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Today's Topics:
1. Re: az-rotor (Joe Leikhim)
2. CO6CBF now has all of his radio gear!
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:32:54 -0500
From: Joe Leikhim <rhyolite@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: az-rotor
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Al;
Did you try the method in the manual first to set the rotor up? I followed
the manual and it worked fine.
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: az-rotor
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Hi Erich et al.,
Following suggestion I did the following. Since the rotor goes beyond 180 on
the right side of its travel I let it go until it stopped. I then visually
noted how much beyond 180 it had gone, divided by 2 and brought the dial
back to 360 plus the number just obtained. I then assumed the pot was at its
halfway position. I made the following resistance measurements 1-2 was 209.7
ohms, 2-3 was 206.1 ohms, and 1-3 was 415 ohms. Considering the manual guess
work I think that is a pretty good result. I then ran SatPC32 and attempted
to park the rotor at 360. It was off, I had to park it at 341 for the rotor
to actually be at 360. This is basically the same result as before when I
was just going by the control box readings. I believe the resistance
measurements would suggest that there is not a short in the pot (unless it
just happened to be around the halfway point).
At this point I am not sure what to try next
73 Al W8KHP
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Joe Leikhim
Leikhim and Associates
Communications Consultants
Oviedo, Florida
JLeikhim@xxxxxxx.xxx
407-982-0446
WWW.LEIKHIM.COM
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:21:45 -0800 (PST)
From: "Patrick STODDARD \(WD9EWK/VA7EWK\)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] CO6CBF now has all of his radio gear!
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Hi!
I received a phone call from Hector CO6CBF this evening. One month
has passed since the AMSAT Symposium in Orlando, and Hector now
has all the radio gear he received at the Symposium. He is a very
happy ham tonight. :-)
When Hector returned to Cuba, Cuban Customs held the radio gear
until an inspector from the Ministry of Communications went to the
airport in Hector's home city of Cienfuegos and certified that the
gear was legal to enter Cuba. Hector has been calling the local office
of the Ministry of Communications daily, to get someone to inspect
the equipment. That finally happened a few days ago. After the
inspection, and then sending paperwork to Havana, Hector received
word today that he could retrieve his gear. He borrowed a car, and
went to the Cienfuegos airport to do that.
Hector took two HTs home with the other radio stuff, and he has
had them at home for the past month. He disassembled the HTs
before leaving Florida, and they were not classified as "radios"
when he went through Customs. The HTs were considered to be
"parts", so they were not held at the Cienfuegos airport. Hector also
carried a ThinkPad laptop and a new mobile phone home, which
were not held at Customs with the radio gear.
Some of the items Hector now has at home include: a Yaesu
FT-817ND, an Elk antenna, SignaLink USB interface, an az/el
rotator with LVB Tracker, a FUNcube Dongle Pro, and accessories
like coax cables, a 2m/70cm diplexer, and amplifiers. These items should
help him improve his satellite station, and also let him work
on an EME station not far from his home. One of the HTs will go
to another ham, and that new mobile phone will help with satellite
operating. It's an Android-based phone, and Hector can run apps
on it to show pass predictions, show his location using the GPS
in the phone, record audio from the passes, and take photos and
make videos with the phone's camera. Hector couldn't take a GPS
receiver home with him, but can make use of the GPS in his mobile
phone to pinpoint his location - especially at grid boundaries.
Thanks to all the hams who gave Hector equipment to take home
from the Symposium. Hector wanted to post a thank-you message himself, but
he isn't able to access his e-mail account from home
this evening.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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