October 2006 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Symposium Information - BOFS
by Emily Clarke 18 Jan '07

18 Jan '07

For those of you who are attending the Symposium there is a new feature we are going to try this year called BOFS - Birds Of a Feather Sessions. BOFS are generally free-form meetings that are held after-hours and may be called by anyone wishing to start a discussion group. They have been common at software conferences I've gone to in the past and were very popular. An example of a BOF for the AMSAT Symposium might be to start a discussion about groundstation antennas. I have set aside two rooms (one holding 12 people, another holding 20) beginning at 6pm on Friday evening. The procedure is pretty straightforward: 1) Develop a title for your BOF - say "Homebrew Groundstation Antennas" 2) Estimate the amount of time you would like for your BOF - BOFS usually last 30 minutes or an hour 3) Go to the registration desk and tell someone there that you want to start a BOF. They will give you a flip-chart sized (2 foot by 3 foot) Post-It note and assign you a room and time. 4) Write your title, time and room on the large Post-It note and tack it on the wall outside of the Symposium meeting room. And that's it! 73, Emily --------------------------------- N1DID formerly W0EEC - CM87tm Support Project OSCAR - http://www.projectoscar.net

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HITSAT 1654 UTC
by Mike Rupprecht 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

AOS 1654 UTC Oct, 11 (JN49lr) Hit4 c1dd.1b8 Hit1 jr8yjt Hit2 a1201535734 Hit3 0d4c4f494f484949 Hit4 c1ddd1e1 Hit1 jr8yjt Hit2 a120157532f Hit3 2c4b4b494b4a4848 LOS 1703 UTC 73, Mike DK3WN

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Eagle Decisions
by ANTHONY JAPHA 02 Jan '07

02 Jan '07

Just wanted to add my congratulations to the Board and the Eagle managers and design team for the decisions on what to put into the bird. They look like excellent choices that will provide much fun for many. 73, Tony, N2UN LM 183

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Help - Alliance U-110 as an elevation rotator
by Emily Clarke 24 Dec '06

24 Dec '06

I'm mounting an old Alliance U-110 rotator horizontally to use as an elevation rotator, and I have noticed that if it is sitting with the mast clamp on the top everything works very well. If it's flipped with the mast clamps on the bottom (so it can connect to the azimuth mast) it seem stall and jam. I'm not sure if this is normal or just a sign of age but I traced the problem to a small gear under the shaft that "drops" when the rotator is in the clamp-bottom position and then slips over the top of the gear it is supposed to drive. Since many people have used this rotator for elevation in the past, has anyone run into this problem before? If so, did you find a solution for it? 73, Emily --------------------------------- N1DID formerly W0EEC - CM87tm Support Project OSCAR - http://www.projectoscar.net

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Handheld of choice...
by Tim Tapio 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

What's the best handheld for use on the FM sats? How about portable/mobile? Fixed station?? 73 de Tim, K4SHF

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Prospero not heard
by john heath 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

Hi Thanks to those who supplied interesting information on this thread. I monitored three passes today (Monday) 08:17, 11:46 and 13:28. Nothing heard and nothing visible in the Spectran waterfall display. I only have a modest station. 5el X yagi. Be interesting to see if anyone with a n EME standard receiving set up could detect anything. Any takers ?? 73 John G7HIA

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Reinhardt Richter DL1KM - SK
by Emily Clarke 01 Nov '06

01 Nov '06

I received the following message concerning the passing of Reinhard Richter DJ1KM. I don't know what the complete distribution is, so I thought I should forward it to the BB. If you are not familiar with Reinhard, I first met Reinhard when he was working on the AMSAT-DL Website, most directly he was managing the AO-40 Schedule. He was active on AO-40 and I `had several contacts with him in the short time I was working that bird. 73, Emily >Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:13:09 +0200 >From: Reinhard Richter <r.richter(a)dj1km.de> >Reply-To: Reinhard Richter <dj1km(a)amsat-dl.org> >Organization: - >To: DF3KV Peter Völpel <DF3KV(a)darc.de> >Subject: traurige Nachricht > >Dear friends & OM'S, > >today we have to annouce to You the sad news >that Reinhard Richter (DJ1KM) has passed away >on October 27th, 2006. He will always be present in our hearts. >Inge Richter and family , Lohfeldweg 40, 30459 Hannover

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HITSAT 1758 UTC
by Mike Rupprecht 31 Oct '06

31 Oct '06

AOS 1758 UTC Oct, 31 (JN49lr) Hit4 c1dbd1e6 Hit1 jr8yjt Hit2 b0103001547 Hit3 474a4a4a4f4a4a49 Hit4 93dbd1e6 *** Hit1 jr8yjt 73, Mike DK3WN

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HITSAT 1624 UTC
by Mike Rupprecht 31 Oct '06

31 Oct '06

AOS 1624 UTC Oct, 31 (JN49lr) Hit3 484c4c4a4c494a48 Hit4 c1dfd1e6 Hit1 jr8yjt Hit2 b0101260939 Hit3 374c4c494e4c474a Hit4 c1dfd1e6 Hit1 jr8yjt Hit2 b010130052d 73, Mike DK3WN

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My apologies for multiple messages
by Jason White 31 Oct '06

31 Oct '06

My email software didn't inform me that it was occurring. 73, Jason

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