November 2016 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Ft817 low power
by jeffory broughton 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

What first tipped me off 2 was, when I whistled a note into the mic on UHF the lcd display would go 3/4 scale and on VHF it would only go 1/4 scale . thats what prompted me to put on the service bench at work.see: www.commsvc.com jeff broughton

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dd: (8)
by James Hickox 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

http://www.asalchemi.com/dcpvxhx.php Delay no't; swift the flight o'f fo'rtune's greatest favo'urs.Alaina Matya

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Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Space Symposium at Sea a Success!
by E.Mike McCardel 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

Clint, I found it interesting that this was addressed to the AMSAT-BB, to the AMSAT BoD and to me individually. As such I feel compelled to reply. I speak for myself. You are right that we all need to do our part. Your promotion of AMSAT is not only appreciated but does go noticed. I think anyone who takes the time look past your own self-promotion and patronizing critique of the AMSAT organization would agree with the point you are making and the idea of taking every opportunity to promote AMSAT and recruiting new members. However, I think it is simply untrue to assume that you are the only one doing so. There is a lot of promotion going on by, not only the powers that be but by every day "grass roots" members. As for the success of the Symposium, I will leave that judgement those who attended. I am sure that the event was every bit as successful as any of your myriad of events. That said and looking at the numbers of current members, it will take more than simply speaking promoting and passing out membership forms to get the numbers up. We need to follow up and follow through with the contacts we make and the efforts we put forth. It takes time. It takes ongoing and evolving projects that get people excited and pushes their imaginations to want to get involved. This is something at which, I believe, the AMSAT organization is working hard to accomplish. Reference the number of recent and soon to be satellites and the development of new technologies that will move AMSAT and ham radio into an entire new dimension. Witness the rebirth of work toward HEO and Geosynchronous orbits, cooperative programs with colleges universities, FEMA and the ARRL. "If we build it they will come." (All of these addressed at some point during the Symposium). All of this takes Time, Talent and Treasure. Each of us, as members should be supplying a little of each and doing so without worrying about who gets the credit. If every member of AMSAT would get just one more person to join we would double our membership. So, yes, promote, hand out membership forms, take names, follow-up with people you meet, offer to help them get started, introduce them to other members, start a user group, engage students and college departments of engineering and space science, make yourself available for more than just a demo, a talk or a table at a ham fest. (Again things that happen at and post Symposium.) Yes, Clint, your efforts support and help but engaging people in concert with other AMSAT members and activities will go a lot further. 73 EMike E. Michael McCardel, AA8EM, former KC8YLD Rotating Editor for AMSAT News Service, AMSAT-NA Have you donated to get your Fox-1 Challenge Coin Yet? http://www.amsat.org/?p=3275 > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 1:15 AM, Clint Bradford <clintbradford(a)mac.com> wrote: > "AMSAT Space Symposium at Sea a Success!" - proudly > proclaims AMSAT-NA on its Web site and elsewhere. > > I suppose there are differing definitions of “success.” > > The non-broadcast “AMSAT Status Report” presentation was fairly > dismal - not “successful” in anyone’s definition - > > - Current income from dues and other sources are not > sufficient to cover day-to-day expenses > > - Projected operating deficit in 2017 approximately $147K > > - Need 3,340 additional members @ $44.00/year to break even > > - Operating losses covered by reserves, non-designated donations > > - Level of deficits is not sustainable in the long run > > As also stated, MEMBERSHIP GROWTH is a MAJOR KEY > in sustaining AMSAT-NA. > > This means at EVERY opportunity (nets, meeting appearances, > EVERY opportunity), we need to promote AMSAT-NA at that “ground > level.” > > Eighty-six club and conference audiences so far - totaling a few > thousand folks - in person have heard me promote AMSAT-NA - to > the point of mentioning the fact that AMSAT-NA can be included in > one’s estate as one way to support “keeping amateur radio in space." > > Are YOU carrying with you at all times AMSAT membership forms to hand > out? Are you joining nets as a regular and promoting AMSAT-NA? Or checking > in as a visitor and mentioning AMSAT-NA? Are you promoting AMSAT-NA on > your personal sites (ask Martha for permission to use their logo)? On your > Facebook page? Twitter? > > It feels like it is going to take such “grass roots” promotion to keep AMSAT-NA > a viable and attractive recipient of our attention AND membership dues. > > Who else has some “promotional” ideas that individuals can immediately embrace? > > Clint Bradford K6LCS > (909) 999-SATS > (909) 999-7287 > > > > > >

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CAS-2T
by PY5LF 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

Hi Signal of CAS-2T over here today ; https://youtu.be/SHe6ib9Sk3g 73

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FUNcube sats not in LOTW?
by George Henry 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

How do we get the FUNcube satellites (EO-79, EO-80, and UKUBE-1) accepted by LOTW? I don't see them in the ARRL list... George, KA3HSW --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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N4KGL @ EL79 Thanksgiving Day
by Greg Lane 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

I will try the SO 50 Pass 13:56:17 UTC, 8:56 EST and 7:56 CST I will also checkout FO 29 Pass SSB 16:56:0 UTC, 11:56 EST and 10:56 CST I may just a listen on FO 29. I have not worked a linear sat yet. Greg N4KGL

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Private Salesian High School named of St. Dominic Savio, Wroclaw, Poland
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Private Salesian High School named of St. Dominic Savio, Wroclaw, Poland on 25 Nov. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:12 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ. The contact should be audible over the west coast of the U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Private Salesian High School named of St. Dominic Savio The Private Salesian High School is the secondary school providing general education that is led by the Salesian Community. The school was established in 1998. They stimulate students to apply knowledge to life, to embrace it wholeheartedly, to face reality with integrity, fortitude and optimism, and to serve society dedicatedly. The school focuses their attention on relationships between students and teachers, and parents and teachers. The school offers opportunities for students' involvement in activities which take place after school, at weekends and at holiday time. The school leads international exchange of students with Germany and Spain. Apart from achieving good academic results, the school provides a very wide range of cultural, sporting, physical, biological, geographical, social and extra-curricular activities for students from other schools and the local area. The school has the title of the Local Center for Environmental Activity, and it was awarded as an international Green Flag certificate in Poland - so, its role is to attract the attention of society to ecological problems, and to raise environmental awareness in the public. The "Perspektywy" magazine has placed this high school in the group of the best catholic schools in Lower Silesia. They took the 9th place in the ranking of high schools in Wroclaw in 2016, conducted by the Polish newspaper named "Wyborcza". The school has experience in conducting and coordinating environmental projects, and it has carried out so far four Comenius and Erasmus+ projects, and it was also a partner in a Youth Exchange project about global warming. During the preparation to the ARISS school contact, students attended an amateur radio course prepared by SP6PWR - a local Polish Amateur Radio Union club (DOT-01 PZK), in cooperation with members from other amateur radio local clubs: SP6ZWR, SP6PSR and SP6PWS. Wlodek SQ6NLN, Piotr SQ6VY and Waldemar 3Z6AEF prepared lectures and workshops on amateur radio classes at school. Teachers of different subjects gave many lessons based on materials the NASA and ESA, associated with the subject matter of the project. School invited a few astronomers, who gave very interesting lectures. Students created models of spaceships, capsules of mankind and science fiction literature. They took part in the 6th Polish-wide Conference of Contributors and Sympathizers of the ARISS programme in Ostrów Wielkopolski. Students and teachers were invited to the Wroclaw Opera to the "Chopin: The Space Concert". During this event, within the World Space Week 2016, a special guest - an astronaut George D. Zamka gave them an award for promoting astronautics and astronomy amongst young inhabitants of Wroclaw. In cooperation with the Wroclaw University, they organised workshops in the astronomical observatory in Bialków, and various activities were undertaken there: observation of the sky, astronomical lectures and exercised astrophysical experience such as building a rocket and a spectroscope. Eventually, a few new amateur radio licensed operators (so-called HAMs) should become active on amateur radio bands in the near future. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What personality features do you need to have to manage and stay in space for so long? 2. What were your first activities or experiments in microgravity that you did for your curiosity or pleasure? 3. Is it possible to catch flu or cold and if so, can you take the same medicines that we take here on Earth? 4. How many millimeters are you taller on the ISS than on Earth? 5. What emotions dominated you during the first expedition: fear, joy or excitement? 6. What do you think when you look down on Earth and its inhabitants? 7. Do you like to be in constantly free falling state on the ISS? 8. Is it hard to fall asleep in space? 9. What are your duties on the ISS? 10. How well is cosmic rubbish visible from the ISS and how can you protect the ISS against them? 11. Is it true that the Great Wall of China is only object built by humans that is visible from the ISS? 12. How do you feel the changes of time during a day on the ISS? 13. Is it good idea to have pets like a cat or a dog aboard the ISS? 14. Have you got some unusually felling or health problems after a few days in microgravity environment on the ISS? 15. What's your way to deal with boredom in space? 16. How were you selected to work as an astronaut and how were you selected for this mission to the ISS? 17. Will you have a Christmas tree on the ISS this year? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): Collège Michel Lotte, Le Palais, France, telebridge via LU1CGB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KF5FYG Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-11-28 10:38:06 UTC Watch for live audio stream: http://radio-belleile.fr/contact-iss-michel-lotte-2016/ (sound only, the video will be recorded and available later) About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Landlubbers award
by ingejack＠cox.net 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

Received the Landlubbers Award yesterday and just want to say what a fantastic work of art it is. Thanks for the contacts from the Symposium ship and thanks To Paul N8HM for the award. JACK-KC7MG

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The TAPR Trak Box is sold
by JC Smith 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

The TAPR Trak Box kit is sold. Thanks & 73 - JC, K0HPS

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The KLM 2M-14C is sold
by JC Smith 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

The KLM 2M-14C is sold. Thanks & 73 - JC, K0HPS

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