Neglect the "First geosynchronous" article. I did not write it and it is like all mistakes, firmly in archives and not fixable.
73s Bob
I'd be happy with another AO-40 style bird that worked as advertized. Given that there is always the possibility of something going wrong along the way I was sorely disappointed that it happened to THIS one. I'm sure that someday AMSAT will give us a long period orbit bird, standing by -- antennas dusted off... It would be nice, but probably not practical given the huge workload of the ISS crew, that they could send the major parts up in sections and have it assembled there and then pushed out the airlock to be launched. Yes, I know "Welcome to Fantasy Island!"
Kevin, WB5RUE I am Voltohn of Borg, resistance is E/I, you will be attenuated!
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Robert McGwier Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2016 12:16 PM To: amsat bb Subject: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
Neglect the "First geosynchronous" article. I did not write it and it is like all mistakes, firmly in archives and not fixable.
73s Bob
-- Bob McGwier Founder, Federated Wireless, Inc Founder and Technical Advisor, HawkEye 360, Inc Research Professor Virginia Tech Chief Scientist: The Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology Senior Member IEEE, Facebook: N4HYBob, ARS: N4HY Faculty Advisor Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Assn. (K4KDJ) Director of AMSAT _______________________________________________ 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
If we could afford to pay astronauts to assemble a HEO, then we could afford to launch six of them to GTO without bothering.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 2:54 PM, Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE kevin@eaglecreekobservatory.org wrote:
I'd be happy with another AO-40 style bird that worked as advertized. Given that there is always the possibility of something going wrong along the way I was sorely disappointed that it happened to THIS one. I'm sure that someday AMSAT will give us a long period orbit bird, standing by -- antennas dusted off... It would be nice, but probably not practical given the huge workload of the ISS crew, that they could send the major parts up in sections and have it assembled there and then pushed out the airlock to be launched. Yes, I know "Welcome to Fantasy Island!"
Kevin, WB5RUE I am Voltohn of Borg, resistance is E/I, you will be attenuated!
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Robert McGwier Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2016 12:16 PM To: amsat bb Subject: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
Neglect the "First geosynchronous" article. I did not write it and it is like all mistakes, firmly in archives and not fixable.
73s Bob
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If it's a matter of getting it assembled cheaply then send me...I'll go. I've built plenty of Heathkit and Elecraft equipment and last summer I changed the brake pads on my Toyota, so I'm feeling pretty certain I can handle the work. The only problem is I don't have much vacation time built up, so they would have to send me up on a Friday afternoon and I would have to be back home Sunday evening. Otherwise my boss won't be too happy! If they could land the Soyuz spacecraft somewhere near Toronto I could take a cab the rest of the way home!
I'm probably a 2XL in a spacesuit.
Ready any time!
73,
Ken Alexander VE3HLS
On 2016-06-17 3:09 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
If we could afford to pay astronauts to assemble a HEO, then we could afford to launch six of them to GTO without bothering.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 2:54 PM, Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE kevin@eaglecreekobservatory.org wrote:
I'd be happy with another AO-40 style bird that worked as advertized. Given that there is always the possibility of something going wrong along the way I was sorely disappointed that it happened to THIS one. I'm sure that someday AMSAT will give us a long period orbit bird, standing by -- antennas dusted off... It would be nice, but probably not practical given the huge workload of the ISS crew, that they could send the major parts up in sections and have it assembled there and then pushed out the airlock to be launched. Yes, I know "Welcome to Fantasy Island!"
Kevin, WB5RUE I am Voltohn of Borg, resistance is E/I, you will be attenuated!
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Robert McGwier Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2016 12:16 PM To: amsat bb Subject: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
Neglect the "First geosynchronous" article. I did not write it and it is like all mistakes, firmly in archives and not fixable.
73s Bob
-- Bob McGwier Founder, Federated Wireless, Inc Founder and Technical Advisor, HawkEye 360, Inc Research Professor Virginia Tech Chief Scientist: The Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology Senior Member IEEE, Facebook: N4HYBob, ARS: N4HY Faculty Advisor Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Assn. (K4KDJ) Director of AMSAT _______________________________________________ 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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Heathkit? Are they back in business? I loved those kits. My first was an HW-16 and then the VFO that went with it. I built an HW-101 and the 100kc tuner, HW-2036 (bad rig but the A model wasn't bad) and a few other little clocks, and other things. I thought about the SB series amps but by then they were on the way out.
Kevin, WB5RUE EL09uf I stopped asking people "how stupid can you be?" Too many were taking that as a challenge.
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Ken Alexander Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2016 12:13 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
If it's a matter of getting it assembled cheaply then send me...I'll go. I've built plenty of Heathkit and Elecraft equipment and last summer I changed the brake pads on my Toyota, so I'm feeling pretty certain I can handle the work. The only problem is I don't have much vacation time built up, so they would have to send me up on a Friday afternoon and I would have to be back home Sunday evening. Otherwise my boss won't be too happy! If they could land the Soyuz spacecraft somewhere near Toronto I could take a cab the rest of the way home!
I'm probably a 2XL in a spacesuit.
Ready any time!
73,
Ken Alexander VE3HLS
On 2016-06-17 3:09 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
If we could afford to pay astronauts to assemble a HEO, then we could afford to launch six of them to GTO without bothering.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 2:54 PM, Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE kevin@eaglecreekobservatory.org wrote:
I'd be happy with another AO-40 style bird that worked as advertized. Given that there is always the possibility of something going wrong along the way I was sorely disappointed that it happened to THIS one. I'm sure that someday AMSAT will give us a long period orbit bird, standing by -- antennas dusted off... It would be nice, but probably not practical given the huge workload of the ISS crew, that they could send the major parts up in sections and have it assembled there and then pushed out the airlock to be launched. Yes, I know "Welcome to
Fantasy Island!"
Kevin, WB5RUE I am Voltohn of Borg, resistance is E/I, you will be attenuated!
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Robert McGwier Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2016 12:16 PM To: amsat bb Subject: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
Neglect the "First geosynchronous" article. I did not write it and it is like all mistakes, firmly in archives and not fixable.
73s Bob
-- Bob McGwier Founder, Federated Wireless, Inc Founder and Technical Advisor, HawkEye 360, Inc Research Professor Virginia Tech Chief Scientist: The Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology Senior Member IEEE, Facebook: N4HYBob, ARS: N4HY Faculty Advisor Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Assn. (K4KDJ) Director of AMSAT _______________________________________________ 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
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On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 9:12 AM, Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE kevin@eaglecreekobservatory.org wrote:
Heathkit? Are they back in business?
They are. They have an AM radio kit for $150. No satellites or satellite gear that I can see. http://heathkit.com/
On 6/17/2016 1:54 PM,
I'd be happy with another AO-40 style bird that worked as advertized.
you and me both.
John W0JAB
Of course a few LEO Linear birds like the old RS-12/13 would be nice too! I don't know how many hundreds of qsos I had on 2/10 using RS-12. RS-15 was a challenge and I think it's still there but only the beacon is active.
Kevin, WB5RUE
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of John Becker Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 2:19 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
On 6/17/2016 1:54 PM,
I'd be happy with another AO-40 style bird that worked as advertized.
you and me both.
John W0JAB
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There are currently seven active LEO linear transponders available for amateur use, You're welcome to join us on any of them at any time!
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 4:16 PM, Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE kevin@eaglecreekobservatory.org wrote:
Of course a few LEO Linear birds like the old RS-12/13 would be nice too! I don't know how many hundreds of qsos I had on 2/10 using RS-12. RS-15 was a challenge and I think it's still there but only the beacon is active.
Kevin, WB5RUE
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of John Becker Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 2:19 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
On 6/17/2016 1:54 PM,
I'd be happy with another AO-40 style bird that worked as advertized.
you and me both.
John W0JAB
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I'm on the X birds every morning taking to myself. At my winter home in Florida before I put some crossed Yagi's up I was making contacts on a small vertical with my TS-2000, I managed at least a contact a pass in that simple setup. I notice some more activity lately due to FD preparations, I'm working some new stations. Let's get more linear bird activity going guy's, it's easier then you think...
73 Jeff kb2m
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Paul Stoetzer Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 4:20 PM To: Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
There are currently seven active LEO linear transponders available for amateur use, You're welcome to join us on any of them at any time!
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 4:16 PM, Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE kevin@eaglecreekobservatory.org wrote:
Of course a few LEO Linear birds like the old RS-12/13 would be nice too! I don't know how many hundreds of qsos I had on 2/10 using RS-12. RS-15 was a challenge and I think it's still there but only the
beacon is active.
Kevin, WB5RUE
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of John Becker Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 2:19 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
On 6/17/2016 1:54 PM,
I'd be happy with another AO-40 style bird that worked as advertized.
you and me both.
John W0JAB
I haven't been on many of those passes myself. I'll have to try to get on a few over the next several days.
It has been good to hear some prepping for Field Day. Unfortunately many Field Day satellite operators seem to operate satellites once a year and are sorely out of practice for Field Day (and it shows)
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 4:36 PM, Jeff Griffin kb2m@arrl.net wrote:
I'm on the X birds every morning taking to myself. At my winter home in Florida before I put some crossed Yagi's up I was making contacts on a small vertical with my TS-2000, I managed at least a contact a pass in that simple setup. I notice some more activity lately due to FD preparations, I'm working some new stations. Let's get more linear bird activity going guy's, it's easier then you think...
73 Jeff kb2m
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Paul Stoetzer Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 4:20 PM To: Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
There are currently seven active LEO linear transponders available for amateur use, You're welcome to join us on any of them at any time!
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 4:16 PM, Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE kevin@eaglecreekobservatory.org wrote:
Of course a few LEO Linear birds like the old RS-12/13 would be nice too! I don't know how many hundreds of qsos I had on 2/10 using RS-12. RS-15 was a challenge and I think it's still there but only the
beacon is active.
Kevin, WB5RUE
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of John Becker Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 2:19 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
On 6/17/2016 1:54 PM,
I'd be happy with another AO-40 style bird that worked as advertized.
you and me both.
John W0JAB
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Yep and using 100W into a 10 element antenna... I've heard those guys. I do lots of listening but little QSOing since the RS-12/13 birds wend dead (been a LONG time)
Kevin,WB5RUE EL09uf
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Paul Stoetzer Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 3:47 PM To: Jeff Griffin Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
I haven't been on many of those passes myself. I'll have to try to get on a few over the next several days.
It has been good to hear some prepping for Field Day. Unfortunately many Field Day satellite operators seem to operate satellites once a year and are sorely out of practice for Field Day (and it shows)
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 4:36 PM, Jeff Griffin kb2m@arrl.net wrote:
I'm on the X birds every morning taking to myself. At my winter home in Florida before I put some crossed Yagi's up I was making contacts on a small vertical with my TS-2000, I managed at least a contact a pass in that simple setup. I notice some more activity lately due to FD preparations, I'm working some new stations. Let's get more linear bird activity going guy's, it's easier then you think...
73 Jeff kb2m
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Paul Stoetzer Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 4:20 PM To: Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
There are currently seven active LEO linear transponders available for amateur use, You're welcome to join us on any of them at any time!
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 4:16 PM, Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE kevin@eaglecreekobservatory.org wrote:
Of course a few LEO Linear birds like the old RS-12/13 would be nice too! I don't know how many hundreds of qsos I had on 2/10 using RS-12. RS-15 was a challenge and I think it's still there but only the
beacon is active.
Kevin, WB5RUE
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of John Becker Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 2:19 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
On 6/17/2016 1:54 PM,
I'd be happy with another AO-40 style bird that worked as advertized.
you and me both.
John W0JAB
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What do you use for your antenna (brand) or did you build them yourself (correct answer should be "built myself" but I understand if you didn't :) )
What do you think about the Arrow antenna? I've seen quite a few people using it and it seems that the major drawback is polarity. Have you ever tried a quadfiler antenna? I've thought about building one even though they look very complicated. Helix looks easier. I used a J-Pole and 10 meter dipole (back in the day) and did really well on 25 watts or so.
I also need a better tracking program. I'm still using Winorbit (stop laughing) and yes I know it was designed for Windows 3.1 but it does still work with Windows XP though I've not tried it with Windows 7 yet. I will probably crash and burn.
I look forward to really getting serious again. I did discover a really nice App for my iPhone/iPad. It's called Spyglass by Pavel Ahafonau. It has a 3D compass a feature that functions like a attitude indicator, a heading indicator and compass all in one. I have a mount on my antenna which is mounted to a tripod. As I move the antenna N/S/E/W or change the elevation angle the indicator on my iPhone tells me exactly where it's pointed (attitude, compass and elevation). It also uses your GPS if you need to know where you are. You can get it from the App Store or as Arnold says "De App Stowa." (Never make fun of someone who speaks with an accent, they probably speak more languages than you do...) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/spyglass/id332639548?mt=8
Kevin, WB5RUE EL09uf I can melt ice with my mind, it just takes a while.
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Griffin Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 3:36 PM Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
I'm on the X birds every morning taking to myself. At my winter home in Florida before I put some crossed Yagi's up I was making contacts on a small vertical with my TS-2000, I managed at least a contact a pass in that simple setup. I notice some more activity lately due to FD preparations, I'm working some new stations. Let's get more linear bird activity going guy's, it's easier then you think...
73 Jeff kb2m
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Paul Stoetzer Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 4:20 PM To: Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
There are currently seven active LEO linear transponders available for amateur use, You're welcome to join us on any of them at any time!
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 4:16 PM, Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE kevin@eaglecreekobservatory.org wrote:
Of course a few LEO Linear birds like the old RS-12/13 would be nice too! I don't know how many hundreds of qsos I had on 2/10 using RS-12. RS-15 was a challenge and I think it's still there but only the
beacon is active.
Kevin, WB5RUE
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of John Becker Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 2:19 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
On 6/17/2016 1:54 PM,
I'd be happy with another AO-40 style bird that worked as advertized.
you and me both.
John W0JAB
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The links are now all fixed and the slides are now properly redacted. The redactions will decrease on gaining permission from Rincon Research to put in the pictures they marked as proprietary (before they put the data sheet on their web site).
The redactions due to ITAR will remain.
You may take these slides and post them anywhere. Please spread the word on the geo links.
Multiple HEO's are being worked on. I am in the mode of saying as little as possible until something firm is in hand. One P3E, we got permission to ride, but the cost was more than source of funding had.
This story and the story of GEO will be articles in upcoming AMSAT journals. I have to get prepublication approval on all.
Bob
On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 1:15 PM, Robert McGwier rwmcgwier@gmail.com wrote:
Neglect the "First geosynchronous" article. I did not write it and it is like all mistakes, firmly in archives and not fixable.
73s Bob
-- Bob McGwier Founder, Federated Wireless, Inc Founder and Technical Advisor, HawkEye 360, Inc Research Professor Virginia Tech Chief Scientist: The Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology Senior Member IEEE, Facebook: N4HYBob, ARS: N4HY Faculty Advisor Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Assn. (K4KDJ) Director of AMSAT
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