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HudsonValleySatcomGroup Net Tonight Feb17 At 8PM EST on Echolink N2EYH-L
by Cotejaune2＠aol.com 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

Hello all it is time again for the HVSG net tonight Feb.17 on Echolink N2EYH-L. Please join us for the net.and share your satellite knowledge with us.Hope to hear you there.73 Gary wa2aqh

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pre amp help..
by Ted 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

I just sent my ARR pre amp back to ARR for repair for the 3rd time ! (pretty sure I did not tx through it ) What are people using for pre amps. I only see the Mirage as an alternative. Any other choices. I'm kind of disappointed in ARR products. Is there a pre amp that you can tx through preventing accidental frying? Any thoughts appreciated 73, Ted, K7TRK

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pre amp help
by Edward R. Cole 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

Since I have a dozen NE334S01, I can repair a few ARR 144 & 432 preamps for others. So here's the deal. You ship to me in a small flat-rate Priority Mail box (cost you $5.20) and include $30 for repair plus return shipping. You can either send a money order or use PayPal for quickest turnaround (a check will have to clear the bank before shipping back). NO VISA/Mastercard/other credit cards (sorry). Typically, priority mail takes 3-5 days to reach me. I will make the repair within 48-hours of receipt. So turnaround could be as little as 8-days or as much as 12 days (not including Sunday or Postal Holidays). I can verify operation (gain) but not able to measure noise figure or sensitivity. I can only warrantee workmanship that the preamp is functional for 30-days. No warrantee for transmitting into the preamp or reversing dc voltage connections or dropping off your tower. I will not accept preamps that have been previously repaired by other than the manufacturer. Replacement of other components beside the Fet are at cost+15% (e.g. bad voltage regulator, broken feedthru, etc.). Not responsible for loss in shipment so include insurance if you desire that. If preamp is unrepairable, only cost $5.20 shipping back to you (balance will be refunded). This offer is good until I run out of current stock of NE334S01 devices. PLEASE CONTACT ME via e-mail before SHIPPING! For comparison, ARR will charge $22.50 plus shipping UPS. I can not do Factory Warranty work; contact ARR for that. If anyone objects my sending out this e-mail - then don't read it (LOL). This is not a commercial business - a ham helping other hams! 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 ====================================== BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 144-1.4kw*, 432-100w, 1296-testing*, 3400-winter? DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa(a)hotmail.com ====================================== *temp not in service

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Spaceflight.com Space Walk report
by Trevor . 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/02/cosmonauts-perform-russian-spacewalk…

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Ariane launch to ISS
by G0MRF＠aol.com 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

Tonights launch at 21.30 UTC Live coverage _http://www.videocorner.tv/index.htm_ (http://www.videocorner.tv/index.htm) David

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SATPC32 ?
by Jack Barbera 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

I have been running SATPC32 12.8 for years and love it.This is after trying 3 other program.Its a steal for what it costs. Jack WA1ZDV

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Re: SatPC32 - Quick Review
by Clint Bradford 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

>> ... AMSAT site and the N2YO ... Oh, they are covered already! I actively support both. Clint, K6LCS

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ND9M/MM - Grid QL91
by Clary, James T, Civilian 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

Greetings from the Eastern Edge of the World! My ship is currently midway between Guam and the International Date Line, heading east on a great circle toward southern California. We'll hit the IDL this weekend, which means (for us on the ship) that we'll get to work Saturday twice! It will give us a whole new view of the term "three day weekend", hi. Anyway, from what SatPC32 tells me, I should be able to hit KH6 on AO51 as well as KL7 and the US Left Coast on AO7 starting tomorrow (17 Feb). So far since leaving Diego Garcia on 26 Jan, my sat ops have been mostly on AO51, but I've also been on SO50, AO7, VO52, and FO29. (AO27 wasn't available at those latitudes.) The linear sats haven't been all that productive mainly because of a much lower number of sat ops that have equipment capable of working SSB or CW on those birds. (FM is used on VO52 regularly in south central Asia to get those with FM-only HTs on that sat.) We passed through the islands of YB, 9M, and DU, and then stopped for a couple days at KH2. AO51 got a big workout every day, but it wasn't because of ham activity. There is an extremely heavy non-ham population using 2M rigs for local chit-chat; anyone transmitting on 145.920 at the wrong time wound up hitting the satellite, and there was a lot of them. I enjoyed working the hams in eastern and southeastern Asia throughout my two-week transit, but the non-ham "ops" made it extremely difficult for any hams to make contacts on AO51 when the footprint covered JA and western YB. The QRM that I hear on AO51 when I'm in the US and that's complained about so often on the BB doesn't begin to compare with what I heard over the last couple weeks. The local hams have brought the QRM problem to the attention of their respective national societies, but they haven't had any success yet in reducing the problem. Meanwhile I'm looking forward to working North and South America again. I'm usually on during the afternoon passes, but now that the Americas will be "ahead" of my QTH as far as the clock is concerned, I'll hopefully be QRV for at least some morning passes as well. With luck, I'll also be able to sneak in an AO27 pass or two once we get closer to land. 73 for now, Jim, ND9M / VQ9JC Grid QL91 / GMT +11

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Launch of ESA's "Johannes Kepler" ATV-2 Scrubbed
by B J 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/762.asp http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/02/ariane-mission-launch-atv-2-space-st… http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/home/spacenews/files/23ffb8c53c23… 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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Pictures Of Deep Impact's Crater On Comet Tempel 1
by B J 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-056&cid=release_2011-056… These photos were of particular interest to the investigators. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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