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Fort Wayne Hamfest
by Doug Kuitula 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Hi all, For those going to the Fort Wayne, Indiana Hamfest this weekend, the AMSAT forum is on Saturday at 1pm. There are also a couple of forums on Sunday that might be of interest. One is "Amateur Radio and Radio Astronomy" and the other involves APRS. Both of these are at 10 am. 73 de Doug KA8QCU

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IARU Region 1 - Cavtat 08
by Trevor 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

The IARU Region 1 Conference in Cavtat starts this weekend, see http://www.southgatearc.org/news/november2008/iaru_r1_cavtat.htm There are a number of Satellite related papers being discussed in C5 VHF/UHF/uW: 144 MHz increased satellite service 3400 MHz amateur satellite allocation Microwave spectrum requirements A new vision for 23 cm Amateur satellites handbook chapter Microwave spectrum requirements VHF spectrum requirements An REF response to the C5 VHF/UHF/uW papers can be seen at http://thf.ref-union.org/c5_iaru_r1/08cavtat/08cavtat_c5_etat_commentaires.… 73 Trevor M5AKA --------------- Daily Amateur Radio RSS News: http://www.southgatearc.org/ Email your news items to: editor at southgatearc.org News On Your Website: http://www.southgatearc.org/rss/index.htm News On Your PC: http://www.southgatearc.org/rss/newsreader.htm Upload Your News: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/your_news.htm ---------------

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ao-51 mode L/S
by Eric Fort 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Are those who are working AO-51 mode L/S mostly using rotors and tracking software? What are you using to keep the antennas pointed for mode L/S and what are you using for antennas? Eric

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ARR preamp sold
by John Price 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

The preamp has been sold and will shipped tomorrow morning. Thanks to all those that responded. 73's << John -- N4QWF Amateur Radio Operator AO-7,AO-27,SO-50,AO-51,VO-52,ISS Internet N4QWF(a)AMSAT.ORG Echolink nodes #110903 -L #388463 Formerly KC4AHW VK3FEZ Amsat Member #27845 DXCC #33,478 VUCC SAT #135 WAS SAT #296 51 on AO-51 #13 LON -79.256 LAT 37.459 Grid FM07il >From the Foothills of the Blueridge *Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming - "WOW, What a ride!"

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Re: Notebooks, add
by Clint Bradford 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Besy Buy will be selling on Black Friday what appears to be a deal: Toshiba AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Notebook Computer w/3GB Memory / 160GB Hard Drive for $379.99. Clint Bradford, K6LCS 909-241-7666 -------------------------------------- Clint Bradford, K6LCS / KAF3359 909-241-7666 - cell

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Re: Bargain Laptops
by Clint Bradford 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

>...XYZ unit others have mentioned, and a few others I didn't know were on the market... It is ESPECIALLY important to purchase laptops from reputable, reliable manufacturers. There's so many variables in the off-brand units...from weird memory being used to strangeness with the hard drives to un-replaceable screens and non-standard video standards and limited-to-no parts availability... Just know what you need from a laptop, and realize that you generally get what you pay for. I maintain a couple old IBM ThinkPad 760ED models. Parts are available all over the place. Add they run all my Kenwood and Motorola commercial programming software, as well as all my amateur programming software titles. Under $300 at better used laptop stores on the Web. Serves my needs well. Nothing replaces my 17" MacBook Pro, though...(grin). Clint, K6LCS 909-241-7666 -------------------------------------- Clint Bradford, K6LCS / KAF3359 909-241-7666 - cell

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Looking for some guidance on controlling cheap Radio Shack rotator
by Mark Lunday, WD4ELG 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Bought a $55 special TV rotator from my local Radio Shack, and I would like to use something to control Azimuth (Elevation is obviously fixed, I have it at 30 degrees which seems OK for my use). It has three screw posts (probably +/- DC voltage and ground for motor control?) I have an older PC with a parallel port (serial port is used to control the rig). What pre-existing interfaces between parallel port and the screw posts of the rotator are available? I don't have the time to build my own kit, and would rather buy off-the-shelf solution. Thanks. Mark Lunday WD4ELG wd4elg(a)arrl.net http://wd4elg.net

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ARR SP432VDG preamp w/choke FS
by John Price 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

I have this preamp forsale. It is still in the orginal sealed plastic bag it came in. It has never been used. Here is the ARR webpage that describes this preamp. http://www.advancedreceiver.com/page7.html The ferquency range is from 420-450mhz. It is choke protected for RF pass thur up to 25 watts. I have the orginal paper work that came with it. It sells new for around $124.95 with the added choke so I will take $85.00 shipped to your door in the USA for it. Over seas shipping I will have to ask buyer to pay. Paypal excepted. Thanks << John -- N4QWF Amateur Radio Operator AO-7,AO-27,SO-50,AO-51,VO-52,ISS Internet N4QWF(a)AMSAT.ORG Echolink nodes #110903 -L #388463 Formerly KC4AHW VK3FEZ Amsat Member #27845 DXCC #33,478 VUCC SAT #135 WAS SAT #296 51 on AO-51 #13 LON -79.256 LAT 37.459 Grid FM07il >From the Foothills of the Blueridge *Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming - "WOW, What a ride!"

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Satellite tracker for Symbian OS
by Xavi EB3CZS 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Does anyone know if there is a satellite tracking program that can run on Symbian OS? (Google hasn't helped me this time) It would be nice to have it running always on my phone. -- 73 de Xavi EB3CZS

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GO-32 Tonight
by Mark Ku7z 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Looks like GO-32 is being re-loaded. Was only getting Headers on the last pass. Could be up again in a day or two. 73, Mark, Ku7z

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