August 2013 - Amsat-dc (INACTIVE)

[tapr-announce] ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference
by David Bern 27 Aug '13

27 Aug '13

Friends: I am planning to attend the ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) near the end of September http://www.tapr.org/dcc.html Gary Pearce, KN4AQ of HAM RADIO NOW HamRadioNow.tv <http://www.HamRadioNow.tv> is planning to video record the conference but he is asking for our help to make this happen http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/860504337/hamradionow-video-coverage-of… The schedule of the DCC talks is Message: 1 Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 09:47:46 -0400 From: Stan Horzepa <stanzepa(a)sbcglobal.net> To: tapr-announce(a)tapr.org Subject: [tapr-announce] DCC Updates Message-ID: <5218B982.8010208(a)sbcglobal.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" *DCC Updates* Time is running out. The DCC is September 20-22 in Seattle and the special DCC room rate at the host hotel, the Cedarbrook Lodge, ends at August 28, 5 PM PDT, so make your reservations ASAP. Here is the link for the hotel: http://www.tapr.org/dcc.html/#hotel *** *Banquet Speaker and Sunday Seminar* Our Saturday evening banquet speaker is Tom Van Baak, whose speech is titled "Passion and Precision: Adventures of a Time Nut." Our Sunday morning seminar will be about programming Androids and will be presented by Ron Frohne, KL7NA. *** *Submitted Papers * Submitted papers for the DCC are, as follows: "(CAB) Controllable Altitude Balloon Proposal" by Pedro Converso, LU7ABF "A Software Defined Radio for Mesh Networks" by John B. Stephensen, KD6OZH "Applications and Infrastructure for Marathon Support" by Erik Westgard, NY9D "DATV-Express -- a Testing Report" by Art Towslee, WA8RMC and Ken Konechy W6HHC "Evaluating OLSR and B.A.T.M.A.N over D-STAR" by John Ronan, EI7IG and Darren Long, G?HWW "Gnuradio Companion module for openHPSDR Hermes / Metis SDR Radio" by Tom McDermott, N5EG "High Performance BPSK31: Ideas for a New Generation" by John A. Gibbs, NN7F "Modulation -- Demodulation Software Radio" by Alex Schwarz, VE7DXW and Guy Roels, ON6MU "Narrowband IP over Amateur Radio Networks (NIPARnets): Next-Generation Networking for Amateur Radio" by Timothy J. Salo, AB?DO "Noise Power Ratio (NPR) Testing of HF Receivers" by Adam Farson, VA7OJ/AB4OJ "Raspberry Pi Applications in Digital Communications: A Mobile Xastir-Based APRS Station" by John A. Hansen, W2FS "Whitebox Handheld Software Radio Kit" by Chris Testa, KD2BMH Our Saturday evening banquet speaker is Tom Van Baak, whose speech is titled "Passion and Precision: Adventures of a Time Nut." Our Sunday morning seminar about programming Androids will be presented by Ron Frohne, KL7NA. Thank you, David, W2LNX

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Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by Samudra Haque 09 Aug '13

09 Aug '13

LinkedIn ------------ amsat-dc(a)amsat.org, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Samudra Samudra Haque Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) at NASA Washington D.C. Metro Area Confirm that you know Samudra Haque: https://www.linkedin.com/e/-1lr99a-hk5p2njs-6n/isd/15663831598/T79Ls8zt/?hs… -- You are receiving Invitation to Connect emails. Click to unsubscribe: http://www.linkedin.com/e/-1lr99a-hk5p2njs-6n/uVqCD8kojfluRyeGcuvJ2puX0975x… (c) 2012 LinkedIn Corporation. 2029 Stierlin Ct, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

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Second call for papers for 2013 AMSAT Annual Meeting and Space Symposium
by Daniel Schultz 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

This is the second call for papers for the 2013 AMSAT Annual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of November 1 - 3, 2013, at the Marriott Hobby Airport Hotel, Houston, Texas. Proposals for papers, symposium presentations and poster presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community. We request a tentative title of your presentation as soon as possible, with final copy to be submitted by October 1 for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv(a)amsat.org Dan Schultz N8FGV

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