| |
CX2SA > SATDIG 15.05.14 21:07l 438 Lines 14144 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : AMSATBB9173
Read: GUEST
Subj: AMSAT-BB-digest V9 173
Path: IZ3LSV<I0OJJ<VE3UIL<JH9YMQ<JE7YGF<7M3TJZ<CX2SA
Sent: 140515/1903Z @:CX2SA.SAL.URY.SA #:6072 [Salto] FBB7.00e $:AMSATBB9173
From: CX2SA@CX2SA.SAL.URY.SA
To : SATDIG@WW
Today's Topics:
1. Office Closed (Martha)
2. Driving to Dayton (Voice Alert) (Robert Bruninga)
3. Re: Dayton Weather (Clint Bradford)
4. SimpleSat Look Down (Thomas Doyle)
5. Re: Dayton Weather (Joe)
6. Space Boffins: VR2Space and STRaND-1/2 CubeSats (M5AKA)
7. Spam via amsat.org reflector (Phil Karn)
8. Re: Spam via amsat.org reflector (JoAnne Maenpaa)
9. VA7EWK/3 this morning from EN82 (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
10. Re: UHF antenna radiation pattern measurement (Nick Pugh K5QXJ)
11. VA7EWK/3 on from EN82sg (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
12. INVADER speaks the words in space. (Mineo Wakita)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Message: 1
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 15:16:46 -0400
From: Martha <martha@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Office Closed
Message-ID:
<CAPk0USw29eZ49+epz6ZcZrJhKUx6hmiut-19m5FZ4E1bPYHKLg@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
The AMSAT Office will be closed Thursday, May 15th and Friday, May 16th. I
will be in Dayton and hope to see you there.
--
73- Martha
------------------------------
Message: 2
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 15:28:12 -0400
From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
To: aprs@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx aprssig@xxxx.xxx
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Driving to Dayton (Voice Alert)
Message-ID: <1d102b391b044d0606087cca694105c1@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Driving to Dayton:
For AMSAT guys, even if you don?t have an APRS radio, set an HT in your car
to 144.39 with CTCSS 100 and the speaker will be 100% quiet unless there is
an APRS mobile in simplex range, and then you will hear his CQ once a
minute. If you hear one, then he is in SIMPLEX range and you can call him
on voice and tell him to meet you on 52,
If you do have an APRS radio:
Don?t forget to keep that Voice Alert volume UP and to CLEAR all the
messages in your D700 and D7 mailboxes!!!
Nothing more frustrating than to hear your CQ PINGS and then you are not
listening for Voice Alert responses and your radio is rejecting messages
telling you to wake up!
If you don?t know what Voice Alert is, crawl out from under your rock and
read this:
http://aprs.org/VoiceAlert3.html
OR, to make it simple, simply set the APRS side of your radio to CTCSS 100
and keep the data channel volume UP to receive voice alert calls (and pings
from nearby mobiles in simplex range).
Far more effective at finding a fellow driver than calling CQ on 52 every
minute.
Bob, WB4APR
------------------------------
Message: 3
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 13:34:29 -0700
From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Dayton Weather
Message-ID: <1E832218-4AEC-42E4-A70E-E2E33EAF6D31@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII
I thought it was mandatory to have at least one rain storm at
each Dayton HamVention ... Sure seems like it ... (grin)
Clint K6LCS
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 15:39:03 -0500
From: Thomas Doyle <tomdoyle1948@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] SimpleSat Look Down
Message-ID:
<CAHnRQRKcztM25adFYzaV_DCsBGhW=ByL+rnqxLDQ5XWU-_y0ug@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Recently there was a problem with my SimpleSat Look Down program that was
related to a Bing Maps licensing issue. A few people contacted me about it
and sorry to say I did not keep a list of their email addresses. I have
resolved the problem with Microsoft and my license to use Bing Maps should
not expire. I also added code to better deal with the vagaries of Tle web
data lists. The new version 1.26 is available.
http://www.tomdoyle.org/simplesatlookdown
tnx & 73 W9KE Tom Doyle
------------------------------
Message: 5
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 16:40:35 -0500
From: Joe <nss@xxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Dayton Weather
Message-ID: <5373E2D3.6020502@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Last time I went it SNOWED!!!
Joe wb9sbd
Sig
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
Idle-Tyme.com
http://www.idle-tyme.com
On 5/14/2014 3:34 PM, Clint Bradford wrote:
> I thought it was mandatory to have at least one rain storm at
> each Dayton HamVention ... Sure seems like it ... (grin)
>
> Clint K6LCS
> _______________________________________________
> 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
>
>
------------------------------
Message: 6
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 22:43:14 +0100 (BST)
From: M5AKA <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Space Boffins: VR2Space and STRaND-1/2 CubeSats
Message-ID:
<1400103794.44537.YahooMailNeo@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Dr. Aaron Knoll and Dr. Christopher Bridges M0GKK from the Surrey Space
Centre, University of Surrey talk to Space Boffins?s Sue Nelson and Richard
Hollingham about the exciting VR2Space project (Virtual Reality High
Altitute Balloon).
They also briefly discuss the STRaND-1 (437.568 MHz) CubeSat and the
upcoming STRaND-2 CubeSat, see
http://amsat-uk.org/2014/05/14/space-boffins-vr2space-and-strand-12-cubesats/
----
Trevor M5AKA
AMSAT-UK
Website http://amsat-uk.org/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/amsatuk
Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK
----
------------------------------
Message: 7
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 14:52:47 -0700
From: Phil Karn <karn@xxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, "kb5mu@xxxxx.xxxx
<kb5mu@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Spam via amsat.org reflector
Message-ID: <5373E5AF.4010007@xxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Like most people here I have an email address on amsat.org that
automatically relays to my primary email address.
I get a **lot** of spam via this path; a quick check shows that fully 96
out of 244 recent spam messages (as classified by Gmail) received at my
primary email address had been addressed to, and relayed via,
ka9q@xxxxx.xxx.
I'm tempted to just ask that my forwarding alias be turned off, but I
have found this service handy myself in reaching other AMSAT members so
I hesitate to do this.
Would there be interest (and would it be possible) to modify the
amsat.org email service to, instead of forwarding the mail, return a
simple canned message saying that amsat.org member so-and-so can be
reached directly at <your canonical email here>?
This could be implemented with the existing vacation reminder service,
which most UNIX-based email systems provide. When enabled, it returns a
reminder to the first message from each distinct sender and optionally
declines to deliver the original message.
This does create the risk that spammers will merely harvest our email
addresses from the bounce notices. But most spammers don't even provide
a valid reply address, much less look at anything it gets. But just in
case, you could spell it out in one of the usual obfuscated ways that
require a human to interpret it. E.g., the forwarding notice could give
my primary email address as "karn (at) ka9q (dot) nXXet, remove the two
'XX's".
Ideas?
--Phil
------------------------------
Message: 8
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 18:19:25 -0500
From: "JoAnne Maenpaa" <k9jkm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, <kb5mu@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Spam via amsat.org reflector
Message-ID: <003401cf6fca$f2b9e620$d82db260$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
I receive all sorts of JUNK in Russian and Chinese characters via the
ans@xxxxx.xxx and journal@xxxxx.xxx (in addition to k9jkm@xxxxx.xxxx
alias e-mail addresses. So far no suitable solution has been revealed.
So I keep the DELETE key armed and ready to fire.
AMSAT is in the process of moving e-mail to a new server vs. our 15
year old server so perhaps relief is on the way!
--
73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm@xxxxx.xxx
Editor, AMSAT Journal
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx
On Behalf Of Phil Karn
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 16:53
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx kb5mu@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Spam via amsat.org reflector
Like most people here I have an email address on amsat.org that
automatically relays to my primary email address.
------------------------------
Message: 9
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 23:04:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Patrick STODDARD \(WD9EWK/VA7EWK\)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] VA7EWK/3 this morning from EN82
Message-ID:
<1400133847.99073.YahooMailAndroidMobile@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Hi!
A quick detour on my way to Dayton... OK, a huge detour on my way to Dayton,
about 300 miles/500km driving after flying from Phoenix to Indianapolis
Wednesday afternoon. I will work several passes this morning from somewhere
in EN82, starting with an eastern AO-7 pass around 0820 UTC. I will operate
as VA7EWK/3, for my first time on satellites from Ontario (and this grid). I
will be in Dayton late Thursday afternoon, in time to make the traditional
pre-Hamvention Thursday evening AMSAT gathering at Tickets Pub, and hoping
for no huge delays going back to the States (no line for the bridge from
Detroit, but the border formalities entering Canada tonight took 90 minutes!).
Even though I am currently in Canada, I am still using WD9EWK-9 as my APRS
call. I put both of my calls in a text field which goes out with every
transmission, to have a legal ID on both sides of the border. My track
should be visible at http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9
I have already obtained a new Logbook of the World certificate for VA7EWK/3,
so I can upload QSOs to that system. If you want a QSL card for a QSO with
VA7EWK/3, please e-mail me with the QSO details. As always, I'm happy to
send cards out for my trips, without first receiving a card and/or SASE.
Please do NOT send a VA7EWK/3 QSL request to a Canadian address. I have a
station address in British Columbia on file with the Canadian licensing
authority, Industry Canada, but cards mailed to BC will take a while to be
forwarded to me. If you want to mail me a card, please send it to the
address in Arizona for WD9EWK.
Also read my @xxxxxx Twitter feed - or go to http://twitter.com/WD9EWK if
you don't do Twitter - for updates. And maybe some photos with the tweets
from here.
73!
Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK - Windsor, Ontario
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
------------------------------
Message: 10
Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 03:42:46 -0500
From: "Nick Pugh K5QXJ" <quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "'Ryan Caron'" <rcaron@xxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: UHF antenna radiation pattern measurement
Message-ID: <058901cf7019$a5767190$f06354b0$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Fantastic idea please keep us informed on your progress
nick
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Ryan Caron
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 1:52 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] UHF antenna radiation pattern measurement
All,
My students and I are working on a way to rapidly measure the radiation
pattern of various UHF antennas. We are using a pair of RFM22s - the
transmitter sends magnetometer (azimuth) and accelerometer (elevation) data
from a LSM303 along with its output power level. The receiving
RFM22 appends the received signal strength value.
From there what we want to do is real time plotting on a net book. 2D seems
readily achievable through either LabView's polar plots or a number of
different Python plotting libraries. However what we'd really like to do is
real-time 3D plotting, but we don't know the right toolchain or libraries.
We know we can do it in Matlab, but that won't be in real time.
Are we on the right track? Has this been done before? Should we settle for
a pair of 2D plots, or can real time 3D be done?
Is there interest in the community for something like this? If it is, that
would place different requirements on us (economical, easy to duplicate,
good documentation, open software, etc).
73,
NX1U
_______________________________________________
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
------------------------------
Message: 11
Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 04:18:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Patrick STODDARD \(WD9EWK/VA7EWK\)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] VA7EWK/3 on from EN82sg
Message-ID:
<1400152692.12175.YahooMailAndroidMobile@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Hi!
I have been on a couple of passes as VA7EWK/3 so far? from grid EN82sg east
of Detroit and Windsor, and should be here for the next hour or so, weather
permitting. Thanks to W4VAS and N8HM for QSOs during the 1015 UTC AO-7 pass.
73!
Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK - Tilbury, Ontario
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
------------------------------
Message: 12
Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 23:26:50 +0900
From: "Mineo Wakita" <ei7m-wkt@xxxxxxxxx.xx.xx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] INVADER speaks the words in space.
Message-ID: <2C0380CF81354C959D178B6DD5F6BE04@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-2022-jp";
reply-type=original
ARTSAT1-INVADER (CO-77)
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/invspea2.htm
JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita
------------------------------
_______________________________________________
Sent via amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx. Opinions expressed are those of the author.
Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
End of AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 9, Issue 173
****************************************
Read previous mail | Read next mail
| |
