November 2012 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Hudson Valley Satcom Group Net Cancelled for Tonight Nov. 8
by cotejaune2＠aol.com 08 Nov '12

08 Nov '12

I have cancelled the net for tonight. I can not run the net by myself due to my work schedule. as most of you know I run the Net from my 100 ton quarry work truck. Tom is in Florida this week. The next Net will not be untill Dec 06 due to thanksgiving comming up. Hope to hear you all on Dec. 06. 73 Gary

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Re: IRC's to be discontinued
by Bruce 08 Nov '12

08 Nov '12

of course, all the forever stamps generate a lot of instant revnue for the post office. the problem is that if everyone purchases these stamps now and then decide to use them when postage is up to $2.00, the post office must now perform a service for half as much money. the postal service is running in the red now and this really only makes things worse. they are nit good business people. 73...bruce

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Kiron SAT TRAK IV kit
by John VK5PO 08 Nov '12

08 Nov '12

I just bought a box of "goodies" and found an unfinished Kiron SAT TRAK IV kit without paperwork! Is anyone on this group familiar with this equipment please? Is anyone able to help me out with an instruction manual and how to connect it to AZ/EL Kenpro kr400/500 rotators? ANY help is sincerely appreciated. 73 from Australia. VK5PO, John

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Road trip 11/12 to 11/16
by Andrew Glasbrenner 08 Nov '12

08 Nov '12

I'll be on the road this week between Florida and Denville, New Jersey, and willing to put any needed grids on the air. My intended route up is I75 to I10 to I95 to I77 to I81 to I80. I might modify that on the return trip and depending on nearby requests. If you have a need along that route, drop me an email. I'm QRV mobile on FO-29, VO-52, AO-7B, and SO-50. 73, Drew KO4MA

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Amsat satellite
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 08 Nov '12

08 Nov '12

OK this really gets me. Go to space weather.com A dummy obama can get a free ride into space and tons of cube sats can get into space,but Amsat has to wait another year and half. All the cub sats are doing is gathering comm data and they will later ask the FCC and the gov. to sell them the 70 cm band for there LEO's Remember a few years ago the ARRL had an artical about hams losing this band to companies that wanted it for LEO bussiness communications, the same way we lost part of the 220 band This is not the way people. A dummy obama in space come on. AMSAT you have to do better Im sorry but this is how I see it WA4HFN

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satellite
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 07 Nov '12

07 Nov '12

When will Amsat America put up a bird we can work?? Damon

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Re: satellite
by Andrew Glasbrenner 07 Nov '12

07 Nov '12

2nd half of 2013 See http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/fox/ 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- >From: wa4hfn(a)comcast.net >Sent: Nov 7, 2012 3:56 PM >To: AMSAT <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> >Subject: [amsat-bb] satellite > >When will Amsat America put up a bird we can work?? >Damon >_______________________________________________ >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: Indonesian Satellites for 2013
by Andrew Glasbrenner 07 Nov '12

07 Nov '12

>I believe the satellites will be launched into a low inclination orbit so won't be accessible from high latitude countries. The low inclination orbit is going to be interesting. I expect a strong FM sat with many passes a day over South America and the Carribean will stoke some activity. Given that the low latitudes see significantly less access time to the polar orbiters, it will even things out some. 73, Drew KO4MA

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Indonesian Satellites for 2013
by Trevor . 07 Nov '12

07 Nov '12

The report submitted by the Indonesian National Society ORARI to the IARU Region 3 conference in Viet Nam mentioned the amateur radio satellites they hope will be launched in 2013. http://www.iaru-r3.org/15r3c/docs/025.doc ORARI is supporting LAPAN, the Indonesian Space Agency, to launch Satellites as follows: • Satellite LAPAN – TUBSAT (in Orbit since 10 January 2007) TTC 436.075 MHz • Satellite LAPAN – A2 (will be launched Mid 2013) TTC 437.425 MHz • Satellite LAPAN – ORARI (will be launched Mid 2013) Downlink Voice 435.880 MHz Uplink Voice 145.880 MHz APRS 145.825 MHz TTC 437.325 MHz I believe the satellites will be launched into a low inclination orbit so won't be accessible from high latitude countries. 73 Trevor M5AKA ----

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Private Satellite Development in the Russian Federation
by Trevor . 07 Nov '12

07 Nov '12

Page 19 of SatMagazine has a report on the first development of a satellite by a Private company in the Russian Federation. Brief mention of the ISS CubeSats. SatMagazine is available at http://www.satmagazine.com/2012/SM_Nov2012.pdf ---- 73 Trevor M5AKA

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