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Today's Topics:
1. ANS-107 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (JoAnne Maenpaa)
2. Re: Heil Traveler and a Recorder
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
3. Re: ARISSAT-1 >> Why not launch it now? (Dave Taylor)
4. Re: Heil Traveler and a Recorder (Dave Taylor)
5. ground plane on (KF1BUZ)
6. Re: ground plane on (Andrew Rich)
7. Re: ARISSat-1 - Battery Failure (Armando Mercado)
8. VK/WD9EWK in late May 2011 (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
9. Re: Heil Traveler and a Recorder (Zachary Beougher)
10. Re: Heil Traveler and a Recorder (Zachary Beougher)
11. VK/WD9EWK in late May 2011 (Alex)
12. Re: QSLs for KL7CN Caribbean DXpedition (John Becker)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 20:36:45 -0500
From: "JoAnne Maenpaa" <k9jkm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-107 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-107
ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North
America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the
activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an
active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating
through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor@xxxxx.xxx
In this edition:
* Come See AMSAT at Dayton Hamvention 2011
* Satellite Grid Opportunities From Mexico
* UK Marconi Day Special Events Station Plans Satellite Operation
* AO-51 Operational Again After Short Glitch
* Reminder: AMSAT at National Air and Space Museum's Space Day
* AMSAT France Disbands
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-107.01
Come See AMSAT at Dayton Hamvention 2011
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 107.01
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
April 17, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-107.01
The 2011 Dayton Hamvention will be held this year May 20-22. AMSAT
will have new hats, golf shirts and tee shirts. Also featured will
be a free "gift" with every new or renewing membership.
This year featured AMSAT attractions include:
+ Operational ARISSat-1 Prototype
+ Astronaut Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC, will be attending as a special
guest of the ARRL and AMSAT. Doug will visit the AMSAT booth on
both Friday and Saturday.
+ AMSAT theme for 2011 is "Providing Education Through Amateur
Satellites"
Check out AMSAT's Hamvention posted at ...
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/hamvention/2011/Dayton.php
for the latest events:
+ AMSAT theme for 2011 is "Providing Education Through Amateur
Satellites"
+ ARISSat-1
+ AMSAT Thursday Night Get-together
+ AMSAT Forum
+ AMSAT/TAPR Banquet
This is the 60th year of the Dayton Hamvention, sponsored by DARA
(Dayton Amateur Radio Association). As has been the case for the
many years the Hamvention will be at the Hara Arena Complex on the
north side of Dayton. Further information on Hamvention 2011,
including advance ticket sales and motel accommodations, can be
found at http://www.hamvention.org.
AMSAT will occupy the same booths (444-449) in Ball Arena, right
across from the ARRL area and just inside the door from the Satel-
lite Demonstration area. Plan to visit all of the AMSAT activities!
AMSAT/TAPR Banquet
------------------
The fifth annual AMSAT/TAPR Banquet will be Friday night May 20 at
the Kohler Presidental Banquet Center. The Banquet speaker will be
David Rowe, VK5DGR talking on The Village Telco. Additional infor-
mation about the talk can be found on the AMSAT Web site, 2011 Ham-
vention, Banquet page.
Seating is limited and reservations are required. Go to the Dayton
Banquet 2011 link:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/hamvention/2011/Banquet.php to find
information about reservations and additional information.
AMSAT Hotel
-----------
The AMSAT block of rooms at the Fairborn Country Inn & Suites are now
closed. Please make your own accommdations for Hamvention 2011.
[ANS thanks Gould Smith, WA4SXM for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-107.02
Satellite Grid Opportunities From Mexico
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 107.02
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
April 17, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-107.02
David XE3DX recently posted that he will be operating from
EK08, EK09, EK18 and EK19 from April 17th to the 30th.
These are grids that you don't hear very often so if you
are chasing grids, be on the lookout and please give David some
room. Also heard on AO-51 from EK18 was XE1SOV.
David uses LOTW, so if you make a contact you'll be able to get
confirmation without sending for a card. If he doesn't get your
call right, there will be no match in LOTW.
[ANS thanks David XE3DX and John K8YSE for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-107.03
UK Marconi Day Special Events Station Plans Satellite Operation
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 107.03
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
April 17, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-107.03
On Saturday, April 30, 2011 two members of the Barry Amateur Radio
Society, South Wales, UK will be activating a Marconi Day Internation-
al Special Event Station from Flatholm Island located in the Bristol
Channel. They plan to operate on many of the HF bands and amateur satel-
lites when access is possible. They will be using the club callsign
GB4MBC. Operation from Flatholm Island is subject to weather for landing.
Additional information will be posted at QRZ.com.
[ANS thanks Ken Eaton, GW1FKY for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-107.04
AO-51 Operational Again After Short Glitch
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 107.04
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
April 17, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-107.04
This week the AO-51 Command Team received reports that AO-51 was down.
Mark N8MH, AO-51 Command Station noted, "Eclipses are still getting longer,
and the sun angle is getting worse too. It probably has experienced a low
battery trip." The AO-51 Command Team requests that users post their oper-
ational information on the OSCAR Status Page: http://oscar.dcarr.org/
The good news was that AO-51 resumed operation in time for Steve, KJ4FEL
to make his first satellite contact. Steve wrote, "AO-51 was working fine
for the 2158Z, 4-13-2011 pass over my QTH (EM95md) during which I made my
FIRST successful satellite QSO ever with K8YSE. Thank You K8YSE!!"
Heard from Mark, N8MH, "People like you are the reason that Drew KO4MA and
I dropped what we were doing to run home from work early today to turn AO-51
back on. We're happy to hear about your first QSO! Congrats."
Keep up with the latest AO-51 Control Team News on-line at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php
[ANS thanks Mark, N8MH for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-107.05
Reminder: AMSAT at National Air and Space Museum's Space Day
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 107.05
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
April 17, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-107.05
Dave Taylor, W8AAS says that, "The Smithsonian National Air and Space
Museum has invited AMSAT to organize displays and activities at Space
Day to be held on Saturday, 7 May from 10:30 to 3:00 at the Air & Space
Museum on the National Mall."
Dave would like to hear from anyone who has space-related amateur radio
artifacts, posters, activities or anything else they'd like to display.
Also needed volunteers who can staff our tables (either all day or any
part), help with setup and tear down, and various other tasks.
There are always lots of interesting exhibits to visit and visitors to
talk with, so attending is fun and it helps promote ham radio.
ARISS will have various flight-type hardware on hand and also expects
a radio contact with ISS.
To sign up contact Dave via e-mail: w8aas@xxxxx.xxx
[ANS thanks Dave Taylor, W8AAS for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-107.06
AMSAT France Disbands
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 107.06
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
April 17, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-107.06
Reports have been received that AMSAT France appears to have disbanded.
According to a notice published in France URC News on Monday April 11th,
21 leaders present at an Extraordinary General Assembly of AMSAT France
voted over the weekend of April 9th to dissolve the organization.
The actual vote is reported as 11 votes in favor of going out of business
and 10 in favor of continuing. A short news release gave no reason for
this decision. The original press release, in French is on line at:
http://tinyurl.com/3spvx6l.
[ANS thanks the URC News Site for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-107.07
Satellite Shorts From All Over
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 107.07
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
April 17, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-107.07
+ William Shatner narrates a look back at how the idea for the space
shuttle was born; it also details what needs to happen for a space
shuttle mission to take place. Watch the video at:
http://www.universetoday.com/84875/captain-kirk-and-the-space-shuttle/
+ NASA has a downloadable poster showing Fun Facts About the Space
Shuttle Orbiters posted at: http://tinyurl.com/6kblwea
+ Technical papers are solicited for presentation at the 30th Annual
ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference to be held September
16-18, 2011 in Baltimore, Maryland. These papers will also be pub-
lished in the Conference Proceedings (you do NOT need to attend the
conference to have your paper included in the Proceedings). The sub-
mission deadline is July 31, 2011. Please send papers to: Maty Weinberg,
ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111. You can make your submission
via e-mail to: maty@xxxx.xxx
+ Luis, LU6QI continues to report stretching the AO-7 footprint with a
DX contact with Bob, N3LL in SSB Mode B on April 5, 2011, covering a
distance of 6914.6 km. Luis also contacted Adrian ZF8/ZF2AE a few days
before, covering more than 6000 km. Luis wrote, "I am QRV for other
stations who would like to attempt a QSO either in SSB or CW. My grid
locator is FF66TQ. My mail is lu6quintas@xxxxx.xxxx.
+ Hams like science so you will be interested in learning some quick
facts about NASA's next-generation space telescope. NASA has created
a short video to show you just how literally "cool" the James Webb
Space Telescope really is. In a 4 minute video produced at NASA's
Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., astrophysicist Amber
Straughn takes you on a quick journey of facts and images to explain
what the Webb will tell us about the cosmos. Watch the video at:
http://tinyurl.com/3ze2ulq (Spacedaily.com)
+ The 2011 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting will be held Novem-
ber 4-6 at the Wyndham San Jose in San Jose, California. The AMSAT
Board meeting will be at the same hotel on Thursday and Friday Novem-
ber 3 - 4. A special hotel rate for attendees has been negotiated
that includes free WiFi, parking and airport shuttle.
[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors
to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits.
Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. And with that keep
in mind the ham who was the drummer in an orchestra. When he missed a
beat the conductor commented that players who cannot follow notes have
their instrument taken away and are given two sticks so they can be the
drummer. The drummer was heard mentioning that when you cannot play the
drums they take away one of the sticks and make you the conductor.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM
K9JKM at amsat dot org
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 19:35:14 -0700
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Heil Traveler and a Recorder
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <BANLkTinmw0EA41CmVhod+tMgM4Wa9z9HTg@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Hi Ted!
> Hi Zach, I have a Traveler but I recommend you try one before buying. It
> just does not do a real good job of staying put, at least on my big Polish
> head. I am looking for something with full ear cups to replace it. I like
> its PTT but I have not had any luck tying it to my FT 60 and a recorder.
> Patrick suggested a Rat Shack adaptor but I have not had a chance to try
> that yet: ?a Y adaptor ?PN: ?2102953.
The Y splitter would work for radios like the FT-8x7 types, where the
speaker audio is a separate pigtail from the mic jack on the cable for
the Traveler headset/mic. The Heil cables for the HTs have a solid
plug with the pin(s) for the radio speaker/mic jack(s). In the case of
the Kenwood HTs, it's a 2-pin plug. The splitter on the speaker jack
(along with an adapter to step down from that splitter's 1/8" or 3.5mm
jack to the 3/32" or 2.5mm speaker jack on the HT) won't work
without using some other sort of extension cable to bring the mic
jack away from the radio a few inches.
I only use my Traveler with either a pair of FT-817NDs or with one
FT-817ND along with a TH-F6A, normally for SSB work. I have the
Heil cables to work with the 2-pin speaker/mic jacks on Kenwood,
Icom, and Yaesu HTs, but have not tried the headset/mic with those
radios yet.
> I decided to just have the recorder in my pocket or nearby and that seems to
> pick up my side of the audio for further checking. When I'm real lazy at
> home, I have my TS-2000 and HRD record the pass and listen later.
As long as you're saying the other station's call during your QSOs,
this works well. You won't have the audio from the radio, unless you
are not using headphones/earphones on the receiver, but you get the
data needed for the logbook.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 22:45:43 -0400
From: Dave Taylor <dave.w8aas@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARISSAT-1 >> Why not launch it now?
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <81906E70-DCDD-4988-BE69-8DC7A71E18A4@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
Because it is not NASA's satellite. It is up to the Russians to
deploy, and their next scheduled EVA is in July.
-- Dave, W8AAS
On Apr 16, 2011, at 12:27 PM, AB9RN wrote:
> Curious why NASA is delaying such a long time to hand launch the
> satellite
> until July? I would think they would want to get it out of there and
> de-clutter the ISS. Given that it appears to be dead without a solar
> panel
> functioning, it seems like an obvious idea to me. Is there some
> reason why
> they can't schedule this sooner?
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 22:55:53 -0400
From: Dave Taylor <dave.w8aas@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Heil Traveler and a Recorder
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <087072F5-E44E-4B7A-91B4-D1929ADC50C6@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
Hi,
Olympus sells a Telephone Pickup (part TP7) that is a mic in an
earplug. This will fit in your ear under the headphone and record
everything being received. If you are operating duplex (as you can
with the TH-D7A), you'll record both sides of the conversation.
I don't know if this accessory will work with recorders other than
Olympus, but I suspect it will.
-- Dave, W8AAS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx
> On
> Behalf Of Zachary Beougher
> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 2:11 PM
> To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Heil Traveler and a Recorder
>
> Does anyone on this list have a Heil Traveler
> (http://rffun.com/catalog/mics/1348.html and
> http://rffun.com/catalog/mics/3838.jpg for the adapter to the TH-
> D7A) that
> they are using on their HT, and at the same time have a recorder
> hooked up?
> I am hoping to get the Traveler soon (not pleased with the audio the
> speaker
> mic is producing), but I don't know how to hook the recorder in
> line. I
> seem to recall a similar post pertaining to this subject about 2-3
> weeks
> ago, but after a brief search of the archives I could not find it.
>
> 73,
>
> Zack
> KD8KSN
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 22:53:05 -0700
From: KF1BUZ <kf1buz@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ground plane on
To: <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <009501cbfcc3$b9ba2ec0$2d2e8c40$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
A Copper Jpole, has this been tried?
Just thinking it might make my getting into the birds better.
Thanks
Dan
KF1BUZ
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:02:48 +1000
From: Andrew Rich <vk4tec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ground plane on
To: KF1BUZ <kf1buz@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "<AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>" <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <3B3F9890-9C40-4FFB-9101-B05922CFADE4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4v9wKMxRHQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Sent from my iPhone
Andrew Rich
On 17/04/2011, at 15:53, KF1BUZ <kf1buz@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> A Copper Jpole, has this been tried?
> Just thinking it might make my getting into the birds better.
>
> Thanks
> Dan
> KF1BUZ
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 02:47:09 -0400
From: "Armando Mercado" <am25544@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 - Battery Failure
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <51E58A87198B47EBA1E095FD6EA67E66@xxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
On 16 Apr 2011 10:47:57, John P. Toscano, W0JT wrote:
>Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 - Battery Failure
>One small consolation is that if the ISS crew can't get it working before
>tossing it into space, it could (possibly) be brought back to Earth on a
>future return trip to be diagnosed and repaired on the ground.
>But let's hope it is something simple to fix up on the ISS and that someone
>on the crew can take a little time to fix it.
>But I also understand that none of those 3 scenarios are guaranteed (easy
>to fix, time to fix it, or return it to Earth).
>John P. Toscano, W0JT
I can think of a somewhat darker scenario...
On April 14, 2011, Clint K6LCS posted:
>Message-ID: <B4798E98-0A8B-4B39-918C-F8EC70FFEE4D@xxx.xxx>
>Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII
>RadioSkaf's Alexander, RA3WOK, just wrote me that they do, indeed, suspect
battery failure of the ARISSat-1.
>Investigation and plans for deployment continue.
>"According to preliminary information the problem is a failure of the
battery ... "
>"In the near future, batteries will be on Earth. It cannot be kept on the
ISS."
>"The situation will improve in June and July, when scheduled launching of
ARISSat-1."
If the batteries cannot be kept on the ISS, there are three opportunities to
return them
(intact) to earth before the Russian EVA #29 now scheduled for July 27, 2011:
-On STS-134 returning to earth May 12(?), 2011
-On Soyuz TMA-20 returning to earth May 16, 2011
-On STS-135 returning to earth July 12, 2011
Someone will have to remove the battery from ARISSat, and place it on one
these vehicles...
assuming the time and down mass capacity to this can be found. Replacing
the battery
with another becomes the next issue. Is there a spare on board?
If that cannot be done then the option is to launch ARISSat as is and let it
run off the
solar panels.
If the desire is to get the battery off the ISS as quickly as possible, then
it goes on
the Progress M-09M, which is to be de-orbited April 26, 2011. If time
cannot be found
to remove the battery from ARISSat, then the simplest thing to do is to put
ARISSat,
battery and all, on the Progress and de-orbit it.
Of course, we could all be surprised and it could be deployed by the STS-134
crew,
but they are going to be plenty busy as it is.
This is just idle speculation on my part... It's a gloomy rain day in
Michigan. :-)
73 Armando, N8IGJ
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:26:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Patrick STODDARD \(WD9EWK/VA7EWK\)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] VK/WD9EWK in late May 2011
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <336450.70316.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Hi!
I've been asked by a few people recently if I am going to be at Dayton
next month. I've been there the past two years, but will not make it
this year. Maybe in 2012. As this year's Hamvention is starting, I
will be flying to Australia. I have never been there before, so this
should be a fun trip - even with the 16-hour flights over the Pacific.
My tentative travel plan is as follows:
19-21 May: two flights - Phoenix-Los Angeles, then Los Angeles-
Melbourne (arriving on 21 May)
21-24 May: Melbourne area
24-26 May: drive around the countryside away from Melbourne
26 May: return to Melbourne Airport in the early morning, then
fly up to Sydney
26-28 May: Sydney area
28 May: fly back to Melbourne in the late evening
29 May: two flights - Melbourne-Los Angeles, then Los Angeles-
Phoenix
While I am in Australia, I plan on doing some satellite operating in
FM and SSB as VK/WD9EWK. If asked, I will also operate as VK/VA7EWK.
Both callsigns are legal in Australia under the "class license" that
covers operating by foreign hams for short visits. I plan on making
the trip with a small station - TH-D72A HT for FM satellites and APRS,
one or both of my FT-817NDs for SSB/CW satellite work, and my TH-F6A HT
(backup radio for FM, plus its all-mode receiver could be used in place
of one FT-817ND). I may even try a little bit of HF operating with one
of my FT-817NDs that make up my all-mode satellite station. If time
permits, I hope to meet up with some of the Australian satellite hams
in and around Melbourne and possibly in Sydney (best chance for me in
Sydney would probably be the evening of 26 May).
As I have done on other trips in the past several months, I plan on
making use of APRS on my TH-D72A while traveling in Australia. My
APRS call will be WD9EWK-9, with VK/WD9EWK in a status field that is
included with each transmission.
I plan on confirming my QSOs in Australia with QSL cards and also
the LOTW system. I'll take care of getting Australian stamps for
international airmail, so I can get some QSL cards in exchange for
my cards.
I'll post more here on the -BB as the trip gets closer, and also on
the "amsatvk" list where I have already made some posts with my
plans. I am looking forward to this trip, something I have thought
about for many years. This will be my first trip to Australia, but
probably not my last trip. :-)
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 06:10:46 -0400
From: "Zachary Beougher" <zack.kd8ksn@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Heil Traveler and a Recorder
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <SNT111-DS137C5C4DB6A567DA998212B3AE0@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
Hi Patrick,
I think I am probably going to stay away from the traveler for now, only
because I really enjoy having the recordings available, and it doesn't sound
like I can do that with the traveler. I thought about splitting the audio,
and I will have to think that through some more before I do that. I did
that on one of my TH-G71As and the jack broke... :-( I have been using the
2.5mm jack on the bottom of the speaker mic so far, so I might look into a
better mic.
Thanks for the replies!
Zack
KD8KSN
-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 10:35 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Heil Traveler and a Recorder
Hi Ted!
> Hi Zach, I have a Traveler but I recommend you try one before buying. It
> just does not do a real good job of staying put, at least on my big Polish
> head. I am looking for something with full ear cups to replace it. I like
> its PTT but I have not had any luck tying it to my FT 60 and a recorder.
> Patrick suggested a Rat Shack adaptor but I have not had a chance to try
> that yet: a Y adaptor PN: 2102953.
The Y splitter would work for radios like the FT-8x7 types, where the
speaker audio is a separate pigtail from the mic jack on the cable for
the Traveler headset/mic. The Heil cables for the HTs have a solid
plug with the pin(s) for the radio speaker/mic jack(s). In the case of
the Kenwood HTs, it's a 2-pin plug. The splitter on the speaker jack
(along with an adapter to step down from that splitter's 1/8" or 3.5mm
jack to the 3/32" or 2.5mm speaker jack on the HT) won't work
without using some other sort of extension cable to bring the mic
jack away from the radio a few inches.
I only use my Traveler with either a pair of FT-817NDs or with one
FT-817ND along with a TH-F6A, normally for SSB work. I have the
Heil cables to work with the 2-pin speaker/mic jacks on Kenwood,
Icom, and Yaesu HTs, but have not tried the headset/mic with those
radios yet.
> I decided to just have the recorder in my pocket or nearby and that seems
> to
> pick up my side of the audio for further checking. When I'm real lazy at
> home, I have my TS-2000 and HRD record the pass and listen later.
As long as you're saying the other station's call during your QSOs,
this works well. You won't have the audio from the radio, unless you
are not using headphones/earphones on the receiver, but you get the
data needed for the logbook.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 06:12:32 -0400
From: "Zachary Beougher" <zack.kd8ksn@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Heil Traveler and a Recorder
To: "Dave Taylor" <dave.w8aas@xxxxxxx.xxx>, "AMSAT BB"
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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I will have to look into that - that definitely sounds like a possibility!
I am using an RCA recorder right now. It's not the best, but it has worked
so far.
Zack
KD8KSN
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Taylor
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 10:55 PM
To: AMSAT BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Heil Traveler and a Recorder
Hi,
Olympus sells a Telephone Pickup (part TP7) that is a mic in an
earplug. This will fit in your ear under the headphone and record
everything being received. If you are operating duplex (as you can
with the TH-D7A), you'll record both sides of the conversation.
I don't know if this accessory will work with recorders other than
Olympus, but I suspect it will.
-- Dave, W8AAS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx
> On
> Behalf Of Zachary Beougher
> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 2:11 PM
> To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Heil Traveler and a Recorder
>
> Does anyone on this list have a Heil Traveler
> (http://rffun.com/catalog/mics/1348.html and
> http://rffun.com/catalog/mics/3838.jpg for the adapter to the TH-
> D7A) that
> they are using on their HT, and at the same time have a recorder
> hooked up?
> I am hoping to get the Traveler soon (not pleased with the audio the
> speaker
> mic is producing), but I don't know how to hook the recorder in
> line. I
> seem to recall a similar post pertaining to this subject about 2-3
> weeks
> ago, but after a brief search of the archives I could not find it.
>
> 73,
>
> Zack
> KD8KSN
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 13:16:56 +0000
From: Alex <vk5alx@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] VK/WD9EWK in late May 2011
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Actually VK is the suffix so the call will be WD9EWK/VK
Cheers, enjoy your visit.
Alex / VK5ALX
> While I am in Australia, I plan on doing some satellite operating in
> FM and SSB as VK/WD9EWK. If asked, I will also operate as VK/VA7EWK.
> Both callsigns are legal in Australia under the "class license" that
> covers operating by foreign hams for short visits.
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:18:33 -0500
From: John Becker <w0jab@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: QSLs for KL7CN Caribbean DXpedition
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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At 05:59 PM 4/16/2011, you wrote:
>I have some bad news to report. The MP3 recorder I used to log the QSOs on
our recent Caribbean DXpedition was stolen last night .....
Sorry to hear about this. It is shacking I can tell you to be a victim
of a street robbery. Hope no one was hurt.
At the time of my street robbery I was also a card carrying member
of the St. Louis metro police dept and TONALLY helpless and unarmed.
John, W0JAB
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