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ic-pcr1500 + Satellite + Doppler ???
by CE3SOC Raul Romero 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

ok gracias por responder pero la AFC no es muy buena ya que aveces se atrasa mucho con respecto al satelites al parecer no hay muchos software compatibles aun con el ic-pcr1500 no me quejo no es tan mal receptor me agrado pero me gustaria tener un software o que el wisp se encargara sola de marcar las frecuencias cada ves que pasa un bird Saludos Raul CE3SOC --------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Are you still wasting your time with spam?... > There is a solution!" > > Protected by GIANT Company's Spam Inspector > The most powerful anti-spam software available. > http://mail.spaminspector.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patrick STODDARD" <patrick(a)wd9ewk.net> > To: "CE3SOC Raul Romero" <ce3soc(a)gmail.com> > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 12:53 AM > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ic-pcr1500 + Satellite + Doppler ??? > > >> Hola, Raul! >> >> Perdon mi espanol imperfecto. >> >>> Hello ask someone help me say that software >>> And as I run icom ic-pcr1500 to continue in the form and schedule >>> automatic satellites as their frequencies for the automatic doppler >> >> Satelites de FM, SSB/CW, o ambos? Creo que eso receptor de Icom >> tiene la opcion "Automatic Frequency Control" (control automatica >> de la frecuencia) que el receptor puede cambiar la frecuencia cuando >> la senial cambia por Doppler. Me entiendes? Por los satelites de >> FM, la opcion AFC es la solucion para cambiar la frecuencia >> automaticamente, despues de recibir la senial inicialmente. >> >> Puede preguntar a varios amigos con receptores de Icom como el >> IC-PCR1500 sobre tu pregunta. Buenas noches, y 73! >> >> >> >> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - Phoenix, Arizona EEUU >> http://www.wd9ewk.net/ >

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by w4mvb＠juno.com 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

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GO-32 SSET success!
by Mineo Wakita 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

Satellite Simulated Emergency Test http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/sset.html UI-View32 WU2Z>APM385,TCPIP*,qAC,FIRST::JE9PEL :ack WU2Z>APM385,TCPIP*,qAC,FIRST:=4027.00N/07428.68WMPHG0000/MacAPRS 3.8.2 -NJMIDNO BRUNS-385-<4b6> WU2Z>APM385,TCPIP*,qAC,FIRST::JE9PEL :EMail message delivered OK{667 JE9PEL>APU25N,TCPIP*::WU2Z :ack667 JE9PEL>APRS,4XTECH*[11/12/07 19:41:17] <UI R>::EMAIL :[email protected] SatSE Test JE9PEL>APRS,4XTECH*[11/12/07 19:41:40] <UI R>:=3523.05N/13936.61E- YOKOHAMA JAPAN {UIV32N} JE9PEL>APU25N*[11/12/07 19:42:50] <UI R>::EMAIL :[email protected] SatSE Test{70 WU2Z>APM385,TCPIP*,qAC,FIRST::JE9PEL :ack70 WU2Z>APM385,TCPIP*,qAC,FIRST::JE9PEL :EMail message delivered OK{668 JE9PEL>APU25N,TCPIP*::WU2Z :ack668 WU2Z>APM385,TCPIP*,qAC,FIRST:=4027.00N/07428.68WMPHG0000/MacAPRS 3.8.2 -NJMIDNO BRUNS-385-<4b6> JE9PEL>APU25N [11/12/07 19:45:14] <UI R>:EMAIL test success! JE9PEL>APRS,4XTECH*[11/12/07 19:47:59] <UI R>:EMAIL test success! http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/uiview32.htm#bottom --------------------------------------------- Name: Mineo Wakita / JE9PEL, JAMSAT member Mail: ei7m-wkt(a)asahi-net.or.jp URL : http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ QTH : Yokohama Japan, GL:pm95tj Date: Nov 12, 2007 ---------------------------------------------

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ANDE re-enters in 4 weeks or so ?
by Mineo Wakita 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

DECODE 2-LINE ELSETS WITH THE FOLLOWING KEY: 1 AAAAAU 00 0 0 BBBBB.BBBBBBBB .CCCCCCCC 00000-0 00000-0 0 DDDZ 2 AAAAA EEE.EEEE FFF.FFFF GGGGGGG HHH.HHHH III.IIII JJ.JJJJJJJJKKKKKZ KEY: A-CATALOGNUM B-EPOCHTIME C-DECAY D-ELSETNUM E-INCLINATION F-RAAN G-ECCENTRICITY H-ARGPERIGEE I-MNANOM J-MNMOTION K-ORBITNUM Z-CHECKSUM ANDE 1 29664U 06055F 07314.67367291 .00104076 16551-4 13031-3 0 6391 2 29664 51.6279 33.5057 0003505 227.2784 132.7935 16.07435648 51579 ANDE: Eccentricity: 0.0003505 Mean Motion : 16.07435648 http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/satrange.zip Distance from the surface of the earth: MA 0: 251.6 km MA 128: 256.2 km MA 256: 251.6 km --------------------------------------------- Name: Mineo Wakita / JE9PEL, JAMSAT member Mail: ei7m-wkt(a)asahi-net.or.jp URL : http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ QTH : Yokohama Japan, GL:pm95tj Date: Nov 12, 2007 ---------------------------------------------

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AO-16 packets Nov.11
by Mineo Wakita 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

JST = UTC + 9 PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:36:07] <UI>:Tke PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:36:07] <UI>:Tkd PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:36:08] <UI>:Tkc PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:36:08] <UI>:Tkb PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:36:08] <UI>:Tka PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:39:50] <UI>:Tke PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:39:51] <UI>:Tkd PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:39:51] <UI>:Tkc PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:39:51] <UI>:Tkb PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:39:52] <UI>:Tka PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:40:21] <UI>:Tke PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:40:21] <UI>:Tkd PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:40:22] <UI>:Tkc PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:40:22] <UI>:Tkb PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:40:23] <UI>:Tka PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:42:57] <UI>:Tke PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:42:58] <UI>:Tkd PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:42:58] <UI>:Tkc PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:42:59] <UI>:Tkb PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:42:59] <UI>:Tka PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:43:47] <UI>:Tk.. PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:43:47] <UI>:Tk.. PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:43:48] <UI>:Tk.. PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:43:48] <UI>:Tk.. PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:43:48] <UI>:Tk.. PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:47:15] <UI>:Tke PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:47:16] <UI>:Tkd PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:47:16] <UI>:Tkc PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:47:16] <UI>:Tkb PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:47:17] <UI>:Tka PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:47:56] <UI>:Tke PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:47:57] <UI>:Tkd PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:47:57] <UI>:Tkc PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:47:57] <UI>:Tkb PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:47:58] <UI>:Tka PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:48:13] <UI>:Tk.. PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:48:13] <UI>:Tk.. PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:48:14] <UI>:Tk.. PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/12/07 16:48:15] <UI>:Tk.. --------------------------------------------- Name: Mineo Wakita / JE9PEL, JAMSAT member Mail: ei7m-wkt(a)asahi-net.or.jp URL : http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ QTH : Yokohama Japan, GL:pm95tj Date: Nov 12, 2007 ---------------------------------------------

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Re: FYI -- One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Opportunity
by Bob Bruninga 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

As Tom points out, these $100 laptops-per-child mass produced for every kid on the planet should be the ham-radio target machine for just about everything we do. I can think of no better investment in ham radio, than making sure our stuff can run on these machines. And thereby get kids involved in HAM radio. As they come, they have 802.11g wireless for a self-building network from nothing. Out of the box, they will network, and the ads say, the 802.11 is more powerful than conventional wireless lans. Ham radio can bring some RF expertise to these networks. Because the laptop is supposed to be able to form this peer-to-peer social network throughtout a villiage as is. We can add some longer links... My first thought is a USB PSK-31 device that links that laptop, not just to he next hut in the villiage, but can use 5W radios on PSK-31 to reach the world. I think the target power for the whole laptop is around 1 watt. So it can be recharged on solar power. This thing just jumps out at me as a fundamental building block for ad-hoc emergnecy comms and funn coms and just about everything else we do with ham radio. Then we overlay on top of that, all the neat things we do in ham radio. As tom points, out, AMSATS etc. (And of course APRS) Winlink and all our other EMCOMM toys... Of course until they get to the millions of quantities, they are now costing $200 each, and you have to buy two for a total of $400 to get yours (the other one goes to a kid)... But its a great way to get one... and start developing code... Actually get two (4), so you can play both ends... WB4APR, Bob

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ic-pcr1500 + Satellite + Doppler ???
by CE3SOC Raul Romero 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

Hello ask someone help me say that software And as I run icom ic-pcr1500 to continue in the form and schedule automatic satellites as their frequencies for the automatic doppler Greetings Raul CE3SOC CHILE --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Are you still wasting your time with spam?... There is a solution!" Protected by GIANT Company's Spam Inspector The most powerful anti-spam software available. http://mail.spaminspector.com

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Po-63
by Auke de Jong, VE6PWN 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

I would like to draw attention to a unique occurance that I have noticed today and last night... I was sitting on 144.200.0 usb with spectran running on the compy for no good reason, when suddenly i noticed a carrier sweeping down through my scope. By itself, this would be nothing special, BUT I recognized a pattern: the sweep rate was not linear, but resembled that of doppler-shift from a passing LEO satellite! it started out at one rate, then got faster as it passed through my IF, and past zero-beat. I retuned down, and continued to observe it become slower, finally fading-out rather abruptly while still sweeping down at a slower rate. I could not find any reason why any terrestrial signal might do this, so I looked through my list of sats on Orbitron, to see if there was any hardware that had passed recently. I noticed that "PEHUENSAT-1[+]" had JUST LOS my horizon on it's ascending orbit, and had been almost directly overhead a few minutes before. I made a mental note, and decided to check again on a future pass to see if it happened again, just to rule-out other possibilities. Sure enough, this morning on orbit # 4414, I was again, monitoring 144.200.0 usb and doing other tasks when I looked over at the PC and saw the same pattern. A check of Orbitron, showed that PO-63 just SO happens to be almost LOS decending from overhead. This brings a question which begs to be answered: How can this signal seem to be coming from this satellite? As far I as I can tell by searching google, the satellite is no longer functioning. could it be a reflection of a terrestrial signal, or could it be generated somehow by a malfunctioning onboard transmitter? I would like to hear from others about comparable observations or other insight. Thanks, Auke, VE6PWN DO33

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My fingers are crossed
by Robert McGwier 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aDlXcqREUcnk&refer=uk

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Now this is fun!
by Ed Tump 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

Folks, Just a bit ago AO51 passed over my QTH (grid EN52) at an elevation of 57, I was able to hear my very first voice downlink on my mobile rig. I did not want to try and TX as it was too exciting just to hear traffic. I did not record the pass audio so I cannot even remember the call signs that I heard. I just know I heard something! I can't wait for the my birthday present now from the family next week, a new Arrow satellite antenna. Thanks to all who gave me tips on using pass software, methods, etc. Warm regards, Ed KC9GWK New AmSat Member

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Wanted!! Last call for 45G parts (any maker)
by Stargate 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

Hi all, I thought I would place one more "wanted" post before I place an order for New parts. It doesn't have to be made by Rohn only. Nello, or others makers parts are welcome so long as it fits 45G tower. I need the following.... AS455G accessory plate (rotor plate) BPL45G flat thrust bearing top adaptor TB3 Bearing 4ea. 45G bolt kits Please let me know soon since I will be placing my order sometime by the middle of this coming week. Thanks, 73's RoD KD0XX A good friend will come and bail you out of jail, A TRUE friend will be sitting next to you saying..... "DAMN THAT WAS FUN"

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AMSAT Journal
by Ed Long 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

Everyone, Due to a lack of articles and quite a bit of international travel on my part, the Sep/Oct issue of the Journal is very, very late. It is nearing completion and should be at the printer in the next few days. It should be in your hands in a couple of weeks. Sorry for the delay. DEADLINE: All of you potential authors should get busy! I'd love to have articles for the Nov/Dec issue as soon as you can get them to me. Normal deadline for this issue is Nov 15th. If you have anything for the Journal please get it to me as quickly as possible. I have more traveling to do so the sooner I have your submission the better. Authors: Thanks for your efforts. I appreciate it very much. Without you we would not have a Journal. 73 to all and happiest of holidays that are coming up, Ed Long WA4SWJ Editor, The AMSAT Journal

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'Into Space with Amateur Radio' competition
by Trevor 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

South African Radio Amateurs seem to have found a good way to get young people thinking about Space, see SARL story at http://www.southgatearc.org/news/november2007/into_space_essays.htm The essay's the students wrote are available at http://www.amateurradio.org.za/youth.htm 73 Trevor M5AKA ___________________________________________________________ Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? Visit Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html

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Re: PO-63
by G0MRF＠aol.com 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

I can see the problem Bob mentions with the solar illumination. I can't quite make out if there is just one side out of 6 with 32 cells or if it has 2 sides with solar panels. Certainly a lot of AA cells inside though! _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJYBe3FmtAw_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJYBe3FmtAw) _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plQ38oQmX4w_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plQ38oQmX4w) 73 David G0MRF

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Re: AO-16
by Mark L. Hammond 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

Mike's observations are in line with my own observations--telemetry from AO-16 appears to be quite random in its current status. It's going to take a while to get the software uploaded and then running (assuming it's healthy enough to do so), so hang in there. Once we get that done (a few weeks is a likely time frame, or maybe longer) we'll have it sending telemetry at regular intervals again. When you do get telemetry, please send it to the address posted yesterday. Thanks for listening! It's good to hear it HUMMMMmmm.... 73, Mark N8MH >Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:56:57 +0100 >From: "Mike Rupprecht" <mail(a)mike-rupprecht.de> >Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-16 >To: "'Dave Aitch'" <dave(a)g1ocn.com>, <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> >Message-ID: <011a01c8249d$04c4a240$0e4de6c0$@de> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >I think no fixed time interval (heard frames between 1 and 3 minutes). > >73, Mike >DK3WN > >-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- >Von: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:[email protected]] Im >Auftrag von Dave Aitch >Gesendet: Sonntag, 11. November 2007 17:54 >An: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org >Betreff: [amsat-bb] AO-16 > >Listening to AO-16s wonderful modulated carrier as she flies by >in the hope of downloading some TLM for guys, but, there >doesnt seem to be many periods of TLM being sent. >I heard only two bursts at near LOS when it was over Greenland. > >What is the period of time between TLM transmissions ? > >73, Dave. Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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AO-16
by Dave Aitch 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

Listening to AO-16s wonderful modulated carrier as she flies by in the hope of downloading some TLM for guys, but, there doesnt seem to be many periods of TLM being sent. I heard only two bursts at near LOS when it was over Greenland. What is the period of time between TLM transmissions ? 73, Dave.

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Important job opportunity for an EU graduate
by Graham Shirville 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

Hi all, On the off-chance that there may be an amateur subscribed to this BB, who is also a young graduate trainee, then this job ad may be of interest http://www.esa.int/hr/YGT/ESTEC_001.pdf Alternatively if you know of anyone who may be interested please ask them to consider making an application. The potential benefit of having an amateur, or at least an amateur friendly person, in this role could be very considerable for us..... 73 Graham G3VZV

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SATPC32 multiple satellite display
by DeYoung James 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

Greetings, I have used SATPC32 for some time and have it working just fine on a Vista Home Premium platform laptop. Originally when installed on Vista I installed verison 12.6 and when +M (multiple satellite display) was selected I would get all my selected satellites displayed. However, I one time I changed to a NOAA selection configuation and then back to my HAMsat original, but lost the multiple satellite display in the process. Only the current selected satellite shows. I upgraded recently to 12.7 and multiple satellites were back until I changed the satellite configuation to another satellite group and returned to my HAMsat group. Now multiple satellite display is not working again. Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? There is not much in the documentation on this topic to help me debug. Yes, I have +M currently selected as well as the load on start box checked in the configuration dialog box. Thanks for any insights on this. Jim, KG4QWC __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: SSET
by Bob Bruninga 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

> When looking through my uplinks on 145.825 > I find quite a number of connects and small > intervals of less than ten seconds. Not much > discipline here in Europe Yes, that seems to be a big probelem. By using WIDEn-N at least now there is some emforcement of lower rates, however, it does not thing to reduce jamming on the uplink. Because if they dont get-it, they just don't get-it and then send harder and more often, just making it imposssible for anyone else. They need to read the user-service-agreement on the PCSAT web page. hi hi Bob, WB4APR

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Satellite Predictions
by GARY ELLIOT 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

Hello, I am brand new to satellites and just getting interested. I downloaded and using a satellite tracking program called Orbitron, Yes I realize it is an old program but the cost was free and until I make a decision to get really involved in satellites I frankly did not want to put out any money at this time. That being said, my problem is that even though both the Orbitron software and the AMSAT on-line pass predictions have the same Lat/Long entered I get different data ???? The times are within 5 minutes of each but the Azm and Elv are way different. Is there anybody out there using Orbitron tracking software that I could check with to be sure I have it set up correctly ? I am assuming the AMSAT on-line predictions are correct ? Thanks for any help/comments 73 Gary

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Nova for Windows and Microsoft Vista Premium
by Ron G. Seiler 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

Hello all, Does anyone know if Nova for windows will work under MS Vista Premium and, if so, are any special settings required in Windows? Thanks. 73, Ron VA7VW Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.5/1085 - Release Date: 22/10/2007 10:35 AM

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Re^2: AO-16 partially recovered.
by Mineo Wakita 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

I also could decode AO-16 PSK. JST = UTC + 9 PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/11/07 05:53:11] <UI>:Tke PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/11/07 05:53:11] <UI>:Tkd PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/11/07 05:53:11] <UI>:Tkc PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/11/07 05:53:12] <UI>:Tkb PACSAT>MBLCTL [11/11/07 05:53:12] <UI>:Tka

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AO-16 partially recovered.
by Andrew Glasbrenner 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

After being off the air for several months, I'm happy to announce that AO-16 has been partially recovered and is transmitting on 437.026 Mhz. The satellite was recovered to the boot loader by Mark Hammond N8MH with guidance from Bruce Rahn WB9ANQ and others. Further reloading of the satellite is underway. The AO-16 team could use your help collecting the binary MBL telemetry for now, and the regular telemetry once the reload is completed. If you receive any telemetry from AO-16, please submit it (preferably as a .KSS file attachment) to telemetry AT quagliana DOT com and put the words "AO-16 Telemetry" in the subject of your email. Please include your callsign (if any), your latitude/longitude (or grid square), and the date and time when the telemetry was collected. 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT-NA VP Ops

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FYI -- One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Opportunity
by Tom Clark, K3IO 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

(I'm re-posting this from yesterday because somehow it got lost in route to the AMSAT-BB web site -- Tom) Some of you may have heard about the efforts of Nick Negroponte (MIT Professor, brother of the Top Spook) to develop a really low-cost computer (the target is $100, but they are just at the $200 level now) intended to bring modern technology to children in 3rd world countries. As I understand, their initial target audience is in Peru. More about their program and plans can be read at http://www.laptop.org/vision/index.shtml. All the software is to be developed open source (see http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_on_open_source_software) I noted in Time Magazine a month or two back that they planned an initial "public" release with an offer that if you buy two, you get one to keep and the other goes to a foreign school. Tonite I got this announcement from them announcing that this campaign begins next Monday. Of the $399 you contribute, $200 is a 501c3 deductible item. I can imagine AMSAT developing several "Space Cadet" software packages for the OLPC (see http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Content ). I can also imagine the OLPC serving as a terminal for the ACP (Advanced Communications Package) for Eagle/Phase 4, especially for the Emergency Communications application. FYI -- The O/S specs are based on Fedora LINUX, running Python, Java, Csound, Squeak & Logo (see http://www.laptop.org/en/laptop/software/specs.shtml ). You can see more info on the hardware and on developing widgets for the OLPC at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Developers_Program. 73 de Tom, K3IO (ex W3IWI) -------- Original Message -------- > You are receiving this email because you requested a reminder from One Laptop per Child about our limited-time "Give One Get One" program. Starting Monday, November 12 at 6:00am EST, you will be able to donate one XO laptop to a child in the developing world and also receive a laptop for the child in your life, by visiting http://www.laptopgiving.org or calling toll-free 1-877-70-LAPTOP. > > "Give One Get One" is the only time we are making the revolutionary XO laptop available to the public. For a donation of just $399 ($200 of which is tax-deductible), you will be giving the gift of education. Additionally, T-Mobile is offering donors one year of complimentary access to T-Mobile HotSpot locations throughout the United States, which can be used from any Wi-Fi-capable device, including the XO laptop. > > We will send you another email when the program begins on November 12. Until then, thank you for your interest in OLPC. We hope you'll join us in our mission to bring education and connection to children in even the most remote regions of the globe.

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Re: AO-16 partially recovered.
by Mineo Wakita 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

19:20 UTC, 10 Nov 2007, I recorded AO-16 PSK sounds, but nothing data. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/71111a16.mp3 de JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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