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Today's Topics:
1. AMSAT @ Tucson AZ hamfest on Saturday (24 March)
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
2. UT1FG/MM Status (John Papay)
3. OT -- Satellite Internet (Jim Sanford)
4. Re: Satellite Recordings 2 Year Anniversary (Tom Schuessler)
5. Dayton Reminder (Martha)
6. BBC Interview - Elon Musk and Mars (Trevor .)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:46:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Patrick STODDARD \(WD9EWK/VA7EWK\)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT @ Tucson AZ hamfest on Saturday (24 March)
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Hi!
On Saturday, 24 March 2012, I will be at the Radio Society of Tucson's
annual hamfest. This, like most hamfests here in Arizona, is a half-
day event. It starts at 0600 (1300 UTC), and runs until noon. The
hamfest is at a new location, at the Golden Corral restaurant at 4380
E. 22nd Street in Tucson. This is on the southeast corner of 22nd
Street and Columbus Blvd. More information about the hamfest is
available at http://www.rstclub.org/
AMSAT will have a table at this hamfest. There will be demonstrations
using AO-7 early in the morning, VO-52 around mid-morning, and SO-50
later in the morning. For AO-7 and VO-52, I like to start out about
10 kHz above the center of the passband +/- other activity or QRM/QRN,
but may move around if nobody is answering my CQ calls. Please call
WD9EWK if you hear me on any of those passes.
If you work WD9EWK during any of the hamfest demonstration passes, I
will be happy to send you a QSL card. No need to first send me a card;
just e-mail me with the QSO details. QSOs will also be uploaded to
Logbook of the World.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:14:22 -0400
From: John Papay <john@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] UT1FG/MM Status
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Many have been wondering what happened to Yuri,
UT1FG/MM, who has been so active on the birds.
He is navigating the St. Lawrence Seaway and has
been too busy to operate on the satellites. There
are many inspection requirements for a ship coming
into the Great Lakes and his duties are such that he
does not have much free time. He will be in Montreal
shortly. All of his equipment is working fine. Yuri
will be operating as time permits.
73,
John K8YSE
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:56:30 -0400
From: Jim Sanford <wb4gcs@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: Microwave list <microwave@xxxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, "'Amsat - BBs'"
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] OT -- Satellite Internet
Message-ID: <4F67F1DE.1080607@xxxxxx.xxx>
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All:
Living out here in the boondocks (so I can plant a tower and grow a
credible aluminum microwave array) my internet options are dialup,
verizon, and satellite.
Verizon was unreliable (couldn't stay connected; had to reset the device
several times an hour), so gave up.
Looked at satellite, considered Wild Blue. Then heard bad things about
them. Then they no longer served my area.
Went with Hughes, which was OK for a year or so, then fell on their
sword. Paying for 1mb downloads, getting 200K to 700K. Most emails
have to be "sent" several times before getting through without some kind
of error -- which does not happen when I take the same laptop on the
road and connect through a hotel network. I've been working with Hughes
"customer service" since October --unsatisfactory:
-- they have not been able to improve things for more than a couple
of hours
-- they cannot deviate from the script, and want to blame my router
-- even when it is out of circuit
-- they have difficulty with the language
-- they are unwilling or unable to connect me to a higher level of
tech support
So, Hughes is about to become history.
I've recently learned about a new satellite service called "exede",
which I've traced to Wild Blue under a new name. They claim up to 12Mb
download rates, but have a total capacity cap -- which appears to be
well beyond my average daily use. (I only busted Hughes' daily limit
once in 3 years, when I installed WindersXP on a new machine and had to
get all the service packs and security "fixes".)
I'm wondering if anyone has any experience, good or bad, with
exede/WildBlue. Please respond direct, off list, to wb4gcs@xxxxx.xxx
To list members and operators: thanks for indulging brief, off-topic
but related, info.
Very 73,
Jim
wb4gcs@xxxxx.xxx
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:02:41 -0500
From: "Tom Schuessler" <tjschuessler@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: john@xxxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Satellite Recordings 2 Year Anniversary
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Many thanks to John for the encouragement he has been to so many of us to
whom he has been the first or at least one of the first contacts. John
always uses his big guns to help us little pistols get in the game and that
is the way it should be done. Before I got my recorder, John's recordings
were invaluable to me in helping me to understand why or why not a
particular pass worked for me. They were a great learning tool.
If John decides to hang up the pass recordings archive job, I would hope
that somebody else might pick up the ball and run. This is a hobby you know
and doing a task on a daily basis can get old after a while. I would not
blame him if he wanted to hang it up.
Thanks John for all you have done throughout the years to the Ham Satellite
community. Hope you get to collect a few hundred more grids someday soon.
Tom Schuessler, N5HYP
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:57:01 -0400
From: Martha <martha@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, Board of Directors <bod@xxxxx.xxx>,
AMSAT Officers <officers@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Dayton Reminder
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If you are planning to stay with the AMSAT group while attending the Dayton
Hamfest, please call the AMSAT office and reserve your room. You will need
your room nights and a credit card to hold the room. We are staying at the
Country Inns and Suites located at 3971 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Beavercreek OH.
The rooms are $99 with 2 double beds.
--
73- Martha
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:48:00 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Trevor ." <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] BBC Interview - Elon Musk and Mars
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BBC News - Mars for the 'average person'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17439490
Elon Musk is interviewed in the BBC Radio 4 show 'Scotts Legacy'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dhrmj
I don't know if the BBC iPlayer works overseas but the use of a Proxy Server
or software such as Expat Shield may be a way around it.
73 Trevor M5AKA
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