July 2010 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

LVB Tracker USB serial port driver for Windows 7 x64?
by Bill Bordy, NJ1H 22 Dec '16

22 Dec '16

Has anyone located a driver for the LVB Tracker internal USB to serial port adapter on Windows 7 x64? If not, has anyone reverted to the serial port connection on LVB Tracker and used an external USB to serial port adapter successfully with SatPC32 on Windows 7 x64? I have an Edgeport multiple USB to serial port that has drivers for Windows 7 x64 that I will use if I have to. I would prefer using the LVB Tracker with its USB to serial adapter if someone has another solution. 73, Bill NJ1H

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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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Re: EggBeater
by Bill Dzurilla 30 May '12

30 May '12

Steve, I have both a commercial and a homebrew Eggbeater and am disappointed with both, especially in light of its rather high price. Connected to my IC-7000 via an ARR mast-mounted preamp, performance is far less than with an HT and an Arrow. Guess an omni can't cut it, at least not from my QTH. Maybe if I could get it up higher, clear of all roofs, it would do better. I can make contacts at relatively high sat elevations, but can do just as well with a $10 dual band ground plane. My friend has an Eggbeater and the same preamp at a clearer QTH, and he hears substantially better, down to 10 degrees elevation in some directions. Good luck and 73, Bill NZ5N > > Hi Steve, > > > > It is surprising to read that you are not hearing > anything. I have > > repeatedly used a 2m and 70cm Eggbeater for the sats > and have had no > > problem hearing things. No pre-amp. > > > > I was using a short cable (e.g. less than 10 meters). > The rigs I > > used were a FT-736r (deaf) and a FT-847 (so-so). > > > > 73, > > > > Dave

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FW: Re: The Moon is our Future
by Dave 15 Mar '11

15 Mar '11

We have met the enemy and they are us. WE need to do something. Yes, $15m is outta reach, but isn't there a cash prize for the first on-commercial moon landing? Dave DM78qd // KA0SWT If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners.-- Johnny Carson +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Davis Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 9:35 AM To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: The Moon is our Future On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 06:48:51AM -0600, Jack K. wrote: > communications anyway) and move forward... We can put up all the leos > we want, but until someone makes something like B. Bruninga's cell > concept work, we are only going to have more of the same, We don't > need more of the same! I couldn't agree more - we don't need more of the same. If I want to sit back and have a two hour rag-chew with someone on the other side of the planet I will use Skype or my cell phone! Dreaming about what *might* be in space is a fun exercise. Actually doing something about it requires sending things to LEO because reality has dictated that's as far as we can afford to go. How's about we use some of that frustrated *imagineering* to come up with interesting new concepts at LEO? We don't need any more FM repeaters buzzing overhead, but what about more cameras downloading HD images, scientific payloads that monitor the ongoing climate change, payloads to study the Earth's magnetic field, etc. etc. Our own 'Twitter' messaging network from space...? The Apollo 13 creed of "failure is not an option" has completely infected the brains at AMSAT and this list. You want something at HEO or on the moon, cut a check for $15 million dollars and let's get on with it. Been waiting since 1996 for another AO-13 and I am getting too old to keep waiting. AMSAT is becoming completely irrelevant as it strives without success for the impossible mission and exhibits a shocking amount of leadership malfesance as it stubbornly refuses to recognize and adapt to realities in the launch business. I know, I know maybe NEXT year someone rich will die and leave us a boatload of cash. Or the bankrupt US government will suddenly cough up a billion dollars for some orbiting emergency communication system. In the meantime we have to stifle the truth because it might blow yet another *secret* deal that's in the works and *almost* a done deal, so let's not complain publicly and ruin it. Heard the stories, heard the lies, got all the t-shirts and ball caps. Whatever. -- Jeff, KE9V AMSAT-NA member since 1994, Skeptic that we will ever go back to HEO since 2002 _______________________________________________ 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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TubeSats - DIY Satellites
by Rich Dailey 10 Aug '10

10 Aug '10

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128740683 http://www.interorbital.com/TubeSat_1.htm Rich, N8UX.

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AO-7 New distance
by ps8rf Piraja 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Hello friends, The new record via AO-7 was established today between Luciano, PY5LF and Joe , K3SZh via AO-7. The distance the new record is 7839 KM. I have a audio record with a portion of the QSO. The log of QSO can be seen on web site http://www.planetemily.com/ao7/ao7log.php . Congratulations to both. 73, Pirajá, PS8RF _________________________________________________________________ ACESSE SEUS EMAILS DE QUALQUER LUGAR PELO SEU CELULAR. CLIQUE E VEJA COMO FAZER ISSO. http://celular.windowslive.com.br/hotmail.asp?produto=Hotmail&utm_source=Li…

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thanks for QSOs during AO27 demo
by Patrick STODDARD 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

Hi! Thanks for the QSOs during the last AO27 pass. It was nice to hear much of North America on the pass. Even Larry XE2/KI6YAA from another part of this city. I do not know if I will work any of the upcoming AO51 passes, since I need to make my drive home sometime this afternoon or evening. Apparently there has been a lot of rain in my home city Phoenix. Thanks to everyone who made QSOs with XE2/WD9EWK over the past couple of days. 73! Patrick XE2/WD9EWK - Mexicali, Baja California http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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AO-51 Status and Mode
by Patrick Farcon 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

Hello all! I have not been able to work many passes lately due to schedule at work but the last two early morning passes that were very good I have not been able to pick up the satellite at all. Is the satellite not in V/U mode? I was just wondering if others are seeing the same thing. Thanks to all the ground operations team members that keep the satellite in check and to all that I have met on the satellites! It has been a great new facet to the hobby for me! Pat N2VYT FN20un

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AO-51 back on
by Andrew Glasbrenner 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

We are completely reloaded and operational, in about 24 hours. 145.92/435.3 repeater is running with 67 Hz tone required to activate, and will stay on for 2 minutes at a time. Output is 740 mw and subject to change. We may have to adjust some other settings over the next day or two. Please use the webpage at http://oscar.dcarr.org/ to post reports. For some reason very few US stations use this. Please do as it is impossible for us to listen to every pass. 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT-NA VP Ops

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Re: AO27/TS2000
by Edward R. Cole 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

That may be because the source of the birdie is near the radio and not necessarily coming from the radio (e.g. nearby computers). The FT-847 is famous for its internal birdies, but they are either gone or diminished when I connect my eme antenna with tower-top preamp. Some do not disappear so are probably being radiated from the neighborhood. A good test is to terminate the radio with a dummy load and see what birdies remain (most likely are internally produced in the radio). Then connect the antenna with preamp and see how many go away or are greatly reduced. And see how many new ones show up! a preamp can generate birdies from intermodulation products or self-oscillation. So saying, RF is a messy business. ;-) When I point the 2m eme array at 70-mi distant Anchorage the noise floor rises (slightly). It drops if I swing in azimuth or raise above 10-degrees elevation. In character the noise is not exactly white noise but has a faint line-noise sound. Cities have a lot of lines. ;-) 73, Ed PS: I am going to be interested to observe how many birdies my Elecraft K3+DEMI 144/28 xvtr combo produce compared with the FT-847 on 144 (144-144.030 is unusable due to birdies) At 12:11 PM 7/31/2010, Bruce Robertson wrote: >To improve the birdie issue on the TS-2000, be sure to keep your >antennas well away from the radio. I found the birdie less serious >recently, now that my antennas are 100' away. > >73, Bruce >VE9QRP > >On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 4:28 PM, i8cvs <domenico.i8cvs(a)tin.it> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <wa4hfn(a)comcast.net> > > To: "AMSAT" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > > Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 8:45 PM > > Subject: [amsat-bb] AO27/TS2000 > >> > >> > >> Just installed a preamp Ar2 { Advance Reciever Research) M# MSP432DG-160 > > and the birdy that the TS2000 has on AO27 recieve is now gone and > I was able > > to hear the bird from start of the pass to the end.Why ,I do not know, but > > the preamp seems to kill the birdy . Has anyone found this to be the same. > >> > >> WA4HFN Damon > >> _______________________________________________ > > > > Hi Damon, WA4HFN > > > > The pramplifier "seems" to kill the birdy because the preamplifier gain is > > very high and so the birdy is belove the noise introduced by the > > preamplifier itself. > > > > I guess that without any signal on the band your S meter reading is well > > above S-9 only because of the preamplifier noise that is apparently killing > > the birdy. > > > > If you reduce the gain of your preamplifier to get an S-meter > reading of say > > S-1 or S-2 without any signal on the band then the birdy will appear again. > > > > Best 73" de > > > > i8CVS Domenico > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > >-- >http://ve9qrp.blogspot.com >_______________________________________________ >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 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 ====================================== BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 144-QRT*, 432-100w, 1296-QRT*, 3400-fall 2010 DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa(a)hotmail.com ====================================== *temp

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