October 2013 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

AMSAT Broadband Preamp Specs
by Paul Stoetzer 04 Oct '13

04 Oct '13

I was curious - has anyone measured the noise figure and gain of the AMSAT Broadband Preamp? 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC

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AMSAT Journal Call for Articles
by JoAnne Maenpaa 03 Oct '13

03 Oct '13

The AMSAT Journal is continuously searching for news, articles, and photos related to all of the activities of amateur radio in space. In the past this has included satellite development, satellite history, ground stations, antennas, hardware devel- opment, software. We find that some items related to SDR, VHF, UHF, and microwave operating or roving are directly applicable to satellite operations. Educational outreach has been identified as a key area which AMSAT may use to leverage launch opportunities. The Journal welcomes news, photos, and articles of ARISS contacts, University research and development, and STEM programs. Amateur satellite operators have the gear and expertise to also receive interesting transmissions from non-amateur spacecraft and EME. Articles discussing how this is done are useful to our readers discovering they can do more with the station they have built. The deadlines for each AMSAT Journal, which is published six times per year, are: ISSUE DEADLINE --------------------- -------------- 1. January/February December 20 2. March/April February 20 3. May/June April 20 4. July/August June 20 5. September/October August 20 6. November/December October 20 Our editors will work with you to finalize your article for publi- cation. Please send the following: 1. Electronic copy of your article in any of the popular word pro- cessing formats (MS-Word, OpenOffice, plain-text Notepad, etc.) PDF files containing a custom layout with embedded graphics can- not be used. 2. Your text must be single column wide. You do not need to do any formatting to make it appear in the 3 column layout of the fin- ished magazine. We have to remove all your hard work of pre- formatting before publication so save yourself the problems of trying to get columns to line up, etc. 3. You may send a copy of your article with the photos where you recommend they appear with the text but this is not the version that will be published. This gives the editors some cues to maintain continuity with photos/captions and text. 4. We require a text-only copy your article. Embedded photos will not publish during the layout process. You can leave in a ref- erence in the text related to the photo associated with that point in your article as shown here: ... text ... text ... text ... text ... text ... text ... ... text ... text ... text ... text ... text ... text ... (Insert Graphic 1234 here) Figure 2. Sample Lorem Ipsum Text ... text ... text ... text ... text ... text ... text ... ... text ... text ... text ... text ... text ... text ... 5. Send a separate text file with the captions to each of the graphics. 6. Send photos and graphics as separate files. Use as high resolu- tion pixel format as you can. The preferred graphic format for the Journal is JPG. The Journal can publish additional graphic formats including GIF, BMP, and PNG. Contact the editor before submitting these formats. Note that a photo which appears nicely on a web page does not publish well on the high resolution finished magazine product. Photos from digital cameras in mega-pixels work well. You do not need to compress or shrink the file for us. 7. If you use printed circuit board software or schematic drawing programs we can usually import a PDF copy of the diagram into the publishing software. Please do not send PDF formatted copies of the article however. 8. We can freely republish papers you have submitted to prior AMSAT Symposiums. If you have a good idea that you would like to get out the AMSAT Journal is an excellent way to expand your audience. We find that 200-300 copies of the Symposium Proceedings are dis- tributed. The AMSAT Journal reaches 4000 additional satellite operators. 9. If your article was previously published in another AMSAT organi- zation's Journal, or magazine (QST, CQ, CQ VHF, etc.) we will work with you to secure the permission to republish your work. Our Journal editors will be happy to work with you to assist getting your article published. We can help you develop an idea into a fin- ished article as well as a ready-to-print submission. Ask us via e-mail and we can get rolling with your article. During the preparation process it is quite likely that an editor working on the article might personally contact you with questions and suggestions. Those suggestions might include extra pictures or maybe additional references, keeping in mind that some readers might not have an extensive background on the topic being discussed. Send your articles and photo/graphics files as attachments to e-mail to journal(a)amsat.org. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org Editor, AMSAT Journal

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AMSAT Space Symposium
by Martha 03 Oct '13

03 Oct '13

If you are planning to attend this year's Space Symposium, please note that the deadline for hotel reservations is October 16th. For more information, check the website (amsat.org) -- 73- Martha

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D STAR net tonight REF58A
by damon runion 03 Oct '13

03 Oct '13

D Star Amsat users net tonight at Please note a REF change 01;00 UTC on- --- REF 58 A ---------- Hope to see you there with news about grid trips new operators and things you may want to sell or buy Satellite news ? https://sites.google.com/site/memphisdstar/d-satellite-amsat-net Damon WA4HFN em55 Memphis, TN

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Re: Pamphlets for General Public
by Stephan Greene 02 Oct '13

02 Oct '13

Paul: I do not have anything specific, I suggest looking for flyers prepared for Field Day and Jamboree On The Air (JOTA), as those are both non-ham general public audiences. Possibly something from ARES (either ARRL or local DC & VA). Some of the VHF rovers put ARES magnetic signs on their vehicles to put inquisitive officials into a better mindset. It's not just the local law enforcement types that look & wonder. I've gotten similar looks & weird questions from folks while operating HF bicycle portable in Northern VA. 73 Steve KS1G From: Paul Stoetzer > Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 09:55:38 -0400 > Subject: [amsat-bb] Pamphlets for General Public > Good morning, > > I was out in a nearby park seeking out a relatively clear northeastern > horizon for this morning's mid-Atlantic pass of FO-29 when I was approached > by the friendly Metropolitan Police Department. While they accepted my > explanation and went on their way, are there any available materials that > explain amateur satellites to the general public? All I've found so far is > materials explaining amateur satellites to other hams. I'd like to find > something that I can print out and keep in my bag to respond to any > questions, especially from law enforcement. I live a mile southwest of the > U. S. Capitol, so law enforcement around here tends to be a bit suspicious > of things that appear to be out of the norm. > > Thanks and 73, > > Paul Stoetzer, N8HM > Washington, DC >

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Re: Pamphlets
by Clint Bradford 02 Oct '13

02 Oct '13

>> ... are there any available materials that explain amateur satellites to the general public? If you do not find anything in the next couple of days, I will put a handout together explaining what AMSAT-NA and the ARRL are for general public reading. Clint K6LCS 909-241-7666 - cell ---------------------------------- Clint Bradford, K6LCS http://www.clintbradford.com

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pass predict.
by jerry keeton 02 Oct '13

02 Oct '13

James, In SatPC32 , click on " programs " Choose WinAos . You will be prompted to choose satellite and date and times for passes . Jerry WB5LHD

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Pamphlets for General Public
by Paul Stoetzer 02 Oct '13

02 Oct '13

Good morning, I was out in a nearby park seeking out a relatively clear northeastern horizon for this morning's mid-Atlantic pass of FO-29 when I was approached by the friendly Metropolitan Police Department. While they accepted my explanation and went on their way, are there any available materials that explain amateur satellites to the general public? All I've found so far is materials explaining amateur satellites to other hams. I'd like to find something that I can print out and keep in my bag to respond to any questions, especially from law enforcement. I live a mile southwest of the U. S. Capitol, so law enforcement around here tends to be a bit suspicious of things that appear to be out of the norm. Thanks and 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC

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More On Falcon 9 Second Stage Anomaly
by B J 01 Oct '13

01 Oct '13

http://moonandback.com/2013/09/30/trouble-at-spacex-did-the-new-falcon-9-ex… http://www.zarya.info/blog/?p=1595 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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