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Ride to dinner at Dayton
by Nick Pugh K5QXJ 07 May '10

07 May '10

I am staying at the Dury at Dayton and need a ride to the AMSAT dinner. Is there some that can help me out? Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School

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Re: 70cm yagi
by Clint Bradford 06 May '10

06 May '10

> >> ... 70cm ... firestations ... EOC stations ... You should be demanding nothing LESS than a commercial ComTelCo Yagi ... http://www.comtelcoantennas.com/yagi_uhf.htm Anything less and you are being irresponsible with the public you are protecting. I mean, does your local police department and city works comms centers have home-made Yagis on their installations? Of course not. Why should your department think "amateur radio installations" deserve anything less? Clint Bradford, K6LCS 909-241-7666

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Re: 70cm yagi
by Bob- W7LRD 06 May '10

06 May '10

Ok! before this thread gets out of hand! --A group of local hams has organized themselves utilizing our resources and abilities to serve a back up communications in the event of a situation where local authorities are overwhelmed be the event. The local authorities have purchased ham gear for this purpose. We have a repeater, many dedicated volunteers, and have regular drills in coordination with the aforemantioned authorities. We do not use ham gear on public service frequencies. One of my bumper stickers says, "when all else fails". I am sure someone can pick this to pieces. However we're just volunteer hams, not professional police, firemen etc. When the crap hits the fan, we're usually there, and we can and do "make do" with what we have. End of thread 73 Bob W7LRD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clint Bradford" <clintbrad4d(a)earthlink.net>f To: "Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" <nigel(a)ngunn.net> Cc: "Peter Ng" <Peter.Ng(a)bccdc.ca>, amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Sent: Thursday, May 6, 2010 1:29:07 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 70cm yagi It is against FCC regulations in the United States to use amateur gear on frequencies allocated for public service. >> ... Do you also demand commercial quality radios? For public safety? Absolutely. Clint Bradford, K6LCS _______________________________________________ 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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Re: 70cm yagi
by Clint Bradford 06 May '10

06 May '10

>> ... We do have a communication link however there have been occasional fades ... Then get your radio vendor out there and see why this happens. Most vendors will send a tech out to their commercial clients at little or no charge - to maintain your business relationship. I performed plenty of site surveys and diagnostics for my clients while working for a Motorola dealer. It may be as simple as one feedline deteriorating ... or moisture in just one connector - that is causing your "occasional drops!" Clint Bradford, K6LCS 909-241-7666 ---------------------------------- Clint Bradford, K6LCS http://www.clintbradford.com

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Re: 70cm yagi
by Bob- W7LRD 06 May '10

06 May '10

Point well taken Clint. We do have a communication link however there have been occasional fades. I am just a small cog in the big wheel. I will advise the powers to be accordingly. 73 Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clint Bradford" <clintbrad4d(a)earthlink.net> To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Sent: Thursday, May 6, 2010 12:26:31 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 70cm yagi > >> ... 70cm ... firestations ... EOC stations ... You should be demanding nothing LESS than a commercial ComTelCo Yagi ... http://www.comtelcoantennas.com/yagi_uhf.htm Anything less and you are being irresponsible with the public you are protecting. I mean, does your local police department and city works comms centers have home-made Yagis on their installations? Of course not. Why should your department think "amateur radio installations" deserve anything less? Clint Bradford, K6LCS 909-241-7666 _______________________________________________ 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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FINAL REMINDER
by Martha 06 May '10

06 May '10

You MUST make your AMSAT-TAPR Dayton banquet reservations by close of business (6:00 PM EDST) Monday, May 10th. Reservation can be made on the AMSAT website. We will not be selling tickets at the booth. You can pick up your tickets on Friday, May 14th at the AMSAT booth.

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70cm yagi
by Bob- W7LRD 06 May '10

06 May '10

I am looking for a easily reproducible yagi for 70cm 4 elements. I have been assigned to make a better link between two firestations where we have two EOC stations. Suggestions or links appreciated. 73 Bob W7LRD

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EN56 in May ???
by Alvaro de Leon Romo 06 May '10

06 May '10

Hi I am looking the guy that travel to EN56 in May , unfortunately I lost his email and call :-( Many thanks in advance, like always Al XE2AT _________________________________________________________________ Enciende tu hotness con Hotmail www.hotmailhotness.com.mx

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RFI to Spacecraft
by Trevor . 06 May '10

06 May '10

The Amateur Satellite Service isn't alone in suffering interference on its frequencies, see this BBC report on Radio Frequency Interference to the ESA Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) spacecraft. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/sci/tech/8661228.stm 73 Trevor M5AKA Daily Amateur Radio Email/RSS News: http://www.southgatearc.org/ Email Your News To: editor at southgatearc.org Or Upload Using Form At: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/your_news_1.htm ----

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Power management on AO-51
by Andrew Glasbrenner 06 May '10

06 May '10

I've adjusted the values some to try to prevent or at least slow the power cycling we've seen outside of eclipse transitions. The reports via email have been very helpful, even if you don't get an immediate reply. Please keep sending them if possible for now. Thank you to PY5LF, ZL2BX, ZS6BB, VK2AYE, and others I may have forgotten, for their excellent reports. 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT VP Operations

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