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VHF Super Conference at Holiday Inn Dulles, April 15-17, 2016
by Daniel Schultz 24 Nov '15

24 Nov '15

VHF Super Conference - April 15-17, 2016 at the Holiday Inn Washington-Dulles Intl Airport, 45425 Holiday Drive, Sterling VA. Sponsored by Southeastern VHF Society, North East Weak Signal Group and the Mt. Airy VHF Radio Club (Packrats). Hosted by the Grid Pirates Contest Group and Directive Systems and Engineering. First Call for Papers and Presentations- looking for presentations or papers on VHF, UHF, microwaves, and higher, all aspects welcome - operating, contesting, homebrewing, software, EME, surplus, antennas, test equipment, amplifiers, SDR, 47 GHz superregen, whatever. N2CEI and W1GHZ will be coordinating the Proceedings, details for submission will be on the website soon. Conference details at http://vhfsuperconference.com/. -------------------------------------- Forwarded from the Microwave reflector 73, Dan Schultz N8FGV

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volunteer examiner test session at 9:00 AM on November 14
by David Bern 07 Nov '15

07 Nov '15

Friends: Our next MARC volunteer examiner (VE) public test session at Montgomery College will be on Saturday, November 14, 9 AM http://www.marcclub.org/mweb/education/exams/index.html in *room 362* of the Science Center building https://goo.gl/maps/ouokK at Montgomery College, Rockville campus. On Saturdays, you may park in the parking lot next to the Science Center in any spot other than in handicap parking or in a fire lane. Pre-registration for the test session is strongly encouraged http://www.marcclub.org/mweb/education/exams/register.html since it will save you time at the test session and improves accuracy. Thank you, David, W2LNX MARC education committee

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Pictures needed
by Robert McGwier 10 Oct '15

10 Oct '15

I need some high quality pictures of the Phase 3 spacecraft in the electronics museum in Linthicum. I was there visting NG and NSA and just was swamped during all the hours they were closed.. Thanks, Bob -- Bob McGwier Founder, Federated Wireless, Inc Founder and Technical Advisor, HawkEye 360, Inc Research Professor Virginia Tech Senior Member IEEE, Facebook: N4HYBob, ARS: N4HY Faculty Advisor Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Assn. (K4KDJ) Director of AMSAT

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AO-85
by Stephan Greene 09 Oct '15

09 Oct '15

Congratulations to AMSAT-NA and the Fox-1A team! Just monitored the 02:00-ish UTC pass; I was surprised to hear the transponder active and heard a number of QSOs and well- disciplined ops. Mostly solid copy from shortly after AOS until at about 10 deg above LOS. Not sure if its a null in the satellite antenna pattern or ground clutter (which in my neighborhood is about equally bad in all directions). Arrow antenna on tripod (and you want to be able to rotate it for polarity changes) and Yaesu VX5. No preamp and I am not sure one is going to be needed for this bird. 73 Steve KS1G FM18hx -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Greene ks1g04(a)gmail.com <kay ess one gee zero four>@gmail.com -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Interesting STEM Trek event Nov.7
by Tom Clark 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

AMSAT people might be interested in this event in Catonsville: See http://marylandstemfestival.org/events-index/2015/8/19/stem-trek and http://www.baltimorestemalliance.org/stem-trek/ 73 de Tom K3IO

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ARISS Booth at Explore@NASAGoddard Open House Celebration
by Frank Bauer 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

All, I appreciate the response we received from AMSAT on the upcoming Explore@NASAGoddard event this Saturday. Thanks! If any of you are still interested in supporting our booth and could spare 2-3 hours maximum, we could use a couple of folks from 10-noon or from 10-1pm. If you know nothing about the ARISS program, that's OK. At our booth, you will soon learn, first hand, how we inspire and engage students to pursue STEM careers through an educational experience that culminates in a 10 minute contact with the ISS crew. Let me know if you are interested in helping in one of these two time slots. 73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO All, The ARISS team will be setting up and supporting a booth at the Explore@NASAGoddard Open House Celebration, which will be held on Saturday September 26th from 11 am to 5 pm. We were given very prime, indoor space, near other displays of NASA's Space Communication and Navigation (SCaN) program (Building 13 lobby). The booth will be interactive with the general public, similar to other ARISS supported events, like our booth at the National Air and Space Museum. We are looking for volunteers to help support the booth on Saturday Sept 26. You can support us for as little as 2 hours and as long as 10 am-6 pm (set-up preparations and tear down). Those staying at least 4 hours will have lunch provided. Even if you have very little experience with ARISS but are a ham, we can quickly train you. If you are interested in helping out, please contact me directly. Tnx es 73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO ARISS International Chair

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ARISS Booth at Explore@NASAGoddard Open House Celebration
by Frank Bauer 15 Sep '15

15 Sep '15

All, The ARISS team will be setting up and supporting a booth at the Explore@NASAGoddard Open House Celebration, which will be held on Saturday September 26th from 11 am to 5 pm. We were given very prime, indoor space, near other displays of NASA's Space Communication and Navigation (SCaN) program (Building 13 lobby). The booth will be interactive with the general public, similar to other ARISS supported events, like our booth at the National Air and Space Museum. We are looking for volunteers to help support the booth on Saturday Sept 26. You can support us for as little as 2 hours and as long as 10 am-6 pm (set-up preparations and tear down). Those staying at least 4 hours will have lunch provided. Even if you have very little experience with ARISS but are a ham, we can quickly train you. If you are interested in helping out, please contact me directly. Tnx es 73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO ARISS International Chair

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Update: ARISS Contact today at 16:40 UTC
by Frank Bauer 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

All, I wanted to remind everyone that there will be an ARISS contact today with the East Coast Chapter Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., Youth In Aviation Program (ECCTAI YIAP) and the Oxon Hill High School, Oxon Hill, Maryland through the K6DUE telebridge station located in Greenbelt, Maryland. Contact time should be starting around 12:40 Eastern Time (16:40 UTC). Listen in on 145.80 MHz. Questions from the students follows. 73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO 1. Monika: What influenced you to concentrate on aerospace propulsion and lightweight structures? 2. Zion: Was going into space a goal, or did the opportunity arise and you found it interesting? 3. Aric: How did your experience being a fighter pilot help you adapt to being astronaut? 4. Jeremy: What would you do in the event harmful gases are detected on the space station? 5. Hannah-1: What are some things that you go through to be trained to become an astronaut? 6. Terrence: What new technologies are being tested, and how soon will they be available to the general public? 7. Hannah-2: Due to the gravitational change, is it harder to complete experiments in space than it is on Earth? 8. Philip: What will the International Space Station, especially your expedition, do to prepare for the Commercial Crew Program? 9. Deborah: Is it hard to integrate with all the other international astronauts that live on the space station? 10. Ari: How can NASA send probes into space without them colliding into space junk? 11. Amira: What does it feel like after launch when leaving Earth's atmosphere? 12. Anthony: How do you think current reseach will affect future space expeditions? 13. Monika: Since the launch, have you experienced any trouble with the ISS? 14. Zion: Does each crew member work on all the experiments, or are the experiments assigned to members based on experience in that field? 15. Aric: During the 2.5 hours that astronauts exercise, what type of exercises are included in the Integrated Resistance and Aerobic Training Study? 16. Jeremy: How effective is the Functional Task Test to determine the physiological impairment after long space flights? 17. Hannah-1: What was the most influential factor in deciding to become an astronaut? 18. Terrence: What is your daily work schedule like, and how many hours of sleep do you get? 19. Hannah-2: Through what educational training did you go in order to prepare yourself for the space program? 20. Philip: What is the future for the International Space Station, and human spaceflight in general? 21. Deborah: How do you train to live without gravity? 22. Ari: How does the microgravity environment on ISS affect your ability to smell and taste? 23. Amira: What were some of the negative effects you experienced because of prolonged space flight? 24. Anthony: Of the current experiments, how many do you expect to complete while you are onboard the International Space Station?

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ARISS Contact today at 16:40 UTC
by Frank Bauer 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

All, I wanted to remind everyone that there will be an ARISS contact today with the East Coast Chapter Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., Youth In Aviation Program (ECCTAI YIAP) and the Oxon Hill High School, Oxon Hill, Maryland through the K6DUE telebridge station located in Greenbelt, Maryland. Contact time should be starting around 12:40 Eastern Time (16:40 UTC). Listen in on 145.80 MHz. 73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO

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Fwd: Notice of Service for Charles Dorian at Arlington National Cemetery, April 27
by Martha 14 Apr '15

14 Apr '15

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Dorian <jadorian(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 10:10 AM Subject: Notice of Service for Charles Dorian at Arlington National Cemetery, April 27 To: John Pescatore <jpescatore(a)aol.com>, Philwb4fdt(a)hotmail.com, martha(a)amsat.org, executiveadministrator(a)qcwa.org, w3qx(a)qsl.net, epanox(a)columba.org, mguenther(a)columba.org, lowens(a)cgaalumni.org, sk(a)arrl.org, jim4bartletts(a)verizon.net Cc: Nancy Ruiz <moruiz(a)innernet.net>, Sue Drazek <sdrazek(a)comcast.net> Greetings, While I contacted many of you last year with notice of the passing of my father in June 2014, it has finally been arranged for his service and inurnment at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, April 27, 2015. The family of Charles Dorian, USCGA '43, W3JPT, would be pleased to have you share this word of this event as we gather to place my father with my mother and brother who proceeded him in death. Monday April 27 Gather at Administration building 2:30 Graveside service at 3:00 It's going to be a full service with caisson, firing party, bugler, etc. Warmly, John Dorian Richland, WA -- 73- Martha

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