November 2007 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Re: Amateur Satellites Anniversary
by John Marranca, Jr 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

I think that is an excellent idea. To have all of the remaining satellite pioneers give their stories once again to us...the new...should be top priority with the coming of the "next generation" satellites, and their users. A few nights ago, I perused some old issues of QST that I have here, and two artocles in particular were awe-inspiring. One was the first amateur two-way Moonbounce QSO, c. 1960...and the second was the Project Oscar and the Oscar 1 transmitter. Good Luck to all on this most stellar endeavour. John KB2HSH -- _______________________________ John Marranca, Jr PBX Technician/Shop Steward CWA Local 1122 BN Systems, Inc Orchard Park, NY (716)972-2006

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Amateur Satellites Anniversary
by Dave Guimont 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Hello Robert, et al, Suggesting an anniversary name for amateur satellites around the world: PROJECT OSCAR ANNIVERSARY and 12 December should be the day. Project Oscar coined the name OSCAR for Orbital Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio. And the original group that built, and contracted for the launch was Project Oscar. The following has some of the history, in addition to the excellent sites you provided, should anyone be interested. I was still on active duty in the navy at that time, and did not get involved until I returned to San Diego ~1965. A short time after that, my wife, Leanore, prepared their newsletter, and still has considerable information on the history after 1965. And I am sure Harley Gabrielson could supply us with a lot of the history...He was involved from the outset.. It took us until 1975, for various reasons, and to find suitable housing to erect an antenna, and cut my teeth on AO7.... http://www.spacetoday.org/Satellites/Hamsats/HamsatsBasics.html Project Oscar members come out of the woodwork with suggestions and or information.. N1DID, (W0EEC) Emily did the news letter for a period, maybe still does, and am sure she has a wealth of info. Cliff Buttschart, K6RR, was the glue that held Project Oscar together for some time, and things seem to fall apart with his passing...I would be interested to hear from anyone on their present activity....DON'T LET ONE OF THE BIGGEST EVENTS IN HAM RADIO DIE ON THE VINE... Congratulations to you, Robert, for the inspiration. When we get going, I'm sure I can enlist my wife to do the compilation, unless others choose to do so. I don't expect this to be an AMSAT-NA project, but AMSAT-WORLDWIDE, with as many translations as possible, to REALLY UNITE again with the launch of P3E!!! And if any reader has any connection with an amateur oriented publication, ask them to help us out.. I'm available collect from any where in the world, anytime: San Diego, CA 619-275-1495 And the ARRL 10 meter contest is just before that date this year, 8 & 9 Dec...Yak it up there!!! 73, Dave wb6llo(a)amsat.org Disagree: I learn.... Pulling for P3E...

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AO7 footprint stretch
by w7lrd＠comcast.net 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Hello Should there be anyone in central or northern England today at 2225-2228Z, you will have a short 1-2 minute window to Seattle Washington on AO7. I will be endeavoring to stretch the footprint. I will be on 145.950 CW. Any takers? 73 Bob W7LRD Seattle, Wa.

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Re: AMSAT Offices Closed
by Clint Bradford 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

> ... I should be back in the office on Monday at 10: AM ET... Happy Thanksgiving, Martha! Clint

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FW: lunar x prize on amsat-bb
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Forwarded on behalf of Brian Beckius (email directly to him at truckwiz_1 at MSN dot COM) if you are interested. Kenneth - N5VHO ________________________________ Hi, I'm a new member of amsat , I am with a group that is working on competing in the Lunar X Prixe , We have a test rover that we want to start debugging in January , we would like to control it from a satellite so that get a feel for controlling from a distance , any help or suggestion would be appreciated . Thanks Brian

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FAO Bob - WB4APR - E-Mail via satellites.
by Dave Aitch 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Hi Bob, How long will the experiment of sending e-mails via the various satellites be going on for please ? 73, Dave. G1OCN p.s. Apologies to the list for this and other mail when trying to contact directly fails. Seems like some recipients have higher filter settings.

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Office Closed
by Martha 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

The AMSAT Office will be closed on Wednesday, November 21, Thursday, November 22 and Friday, November 23rd. I should be back in the office on Monday at 10: AM ET 73- Martha

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Bargain Basement Satellite
by JoAnne Maenpaa 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

NASA now offers a low-cost satellite shell for you to populate with your payload: http://www.spacemart.com/reports/Bargain_Basement_Satellites_999.html Only $4 million for prototype development but no word of what off-the-shelf might cost. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org

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FS
by Jim Randall 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

For Sale!!! One brand new Icom IC 910H,Still in original box,only opened to check the assesories and read the manual.If interested,contact me off line. Jim N3YDT

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ANDE De-Orbit AWARD website is alive !
by Henk, PA3GUO 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Great news ! Created by Mike, DK3WN, we now have since this weekend the ANDE de-Orbit AWARD website online: http://www.ande-deorbit.com Have a look around, let us know if you like it. Did you already start making contacts - or capturing telemetry ? Or: anyone out there, who dares to predict when ANDE will de-orbit ? Share with the group your ideas ! Henk, PA3GUO Award: http://www.ande-deorbit.com Status: http://web.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/ande-ops.html

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