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free amateur radio Technician class
by David Bern 02 Feb '14

02 Feb '14

Friends: I have scheduled a free amateur radio Technician class at Montgomery College for six Saturday mornings starting March 1st. The schedule is at http://www.marcclub.org/mweb/exam_classes.html We have a classroom, a schedule and instructors, but we need more students at this time. Please spread the word to help us to get students for this free class. In addition, we have scheduled public exam sessions. The details are at http://www.marcclub.org/mweb/exam_details.html Thank you, David, W2LNX MARC Education committee education(a)marcclub.org

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AMSAT-DC Events Now on Southgate
by JoAnne Maenpaa 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

The Southgate News page picked up the ANS bulletin about Pat's planned AMSAT events for Maryland-Washington-Northern Virginia: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2014/january/amsat_events.htm They did a nice job! -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org Editor, AMSAT Journal

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Two Big Events Coming
by Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680) 24 Jan '14

24 Jan '14

IN PLACE OF THE AMSAT-DC Workshop this spring we have two big splashes in store for the ham public AND YOU ARE INVITED to join us at either one of them! The first one, next month, will be in Vienna, Va: The Vienna Wireless Winterfest on SUNDAY, February 23, 2014 See http://www.viennawireless.org/winterfest.php Steve Greene, KS1G, of Herndon, Va. will be leading an effort to staff an impressive AMSAT booth as well as provide a forum and a *possible* satellite demo. But he needs help from us local AMSAT guys. PLEASE contact Steve at ks1g(a)amsat.org<mailto:ks1g@amsat.org> to offer your time and support. No experience required! The second event will be later, in Timonium, Md: The Greater Baltimore Hamboree and Computerfest 2014 including the Maryland Emergency Preparedness Expo 2014 on SATURDAY, April 5, 2014 See http://www.gbhc.org/ I will be attempting something similar if we have the support. Please contact me at n8pk(a)amsat.org<mailto:n8pk@amsat.org> or place a shout out on our amsat-dc email list. We will have the additional option to fly a small experiment on a high-altitude balloon if we so choose. The sky is the limit. Otherwise, I will just staff a three-table booth of AMSAT goodies like last year. More the merrier! WE WILL HAVE LOADS OF FUN. Thoughts? Thank you, Pat Kilroy, N8PK Sykesville, Md. n8pk(a)amsat.org<mailto:n8pk@amsat.org>

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Re: [ans-editor] hamfest
by JoAnne Maenpaa 01 Jan '14

01 Jan '14

Hi Jack, AMSAT has many active members in the Washington DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia area. I'm forwarding your request to our AMSAT-DC e-mail list to stir up the volunteers. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org Editor, AMSAT Journal From: ans-editor-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:ans-editor-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Jack Welch Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2014 21:28 To: ans-editor(a)amsat.org Subject: [ans-editor] hamfest Hi, In ANS-363, you asked if anyone presenting at a hamfest would let you know about it -- I'm in the converse situation -- I'm coordinator for the Vienna Wireless Society Hamfest in Northern Virginia and I'd like to see if there is anyone, ideally AMSAT-related, who would like to either do a classroom presentation or a parking lot demo during our winterfest this February. The event is on Feb 23rd in Annadale, VA. It will be held at the Northern Virginia Community College, and I have a classroom and seminar room available for 30-60 minute presentations. We also control the parking lots, some for parking, some for tailgating, and the parking lots have a pretty good view of the horizon for demos. I'd appreciate it if you could pass this on to anyone you think would be appropriate. Our hamfest info is at: http://www.viennawireless.org/winterfest.php Thanks & 73, Jack Welch AI4SV Vienna Wireless Society

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Spring 2014 Workshop Agenda Proposal (Need Your Feedback!)
by Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680) 11 Dec '13

11 Dec '13

Hi all, The title of our next workshop will likely be similar to last year's workshop but with a new twist: "AMSAT-DC Workshop on Portable Satellite Ground Station Development" where ... This time I'd like to propose that each of us attending will ASSEMBLE and test a small 437 MHz circularly polarized Yagi antenna. We will each set up our own portable ground station for display (again) and share with others our developments achieved since last year, OR share your development plans for the coming summer. I assume the cost of materials will be under $50 USD, and we will "build to print." THOUGHTS? ... IDEAS? ... Would you buy in to this? Or do you have an alternate task idea in mind to suggest? To pull this off, I will need some help. Can you help organize this construction task to make it so? Please call now! Thank you, Pat Kilroy, N8PK AMSAT Area Coordinator MDC Area P.S. Last year's Workshop announcements: http://patkilroy.com/amsat-dc/ P.P.S. Soon I will send out the final DATES that we must select from for our workshop! P.P.P.S. An alternate idea might be to assemble an Az-El rotator system like the one presented by David Bern, W2NLX, but it might not be ripe for prime time until the following year.

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NASA-TV coverage of tonight's launch of multiple student CubeSats begins at 6:30 PM
by Perry Klein 19 Nov '13

19 Nov '13

The NASA-TV schedule is showing that NASA-TV coverage of tonight's launch of multiple student CubeSats begins at 6:30 PM. The launch should be visible along the East Coast since it's from Wallops Island.

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Northern Virginia Radio Donation Offer
by JoAnne Maenpaa 19 Nov '13

19 Nov '13

Hi everyone, I received a phone call from Joy Gephart, the spouse of Karl Gephart, who passed away 3 years ago. She said her husband had a "large radio collection including satellite radios." She would like to donate these radios to a 501(c)(3) nonprofit ... such as AMSAT. She does not know which radios are in the collection. She asked for assistance in assessing the type and value of the radios. She would donate the radios but wants to know the value of the gift for her taxes. Mrs. Gephart is in the northern Virginia area around Washington DC. I hope one of our members in that area could help close the deal on the donation. Rather than blast her home telephone number out on the e-mail list please reply to me and I'll send it to you if you wish to make contact. I'm including EMike on behalf of AMSAT Educational Relations if those guys could use a donation of some gear. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org Editor, AMSAT Journal

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[W4wvp-members] TJ3SAT - visible launch during meeting tomorrow!!
by Arthur Feller 18 Nov '13

18 Nov '13

http://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/MissionUpdates/MinotaurI_ORS-3/ http://wtkr.com/2013/11/18/rocket-ready-for-tomorrow-nights-launch-at-wallo… Launch tomorrow at about 7:30 PM. Local visibility of the launch vehicle begins about 48 seconds after first stage ignition. 73, art….. W4ART Arlington VA http://afeller.us _______________________________________________ W4wvp-members mailing list W4wvp-members(a)w4wvp.org http://www.obscure.org/mailman/listinfo/w4wvp-members

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AZ-EL antenna rotator and Raspberry Pi project
by David Bern 16 Nov '13

16 Nov '13

Friends: I recently came back from the AMSAT Symposium where I did a presentation of The Montgomery College Satellite Antenna Rotator Project. The conference presentation, the conference paper, the source code, and the circuit schematics are found at http://code.google.com/p/mc-satellite-antenna-rotator-project/ At this point the project is a work in progress since I have a rotator reliability issue to resolve. I got some good ideas from several people on what to do. Enjoy! David, W2LNX

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Fwd: [Tracking] ORS-3 / ELaNa IV CubeSat Launch
by Samudra Haque 15 Nov '13

15 Nov '13

FYI. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Justin Foley <jfoley(a)calpoly.edu> Date: Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 2:30 PM Subject: [Tracking] ORS-3 / ELaNa IV CubeSat Launch To: cubesat(a)cubesat.org, earthstation(a)cubesat.org CubeSat Community, We are pleased to announce the launch of 28 CubeSats, currently scheduled for November 19, 2013 from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, USA. Many of the CubeSats are carrying beacons in the amateur frequencies and we invite all who are able to track to participate. For the more information please keep an eye on http://cubesat.org. Along with the usual IRC channel we will be using an Earth Station mailing list to distribute information about tracking and object identification. If you are not currently on the Earth Station mailing list and would like to be added please let me know. Best regards, Justin _______________________________________________ Earthstation mailing list Earthstation(a)cubesat.org http://lists.cubesat.org/mailman/listinfo/earthstation

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