[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Die Hards

2012-01-07 Thread Bob- W7LRD
es" sitting the the shelf just waiting for the next trip. 73 Bob W7LRD - Original Message - From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" To: "Bob- W7LRD" , "Trevor ." Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2012 11:07:38 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Die Hards

2012-01-07 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
-Original Message- >From: Bob- W7LRD >  We have some very smart people who are involved with Universities, launch >vendors and the like.  A bird could have a "gizzmo" that would  have  > what a > univ ersity wants to accomplish (with added transponder) .  You just described Fox-1, a

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Die Hards

2012-01-07 Thread Bob- W7LRD
ple .  This entire concept "appears" simple enough, however the devil is in the details, which is why we have smart people in charge. 73 Bob W7LRD  - Original Message - From: "Trevor ." To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2012 3:01:24 AM Subject:

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Die Hards

2012-01-07 Thread Floyd Rodgers
Ok, I'll bite. Is there a standard design? Is any group currently working on a design that could be mass produced? What would the per article cost be for the sat itself, testing, etc broken down by line item. On 1/7/2012 4:22 AM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote: On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 23:07:47 + (UTC)

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Die Hards

2012-01-07 Thread Trevor .
--- On Sat, 7/1/12, Gordon JC Pearce wrote: > > Couldn't we have a "ARISSat-1-2-3 etc. sitting on the > > shelf and everytime they send up a supply/crew change bring > > another ARISSat.  Then throw it out whenever available.  > > I keep saying this over and over but no-one has taken me > serious

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Die Hards

2012-01-07 Thread Gordon JC Pearce
On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 23:07:47 + (UTC) Bob- W7LRD wrote: > > > Couldn't we have a "ARISSat-1-2-3 etc. sitting on the shelf and everytime > they send up a supply/crew change bring another ARISSat.  Then throw it out > whenever available.  Seems simple however I am sure the logistics would be

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Die Hards

2012-01-06 Thread John Spasojevich
Dale, Yep...we plant enough seeds and every so often one sprouts. My friend and associate in crime Greg, N9CHA is a member there and if you scroll through their archived pages you will see that the club was having a "build a tape measure yagi" get together and this young man and his dad happened t

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Die Hards

2012-01-06 Thread Bob- W7LRD
--- From: "Dale Hershberger" To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, January 6, 2012 2:14:06 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Die Hards On 1/6/2012 9:07 AM, John Spasojevich wrote: > If you go to www.n9xh.org you will find some shots of a young man, new to > the hobby, wit

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Die Hards

2012-01-06 Thread Dale Hershberger
On 1/6/2012 9:07 AM, John Spasojevich wrote: If you go to www.n9xh.org you will find some shots of a young man, new to the hobby, with his freshly delivered by Santa HT and a home brew antenna catching the last few SSTV images from ARISSat. I think he's been a ham for just a couple of months. G

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Die Hards

2012-01-06 Thread Ed Long
I'll do that. Ed > Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 16:10:44 -0500 > From: morse...@optonline.net > To: johna...@gmail.com; amsat-bb@amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Die Hards > > John, > This is reality... This young man outside in the cold is dedication.

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Die Hards

2012-01-06 Thread Dee
John, This is reality... This young man outside in the cold is dedication. I wish him well. Maybe our new editor of the Journal can use this as a cover page to show that ARISSAT-1 was a great attention getter to all hams. Thanks for noticing this. All the best for the New Year, John. 73, Dee, NB