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Florida AMSAT Net
by David J 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

The Florida AMSAT Net will meet this Thursday evening at the usual time of 7:30 pm ET, 11:30pm 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 or N4HHA-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 check in. Dave, AA4KN

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G5400 and TS-790 under Lunix??
by William Liporace - NA2NA 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

I am getting ready to learn and move to Linux. I currently have a TS-790 and a Yaesu G-5400 rotor. Can it be controlled under Linux? What kind of controller can I get? I may even try to use a KCT board that I have. I have never really had it working, does any one have this working under Linux? Any help and suggestions would be grateful!! 73 es TNX Will NA2NA telnet://na2na.net AR-Cluster Node

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Satellite gear on Ebay
by Andrew Glasbrenner 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

Hello Group, I listed some satellite related items on Ebay tonight, and will try to list more tomorrow. My Ebay ID is ko4ma, and you can go to this auction, then see all of them at the "View Seller's Other Items" link: http://cgi.ebay.com/Kenwood-TR-851-432-435-ssb-satellite-AMSAT-UHF-all-mode… I'll donate 10% of the auctions to AMSAT in return for the bandwidth on -bb! 73, Drew KO4MA

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Re: AO-51 back in mode J-FM (and VERY busy)
by DOBarrows＠aol.com 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

W8EH observes: Part of the trouble that I observed with AO-51 is some stronger stations (without PL) or illegal cordless phones, are blanking out the uplink. I had trouble after the switch to V/U. I usually run 2 watts to a CP KLM beam. Even with the rig boosted up to 45 watts, I couldn't overcome whatever/whoever was blanking out the sat most of the time. Out of two passes this morning, I made only one contact. Lots of stations on, but only the strongest seemed to make it over whatever was blocking us. Strange that I didn't have that trouble at all when it was in V/S mode earlier. =========================================================== I noticed the same thing - it was like AO51 had the squelch set too high. I would hear stations call me and when I keyed the mic to answer I couldn't hear myself in the downlink. It seems to happen more when AO51 is at a high elevation, maybe because the offending non-pl tone station is in my part of the country or maybe it is just that my transmit antenna (KB6KQ loop) works best at lower angles. Don't notice it on SO50. -- Dave W8IJ

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OT: Ham radio stores near Moscone Centre ?
by Tim Tuck 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

Hi all, Sorry for the off topic post but I'll be in San Francisco attending a conference at the Moscone Centre first week of Oct, and I was wondering what Amateur Radio stores are within walking distance of the Centre since I'm staying at a hotel close by ? This will be my first trip to SF so I hope I wont get lost :) Any other AR related info about SF greatly appreciated ! cheers Tim -- VK2XTT :: BMARC :: WIA :: AMSAT :: QF56if

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Re: Shuttle Launch Frequencies - STS-115 {Was: Re: STS-121}
by Félim Doyle M3HIM 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

Trevor, Can you clarify what all of these are? The 1541.200 MHz seems to be in the 1535 to 1545 MHz range that you specify elsewhere as a TAL site pre-launch briefing on INMARSAT. 73 de Félim M3HIM IO91ot Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor" <m5aka(a)yahoo.co.uk> To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb(a)AMSAT.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 8:29 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] STS-121 > --- Vincenzo Mone <vimone(a)alice.it> wrote: > > > Hi to the list, > > pleas which are the up/downlink frequencies for the STS-121? > > I understand these frequencies are used for launch related comms: > > 1541.200 MHz, 1435.5 MHz, 261.875 MHz (f.m.) and 10.780MHz (u.s.b.) > > 73 Trevor M5AKA > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine > http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > ---- > Sent via amsat-bb(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe amsat-bb" to Majordomo(a)amsat.org

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ISS Voice, Packet & SSTV FM deviation
by Félim Doyle M3HIM 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

This is really a rhetorical question, as it seems fairly obvious I know, but just to be sure ... What are the correct bandwidths / FM deviations for the ISS Voice, Packet and SSTV VHF and UHF uplinks and downlinks? 73 de Félim M3HIM IO91ot Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK

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Happy Birthday to Voyager I
by Félim Doyle M3HIM 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

Happy Birthday to Voyager I. Twenty Nine years / 348 months / 1513 weeks / 10591 days old today. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1

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Norms Rotor Repair
by Emily Clarke 04 Sep '06

04 Sep '06

In the process of getting the U-110 working (which temporarily seems to be the case) Mike KA2AEV sent me a link to a place called "Norms Rotor Repair" which I was previously unaware of. I thought it would be good to post it here for posterity. This isn't a commercial endorse, just pointing out a potential resource for folks. http://www.rotorservice.com/ 73, Emily --------------------------------- N1DID formerly W0EEC - CM87tm Support Project OSCAR - http://www.projectoscar.net

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Re: AO-51 back in mode J-FM (and VERY busy)
by Zachary Schrempp 04 Sep '06

04 Sep '06

Nope, the alligators are the ones that are transmitting without listening. I'm sure you're listening if you are making contacts! :) 73, Zach On 9/4/06, Tim Tapio <k4shf(a)k4shf.com> wrote: > Hope I'm not an alligator with my 15 watts into a discone <smile>. > > 73 de Tim, K4SHF > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Zachary Schrempp > Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 6:40 PM > To: Ernie Howard > Cc: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org; John Mock > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 back in mode J-FM (and VERY busy) > > I have noticed that most of the trouble seems to be powerful alligator > stations that cannot hear the downlink and boost their uplink power to > very high levels while calling long CQs. This wipes out those of us > trying to make contacts with HTs. > > On the whole I have found that regular satellite operators are very > courteous and keep their contacts short, allowing everybody a chance > to use the satellite. > > 73 - Zach KM7I > > On 9/4/06, Ernie Howard <w8eh-Ernie(a)cinci.rr.com> wrote: > > > > > > John Mock wrote: > > > While 'standing on the soapbox', i'd say that i'd like to encourge folks > to > > > use the high power mode to let stations who have trouble hearing SO-50 > or > > > AO-51 to work satellites and get started. I would hope that folks who > use > > > mode J-FM on a regular basis would use coastal/oceanic passes, or SO-50, > to > > > say hello to their friends and/or talk at length about the weather. > > > > > > Please don't send them over to SO-50 to 'talk at length'. Too much of that > > is observed sometimes on the weekends now. :) > > > > Part of the trouble that I observed with AO-51 is some stronger stations > > (without PL) or illegal cordless phones, are blanking out the uplink. I > had > > trouble after the switch to V/U. I usually run 2 watts to a CP KLM beam. > > Even with the rig boosted up to 45 watts, I couldn't overcome > > whatever/whoever was blanking out the sat most of the time. Out of two > > passes this morning, I made only one contact. Lots of stations on, but > only > > the strongest seemed to make it over whatever was blocking us. Strange > that > > I didn't have that trouble at all when it was in V/S mode earlier. > > > > Ernie W8EH > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > > > -- > Zachary Schrempp, KM7I > Ex KE7EYQ > AMSAT #36023 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > -- Zachary Schrempp, KM7I Ex KE7EYQ AMSAT #36023

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