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

Univ. of Pittsburgh satellite demo (corr.)
by Helmuth Kump 06 Oct '11

06 Oct '11

(Will be using Pitt's call sign on their grounds, W3YI.) I will be visiting the Panther Amateur Radio Club at Pitt this Friday afternoon and evening, signing W3YI in FN00. Please say hello to the hams at Pitt, we'll be on AO-51 at 2131, and later on, AO-7 at 0005. 73 Doc, KT3L

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Gpredict
by Clint Bradford 06 Oct '11

06 Oct '11

I need a couple user comments regarding Gpredict, please. A friend just told me it needed to be added to my TRACKING page at ... http://web.me.com/clintbradford/Work-Sat/Tracking.html ... and I just cannot devote time to play with it until late in the week. Easy to install? Easy to enter current location? Painless Keplerian data updates - and able to choose WHICH Kep data you want to use? MANY thanks! Clint Bradford, K6LCS 909-241-7666

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Winners of Space App Competition announced
by Trevor . 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

The AMSAT-UK FUNcube team are among the winners in a competition to fly an Android App on the amateur radio Smartphone satellite STRaND-1 due for launch next year. Details at http://www.uk.amsat.org/2011/10/05/winners-of-space-app-competition-announc… 73 Trevor M5AKA

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Univ. of Pittsburgh satellite demo
by Helmuth Kump 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

I will be visiting the Panther Amateur Radio Club at Pitt this Friday afternoon and evening, signing KT3L portable in FN00. Please say hello to the hams at Pitt, we'll be on AO-51 at 2131, and later on, AO-7 at 0005. 73 Doc, KT3L

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Uni_trac 2003 Hardware
by Al Ozias 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

I am looking for the Uni_Trac 2003 hardware (serial port input, metal box). If you know where I may find one at a resonable cost please contact me diectly via email. Al - N7EQF

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Fwd: time for a bit of humor
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Richard Smith" <mbrs2020(a)att.net> To: "AJ4AT" <AJ4AT(a)comcast.net>, "Damon Runion" <wa4hfn(a)comcast.net>, "Pat Lane" <w4oqg(a)bellsouth.net>, "Dorothy Corcelius" <dc62844(a)verizon.net>, "Shawn Carter" <cartershawn59(a)hotmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 2:11:15 PM The difference between the North and South. Funny but true... by Kathryn Baxter on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 3:53pm The difference between the North and the South - clearly explained...at last The North has Bloomingdale's , the South has Dollar General. The North has coffee houses, the South has Waffle Houses. The North has dating services, the South has family reunions. The North has switchblade knives, the South has .45's. The North has double last names, the South has double first names. The North has Indy car races, the South has stock car races. North has Cream of Wheat, the South has grits. The North has green salads, the South has collard greens. The North has lobsters, the South has crawfish. The North has the rust belt, the South has the Bible Belt. FOR NORTHERNERS MOVING SOUTH… If you run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men in a four-wheel drive pickup truck with a tow chain will be along shortly. Don't try to help them, just stay out of their way. This is what they live for. Don't be surprised to find movie rentals and bait in the same store. Do NOT buy food at this store. Remember, 'Y'all' is singular, 'all y'all' is plural, and 'all y'all's' is plural possessive Get used to hearing 'You ain't from round here, are ya?' Save all manner of bacon grease. You will be instructed later on how to use it. Don't be worried at not understanding what people are saying. They can't understand you either. The first Southern statement to creep into a transplanted Northerner's vocabulary is the adjective 'big'ol,' truck or 'big'ol' boy. Most Northerners begin their Southern-influenced dialect this way. All of them are in denial about it. The proper pronunciation you learned in school is no longer proper. Be advised that 'He needed killin.' is a valid defense here. If you hear a Southerner exclaim, 'Hey, y'all watch this,' you should stay out of the way. These are likely to be the last words he'll ever say. If there is the prediction of the slightest chance of even the smallest accumulation of snow, your presence is required at the local grocery store. It doesn't matter whether you need anything or not. You just have to go there. Do not be surprised to find that 10-year olds own their own shotguns, they are proficient marksmen, and their mammas taught them how to aim. In the South, we have found that the best way to grow a lush green lawn is to pour gravel on it and call it a driveway. AND REMEMBER: If you do settle in the South and bear children, don't think we will accept them as Southerners. After all, if the cat had kittens in the oven, we ain't gonna call 'em biscuits. Send this to four people that ain't related to you, and I reckon your life will turn into a country music song 'fore you know it. Your kin would get a kick out of it too!

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bias tee +10mhz
by Andy Brian 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

Hi, anyone have a circuit for bias tee, where I can supply the converter with 12V and in the same cable I can feed the converter with 10MHz reference clock. Something like that: Output frequency of converter is from 900-1100Mhz http://www.kuhne-electronic.de/en/products/bias-tees/ku-bt-3000-dip.html Thanks for help, regards AB

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ARI Amateur Radio Satellite Meeting Report
by Trevor . 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

The 8th Italian Amateur Radio Association (ARI) satellite meeting was held at the Joseph Hotel in Marina di Pietrasanta (Lu) on September 18, 2011. An English language PDF report of the meeting along with pictures of the event can be downloaded from: http://www.uk.amsat.org/2011/10/05/ari-amateur-radio-satellite-meeting-repo… 73 Trevor M5AKA

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46th Annual Melbourne, FL Hamfest
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

Attention all, This coming weekend, the Platinum Coast Amateur Radio Club Society (PCARS) will hold the 46th Annual Melbourne Hamfest in Melbourne, Florida. For details, I invite you to visit www.pcars.org. This, in my opinion, is one of the best hamfests held in the southeast. AMSAT will be well represented and plans to be present both days of the hamfest, Saturday Oct.8th and Sunday Oct. 9th. Doors open at 9:00am Saturday. Tailgate opens at 6:00am. We look forward to seeing everyone there. Dave, AA4KN area coordinator in Central Florida aa4kn(a)amsat.org

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Re: EL18 on Sunday & Monday
by K5OE 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

I logged a total of 34 contacts (some dupes and can't read my writing on one K3, but I'll check John's recording later) from EL18. If you need a QSL card for this grid, please just send me an email and I'll drop you one in the mail: k5oe at amsat dot org 73, Jerry, K5OE ------------------- original message ---------------------- Subject: [amsat-bb] EL18 on Sunday & Monday From: K5OE <k5oe@xxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 13:43:38 -0400 (EDT) I will be fishing down near Rockport, TX, Sunday & Monday and will try to make the late afternoon passes of AO-51. Sorry, but AO-27 and SO-50 are too early in the day and I don't want to take the HT either on the boat or wading :-) Equipment will be just an FT-51R and Pryme whip antenna. 73, Jerry, K5OE

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