Hi All,
The Trump-bashers will continue to bash without regard to logic, truth or what anyone has to say. Why not ignore the genesis of the budget cut and simply do whatever needs to be done to save WWV? Who cares if you love or hate Trump? Your strongly held political preference is of no importance! Sign the doggone petition (I have) AND ALSO send a letter to your federal legislators! Save the WWV!
73,
de Dan, N1DH
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Today's Topics:
1. SDX stops responding (Kevin Schuchmann) 2. Current copy of Doppler SQF? (Mark D. Johns) 3. DM07-DM08 Rove (Bob Keating) 4. Re: WTB : AZ/EL Rotor (Don KB2YSI) 5. Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV (Robert Bruninga) 6. Re: Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV (Glenn Little WB4UIV) 7. Re: Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV (Glen Zook) 8. Re: Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV (JamesDuffey) 9. doppler.sqf file (alex weimer) 10. Measuring VSWR at 2.4GHz (David G0MRF) 11. Re: Measuring VSWR at 2.4GHz (Zach Metzinger) 12. Re: Measuring VSWR at 2.4GHz (Stefan Wagener) 13. Re: Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV (Ted Krempa) 14. Re: Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV (Paul Stoetzer)
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Message: 1 Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2018 13:32:36 -0700 From: Kevin Schuchmann To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] SDX stops responding Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
Hello All, ?? This is probably? a windows issue but I'm curious if anyone else has seen it. I'm running windows 8.1? and about once a week or maybe two SDX will stop responding, closing satpc32 fails to kill it and I have to go in and manually kill it, I have tried many different serial ports usb/hard from the pc to the rotor controller,? a different controller, running satpc32 as admin, running it in compatibility mode for win 7 was the only thing that "maybe" slowed it down a little.
Have I missed something? anyone else see SDX? stop responding?
Thanks Kevin WA7FWF
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Message: 2 Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2018 16:34:34 -0500 From: "Mark D. Johns" To: AMSAT Subject: [amsat-bb] Current copy of Doppler SQF? Message-ID:
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I'm recovering from a hard disk crash and lost all of my current SatPC32 various.SQF files. I did a Google search for Doppler.SQF and the most recent I could find was something posted in 2015.
Does anyone know where a current copy of Doppler.SQF (with today's satellites in it) can be downloaded?
Would save a lot of time. Thanks in advance. -- Mark D. Johns K?JM / M?GZO / ex-9H3DJ / ex-K?MDJ Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain
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Message: 3 Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2018 17:34:32 -0700 From: Bob Keating To: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] DM07-DM08 Rove Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
I just wanted to let everyone know who contacted me this past week while we were in the Eastern Sierra that I am in the process of uploading my contacts to LoTW and QRZ.com as N6REK/P.? Since I have recordings of 7 satellite passes, it may take me a few days, but I will get them logged. Thanks to all of you with whom I had a QSO and also to those I couldn't quite reach. It was a fun trip, fishing was lousy, but I made up for it bagging a good number of contacts on the satellites.
73,
Bob, N6REK
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Message: 4 Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2018 22:31:10 -0400 From: Don KB2YSI To: w3ab@yahoo.com Cc: inservice2him@hotmail.com, AMSAT BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] WTB : AZ/EL Rotor Message-ID:
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If you are looking for a project, satnogs.org is a great place to take a look at.
On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 11:35 AM W3AB/GEO via AMSAT-BB wrote:
I've seen some made with stepper motors. Ask Dr Goggle.
?___ Sent from my two way wrist watch 73 de W3AB/GEO?
On Sep 3, 2018, 06:00, at 06:00, Kirk P wrote:
Searching for a small AZ/EL system for a small M2 2m/435 SAT antenna.
Kirk, N0KK
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-- 73, Don KB2YSI https://www.hamqth.com/kb2ysi
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Message: 5 Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2018 22:35:35 -0400 From: Robert Bruninga To: amsat bb Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV Message-ID:
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White house planning to shut down WWV. If you disagree, sign the petition started by Ham Operator Tom Kelly in Oregon:.
https://www.voanews.com/a/time-may-be-running-out-for-millio ns-of-clocks/4554376.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium= website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark
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Message: 6 Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2018 22:54:18 -0400 From: Glenn Little WB4UIV To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
.Is it the White House or a ploy by NIST, in their budget,? to list it as an item to defund so that they can keep their conference money? Having worked for the government, you list a high cost line item to defund, knowing that public outcry will not let it happen and you keep your pet project funds.
I have already signed the petition, even though iit is a NIST proposal and not a White House proposal.
Glenn WB4UIV
On 9/3/2018 10:35 PM, Robert Bruninga wrote:
White house planning to shut down WWV. If you disagree, sign the petition started by Ham Operator Tom Kelly in Oregon:.
https://www.voanews.com/a/time-may-be-running-out-for-millio ns-of-clocks/4554376.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium= website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Glenn Little ARRL Technical Specialist QCWA LM 28417 Amateur Callsign: WB4UIV wb4uiv@arrl.net AMSAT LM 2178 QTH: Goose Creek, SC USA (EM92xx) USSVI LM NRA LM SBE ARRL TAPR "It is not the class of license that the Amateur holds but the class of the Amateur that holds the license"
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Message: 7 Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 04:54:13 +0000 (UTC) From: Glen Zook To: Robert Bruninga , amsat bb Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
NOT a White House proposal!? The proposal is by the NIST.? The petition is to attempt to get the President to intervene to stop the elimination of WWV / WWVH.
?Glen, K9STH? Website: http://k9sth.net
From: Robert Bruninga To: amsat bb Sent: Monday, September 3, 2018 9:36 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV
White house planning to shut down WWV. If you disagree, sign the petition started by Ham Operator? Tom Kelly in Oregon:.
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Message: 8 Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 08:49:40 -0600 From: JamesDuffey To: Glen Zook Cc: amsat bb Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
To be clear, NIST did not propose the cuts in a vacuum. They are a response to the budget allocation they get from the executive branch. The allocation is lower than what their current budget is, so they have to cut something. I suspect that NIST allocated budget cuts to the various departments and when the Fundamental Measurement, Quantum Science and Measurement Dissemination group received its cut allocation it prioritized its programs and the WWV/WWVH/WWVB programs fell below the line. Most of us that have been involved in hard budget decisions know the drill. Something ugly usually happens. In essence, the proposed budget allocations are forcing NIST to take a poison pill.
In context, the overall federal budget proposed is increased. The cuts in WWV/WWVH/WWVB go to expenditures elsewhere by the government. Each individual needs to determine whether the expenditures elsewhere in the government are more important to them than the WWV/WWVH/WWVB cuts. To me, the lower priority given to science and technology in the 2019 proposed budget, evidenced in part by the NIST cuts, is disturbing. I fear that in time it will flow to other programs, including NASA, that are important to us.
At the risk of introducing politics into what should be an apolitical AMSAT BBS, sending your elected representatives a post card declaring how you feel about this issue and what you want them to do about it is as important, or more important, than signing the petition. But, the ballot box is a longer term solution to the problem. Register to vote in November and vote for candidates that will support federal expenditures on science and technology. Encourage your friends, family, and colleagues to do the same.
Off the soap box. - Duffey KK6MC
James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM
On Sep 3, 2018, at 22:54, Glen Zook via AMSAT-BB wrote:
NOT a White House proposal! The proposal is by the NIST. The petition is to attempt to get the President to intervene to stop the elimination of WWV / WWVH.
Glen, K9STH Website: http://k9sth.net
From: Robert Bruninga To: amsat bb Sent: Monday, September 3, 2018 9:36 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV
White house planning to shut down WWV. If you disagree, sign the petition started by Ham Operator Tom Kelly in Oregon:.
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Message: 9 Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 11:13:04 -0400 (EDT) From: alex weimer To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] doppler.sqf file Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Complete file sent this morning 73 JACK KC7MG
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Message: 10 Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 17:00:14 -0400 From: David G0MRF To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Measuring VSWR at 2.4GHz Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Hi everyone.
Does anyone know a cost effective way of measuring VSWR or reflected power at 2.4GHz ?
I'm building a 70cm to S band upconverter with 25 Watts output. Before I connect it to my dish feed, it would be nice to know that the match is reasonably close to 50 ohms. It would be nice for the PA transistor to last more than 1 QSO
2.4G inserts for bird watt meters are few and far between.....I wonder if the one that covers 400M to 1GHz would work.?
73
David G0MRF
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Message: 11 Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 16:37:31 -0500 From: Zach Metzinger To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Measuring VSWR at 2.4GHz Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
On 09/04/18 16:00, David G0MRF via AMSAT-BB wrote:
Does anyone know a cost effective way of measuring VSWR or reflected power at 2.4GHz ?
I'm building a 70cm to S band upconverter with 25 Watts output. Before I connect it to my dish feed, it would be nice to know that the match is reasonably close to 50 ohms. It would be nice for the PA transistor to last more than 1 QSO
David,
Try building the surface-mount version at the bottom of this page:
https://ludens.cl/Electron/swr/swr.html
They don't need (or tolerate) much power, but they are cheap to build!
--- Zach N0ZGO
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Message: 12 Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 17:50:05 -0500 From: Stefan Wagener To: zmetzing@pobox.com Cc: AMSAT BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Measuring VSWR at 2.4GHz Message-ID:
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Look for:
"N1201SA"
on Ebay ~$150
On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 4:39 PM Zach Metzinger wrote:
On 09/04/18 16:00, David G0MRF via AMSAT-BB wrote:
Does anyone know a cost effective way of measuring VSWR or reflected
power at 2.4GHz ?
I'm building a 70cm to S band upconverter with 25 Watts output. Before I connect it to my dish feed, it would be nice to know that the
match is reasonably close to 50 ohms.
It would be nice for the PA transistor to last more than 1 QSO
David,
Try building the surface-mount version at the bottom of this page:
https://ludens.cl/Electron/swr/swr.html
They don't need (or tolerate) much power, but they are cheap to build!
--- Zach N0ZGO _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Message: 13 Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 15:58:56 -0700 From: "Ted Krempa" To: "'Robert Bruninga'" , "'amsat bb'"
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Nonsense !
It was clearly pointed out in the ARRL Letter of 8-22-18:
"According to the NIST Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget request, the specific cut would come from the NIST Fundamental Measurement, Quantum Science, and Measurement Dissemination budget and would amount to $6.3 million. "NIST has a long-standing history of providing time and frequency services through our radio stations and we appreciate that many people use these services," NIST said in a statement. "WWV is the longest continuously operating radio service in the US. At the same time, the proposed NIST budget for FY 2019 required difficult choices about budget priorities." NIST said that it plans to eliminate "efforts that have been replaced by newer technologies, measurement science research that lies outside NIST's core mission space, and programs that can no longer be supported due to facility deterioration."
The decision has NOTHING to do with the White House (aka Trump Bashing)
K7TRK said that
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Robert Bruninga Sent: Monday, September 3, 2018 7:36 PM To: amsat bb Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV
White house planning to shut down WWV. If you disagree, sign the petition started by Ham Operator Tom Kelly in Oregon:.
https://www.voanews.com/a/time-may-be-running-out-for-millio ns-of-clocks/4554376.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium= website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Message: 14 Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 19:21:05 -0400 From: Paul Stoetzer To: Ted Cc: AMSAT BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV Message-ID:
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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which is part of the Executive Office of the President, works very closely with the agencies on their budget requests. The request is technically the agency's, but it is heavily influenced by the White House.
73,
Paul, N8HM On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 7:04 PM Ted Krempa wrote:
Nonsense !
It was clearly pointed out in the ARRL Letter of 8-22-18:
"According to the NIST Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget request, the specific cut would come from the NIST Fundamental Measurement, Quantum Science, and Measurement Dissemination budget and would amount to $6.3 million. "NIST has a long-standing history of providing time and frequency services through our radio stations and we appreciate that many people use these services," NIST said in a statement. "WWV is the longest continuously operating radio service in the US. At the same time, the proposed NIST budget for FY 2019 required difficult choices about budget priorities." NIST said that it plans to eliminate "efforts that have been replaced by newer technologies, measurement science research that lies outside NIST's core mission space, and programs that can no longer be supported due to facility deterioration."
The decision has NOTHING to do with the White House (aka Trump Bashing)
K7TRK said that
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Robert Bruninga Sent: Monday, September 3, 2018 7:36 PM To: amsat bb Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV
White house planning to shut down WWV. If you disagree, sign the petition started by Ham Operator Tom Kelly in Oregon:.
https://www.voanews.com/a/time-may-be-running-out-for-millio ns-of-clocks/4554376.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium= website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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