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Today's Topics:
1. Netbooks (ANTHONY JAPHA)
2. Re: Netbooks (David Wing)
3. Re: Netbooks (Dave Webb KB1PVH)
4. Re: AO-51 magnet reversal tonight (Alan P. Biddle)
5. Re: Netbooks (Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF)
6. Re: Netbooks (Tim - N3TL)
7. Tonight's launch from cape. (David H. Jordan)
8. Re: Tonight's launch from cape. (David - KG4ZLB)
9. Re: Netbooks (myles landstein)
10. Re: Tonight's launch from cape. (Bobby Lacey)
11. Re: SO-67 schedule (Tony Langdon)
12. Can someone please remind me which birds need to be
illuminated... (Mark Lunday)
13. Re: Can someone please remind me which birds need to be
illuminated... (Andrew Glasbrenner)
14. OT: Cell phone emissions and brain cancer - no link found
(American Cancer Society and others) (W4ART Arthur Feller)
15. Re: Can someone please remind me which birds need to be
illuminated... (Mark Lunday)
16. Re: Can someone please remind me which birds need to
beilluminated... (David Wing)
17. Re: Can someone please remind me which birds need to
beilluminated... (Jim Jerzycke)
18. Re: Ham Class demo Thursday Night (Rick - WA4NVM)
19. Re: Netbooks (Bruce Robertson)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 16:45:36 -0500
From: "ANTHONY JAPHA" <tjjapha@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Netbooks
To: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <380-220091243214536500@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Hi All,
Has anyone used SatPC32 with a netbook computer? I'd appreciate your
comments. Which netbooks do best? What ports do netbooks come with?
I just tried SatPC32 on AO-7 with an old Dell Inspiron 3800. It works well
controlling 2 FT-817s in the shack. When outside, using a charged battery,
it was very slow. I had to restart SatPC32 a couple of times, and, as a
result, lost at least 2 QSOs with Europe. Maybe it's time for a change.
Tnx and 73,
Tony, N2UN
LM 183
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 14:04:31 -0800
From: "David Wing" <david@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Netbooks
To: <tjjapha@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, "'amsat-bb'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <7BCEF55582E04064BCF30A614C0DB750@xxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
I use an Acer Netbook to run SatPc32...has worked like a champ.
There's no CD-ROM drive but if I need one I just map to one on another
machine on the home network. There are no serial ports...I'm using the RT
Systems serial to USB converters...they work great (one for the rotator and
one for the radio).
73,
David
K6CDW
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of ANTHONY JAPHA
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 1:46 PM
To: amsat-bb
Subject: [amsat-bb] Netbooks
Hi All,
Has anyone used SatPC32 with a netbook computer? I'd appreciate your
comments. Which netbooks do best? What ports do netbooks come with?
I just tried SatPC32 on AO-7 with an old Dell Inspiron 3800. It works well
controlling 2 FT-817s in the shack. When outside, using a charged battery,
it was very slow. I had to restart SatPC32 a couple of times, and, as a
result, lost at least 2 QSOs with Europe. Maybe it's time for a change.
Tnx and 73,
Tony, N2UN
LM 183
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 22:56:17 +0000
From: "Dave Webb KB1PVH" <kb1pvh@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Netbooks
To: tjjapha@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID:
<655056188-1259880973-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-336402824-@xxxx
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Tony,
I have been using an Aspire 1 netbook, it has a 1.6G CPU with 1G RAM and
has 3 USB ports. SatPC32 runs very well controlling an Icom 910. The cost
was $299.
73,
Dave KB1PVH
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
-----Original Message-----
From: "ANTHONY JAPHA" <tjjapha@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 16:45:36
To: amsat-bb<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Netbooks
Hi All,
Has anyone used SatPC32 with a netbook computer? I'd appreciate your
comments. Which netbooks do best? What ports do netbooks come with?
I just tried SatPC32 on AO-7 with an old Dell Inspiron 3800. It works well
controlling 2 FT-817s in the shack. When outside, using a charged battery,
it was very slow. I had to restart SatPC32 a couple of times, and, as a
result, lost at least 2 QSOs with Europe. Maybe it's time for a change.
Tnx and 73,
Tony, N2UN
LM 183
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 17:17:00 -0600
From: "Alan P. Biddle" <APBIDDLE@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 magnet reversal tonight
To: "'AMSAT BB'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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According to my prelaunch Echo manual, the S/C has black and silver kapton
tape along the edges to impart spin. The documentation mentions that the
earlier microsats used painted antenna elements to achieve the same result.
Given enough time, the equilibrium rotation rate will be the result of a
balance of the torque from the tapes, and "drag" caused by the internal eddy
currents. I am not aware of any data for AO-51, but normally spacecraft
passively stabilize in a matter of days, weeks, or rarely months. Since the
spin rate is falling slowly, it suggests, but does not prove, that the cause
is a decrease in the applied torque from the kapton tapes.
Kepton is widely used in S/C, but is subject to deterioration due to UV and
particularly atomic oxygen. Going back to the Long Duration Exposure
Facility and other tests in the 1980s, it was found that it and similar
"soft" materials had significant changes in their optical and mechanical
properties. Atomic oxygen levels have the usual exponential dependence on
altitude, plus a factor of 10-1000 variation due to solar and magnetosphere
conditions. Effects on kapton by atomic oxygen were of considerable
interests to shuttle, ISS, and HST designers, though the reason was
primarily optical and contamination. They of course have active pointing.
It would be interesting to know from the Olde Tymers whether similar changes
were found in much earlier LEO S/C, and how other LEO S/C using the same
system as AO-51 have faired recently.
Alan
WA4SCA
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:29:17 +0000
From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Netbooks
To: tjjapha@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Cc: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <4B1849CD.2010407@xxxxx.xxx>
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Usually, 3 USB, 1 Ethernet, 1 Video, 1 memory card reader.
ANTHONY JAPHA wrote:
What ports do netbooks come with?
>
>
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 18:35:49 -0500
From: "Tim - N3TL" <n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Netbooks
To: <tjjapha@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, "'amsat-bb'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <200912032335.nB3NZpZ1061892@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Anthony,
I read the responses from K6CDW and KB1PVH, and I agree with them. I also
have used my Acer Aspire One to Doppler-tune two Yaesu rigs (either one
FT-857 and one FT-817 or two 817s) using SatPC 32, and it works perfectly
for me. You may be aware that there are offshore sellers on eBay who offer
USB-to-Yaesu-data-plug cables that are inexpensive and work perfectly -
here, at least.
As noted, the Aspire has three USB ports.
Best of luck with your station and a netbook!
73,
Tim - N3TL
Athens, Ga. - EM84ha
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of ANTHONY JAPHA
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 4:46 PM
To: amsat-bb
Subject: [amsat-bb] Netbooks
Hi All,
Has anyone used SatPC32 with a netbook computer? I'd appreciate your
comments. Which netbooks do best? What ports do netbooks come with?
I just tried SatPC32 on AO-7 with an old Dell Inspiron 3800. It works well
controlling 2 FT-817s in the shack. When outside, using a charged battery,
it was very slow. I had to restart SatPC32 a couple of times, and, as a
result, lost at least 2 QSOs with Europe. Maybe it's time for a change.
Tnx and 73,
Tony, N2UN
LM 183
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 00:27:02 +0000
From: "David H. Jordan" <n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tonight's launch from cape.
To: "AMSAT-BB" <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
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Does anyone know if the rocket launched from the cape tonight?
Dave, AA4KN
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:56:37 -0500
From: David - KG4ZLB <kg4zlb@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Tonight's launch from cape.
To: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
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Dave,
From what I can see, the launch details are Dec 3 @ 8:23-8:43 pm -
Delta 4 - WGS SV 3, so if that's edt, its a bit early yet* :-D
*73*
*
--
David
KG4ZLB
www.kg4zlb.com
David H. Jordan wrote:
> Does anyone know if the rocket launched from the cape tonight?
>
> Dave, AA4KN
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 20:13:20 -0500
From: myles landstein <myles.landstein@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Netbooks
To: kb1pvh@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, tjjapha@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <605D2CF5-0388-49A4-A079-548528CD291E@xxxxx.xxx>
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if you look around now you can find regular (by that i mean no
cellular contract etc ... required) netbooks for 200$$ got one last
weekend at Staples
On Dec 3, 2009, at 5:56 PM, Dave Webb KB1PVH wrote:
> Tony,
>
> I have been using an Aspire 1 netbook, it has a 1.6G CPU with 1G RAM and
has 3 USB ports. SatPC32 runs very well controlling an Icom 910. The cost
was $299.
>
>
> 73,
>
> Dave KB1PVH
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "ANTHONY JAPHA" <tjjapha@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 16:45:36
> To: amsat-bb<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Netbooks
>
> Hi All,
> Has anyone used SatPC32 with a netbook computer? I'd appreciate your
comments. Which netbooks do best? What ports do netbooks come with?
>
> I just tried SatPC32 on AO-7 with an old Dell Inspiron 3800. It works
well controlling 2 FT-817s in the shack. When outside, using a charged
battery, it was very slow. I had to restart SatPC32 a couple of times, and,
as a result, lost at least 2 QSOs with Europe. Maybe it's time for a change.
>
> Tnx and 73,
> Tony, N2UN
> LM 183
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Myles Landstein
myles.landstein@xxxxx.xxx
please note my new email address
dti will soon be eliminated , gmail is my new home update your dir
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 20:33:13 -0500
From: Bobby Lacey <amsat@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Tonight's launch from cape.
To: kg4zlb@xxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Tonight's launch has just been scrubbed.
On 12/3/09, David - KG4ZLB <kg4zlb@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Dave,
>
> From what I can see, the launch details are Dec 3 @ 8:23-8:43 pm -
> Delta 4 - WGS SV 3, so if that's edt, its a bit early yet* :-D
>
> *73*
> *
>
> --
> David
> KG4ZLB
> www.kg4zlb.com
>
>
>
> David H. Jordan wrote:
>> Does anyone know if the rocket launched from the cape tonight?
>>
>> Dave, AA4KN
>> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:16:44 +1100
From: Tony Langdon <vk3jed@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SO-67 schedule
To: "Jan-Albert Koekemoer" <jan.koekemoer@xxxxxxxx.xx.xx>,
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: sumbandila@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
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At 06:38 AM 12/4/2009, Jan-Albert Koekemoer wrote:
>Hello
>
>The (partial) schedule for SO-67 for the next couple of days are as follows:
Jan, did you get my email for VK/ZL?
73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL
http://vkradio.com
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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 21:57:27 -0500
From: "Mark Lunday" <mlunday@xx.xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Can someone please remind me which birds need to
be illuminated...
To: "'amsat-bb'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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with sunlight in order to function?
AO-7 - yes
AO-16 - ???
AO-27 - no
AO-51- no
FO-29 ???
VO-52 - no
SO-50 - no
SO-67 - ???
Mark Lunday
WD4ELG
Greensboro, NC - FM06be
<mailto:wd4elg@xxxx.xxx> wd4elg@xxxx.xxx
<http://wd4elg.net> http://wd4elg.net
<http://wd4elg.net> http://wd4elg.blogspot.com
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Message: 13
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:29:52 -0500
From: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Can someone please remind me which birds need
to be illuminated...
To: Mark Lunday <mlunday@xx.xx.xxx>
Cc: 'amsat-bb' <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <4B188230.6030200@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Mark Lunday wrote:
> with sunlight in order to function?
>
>
>
> AO-7 - yes
>
> AO-16 - ???
>
No longer usable under most circumstances, requires constant attention
to stay on.
> AO-27 - no
>
> AO-51- no
>
> FO-29 ???
>
Battery issues, requires full or near full illumination for the entire
orbit. Not currently operational over the US. May return.
> VO-52 - no
>
> SO-50 - no
>
> SO-67 - ???
>
Currently only scheduled for passes while illuminated.
73, Drew KO4MA
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Message: 14
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:40:05 -0500
From: W4ART Arthur Feller <afeller@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] OT: Cell phone emissions and brain cancer - no
link found (American Cancer Society and others)
To: Amsat BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <3349B94A-58AA-4D48-9C09-6EF912A50C6B@xxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
See: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ped/content/ped_1_3x_cellular_phones.asp
This was posted about a month ago with additional information noted in
today's Washington Post.
73, art.....
W4ART Arlington VA
"Mr. Pollin is the kind of person every little child hopes he grows up to be
and every old man wished he had been."
-Ernie Fingers
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Message: 15
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 22:51:08 -0500
From: "Mark Lunday" <mlunday@xx.xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Can someone please remind me which birds need
to be illuminated...
To: "'Andrew Glasbrenner'" <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: 'amsat-bb' <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <010401ca7495$0370be70$0a523b50$@xx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Thanks, I have not been active for several months...was wondering why I was
not hearing FO29
Mark Lunday
WD4ELG
Greensboro, NC - FM06be
wd4elg@xxxx.xxx
http://wd4elg.net
http://wd4elg.blogspot.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Glasbrenner [mailto:glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 10:30 PM
To: Mark Lunday
Cc: 'amsat-bb'
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Can someone please remind me which birds need to be
illuminated...
Mark Lunday wrote:
> with sunlight in order to function?
>
>
>
> AO-7 - yes
>
> AO-16 - ???
>
No longer usable under most circumstances, requires constant attention
to stay on.
> AO-27 - no
>
> AO-51- no
>
> FO-29 ???
>
Battery issues, requires full or near full illumination for the entire
orbit. Not currently operational over the US. May return.
> VO-52 - no
>
> SO-50 - no
>
> SO-67 - ???
>
Currently only scheduled for passes while illuminated.
73, Drew KO4MA
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Message: 16
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 21:40:27 -0800
From: "David Wing" <david@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Can someone please remind me which birds need
to beilluminated...
To: "'Mark Lunday'" <mlunday@xx.xx.xxx>, "'Andrew Glasbrenner'"
<glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: 'amsat-bb' <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <26E8411783BC444EBAA3FC16F60228EB@xxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
We're holding out breath and hoping it comes back in January when it
emergences from it's long winter night.
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Mark Lunday
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 7:51 PM
To: 'Andrew Glasbrenner'
Cc: 'amsat-bb'
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Can someone please remind me which birds need to
beilluminated...
Thanks, I have not been active for several months...was wondering why I was
not hearing FO29
Mark Lunday
WD4ELG
Greensboro, NC - FM06be
wd4elg@xxxx.xxx
http://wd4elg.net
http://wd4elg.blogspot.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Glasbrenner [mailto:glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 10:30 PM
To: Mark Lunday
Cc: 'amsat-bb'
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Can someone please remind me which birds need to be
illuminated...
Mark Lunday wrote:
> with sunlight in order to function?
>
>
>
> AO-7 - yes
>
> AO-16 - ???
>
No longer usable under most circumstances, requires constant attention
to stay on.
> AO-27 - no
>
> AO-51- no
>
> FO-29 ???
>
Battery issues, requires full or near full illumination for the entire
orbit. Not currently operational over the US. May return.
> VO-52 - no
>
> SO-50 - no
>
> SO-67 - ???
>
Currently only scheduled for passes while illuminated.
73, Drew KO4MA
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Message: 17
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 22:00:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Jim Jerzycke <kq6ea@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Can someone please remind me which birds need
to beilluminated...
To: "'Mark Lunday'" <mlunday@xx.xx.xxx>, "'Andrew Glasbrenner'"
<glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, David Wing <david@xxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: 'amsat-bb' <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <861965.30973.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Most definitely!
FO-29 is my favorite bird.
Jim KQ6EA
--- On Thu, 12/3/09, David Wing <david@xxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> From: David Wing <david@xxxxxx.xxx>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Can someone please remind me which birds need to
beilluminated...
> To: "'Mark Lunday'" <mlunday@xx.xx.xxx>, "'Andrew Glasbrenner'"
<glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
> Cc: "'amsat-bb'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
> Date: Thursday, December 3, 2009, 9:40 PM
> We're holding out breath and hoping
> it comes back in January when it
> emergences from it's long winter night.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx
> [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx
> On
> Behalf Of Mark Lunday
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 7:51 PM
> To: 'Andrew Glasbrenner'
> Cc: 'amsat-bb'
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Can someone please remind me which
> birds need to
> beilluminated...
>
> Thanks, I have not been active for several months...was
> wondering why I was
> not hearing FO29
>
>
> Mark Lunday
> WD4ELG
> Greensboro, NC - FM06be
> wd4elg@xxxx.xxx
> http://wd4elg.net
> http://wd4elg.blogspot.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Glasbrenner [mailto:glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
>
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 10:30 PM
> To: Mark Lunday
> Cc: 'amsat-bb'
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Can someone please remind me which
> birds need to be
> illuminated...
>
> Mark Lunday wrote:
> > with sunlight in order to function?
> >
> >?
> >
> > AO-7 - yes
> >
> > AO-16 - ???
> >???
> No longer usable under most circumstances, requires
> constant attention
> to stay on.
> > AO-27 - no
> >
> > AO-51- no
> >
> > FO-29 ???
> >???
> Battery issues, requires full or near full illumination for
> the entire
> orbit. Not currently operational over the US. May return.
> > VO-52 - no
> >
> > SO-50 - no
> >
> > SO-67 - ???
> >???
> Currently only scheduled for passes while illuminated.
>
> 73, Drew KO4MA
>
>
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Message: 18
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 05:19:38 -0600
From: "Rick - WA4NVM" <wa4nvm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Ham Class demo Thursday Night
To: "Rick - WA4NVM" <wa4nvm@xxxxxxx.xxx>, "AMSAT BB"
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Just a quick "THANKS" to all of those operators they made the effort
to work (us) me during my demo with the Delta ARC ham class last
night on S0-50. A little "cold" outside at that time. I think winter is
here.
73 to all,
Rick
Hi All,
I will be doing a satellite demo on S0-50 tomorrow night from Memphis
for our current Tech. class. It will be on the Dec. 4th - 0250utc pass.
I would appreciate a few contacts to show them how easy it is to work
the "birds" with an HT and handheld antenna.
Thanks in advance,
Rick - WA4NVM
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Message: 19
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 11:09:50 -0400
From: Bruce Robertson <ve9qrp@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Netbooks
To: myles landstein <myles.landstein@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, tjjapha@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
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On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 9:13 PM, myles landstein
<myles.landstein@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> if you look ?around ?now ?you can find ? regular (by that i mean ?no
cellular contract etc ?... required) ?netbooks for ? 200$$ ? ?got one ?last
?weekend at Staples
>
>
For my in-shack computer, I use similar technology in a shoe-box sized
desktop, the motherboard linked here:
http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboards/D945GCLF2-D945GCLF2D/D945GC
LF2-D945GCLF2D-overview.htm
often nicknamed as the 'Little Falls 2'. By using it to drive a large
monitor, you get the best of both worlds: low CPU power and the screen
real estate that satellite operations sometimes requires.
My dream mobo would be one of these Intel Atom ones with more space
for ram and with the virtualization features turned on so that I can
run linux images alongside the Win32 ham stuff.
>
>
> On Dec 3, 2009, at 5:56 PM, Dave Webb KB1PVH wrote:
>
>> Tony,
>>
>> I have been using an Aspire 1 netbook, it has a ?1.6G CPU with 1G RAM and
has 3 USB ports. ?SatPC32 runs very well controlling an Icom 910. The cost
was $299.
>>
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Dave KB1PVH
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "ANTHONY JAPHA" <tjjapha@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
>> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 16:45:36
>> To: amsat-bb<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] ?Netbooks
>>
>> Hi All,
>> Has anyone used SatPC32 with a netbook computer? ?I'd appreciate your
comments. ?Which netbooks do best? ?What ports do netbooks come with?
>>
>> I just tried SatPC32 on AO-7 with an old Dell Inspiron 3800. ?It works
well controlling 2 FT-817s in the shack. ?When outside, using a charged
battery, it was very slow. ?I had to restart SatPC32 a couple of times, and,
as a result, lost at least 2 QSOs with Europe. ?Maybe it's time for a change.
>>
>> Tnx and 73,
>> Tony, N2UN
>> LM 183
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> Myles Landstein
> myles.landstein@xxxxx.xxx
> please note my ? new email address
> dti will soon be eliminated , gmail is my new home ?update your dir
>
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