Hi Mariano; I stand corrected! I concur that some Americans here in the states were caught accessing the satellites. What is their motivation? What dialect are they speaking?

On 7/12/2011 11:14 AM, AMSAT-CT Engineering wrote:

Esteemed colleague Joe Leikhim,

The people as you referred as operators (...) A few years back I found some "pirate" (Portuguese) (...), are not Portuguese, speaking in Portuguese, but are Americans from Brazil, and are illegally, very active in the satellite.

Greetings

Mariano, CT1XI

www.amrad.pt

----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Leikhim" rhyolite@nettally.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 3:18 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 70cm Helicoil Good/Bad expensive?

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I have an Andrew bifilar helical antenna for the240-320 MHzMILSAT band, same antenna pictured in back of their old catalogs. I paid a lot of money (mostly in shipping) to acquire it. But far less than what this seller wants. It won't do you any good in the ham bands, but you might find interesting listening in the MILSAT/Fleetsatcom bands. A few years back I found some "pirate" (Portuguese) operators quite active on the satellites. I think they have all been caught by an interesting mix of technology and trigonometry and have been silenced.

On 07/12/2011 04:23 AM, Clint Bradford wrote:

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I am looking for an adapter to make this satellite helical work

on my > handheld radio ...

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http://tinyurl.com/SAT-HELICAL

Clint Bradford, K6LCS

-- Joe Leikhim

Leikhim and Associates Communications Consultants Oviedo, Florida

www.Leikhim.com

JLeikhim@Leikhim.com

407-982-0446

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