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

SK -- Den Connors, KD2S
by Tom Clark, K3IO 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

It is with much sadness that I report the passing of Den Connors, KD2S at 2AM this morning. Den passed on after a year+ fight to conquer lymphoma. This morning, Ralph (KD1SM) reported "Den checked-in to our weekly Club information net on 70cm Monday evening. As usual, he sounded pretty chipper." "Very shortly after that he developed a serious infection and his non-existent immune system could do nothing." Den was TAPR's first president, overseeing the transition from a local Tucson club into the multi-national TAPR. He was a major sponsor of the adoption of AX.25 as the amateur packet standard. Under his lead, TAPR introduced the TNC-1 and then later the TNC-2. Den worked with me to define an amateur store-and-forward packet radio satellite; this morphed into the Microsats (AO16-16, IO-26. AO-27 & MO-30). Den moved to Massachusetts about 25 years ago to work at Wang Computers, and lived in Pepperell, Massachusetts. 73, Den -- you will be missed by all your friends! Tom Clark, K3IO

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PE0SAT
by nachif＠terra.com.br 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; } Jan, could you email me, please? My email is nachif at terra.com.br I've tried to contact you several times but my mails never got through. 73, Luciano

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trolls
by don 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

Probably an impossible request, but would it be possible to get the posters to the bbs to concentrate on AMATEUR satellite topics? I'm not even slightly interested in school boards or kids or grand kids achievements, or diatribes against NASA etc. I am, however, very keen to learn of new techniques in using the sat's, what is coming up, what is being dreamed of, and of course the general "noise" about our hobby. Finally, before any more wasted space is expended on replies to "rocky jones" or "robert g oler" or whatever ruse it uses to get onto our bbs have a google at " robert oler" and "robert g oler". Then you may all realise that this is not the only forum that (it?) trolls on. Don Zl1THO

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Satellite station stuff for sale!
by Frank Viggiano 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

Selling my house and moving . I have the following for sale 2 KLM CP 22cx 2 meter 2 KLM CP 44cx 70 cm One of the driven elements on 22cx is bad... price includes new element material. I never got round to fixing it All 4 antennas $400 plus shipping Yasue G 5400B works needs a good cleaning rotor and control box $300 plus shipping Fiberglass mast for above $50 plus shipping Universal tower Aluminum tower 3 sections $400 pick up Astron rs70m metered 70 amp supply $250 plus shipping Astron RS35 35 amp power supply $75 plus shipping Astron rs20 20 amp power supply $50 pluss shipping Down East Microwave down converter 1296 to 144 $150 Mode s and mode l helix high gain antennas available Dow east Microwave 902-928MHz 40W Linear Amplifier. 20mW input other mode s down converters and signal source avail. also coax and unitrack satellite tracking interface Mail fviggian(a)taconic.net Thanks frank

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Improving satellite reporting
by Peter 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

Bruce,VE9QRP I applaud your superb suggestions on satellite reporting, thank you for taking the time to frame your idea, onward and upward! 73, Pete, WB2OQQ AMSAT NY area coordinator

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AMSAT Symposium Breaking News: Low Cost Airfares
by Frank H. Bauer 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

All, The 2009 AMSAT Symposium is rapidly approaching! And we hope you can join us..especially given that there are some low-cost airfares out there for those of us in the US. We have an outstanding venue this year at the Four Points Sheraton at the BWI Airport. Your symposium committee recently did a walkthrough of this facility. The accommodations and meeting rooms are superb. I do a lot of traveling and I must say that the rooms are absolutely beautiful. You will definitely get a substantial bang for your buck (or Euro, etc) at this symposium. And planned 40th Anniversary celebratory events will be truly memorable. And to make things even better, Southwest Airlines has a phenomenal Nationwide (US) fall sale. $59-109 one-way airfares are available to BWI until Sept 3. And remember, with Southwest, there are no baggage fees. So we'd love to see you in "Charm City"-Baltimore Maryland..for the symposium presentations, 40th anniversary celebrations, poster sessions, and BoD meeting. And don't forget to submit a symposium paper to Dan Schultz, N8FGV, ASAP!! Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, and Janet Bauer 2009 Symposium Co-Chairs

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KB9BIT in DM86 and DM87
by Thomas Laskowski 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

Hello, I will be spending September 12 - 19 in the far western part of the Oklahoma Panhandle attending the Okie-Tex Star Party near Kenton, OK (http://www.okie-tex.com) and will be activating grid DM86 all week. I plan to be on as many of the daytime-only passes as I can. Since I will also be close to the OK-CO-NM border I will try to activate DM86/DM87 a few times that week. For the DM86 only passes I will be in Oklahoma at N36° 53' 50", W102° 57' 04". The DM86/87 passes will technically put me on the Oklahoma-Colorado state line (~100 yards from the Oklahoma-Colorado-New Mexico common border) and will be from N37° 00' 00", W103° 00' 00" Anyone working me who is interested in a QSL card only needs to e-mail me at kb9bit(a)arrl.net or tmlask(a)att.net with the details of the QSO(s) made with me. If you're in the log, I will send you a card. There will also be a special event station, callsign N0T, from Sep 18-Sep 20, 1800Z-1700Z, on 7.200 14.235 28.440. QSL route: Certificate. Oklahoma City Astronomy Club, PO Box 22804, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1804. For county hunters this is in Cimarron Co., OK. I'm not affiliated with the OKC Astronomy Club or the star party. I'm just passing along the info. 73, Tom Laskowski - KB9BIT tmlask(a)att.net

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Pollux and Castor weekend experiment
by Ivan Galysh 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

Hello all, There will be a laser ranging experiment this weekend from Maui. Both satellites have retroreflectors all over. Part of the experiment is to pulse a laser at the satellites at a high rate in an attempt to measure the spin rate. The results will be compared with the student MEMS payloads. There will also be an attempt to do a long wavelenth IR imaging to get thermal signatures. If you can collect data from now through Sunday and send the data to ande(a)juno.nrl.navy.mil, it will be greatly appreciated. Also, if you want, you can send your address and I will mail out a QSL card. I will be getting them printed real soon. Thanks to all who have sent me telemetry. Ivan KD4HBO.

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Hudson Valley Satcom Group Net Tonight At 8 PM ET Echolink N2EYH-L
by Cotejaune2＠aol.com 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

Hello everyone. It's time once again for the HVSG Net tonight at 8 PM ET on n2eyh-L and the Mt. Beacon repeater 146.970 PL 100. We hope you can join us for the net. Our third anniversary is coming up very soon. This is a bi weekly net. Tell us about your station and any recent contacts you have made. Hope to hear you there. 73 Gary/WA2AQH

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I: Re: Trolls on the -bb
by Francesco Grappi 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

....Yes Domenico, I8CVS unfortunately you are right......snip....sigh... ...but hope must never die... 73" Frank IW4DVZ > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:[email protected]] Per > conto di i8cvs > Inviato: giovedì 3 settembre 2009 11.52 > A: John B. Stephensen; Luc Leblanc; AMSAT-BB > Oggetto: [amsat-bb] Re: Trolls on the -bb > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John B. Stephensen" <kd6ozh(a)comcast.net> > To: "Luc Leblanc" <lucleblanc6(a)videotron.ca>; <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 10:12 AM > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Trolls on the -bb > > > P3E is a HEO with the same engine as P3D and no benefactor funding a > launch. > > Hi John, KD6OZH > > P3E is the only HEO with the possibility to be launched because her > will > carry on several experiments related to the Mars probe P5A under > development in AMSAT-DL > P3E is already made and it is standing in the labs of the University of > Marburg Germany and is waiting for a launch opportunity while P5E is > still > under development. > > > It seems more reasonable to focus on projects that we can pay to > launch > > All joined AMSAT togheter in the world has not the financial capability > to > pay for a HEO launch and this matter has been already discussed several > time on this BB > > > or where someone has already donated the launch. > > Nobody has donated a launch for free or about for free on HEO except > ESA for > OSCAR-10 OSCAR-13 and AO40 upon political strategy conducted mostly by > AMSAT-DL and this is why we must pull for P3E.......I agree completely > with > Luc, VE2DWE > > Actually the rest of HEO's are only on brains, on desk and on papers. > > > 73, > > > > John > > KD6OZH > > 73" de > > i8CVS Domenico > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Luc Leblanc" <lucleblanc6(a)videotron.ca> > > To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 02:42 UTC > > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Trolls on the -bb > > >> I know AMSAT has had it's issues over it's long history, and we > are all > > >> disappointed that HEOs seem to be almost out of reach for us now. > We > are > > >> all > > >> human and we all make mistakes, especially when it involves rocket > > >> engines, > > >> building spacecraft on hobby store budgets, and getting all past > our > > >> benefactor launch agency trials and schedules. > > > > > > If "HEOs seem to be almost out of reach for us now" what we should > do > > > next? no more false illusions about geo sat's and so on just get > back > > > on earth and focused on how to help P3E and our German friend. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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