October 2011 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Re: MAKE NOT BUY
by Zachary Beougher 23 Oct '11

23 Oct '11

Here is the direct link if you can't find the GcmWin instructions page: http://kd8ksn.blogspot.com/p/gcmwin-instructions.html -----Original Message----- From: Zachary Beougher Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 8:35 PM To: Kevin Deane ; amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] MAKE NOT BUY Kevin, Try GcmWin. I have instructions on my blog: http://kd8ksn.blogspot.com/ 73! Zack KD8KSN -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Deane Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 8:13 PM To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] MAKE NOT BUY I wanted to Make one on a plotter printer thinga ma jig, not Buy one... Was hoping someone knew where to find something printable. Do people not Make things anymore? Kevin KF7MYK _______________________________________________ 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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MAKE NOT BUY
by Kevin Deane 23 Oct '11

23 Oct '11

I wanted to Make one on a plotter printer thinga ma jig, not Buy one... Was hoping someone knew where to find something printable. Do people not Make things anymore? Kevin KF7MYK

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Re: Grid Map
by Andrew Glasbrenner 22 Oct '11

22 Oct '11

This one is nice: http://www.arrl.org/shop/ARRL-Amateur-Radio-Map-of-North-America/ 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- >From: Kevin Deane <summit496(a)live.com> >Sent: Oct 22, 2011 7:34 PM >To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org >Subject: [amsat-bb] Grid Map > > >I am having a hard time finding a Grid Map that is bigger than the Icom one. > >I want to make a wall map and have Alaska, Canada, Mexico, Cuba showing as one map Grids/States. > >Thanks for any help. > >Kevin >KF7MYK > > >_______________________________________________ >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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Grid Map
by Kevin Deane 22 Oct '11

22 Oct '11

I am having a hard time finding a Grid Map that is bigger than the Icom one. I want to make a wall map and have Alaska, Canada, Mexico, Cuba showing as one map Grids/States. Thanks for any help. Kevin KF7MYK

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WD9EWK @ DM51/DM52 now
by Patrick STODDARD 22 Oct '11

22 Oct '11

Hi! I am at the DM51bx/DM52ba grid boundary now, and plan to be on the upcoming AO-27 pass around 2007 UTC. I still plan to work the other 4 passes here as originally planned, before going to DM53 this evening on my way home. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Amateur Sats in 'The World of Amateur Radio'
by Trevor . 22 Oct '11

22 Oct '11

Just been watching the 1970's video 'The World of Amateur Radio'. Amateur satellites get a brief mention near the end at 24:28 - saying they dream of the day when hams will be orbiting the earth in space stations and they see in the near future handheld rigs linked to satellites giving world wide communications. Watch the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CVnzNNSsdU 73 Trevor M5AKA

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New Sats
by Kevin Deane 22 Oct '11

22 Oct '11

With all these new sats that are not voice, I was thinking people would probly be more interested and get more invovled if there were something more than just decoding the telemetry like SEEDS II offers Qsl cards and secret words, stuff like that. Just thought I would throw that out there see what people think. :) Kevin KF7MYK

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Re: SatPC32 version 12.8b is released
by i8cvs 22 Oct '11

22 Oct '11

Hi Peter,NH6VB I believe that Stefan,VE4NSA never worked or was listening on a HEO othervise he will be not in favour only on the Cubesat and I am sure he will pull also like me and many others for P3E To give Stefan a demonstration of what I am stating I have sent to all of you a WAV file 3 minutes long with a QSO via AO40 in wich we are three of us (IW2ERR-i5UXJ and i8CVS) talking like into a telephone without QSB or QRM and nice audio quality for hours much better than in 20 meters because we can interrupt each other at the same time. Sorry the QSO is in italian but it is sufficient to say that if Stefan ever worked a HEO he have missed a lot. Also sorry that my message to Peter,NH6VB including the WAV file bounced back to me. 73" de i8CVS Domenico ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan Wagener" <wageners(a)gmail.com> To: "nh6vb Scheller" <nh6vb(a)msn.com> Cc: <w9ae(a)charter.net>; "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 11:25 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SatPC32 version 12.8b is released > Thanks, > > I am glad you favour HEOs. Good for you. At least the cubesat > community does not bash and discriminate against your favourite > satellite system. Any university and organization that puts up a > cubesat is a winner for me. They are fun, challenging and use the > spectrum. More power to them. I am glad AMSAT is moving along with > Fox. Feel free to support the HEOs. My money is on the Cubesats. > > Stefan, VE4NSA > > > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 4:12 PM, nh6vb Scheller <nh6vb(a)msn.com> wrote: > > Stefan, > > With all due respects, have you ever worked a HEO? > > I am not bashing cubesats, there is a place for them, as you say. > > But, have you ever worked a HEO? If not, you have missed a lot. > > De Peter, NH6VB > > > >> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:17:03 -0500 > >> From: wageners(a)gmail.com > >> To: arskm9u(a)gmail.com > >> CC: w9ae(a)charter.net; amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > >> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SatPC32 version 12.8b is released > >> > >> Thank you!!!! > >> > >> I am so sick and tired of bashing the cubesat community. At least they > >> are putting satellites in orbit and they ARE licensed radio amateurs > >> with the same access to the spectrum as all of us! > >> > >> Stefan, VE4NSA

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Re: G5500 Elevation Rotator Short Circuit?
by Clive Wallis 22 Oct '11

22 Oct '11

Hi Lynn, Many thanks for your comments. Good point, although the contacts are normally closed, and open when the motor over-runs. So the usual problem of poor contact wouldn't apply. However, it's possible that the contacts may have welded together. I think that to fully protect the motor it needs a controller to limit the time that current is supplied to the motor, to a safe value. A nice little PIC project! BTW I've recently had a problem with my central heating where a micro switch stuck in the ON position, leaving the boiler firing, when it should have been off. However, this was a normally open contact. 73 Clive G3CWV Hitchin, North Hertfordshire, UK On 16/10/2011 13:16, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote: > I'm not familiar with rotors, actually, but micro switches that aren't > switched often (like only when you run the rotor to the stop, which I'm > assuming most people try to avoid) kind of limit the effectiveness of > "self-wiping" or "self-cleaning" contacts. I'm just comparing it > mentally with my doorbell button that needs a bunch of "vigorous > activations" (aka pounding on it) periodically to keep function on a > "push once, ring" basis. > > So, unless you make a habit of running the rotor to the stops, the > switches may not function when/if they ARE needed. > > Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32 >

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DataBackup issue with SatPC32 V. 12.8b
by Erich Eichmann 22 Oct '11

22 Oct '11

Hello, the data file "Program.SQF" of SatPC32 v.12.8b includes the program names DataBackup and TimeSync. The previous versions of Program.SQF did not (by default). If you save your previous data with DataBackup and restore it after the installation of 12.8b the program will replace the new Program.SQF with the previous one without the new program names. To fix that add the program names DataBackup and/or TimeSync (without extensions) manually to the file Program.SQF. The file can be opened and edited from the SatPC32 menu "?", "Auxiliary files", "Program.SQF". It contains also the necessary hints. 73s, Erich, DK1TB

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