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Re: [amsat-dc] Timonium
by MARTHA SARAGOVITZ 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

Scott - Thanks so much for volunteering. To date, we have ONE volunteer, Jeff Griffin, KB2M from NJ!!! Where are the locals? I will be sending Jeff a box for the hamfest. Why don't you contact him directly (kb2m(a)comcast.net). Again, many thanks for your help. 73- Martha ----- Original Message ----- rom: "n3asa(a)arrl.net" <shstevens1(a)comcast.net> To: "MARTHA SARAGOVITZ" <amsat(a)verizon.net> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 1:40 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-dc] Timonium > Hi Martha, > > What do you need? What hours? Will materials already be in place? > > Scott > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "MARTHA SARAGOVITZ" <amsat(a)verizon.net> > >> It now appears we have NO ONE to handle Timonium on March 31st and April >> 1st. Would someone PLEASE volunteer to "man" the booth on Saturday? 73- >> Martha >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Via the AMSAT-DC mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA >> AMSAT-DC(a)amsat.org >> http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-dc

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RAFT and ANDE OPS
by Bob Bruninga 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

RAFT did a reset over the weekend, but was restored today by Ian ZL1AOX. RAFT text-to-speech voice should again be operational. But RAFT is overcharging in the sun and needs more use. If we can keep her loaded on the sunny side, then she WILL work. But without a heavy load, the batteries overcharge and the higher voltage causes the receiver to be deaf. So we are going to change the operating authority to include unattended beacons VIA RAFT. Please include in your beacon your power, antenna gain and beacon rate. UNPROTO paths VIA ARISS, APRSAT, RELAY and WIDE should work. Also, A CONNECT to RAFT will turn on the voice synthesizer and then it will speak any APRS messages sent to TALK. ANDE will also digipeat these paths if in view too. Enjoy! Bob, WB4APR

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AMSAT/TAPR Banquet at Dayton 2007
by Gould Smith 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

I am pleased to announce the first AMSAT/TAPR Banquet will be held Friday evening May 18,2007 at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH in conjunction with the 2007 Dayton Hamvention. The two groups share many members and this gives everyone the opportunity to attend both dinners. The "Dinner Under the Wings" festivities will begin at 18:00 with a cash bar and appetizers in the Air Power Gallery (World War II). The buffet dinner will be served at 19:00 in the Cold War area. Following a few AMSAT and TAPR announcements after dinner you will be free to roam the museum. The price for the dinner is $35.00 per person and includes appetizers, salad, meal, dessert, coffee, iced tea, tax and gratuity. See http://afmuseum.com/ for information about the museum. See the AMSAT web site for complete information http://www.amsat.org Reservations are required. Tickets can be purchased online at the AMSAT Store. There will be no Banquet ticket sales at the AMSAT booth this year. We expect this to be a very popular event, so reserve your tickets early. Reservations will close this year on Monday night, May 14,2007 to allow us to give the museum a count on Tuesday. At 5:00 PM on Friday afternoon there will be a special showing of the IMAX movie "Space Station". This movie is approximately 47 minutes long and contains about 4 minutes of amateur radio contacts between school children and the International Space Station. The IMAX theater is located in the museum building off the main lobby area. Attendees at the movie will be able to go to the banquet at 6:00 PM when the doors open about 10 minutes after the movie is over. The lobby contains restrooms, telephones and some seating. At least 50 people must sign up for the movie in advance. Call the museum IMAX theater on (937)-253-IMAX to make reservations. Special rates apply for children and seniors. Adults are $6.00, seniors are $5.50 and children 8 through college 22 (student ID required) are $4.50.

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Update
by MARTHA SARAGOVITZ 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

Half of the 30 rooms for Dayton are now gone! Don't hesitate to call me for your room. DO NOT CALL THE HOTEL!!!!. 73- Martha

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An automation system that works (so far)
by Stargate 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

Hi all, Just a quick note to let everyone know of an automated rotor combination that DOES work very well with Orbitron. I have a Dell PIII 650mhz computer with 1 serial, and 1 USB port running Windows 2000 pro. I am using the following.... The G6LVB tracking board. The Yaesu G-5500 rotor. Orbitron Software. The most current Wisp device driver. The serial port controls the radio frequency for Doppler correction, while the USB port is connected to the G6LVB tracking board. The G6LVB tracking board uses either a standard serial port or the optional FTDI USB adaptor which simulates a serial port as far as the computer is concerned. I'm using the USB option. Just wanted to give everyone a heads up on this. You DON'T have to buy an expensive satellite tracking program such as Nova or whatever, to have automation. Again, "hats off" to Sebastian for his KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) approach to the software. It is one of the most intuitive and easy to learn satellite software's out there and works VERY well. http://www.stoff.pl/ to download Orbitron Just my opinion. 73's RoD KD0XX A good friend will come and bail you out of jail, A TRUE friend will be sitting next to you saying..... "DAMN THAT WAS FUN"

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EU Commission Decision on UWB below 6 GHz
by Trevor 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

European Commission Decision on UWB below 6 GHz http://www.uk.amsat.org/ 73 Trevor M5AKA ___________________________________________________________ What kind of emailer are you? Find out today - get a free analysis of your email personality. Take the quiz at the Yahoo! Mail Championship. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk

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Re: F9FT Tonna 432 skeleton antenna?
by richard＠g3rwl.demon.co.uk 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

Dave hartzell wrote: > Just wondering if anyone knows anything about this antenna. A couple surfaced and the price was right, but no one knew anything about the antennas at the time. As you noted, its a 432 antenna not 435, and it is NOT optimum at 435. I had one of these several years ago; I wrote to the company for modification info (to 435) but they never replied. Nevertheless, it WILL work; just not quite as well as one optimised at the higher frequency. 73 Richard G3RWL

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Re: fixed elevation.
by KA2AEV＠aol.com 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

Just to let everyone know that the majority of the answers came back within the 20-25 degree range 73 de Mike KA2AEV <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

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sat tracking
by Patrick McGrane 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

hello tim- look for SATSCAPE tracking software links on the amsat homepage from tools to software. I downloaded it recently and it seems to work fine with windows XP. You can make custom pass predictions for whenever or however long you like. Very nice little program. 73, pat n2oeq

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Sequencer
by Stargate 12 Mar '07

12 Mar '07

Is a sequencer needed when using a 160w switchable preamp from ARR? (Advanced Receiver Research) Thanks, RoD KD0XX A good friend will come and bail you out of jail, A TRUE friend will be sitting next to you saying..... "DAMN THAT WAS FUN"

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