March 2009 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Call for Papers--2007 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference
by Ford, Steve, WB8IMY 16 Jul '12

16 Jul '12

Technical papers are solicited for presentation at the 26th Annual ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference to be held September 28-30, 2007 in Hartford, Connecticut. These papers will also be published in the Conference Proceedings (you do NOT need to attend the conference to have your paper included in the Proceedings). The submission deadline is July 31, 2007. Please send papers to: Maty Weinberg ARRL 225 Main St Newington, CT 06111 or you can make your submission via e-mail to: maty(a)arrl.org Papers will be published exactly as submitted and authors will retain all rights. 73 . . . Steve, WB8IMY ARRL

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SV1BSX is Silent Key
by Nader Omer 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

Rest in peace my Elemer Mak SV1BSX. We well miss you on air and on the list. My condolences goes to all EU-AMSAT,AMSAT BB lists members and to his family. God bless your soul. Nader st2nh www.st2nh.com

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KiwiSat's Updated Status
by Bill Ress 02 Apr '09

02 Apr '09

Hello all, The status of New Zealand's AMSAT-ZL - KiwiSat - has just been updated. Check out their steady march to a launch at: http://kiwisat.org/index.html Regards...Bill - N6GHz

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OH8MBN -3000 lOGS. AJ9K -2000 lOGS.
by TERRY BROMLEY 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Mika, OH8MBN, congratulations on reaching 3000 + logs on the AO-7 Logbook. Also Dan, AJ9K on reaching 2000 + logs. Allways a pleasure in our qso's, thankyou. 73s Terry G1WPR.

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ISS SSTV Photos
by racer5039 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

I was able to catch 3 nice photos from the ISS as it passed over this afternoon. In the middle of one of them, the antennas where resetting the the other side, but still got most of it. Is there some way of "fixing them up" after the down load? It looks like the others are much smoother than the ones I got. Now if I could only catch them on the repeater....someday. Marv. N0FJP

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Dayton
by Martha 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

I have 5 rooms left in the AMSAT block for Dayton. I have to send the list to the hotel in 2 weeks, So if you are planning on staying with us, please call me as soon as possible (301-589-6062) -- 73- Martha - AMSAT Manager

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First SSTV Rx
by Kent Frazier 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Hi all, After reading some of the posts about the SSTV on AO-51 I decided to give it a try. I downloaded and installed MMSSTV and waited for a pass. There was a good 40 degree pass over San Angelo, Texas beginning at about 00:14 UTC. I connected my radio's data jack to my computer with my USB adapter and recorded the pass with my digital voice recorder. Lucky I did as nothing showed up on the computer via the data jack connection. I used my Elk Antenna to receive the signals. After the pass I brought everything back into the house and connected the voice recorder's ear jack to the computer's mic jack. After adjusting the volume so MMSSTV wasn't complaining about an overload I ran the recording. MMSSTV was in Auto Rx Mode and changed to Robot 36 as it received the information. The image isn't very clear, but at least I was able to receive something. If anyone would care to look at the image and help me identify why it is not clearer it would be appreciated. It has been uploaded to my photobucket account at the following URL: http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/dd316/badfrog88/Amateur%20Radio/?action=… -- 73, Kent K5KNT AMSAT #36765 ARRL

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ISS transmitting SSTV
by D. Craig Fox 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Greetings all. ISS just passed 10 mins ago transmitting a SSTV image of NA1SS. Not sure if I can post this with a .jpeg image attached, but it is attached for anyone that wants to see what we received here in SoCal on MMSSTV. 73's Craig N6RSX <<Copy of IMG_0462.jpg>> NOTICE: This communication may contain privileged or other confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this communication to the intended recipient, please advise the sender by reply email and immediately delete the message and any attachments without copying or disclosing the contents. Thank you.

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wsjt - anyone got it working?
by Gordon JC Pearce MM3YEQ 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

I've been looking at wsjt for EME stuff, but I just can't get it to work. It won't compile, throwing strings of errors, and the binary package crashes immediately on startup. Emails to K1JT's arrl.net address don't seem to be answered (although perhaps he's busy). Any thoughts? Gordon MM3YEQ

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Internet via Dish
by Dave 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

Hi group- I have a need to look into getting high-speed internet via satellite. Any suggestions from the group? Dish Network? Dave

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