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Today's Topics:
1. Elk antenna as carry on luggage? (Mark L. Hammond)
2. Re: Elk antenna as carry on luggage? (Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF)
3. M2 antennas FS (Don Blachura)
4. Web Site Suggestions - THANK YOU! (Clint Bradford)
5. Re: Web Site Suggestions - THANK YOU! (Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF)
6. Re: What is MISSING from Sat Sites? (Tony Langdon)
7. Re: Web Site Suggestions - THANK YOU! (Clint Bradford)
8. Re: Elk antenna as carry on luggage? (Andrew Glasbrenner)
9. Re: Web Site Suggestions - THANK YOU! (Andrew Glasbrenner)
10. Re: New Control Software (Angelo Glorioso)
11. Re: Elk antenna as carry on luggage? (Tim - N3TL)
12. Re: Elk antenna as carry on luggage? (Rick - WA4NVM)
13. Re: Web Site Suggestions - THANK YOU! (Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF)
14. Re: Elk antenna as carry on luggage? (Edward Cole)
15. Re: Elk antenna as carry on luggage? (Tim Tuck)
16. Re: Elk antenna as carry on luggage? (Amir Findling K9CHP)
17. Re: ND9M Road Trip Update #12 (claryco@xxx.xxxx
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:00:51 -0500
From: "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Elk antenna as carry on luggage?
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <kL0o1d0022QjNpn05L0pzZ@xxxxx.xxx>
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Anybody know for sure if an Elk antenna is an acceptable carry on luggage
item? Disassembled, and rolled up in a bag, for example.
Or am I going to have to check it in?
73,
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:30:24 +0000
From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Elk antenna as carry on luggage?
To: "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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As long as it fits inside your regulation size carry on bag.
On 20-Feb-10 20:00, Mark L. Hammond wrote:
> Anybody know for sure if an Elk antenna is an acceptable carry on luggage
item? Disassembled, and rolled up in a bag, for example.
>
> Or am I going to have to check it in?
>
> 73,
>
> Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
>
>
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GCARES, XWARN.
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:31:57 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
From: "Don Blachura" <haircutter@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] M2 antennas FS
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Hello Group,
Anyone in the Western New York area.
I have two big M2 yagis for sale . They have the polarity switches on them.
Also have two SSB pre-amps the go on the mast. (2 meter and 70 cm.) Also a
SSB switch for the mast.
Don...w2xb
Please contact off list.
haircutter@xxxxxxx.xxx
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:57:20 -0800
From: Clint Bradford <clintbrad4d@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Web Site Suggestions - THANK YOU!
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <7EC81320-DF3E-4F0F-A20C-B109D92D8CA4@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
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THANK YOU all for the public and private messages on this topic! A
compilation of your suggestions -
>> ... Henk, PA3GUO ... [several Web sites cited] ...
Henk - those are all excellent reference sites. Beyond what I am doing "now"
with my quest to get new folks into working the birds - but I have added
them all to my personal bookmarks, and will recommend to more "seasoned" sat
communicators.
>> ... a link to the AO-27 Java schedule lister site ...
That's a great little utility! I *do* have links to the control team and
official status pages of the "easy" birds. And I tell folks to bookmark 'em
al, and refer to them regularly for updates. But I will mention this app in
my presentations for more "advanced" communicators.
>> ... Proper satellite names, not these senseless ZO-99 type designations ...
A tough one. Yes, the proper nomenclature and history of the topic is
important (remember my "Is the "O" in OSCAR "orbital" or "orbiting?"
discussion last year? 'Cause I can cite for you about as many mentions of
either in literature ... ). But I want entry-level folks to get info quickly
and easily - and the tracking software and Web tracking sources seem to
have "dumbed-down" to the abbreviated designators.
>> ... Maintain current email address on QRZ.com ...
I demonstrated the importance of this last night during my presentation at
the Los Angeles Maritime Museum K6AA group - I wanted to email a contact in
Central CA, but his email address was not posted on QRZ.com. I asked the
group - most of whom do maintain their listings on QRZ - if they have ever
felt that their posted info on QRZ caused them any grief (spam). No one
replied that they had. I am sure I can find his email address via Google
search (and i did - I found him to be a board member of his local club). But
until I hear that QRZ has sold out and was responsible for spammers to
access and mis-use their data, I think it is a good source for us to be able
to reference.
>> ... You need to be able to hear the satellite before transmitting!
Of course, already stressed the importance of this during demos,
presentations, and in my tutorial.
THANK YOU ALL for your input.
Clint Bradford, K6LCS
http://www.work-sat.com
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:14:54 +0000
From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Web Site Suggestions - THANK YOU!
To: Clint Bradford <clintbrad4d@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <4B8050CE.3040007@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
SpaceTrack, where we should be encouraging people to get keps from, only use
the full proper names.
It's only the likes of Amsat, ARRL etc that replace them with the
abbreviated designations. Tracking software uses
whatever designation is in the keps.
On 20-Feb-10 20:57, Clint Bradford wrote:
>>> ... Proper satellite names, not these senseless ZO-99 type designations
...
>
> and the tracking software and Web tracking sources seem to have
"dumbed-down" to the abbreviated designators.
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:44:18 +1100
From: Tony Langdon <vk3jed@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: What is MISSING from Sat Sites?
To: "George Henry" <ka3hsw@xxx.xxx>, "Clint Bradford"
<clintbradford@xxx.xxx>, "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <4b8057c4.9753f10a.2502.3d72@xx.xxxxxx.xxx>
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At 06:17 AM 2/21/2010, George Henry wrote:
>Of course, any *complete* satellite-related website will have a link to the
>AO-27 Java schedule lister site....
Depends on the intended audience. AO-27 information is of no
relevance down here.
73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL
http://vkradio.com
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:46:25 -0800
From: Clint Bradford <clintbrad4d@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Web Site Suggestions - THANK YOU!
To: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <28B18C3B-A8CE-401D-B703-88863586F0E8@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>> ... SpaceTrack, where we should be encouraging people to get keps from ...
A new visitor to SpaceTrack gets hit with this statement ...
DUE TO EXISTING NATIONAL SECURITY RESTRICTIONS PERTAINING TO ACCESS OF AND
USE OF U.S. GOVERNMENT-PROVIDED INFORMATION AND DATA, ALL USERS OF THIS WEB
SITE MUST BE AN APPROVED REGISTERED USER TO ACCESS DATA ON THIS SITE.
Not to be argumentative (Who, ME?!?!) - but I am not in the business of
scaring off folks to this aspect of our hobby. There's no Keplerian data
that SpaceTrack offers for the "easy-to-work" satellites that isn't
available at much more "user friendly" sites.
Clint, K6LCS
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:00:02 -0500
From: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Elk antenna as carry on luggage?
To: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <4B805B62.3020409@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:
> As long as it fits inside your regulation size carry on bag.
>
When have you last done this Nigel? Thats a good way to loose a
not-so-cheap antenna at the whim of a TSA flunkie. Check it Mark. I've
had to re-check an arrow, and had to get a supervisor to allow my AL-800
through inspection.
73, Drew KO4MA
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:07:48 -0500
From: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Web Site Suggestions - THANK YOU!
To: Clint Bradford <clintbrad4d@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <4B805D34.6040103@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Clint Bradford wrote:
> There's no Keplerian data that SpaceTrack offers for the "easy-to-work"
satellites that isn't available at much more "user friendly" sites.
>
>
Furthermore, Spacetrack actually has several names of older satellites
wrong. Sometimes those names are confusing too. I sure loved working
Informator-1 and still like using Eyesat and Saudisat-1c. I wonder when
Techsat-B will be back on the air?
73, Drew KO4MA
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:10:43 -0600
From: "Angelo Glorioso" <n5uxt@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: New Control Software
To: "Colin Hurst" <cjhurst@xxxxxxx.xxx.xx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP33B4D1ED773C6027F3B755ED450@xxx.xxx>
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Hello Colin,
Thanks so much for the information. I am sure it has something to do with
the frequency turning. Next time the bbs in up, I will try it again.
As for the deviation, I have use this same rig and tnc with GO-32 and AO-51
when it was in V/U mode. The deviation seems to be fine. I will listen
again and verify this with my HT. Service monitor is not available. Lost it
in Katrina.
I really miss using the bbs. Love to download the pictures and talking
with friends around the world.
Anyhow, thanks again for the tips.
73
Angelo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin Hurst" <cjhurst@xxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "Angelo Glorioso" <n5uxt@xxxxxxx.xxx>; "Andrew Glasbrenner"
<glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 6:36 PM
Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Re: New Control Software
> Angelo,
> Further to Drew's comments I would confirm the 1268.703 uplink.
> One further hint besides deviation and frequency, is to set the TXDelay to
> 1000 milliseconds.
> This will ensure all the switches or relays in the system have settled
> prior to issuing the uplink packet.
> If you find this to be the "issue", reduce the TXDelay in 50 or 100
> milli-second increments till you have reliable acks.
>
> When AO-51 was flipped and favoured the Southern Hemisphere I was able to
> get acks from horizon to horizon and rarely did it double request. I use
> 25
> watts output via about 12 metres of 5/8 inch hard-line to a 15 turn
> helical.
> With your system you should do just fine.
>
> The other issue that Drew commented on was deviation.
> In the absence of test gear, a method I have used, is to listen to the
> audio level on the downlink, then preferably compare your TX signal level
> in the same Transceiver, but a separate RX will suffice. It will be very
> apparent if you are under or over deviating.
> Not very scientific, but when you have limited test gear, its a way
> forward.
> 73
> Colin VK5HI.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxxxx
>> Behalf Of Angelo Glorioso
>> Sent: Friday, 19 February 2010 14:07
>> To: Andrew Glasbrenner
>> Cc: AMSATBBS
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: New Control Software
>>
>>
>> I appreciate the helpful hints. I will try it again once it comes back
>> up on 1.2.
>>
>> Again, thanks for all your efforts in keeping AO-51 one of the leading
>> satellites to use.
>>
>> My hat off to you!! :-)
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
>> To: "Angelo Glorioso" <n5uxt@xxxxxxx.xxx>
>> Cc: "AMSATBBS" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 9:28 PM
>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] New Control Software
>>
>>
>> > Angelo Glorioso wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I see! As for low usage of the BBS, well, most of the folks that used
>> >> GO-32
>> >> either don't have 1.2g or have not been able to get into the
>> AO-51 BBS
>> >> at all
>> >> since the new configuration was put in place. I have been unable to
>> >> use AO-51 BBS with
>> >> a 70 watts brick on 1.2g, a directives system 23 cm RHCP 12
>> turn helix
>> >> 14.5 dBic gain,
>> >> 1/4 inch heliax coaxial cable after many days of trying. I can into
>> >> AO-51 using voice with
>> >> no problem. I know the frequency is a little off and have tried
>> >> adjusting but no luck.
>> >>
>> >> I just wonder if the BBS was in V/U mode how many more users would
>> >> show up.
>> >> Can a schedule mode be requested for the BBS for V/U???
>> >>
>> >> Oh well, as you said, it is a low priority.
>> >>
>> > V/U BBS was discontinued because it interfered with control of the
>> > satellite, so no, we won't be scheduling it without the
>> upgrade even if
>> > requested. We have many L/U users on several continents, but it does
>> > require a very good station. The equipment you describe should be
>> > adequate...it's similar to what I use. The deviation and frequency is
>> > very important to be successful. My uplink is about 3 khz high than
>> > listed. Since you have an excellent L/U analog uplink, I'm
>> confident the
>> > devil is in the details with your digital setup.
>> >
>> > We've had a lot of other challenges to keep AO-51 running and healthy
>> > this year and last. I'm sorry if you don't agree with our
>> priorities. I
>> > was working on a more comprehensive explanation to the separate
>> > identical email you sent this morning. You'll have to excuse
>> me if I was
>> > a little kurt in my answer after you pressed the question via -bb.
>> >
>> > 73, Drew KO4MA
>> >
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:13:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Tim - N3TL <n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Elk antenna as carry on luggage?
To: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, Nigel Gunn
G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <214616.74278.qm@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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The only time I've had to opportunity to take my handheld station along on a
trip that required air travel, I didn't even try to carry on my antenna. I
checked it, and carried on my HTs, spare batteries and an AL-800. I flew
into International Falls, MN, from Atlanta. TSA in Atlanta breezed me
through security on the way north. On the way home, however, TSA in
International Falls totally unpacked my carry-on to inspect every
radio-related item I had.
Mark, I think you'll be OK checking your Elk. I'll do it the next time I fly.
73 to all,
Tim - N3TL
________________________________
From: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx Mark L. Hammond <marklhammond@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Sat, February 20, 2010 5:00:02 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Elk antenna as carry on luggage?
Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:
> As long as it fits inside your regulation size carry on bag.
>
When have you last done this Nigel? Thats a good way to loose a
not-so-cheap antenna at the whim of a TSA flunkie. Check it Mark. I've
had to re-check an arrow, and had to get a supervisor to allow my AL-800
through inspection.
73, Drew KO4MA
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:18:17 -0600
From: "Rick - WA4NVM" <wa4nvm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Elk antenna as carry on luggage?
To: "Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>, "Mark L. Hammond"
<marklhammond@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Mark,
I would NOT bet on it. I gave the tech test to a couple of TSA agents two
weeks ago.
I can call them and see what they say. Anything that you could stick
someone with is
probably a no no.
Have fun next month in EL84,
Rick WA4NVM
> As long as it fits inside your regulation size carry on bag.
>
> On 20-Feb-10 20:00, Mark L. Hammond wrote:
>> Anybody know for sure if an Elk antenna is an acceptable carry on luggage
>> item? Disassembled, and rolled up in a bag, for example.
>>
>> Or am I going to have to check it in?
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
>>
>>
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>>
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>
> --
> Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1
> 937 825 5032
> Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF (was KC8NHF), e-mail nigel@xxxxx.xxx www
> http://www.ngunn.net
> Member of ARRL, GQRP #11396, QRPARCI #11644, SOC #548, Flying Pigs QRP
> Club International #385,
> Dayton ARA #2128, AMSAT-NA LM-1691, AMSAT-UK 0182, MKARS,
> ALC, GCARES, XWARN.
>
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:55:19 +0000
From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Web Site Suggestions - THANK YOU!
To: Clint Bradford <clintbrad4d@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <4B806857.3060609@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
I got approved without further question and I was living in another country.
You just fill in the form and e-mail it.
Given a new bird, Space Track has the keps a couple of weeks before Amsat
bothers to include them and has much more choice.
Whilst I agree that there are more friendly places to get them from, lets at
least try to encourage people to help
themselves and not rely on some other agency to obtain, sanitize and
distribute keps for them.
On 20-Feb-10 21:46, Clint Bradford wrote:
>>> ... SpaceTrack, where we should be encouraging people to get keps from ...
>
> A new visitor to SpaceTrack gets hit with this statement ...
>
> DUE TO EXISTING NATIONAL SECURITY RESTRICTIONS PERTAINING TO ACCESS OF AND
USE OF U.S. GOVERNMENT-PROVIDED INFORMATION AND DATA, ALL USERS OF THIS WEB
SITE MUST BE AN APPROVED REGISTERED USER TO ACCESS DATA ON THIS SITE.
>
> Not to be argumentative (Who, ME?!?!) - but I am not in the business of
scaring off folks to this aspect of our hobby. There's no Keplerian data
that SpaceTrack offers for the "easy-to-work" satellites that isn't
available at much more "user friendly" sites.
>
> Clint, K6LCS
>
>
>
>
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
> Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2699 - Release Date: 02/20/10
07:34:00
>
--
Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937
825 5032
Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF (was KC8NHF), e-mail nigel@xxxxx.xxx www
http://www.ngunn.net
Member of ARRL, GQRP #11396, QRPARCI #11644, SOC #548, Flying Pigs QRP
Club International #385,
Dayton ARA #2128, AMSAT-NA LM-1691, AMSAT-UK 0182, MKARS, ALC,
GCARES, XWARN.
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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:57:43 -0900
From: Edward Cole <kl7uw@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Elk antenna as carry on luggage?
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <201002202257.o1KMvhZI075661@xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
At 11:00 AM 2/20/2010, Mark L. Hammond wrote:
>Anybody know for sure if an Elk antenna is an acceptable carry on
>luggage item? Disassembled, and rolled up in a bag, for example.
>
>Or am I going to have to check it in?
>
>73,
>
>Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Sent via AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx. Opinions expressed are those of the author.
>Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
>Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
You have gotten several answers, already. The rule is one bag that
will fit in overhead or under seat plus a personal carryon. I would
guess your Elk is probably too long to qualify for fitting in the
overhead. Check it inside a hard tube or box.
I have flown with ham gear several times since 9-11 (one, two
times/year) and never had any notice by TSA agents in Anchorage,
Seattle, Minneapolis, Detroit, Cincinatti, Atlanta, Dallas-FW,
Ontario-CA, and maybe others. I have taken a FT-817, keypad mic, 45w
linear, mag-mt whip, DC cord for cigarette lighter, coax cables in my
carryon suitcase with my clothes.
MY wife got the royal full open your suitcase turn your pockets
insideout because she forgot about her small pen size jackknife on
her key ring.
I have not tried taking my Arrow since 9-11. I use to carry it on in
a 2 x 25 inch pvc tube with caps. I suspect they figured it to be my
fishing pole.
73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
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Message: 15
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:04:21 +1100
From: "Tim Tuck" <timt@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Elk antenna as carry on luggage?
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On 21/02/2010 7:00 AM, Mark L. Hammond wrote:
> Anybody know for sure if an Elk antenna is an acceptable carry on luggage
item? Disassembled, and rolled up in a bag, for example.
>
> Or am I going to have to check it in?
>
>
Hi Mark,
Stick it in your suitcase and it will be fine,
Last time I was in the USA on business I brought one back home to VK
with it stuck diagonally across in my suitcase and I had no problems
with customs etc.
regards
Tim
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Message: 16
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:35:54 -0500
From: Amir Findling K9CHP <sarlabs@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Elk antenna as carry on luggage?
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx >> Amsat BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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I'll soon be flying. I have made one of those Tape Measure antennas
http://home.att.net/~jleggio/projects/rdf/tape_bm.htm
<http://home.att.net/%7Ejleggio/projects/rdf/tape_bm.htm> just for the
trip. IMO, it works as well as an Elk. It certainly is easier to fit in
the luggage. I'll even keep my Pryme Al-800 in the luggage but I will
take my Smiley antenna with my radios on board. Simply, in the worst
case, the Smiley can also be used for LEO satellites.
The Tape Measure antenna is easy to put together, the way I made it, all
parts are held by the coax, so none will get lost.
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73 de K9CHP Amir Findling, Member ARRL, ARRL/ W5YI VE, WAC, WAS, DXCC
www.K9CHP.net <http://www.k9chp.net> Blog: http://k9chp.blogspot.com
<http://k9chp.blogspot.com/>
Eagle Valley Search Dogs <http://evdogs.org/>, Senior K9 Handler
K9 Certification Tester, NYS Federation of Search Teams
<http://www.nysfedsar.org/>
1st Special Response Group <http://www.1srg.org/> (1SRG)
On 2/20/2010 15:00, Mark L. Hammond wrote:
> Anybody know for sure if an Elk antenna is an acceptable carry on luggage
item? Disassembled, and rolled up in a bag, for example.
>
> Or am I going to have to check it in?
>
> 73,
>
> Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
>
>
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Message: 17
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:27:51 -0500
From: claryco@xxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ND9M Road Trip Update #12
To: marklhammond@xxxxx.xxx
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Hi Mark,
Tks for the note and the QSO today. My XYL and I have already penned in
tomorrow for looking around across the border. We don't know what time we'll
cross back, but I wasn't planning on doing any sat ops on Sunday.
Meanwhile, AO27 and SO50 will do just fine while AO51 is in V/S mode.
Tks for the heads up though, and especially for the continued ops support!
73,
JIm, ND9M / VQ9JC
Brownsville, TX / EL15
From: Mark L. Hammond <marklhammond@xxxxx.xxx>
To: claryco@xxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Sent: Sat, Feb 20, 2010 4:07 pm
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ND9M Road Trip Update #12
Hi Jim,
The AO-51-Modes team has enjoyed supporting your Grid-xpedition!
It is likely that the V/S mode change will not occur on Sunday evening, but
ather on Monday morning or Monday evening (due to command station schedules).
o, you might get an extra few passes, if that is of benefit.
73! Keep up the great work, and travel safely.
On behalf of the AO-51 Command Team,
Mark N8MH
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