January 2008 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Icom IC-820H For Sale
by John Henderson 09 Jan '08

09 Jan '08

I have a very clean IC-820H for sale. It is cosmetically and electronically like new, very clean. Has the HM-36 hand mike and the original manual. Have been using it for ISS and digital modes and have switched over to my 821H. $490 plus shipping. John John Henderson N4NAB 212 Bayside Drive Cape Carteret, NC 28584 252-725-2744 <mailto:[email protected]> n4nab(a)amsat.org <http://www.amsat.org/> http://www.amsat.org/

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San Antonio Radio Fiesta - Jan 12
by Bruce 09 Jan '08

09 Jan '08

Mahana, W5BTS, and I will be at the San Antonio Radio Club 2008 Amateur Radio Fiesta (their hamfest) on Saturday, January 12, 2008. I will be on UHF/VHF satellites giving demos from 8am-1pm. We will also have an AMSAT table setup. Look forward to working everyone from Schertz, Texas 78154 Grid EL09 Look for us on AO-51, SO-50 and AO-27. 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on W0KIE new satellite soon. Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org

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AO-27 web site down, update on Java Schedule Lister
by George Henry 08 Jan '08

08 Jan '08

www.ao27.org appears to be down again... Inasmuch as my son has graduated from college and will soon be losing the school web space where the Java AO-27 Schedule Lister has been hosted, I have proposed that it be hosted at the AMSAT web site. Until it is, those interested in downloading it may do so at http://home.earthlink.net/~ka3hsw/ao27 . It is available as either a platform-independent Java applet (Java runtime environment v1.4 or higher required) or as a Windows .EXE (Java runtime environment also required). I will upload the most recent TOPR.TXT and SCHEDULE.TXT files to my Earthlink page as well since the AO-27 site is down, making updating of those files impossible for now, otherwise (just copy them into the folder where you put the .JAR or .EXE) I have also asked my son if he can make the Schedule tab update in real time, instead of being a one-shot like it is now. (you can refresh it by just toggling over to the List tab and back). I will make the updated version available as soon as he gets it to me. 73, George, KA3HSW

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A query.
by John Hackett 08 Jan '08

08 Jan '08

Hi all, Does anyone have any current information on the whereabouts/state of the SUMBANDILA (lit: 'pathfinder') satellite that was built by Stellenbosch universdity. South Africa. The last I heard - (a year ago) - it had gone for "testing". This satellite with a 2m/70cm transponder was to be launched at the end of 2006 ... then May 2007 ... it is now January 2008 and I can't recall seeing any pertinent info: on any of the bulletin boards. If anyone has any 'recent' information I'd appreciate a hands-up. 73 John. <la2qaa(a)amsat.org>

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Re: A query.
by George Henry 08 Jan '08

08 Jan '08

-----Original Message----- >From: Chris Bloy <chris(a)photofuture.co.uk> >Sent: Jan 8, 2008 6:53 AM >To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org >Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: A query. > >[snip} >Sorry to rant, and please dont flame me, but I joined AMSAT to get more >information and get involved! This doesnt make me want to donate to >something I cannot see or know about.. > >Thats my pennies worth.... > >Chris > Look at it this way, Chris: the more people who join/donate, the more resources there are available to build & launch satellites, and to keep the web sites up to date! You say you joined to get involved: if you see a need, how about stepping up to fill it? AMSAT needs people just as much as it needs money... Do you have the skills to volunteer to be part of the Web site team? 73, George, KA3HSW

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sorry - KC8GKF only ;-)
by Mike Rupprecht 08 Jan '08

08 Jan '08

Hi Jeffrey, SORRY ! I don't know another way - but all emails to you came back. There is an spam blocker and I can not answer to you. Could you send me another e-mail contact, please? ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- < <mailto:[email protected]> radiooperator(a)comcast.net> (reason: 554 host mx2.comcast.net [76.96.30.116] said: 554 IMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net comcast 81.169.146.189 Comcast BL004 Blocked for spam. 73, Mike DK3WN ____________ Virus checked by G DATA AntiVirusKit Version: AVK 18.2326 from 07.01.2008 Virus news: www.antiviruslab.com

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status of satellites in orbit
by john heath 08 Jan '08

08 Jan '08

Hi chaps, Slightly off topic as it relates to "in orbit" rather than under construction but useful none the less. David Carrs Live Oscar Status Page at http://oscar.dcarr.org You can upload you own reports, ideal to check what people are hearing/working. If you are monitoring the bb David then thanks very much, and could you add the other cubesats? 73 John G7HIA

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email id for IW4AA
by Prathap Kumar 08 Jan '08

08 Jan '08

Hi all Can anyone help me with email id of IW4AA P Felletti Thank you Best 73 Pop VU2POP

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Re: Digital Recorder for Sats
by Wayne N5WD 07 Jan '08

07 Jan '08

On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 19:31:46 -0000, Chris Bloy wrote: >...> I have a small problem when recording my satellite passes, I don’t > have the hands to be able to write the Grids and Callsign’s so i > use a little digital voice recorder that I found on Ebay..I use my TH-D7 > and split the output between the recorder and my earphones.. BUT the output to > the recorder is a little too hot for it and doesn’t have a mic > control.. I tried something similar when I went down to Belize and operated on the late-great UO-14 as V31WD, but when you plug something in to the microphone input you disconnect the internal mike. If all you're recording, then, is the output of the HT, you miss the chance to hear what YOU thought you were working (and any verbal notes you may have made to yourself while you were setting up, etc.). What I finally settled on was an external mike going to the digital recorder, taped to the headset of the boom mike I was using for the HT, with that mike close enough to the earpiece that it heard enough audio from the earphones to let me hear what was being received on the HT, but still would record my voice at the same time. The only other way I can think of to do it is to either (a) find a two-channel recorder (preferably one with a line input instead of just a mike-level audio input) or (b) rig up some sort of mixing pad that would let me vary the inputs. If anyone has a pointer to a two-channel digital recorder like that, please share! 73 Wayne N5WD

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IC-910H question
by Bob Herrell 07 Jan '08

07 Jan '08

Hi all. I am new to this and have an IC-910H and running SatPC32. I have noticed that if I manually tune the radio, the downlink and uplink frequencies do not correspond with what is shown in SatPC32. I am not running the automatic mode until I can find my CT17. Is there anyone out there using this combination that I can talk to? Thanks es 73 Bob AJ5C Harrison, AR EM36 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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