July 2018 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Reservations at AMSAT Symposium
by Keith Pugh 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

I now have reservations at the Marriott in Huntsville, AL, but I did encounter one difficulty. I wanted to stay on one day after the AMSAT Room Block expired (5 November). The on-line sign up would not let me do that. I called the Hotel and was able to extend my stay but I had to do it at normal Hotel rates beyond the AMSAT Block that expired on the 4th. I was able to negotiate a reduced rate but not as good as the AMSAT Block rate for this additional day. 73 - Keith, W5IU

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"Moon Day" satellite passes Saturday 7/21
by Tom Schuessler 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

AMSAT Will be represented at a large space themed STEM event at the Frontiers of flight museum in Dallas this coming Saturday. "Moon Day" will feature astronomy and space themed exhibits from many organizations from our area here in North Texas. Special speaker will be NASA Astronaut Douglas Wheelock, KF5BOC most recently on ISS Expedition 24. https://www.flightmuseum.com/moon-day/ Keith Pugh, W5IU, Mac Cody, AE5PH, Jay Cox, KG5BZW and myself, N5HYP will anchor the AMSAT presence at the event from 10-4P CDT We will have an opportunity to talk about amateur radio and especially amateur satellites to upwards of 1500 families and young people from all over. Most all of them will be non-hams. We will be doing contacts on all the FM satellites between 10AM and 4PM CDT using a shared call sign, W5FC, thanks to the Dallas Amateur Radio Club, our neighbors in the indoor exhibit area. Thanks also to Joe Spier, AMSAT president for loaning the Fox satellite mock up for display. It WILL be hot with a projected Dallas record high of 110 degrees so we won't be outside for long each pass but if you do hear W5FC from EM12 Moon Day, give us a shout please. I am sure Patrick Stoddard has done hotter passes, but this should be close. 73 and see you on the birds tomorrow. Tom, N5HYP

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Making your reservation at the Marriott for the AMSAT Symposium
by Bruce 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

There are a few quirks with the site. However, I have found a work around that will satisfy everyone. You have the option of one King Bed or two Double Beds. You can choose how many adults and children. Just not off the first linked page. Please follow these tips to make it work right for your needs. I also added these instructions on the amsat.org Symposium page. 73...bruce Instructions for booking your room. Firefox blocked several of the features on this page. Try Internet Explorer or Edge, they worked fine. First, click on the link or copy/paste. You will be presented with one option... a King Bed with one person. Next, choose the dates for your stay. After that, click on Check Availability. This will allow you to choose either one King bed or two Double beds. After choosing the beds, click on Edit that appears under your check in and out dates and below the number of rooms and guests. You can change the number of adults and children in the room and make any other changes you need. -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards AMSAT Board Member 2016-2018 ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat

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Kansas City Tuner/Tracker Board
by Stephan Greene 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

Cleaning out shack and found a Kansas City Tracker/Tuner board and 3.5" floppy with software. Board stencil reads "LLG02 Rev D" and has "6912" (a serial number?) handwritten on the solder side. Parallel port interface and fits in one of the old full height PC slots (16 bit?). No idea if it works. No floppy drives so I can't check if the disk is readable. I think I bought this used in early-mid 1990s. In excellent cosmetic condition (kept in a static bag in a box in climate-controlled shack for the past 2 decades+!). Photos of board on request. Will ship to anyone who'll pay the postage. (USPS domestic Priority Mail small flat rate box is $7.20). Please contact direct ks1g(a)amsat.org. 73 Steve KS1G

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Electronic voting (was Re: 2018 Corrected AMSAT
by tjschuessler＠verizon.net 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

The society of Broadcast Engineers http://www.sbe.org has been conducting electronic voting for it's officers and board members for several years now. Please contact John Poray, SBE executive Director or James Leifer, elected President to see how SBE does it and how effective it has bee. Email addresses for these folks can be found in the "About Us" pages. Tom Schuessler, N5HYP EM12ms Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 22:23:36 +0000 (UTC) From: Brennan Price <mailto:[email protected]> To: "mailto:[email protected]" <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [amsat-bb] Electronic voting (was Re: 2018 Corrected AMSAT Board of Directors Ballots) Message-ID: <mailto:[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 ARRLtried electronic balloting for Directors and Vice Directors for a three-year cycle not long ago. Physical ballots were mailed only to those members without email addresses on file. Members with emails on file got a link to the contractor's (SBS) online voting site. Voter participation in the few contested ARRL elections during that cycle plummeted, and the cost was pretty much a wash (it costs money to do electronic voting securely). The difficulty is that an email directing voters to a voting site is easily lost in the noise compared to a paper ballot received in the mail. This phenomenon is not uncommon; the same thing happened when the Virginia State Bar implemented online voting around the same time, with the same vendor. ARRL abandoned electronic balloting. VSB has kept it, and has dealt with declined participation. There are merits in both approaches, but the argument that electronic balloting is better and cheaper is fallacious. (Same thing applies to electronic publication as compared to paper--paper ad rates command a premium for a very good reason.) 73 de Brennan N4QX ------------------------------

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Rotator display needle problem
by alex weimer 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

I recently picked up a Emotator EV700X elevation rotor.. Everything works fine, the rotor rotates on command via the control box,.. All lights work . There is one major problem,, The indicator needle does not move although the rotator works. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what the problem could be ?? I don't believe this EMotator is being produced any longer. The rotatpr itself is built like a tank and works great. The shaft for the needle indicator is not turning at all .. Thanks for any help... JACK KC7MG

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Anyone talked with G6LVB recently?
by Zach Metzinger 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

Hello, A few years ago, I identified a bug in the HID implementation on the FCDP+: http://www.funcubedongle.com/?page_id=1073#comment-72288 I'd like to work with Howard to fix this, as it causes lock-ups on both macOS and FreeBSD when using the FCDP+ and gqrx. (Short summary: Reading a HID report endpoint should always return the most current report, even if that contains no data. This is why using HID as a general-purpose data transfer mechanism is A Bad Thing. Shame on Microsoft for encouraging people to use it that way.) Thanks, --- Zach N0ZGO

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Icom 9100 compatible s-band receive
by shakeel saad 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

Hi all I am looking for icom 9100 compatible s band receiver which can be used with icom 9100 transceiver. Anyone who knows I shall be grateful for this help please. Regards Shakeel Institute of space technology lahore Get Outlook for Android

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1KUNS-PF
by Jean Marc Momple 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

Dear All, I have been advised this morning that 1KUNS-PF is not transmitting images (confirmed from telemetry received this side) over Kenya and that the camera is off except when over Europe controlled by the Italian Ground Station.. The Kenyan Ground Station promised to inform me when it will be available in the region, some of us here are eager to received the pictures (me surely). Will keep you informed of any info I may received. Jean Marc (3B8DU)

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Re: [amsat-bb] Misassembled May/June Journal
by Dino Papas 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

Glenn - several of us received faulty copies, this came up here on the reflector a couple of weeks ago…Martha told me that she would send a replacement but haven’t received it yet…send her a note or call and request a replacement. 73 - Dino KL0S > On Jul 17, 2018, at 11:25 PM, Glenn Little WB4UIV <glennmaillist(a)bellsouth.net> wrote: > > In looking at my May/June AMSAT Journal, I find mine has pages missing and others duplicated and out of order and others missing. > Is mine the only one like this, or is this a batch problem? > > Thanks > 73 > Glenn > WB4UIV

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