Re: [BVARC] ARISS Contact - Request for loaner gear

2022-02-13 Thread Robert Polinski via BVARC
Gee we went from $5000 worth of equipment to a $7.25 boafang, maybe something in the middle mite work. How bout a 50 to 75 watt mobile radio hooked up to a beam antenna on a tripod. The most reverting thing of this thread is fact that ANYONE in the government would be concerned about spending go

Re: [BVARC] ARISS Contact - Request for loaner gear

2022-02-13 Thread Robert Polinski via BVARC
Gee we went from $5000 worth of equipment to a $7.25 boafang, maybe something in the middle mite work. How bout a 50 to 75 watt mobile radio hooked up to a beam antenna on a tripod. The most reverting thing of this thread is fact that ANYONE in the government would be concerned about spending go

Re: [BVARC] ARISS Contact - Request for loaner gear

2022-02-13 Thread Jeffrey Carson via BVARC
Possibly ask club members to bring out their existing sat-com setups? Putting all your eggs in one basket is much riskier than having extra help, lots of these guys are retired and may have time to spare/help. I'm talking about having 4 Toyotas (extra ham's) is better than relying on one super

Re: [BVARC] ARISS Contact - Request for loaner gear

2022-02-13 Thread Neal Naumann via BVARC
Yes, you can probably talk to the ARISS with a $7.25 Boafeng talkie (yes I actually have one that I bought from Radioddity with a $25 coupon) and a rubber duck antenna. So after about a year of planning and selection for a probable once in a lifetime event for this particular school class, woul

[BVARC] Can I borrow a rotator controller?

2022-02-13 Thread Allen Brier via BVARC
I am looking to borrow a rotator controller (would prefer a Green Heron) for my TailTwister. I need to send mine in to have the serial port repaired ($59 flat rate + shipping). Zapped in the lightning strike. Anyone have an extra one lying around? Mine has a terminal strip on the back, no plug.

[BVARC] Free Tower

2022-02-13 Thread Mike Hardwick via BVARC
Free tower for anyone who wants it. You just have to take it down. It currently has a TA-33 on it with a rotator on the top which are not part of the tower deal.  Tower is similar to the TBX-48 self-supporting model.  If interested, please contact - Jose Teixeira, VE3JST, 713-467-2396. You can al

Re: [BVARC] ARISS Contact - Request for loaner gear

2022-02-13 Thread Keith Dutson via BVARC
Ditto.  I was at a pool party some years back and used a Kenwood HT to talk to an astronaut.  He was using the Kenwood transceiver installed in the space station. During an ARISS session with a school, a completely different setup is used.  The transceiver is a Harris unit using the onboard aud