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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Solar Power - Solar Decathlon in Washington DC, and John
Mather lecture Thursday night. (Daniel Schultz)
2. Re: GENSO First Public Release (Graham Shirville)
3. Re: Portable Tracking (Clint Bradford)
4. Re: Arrow Diplexer loss + Arrow v Elk (Wayne Estes)
5. AO-51 L/S? (Bob- W7LRD)
6. "Final" Symposium Agenda Posted (Frank H. Bauer)
7. New APRS satellite programme (andy thomas)
8. Re: AO-51 L/S? (Alan VE4YZ)
9. Symposium Schedules are on the AMSAT web site (Gould Smith)
10. Re: AO-51 L/S? (Danny Casier)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2009 08:45:19 -0400
From: "Daniel Schultz" <n8fgv@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Solar Power - Solar Decathlon in Washington
DC, and John Mather lecture Thursday night.
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If you are coming to the Amsat symposium in Baltimore next weekend, and if you
are interested in solar power, the US Department of Energy "Solar Decathlon"
will be open to the public on the Washington DC Mall starting Friday October 9
and running until the 18th. If you are free on Sunday afternoon you might wish
to stop by there on your way home. See http://www.solardecathlon.org
Also, NASA Goddard's John Mather, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics
for his work on the Cosmic Microwave Background with the COBE and WMAP
satellites, will be speaking at the Koshland Science Museum in downtown
Washington DC on Thursday evening, see
http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/events/upcomingevent.jsp?id=362
Dan Schultz N8FGV
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 17:21:52 +0100
From: "Graham Shirville" <g.shirville@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: GENSO First Public Release
To: "Alan VE4YZ" <ve4yz@xxx.xxx>, "'Amsat'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Hi Alan,
I believe the first very limited release of the software should take place
within the next 10/14 days. I will get a proper answer from the experts to
you asap:)
cheers
Graham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan VE4YZ" <ve4yz@xxx.xxx>
To: "'Amsat'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 10:44 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] GENSO First Public Release
> The first public release was scheduled for September 2009
>
> Search GENSO.ORG AMSAT UK and Google and there is no recent status
> changes
> nor has it been release.
>
> Anyone close to this project with an update for us?
>
> 73, Alan VE4YZ
> EN19kv
> AMSAT LM 2352
> http://www.wincube.ca <http://www.wincube.ca/>
>
>
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 09:29:30 -0700
From: Clint Bradford <clintbrad4d@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Portable Tracking
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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>> ... Looks like the cheap way to go is an old Palm and the high
end would be the a Netbook of some type or iphone ...
I missed the earlier posts on this thread. For Palm, the Palm TX model
has a beautiful screen. And PocketSat+ works on it.
And if you like the iPhone but don;t want the phone (grin), don't
overlook the iPod touch models!
And don't forget the free resources on the 'Net that you can print out
ahead of time for your trip. At AMSAT.org you can plug in the
vacation's grid squares, and print out the next up-to-50 pass
predictions of your selected bird.
Clint Bradford
http://www.work-sat.com
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:49:01 -0700
From: Wayne Estes <w9ae@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Arrow Diplexer loss + Arrow v Elk
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Jeff Yanko wrote:
You mention about the Elk's F/B ratio. I've noticed the same thing on
the Arrow. A while back, before the new diplexer, I contacted a local
about 15 miles away, he was running about 2 watts and no matter which
direction I turned the beam, the signal strength never changed. Hmmm.
Wayne replies:
If your area is hilly you could be receiving reflections from the hills.
I'm surrounded by hills. The local repeaters are south of me, behind
a hill. The repeater signals are strongest when I point my antennas to
the northeast, at a big hill.
Wayne Estes W9AE
Oakland, Oregon, USA, CN83ik
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 18:03:21 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 L/S?
To: ao51-modes@xxxxx.xxxx ao51-modes@xxxxx.xxx
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Hello Gents
I would like to request a "somewhat" consistent L and / or? S mode
availability on AO- 51.? A recent post by John-K8YSE correctly explained
that long term L/S availability is almost counter productive.? If we define
that by the number of operators to pass ratio.? There are a few of us L/S
holdouts mostly from AO-40 (sobsob).? If we could plan that for say three
days (or whatever) at a given date we can expect those modes, and be ready.
? Right now it appears to be a month to month variable decision with nothing
definitive.? If there were?more availabilty and chit-chat about L/S modes it
might inspire others to try it. ? AO-51 is the only testbed for varied L/S
modes.? The only way I have for "tweeking" my S band gear is to put a -35Dbm
signal source at the end of?my driveway and tweeking? ? my equipment and
antennas.? Real world evaluation is always the proof of success.
73 Bob W7LRD
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 14:20:57 -0400
From: "Frank H. Bauer" <ka3hdo@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] "Final" Symposium Agenda Posted
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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All,
We have posted the "Final" Agenda for the 2009 AMSAT Symposium, including
the presentation schedule. I call it "Final" because everything is subject
to change.
We are still looking for some volunteers for the following responsibilities:
1) Paper Session Chairs (introduce speaker, time presentation, use the
"hook" if paper runs long) for the 5 paper sessions
2) AV table support (1 hour commitment or more during paper
presentations)
3) Registration table (1 hour commitment or more)
4) Poster session Chair/security (1 hour commitment or more and only
when the poster session is open to the public)
If you are interested in supporting any of these, e-mail me directly
(ka3hdo@xxxxxxx.xxxx and let me know what interests you and what dates/times
you would like to support. We can really use your help on this as it is a
critical element of making the 2009 symposium a success.
And for those who have not done it already..please sign up for the
symposium. We have a fantastic program planned.
73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
2009 AMSAT Symposium Co-Chair
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 11:24:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: andy thomas <andythomasmail@xxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] New APRS satellite programme
To: amsat <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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I saw this software at the UK national hamfest this weekend:
http://www.crosscountrywireless.net/aprs_messenger.htm
I'm sure it will have an application - see SAT (no Ack frames) mode/
Also a piece of easy compatible APRS hardware.
i have no connection to the company but it seems to me to be an interesting
bit of kit.
73 de andy G0SFJ
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 13:27:40 -0500
From: "Alan VE4YZ" <ve4yz@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 L/S?
To: "'Bob- W7LRD'" <w7lrd@xxxxxxx.xxx>, <ao51-modes@xxxxx.xxx>,
<ao51-modes@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <DFE0F6F0B9B442E1A0215CDD1A089BBC@xxxxxx>
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Bob, I second that! Right now I'm trying to locally sell my 2 K5GNA
downconverters and seriously considering getting rid of a FT736r with the
1.2GHZ module because of the inactivity. My FT847 is all that gets used.
The last local flea market this year is 2 weekends from now and then I have
to think about doing an eBay.
A 3 or 4 day session on L/S, U/S or V/S once a month allows for
experimenting and tweaking in addition to trying to work 1 or 2 of those
days into your other commitments.
Thank goodness for baby monitors and older cordless phones so that I can
periodically scan the horizon to check out the K5GNA's :-)
... Alan
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Bob- W7LRD
Sent: October 4, 2009 1:03 PM
To: ao51-modes@xxxxx.xxxx ao51-modes@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 L/S?
Hello Gents
I would like to request a "somewhat" consistent L and / or? S mode
availability on AO- 51.? A recent post by John-K8YSE correctly explained
that long term L/S availability is almost counter productive.? If we define
that by the number of operators to pass ratio.? There are a few of us L/S
holdouts mostly from AO-40 (sobsob).? If we could plan that for say three
days (or whatever) at a given date we can expect those modes, and be ready.
? Right now it appears to be a month to month variable decision with nothing
definitive.? If there were?more availabilty and chit-chat about L/S modes it
might inspire others to try it. ? AO-51 is the only testbed for varied L/S
modes.? The only way I have for "tweeking" my S band gear is to put a -35Dbm
signal source at the end of?my driveway and tweeking? ? my equipment and
antennas.? Real world evaluation is always the proof of success.
73 Bob W7LRD
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 14:45:47 -0400
From: "Gould Smith" <gouldsmi@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Symposium Schedules are on the AMSAT web site
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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The overall Symposium Schedule as well as the presentation schedule are now
on the AMSAT web site.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2009/index.php
Thanks to Frank, KA3HDO and Dan, N8FGV
Looking forward to seein gany of you at BWI later this week,
Gould, WA4SXM
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 20:56:02 +0200
From: "Danny Casier" <Danny.casier@xxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 L/S?
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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I like more a rotation of the modes week by week so we can prepare use to
the mode.
And, please, less packet radio.
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