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Today's Topics:
1. Re: AO-51 - Requiem (John Geiger)
2. Ben Stevenson, W2BXA (SK) (Rsoifer@xxx.xxxx
3. Corrected link (Rsoifer@xxx.xxxx
4. What need to know About Portugal (AMRAD)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 15:46:25 -0000
From: "John Geiger" <aa5jg@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 - Requiem
To: "Clint Bradford" <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>, "AMSAT BB"
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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And you can still use the FM equipment you bought on AO27, SO50, and SO67.
I spent less than $200 on my FM satellite setup this year. It consists of a
used Kenwood TM251A for $99, an Arrow antennas dualband J pole for $50, and
a 50 foot run of 9913 flex for $40. It is still working fine on the other 3
sats.
73s John AA5JG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clint Bradford" <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 3:26 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 - Requiem
>>> ... because since 2004 when AO-51 was operational a lot of Hams invested
>>> a lot of money to buy FM
> hand held equipments, Arrow antennas and ELK antennas to work ...
>
> Huh? 2004 was the year the Yaesu FT-60R was released. For under $200. The
> Kenwood TH-D7 was
> available - always a battery hog, but expensive due to its TNC/APRS
> capabilities.
>
> To say that we blew our collective wads on "hand held equipment" for
> working FM birds doesn't make
> sense to me. And I was working at the US' largest ham radio equipment
> dealer then: that phenomenon
> did not occur.
>
>>> ... if AO-51 will be in trouble for a long time and if a similar
>>> satellite will
> not replace it than a lot of money all around the world has been invested
> in FM equipment for very small ...
>
> The equipment purchased to work the FM sats covers the two most popular
> voice bands in the
> US, if not the planet. There's no "handheld equipment" that is exclusively
> made for sat work.
>
>>> ... The situation for the linear satellite users is very bad as well
>>> because
> HO-68 was only activated for a limited numbar of orbits ...
>
> I do not understand why some folks are so hot for '68. Its primary mission
> was never going to
> be "amateur radio." It is run by the Chinese, who could really care less
> about what we would like
> to see happen with it. (Sorry, my wife has been to Tibet three times in
> the past five years, and
> has some really illustrative stories on how obscenely the Chinese treat
> some very peaceful people.)
> The Chinese projects have little or no interest for me.
>
>>> ... I don't have any information about the Fox project ...
>
> Right at the top of the AMSAT-org Web site you will find ...
>
> http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/fox/
>
>>> ... I wanted a HEO so bad!
>
> When I win the lottery, we'll have a geo-synchronous bird above North
> America ...
>
> Clint, K6LCS
>
>
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 12:56:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Rsoifer@xxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Ben Stevenson, W2BXA (SK)
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: pat.gowen@xxxxxxxx.xxxx cdxc@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
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Sadly, ARRL reports that Ben Stevenson, W2BXA, has passed away. He was 97
and active on the air almost until the end. See
_http://www.arrl.org/news/noted-dxer-ben-stevenson-w2bxa-sk_
(http://www.arrl.org/news/noted-dxer-ben-stevenson-w2bxa-sk)
In addition to the many achievements listed in the article, Ben and I made
the first-ever two-way contact by satellite-to-satellite relay in any radio
service, using AO-7 and AO-6 in 1975.
Ben was a good friend for nearly 40 years. I'll miss him.
73 Ray W2RS
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 13:02:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: Rsoifer@xxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Corrected link
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: pat.gowen@xxxxxxxx.xxxx CDXC@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
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_Click here: Noted DXer Ben Stevenson, W2BXA (SK)_
(http://www.arrl.org/news/noted-dxer-ben-stevenson-w2bxa-sk)
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 18:41:41 +0100
From: "AMRAD" <amrad@xxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] What need to know About Portugal
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV1Sez9uIRA
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