500Z-2100Z To commemorate the launch of TELSTAR, W2NFA ATT Middletown Amateur Radio Club will operate a special event station at the site of the Holmdel Horn Antenna. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmdel_Horn_Antenna ) The horn antenna at Bell Telephone Laboratories in Holmdel, New

[amsat-bb] Tracking satellites with an Arduino

2011-11-23 Thread ka2pbt
The guys over at brainwagon just finished up ANGST, the Arduino n’ Gameduinio Satellite Trackerhttp://brainwagon.org/the-arduino-n-gameduino-satellite-tracker/, a build that displays 160 different satellites in Earth orbit on any SVGA monitor.