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For sell...M2 NIB 436CP42UG Antenna
by R. Chastain 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

Hi all, I guess I better start off with saying the box is missing in action.:-) The antenna has never been built and all of the small parts, phasing harness, ECT... are still in the factory sealed bags. The reason the box is missing is because I unboxed it the day I got it and the grandkids decided the box would be a fun toy. Scratch one box. Other than the M2 box, the antenna is as mint as they get. Even the straps holding the elements and boom pieces have never been removed. I will sell for $300.00 plus shipping. Thanks, RoD KD0XX

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Re: NASA Kills Ulysses
by Luc Leblanc 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

Hello planners! Some launch test are planned for Aries I rocket is it possible that some free dummy payload space will be available? http://powerfromspace.blogspot.com/2008/05/aries-rocket-motor-test-video-cl… Full screen on You tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY2CcZk_aNQ&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpowerfromspace… clips.html&feature=player_embedded Pop up you volume... On 1 Jul 2009 at 12:43, David - KG4ZLB wrote: > I know it would be expensive but on the "if you spread your net wide > enough" view of thinking, could we not approach commercial satellite > projects prior to launch and bung a transponder on them only to be used > when the primary mission fails? OK, so you might win some, might lose > some and I know it would be expensive but it seems better than the > situation we have now, plus we could be potentially building in some > long term birds that would replace the current ageing fleet. It would be > a long term view, but it would be something! > > Presumably this has been brought up before but no harm in re-hashing it > for any new ideas especially with the BoD voting soon to happen! :-D > > 73 > > David > > - > David > KG4ZLB > www.kg4zlb.com > > > > > "-" Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

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AMSAT Awards
by Bruce 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

Since mid May, we have been waiting to see who would get the AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award #500. Entries were coming in pretty quickly at the beginning. However, the last entry I received was on June 13. Therefore, to not have everyone waiting any longer.... here are the awards issued in the order they were received. Number 500 was issued on June 6 with an entry received on June 5 and another on June 9. Congratulations to everyone that submitted for the award and sorry for the delay in mailing your certificates. The following have earned the AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award. Chris Lemon, KB9CL #490 Ernest Howard, W8EH #491 Peter Portanova, WB2OOQ #492 Michael Klomfass, DH5MK #493 James DeYoung, N8OQ #494 Ronald Parsons, W5RKN #495 Thomas Lepley, KX3TL #496 Chris Meyers, KC0YBM #497 Nick Kucij, KB1RVT #498 George Carr, WA5KBH #499 Ward Hall, WC0Y #500 Jim Klassen, N6JMK #501 James Clary, ND9M #502 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org

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Re: Help - no antennas allowed
by n0jy＠lavabit.com 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

Sorry for being kind of late to the party for this subject. John, I don't know if you are building or buying but in the case of the former my XYL and I are designing a house right now for an area which doesn't strictly prohibit antennas like I have now, but would likely not allow it. Working with the architect we have the plan for the attic space to be able to contain my current KLM 40el. (20x20) 70cm and Cushcraft 20el (10x10) 2m antennas as well as my 23cm VE3NPC type helix and 13cm K5GNA BBQ dish. It makes for a high roof, but many homes in Texas these days have steep roofs so the design actually looks normal from the outside. The basic idea is a 9 1/2 foot radius hemisphere that's 5 1/2 feet above the floor of the attic (5 1/2 feet being the height of the boom above the floor). It took some explaining to the architect how an az/el antenna setup works and looks, but he got the right idea. I can send you a .pdf of the roof/attic drawing if you are interested. The house is about 4500 sq. ft. area under roof in order to accomodate my antennas (although the size is a result of what we wanted for the floor plan, not the result of what was needed for the antennas). And, it was good to see Eric's link to DH5MK. It gave me a lot of relief to finally see an installation similar to what I am planning! I wasn't sure how satellite through a roof would work over the various bands, but it seems to me that any loss can easily be overcome by preamps and amplifiers in a space where you can hook up whatever you need without the worry of weather. 73, Jerry N0JY

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diss- illusioned
by Frank Woolfe 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

Now this makes me wonder, When posting on this board to provoke stimulation about SATCOMMS; It appears that posts can be more stimulated over QSL cards or who's operating the latest in Spam Radio Du-lux than antennas or pre-amps or phasing harness' or Polarity Switching or the latest in GAS-FET performance etc;. OK,, I'll be more interested in that;... Now, Where's my QSL card from the ISS that I sent away for,,, now was that last year or early this year;? Maybe mines been held up by AMSAT -AUST or AMSATVK (cant figure out why??) I can't seem to remember when I sent away for it, maybe I've been concentrating on less important things like building projects to do with Amateur Radio instead of buying everything off the shelf, or doing totally nothing within an appointment which is becoming more apparent in Australia. Put up, Shut up or get out, you know who I'm commenting too!!! Frank VK5KV

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Unused Sats
by Dave 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

This is an intriguing possibility and perplexes me somewhat they (AMSAT) hasn't mentioned it, or something similar. For instance, every launch has a ballast load. Why is it that the ballast cannot be replaced with a cubesat? Why aren't commercial sats required to have a amateur band transceiver installed, as mentioned here and elsewhere, to activate when the primary mission ceases? Public utility companies and regulated companies such as AT&T help us routinely. Of course the easy answer is 'no', but a thoughtful consideration from the people who deal with this on a daily basis might be more nuanced. It's not a technical issue, is it? Moreover, rigging a series of sats with a transmission system that switches on in the event of catastrophic failure or switching off of the main system offers the possibility of establishing a sat network capable of vast distance datacom at no expense to the primary carrier and of great benefit to the general public and science. Isn't it time we move to working on a deep space internet system that the commercial folks don't want to spend a lot of money on, and that we (ham folks) can help by proving-in the concept? Seems to me we can do this without a lot of expense but with the foresighted help of the commercial folks. Dave DM78qd // KA0SWT If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners.-- Johnny Carson +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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Original 13 Colonies Special Event
by n3tl＠bellsouth.net 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

Hey everyone, As I type this (1304 UTC), the Special Event has begun! My thanks to all of the operators who've volunteered to help activate colonies on the satellites. Thanks, too, to everyone at AMSAT for the support it is providing, including a presence on the AMSAT-NA home page. That simply is wonderful, and very, very much appreciated. One last update - we've added Maryland! Bruce, WA3SWJ, will be activating that colony during the event with the special call sign WA3SWJ/K2F. That means we have 11 of the 13 original colonies active on the satellites from now through midnight EDT Saturday (0359 UTC on July 5). That is outstanding! Here, I intend to work CW quite a bit on the linear satellites (AO-7, FO-29 and VO-52), so listen for N3TL/K2G below the middle of those satellites' passbands. I'll try to work at least one pass of each satellite in SSB, but I hope we can get some CW ops on the air and in orbit! 73 to all from the Georgia Colony! Tim - N3TL/K2G

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Re: Richard Garriott on BBC Newsnight tonight
by John Heaton 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

On Tue, 2009-06-30 at 17:32 -0500, Andy MacAllister wrote: > An mp3 file of just Garriott's part would be really good to have. Did any of > you get a recording??? I tried to access the broadcast, but sure enough, no > go from this side... I caught the last part on the TV last night, and have listened to the first part on iplayer this morning. The Garriot bit wasn't on. Bye for now, John > > TNX & 73 de Andy W5ACM > Houston, TX > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Heaton" <john(a)manchester.ac.uk> > To: "Trevor ." <m5aka(a)yahoo.co.uk> > Cc: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 4:29 PM > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Richard Garriott on BBC Newsnight tonight > > > > On 30 Jun 2009, at 22:17, Trevor . wrote: > >> The show should also be available on the web at > >> > >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/newsnight > >> > >> Newsnights homepage is at > >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight > >> > >> I've not tried accessing BBC shows from overseas so don't know if > >> they restict access. If they do I guess a Proxy Server may be one > >> way round it. > > > > If you ask someone nicely in the UK (Mac/Linux users) they may be > > able to download a non-DRM version as an MP4 video file. I'm not > > encumbered by MrSoftee so don't know if it can be done one that. > > > >>> I understand that it is likely that Richard Garriott is to > >>> be interviewed on > >>> BBC2's networked Newsnight program tonight at 22:30BST, > >>> 23:30CET (In Western > >>> Europe 28.2E 10773H 22000 5/6). > > > > > > Bye for now, John > > > > John Heaton > > john(a)manchester.ac.uk > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > >

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