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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Looking for a G3RUH dish (Bob Bruninga)
2. Re: Looking for a G3RUH dish (Jeff Kelly)
3. Re: Looking for a G3RUH dish (Tim Cunningham)
4. Email via The ISS Was: What Happened to the PacSats?
(Chris Maness)
5. Repository for all Doppler.SQF data (Wayne Estes)
6. [amsat-bb]
HudsonValleySatcomGroupNetThursdayJan05@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
N2EYH-L (cotejaune2@xxx.xxxx
7. Re: Email via The ISS Was: What Happened to the PacSats?
(Chris Maness)
8. Re: Email via The ISS Was: What Happened to the PacSats?
(Bob Bruninga )
9. Re: Need East Coast (George Henry)
10. Email via The ISS (Chris Maness)
11. Re: Email via The ISS (Chris Maness)
12. Thank You (JoAnne Maenpaa)
13. K2BSA/5 on the air for ARRL Kids Day, January 8. (Tom Schuessler)
14. Re: Thank You (Dave Guimont)
15. Re: Need East Coast (Rick Tejera)
16. Re: Looking for a G3RUH dish (Greg D.)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 17:54:02 -0500
From: "Bob Bruninga" <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
To: "'K5OE'" <k5oe@xxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Looking for a G3RUH dish
Message-ID: <01d901cccb33$c0ca3630$425ea290$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
> Regarding your Cu wire dish... you might look at
> the Tek Sharp dishes as an easier alternative to "rolling your own."
We are after absolute minimum wind drag. I don't think the Tek dish would
survive accurate tracking while driving along the interstate at 70 PMPH to
catch a balloon. And we want it to be a good 3' by 4' dish... Need the
gain for the tiny wifi video link...
Bob
I picked one up on ebay about a year ago and put it in my attic... waiting
for amsat-dl :-)
http://www.plumdragon.com/teksharp/hr_AO-40_products.htm
Drew,
I have a spare PF dish about 60 cm, but it is steel, not aluminum like the
G3RUH. I used it on AO-40 for 24 GHz. Let me know off-list if you want it.
73,
Jerry, K5OE
---- previous message ----
You probably have one of the K5GNA "BBQ" dishes. The G3RUH is a solid round
spun dish.
73, Drew
-----Original Message-----
>From: Bob Bruninga <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
>Sent: Jan 3, 2012 2:19 PM
>To: 'Andrew Glasbrenner' <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, 'amsat-bb'
><amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
>Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Looking for a G3RUH dish
>
>> I'm looking for one of the 60cm G3RUH dishes
>
>Got one, (but not available).
>
>Questions: I measured reflector grid separation as .88 inches which works
>out to be about 0.18 wavelength. I always thought the grid had to be
>tighter than 0.1 inches to be an effective "surface".
>
>Maybe the difference with almost double the spacing is not that
significant?
>(especially for a steel one which would be quite heavy.
>
>Reason I am asking is that I also need another S band dish (at 70 MPH on
the
>roof of a tracking van) and we are thinking about building one by using an
>old solid 6' TVRO dish as a form and laying in copper wire and soldering it
>to copper straps. With all that labor, I'd not want to get the spacing
>wrong.
>
>Bob, Wb4APR
>
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:13:45 -0500
From: "Jeff Kelly" <jkelly@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "Bob Bruninga" <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>, "'K5OE'" <k5oe@xxx.xxx>,
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: spectrum.ma.ultranet@xxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Looking for a G3RUH dish
Message-ID: <10C935C7E5254643B6B8B2A5F989BAE7@xxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1;
reply-type=original
John at Spectrum International used to sell a strong 3 foot mesh dish for
HRPT (WX).
Jeff
K2SDR
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Bruninga
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 5:54 PM
To: 'K5OE' ; amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Looking for a G3RUH dish
> Regarding your Cu wire dish... you might look at
> the Tek Sharp dishes as an easier alternative to "rolling your own."
We are after absolute minimum wind drag. I don't think the Tek dish would
survive accurate tracking while driving along the interstate at 70 PMPH to
catch a balloon. And we want it to be a good 3' by 4' dish... Need the
gain for the tiny wifi video link...
Bob
I picked one up on ebay about a year ago and put it in my attic... waiting
for amsat-dl :-)
http://www.plumdragon.com/teksharp/hr_AO-40_products.htm
Drew,
I have a spare PF dish about 60 cm, but it is steel, not aluminum like the
G3RUH. I used it on AO-40 for 24 GHz. Let me know off-list if you want it.
73,
Jerry, K5OE
---- previous message ----
You probably have one of the K5GNA "BBQ" dishes. The G3RUH is a solid round
spun dish.
73, Drew
-----Original Message-----
>From: Bob Bruninga <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
>Sent: Jan 3, 2012 2:19 PM
>To: 'Andrew Glasbrenner' <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, 'amsat-bb'
><amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
>Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Looking for a G3RUH dish
>
>> I'm looking for one of the 60cm G3RUH dishes
>
>Got one, (but not available).
>
>Questions: I measured reflector grid separation as .88 inches which works
>out to be about 0.18 wavelength. I always thought the grid had to be
>tighter than 0.1 inches to be an effective "surface".
>
>Maybe the difference with almost double the spacing is not that
significant?
>(especially for a steel one which would be quite heavy.
>
>Reason I am asking is that I also need another S band dish (at 70 MPH on
the
>roof of a tracking van) and we are thinking about building one by using an
>old solid 6' TVRO dish as a form and laying in copper wire and soldering it
>to copper straps. With all that labor, I'd not want to get the spacing
>wrong.
>
>Bob, Wb4APR
>
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 18:14:35 -0600
From: "Tim Cunningham" <n8deu@xxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Looking for a G3RUH dish
Message-ID: <10AA189468774CE885907C1B19A65107@xxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
I am not sure Tek Sharp continues to make the patch feeds. They certainly
do not make the tri-band feed, but I was able to get a dual band patch from
them in June 2009 for one of their hardware cloth dishes.
73's,
Tim - N8DEU
----- Original Message -----
From: "K5OE" <k5oe@xxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 4:37 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Looking for a G3RUH dish
>
> Bob,
> Regarding your Cu wire dish... you might look at the Tek Sharp dishes as
> an easier alternative to "rolling your own." I picked one up on ebay
> about a year ago and put it in my attic... waiting for amsat-dl :-)
>
> http://www.plumdragon.com/teksharp/hr_AO-40_products.htm
>
> Drew,
> I have a spare PF dish about 60 cm, but it is steel, not aluminum like the
> G3RUH. I used it on AO-40 for 24 GHz. Let me know off-list if you want
> it.
>
> 73,
> Jerry, K5OE
>
> ---- previous message ----
> You probably have one of the K5GNA "BBQ" dishes. The G3RUH is a solid
> round
> spun dish.
>
> 73, Drew
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Bob Bruninga <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
>>Sent: Jan 3, 2012 2:19 PM
>>To: 'Andrew Glasbrenner' <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, 'amsat-bb'
>><amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
>>Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Looking for a G3RUH dish
>>
>>> I'm looking for one of the 60cm G3RUH dishes
>>
>>Got one, (but not available).
>>
>>Questions: I measured reflector grid separation as .88 inches which works
>>out to be about 0.18 wavelength. I always thought the grid had to be
>>tighter than 0.1 inches to be an effective "surface".
>>
>>Maybe the difference with almost double the spacing is not that
>>significant?
>>(especially for a steel one which would be quite heavy.
>>
>>Reason I am asking is that I also need another S band dish (at 70 MPH on
>>the
>>roof of a tracking van) and we are thinking about building one by using an
>>old solid 6' TVRO dish as a form and laying in copper wire and soldering
>>it
>>to copper straps. With all that labor, I'd not want to get the spacing
>>wrong.
>>
>>Bob, Wb4APR
>>
>
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 16:45:41 -0800
From: Chris Maness <chris@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Email via The ISS Was: What Happened to the
PacSats?
Message-ID:
<CANnsUMGn2idMwEk5BWxML-JrKqAMPcJhMpGSTEDmboZdPyhhRA@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> Short emails are posible trough iss
> http://wa8lmf.net/bruninga/aprs/sset-email.GIF
>
> it's one way only but good enough for checkin messages, there are enough
> monitoring stations to cover most needs, africa might be a bit hard at
> places but even there, there should be posibileties.
>
> 73 Andre PE1RDW
>
I had a low pass right now and I did not get a repeat of what I sent
up. I am beaconing:
KQ6UP>BEACON,ARISS: <UI>: :EMAIL :kq6up@xxxxx.xxx This is a
test of ISS mail.
This did not echo back, but this is what I did decode:
ISS Crew Keyboard. Crew may not be available. For BBS/PMS use RS0ISS-11
RS0ISS-4>N7HQB: <<UA>>:
and three more very similar lines.
Should I be using RS0ISS for the via? Has the call sign changed?
Thanks,
Chris Maness
KQ6UP
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:50:25 -0800
From: Wayne Estes <w9ae@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Repository for all Doppler.SQF data
Message-ID: <4F04F3D1.6030105@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
I'm surprised that nobody has made an online repository for the
Doppler.SQF files for ALL amateur satellites.
What would be the best place to keep one? AMSAT-NA web site? On the
DK1TB's web site, where people go to download SATPC32?
Maintaining a Doppler.SQF repository would be relatively easy. The list
isn't that huge, and new satellites don't come along very often.
The repository would also logically include SubTone.SQF and
AmsatNames.txt information.
Wayne Estes W9AE
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 19:50:27 -0500 (EST)
From: cotejaune2@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb]
HudsonValleySatcomGroupNetThursdayJan05@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx N2EYH-L
Message-ID: <8CE995B26D692E8-1174-8400D@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Hello all. It is time again for our HVSG net tomorrow Jan.05 @ 8 PM Eastern.
You can find us on Echolink @ N2EYH-L or on the Mt. Beacon Repeater 146.970
pl 100. We usually have an Amsat area Coordinator,Dee NB2F,check into the
Net. So if you have any questions about Amsat Dee is the man to ask. So
please join us for the Net and share your satellite experience with us all.
Hope to hear you there.
73
GaryWA2AQH/TomKC2DTQ
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 17:05:40 -0800
From: Chris Maness <chris@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: Andre <pe1rdw@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Email via The ISS Was: What Happened to the
PacSats?
Message-ID:
<CANnsUMH69GR04s_m+AZOpL=Cj7r68BHDLa66vqLeEdbFVOwpZw@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Andre <pe1rdw@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Op 5-1-2012 1:45, Chris Maness schreef:
>
>>> Short emails are posible trough iss
>>> http://wa8lmf.net/bruninga/aprs/sset-email.GIF
>>>
>>> it's one way only but good enough for checkin messages, there are enough
>>> monitoring stations to cover most needs, africa might be a bit hard at
>>> places but even there, there should be posibileties.
>>>
>>> 73 Andre PE1RDW
>>>
>> I had a low pass right now and I did not get a repeat of what I sent
>> up. ?I am beaconing:
>>
>> KQ6UP>BEACON,ARISS:<UI>: ? ? :EMAIL ? ?:kq6up@xxxxx.xxx ?This is a
>> test of ISS mail.
>>
>> This did not echo back, but this is what I did decode:
>>
>> ISS Crew Keyboard. ?Crew may not be available. ?For BBS/PMS use RS0ISS-11
>>
>> RS0ISS-4>N7HQB:<<UA>>:
>> and three more very similar lines.
>>
>> Should I be using RS0ISS for the via? ?Has the call sign changed?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chris Maness
>> KQ6UP
>>
> iss should digi both trough ariss and rs0iss-4, if someone is using the bbs
> there will be a lot of colisions so you will have to give it several tries,
> especialy on low power, you can always test the email system on 144.390.
> you can also look at http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/ariss/index.cgi for
> successfull repeats.
>
> 73 Andre PE1RDW
How do I send email on 144.390? Is the same way as I would send via the ISS?
Thanks,
Chris
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 20:11:16 -0500 (EST)
From: "Bob Bruninga " <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
To: "Chris Maness" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Email via The ISS Was: What Happened to the
PacSats?
Message-ID: <201201050111.028264@xxx.xxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> KQ6UP>BEACON,ARISS: <UI>: :EMAIL S to or via satellties are VERY inefficient and should never be
used (normally).
Bob, Wb4APR
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 19:18:19 -0600
From: "George Henry" <ka3hsw@xxx.xxx>
To: "amsat bb" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Need East Coast
Message-ID: <6D2C328EE6524B7BA92E42BDCC85897B@xxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
I have a brother in Strafford, NH (not a ham) - next time we go out there
for a visit, I will take the radio and the Elk antenna and activate NH, ME
and MA. (I wonder if there's a spot where I can activate all three at once?
Oh, Google Earth...)
George, KA3HSW
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 3:21 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Need East Coast
Hi!
[snip]
Scott N1AIA has been the regular Maine representative on the FM
birds for a while. When he's active, he can get through and put his
state in many logbooks. New Hampshire... there's a state I did not
work at all in 2011, and only 8 times since I've been on the satellites
over the past 6 years. The last New Hampshire contact I logged via
satellite was with WA1ZDV in October 2010, while I was at the AMSAT
Symposium in the Chicago area. I've also worked N1ABA, N1XED,
and N1DCG - all resident in the state, per QRZ.com - along with
WA5KBH when he was up there in October 2009. I seem to catch
them more often when I am away from home, as the last time I worked
that state from here in the Phoenix area was in mid-2007.
[snip]
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 17:19:44 -0800
From: Chris Maness <chris@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: Bob Bruninga <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Email via The ISS
Message-ID:
<CANnsUMF-wT2jAJd51xWnuX90SdoZrfh=gXrNQCXNs8YccxFDhA@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Bob Bruninga <bruninga@xxxx.xxx> wrote:
>> KQ6UP>BEACON,ARISS: <UI>: ? ? :EMAIL ? ?:kq6up@xxxxx.xxx ?> > This is a
test of ISS mail.
>
> That is a good APRS email packet. ?But the3 next lines indicate
> that you were CONNECTING to RS0ISS and not remaining in UI mode. ?If y ou
are connected, then you get the "crew not available" text, and you will not
be able to see any digipeates for your APRS beacon while you are connected.
>
> APRS and the ISS digipeater have nothing to do with connections.
?CONNECTIONS to or via satellties are VERY inefficient and should never be
used (normally).
>
> Bob, Wb4APR
>
The person connected was not me, it was N7HQB:
RS0ISS-4>N7HQB: <<UA>>:
Thanks for checking over my work.
I see that my terrestrial email test worked. I got:
This is a test of email via APRS.
----------------------------------------
Date : 2012-01-05 01:12:39 UTC
From : KQ6UP
To : KQ6UP@xxxxx.xxx
IGATE : N6EX-3
----------------------------------------
---
OpenAPRS.Net Message to Email Gateway
Looks Iike I am good to go. I just need to keep trying :o)
Thanks,
Chris Maness
KQ6UP
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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 17:48:38 -0800
From: Chris Maness <chris@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: Andre <pe1rdw@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Email via The ISS
Message-ID:
<CANnsUMG2N1KzchRjrhPb24ZPf0UN-c=Q+tpJZFjsfn7eChBd5g@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Andre <pe1rdw@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Op 5-1-2012 2:05, Chris Maness schreef:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Andre<pe1rdw@xxxxx.xxx> ?wrote:
>>>
>>> Op 5-1-2012 1:45, Chris Maness schreef:
>>>
>>>>> Short emails are posible trough iss
>>>>> http://wa8lmf.net/bruninga/aprs/sset-email.GIF
>>>>>
>>>>> it's one way only but good enough for checkin messages, there are
>>>>> enough
>>>>> monitoring stations to cover most needs, africa might be a bit hard at
>>>>> places but even there, there should be posibileties.
>>>>>
>>>>> 73 Andre PE1RDW
>>>>>
>>>> I had a low pass right now and I did not get a repeat of what I sent
>>>> up. ?I am beaconing:
>>>>
>>>> KQ6UP>BEACON,ARISS:<UI>: ? ? :EMAIL ? ?:kq6up@xxxxx.xxx ?This is a
>>>> test of ISS mail.
>>>>
>>>> This did not echo back, but this is what I did decode:
>>>>
>>>> ISS Crew Keyboard. ?Crew may not be available. ?For BBS/PMS use
>>>> RS0ISS-11
>>>>
>>>> RS0ISS-4>N7HQB:<<UA>>:
>>>> and three more very similar lines.
>>>>
>>>> Should I be using RS0ISS for the via? ?Has the call sign changed?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Chris Maness
>>>> KQ6UP
>>>>
>>> iss should digi both trough ariss and rs0iss-4, if someone is using the
>>> bbs
>>> there will be a lot of colisions so you will have to give it several
>>> tries,
>>> especialy on low power, you can always test the email system on 144.390.
>>> you can also look at http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/ariss/index.cgi for
>>> successfull repeats.
>>>
>>> 73 Andre PE1RDW
>>
>> How do I send email on 144.390? ?Is the same way as I would send via the
>> ISS?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chris
>>
>>
> yes, you could replace the via path with wide2-1, that should show if you
> are getting recieved as wel.
>
> 73 Andre PE1RDW
Does this system limit my emails to one a day or something? My last
terrestrial test did not seem to work via wide2-1.
Thanks,
Chris Maness
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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 20:17:21 -0600
From: "JoAnne Maenpaa" <k9jkm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Thank You
Message-ID: <000c01cccb50$2856ef70$7904ce50$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
This is a quick note to thank Paul, KB5MU, the gentleman behind the
listmaint@xxxxx.xxx curtain for all the hard work to get the AMSAT e-mail
lists operational. Today was a day of headlines for AMSAT. Paul got things
moving. Thank you for what you do for AMSAT!
--
73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm@xxxxx.xxx
Editor, AMSAT News Service
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Message: 13
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:19:43 -0600
From: "Tom Schuessler" <tjschuessler@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] K2BSA/5 on the air for ARRL Kids Day, January 8.
Message-ID: <007e01cccb50$7c750dd0$755f2970$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
K2BSA/5 will be on the air this Sunday for ARRL Kids Day from the National
Scouting Museum in Irving, Texas, EM12. Although satellite pass
opportunities will be limited, we should be able to hit the 1936Z and 2117Z
AO27 passes. 1936 will be almost 66 degrees but the later pass will be only
10 or so. My hope is to have multiple radios and antennas in the hands of
Scouts tracking and listening to the downlinks while I get a few on the mic.
Take it patient and slow but please call K2BSA/5 and get some Scouts and
adults excited about Ham Radio
Next K2BSA/5 opportunity from the Museum will be February 11 for a Radio
Merit Badge class.
Hope to meet you on the birds.
Tom Schuessler
2713 Lake Gardens Drive
Irving, Texas 75060
972-986-7456
214-403-1464 (Cell)
tjschuessler@xxxxxxx.xxx
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Message: 14
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:16:15 -0800
From: Dave Guimont <dguimon1@xxx.xx.xxx>
To: "JoAnne Maenpaa" <k9jkm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Thank You
Message-ID: <7D.C5.18618.D04250F4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
Amen JoAnne,
And he was doing at least by 1980, and helped me get started on the
computer in connection with satellite communications. And I am sure,
many others....Tnx, Paul 73
88's JoAnne Dave
>This is a quick note to thank Paul, KB5MU, the gentleman behind the
>listmaint@xxxxx.xxx curtain for all the hard work to get the AMSAT e-mail
>lists operational. Today was a day of headlines for AMSAT. Paul got things
>moving. Thank you for what you do for AMSAT!
>
>--
>73 de JoAnne K9JKM
>k9jkm@xxxxx.xxx
>Editor, AMSAT News Service
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
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73, Dave, WB6LLO
dguimon1@xxx.xx.xxx
Disagree: I learn....
Pulling for P3E...
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Message: 15
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 21:32:05 -0700
From: Rick Tejera <saguaroastro@xxx.xxx>
To: George Henry <ka3hsw@xxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Need East Coast
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George,
It's not possible to activate NH,MA & ME at once. Mass has no border with
Maine. About 60 ish miles of New Hampshire sits between the two.
(no google earth here;))
Sent from my iPod
Rick Tejera
Editor, SACnews
Saguaro Astronomy Club
www.saguaroastro.org
K7TEJ
On Jan 4, 2012, at 18:18, "George Henry" <ka3hsw@xxx.xxx> wrote:
> I have a brother in Strafford, NH (not a ham) - next time we go out there
for a visit, I will take the radio and the Elk antenna and activate NH, ME
and MA. (I wonder if there's a spot where I can activate all three at once?
Oh, Google Earth...)
>
> George, KA3HSW
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)"
<amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
> To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 3:21 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Need East Coast
>
>
> Hi!
>
> [snip]
>
> Scott N1AIA has been the regular Maine representative on the FM
> birds for a while. When he's active, he can get through and put his
> state in many logbooks. New Hampshire... there's a state I did not
> work at all in 2011, and only 8 times since I've been on the satellites
> over the past 6 years. The last New Hampshire contact I logged via
> satellite was with WA1ZDV in October 2010, while I was at the AMSAT
> Symposium in the Chicago area. I've also worked N1ABAom - along with
> WA5KBH when he was up there in October 2009. I seem to catch
> them more often when I am away from home, as the last time I worked
> that state from here in the Phoenix area was in mid-2007.
>
> [snip]
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Message: 16
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 21:55:46 -0800
From: "Greg D." <ko6th_greg@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>, <k5oe@xxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Looking for a G3RUH dish
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Hi Bob,
I'm trying to visualize you driving (bouncing) down the freeway at 70 mph
with a square yard of curved (airfoil!) metal sitting at odd angles to the
air flow, trying to aim it at a target you may not be able to see clearly,
which is also moving at some rate in another direction, with an accuracy of
+/- a half dozen degrees (which is what you get with a dish that size). I
had a hard enough time aiming my 30 inch BBQ grill at AO-40, from my nearly
stationary house (this is California, after all), with up to date KEPS, a
rotor system calibrated earlier against the positioown."
>
> We are after absolute minimum wind drag. I don't think the Tek dish would
> survive accurate tracking while driving along the interstate at 70 PMPH to
> catch a balloon. And we want it to be a good 3' by 4' dish... Need the
> gain for the tiny wifi video link...
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> I picked one up on ebay about a year ago and put it in my attic... waiting
> for amsat-dl :-)
>
> http://www.plumdragon.com/teksharp/hr_AO-40_products.htm
>
> Drew,
> I have a spare PF dish about 60 cm, but it is steel, not aluminum like the
> G3RUH. I used it on AO-40 for 24 GHz. Let me know off-list if you want it.
>
> 73,
> Jerry, K5OE
>
> ---- previous message ----
> You probably have one of the K5GNA "BBQ" dishes. The G3RUH is a solid round
> spun dish.
>
> 73, Drew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Bob Bruninga <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
> >Sent: Jan 3, 2012 2:19 PM
> >To: 'Andrew Glasbrenner' <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, 'amsat-bb'
> ><amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
> >Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Looking for a G3RUH dish
> >
> >> I'm looking for one of the 60cm G3RUH dishes
> >
> >Got one, (but not available).
> >
> >Questions: I measured reflector grid separation as .88 inches which works
> >out to be about 0.18 wavelength. I always thought the grid had to be
> >tighter than 0.1 inches to be an effective "surface".
> >
> >Maybe the difference with almost double the spacing is not that
> significant?
> >(especially for a steel one which would be quite heavy.
> >
> >Reason I am asking is that I also need another S band dish (at 70 MPH on
> the
> >roof of a tracking van) and we are thinking about building one by using an
> >old solid 6' TVRO dish as a form and laying in copper wire and soldering it
> >to copper straps. With all that labor, I'd not want to get the spacing
> >wrong.
> >
> >Bob, Wb4APR
> >
>
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