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Today's Topics:
1. FO-29 and help with translation (Andrew Glasbrenner)
2. Re: KickSat - a personal spacecraft of your own in space (i8cvs)
3. Re: Prospero (Trevor .)
4. cards from XE3DX went in the US mail today...
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
5. Re: Prospero (John Wright)
6. Short Oscar Locator Video (Thomas Doyle)
7. Re: FO-29 and help with translation (Rodney Waln)
8. Re: FO-29 and help with translation (Joseph Armbruster)
9. NASA delay in Aubiesat-1 Launch: Now delayed until 28 October
(John Klingelhoeffer)
10. SO-50 over DM04 at 0400 UTC (Bryan Herbert)
11. Re: Prospero (Trevor .)
12. ELaNa III Cubesat Launch October 28 (Trevor .)
13. FO-29 status now (Mineo Wakita)
14. GO-32 (Rick Elverum)
15. Out of the Office (Martha)
16. Re: GO-32 (Mark L. Hammond)
17. AMSAT Symposium November 4-6 at San Jose, CA (Barry A. Baines)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:07:51 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
From: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FO-29 and help with translation
Message-ID:
<15804887.1319051272274.JavaMail.root@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Google doesn't do well translating Japanese. Do we have a Japanese speaker
who could look at http://blog.goo.ne.jp/fo-29 and give us an update on the
recovery prognosis?
73, Drew KO4MA
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:03:54 +0200
From: "i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs@xxx.xx>
To: "William Leijenaar" <pe1rah@xxxxx.xxx>, "Amsat - BBs"
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: KickSat - a personal spacecraft of your own in
space
Message-ID: <008801cc8e9a$3b176b00$0401a8c0@xxxxxx>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "William Leijenaar" <pe1rah@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 11:04 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: KickSat - a personal spacecraft of your own in space
< snip>
> Every real AMSAT ham still knows about the AO10, AO13, AO40, FO20/29...
> even after they stopped working. I wonder how many will remember all those
> Cubes...
> 73 de PE1RAH
> William Leijenaar
>
Hi William, PE1RAH
I do remember that when OSCAR-10, OSCAR-13 and AO40 were
alive and well this net on AMSAT-BB was full of technical messages
from W3IWI now K3IO ,G3RUH, G3WDG, ZL1AOX, VK5AGR
and many others from wich it was possible to lern on radio technique
particularly in the field of RF and antennas as you can realize reading
the old AMSAT-BB messages from 1998 all available into the
AMSAT-BB Archives at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/index.html
By the way actually with the prolification of Microsats,Nanosats and so on
the above fellows seems to be not interested on satellite discussions and
they abandoned the net because actually you can work an FM LEO with
an HT and arrow antenna and so you do not need to be technical to do that.
You are correct when you writes:
> Now everything is scattered into small satellites (mostly CubeSat) and the
> big satellites that can unite the international AMSAT community are pushed
> backwards into the big crowd.
And you are also correct writing:
> I would more like to see that people get interrested in the technology and
> try to get there ham license because of interrest in technology.
I believe that the satellite community will increase again the know how
in RF technology only when P3E will be in orbit thanks to AMSAT-DL
efforts and only when P3E will be operational AMSAT will then turn
back to quality and everyone will forget all those Cubes...
In the mean time waiting for the future with P3E since I like to talk with
a satellite fellow more than for 5 seconds I only work the linear VO-52
thanks to your great job in cooperation with AMSAT India and ISRO.
Best 73" de
i8CVS Domenico
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:00:34 +0100 (BST)
From: "Trevor ." <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Prospero
Message-ID:
<1319058034.31321.YahooMailClassic@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
See also Prospero real-time oribtal tracking page
http://www.vk3ukf.com/Space/GadgetSatProspero.htm
Audio recordings of the 0.3 watt phase modulated signal with 2048 bit/s PCM
from Prospero on 137.560 MHz can be heard on the Sounds from Space site of
Matthias Bopp DD1US http://www.dd1us.de/spacesounds%204.html
73 Trevor M5AKA
A free sample of the AMSAT-UK newsletter is available at
http://www.uk.amsat.org/on_193_final.pdf
Join AMSAT-UK at http://tinyurl.com/JoinAMSAT-UK/
--- On Wed, 19/10/11, PE0SAT <pe0sat@xxxxx.xx> wrote:
> Nice !
>
> I am not in the UK but would like listen for this old
> bird.
>
> I found the following TLE on space-track
>
> PROSPERO (BLACK ARROW)
> 1 05580U 71093A???11291.61144574 +.00002376
> +00000-0 +56163-3 0 09176
> 2 05580 082.0410 258.8711 0544021 299.6964 055.1125
> 13.90307377003077
>
> What download freq and modulation can we listen for?
>
> 73 Jan PE0SAT
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:14:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Patrick STODDARD \(WD9EWK/VA7EWK\)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] cards from XE3DX went in the US mail today...
Message-ID:
<1319058857.13362.YahooMailClassic@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Hi!
I received a pouch from David XE3DX with at least 20 stamped envelopes
addressed to hams in the USA and Canada today. All of these envelopes
were dropped in the box at my post office as soon as I opened the pouch,
and should be leaving the Phoenix area tonight. Not all of those were
for satellite hams, but I recognized the names/calls on some of the
envelopes - K8YSE, WA4NVM, ND9M, N8MH, and K4MOA among them. I also
had some loose cards for K5OE and a couple of other hams, which I will
mail tomorrow.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:01:40 +0100
From: John Wright <ham@xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Prospero
Message-ID: <0MB19w-1ROONs1X2i-00A5s3@xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
At 14:29 19/10/2011, you wrote:
>Some of you may have heard that a team in the UK are trying to
>re-contact and old British launched satellite for the anniversary of
>its launch (28th October 1971).
>
>We've been given a licence to transmit and will be testing our
>re-engineered ground-segment in the next fortnight. The passes we
>are going to concentrate on will be as far out west as possible, as
>to minimise QRM from Europe. Earth is a lot more EM noisy than it was in
1971.
>
>If anyone in the UK wants to try and tune in to the downlink, you
>can help ID any response we get from the old bird. The passes are
>summarised here:
The Prospero Satellite was featured in a BBC program called "Coast"
It was in the program BBC.Coast Series 2 Episode 1 Dover to Isle of White.
It shows an attempt to receive the signals, which appeared to be
successful, showing the frequencies on the AR2000 ( I think) RX.
I have that episode, and have extracted the section that deals with
it, you can get it ( 9.5Mb .avi) at
http://www.taghill.co.uk/dmf/files/prospero.avi
The entire program also deals with the research into the propellants,
and the launch from Australia, but is far to big to upload!
Let me know if this was useful...
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:18:43 -0500
From: Thomas Doyle <tomdoyle1948@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Short Oscar Locator Video
Message-ID:
<CAHnRQR+jiRjKPP4kCsov6ya7bK-S73r7tm8Cgejmv8CTXtKn_A@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Here is a very short (< 2 min) video demonstrating the difference between
standard tracking program graphical displays and the bright and beautiful
Oscar Locator from the 80's. I actually find it easier to visualize what is
happening with the Oscar Locator. Apologies to anyone living south of - 30
degrees latitude.
I am very interested in getting a copy of any other vintage tracking maps
anyone might be willing to share.
Be sure to select 480p and full screen to fully appreciate the beauty of the
Oscar Locator.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0QF6UNWWzU
73 W9KE tom ...
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:47:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rodney Waln <kc0zhf@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FO-29 and help with translation
Message-ID:
<1319068047.91859.YahooMailNeo@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
?
FO-29 analog repeater stop
2011-10- 313: 12: 14 | Weblog
?The analog repeater of FO-29 has stopped.According to the information from
JA1CPA 9/2904: That with pass of 59 (UTC) it was operational, it is thing.
?Because shade ratio exceeded 27%, the thing and the consideration where UVC
operates it is done.Transmitting the command of analog transmitter on with
pass of the duration of sunshine of 8 day - 10 days, it is the schedule
which does functional confirmatory test.
?
is this what you were looking for?
hope this helps
kc0zhf
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:15:46 -0400
From: Joseph Armbruster <josepharmbruster@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FO-29 and help with translation
Message-ID:
<CADkz4c88KFvMtOV3L0RH2sedtZuYMGfZ3724M+KZVP8aG3xfUA@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Had a friend of mine translate, here tis:
8th Oct
It said PC's command equipment component list has a problem.
Operation will be stopped on 8th 9th 10th.
4th Oct
Alma? telescope finally opened it eyes.
started first scientific observation.
4th Oct
Attention
1 consider the time lag
2 when the sender became on with first pass, later pass will not send the
command.
3 operation status will be updated in twitter
3rd Oct
Fo 29 analog repeater is stooped. According to JA1CPA 9/29 04:59 the pass
was working
Probably, because shadow cover rate surpass 27%, and UVC acted, We will
send sender on command for functioning test by day time pass on 8-10 Oct.
3rd Oct
There is going to the tour at Kyoto University on Oct 15th.
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Andrew Glasbrenner <
glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Google doesn't do well translating Japanese. Do we have a Japanese speaker
> who could look at http://blog.goo.ne.jp/fo-29 and give us an update on the
> recovery prognosis?
>
> 73, Drew KO4MA
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:33:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: John Klingelhoeffer <wb4lnm@xxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] NASA delay in Aubiesat-1 Launch: Now delayed until
28 October
Message-ID: <8CE5CF89432D33B-1198-CA30@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT Oct. 19, 2011
Spacecraft: NPP (NPOESS Preparatory Project) Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7920
Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Launch Date: Oct. 28, 2011
Launch Window: 2:48:01 a.m. - 2:57:11 a.m. PDT (9 min., 10 sec.) Orbital
Altitude: 512 miles
The launch of the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft aboard a
United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base has
been retargeted for Friday, Oct. 28. The postponement for at least 24 hours
will allow time to complete the necessary engineering review before the
payload fairing is installed around the spacecraft.
Note: This is the LV for AubieSat-1 and 4 other microsatellites
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:34:36 -0700
From: Bryan Herbert <ke6zgp@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] SO-50 over DM04 at 0400 UTC
Message-ID: <4E9FA4DC.4090500@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
I saw SO-50 was doing a pass tonight with a max elevation of 71 degrees
and decided to give it a shot. Unfortunately I was in an area surrounded
by buildings and only had a couple of minutes of clear audio but still
managed to get in on my HT and whip, I would like to say thanks to the
ham that returned my call, unfortunately it was at the end of my window
and the only part of your call I could copy was NVF in DM04. On the next
decent pass I'll be sure to be out in a wide open area like I usually am.
Thanks again and 73,
Bryan, KE6ZGP
--
Bryan Herbert - KE6ZGP
Newhall, CA. DM04RJ USA
http://bryanherbert.com
http://twitter.com/ke6zgp
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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:05:15 +0100 (BST)
From: "Trevor ." <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Prospero
Message-ID:
<1319097915.86669.YahooMailClassic@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
I've just received an email from Roger clarifying that Amateurs and
listeners outside the UK are welcome to listen for the Prospero signals.
To minimize interference they only plan to have the 137.560 MHz downlink
active when in range of the UK but I believe the footprint may also cover
Western Europe and East Coast USA and Canada.
Test Passes
https://public.sheet.zoho.com/public/rjaduthie/prospero-passes-in-the-next-for
tnight
Prospero real-time oribtal tracking page
http://www.vk3ukf.com/Space/GadgetSatProspero.htm
AMSAT-UK: http://www.uk.amsat.org/
73 Trevor M5AKA
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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:21:58 +0100 (BST)
From: "Trevor ." <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] ELaNa III Cubesat Launch October 28
Message-ID:
<1319106118.49766.YahooMailClassic@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
The following info from the Cubesat reflector:
The ELaNa III Cubesats being launched are listed below:
Satellite: AubieSat-1
Downlink Freq: 437.475 MHz
EIRP: .708W
Modulation Scheme: Interrupted Continuous Wave (IWC)
Protocol: Morse Code
Baud Rate: 20wpm
Satellite: DICE
Downlink Freq: 465 MHz
EIRP: -4.51dBW
Modulation Scheme: OQPSK
Protocol: CCSDS
Baud Rate: Modulation data rate 1.5 megabit, Actual Tx bit rate 3.0 megabit
Satellite: RAX-2
Downlink Freq: 437.345 MHz
Modulation Scheme: GMSK
Baud Rate: 9600
Satellite: M-Cubed (1)
Downlink Freq: 437.485MHz
EIRP: < 1W
Modulation Scheme: FSK
Protocol: AX.25
Baud Rate: 9600
Satellite: Explorer-1[PRIME] Flight Unit 2
Downlink Freq: 437.505 MHz
EIRP: -0.7dBW
Modulation Scheme: Non-Coherent FSK
Protocol: KISS Custom
Baud Rate: 1200
Additional spacecraft information can be found on the satellite websites
listed below:
M-Cubed:
http://umcubed.org/
DICE:
http://www.sdl.usu.edu/programs/dice
Explorer-1[PRIME]
http://ssel.montana.edu/e1p/
RAX-2:
http://rax.engin.umich.edu/
AubieSat-1:
http://space.auburn.edu/
73 Trevor M5AKA
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Message: 13
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:37:25 +0900
From: "Mineo Wakita" <ei7m-wkt@xxxxxxxxx.xx.xx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FO-29 status now
Message-ID: <000301cc8f14$4505fd00$0300a8c0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-2022-jp";
reply-type=original
The repair work of FO-29 is postponed now, because the personal
computer of the control station to send a command breaks down.
The control station performs work to repair it hard every day.
JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita
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Message: 14
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 05:07:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rick Elverum <builderick2004@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: KB0VBZ@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] GO-32
Message-ID:
<1319112459.26089.YahooMailClassic@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
I heard GO-32 today
Using 9.6 k
In kiss mode
NTechSat-V4.2? @xxx ?`
KB0VBZ IN COLORADO
DM69
Rick
I
P.O.Box 784 Idaho Springs
Colorado 80452
?
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Message: 15
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:55:54 -0400
From: Martha <martha@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, Board of Directors <bod@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Out of the Office
Message-ID:
<CAPk0USwaJLW79f9cL32W+MAEZvdSwnFLEY_s+WokAWk85yWf4A@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
I will be out of the office on Friday, October 21st. Back on Monday.
--
73- Martha
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Message: 16
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:38:02 -0400
From: "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Rick Elverum <builderick2004@xxxxx.xxx>, "amsat-bb"
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: GO-32
Message-ID: <n5e31h0084ltuWb055e3KL@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Hi Rick,
Well good deal. I haven't tried to copy it for ages. What was the frequency?
You might know, but there is decoding software written by Mike DK3WN. If
you have a KISS file, you can process it with his code. (He also has KISS
mode software...)
http://www.dk3wn.info/software.shtml
73,
Mark N8MH
At 05:07 AM 10/20/2011 -0700, you wrote:
>I heard GO-32 today Using 9.6 k In kiss mode NTechSat-V4.2?? @xxxx ?`
KB0VBZ IN COLORADO DM69 Rick I P.O.Box 784 Idaho Springs Colorado 80452 ?
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Message: 17
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:21:23 -0400
From: "Barry A. Baines" <bbaines@xxx.xxx>
To: Amsat BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: Alan Bowker <abowker@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Symposium November 4-6 at San Jose, CA
Message-ID: <3AAA4D8E-E747-434D-8BC5-7CAE72EC570C@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII
Time is quickly approaching for the upcoming AMSAT Symposium to be held
November 4-6. This year's Symposium marks the 50th anniversary of the
launch of the first amateur radio satellite into space. The Symposium is
being held in San Jose, CA which is the home of Project OSCAR, the
organization that built amateur radio's first satellite. As part of our
commemoration, the ARRL is bringing an OSCAR 1 prototype which has been
refurbished to help highlight this significant milestone. Our banquet
speaker, Lance Ginner, K6GSJ was a member of the team that built OSCAR 1;
he subsequently was involved with a number of follow-on amateur radio
satellite projects. Lance's presentation promises to be a fascinating look
at the early days of amateur radio in space as well as perhaps some lessons
learned.
Along with recognizing this significant milestone, the Symposium is an
excellent opportunity to learn about the success of ARISSat-1 as well as
AMSAT's latest project, Fox and the steps that we're taking to continue to
keep amateur radio in space. There are some excellent presentations
scheduled that will cover the gamut from satellite engineering to satellite
operations to education outreach. This year's "Proceedings of the AMSAT-NA
Space Symposium and Annual Meeting", which is provided to every Symposium
attendee contains 21 papers and is over 250 pages in length. While not all
papers will be presented, there are also several presentations scheduled to
be presented where the material was not finished in time for publication.
Along with the outstanding materials presented, Symposium offers a great
opportunity to meet the AMSAT leadership (the Board of Directors members as
well as Senior Officers), other satellite enthusiasts, and interact with our
volunteers who are involved with our engineering projects. Symposium is both
a presentation/educational opportunity as well as a social event.
If you haven't yet registered for this year's Symposium, please consider
joining us. Details on the Symposium and registering can be found at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2011/index.php Please note that
deadline for taking advantage of the block or rooms that AMSAT has reserved
expires on October 24, so time is indeed running out for making your
arrangements. The last time that AMSAT held a Symposium in California was
in 2006; this may be the best chance for AMSAT members and others living on
the West Coast to participate in a Symposium and have direct interaction
with the AMSAT leadership for some time. Hopefully, those of you living in
the Bay Area will take full advantage of this opportunity. Alan Bowker,
WA6DNR and his team have done a great job preparing for an outstanding
weekend in San Jose.
See ya in San Jose!
Barry Baines, WD4ASW
President-AMSAT
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