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Today's Topics:
1. Kansas City Tracker (Al Ozias)
2. Re: Kansas City Tracker (Robert McGwier)
3. Re: Kansas City Tracker (Tim Cunningham)
4. Re: Kansas City Tracker (Robert McGwier)
5. Re: Some Elmering requested for uplinking to ARISSAT-1
(Burns Fisher)
6. Re: Kansas City Tracker (Edward R. Cole)
7. Re: Kansas City Tracker (jeff kb2m)
8. Mast-mounted preamp recommendation? (James Cutler)
9. Re: Mast-mounted preamp recommendation? (Stan, W1LE)
10. Re: Kansas City Tracker (Greg D.)
11. Re: Mast-mounted preamp recommendation? (Stefan Wagener)
12. Re: Mast-mounted preamp recommendation? (i8cvs)
13. This is how Aubiesat-1 sound like (CW) (PA3GUO)
14. Re: Mast-mounted preamp recommendation? (Hector Luis Martinez Sis)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 13:09:26 -0700
From: "Al Ozias" <alozias@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Kansas City Tracker
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Surplus KCT
I have at my QTH a Kansas City Tracker board with a printed manual and a
copy of the KCT.ZIP file. The owner of the board, George-WA5KBH, would like
to find it a home. To acquire it contact me (Al-N7EQF) directly by email.
The cost of acquiring the item is to pay for the shipping cost (flat rate
priority mail envelope), commit a donation to AMSAT and promise not to ask
me any questions concerning how to install, configure, or operate it (I do
not know). The board is un-tested and may or may not work, no known reason
to suspect it's condition.
Thanks - Al - N7EQF
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 16:35:33 -0400
From: Robert McGwier <rwmcgwier@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Al Ozias <alozias@xxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Kansas City Tracker
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Since it has been a while since these have been up on the list, I want to
remind folks that this requires an early early early generation slot,
called an ISA slot. The drivers for the card are STRICTLY DOS 6.2 and
earlier interrupt handlers and are zero likely to work on a modern windows
machine.
If you have an old machine with ISA slots, running DOS, this board was one
of the engineering marvels of its time and should still work beautifully on
Yaesu rotators today. You will need Quiktrak or IT to run it (again, DOS
computer programs).
Bob
N4HY
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Al Ozias <alozias@xxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Surplus KCT
>
>
>
> I have at my QTH a Kansas City Tracker board with a printed manual and a
> copy of the KCT.ZIP file. The owner of the board, George-WA5KBH, would
> like to find it a home. To acquire it contact me (Al-N7EQF) directly by
> email. The cost of acquiring the item is to pay for the shipping cost
> (flat rate priority mail envelope), commit a donation to AMSAT and promise
> not to ask me any questions concerning how to install, configure, or
> operate it (I do not know). The board is un-tested and may or may not
> work, no known reason to suspect it's condition.
>
>
>
> Thanks - Al - N7EQF
>
> ______________________________**_________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx. Opinions expressed are those of the author.
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 16:58:23 -0500
From: "Tim Cunningham" <tim_cunningham@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Kansas City Tracker
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WISP is another Windows program that controlled the Kansas City Tracker ISA
based card very nicely, if you want to use it in a Windows 95/98
environment.
Tim - N8DEU
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert McGwier" <rwmcgwier@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "Al Ozias" <alozias@xxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 3:35 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Kansas City Tracker
> Since it has been a while since these have been up on the list, I want to
> remind folks that this requires an early early early generation slot,
> called an ISA slot. The drivers for the card are STRICTLY DOS 6.2 and
> earlier interrupt handlers and are zero likely to work on a modern windows
> machine.
>
> If you have an old machine with ISA slots, running DOS, this board was
> one
> of the engineering marvels of its time and should still work beautifully
> on
> Yaesu rotators today. You will need Quiktrak or IT to run it (again, DOS
> computer programs).
>
> Bob
> N4HY
>
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Al Ozias <alozias@xxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
>> Surplus KCT
>>
>>
>>
>> I have at my QTH a Kansas City Tracker board with a printed manual and a
>> copy of the KCT.ZIP file. The owner of the board, George-WA5KBH, would
>> like to find it a home. To acquire it contact me (Al-N7EQF) directly by
>> email. The cost of acquiring the item is to pay for the shipping cost
>> (flat rate priority mail envelope), commit a donation to AMSAT and
>> promise
>> not to ask me any questions concerning how to install, configure, or
>> operate it (I do not know). The board is un-tested and may or may not
>> work, no known reason to suspect it's condition.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks - Al - N7EQF
>>
>> ______________________________**_________________
>> 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!
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>>
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>>
>
>
>
> --
> Bob McGwier
> Facebook: N4HYBob
> ARS: N4HY
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 18:26:34 -0400
From: Robert McGwier <rwmcgwier@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Tim Cunningham <n8deu@xxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Kansas City Tracker
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You are right! Senior moment!
On Nov 3, 2011 6:13 PM, "Tim Cunningham" <tim_cunningham@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> WISP is another Windows program that controlled the Kansas City Tracker
> ISA based card very nicely, if you want to use it in a Windows 95/98
> environment.
>
> Tim - N8DEU
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert McGwier" <rwmcgwier@xxxxx.xxx>
> To: "Al Ozias" <alozias@xxxxxx.xxx>
> Cc: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 3:35 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Kansas City Tracker
>
>
> Since it has been a while since these have been up on the list, I want to
>> remind folks that this requires an early early early generation slot,
>> called an ISA slot. The drivers for the card are STRICTLY DOS 6.2 and
>> earlier interrupt handlers and are zero likely to work on a modern windows
>> machine.
>>
>> If you have an old machine with ISA slots, running DOS, this board was
>> one
>> of the engineering marvels of its time and should still work beautifully
>> on
>> Yaesu rotators today. You will need Quiktrak or IT to run it (again, DOS
>> computer programs).
>>
>> Bob
>> N4HY
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Al Ozias <alozias@xxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>>
>> Surplus KCT
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have at my QTH a Kansas City Tracker board with a printed manual and a
>>> copy of the KCT.ZIP file. The owner of the board, George-WA5KBH, would
>>> like to find it a home. To acquire it contact me (Al-N7EQF) directly by
>>> email. The cost of acquiring the item is to pay for the shipping cost
>>> (flat rate priority mail envelope), commit a donation to AMSAT and
>>> promise
>>> not to ask me any questions concerning how to install, configure, or
>>> operate it (I do not know). The board is un-tested and may or may not
>>> work, no known reason to suspect it's condition.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks - Al - N7EQF
>>>
>>> ______________________________****_________________
>>> 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!
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>>>
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nfo/amsat-bb>
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Bob McGwier
>> Facebook: N4HYBob
>> ARS: N4HY
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>
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 19:03:53 -0400
From: Burns Fisher <burns@xxxxxx.xx>
To: David Palmer KB5WIA <kb5wia@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Some Elmering requested for uplinking to
ARISSAT-1
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Thanks Dave and everyone else who responded, both personally and on the
board. To comment on a couple of comments: I certainly expect to hook up
computer control of the doppler comp etc, but was trying to do it manually
at first just to understand better. Re my problems inside: The shingles
on the house are pretty new so are not embedded with guck. However, I
expected them to be pretty neutral. Not so. But anyway, I've given up
having antennas in my attic, and I'm outside now exclusively. Re power,
using CW to match up. Ok, I'll try my full power out, and CW. Thanks for
the ideas. Re other sats, beam, etc: Good ideas for sure; I wanted to
eliminate variables, and since I can't mess up pointing with an omni, and I
have received ARRISat easily, I figured ARRISat involved the fewest
variables. But I'll try the other stuff too.
Thanks again to everyone! I'll let you know how I make out. In the
meantime, I'd like to hear from anyone who has been successful with an omni
or Lindenblad with 50W uplink.
Burns, W2BFJ
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 6:49 PM, David Palmer KB5WIA <kb5wia@xxxxx.xxx>wrote:
> Hi Burns,
>
> My 2 cents -- sounds like things are mostly okay (your recieving setup
> is obviously good if you can hear others in the transponder passband).
> The big factor that I can see is lack of gain on the uplink. I've
> successfully gotten into ARISSAT with my 5W QRP radio, but that's
> using a 13 dBd gain yagi. In theory the ERP of your 25W uplink isn't
> too far below that, so it would be worthwhile trying the 50W to see if
> that helps. That or switch to an antenna outside with some gain...
>
> Other factors to consider are sometimes the sats transponder is off
> (so even if everything at your end is okay you won't hear your own
> signal, nor anyone elses). And the return signal varies greatly from
> pass to pass, depending (I think) on the relative orientation of the
> antenna stub.
>
> Also be sure to try finding yourself on CW first .... SSB is often
> very difficult to copy on ARISSAT, much easier to start with CW and
> once you've found yourself switch over.
>
> 73! de Dave KB5WIA
>
> > Can someone comment on my method, both in terms of technical goodness and
> > good operating practice? A couple specific questions: 1) Xmitting in
> the
> > middle of the passband and just scanning, I should be able to at least
> > briefly find myself without messing with doppler, right? I was planning
> to
> > lock the receive and transmit frequencies (constant sum) once I found
> > myself and follow the doppler by hand, but I never got to that step. 2)
> > I'm right that the sidebands are inverted from receive to xmit, right? I
> > think I would hear something even if that was wrong. 3) Finally, what
> > about power? How much have you required for success on ARRISAT? I was
> > running around 25W. I could boost up to as high as 50, but I can only
> > diddle so many knobs in 5 or 10 minutes :-) 3) I know a beam would be
> > better, but trying to reduce variables, and pointing is one of them.
> > Besides, I'm inside in my shack! But has anyone successfully uplinked
> with
> > an omni/circular? I can always remove the parasitic elements and end up
> > with a center-fed dipole to remove the circularity. (Not sure how that
> > would affect the impedance match...)
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Burns, W2BFJ
>
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:17:18 -0800
From: "Edward R. Cole" <kl7uw@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: Robert McGwier <rwmcgwier@xxxxx.xxx>, Al Ozias
<alozias@xxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Kansas City Tracker
Message-ID: <201111032317.pA3NHIqQ036521@xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
I have my original PacardBell P100 desktop with win95 which has been
gathering dust on a shelf. It has ISA slots and parallel port which
would probably be ideal for running KC Tracker. I offer it for sale
for $50-OBO (as-is with keyboard and mouse but no monitor) plus
shipping (best to go parcel-post from my zip 99635).
I kept it since these old machines have little or no residual value
in case I wanted to run some old legacy sw. But I also have a IBM
P90 Thinkpad with win95 for this purpose (I also use it for packet
and a DOS cw keyboard program).
73, Ed - KL7UW
At 12:35 PM 11/3/2011, Robert McGwier wrote:
>Since it has been a while since these have been up on the list, I want to
>remind folks that this requires an early early early generation slot,
>called an ISA slot. The drivers for the card are STRICTLY DOS 6.2 and
>earlier interrupt handlers and are zero likely to work on a modern windows
>machine.
>
>If you have an old machine with ISA slots, running DOS, this board was one
>of the engineering marvels of its time and should still work beautifully on
>Yaesu rotators today. You will need Quiktrak or IT to run it (again, DOS
>computer programs).
>
>Bob
>N4HY
>
>On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Al Ozias <alozias@xxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> > Surplus KCT
> >
> >
> >
> > I have at my QTH a Kansas City Tracker board with a printed manual and a
> > copy of the KCT.ZIP file. The owner of the board, George-WA5KBH, would
> > like to find it a home. To acquire it contact me (Al-N7EQF) directly by
> > email. The cost of acquiring the item is to pay for the shipping cost
> > (flat rate priority mail envelope), commit a donation to AMSAT and promise
> > not to ask me any questions concerning how to install, configure, or
> > operate it (I do not know). The board is un-tested and may or may not
> > work, no known reason to suspect it's condition.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks - Al - N7EQF
> >
> > ______________________________**_________________
> > 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!
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> >
>
>
>
>--
>Bob McGwier
>Facebook: N4HYBob
>ARS: N4HY
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 19:55:32 -0400
From: "jeff kb2m" <kb2m@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "'Robert McGwier'" <rwmcgwier@xxxxx.xxx>, "'Tim Cunningham'"
<n8deu@xxx.xxx>
Cc: 'AMSAT-BB' <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Kansas City Tracker
Message-ID: <007201cc9a84$12ba6db0$382f4910$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
I still use my KCT card with SatPS32 under windows XP. I bought an updated
ISA slot motherboard for somewhat more then I would of paid for a comparable
performance Mobo for the same money. That was about 3 years ago. All is
still working well. I tried to upgrade to Win7 a year ago but gave up
because of some other issues I don't quite remember other than the KCT. This
is my oldest computer I now own, but still works well running APRS with WX,
and to track sats with...
73 Jeff kb2m
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Robert McGwier
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 6:27 PM
To: Tim Cunningham
Cc: AMSAT-BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Kansas City Tracker
You are right! Senior moment!
On Nov 3, 2011 6:13 PM, "Tim Cunningham" <tim_cunningham@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> WISP is another Windows program that controlled the Kansas City Tracker
> ISA based card very nicely, if you want to use it in a Windows 95/98
> environment.
>
> Tim - N8DEU
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert McGwier" <rwmcgwier@xxxxx.xxx>
> To: "Al Ozias" <alozias@xxxxxx.xxx>
> Cc: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 3:35 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Kansas City Tracker
>
>
> Since it has been a while since these have been up on the list, I want to
>> remind folks that this requires an early early early generation slot,
>> called an ISA slot. The drivers for the card are STRICTLY DOS 6.2 and
>> earlier interrupt handlers and are zero likely to work on a modern
windows
>> machine.
>>
>> If you have an old machine with ISA slots, running DOS, this board was
>> one
>> of the engineering marvels of its time and should still work beautifully
>> on
>> Yaesu rotators today. You will need Quiktrak or IT to run it (again, DOS
>> computer programs).
>>
>> Bob
>> N4HY
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Al Ozias <alozias@xxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>>
>> Surplus KCT
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have at my QTH a Kansas City Tracker board with a printed manual and a
>>> copy of the KCT.ZIP file. The owner of the board, George-WA5KBH, would
>>> like to find it a home. To acquire it contact me (Al-N7EQF) directly by
>>> email. The cost of acquiring the item is to pay for the shipping cost
>>> (flat rate priority mail envelope), commit a donation to AMSAT and
>>> promise
>>> not to ask me any questions concerning how to install, configure, or
>>> operate it (I do not know). The board is un-tested and may or may not
>>> work, no known reason to suspect it's condition.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks - Al - N7EQF
>>>
>>> ______________________________****_________________
>>> 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!
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>>>
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tinfo/amsat-bb>
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Bob McGwier
>> Facebook: N4HYBob
>> ARS: N4HY
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>
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 21:18:07 -0400
From: James Cutler <jwcutler@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Mast-mounted preamp recommendation?
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All,
Does anyone have any recommendations on high quality mast-mounted preamps
for UHF? We're using the Icom AG-35 and not happy with the noise figure.
We're going to try an adjustment described here
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6116.
We are looking at the amps from ARR and SSB. Any other recommendations?
http://www.ssbusa.com/gaasfet.html
http://www.advancedreceiver.com/page10.html
Thanks,
--Jamie
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:48:15 -0400
From: "Stan, W1LE" <stanw1le@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Mast-mounted preamp recommendation?
Message-ID: <4EB3445F.6000605@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
The difficulty with mast mounted preamplifiers is that they have to be
selected for a
specific electromagnetic environment.
If your environment is "hot" with a lot of ham activity, local pagers
and FAA stations,
the preamp may not be able to handle all of the RF, unless it is
suitably narrow banded.
Some preamplifiers are broadband and some are narrow band, where you
will be operating.
If your environment is quiet, most any preamplifer will work well.
If your RF environment is NOT quiet, you have to limit the preamp RF
pass band for your activity.
Otherwise too much RF gets into it and raises the noise floor, reducing
the S/N
Last time I tested a ICOM 2M preamp, it performed well, less than 1 dB
NF with pro test gear.
What does your RF environment look like ?
Stan, W1LE FN41sr Cape Cod
On 11/3/2011 9:18 PM, James Cutler wrote:
> All,
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations on high quality mast-mounted preamps
> for UHF? We're using the Icom AG-35 and not happy with the noise figure.
> We're going to try an adjustment described here
> http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6116.
>
> We are looking at the amps from ARR and SSB. Any other recommendations?
>
> http://www.ssbusa.com/gaasfet.html
> http://www.advancedreceiver.com/page10.html
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Jamie
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 19:55:07 -0700
From: "Greg D." <ko6th_greg@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Kansas City Tracker
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I also have an old Motherboard with an ISA slot. Just the motherboard,
processor (1ghz, I think), and memory. I do not have anything that needs
the ISA slot anymore, so it's up for grabs. No reasonable offer will be
refused. My wife insists... :-)
Greg KO6TH
> Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 15:17:18 -0800
> To: rwmcgwier@xxxxx.xxxx alozias@xxxxxx.xxx
> From: kl7uw@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> CC: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Kansas City Tracker
>
> I have my original PacardBell P100 desktop with win95 which has been
> gathering dust on a shelf. It has ISA slots and parallel port which
> would probably be ideal for running KC Tracker. I offer it for sale
> for $50-OBO (as-is with keyboard and mouse but no monitor) plus
> shipping (best to go parcel-post from my zip 99635).
>
> I kept it since these old machines have little or no residual value
> in case I wanted to run some old legacy sw. But I also have a IBM
> P90 Thinkpad with win95 for this purpose (I also use it for packet
> and a DOS cw keyboard program).
>
> 73, Ed - KL7UW
>
> At 12:35 PM 11/3/2011, Robert McGwier wrote:
> >Since it has been a while since these have been up on the list, I want to
> >remind folks that this requires an early early early generation slot,
> >called an ISA slot. The drivers for the card are STRICTLY DOS 6.2 and
> >earlier interrupt handlers and are zero likely to work on a modern windows
> >machine.
> >
> >If you have an old machine with ISA slots, running DOS, this board was one
> >of the engineering marvels of its time and should still work beautifully on
> >Yaesu rotators today. You will need Quiktrak or IT to run it (again, DOS
> >computer programs).
> >
> >Bob
> >N4HY
> >
> >On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Al Ozias <alozias@xxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Surplus KCT
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I have at my QTH a Kansas City Tracker board with a printed manual and a
> > > copy of the KCT.ZIP file. The owner of the board, George-WA5KBH, would
> > > like to find it a home. To acquire it contact me (Al-N7EQF) directly by
> > > email. The cost of acquiring the item is to pay for the shipping cost
> > > (flat rate priority mail envelope), commit a donation to AMSAT and
promise
> > > not to ask me any questions concerning how to install, configure, or
> > > operate it (I do not know). The board is un-tested and may or may not
> > > work, no known reason to suspect it's condition.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks - Al - N7EQF
> > >
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> >
> >--
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> 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 21:57:53 -0500
From: Stefan Wagener <wageners@xxxxx.xxx>
To: James Cutler <jwcutler@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Mast-mounted preamp recommendation?
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Here you go:
http://www.hf-berg.de/HFC/vorverstaerker_vox_mast.htm
Excellent products, quick shipment from Germany, good communication.
Stefan, VE4NSA
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:18 PM, James Cutler <jwcutler@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> All,
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations on high quality mast-mounted preamps
> for UHF? ?We're using the Icom AG-35 and not happy with the noise figure.
> ?We're going to try an adjustment described here
> http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6116.
>
> We are looking at the amps from ARR and SSB. ?Any other recommendations?
>
> http://www.ssbusa.com/gaasfet.html
> http://www.advancedreceiver.com/page10.html
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Jamie
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Message: 12
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 04:15:04 +0100
From: "i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs@xxx.xx>
To: "James Cutler" <jwcutler@xxxxx.xxx>, "Amsat - BBs"
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Mast-mounted preamp recommendation?
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Hi Jamie
In a separate email I have sent to you an article that I write for Radio
Rivista 9/1993 describing with schematic diagrams and mechanical
drawings my low noise GaAsFET high dinamic range and high
selectivity cavity preamplifier for 435 MHz with NF=0,43 dB and
gain G = 20 dB
I am using it with great success in my environment area in the bay of
Naples wich is "hot" with a lot of ham activity, local pagers and FAA
stations.
By the way it require a lot of mechanical work but for best performance
it must be tuned for the lowest Noise Figure using only a very simple
diode noise generator that was described in the article.
Unfortunately building low noise preamplifiers and tuning instruments
by yourself in novadays seems to become a RF "endangered species"
Have fun.
73" de
i8CVS Domenico
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Cutler" <jwcutler@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 2:18 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Mast-mounted preamp recommendation?
> All,
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations on high quality mast-mounted preamps
> for UHF? We're using the Icom AG-35 and not happy with the noise figure.
> We're going to try an adjustment described here
> http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6116.
>
> We are looking at the amps from ARR and SSB. Any other recommendations?
>
> http://www.ssbusa.com/gaasfet.html
> http://www.advancedreceiver.com/page10.html
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Jamie
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Message: 13
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 7:18:29 +0100
From: PA3GUO <pa3guo@xxxxxxx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] This is how Aubiesat-1 sound like (CW)
Message-ID: <20111104071830.PVPFA.33391.root@xxxxxxxx.xxxxxx.xx>
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Just as FYI, for those interested, this is how Aubiesat-1 sound like (CW):
http://www.pa3guo.com/aubiesat1_03nov2011_0214utc_pa3guo.mp3
--
Henk, PA3GUO
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Message: 14
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 09:28:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Hector Luis Martinez Sis" <hmartinez@xxx.xxx.xx>
To: "i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs@xxx.xx>
Cc: James Cutler <jwcutler@xxxxx.xxx>, Amsat - BBs
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Mast-mounted preamp recommendation?
Message-ID: <1095.10.14.32.18.1320413289.squirrel@xxxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx>
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Hi Jaime
I built this preamplifier as Domenico described in his article. I am using
it with a
great success too. My environment area is very hot also; I live into the
city wish has a
lot of buildings, Ham activity, broadcastings, repeaters and other stations.
Before I used it; I had the T/V channel interference on the downlink of
SO-50 and AO-27.
When I began to use the preamplifier the interference disappeared.
It is a great design!
73!
Hector, CO6CBF
> Hi Jamie
>
> In a separate email I have sent to you an article that I write for Radio
> Rivista 9/1993 describing with schematic diagrams and mechanical
> drawings my low noise GaAsFET high dinamic range and high
> selectivity cavity preamplifier for 435 MHz with NF=0,43 dB and
> gain G = 20 dB
>
> I am using it with great success in my environment area in the bay of
> Naples wich is "hot" with a lot of ham activity, local pagers and FAA
> stations.
>
> By the way it require a lot of mechanical work but for best performance
> it must be tuned for the lowest Noise Figure using only a very simple
> diode noise generator that was described in the article.
>
> Unfortunately building low noise preamplifiers and tuning instruments
> by yourself in novadays seems to become a RF "endangered species"
>
> Have fun.
>
> 73" de
>
> i8CVS Domenico
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Cutler" <jwcutler@xxxxx.xxx>
> To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 2:18 AM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Mast-mounted preamp recommendation?
>
>
>> All,
>>
>> Does anyone have any recommendations on high quality mast-mounted preamps
>> for UHF? We're using the Icom AG-35 and not happy with the noise figure.
>> We're going to try an adjustment described here
>> http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6116.
>>
>> We are looking at the amps from ARR and SSB. Any other recommendations?
>>
>> http://www.ssbusa.com/gaasfet.html
>> http://www.advancedreceiver.com/page10.html
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --Jamie
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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
>
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