----- Original Message ----- From: "ANTHONY JAPHA" tjjapha@earthlink.net To: "Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" nigel@ngunn.net; "Bruce Robertson" ve9qrp@gmail.com Cc: "AMSAT BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 4:56 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Netbooks
You guys are way ahead of me. I'll settle for reality! I live in a high-rise Manhattan building and must do my satellite
operation
by carrying all the needed equipment out to the promenade behind the building next to the East River (2 miles due north of the UN building). I'm looking for a way to lighten the load, and the netbook looks
promising.
N3TL even reports that the Yaesu CAT to USB cables he bought worked
without
installing new drivers. That's big because I don't know how to "map" another computer's CD drive into a netbook to read any new drivers!
Tnx for the ideas. 73, Tony
Hi Tony, N2UN
I remenber our succesfull SSB QSO via FO-29 from the promenade behind the East River up to the bay of Naples on april 15, 2007
Our QSO from NYC (FN30) and JN70ES was 7052.5 km
Tank you for sending the photograph of the Hell Gate Bridge along with your portable pedestal + antennas and tranceivers
From your picture I realize that you where full loaded with the antennas
in your hands and the equipments into your bag
I hope to make another try when FO-29 will be reactivated in 2010
.....................Well done Tony look for a way to lighten the load !
73" de
i8CVS Domenico