March 2014 - Amsat-dc (INACTIVE)

Re: [amsat-bb] Timonium Md hamfest April 5 2014
by Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680) 31 Mar '14

31 Mar '14

As mentioned in earlier posts on AMSAT-DC and on the AMSAT web site under events and on ans, yes, I will be staffing the booth. If you wish to run a live demo then that will be awesome! Some prep work is needed however. SIGNS. Signs at the booth and signs at the live demo location and an extra person who can provide color commentary while you work the birds. I'm sorry it's too late to get any more admission tickets for free but I and others will be forever grateful... I just got back into town recently, was w/o A good Internet connection. That will Change for the better by tomorrow morning. Thank you for your patience. Sincerely, Pat N8PK P.S. I will set up on Friday night and early early Saturday morning! Mr. Pat Kilroy Integration and Test (I&T) Lead Engineer NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Building 5, Mail Code 568 Greenbelt, Maryland 20771-5860 W: 301-286-1984 E: Patrick.L.Kilroy(a)nasa.gov ________________________________________ From: martha591(a)gmail.com [martha591(a)gmail.com] on behalf of Martha [martha(a)amsat.org] Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 12:18 PM To: Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680) Subject: Fwd: [amsat-bb] Timonium Md hamfest April 5 2014 FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lizeth Norman <normanlizeth(a)gmail.com<mailto:normanlizeth@gmail.com>> Date: Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 10:06 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Timonium Md hamfest April 5 2014 To: "&lt,amsat-bb(a)amsat.org<mailto:amsat-bb@amsat.org>&gt," <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org<mailto:amsat-bb@amsat.org>> Anyone from Amsat going to attend? I will be in the area and planned on attending, possibly taking the portable gear if there was any interest in a demonstration. Norm n3ykf _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org<mailto: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 -- 73- Martha

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FW: [amsat-bb] Timonium Md hamfest April 5 2014
by JoAnne Maenpaa 28 Mar '14

28 Mar '14

Can anyone in Washington DC / Maryland area contact him? -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org Editor, AMSAT Journal -----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Lizeth Norman Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 21:07 To: &lt,amsat-bb(a)amsat.org&gt, Subject: [amsat-bb] Timonium Md hamfest April 5 2014 Anyone from Amsat going to attend? I will be in the area and planned on attending, possibly taking the portable gear if there was any interest in a demonstration. Norm n3ykf _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)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

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FW: CubeSat-SmallSat Seminar - April 2, 1:30, B34-W150
by Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680) 25 Mar '14

25 Mar '14

FYI @ NASA GSFC Greenbelt ________________________________ From: Powell, Wesley A. (GSFC-5600) Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 3:28 PM To: GSFC-DL-Code560-All Subject: CubeSat-SmallSat Seminar - April 2, 1:30, B34-W150 Everyone, A cubesat-smallsat technology seminar will be held on Wednesday 4/2. Details are provided below. Wes Announcing a seminar (April 2, 1:30 to 3:30PM, 34/W150A) co-sponsored by GSFC Smallsat-Cubesat Technology Focus Group and the Future Explorations Science Working Group (FESWG) on the latest compact spacecraft systems technologies that may be relevant to high priority science requirements driven missions in Earth orbit or in deep space. * Walter Holemans, Planetary Systems Corporation provides lightweight, cost effective, and test verified separation systems for for large, small and CubeSat scale aerospace systems. These systems have attained TRL 9 on all US launch vehicles and ESA's Vega. Their Canisterized Satellite Dispensers dispense satellites ranging from 1/8U to 27U in size. * Jeff Harvey and Leslie Seal, MMA Design develops deployable apertures and structures for nanosatellites, particularly deployable solar arrays, antenna and optical systems, and electro-mechanical support for these systems. * Nestor Voronka, Tethers Unlimited develops a variety of advanced technologies for CubeSat applications, including deployable devices that support communication, propulsion and power systems, on-orbit manufacturing support, as well as advanced mechanisms involving tethers. Please note: Those who attend must be US Citizens.

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Re: ARISS Contact This Morning > SUCCESS
by Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680) 20 Mar '14

20 Mar '14

RE: https://soundcloud.com/paul-stoetzer/ariss-contact-with-forest?utm_source=s… NICE WORK, Paul. Sweet! Hope fellow AMSAT members share this story and excellent recording with friends, family, students and their faculty a plenty! Cheers, Pat Kilroy, N8PK AMSAT Area Coordinator MDC area Mr. Pat Kilroy Integration and Test (I&T) Lead Engineer NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Building 5, Mail Code 568 Greenbelt, Maryland 20771-5860 W: 301-286-1984 E: Patrick.L.Kilroy(a)nasa.gov<mailto:Patrick.L.Kilroy@nasa.gov>

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March 20 ISS School Contact With Silver Spring MD
by JoAnne Maenpaa 20 Mar '14

20 Mar '14

Ya'll in Washington DC area may be able to copy the 145.800 MHz downlink on this school contact: Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule Forest Knolls Elementary School, Silver Spring, MD., direct via KB3WOA Contact is a go for: Thu 2014-03-20 14:38:33 UTC 68 deg Audio also will be on EchoLink *WASH_DC* conference server node 6154. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org Editor, AMSAT Journal

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Fwd: [PVRC] W1AW/4 Virginia Ops Needed!
by Paul Stoetzer 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

Looks like K4ZW is looking for a satellite operator or two or more for W1AW/4 in Virginia. Worst case, I'll cross the Potomac and operate a few passes, but I know there are plenty of you out there! 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ken Claerbout <k4zw(a)verizon.net> Date: Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 9:25 PM Subject: [PVRC] W1AW/4 Virginia Ops Needed! To: pvrc(a)mailman.qth.net Hi Gang - just a little less than a month before the ARRL Centennial QSO Party comes to the Commonwealth in the form of W1AW/4. We still have plenty of operating slots available. Given all of the top notch PVRC operators and contest stations in Virginia, we should have little problem putting on a big time effort. Please take a few minutes to go to http://www.nr4m.com/ARRL-Centennial-QSO-Party and check out the information we have posted. At the bottom of the page is a spreadsheet with the schedule, showing available slots. This is a unique opportunity. Others that have gone before us have reported high levels of activity with some big QSO totals for their week. I'm hoping we can tap this groups competitive spirit and push the bar even higher. Let's give our neighbors something to shoot for! I know it might be difficult to plan in advance but we need to start nailing things down. So if you can commit, please do so. If your plans change, we'll work with you. 73 Ken K4ZW ______________________________________________________________ PVRC mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/pvrc Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:PVRC@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

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April 5 Timonium Hamfest AMSAT Prep
by Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680) 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

TIME TO START preparing for the big hamfest in Timonium, Md. coming in a precious few weeks! GBHC hamfest Web site: http://www.gbhc.org/ Do we want to have more than just a booth? If so, didja see what happened at the Vienna Wireless Society's Winterfest a couple weeks ago? See the videos offered in the message copied below. Who can help us do that or something like it? Regarding the AMSAT booth, who would like to join me there? Or what would you like to see at our booth? Parts, pieces, gadgets, software, demos, or ??? We need ideas and individuals to jump aboard with me. Thoughts? Thanks, Pat N8PK http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=218 ________________________________ From: Ian Branson [ian.branson(a)gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 9:35 PM To: Paul Stoetzer; ks1g04(a)gmail.com Cc: Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680) Subject: Re: Re: VWS Satellite Demo and talk Paul & Steve: I have finished creating the videos of the sat demonstration @ Winterfest. They are below: W1AW/8 contact: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urjvjauVkB8 Interview /w N8HM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaEWlUNs3Lo FO-29 Contact (Long): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GilisGwRCE 73, Ian N0IMB

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Fwd: [CubeSat] Announcement from George Washington University - On-orbit Micropropulsion eXperiment Program (OMXP)
by Samudra Haque [GWU] 10 Mar '14

10 Mar '14

[Hi, I am sending this note to all local mailing lists I am a part of, to allow small satellite enthusiasts / experimenters to take advantage of our research work at GWU. Perhaps you could forward it to your friendly neighborhood educational institution and affiliate looking for a method to put up long duration missions in space - and in most probability head past Low Earth Orbit within a decent time frame - referrals requested - Samudra N3RDX ] 3/10/2014 On behalf of the Micro-propulsion and Nanotechnology Laboratory, and Dr. Michael Keidar, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at George Washington University, I am attaching the formal announcement of OMXP. I hope all of you will consider making use of this innovative program from our laboratory to enable your institution's CubeSat projects to include one or more channels of small form, efficient and safer electric propulsion subsystem at very low cost. If you are interested to know more details, or wish to discuss specialized applications of (electric) micro-propulsion in CubeSats, please follow the contact instructions in the attached PDF. We are in the process of setting up an online application portal soon. Regards to all. -- Samudra Haque Ph.D Student Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering George Washington University

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Fwd: [QRP-L] FS: FT-817 (non ND)
by Stephan Greene 08 Mar '14

08 Mar '14

Forwarding from the QRP-L list. If anyone is looking for a well-cared-for 817 for a satellite station (portable or otherwise) locally, email Mike asap (stuff on QRP-L tends to go quickly). I know the op and you can trust his description of the rig. 73 Steve KS1G ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michael Bower <mbower(a)bbunch.org> Date: Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 9:45 AM Subject: [QRP-L] FS: FT-817 (non ND) To: FT817 <FT817(a)yahoogroups.com>, Qrp-L <qrp-l(a)mailman.qth.net>, NoVaQRP < NoVaQRP(a)googlegroups.com> Hi, folks, I have the following for sale. 1) Yaesu FT-817 (non ND) in good condition. Worked FB three months ago but haven't used it since then. In a pet-free/smoke-free environment. Cosmetically very good. Comes with everything in the original package except the Yaesu strap (might even have that but haven't looked for it). I have the original box if you want it. Included in addition: Miniaturized copy of the manual, Pack-It Reference (yellow one) by Hugh VE3AYR Nifty Pocket Reference card Asking $425 plus shipping from 20147. Note-if you DON'T want the original box, this will fit into a $15 USPS priority mail box. Paypal preferred but will consider other payment options. US only. ______________________________________________________________ QRP-L mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/qrp-l Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:QRP-L@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Greene ks1g04(a)gmail.com <kay ess one gee zero four>@gmail.com -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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