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

Re: Station Control Help
by John Champa 12 Nov '06

12 Nov '06

At 2.4 GHz, I suspect a poor connection suffering from some thermal effect. Suggestion: Check all connections. Are you using any nickel platted connections? If so, change them to silver connectors or gold pin connectors. Apply a connector lubricant such as Caig Laboratories ProGold Connector Enhancer available from some better Radio Shacks, and carefully re-seal them. John Champa, K8OCL >From: "Bob Bruninga " <bruninga(a)usna.edu> >To: "Greg D." <ko6th_greg(a)hotmail.com>, gary_mayfield(a)hotmail.com, >amsat-bb(a)amsat.org >Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Station Control Help >Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 07:39:10 -0500 (EST) > >Interesting. No, I have no clue, and my data is only empirical. I hope my >link still gets bettere as more leaves fall... > >Bob > >----------------- >Hi Bob, Joe, > >This is very interesting; I have the reverse situation. My home internet >connection is from a wireless ISP who uses 2.4 ghz 802.11b Wi-Fi equipment. >The run from my house to his central antenna is about 3/4 mile, with a gain >omni on his end, and a grill on mine. There are a few trees that we're >shooting through, trunks mostly, aiming between the fluffy stuff. I've had >this setup for several years now, and by far most of my problems with >service are in the fall. Rain is not a factor (it doesn't really start >raining much here until winter sets in). Not the leaves (they're falling >not growing). Not anything I can put my finger on. I'd love to understand >why. Any ideas? > >Greg KO6TH > > >_______________________________________________ >Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. 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

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Re: Station Control Help
by Bob Bruninga 11 Nov '06

11 Nov '06

Interesting. No, I have no clue, and my data is only empirical. I hope my link still gets bettere as more leaves fall... Bob ----------------- Hi Bob, Joe, This is very interesting; I have the reverse situation. My home internet connection is from a wireless ISP who uses 2.4 ghz 802.11b Wi-Fi equipment. The run from my house to his central antenna is about 3/4 mile, with a gain omni on his end, and a grill on mine. There are a few trees that we're shooting through, trunks mostly, aiming between the fluffy stuff. I've had this setup for several years now, and by far most of my problems with service are in the fall. Rain is not a factor (it doesn't really start raining much here until winter sets in). Not the leaves (they're falling not growing). Not anything I can put my finger on. I'd love to understand why. Any ideas? Greg KO6TH

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Station Control Help
by Gary "Joe" Mayfield 11 Nov '06

11 Nov '06

Howdy, Is there an email reflector for remote station control? I am looking into remote controlling some radios via Ethernet. I need to create a point to point Ethernet connection of a mile or so. I am especially interested in using 900 MHz to go through rather than over the trees. I can find lots of antennas, but very few Ethernet to 900Mhz radios. My new QTH has many trees around the house (great for HF wires - bad for satellite) I have another chunk of land not far from here which is pretty much in the clear. Thanks and 73, Joe kk0sd

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Surplus JPL parts at Sphere
by G. Beat 11 Nov '06

11 Nov '06

If you ever wondered where spare parts from previous space projects have been going lately, here is a collection of parts from the Jet Propulsion Labs (JPL) at Sphere. You can read from the tags of JPL space projects. Sphere indicates that none of these parts are rejected, just obsolete parts, spares, surpluses. Many marked as "Space qualified or Flight spare" Galileo, Tiros, Topex, STFL, TIFN http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/jpl-parts.html If not usable for your latest home satellite project -- some would make great Christmas ornaments ! Greg w9gb

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2006 Micro-DXpedition to Cambodia
by Thailand Amateur Radio Satellites Corporate 11 Nov '06

11 Nov '06

Sawasdee Krab, Announce the 2006 Micro-DXpedition to Cambodia. Team members Champ C. Muangamphun XU7ADE : E21EIC (HF-CQWW CW) Bruce E. Ault XU7ADF : AA4XR/HS0ZCY (HF-CQWW CW) Narongdej Gomonrat XU7ADK : E21YDP (RTTY and PSK-31) Part P Wissawaplanont XU7ADL : E20PFE (HF) Supong Sakchoowong XU7ADM : E21QEB (UHF-Satellite) Tanan Rangseeprom XU7ADN : HS1JAN (VHF-Satellite and 6m) Noppadol Nimwanadon XU7ADP : HS5IGY (VHF-Satellite and 6m) We will operate from Sihanouk Ville (aka: Kampong Som), Southern Cambodia. We will operate from Nov 23 to Nov 29, 2006 Freq: 160m-10m (+WARC), 6m, 2m and 70cm Mode: CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK-31, FM and Satellite. More infomation will up to website: www.tamsat.org/xu7 We make a souvenir for the fund for this DXpedition. It's Yellow T-Shirt (100% cotton) (see picture) B.Width A.Length size: L 21" 28" size: XL 22" 29" size: XXL 24" 30" (Man's European) Price : 150 Baht/each (Pse +25 Baht for postage fee) For Oversea: $17/each (include postage fee) Contact: Champ - E21EIC Tel: 081-4967611 or E-mail: e21eic(a)arrl.net I can bring T-shirt to next RAST meeting on Dec 3, 2006 Thank you very much for support new Thai-hams to learn more Amateur Radio and DXing! Thank you very much for make more activity of Ham Radio by Thai-Hams. 73, Champ, E21EIC/XU7ADE Team Leader _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

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Re: WiFi accelerator !
by Tony Langdon 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

At 11:42 PM 11/10/2006, Eric Christensen wrote: >Wow! I wonder if that would work on our S-band gear?!? j/k Might make you sound like Donald Duck on amphetamines... ;) 73 de VK3JED http://vkradio.com

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Re: New Computer Application
by G0MRF＠aol.com 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

Hi. Perhaps telling us how this new application relates to amateur radio satellites would prevent me from just pressing delete? Thanks David In a message dated 10/11/2006 20:40:30 GMT Standard Time, sco(a)sco-inc.com writes: I have a new web based application that is almost ready for commercial sale. It has been developed by another programmer of mine. You are welcome to register and set up a personal account and use it. It is FREE for now. It will be $9.95/year to use. Now I need more people to use it and let me know what they think of it. Look at the page I am going to use on my Log Window website where i have a link to my favorite links. The user can do this themselves, no need to pay a programmer or webmaster to do it for you (except to create the link code from your website to the links page). http://myweblinks.cc/elink.aspx?suid=logwindow If you want to create your own links page go to www.myweblinks.cc . Les W4SCO

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New Computer Application
by sco＠sco-inc.com 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

I have a new web based application that is almost ready for commercial sale. It has been developed by another programmer of mine. You are welcome to register and set up a personal account and use it. It is FREE for now. It will be $9.95/year to use. Now I need more people to use it and let me know what they think of it. Look at the page I am going to use on my Log Window website where i have a link to my favorite links. The user can do this themselves, no need to pay a programmer or webmaster to do it for you (except to create the link code from your website to the links page). http://myweblinks.cc/elink.aspx?suid=logwindow If you want to create your own links page go to www.myweblinks.cc . Les W4SCO

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Houston AMSAT Net
by Bruce 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

Sorry for the computer glitch that kept the net off the air this past Tuesday and my forgetting to set it up at all the previous Tuesday. On November 21, we will move from the 145.31 repeater in Houston to the 145.47 (pl 123.0) repeater located atop Memorial/Hermann Hospital Southwest. We used this repeater years ago. It has since been repaired and is back in normal operation. 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on W0KIE Intelsat Americas, T1, 6.2/6.8Mhz Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org

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Last two passes for PJ4/K0NR
by Bob Witte K0NR 09 Nov '06

09 Nov '06

For those of you that tried to work me today on the 1556 UTC Nov 9 SO-50 pass, I didn't catch any stateside contacts. I was there but didn't acquire the downlink soon enough. (Seems to be a challenge near the horizon...probably operator error on my part.) I will be on for the 0237 UTC Nov 10 pass tonight trying to work a couple of YV stations. I've got one more solid pass tomorrow at 1444 UTC Nov 10th. No AO-51 passes for me as I don't have the right gear to work the scheduled mode. Thanks to all that have tried to work me down here. 73, Bob PJ4/K0NR

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