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Re: FCC Part 97 Report and Order - ISS
by John K9IJ 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

At 06:49 PM 10/11/2006, you wrote: >On 10/11/06, Trevor <m5aka(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > The recent FCC Report and Order (R&O) has a couple of changes relating to > > Amateur Radio and the ISS. > > ---- > > > > The FCC has issued a Report and Order (R&O) to amend Part 97 of the Amateur > > Radio Service rules, see > >Thanks for posting this Trevor! In addition to rebroadcast of ISS, >this finally makes Kenwood "SkyCommand" legal in the U.S. > >I note the document indicates "Adopted: October 4, 2006". Am I to >understand that this means these amendments to Part 97 are now in >effect, or is there a further step required by the FCC? This is only the Report and Order. The changes are effective 30 days after they are published in the Federal Register which usually takes some time after the R&O is issued. John - K9IJ - John Rice K9IJ k9ij(a)vx5.com Webmaster, Network Admin, Janitor http://www.k9ij.com http://www.suhfars.org http://www.vx5.com/~teampf

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WiFi mitigation
by Anthony Monteiro 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

Dear friends, MCM Electronics currently has a sale on a WiFi base station for $18.95. See: http://www.mcminone.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=MCMProducts&product%5Fid… This is a very basic Linksys unit. But, at this price, it might make sense to buy a few, put them in your house as close to your neighbors as possible, and set them all to channel 1 (which overlaps the ham band at 2.4 GHz.) This may help encourage your neighbors to use other channels. When you want to operate on S-band, just turn them off. They may also be useful if you want to set up a very basic WIFi network and you don't care about any extra features. 73, Tony AA2TX

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Re: weird 847 behavior
by Jeff Griffin 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

I ordered a new RX filter before taking the 847 apart, hence the delay getting back with my fix. What I found was several loose screws on a couple of the boards in the 847. In fact the only screws that were consistently tight were the one's that I had removed/replaced when installing the Symec wide IF mod 5 years ago, I didn't open the bottom of the radio up at that time, so I don't know how long they may have been loose. After I buttoned up , all is now well, full duplex is back on FM. And I have much better RX on Ao-7 SSB, thanks to the 2.0 SSB Inrad filter ! It's about time I installed the filter, my 847 is over 8 years old. So it appears the fix was a loose semi-grounded board, most notably the AF-CNTL unit board. Thanks to everyone that emailed me privately with their suggestions.... 73 Jeff kb2m ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Griffin" <kb2m(a)comcast.net> To: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 4:54 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] weird 847 behavior > I just noticed that when I'm working FM sats My d/l get's desenced, when > I'm transmitting. This doesn't happen on SSB birds, only FM , and it just > started. I also tried another Transceiver and the problem doesn't exist, I > would think that would eliminate any problems with the antenna system, > feedline, etc. Did anyone else ever have this problem with their 847? > > 73 Jeff kb2m

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XI-IV 1738 UTC
by Mike Rupprecht 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

XI-IV AOS 1738 UTC Oct, 11 (JN49lr) ut3 19b80046 ut4 2f4256 ut5 041370 ut6 6666656644 ut1 www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp ut2 1d0895 ut3 19b80048 ut4 30435e ut5 00a011 ut6 776676775e ut1 www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp ut2 1d0903 ut3 19b80045 ut4 2f4257 ut5 100370 ut6 666776663b ut1 www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp ut2 1d0971 ut3 19b.0038 ut4 324259 ut5 0a7130 ut6 677775663a ut1 www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp ut2 1d09df ut3 19380035 ut4 33357f ut5 401000 ut6 9998989838 ut1 www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp ut2 1d0a52 ut3 19b80023 ut4 2f425b ut5 083340 ut6 7677756622 ut1 www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp ut2 1d0ac0 ut3 19b80027 ut4 2f4258 ut5 202006 ut6 6776656622 ut1 www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp ut2 1d0b2e LOS 1750 73, Mike DK3WN

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KENPRO KR 600 RC circuit diagram ?
by Dave G1OCN 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

On behalf of Russell, G5XW, could the kind soul, either John, G8OQN, or, Domenico, please send the circuit diagram again to me please ? I will forward it on to Russell. Thank you. Dave.

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Eagle's New Design
by Eric H. Christensen 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

I have to say that I have been very critical of the Eagle development team with their plans for the bird. At the time I did not agree with their recommendations nor did I agree with their decisions. I WAS WRONG. While I am quite relieved with the new plan for Eagle, which includes a linear transponder for V/U and L/S along with the new digital "Advanced Communications Payload", there is no excuse for my previous words. Contrary to popular belief, the satellite builders and the Eagle team are not out to just build whatever they want but rather to build what will work. There is no way that they would spend the many hours it takes to build all the pieces and parts it takes to make a satellite to send up something that no one will use or that won't work. I don't know if EaglePedia has been updated with the latest and greatest information but I was very impressed with Bob McGwier's presentation on the latest configuration of Eagle. If you weren't able to attend the annual symposium then please keep an eye out on the website (amsat.org) for the latest and greatest information on the project. Take a look at the new information and then make sure you let everyone know that you support Eagle by going to http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/eagle/#donating and donating. It is very important that we all pitch in and help fund this project so that construction can move forward. From my understanding, we raised quite a bit of money at the symposium but we need more. Help the amateur satellite community and join the President's Club and/or donate directly to the Eagle project. It is the future of our community. 73s, Eric KF4OTN kf4otn(a)amsat.org http://www.ericsatcom.net

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Information Wanted Please
by David Barber 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Does anyone have or know where to obtain circuit details, connection details, etc. for a JRC CCA-181 GPS receiver module? I have tried JRC without success and can find nothing on the web. Thank you. David G8OQW

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on-line keps
by Joseph Trombino Jr 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Currently using Space Track for auto downloading of keps....are there any other sites that offer automatic downloading for keps?? I'm using Nova for my tracking program. 73, Joe W2KJ

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(no subject)
by David J 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

The Florida AMSAT Net will meet this Thursday evening at the usual time of 19:30 ET, 23:30 UTC on the West Florida Group Ni4CE repeater system, the Orlando N4HHA repeater at 443.1 MHz, 103.5Hz tone, the N4LEM Cocoa repeater, 147.36 MHz +107.2 PL or connect by echolink to KG4YZY-R. The net's purpose is to provide a platform for hams with amateur satellite interest to meet and discuss topics of interest. All amateurs are invited to join in. Dave, AA4KN

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AMSAT SYMPOSIUM
by w6te＠comcast.com 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

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