OK I have a suggestion: a new inexpensive satellite, It will be designated: *ReNe-Sat-3, *that will be an abbreviation for: *Red Neck Satellite #3 ( Dale Ernharts Sr. NASCAR #).
*We will take 2 Woxun HT's, 2 Larsen Mag-mounts, 2**1/4 wave antennas, a solar panel with charger from Northern Hydraulics and last but not least about 100 feet of NASCAR 200mph duct tape.
We take the 2 radios set them up for our frequencies, duct tape them together mount the antennas on the solar panel hook the solar panel up to the HT batteries and last but not least we send two of the south's finest: *Astronaut "Bubba & Cooter"* up with the new bird to deploy it. We will tell Bubba & Cooter that they can have free passes to all the NASCAR races for 2012 when they get this satellite working and in orbit.
I promise they will have that thing (or should i say "thang") up and running in HEO and be back before the first race in February 2012.
For those that are not sure, YES I AM MAKING A JOKE!
/*It is difficult work to keep these satellites working and the control operators deserve a round of applause from us for all that they have done to extend the life of AO51 and all of the other birds.
THANK YOU ONE AND ALL! A JOB WELL DONE! */ Frank K4FEG
On 29 Nov 2011 at 8:49, K4FEG wrote:
Date sent: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:49:31 -0600 From: K4FEG K4FEG@K4FEG.COM Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite Satire To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
OK I have a suggestion: a new inexpensive satellite, It will be designated: *ReNe-Sat-3, *that will be an abbreviation for: *Red Neck Satellite #3 ( Dale Ernharts Sr. NASCAR #).
*We will take 2 Woxun HT's, 2 Larsen Mag-mounts, 2**1/4 wave antennas, a solar panel with charger from Northern Hydraulics and last but not least about 100 feet of NASCAR 200mph duct tape.
We take the 2 radios set them up for our frequencies, duct tape them together mount the antennas on the solar panel hook the solar panel up to the HT batteries and last but not least we send two of the south's finest: *Astronaut "Bubba & Cooter"* up with the new bird to deploy it. We will tell Bubba & Cooter that they can have free passes to all the NASCAR races for 2012 when they get this satellite working and in orbit.
I promise they will have that thing (or should i say "thang") up and running in HEO and be back before the first race in February 2012.
For those that are not sure, YES I AM MAKING A JOKE!
/*It is difficult work to keep these satellites working and the control operators deserve a round of applause from us for all that they have done to extend the life of AO51 and all of the other birds.
THANK YOU ONE AND ALL! A JOB WELL DONE! */ Frank K4FEG
There is even a more simple solution just use what it is already installed aboard ISS a cross band repeater and a lot of other piece of amateur radio equipment.
And for the next satellite a fail safe system who can run the satellite when batteries are depleted EG: something very basic who can run when the satellite is in the Sun.
"-"
Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE HTTP://www.qsl.net/ve2dwe HTTP://www.ve2cbs.qc.ca WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE
You may be making a joke but if we call it "Proof of concept mission for the usage of COTS components" we might get a huge grant to make it happen. It reminds me of the Surrey Android phone in space. I wonder what if that worked? ________________________________________ From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] on behalf of K4FEG [K4FEG@K4FEG.COM] Sent: 29 November 2011 09:49 To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite Satire
OK I have a suggestion: a new inexpensive satellite, It will be designated: *ReNe-Sat-3, *that will be an abbreviation for: *Red Neck Satellite #3 ( Dale Ernharts Sr. NASCAR #).
*We will take 2 Woxun HT's, 2 Larsen Mag-mounts, 2**1/4 wave antennas, a solar panel with charger from Northern Hydraulics and last but not least about 100 feet of NASCAR 200mph duct tape.
We take the 2 radios set them up for our frequencies, duct tape them together mount the antennas on the solar panel hook the solar panel up to the HT batteries and last but not least we send two of the south's finest: *Astronaut "Bubba & Cooter"* up with the new bird to deploy it. We will tell Bubba & Cooter that they can have free passes to all the NASCAR races for 2012 when they get this satellite working and in orbit.
I promise they will have that thing (or should i say "thang") up and running in HEO and be back before the first race in February 2012.
For those that are not sure, YES I AM MAKING A JOKE!
/*It is difficult work to keep these satellites working and the control operators deserve a round of applause from us for all that they have done to extend the life of AO51 and all of the other birds.
THANK YOU ONE AND ALL! A JOB WELL DONE! */ Frank K4FEG _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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
yes, thanks to all control operators here and abroad, but especially those from the AMSAT-NA team who worked so hard in keeping AO-51 on for as long as it has! I've made my first contact (WD9EWK) on AO-51....I will miss it a lot.
73's Peter VE7NGP
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of K4FEG Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 6:50 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite Satire
OK I have a suggestion: a new inexpensive satellite, It will be designated: *ReNe-Sat-3, *that will be an abbreviation for: *Red Neck Satellite #3 ( Dale Ernharts Sr. NASCAR #).
*We will take 2 Woxun HT's, 2 Larsen Mag-mounts, 2**1/4 wave antennas, a solar panel with charger from Northern Hydraulics and last but not least about 100 feet of NASCAR 200mph duct tape.
We take the 2 radios set them up for our frequencies, duct tape them together mount the antennas on the solar panel hook the solar panel up to the HT batteries and last but not least we send two of the south's finest: *Astronaut "Bubba & Cooter"* up with the new bird to deploy it. We will tell Bubba & Cooter that they can have free passes to all the NASCAR races for 2012 when they get this satellite working and in orbit.
I promise they will have that thing (or should i say "thang") up and running in HEO and be back before the first race in February 2012.
For those that are not sure, YES I AM MAKING A JOKE!
/*It is difficult work to keep these satellites working and the control operators deserve a round of applause from us for all that they have done to extend the life of AO51 and all of the other birds.
THANK YOU ONE AND ALL! A JOB WELL DONE! */ Frank K4FEG _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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
On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:49:31 -0600 K4FEG K4FEG@K4FEG.COM wrote:
For those that are not sure, YES I AM MAKING A JOKE!
I wasn't entirely joking when I suggested something similar previously, although maybe el-cheapo Chinese handies would be a better bet than some old GP300s picked out of the Great Big Crate Of Crap in the workshop.
It would work, that's the thing! It would work and you could keep basically a rucksack full of them flight-ready to get hoisted up to the ISS. When one fails, they can toss another over the side. Look at how long ARISSat lasted - now imagine getting an FM cross-band sat up there that costs almost nothing to replace.
/*It is difficult work to keep these satellites working and the control operators deserve a round of applause from us for all that they have done to extend the life of AO51 and all of the other birds.
THANK YOU ONE AND ALL! A JOB WELL DONE! */
Yes indeed.
Better yet, take the 10.8 MHz IF output from one of their old Bearcat scanners,
programmed for a 2-meter uplink, add an appropriate local oscillator and high pass filter, feed the resulting signal to the final stage from one of their old
sideband CB's, and you've got a mode A *LINEAR* satellite!!
We could call it OSCAR 10-4!
George, KA3HSW
----- Original Message ----
From: K4FEG K4FEG@K4FEG.COM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tue, November 29, 2011 8:49:31 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite Satire
OK I have a suggestion: a new inexpensive satellite, It will be designated:
*ReNe-Sat-3, *that will be an abbreviation for: *Red Neck Satellite #3 (
Dale
Ernharts Sr. NASCAR #).
*We will take 2 Woxun HT's, 2 Larsen Mag-mounts, 2**1/4 wave antennas, a
solar
panel with charger from Northern Hydraulics and last but not least about 100
feet of NASCAR 200mph duct tape.
We take the 2 radios set them up for our frequencies, duct tape them
together
mount the antennas on the solar panel hook the solar panel up to the HT batteries and last but not least we send two of the south's finest:
*Astronaut
"Bubba & Cooter"* up with the new bird to deploy it. We will tell Bubba & Cooter that they can have free passes to all the NASCAR races for 2012 when
they get this satellite working and in orbit.
I promise they will have that thing (or should i say "thang") up and
running
in HEO and be back before the first race in February 2012.
For those that are not sure, YES I AM MAKING A JOKE!
/*It is difficult work to keep these satellites working and the control operators deserve a round of applause from us for all that they have done to
extend the life of AO51 and all of the other birds.
THANK YOU ONE AND ALL! A JOB WELL DONE! */ Frank K4FEG
Cool George! it's not the building and concepts that's difficult. It's getting the damn things up there. We should have a division of AMSAT that does rockets, and launch our own. Like my Dad told me, "the difficult we do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer".
73 Bob W7LRD
----- Original Message ----- From: "George Henry" ka3hsw@att.net To: "AMSAT" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 10:06:39 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Satellite Satire
Better yet, take the 10.8 MHz IF output from one of their old Bearcat scanners,
programmed for a 2-meter uplink, add an appropriate local oscillator and high pass filter, feed the resulting signal to the final stage from one of their old
sideband CB's, and you've got a mode A *LINEAR* satellite!!
We could call it OSCAR 10-4!
George, KA3HSW
----- Original Message ----
From: K4FEG K4FEG@K4FEG.COM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tue, November 29, 2011 8:49:31 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite Satire
OK I have a suggestion: a new inexpensive satellite, It will be designated:
*ReNe-Sat-3, *that will be an abbreviation for: *Red Neck Satellite #3 (
Dale
Ernharts Sr. NASCAR #).
*We will take 2 Woxun HT's, 2 Larsen Mag-mounts, 2**1/4 wave antennas, a
solar
panel with charger from Northern Hydraulics and last but not least about 100
feet of NASCAR 200mph duct tape.
We take the 2 radios set them up for our frequencies, duct tape them
together
mount the antennas on the solar panel hook the solar panel up to the HT batteries and last but not least we send two of the south's finest:
*Astronaut
"Bubba & Cooter"* up with the new bird to deploy it. We will tell Bubba & Cooter that they can have free passes to all the NASCAR races for 2012 when
they get this satellite working and in orbit.
I promise they will have that thing (or should i say "thang") up and
running
in HEO and be back before the first race in February 2012.
For those that are not sure, YES I AM MAKING A JOKE!
/*It is difficult work to keep these satellites working and the control operators deserve a round of applause from us for all that they have done to
extend the life of AO51 and all of the other birds.
THANK YOU ONE AND ALL! A JOB WELL DONE! */ Frank K4FEG
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