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Today's Topics:
1. ARISS Project Wins Public Relations Award (Clint Bradford)
2. Re: Polarization for ISS and Weather Satellites (Grant Zehr)
3. WSJT - A Bit Off Topic (Richard Lawn)
4. Re: AMSAT at Orlando (Nick Pugh)
5. Re: WSJT - A Bit Off Topic (wyattdirks)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:33:04 -0700
From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, "ariss-ops@xxxxx.xxx OPS"
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Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS Project Wins Public Relations Award
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Special event with astronaut wins public relations award
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As Clint Bradford of Jurupa Valley said, ?It was 13 months of planning for
10 minutes of conversation, but, oh!, what a conversation!?
??LIVE! ? from outer space!? Students speak to an astronaut in the orbiting
International Space Station? was the special event on April 19, 2012 that
earned an award for Karen and Clint Bradford in annual competition by the
Public Relations Society of America. The event was planned for the 120
students of Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy and more than 80 parents,
community leaders, media representatives and interested persons.
Clint initiated the event because of his hobby in ham radio and volunteer
position with NASA through Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS): He provides school technical support for students in North America
to talk to astronauts aboard the orbiting space station. NASA?s ?Teaching
from Space? program is available to any school that applies, but the typical
wait-time from application to event is three years.
He approached Kathy Rohm, vice president and director of community relations
at Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy, which is supported by the Tom Wathen
Center. She was enthusiastic to sponsor the literally out-of-this-world,
once-in-a-lifetime special event to inspire students. More than 2,900 emails
flew between Clint, Kathy, NASA, Flabob staffer Nina Bentham and ARISS
volunteers to produce the event.
NASA-Houston flight director Phil Engelauf, who grew up in Rubidoux and
whose mother, Beverly, still lives here, was invited to the event. His
duties prevented him from attending, but he sent warm regards to the
students in a special message that is posted at the event's Web site -
http://iss-flabob.com (on the blog).
The event went according to plan, except for a momentary glitch with audio
quality, despite having tested the system for three days preceding the
event. Clint quickly figured out a solution, although he later said that he
was only 90 seconds from NASA terminating the call if he had not succeeded.
?When we looked around the hangar at the conclusion of the contact, hearing
the students? whoops of happiness, we saw more than a few adults wiping at
their eyes ? us included,? Karen said. ?We felt intensely rewarded to think
how our students may feel throughout their lives when they look up in the
sky and remember the thrilling day when Flight Engineer Don Pettit answered
their questions.?
Student Brittany Cain had asked, ?Besides missing your family and friends,
what is the biggest adjustment you have made for this mission?? The
assembled group laughed when Pettit replied he missed not being able to take
a bath for six months!
The mission of Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy is to use aviation as a
tool to motivate students to achieve their personal, academic, and career
goals.
Current statistics reveal that American students severely lag behind their
foreign peers: In a study of 31 countries, the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development ranked Americans 21st in science and 25th in
math. Consequently, President Obama launched the Educate to Innovate
Campaign in 2009 to unite teachers, parents, businesses and students toward
excellence in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) studies.
Karen is a current member and past president of PRSA?s California Inland
Empire Chapter. There are more than 80 local members.
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:09:57 -0500
From: "Grant Zehr" <grant@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "'Graham Dillabough'" <gdillabough@xx.xxxxxxxxx.xx>,
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Polarization for ISS and Weather Satellites
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The polar orbiting NOAA weather satellites have right hand circular helical
antennas for the VHF APT service. Right hand circular polarization is
recommended for NOAA APT receiving antennas.
http://www.noaasis.noaa.gov/NOAASIS/pubs/Users_Guide-Building_Receive_Statio
ns_March_2009.pdf
See the section on ground station antennas, p. 45
Grant Zehr AA9LC
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From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Graham Dillabough
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 3:58 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Polarization for ISS and Weather Satellites
I haven't posted here in a very long time. I hope this works.
I am building two Quadrifilar Helix antennas (from QST, August 1996);
one for weather satellite experimentation, and one as a backup
antenna for an upcoming ARISS contact.
I haven't found anything in the ARRL antenna book, or on the web,
that specifically says that one mode (RHCP or LHCP) of circular
polarization is better than the other for either of the two
applications noted above.
Any insight or experience with polarization issues with the ISS and
weather satellites are appreciated. The last time I did an ARISS
contact, I was plagued with very deep fades, and want to do better this
time.
Thanks,
Graham
Graham Dillabough, VE6KJ, VO1DZA
Albert Einstein, when asked to describe radio, replied:
"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his
tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand
this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they
receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat."
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:59:32 -0400
From: Richard Lawn <rjlawn@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] WSJT - A Bit Off Topic
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I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who is using WSJT with an FT-847
and Signalink USB interface. I'm having no luck getting PTT to work.
Rick
W2JAZ
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 04:06:57 -0500
From: "Nick Pugh" <quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <gkcarr@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, <Amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT at Orlando
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George
New Orleans would be a better venue but there are only 4 of us active in
AMSAT Angelo what do you think?
nick
From: gkcarr@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx [mailto:gkcarr@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 9:01 AM
To: Nick Pugh
Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] AMSAT at Orlando
Nick, since Lafayette was cancelled due to the hurricane seven years ago,
maybe LAF is a contender?
73
George
WA5KBH
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From: "Nick Pugh" <quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 02:44
To: Amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT at Orlando
Hi All
I attended the AMSAT conference in Orlando and it was fantastic. The
presentation were excellent and the high school students were inspiring.
So a big thanks to Lou and his crew and the AMSAT leadership for a great
conference.
Thanks
nick ars k5qxj EM30xa 30.1 n 90.1 w
cell 337 2582527
office 337 593 8700
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:00:28 -0500
From: wyattdirks <wyattdirks@xxx.xxx>
To: <rjlawn@xxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: WSJT - A Bit Off Topic
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Hey Rick
You have to build a custom cable and you have add a capacitor and resistor
to the inside. Instruction are at the very bottom of this url.
http://www.tigertronics.com/sl_wirebm.htm
Hope this helps.
73 Wyatt
AC0RARichard Lawn <rjlawn@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who is using WSJT with an FT-847
and Signalink USB interface. I'm having no luck getting PTT to work.
Rick
W2JAZ
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