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Today's Topics:
1. Icom IC-7000 and SatPC (Clint Bradford)
2. Falcon 9 to launch Iridium sats (Trevor .)
3. Re: Icom IC-7000 and SatPC (Adrian Engele)
4. Re: AMSAT Board of Directors Candidates (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL)
5. Re: AMSAT Board of Directors Candidates (G0MRF@xxx.xxxx
6. Re: AMSAT Board of Directors Candidates (Dave Guimont)
7. Re: AMSAT Board of Directors Candidates (Dee)
8. Re: AMSAT Board of Directors Candidates (Bruce Robertson)
9. Re: TS-711/811 help (timt)
10. Re: AMSAT Board of Directors Candidates (Anthony Monteiro)
11. AMSAT Journal (Gary "Joe" Mayfield)
12. Re: AMSAT Board of Directors Candidates (Tom Clark, K3IO)
13. For W4UPD only (David Giles)
14. Re: AMSAT Board of Directors Candidates (Gregg Wonderly)
15. Re: AMSAT Journal (Ed Long)
16. Moonbound CubeSat (Trevor .)
17. AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2010 - Final call for speakers
(David Johnson)
18. Re: AMSAT Board of Directors Candidates (Luc Leblanc)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:04:35 -0700
From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Icom IC-7000 and SatPC
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <0D2A8A17-EBA5-471B-AA70-58A5E1D7847F@xxx.xxx>
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>From my in box ... I'll send him all replies. I do not "know" the IC-7000
well enough to respond. -Clint
Clint,
Thanks for all your great help in enabling us to work the sats.
I read with great interest the article in the latest AMSAT Journal by Adrian
Engele, AA5UK...In it he indicated that he used SatPC to control the doppler
receive in his rig which precluded the need for a rig with full duplex
capabilities. I had thought I need a full duplex rig to work the birds with
linear transponders. I have seveal hundred qso's on the FM birds and want to
get on the ssb birds. Also would like to get on the ssb birds for FD as I
know the FM birds will be crowded and current predictions indicate only a
couple good passes of the fm birds during FD here in Houston.
My question is will SatPC (or any other software) enable me to use my
IC7000, which is not a full duplex rig, to work the birds with linear
transponders???
Thanks again for all your help.
Stan Polak
K5STZ
Houston, TX
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:34:22 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Trevor ." <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Falcon 9 to launch Iridium sats
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <313166.14310.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Looks like SpaceX has a contract to launch lots of Iridium satellites into a
781km orbit.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/science_and_environment/10335315.stm
73 Trevor M5AKA
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:06:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Adrian Engele <aa5uk@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Icom IC-7000 and SatPC
To: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>, AMSAT BB
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <628046.23528.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Clint,
I'll respond tonight when I am home so you can foward to Stan. I actually
own an IC7000 as well as a FT857D. I am familiar with both rigs.
The SatPC Icom file in the program covers the IC7000 setup, but I'll cover
more offline.
73, Adrian AA5UK
________________________________
From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Wed, June 16, 2010 2:04:35 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Icom IC-7000 and SatPC
>From my in box ... I'll send him all replies. I do not "know" the IC-7000
well enough to respond. -Clint
Clint,
Thanks for all your great help in enabling us to work the sats.
I read with great interest the article in the latest AMSAT Journal by Adrian
Engele, AA5UK...In it he indicated that he used SatPC to control the doppler
receive in his rig which precluded the need for a rig with full duplex
capabilities. I had thought I need a full duplex rig to work the birds with
linear transponders. I have seveal hundred qso's on the FM birds and want to
get on the ssb birds. Also would like to get on the ssb birds for FD as I
know the FM birds will be crowded and current predictions indicate only a
couple good passes of the fm birds during FD here in Houston.
My question is will SatPC (or any other software) enable me to use my
IC7000, which is not a full duplex rig, to work the birds with linear
transponders???
Thanks again for all your help.
Stan Polak
K5STZ
Houston, TX
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:58:20 -0600
From: "Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL" <vlfiscus@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Board of Directors Candidates
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20100616154328.00bd2070@xxx.xxx.xxx>
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At 01:22 PM 6/16/2010 -0500, APBIDDLE@xxxxxxx.xxx wrote:
>It is my pleasure to announce that the following have been nominated to
>serve on the AMSAT Board of Directors for two year terms:
>
>Tom Clark, K3IO
>Lou McFadin, W5DID
>Tony Monteiro, AA2TX
>Gould Smith, WA4SXM
Which of these candidates would support adding a Mode A linear transponder
to FOX, or any type of linear transponder for that matter. FOX will
already have a 2m receiver all you'd need to add is a 10m downlink
transmitter. Use a tape measure tape for the antennas.
Why does everything always have to be FM all the time.
KB7ADL
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:11:19 EDT
From: G0MRF@xxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Board of Directors Candidates
To: vlfiscus@xxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <343f6.7d53f599.394a97f7@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
In a message dated 16/06/2010 22:09:24 GMT Daylight Time, vlfiscus@xxx.xxx
writes:
Why does everything always have to be FM all the time.
KB7ADL
But doesn't Arissat-1 include a linear transponder ??
David
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:40:35 -0700
From: Dave Guimont <dguimon1@xxx.xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Board of Directors Candidates
To: "Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL" <vlfiscus@xxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <5F.5E.03150.EF0691C4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xx.xxx>
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At 02:58 PM 6/16/2010, you wrote:
>At 01:22 PM 6/16/2010 -0500, APBIDDLE@xxxxxxx.xxx wrote:
> >It is my pleasure to announce that the following have been nominated to
> >serve on the AMSAT Board of Directors for two year terms:
> >
> >Tom Clark, K3IO
> >Lou McFadin, W5DID
> >Tony Monteiro, AA2TX
> >Gould Smith, WA4SXM
>
>
>Which of these candidates would support adding a Mode A linear transponder
>to FOX, or any type of linear transponder for that matter. FOX will
>already have a 2m receiver all you'd need to add is a 10m downlink
>transmitter. Use a tape measure tape for the antennas.
>
>Why does everything always have to be FM all the time.
>
Vince, I've been asking the same thing for years; as others have.
I hope we are getting great financial support from the fm'ers. I
assume the reason for fm is the assumed cost of ssw/cw rigs in
comparison to fm.
I have no idea of member numbers, but assume that graph could be made
available....
I've never been a big donor, but I've stopped my pittances since the
FM promotions....
73, Dave, WB6LLO
dguimon1@xxx.xx.xxx
Disagree: I learn....
Pulling for P3E...
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:28:20 -0400
From: Dee <morsesat@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Board of Directors Candidates
To: "'Dave Guimont'" <dguimon1@xxx.xx.xxx>, "'Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL'"
<vlfiscus@xxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <EECE5522FA724F12A4C0EEDD39351DDD@xxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
To All...
I just got off FO-29. It sure sounded very nice and it didn't have any
pileups. I made 2 contacts with no one else heard.
AMSAT-NA has been doing its best to follow through on original Phase 3 type
birds, however, launches
For these type birds are not an every day opportunity being presented to us.
(yes, we[us] are all part of
AMSAT just by being interested in satellites) Withholding donations at the
present time is not really in our interests.
We need funds to keep up the present offerings for satellite launches. This
is the time membership should rise and show
support for our future efforts. ARRISsat-1 has a linear transponder and you
can
Listen to Gould's presentation from Dayton & find out more on the RF setup
on the website. We just had a DARA matching funds
campaign and I hope that Those that realize what funding can accomplish have
made that a success and I personally thank those that contributed.
We have the expertise to put together a great bird but limitations of actual
launches holds us back. Our "Engineering team"
Has assured us that they are ready to be called on to supply us a phase 3
comparable satellite. HEO is not a magic word, just one
That is still upfront and waiting for that timely spark.
If you look at the BOD candidates, when they present their thoughts and
objectives just go down the list and find those fitting
Your requirements for a BOD member. This is certainly a member society and
exercise your selective powers when the time comes around.
If you read the ANS bulletins, members were advised on giving their inputs
to BOD nominees. I see a list of volunteers that provide
Us with ideas we can all deal with. So as I have pronounced before, let
your feelings, ideas & comments be heard by those that you
Intend on electing. It's your call.....Hear you on the birds!
73,
Dee, NB2F
NJ AMSAT Coordinator
Remember-Dee is really a three letter word for HEO
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Dave Guimont
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 7:41 PM
To: Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Board of Directors Candidates
At 02:58 PM 6/16/2010, you wrote:
>At 01:22 PM 6/16/2010 -0500, APBIDDLE@xxxxxxx.xxx wrote:
> >It is my pleasure to announce that the following have been nominated
> >to serve on the AMSAT Board of Directors for two year terms:
> >
> >Tom Clark, K3IO
> >Lou McFadin, W5DID
> >Tony Monteiro, AA2TX
> >Gould Smith, WA4SXM
>
>
>Which of these candidates would support adding a Mode A linear
>transponder to FOX, or any type of linear transponder for that matter.
>FOX will already have a 2m receiver all you'd need to add is a 10m
>downlink transmitter. Use a tape measure tape for the antennas.
>
>Why does everything always have to be FM all the time.
>
Vince, I've been asking the same thing for years; as others have.
I hope we are getting great financial support from the fm'ers. I assume the
reason for fm is the assumed cost of ssw/cw rigs in comparison to fm.
I have no idea of member numbers, but assume that graph could be made
available....
I've never been a big donor, but I've stopped my pittances since the FM
promotions....
73, Dave, WB6LLO
dguimon1@xxx.xx.xxx
Disagree: I learn....
Pulling for P3E...
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:13:49 -0300
From: Bruce Robertson <ve9qrp@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Board of Directors Candidates
To: "Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL" <vlfiscus@xxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID:
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On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL <vlfiscus@xxx.xxx>
wrote:
> At 01:22 PM 6/16/2010 -0500, APBIDDLE@xxxxxxx.xxx wrote:
>>It is my pleasure to announce that the following have been nominated to
>>serve on the AMSAT Board of Directors for two year terms:
>>
>>Tom Clark, K3IO
>>Lou McFadin, W5DID
>>Tony Monteiro, AA2TX
>>Gould Smith, WA4SXM
>
>
> Which of these candidates would support adding a Mode A linear transponder
> to FOX, or any type of linear transponder for that matter. ?FOX will
> already have a 2m receiver all you'd need to add is a 10m downlink
> transmitter. ?Use a tape measure tape for the antennas.
>
> Why does everything always have to be FM all the time.
>
> KB7ADL
>
Vince --
The Fox plan intends to get AMSAT back into space in budget and
punctually. The only game in town for this is the cubesat launches,
and that requires us to master new technologies. With only a litre per
cube unit, adding another mode is just the sort of creeping featureism
that would turn the first doable AMSAT project in many years into one
of many wonderful ideas that won't get launched.
However, if each cube launch is only roughly $100,000 all-in, and we
develop the skills and processes necessary, there will be many future
launch possibilities after Fox. And I'd have to agree that a mode A
transponder would be a great idea for one of these.
73, Bruce
VE9QRP
--
http://ve9qrp.blogspot.com
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:35:36 +1000
From: timt <timt@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: TS-711/811 help
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <4C197BE8.4000604@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
On 15/06/2010 3:53 PM, David Giles wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I've just acquired a TS-811 but alas it does not have the IF-10A
> computer interface. I've downloaded the manual and have all the chips,
> eprom programmer, spare eproms etc. to build my own. What I don't have
> is the contents of the 2732 extension eprom.
>
> If anyone has a hexdump of the eprom or is able to extract the contacts
> (or knows where I can get a copy) please reply to me off-list.
>
>
Hi David,
When I had one of those I bought the interface here.....
http://www.piexx.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7&products_id=22
they might be able to help you out with the code .
regards
Tim
--
VK2XTT :: QF56if :: BMARC :: WIA :: AMSAT-VK :: AMSAT
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:27:29 -0400
From: Anthony Monteiro <aa2tx@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Board of Directors Candidates
To: Dave Guimont <dguimon1@xxx.xx.xxx>, "Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL"
<vlfiscus@xxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <201006170228.o5H2SGct022275@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
At 07:40 PM 6/16/2010, Dave Guimont wrote:
>I hope we are getting great financial support from the fm'ers. I
>assume the reason for fm is the assumed cost of ssw/cw rigs in
Dear Dave and Vince and the group,
You guys have to know that I would love to put up a linear HEO and
resurrect the +20 net!
The reality is that AMSAT just cannot afford to pay for a HEO launch.
I do think we need to work as hard as we can to find another way to get
there but we haven't found a way just yet.
The ARISSat-1 satellite, which many of us are hard at work on right now,
will have a linear transponder but of course it is a LEO.
The AMSAT-Fox project is FM because we need a replacement for AO-51
before it dies (perhaps THE most popular satellite at present) and it is hard
to generate enough power from a 1U CubeSat to have a really good linear
transponder.
Hang in there. The world has changed and it is much more difficult than it
used
to be but we are trying really hard to get there.
73,
Tony AA2TX
AMSAT VP Engineering
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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:03:22 -0500
From: "Gary \"Joe\" Mayfield" <gary_mayfield@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Journal
To: "'AMSAT BB'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <COL114-DS86B0B598F84983DB95EE18ADF0@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
An earlier email mentioned the AMSAT Journal....
When was the last Journal published?
The last one I received was Volume 32 Number 4 July/August 2009. The label
on that one says I am paid through 2010.07 as does my card. Have there been
any journals in the last year?
Thanks and 73,
Joe kk0sd
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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:07:30 -0400
From: "Tom Clark, K3IO" <K3IO@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Board of Directors Candidates
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <4C199F82.2000407@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed
Vince asked:
> Which of these candidates would support adding a Mode A linear transponder
> to FOX, or any type of linear transponder for that matter. FOX will
> already have a 2m receiver all you'd need to add is a 10m downlink
> transmitter. Use a tape measure tape for the antennas.
Not very practical ides -- sorry.
FOX is a 1U Cubesat, 10cm=4" on a side. Kinda hard to fit 10M dipole
(which would be ~16 ft long, fed in the middle). You can't do it with a
monopole because the 4" box doesn't have enough size to feed a monopole
against. And with a 4" cube (even with deployable panels) we can only
expect a total of a few watts (orbit average) of power.
The laws of physics and engineering are rather unforgiving!
73, Tom
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Message: 13
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:55:35 +0930
From: David Giles <vk5dg@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] For W4UPD only
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <4C19A3BF.5040302@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Hello Reid,
I've tried three times to reply to your emails but they keep bouncing.
Thanks for the file, just what I wanted.
73 de David VK5DG
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Message: 14
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:59:15 -0500
From: Gregg Wonderly <greggwon@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Board of Directors Candidates
To: Dee <morsesat@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <2E4C64F8-DF67-4A3D-AA6F-3835090006BE@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
The important thing to remember is that radio communications must be hard to
do, require extra effort, if not repeated failure as well as persecution by
those who have succeeded one time before, and it is most vital that anyone
with existing equipment should never be required to change gear. But those
with incompatible gear must buy old stuff to meet the approval of those who
have spent the past 50 years talking to the same people using the same mode
and antennas to prove, repeatedly that they can say 73 and Roger while
holding their mic, tuning their transceiver and switching antenna
polarization all while eating a donut.
It is important to get the facts right and not do anything that would make
there be no reason to get another box of donuts for the coming week of
Roger-73s.
After all amateur radio is about socialization and personal communications.
Gregg Wonderly
W5GGW
On Jun 16, 2010, at 7:28 PM, Dee <morsesat@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> To All...
> I just got off FO-29. It sure sounded very nice and it didn't have any
> pileups. I made 2 contacts with no one else heard.
> AMSAT-NA has been doing its best to follow through on original Phase 3 type
> birds, however, launches
> For these type birds are not an every day opportunity being presented to us.
> (yes, we[us] are all part of
> AMSAT just by being interested in satellites) Withholding donations at the
> present time is not really in our interests.
> We need funds to keep up the present offerings for satellite launches. This
> is the time membership should rise and show
> support for our future efforts. ARRISsat-1 has a linear transponder and you
> can
> Listen to Gould's presentation from Dayton & find out more on the RF setup
> on the website. We just had a DARA matching funds
> campaign and I hope that Those that realize what funding can accomplish have
> made that a success and I personally thank those that contributed.
> We have the expertise to put together a great bird but limitations of actual
> launches holds us back. Our "Engineering team"
> Has assured us that they are ready to be called on to supply us a phase 3
> comparable satellite. HEO is not a magic word, just one
> That is still upfront and waiting for that timely spark.
> If you look at the BOD candidates, when they present their thoughts and
> objectives just go down the list and find those fitting
> Your requirements for a BOD member. This is certainly a member society and
> exercise your selective powers when the time comes around.
> If you read the ANS bulletins, members were advised on giving their inputs
> to BOD nominees. I see a list of volunteers that provide
> Us with ideas we can all deal with. So as I have pronounced before, let
> your feelings, ideas & comments be heard by those that you
> Intend on electing. It's your call.....Hear you on the birds!
> 73,
> Dee, NB2F
> NJ AMSAT Coordinator
> Remember-Dee is really a three letter word for HEO
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
> Behalf Of Dave Guimont
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 7:41 PM
> To: Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL
> Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Board of Directors Candidates
>
> At 02:58 PM 6/16/2010, you wrote:
>> At 01:22 PM 6/16/2010 -0500, APBIDDLE@xxxxxxx.xxx wrote:
>>> It is my pleasure to announce that the following have been nominated
>>> to serve on the AMSAT Board of Directors for two year terms:
>>>
>>> Tom Clark, K3IO
>>> Lou McFadin, W5DID
>>> Tony Monteiro, AA2TX
>>> Gould Smith, WA4SXM
>>
>>
>> Which of these candidates would support adding a Mode A linear
>> transponder to FOX, or any type of linear transponder for that matter.
>> FOX will already have a 2m receiver all you'd need to add is a 10m
>> downlink transmitter. Use a tape measure tape for the antennas.
>>
>> Why does everything always have to be FM all the time.
>>
>
> Vince, I've been asking the same thing for years; as others have.
>
> I hope we are getting great financial support from the fm'ers. I assume the
> reason for fm is the assumed cost of ssw/cw rigs in comparison to fm.
> I have no idea of member numbers, but assume that graph could be made
> available....
>
> I've never been a big donor, but I've stopped my pittances since the FM
> promotions....
>
>
>
>
> 73, Dave, WB6LLO
> dguimon1@xxx.xx.xxx
>
> Disagree: I learn....
>
> Pulling for P3E...
>
> _______________________________________________
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>
>
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 15
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:22:00 -0400
From: Ed Long <wa4swj@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Journal
To: <gary_mayfield@xxxxxxx.xxx>, AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <BAY148-w592657003FE995DC13656E83DF0@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Joe,
The last issue was Vol. 33, No. 2, which is the March/April 2010 issue.
Sounds like you are having a problem. Contact Martha in the AMSAT office for
help in getting the missing issues.
Editing for the next issue will begin soon. I have been traveling for more
than 10 days and have not had the ability to work on it while traveling.
73,
Ed
Long
WA4SWJ
Editor, The AMSAT Journal
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> From: gary_mayfield@xxxxxxx.xxx
> To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:03:22 -0500
> Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Journal
>
> An earlier email mentioned the AMSAT Journal....
>
> When was the last Journal published?
>
> The last one I received was Volume 32 Number 4 July/August 2009. The label
> on that one says I am paid through 2010.07 as does my card. Have there been
> any journals in the last year?
>
> Thanks and 73,
> Joe kk0sd
>
>
>
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Message: 16
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:57:28 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Trevor ." <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Moonbound CubeSat
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Article from EETimes:
The proposed lunar lander will be a single unit CubeSat with four
mini-thrusters on the bottom to maximise control and manoeuvrability. Two
potential options for propulsion are being examined ? a bi-propellant
booster or a Xenon powered ion drive booster. The Xenon thruster can also be
used for a triple CubeSat that would go to and orbit the moon.? The team is
currently working on initial designs for the spacecraft, with the aim of
achieving further NASA funding in June 2011.
Lunar lander project relies on SPARK programming language
http://www.electronics-eetimes.com/en/lunar-lander-project-relies-on-spark-pro
gramming-language.html?cmp_id=7&news_id=222902326&vID=44
73 Trevor M5AKA
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Message: 17
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:32:24 +0100
From: David Johnson <david.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2010 - Final call for
speakers
To: amsat <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, eu-amsat@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
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Hi All,
This is the final call for speakers for the AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2010
which will be held at the Holiday Inn, Guildford, UK
(same venue as in 2009) on *Sat 31st Jul and Sun 1st Aug 2010*, with a
beginners session on the afternoon of Friday 30the.
AMSAT-UK invite speakers, about amateur radio, space and associated
activities to this event, details of which, can be found at:
http://www.uk.amsat.org/content/view/32/42/
As this is a late call, the submission of a paper is not required but
any PowerPoint or similar material can be made available online,
afterterwards.
Submissions should be sent *ONLY* to G4DPZ, via the following routes:
e-mail: david.johnson AT blackpepper.co.uk
SnailMail: QTHR from www.QRZ.com
Likewise if anyone knows of a good speaker, please
send contact and other information to G4DPZ.
73
Dave
G4DPZ
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Message: 18
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:19:29 -0400
From: Luc Leblanc <lucleblanc6@xxxxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Board of Directors Candidates
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: eu-amsat@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
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On 16 Jun 2010 at 22:27, Anthony Monteiro wrote:
Date sent: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:27:29 -0400
From: Anthony Monteiro <aa2tx@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Board of Directors Candidates
To: Dave Guimont <dguimon1@xxx.xx.xxx>,
"Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL" <vlfiscus@xxx.xxx>
Copies to: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> At 07:40 PM 6/16/2010, Dave Guimont wrote:
> >I hope we are getting great financial support from the fm'ers. I
> >assume the reason for fm is the assumed cost of ssw/cw rigs in
>
> Dear Dave and Vince and the group,
>
> You guys have to know that I would love to put up a linear HEO and
> resurrect the +20 net!
>
> The reality is that AMSAT just cannot afford to pay for a HEO launch.
> I do think we need to work as hard as we can to find another way to get
> there but we haven't found a way just yet.
>
> The ARISSat-1 satellite, which many of us are hard at work on right now,
> will have a linear transponder but of course it is a LEO.
>
> The AMSAT-Fox project is FM because we need a replacement for AO-51
> before it dies (perhaps THE most popular satellite at present) and it is
hard
> to generate enough power from a 1U CubeSat to have a really good linear
> transponder.
>
> Hang in there. The world has changed and it is much more difficult than it
used
> to be but we are trying really hard to get there.
>
> 73,
> Tony AA2TX
> AMSAT VP Engineering
>
Just have a look at PE1RAH William Leijenaar web page
http://www.qsl.net/pe1rah/
and look at his nano sat transponder satellite
http://www.qsl.net/pe1rah/mysat2.htm
Technology is there but is the AMSAT-NA mentality will change? I wrote in
the past at numerous time that it's will be through an
international effort amateur radio satellite launch will succeed. It's
already done! Look at all the cubes sat launch in the past 5 years
nothing came from an AMSAT-NA project.. here is the international effort i
refer too.
Yes AMSAT-NA is having projects but AMSAT-INDIA gets help from William
PE1RAH for his VO-52 transponder. Just for the record AMSAT-DL is
still working on an HEO P3E. There will be no salute if AMSAT-NA persist to
fold on themselves trying to make his own 50 states affair as
if they are too ashamed to work and i mean really work on an international
cooperation base.
We are in 2010 and i don't know if the AMSAT-NA BOD is aware that we are in
a globalized world? Your telephone call center is in India and
your cars are manufactured in Mexixo. Having the very same people always
playing the musical chair in the AMSAT-NA BOD will only lead to
the same old paradigm who is by definition :a philosophical and theoretical
framework of a scientific school or discipline within which
theories, laws, and generalizations and the experiments performed in support
of them are formulated; broadly a philosophical or theoretical
framework of any kind. Is it not a characterization of the past 7 years of
AMSAT-NA actions? I think yes and it's lead to nothing.
Will this FOX project succeed as the many past one we can only hope but IMHO
we are still in the same bad tracks even if the folks involved
are the most dedicated ones. ARISSAT-1 is probably the best tangible assets
actually but how can we really think AMSAT-NA is only promoting
his new projects on paper when peoples are actually reading stuff on their I
Pod and I Pad? Is this will help them attracting new blood in
the amateur radio satellite field?
If the new AMSAT-NA BOD candidates are asking for inputs it's probably
because they cannot provided any new ideas only refurbishing ideas
from the past over and over again.
For those who are not accepting criticism even the constructive ones just
have the BOD implementing ways and means to work on an
international satellite project will be a step in the right direction.
It's my opinion and i know you shared it...
"-"
Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
Skype VE2DWE
www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
DSTAR urcall VE2DWE
WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE
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