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2008 AMSAT-DC MEETING AND SPACE SEMINAR Invitation
by Pat Kilroy 26 Jan '08

26 Jan '08

AMSAT-DC Meeting Announcement We will meet in Pioneer Hall at the Historical Electronics Museum. Same place as last year, same time as last year, for one more time. Clip and share! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2008 AMSAT-DC MEETING AND SPACE SEMINAR WHO: YOU are invited! Amateur radio operators, students, educators and the public are all invited. WHAT: Talks, demos, tutorials and socializing about amateur satellites and balloon experiments in the greater mid- Atlantic USA area. A full day of activities. WHEN: Saturday, March 15, 2008, starting at 11:00 A.M. local. WHERE: Historical Electronics Museum (HEM) at 1745 West Nursery Road, Linthicum, Maryland 21090 (near BWI airport). In Pioneer Hall. HEM directions at http://www.hem-usa.org/ WHY: Fun, education, public service, cool stuff, and more fun. HOW: Talk-in on 146.760 MHz (107.2 Hz PL on some receiver sites) HOST: Pat Kilroy, n8pk(a)amsat.org or Patrick.L.Kilroy(a)nasa.gov WEB: See http://patkilroy.com/amsat-dc/ for late breaking news. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Download the AMSAT-DC-2008 flier PDF from the N8PK web page to share as widely as you can. Thank you! ================================================================= Patrick L. Kilroy WK Integration & Test (I&T) 301-286-1984 Voice NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 301-286-1673 Fax Building 5, Mail Code 568 Patrick.L.Kilroy(a)nasa.gov Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 http://lro.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ================================================================= "The conquest of air and space, the pursuit of scientific discovery in space, is the toughest business in the world." - Mike Griffin, NASA Administrator, November 19, 2007

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TIMONIUM
by Martha 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

It is that time again. We need volunteers to "man" the AMSAT booth at Timonium. The dates are March 29 and March 30th. *PEOPLE - WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! * Call me at the office (301-589-6062) . -- 73- Martha

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Fwd: Vienna Wireless Balloon experiment
by Pat Kilroy 18 Jan '08

18 Jan '08

A Local High-Altitude Balloon Experiment YOU MAY ENJOY this link to the Washington Post (below)! For more details you can also check the December 22 link at the club home page at http://www.viennawireless.org/balloon Cheers, Pat Kilroy, N8PK http://www.patkilroy.com/simsat >Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:55:45 -0500 >From: Gary Chatters <gc-ar-l(a)garychatters.com> >To: Pat Kilroy <Patrick.L.Kilroy(a)nasa.gov> >Subject: [Fwd: Vienna Wireless Balloon experiment] > >washingtonpost.com coverage of VWS balloon. > >>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/15/AR200801150… >> >> ================================================================= Patrick L. Kilroy WK Integration & Test (I&T) 301-286-1984 Voice NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 301-286-1673 Fax Building 5, Mail Code 568 Patrick.L.Kilroy(a)nasa.gov Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 http://lro.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ================================================================= "The conquest of air and space, the pursuit of scientific discovery in space, is the toughest business in the world." - Mike Griffin, NASA Administrator, November 19, 2007

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AMSAT Lab Volunteers
by Robert Davis 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

All potential volunteers to the AMSAT Pocomoke Lab, We welcome you on these upcoming Saturdays (9a-5p): Jan 12 (tomorrow) Jan 19 Jan 26 Feb 2 My business travel was delayed to early Feb or later. More dates later. Last week we had Bob McGwier, the AMSAT VP of Engineering, from New Jersey. He will probably join us every other Saturday for a little while. It's great to have him. We also had our regular volunteers: JC, Ray & Kaitlyn. And special volunteers (our secretary's kids): Elissa, Bradley and Jacob. We continued on cleanroom wall joints, doors, Eagle discussions, and ham gear. January will probably close the cleanroom activities. February will be the tower and all the RF. We've started to really think about how to implement U, V, L, S and HF. In another week we'll have available a more final ground station sketch if anyone is interested in seeing "The Plan". After the tower, we will begin work on the engineering unit (practice copy) of the structure for the AMSAT Eagle amateur radio satellite. We want certain parts of it complete in time for the Dayton Hamvention in May. It's about time we built something other than facilities! I haven't uploaded any pics lately, so I will this month. The link is: http://picasaweb.google.com/bob2leo For directions, map to this intersection: Broad St & Pocomoke Belt Pocomoke City, MD 21851 If you have any questions, email me at KF4KSS(a)amsat.org or call my cell 443-783-7794. 73 bob Robert Davis KF4KSS

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FW: [psk31] New Film With Amateur Radio Theme......
by John R. Klim II 13 Jan '08

13 Jan '08

Nice trailer, if you have time watch it. 73 ES CUL =========================================== Mr. John R. Klim II N3KHK ARRL LM-0008416263, AMSAT LM-2187, QRPARCI #10392, FISTS # 5015, MQFD #115, 10-X Life Member # 68135, Springbok Chapter # 1874, Chesapeake Bay Chapter # 549 -----Original Message----- From: psk31(a)yahoogroups.com [mailto:psk31@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 8:34 PM To: psk31(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [psk31] New Film With Amateur Radio Theme...... I though this might be of interest to some of you..... link to YouTube trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L81DqSpkz7M Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/psk31/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/psk31/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:psk31-digest@yahoogroups.com mailto:psk31-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: psk31-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

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AMSAT Lab volunteers
by Robert Davis 03 Jan '08

03 Jan '08

To all potential volunteers at the AMSAT Lab in Pocomoke, The cleanroom HEPA filters have arrived! It's imperative that we complete the cleanroom walls in the next several weeks. Next is that stupid tower that's still laying on its side! Here's the schedule: Sat Jan 5 - Open Sat Jan 12 - Open Beyond this is TBD as I have potential travel for work. Volunteers are always needed, and even visitors are welcome. If you have any questions, call my cell 443-783-7794 or email me KF4KSS(a)amsat.org. For directions to the Pocomoke Lab, map to this: Pocomoke Belt & Broad St Pocomoke City, MD 21851 73 bob Robert Davis KF4KSS

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AMSAT Lab volunteers
by Robert Davis 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

The cleanroom at the AMSAT Pocomoke lab is almost done (only took a year!)... Check out the little pics I've attached. There are more pics at http://picasaweb.google.com/bob2leo. We have hung 18 of 22 static-dissipative clear plastic 4'x8' sheets around the cleanroom. The next step for that is laying aluminum strips along all the joints, and hanging the doors, and of course the ante-room entrance. We have also installed the remaining fluorescent light fixtures of the cleanroom. The next step for that is wiring up the fan motors and light fixtures to the sub-breaker box. The fire suppression company will return Tuesday of this week to install the sprinklers of the cleanroom (required by MD Fire Code). This is the last hurdle to getting occupancy of the lab and machine shop areas. Here's the December Lab volunteer schedule: Sat Dec 8 Closed (this is a change since my last email). Sat Dec 15 Open 9am-5pm. Closed remainder of December. I'll send the January schedule later. We will "fall off" the cleanroom work SOON. Then we'll focus on the tower and Eagle electronic modules. It will be good to finally do ham stuff, not just scrubbing, painting and drilling! Volunteers are always needed, and even visitors are welcome. If you have any questions, call my cell 443-783-7794 or email me KF4KSS(a)amsat.org. For directions to the Pocomoke Lab, map to this: Pocomoke Belt & Broad St Pocomoke City, MD 21851 73 bob Robert Davis KF4KSS

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On Planning AMSAT-DC Meeting 2008
by Pat Kilroy 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

FOR OUR NEXT LOCAL MEETING, I've begun to give it some thought, especially since Easter and Passover come early this year -- so we need to likewise plan earlier than normal in order to schedule it well before those dates. For the venue, I was hoping to use the same Pioneer Hall at the HEM as last year. I must check with the manager there soon. (So far they have seemed content with our modest $50 donation.) If you have any other nice venues in mind (for free or no more than $50, and a reasonable guarantee against being bumped) then I am all ears. Checking the new calendar, the date I am looking at now is either Saturday, March 8 or March 15, 2008. An earlier start time? Maybe 10 A.M. instead of 11? (How to we deal better with lunch?) A change in format? Or an added feature? Any ideas or preferences on our meeting? Please call now. Thanks, Pat N8PK Web: http://www.patkilroy.com/amsat-dc in need of a number of updates. P.S. I am sorry I missed you all at Pittsburgh last month. With three teenagers, I have been up to my ears in family activities. It paid off -- EACH one of my daughters became a national champion in each of their extra- curricular fields this month! ================================================================= Patrick L. Kilroy WK Integration & Test (I&T) 301-286-1984 Voice NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 301-286-1673 Fax Building 5, Mail Code 568 Patrick.L.Kilroy(a)nasa.gov Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 http://lro.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ================================================================= "The conquest of air and space, the pursuit of scientific discovery in space, is the toughest business in the world." - Mike Griffin, NASA Administrator, November 19, 2007

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Re: On Planning AMSAT-DC Meeting 2008
by Pat Kilroy 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Wow, a very interesting proposal indeed! Let's share this with everyone and see what they say! Please see all below. Thomas Jefferson High School 6560 Braddock Rd. Alexandria, VA 22312 (Fairfax County) Phone: 703-750-8300 Map: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=internal&addtohistory=&lat… What questions do we need to ask the school to assure that we will have a successful meeting? Cheers, Pat N8PK At Thursday 11/29/2007 04:59 PM, Arthur Feller wrote: >Hi, Pat! > >Would anyone have hearburn meeting in Virginia? >If it's OK, I'll ask the folks at TJHSST if they'll >arrange for us to use the school. Since it's a >premier science and technology high school, they >might go for it. > >What do you think?? > >73, art..... >W4ART Arlington, VA > >PS Congrats on your girls. What did they do?? [See below.] > >At 10:38 AM 29-11-2007, you wrote: >>FOR OUR NEXT LOCAL MEETING, I've begun to >>give it some thought, especially since Easter >>and Passover come early this year -- so we >>need to likewise plan earlier than normal in >>order to schedule it well before those dates. >> >>For the venue, I was hoping to use the same >>Pioneer Hall at the HEM as last year. I must >>check with the manager there soon. (So far >>they have seemed content with our modest $50 >>donation.) >> >>If you have any other nice venues in mind (for >>free or no more than $50, and a reasonable >>guarantee against being bumped) then I am all >>ears. >> >>Checking the new calendar, the date I am >>looking at now is either Saturday, March 8 or >>March 15, 2008. >> >>An earlier start time? Maybe 10 A.M. instead >>of 11? (How to we deal better with lunch?) >> >>A change in format? Or an added feature? >> >>Any ideas or preferences on our meeting? >> >>Please call now. >> >>Thanks, >> >>Pat >>N8PK >> >>Web: http://www.patkilroy.com/amsat-dc >>in need of a number of updates. >> >>P.S. I am sorry I missed you all at Pittsburgh >>last month. With three teenagers, I have been >>up to my ears in family activities. It paid >>off -- EACH one of my daughters became a >>national champion in each of their extra- >>curricular fields this month! From an earlier reply off line: >To answer your questions, first, I'm sorry that I >missed Pittsburgh. I knew it was going to be an >excellent meeting, but I had a load of family action >then and all over November. (The great family news is >that each of my three teenage daughters became national >champions in their field, one in collegiate soccer, >one in percussion and one in color guard. The last >two (the younger two) are in a competitive marching >band [at] Century High School. But I digress.) > ================================================================= Patrick L. Kilroy WK Integration & Test (I&T) 301-286-1984 Voice NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 301-286-1673 Fax Building 5, Mail Code 568 Patrick.L.Kilroy(a)nasa.gov Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 http://lro.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ================================================================= "The conquest of air and space, the pursuit of scientific discovery in space, is the toughest business in the world." - Mike Griffin, NASA Administrator, November 19, 2007

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AMSAT Lab volunteers
by Robert Davis 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

AMSAT-DC volunteers, The 2007 AMSAT Space Symposium in Pittsburgh was a huge success! I presented two papers: "AMSAT Pocomoke Lab Status" "Eagle Mechanical Status" And one of the HISS student interns presented: "The UMES/HISS Hawk HASP" student balloon project. The small Eagle model built with spare solar cells raised $640 in the fundraiser auction at the banquet! I have the following *schedule* for the AMSAT lab in November. Sat Nov 3 Open - cleanroom prep for sprinklers Sat Nov 10 Open Sat Nov 17 Open Sat Nov 24 probably Closed: Thanksgiving travel? My goals for *November*: 1) prep cleanroom for sprinklers. 2) paint cleanroom (everything available to do this) 3) finish lighting, begin wiring. 4) APRS? My goals for *December*: 1) Complete cleanroom (install filters, etc) 2) Machine & deliver new prototype modules (less sheetmetal) 2) Raise tower? If you have any *questions*, call my cell 443-783-7794 or email me. For *directions* to the Pocomoke Lab, map to this: Pocomoke Belt & Broad St Pocomoke City, MD 21851 73 bob Robert Davis KF4KSS

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