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ISS and SSTV
by Andrew Glasbrenner 28 Mar '09

28 Mar '09

Those interested should set up to monitor 145.800 FM for SSTV activity over the next week or so. Charles Simonyi is on his way to the station for his second visit, and has expressed interest in running the SSTV gear. If you can leave a receiver and SSTV software running, you might grab some good pics, even on a small omni antenna. Feel free to pass on to your local clubs. 73, Drew KO4MA

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Possible USAF Atlas Launch Tonight
by Keith N4ZQ 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

Top of the Morning to ya.... The launch of the ULA Atlas V launch of the USAF WGS-2 satellite, is now officially set for the Eastern Range for March 17, 9:24-10:01 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida. There won't be any TV or launch audio that I'm aware of.. Lets hope the clouds lift for a shot of seeing it from here on the west central Florida coast.. Happy St Patrick's Day and good viewing.. 73 N4ZQ Keith O'Brien (cooling the green beer for later consumption..) ____________________________________________________________ Find the perfect photo - click now. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/BLSrjpYR2bnoNNZ9LzwuxcqcK77F…

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STS-119
by Keith N4ZQ 14 Mar '09

14 Mar '09

NASA managers will hold a prelaunch news conference no earlier than 3 p.m. EDT on Saturday, March 14 do discuss the launch of Discovery to the International Space Station. Lets keep our fingers crossed for that Sunday evening launch. The Atlas military communication satellite launch scheduled for a Saturday night launch has stepped aside to let the shuttle have a shot at it's Sunday liftoff for the 28th US mission to the ISS. The new date for the Atlas has been set for St. Patrick's Day, Tuesday, with the launch window opening at 21:24 EDT for 36 minutes. Unfortunately the Sunday 19:43 EDT (23:43 UTC) Discovery liftoff is right in the middle of the West Central Florida information net on the NI4CE repeater system. Otherwise I suggest we have a launch watch get together. Hoping for clear skies and clear viewing... Keith N4ZQ ____________________________________________________________ Click here to find the perfect picture with our powerful photo search features. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/BLSrjpYR2bmk1ia49xHbCRtrwtrb…

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Antennas mentioned during the net tonight
by Andrew Glasbrenner 27 Feb '09

27 Feb '09

CJU handheld beam http://personales.ya.com/ea4cax/paginaea4cyq/cju/cjuingles.pdf AA2TX lindenblads http://www.qsl.net/nwlarn/sat/70ParaLindy.pdf http://www.arrl.org/qst/2007/08/monteiro.pdf Myers Engineering Quadrafiliar Helix http://www.antennas.us/store/p/229-UC-4364-328-Amateur-Satellite-antenna.ht… 73, Drew KO4MA

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Re: [amsat-bb] Orlando Hamcation!
by Bob Bruninga 13 Feb '09

13 Feb '09

> Orlando Hamcation, one of the largest > hamfests in the nation, will be commencing > tomorrow at 12:00pm at the Central Florida > Fairgrounds here in Orlando, Florida. I just checked http://map.findu.com/hfest* and the only hamfest showing up on APRS is one in Shizuoaka Japan. And I also checked for hamfest* and there is only one of those also, and it is showing in Orillia, ONT. Please excuse my repetition if I mention many ways to enhance the local HAMFEST experience... One of the best ways to reach out to fellow amateurs is to place an APRS object on your local map named HFEST-14x for example for a hamfest on the 14th of the month ("x" allows for 26 different hamfests on the same day...). Then it shows on the front panel of all APRS mobiles within 100 miles and their GPS maps for them to easily find it. It is also visible then globally as well to all APRS stations on the internet. It is also best to include the talk in frequency in the object too, so everything the mobile needs is available to him right there on his radio. He just pushes the TUNE button when he sees that object and his D710 radio for example will instantly tune to that talk in frequency. Done. Net control at the HAMFEST also has an APRS display in front of his operating position, and then he can see where everyone is. Those without APRS who want to tell the net control where they are can just use their nearby mile mark, and then they also can easily show up on APRS. For AMSAT operations, If someone is running DIGI_NED or APRSdata in the area, then also on the front panel of all APRS mobile radios and HT's will show any AMSATs in view and their azimuth and range as well as their operating frequency. If there are none in view, then a schedule of all passes for the next 80 minutes is uplinked every 10 minutes to their radio's DX list for review at any time. For details on getting this local info to the mobile user, see www.aprs.org/localinfo.html Sorry for the intrusion. I will go put this out onto the APRS bulletin board and find out why no one down there is putting out this infromatin object. Oh, you can also put an AMSAT-x object on the map so people can find your table directly. You can also announce there your own separate AMSAT talk in too, and all mobiles will see it. Bob, WB4APR

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Orlando Hamcation!
by David J 12 Feb '09

12 Feb '09

Orlando Hamcation, one of the largest hamfests in the nation, will be commencing tomorrow at 12:00pm at the Central Florida Fairgrounds here in Orlando, Florida. We are expecting large crowds and hope to many of our AMSAT friends there. The AMSAT booth is in the Commercial 1 building. AMSAT plans to have a working sat. station at the booth during all three days. Please listen for the station during sat. passes. We will try to work all available passes as we can. The call will probably be K4H, but possibly we will use my call, AA4KN. Please keep an ear out for either. We hope to work everyone we can. 73s, Dave, AA4KN

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tonight's Florida AMSAT Net
by David J 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

We had a total of 29 recorded check-ins tonight. Thanks to everyone for making it a great net. Dave, AA4KN

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Ft Myers hamfest
by Andrew Glasbrenner 31 Dec '08

31 Dec '08

Due to a conflict with the VHF/UHF contest, I'm not going to be able to set up a booth at the Ft. Myers Hamfest on January 17th. Are there any ACs here in Florida that would like to do a one day hamfest booth there for AMSAT? 73, Drew KO4MA

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Mode L/V
by Scott Schmautz 31 Dec '08

31 Dec '08

WA4SCA with KO4MA via L/S with good signals at 1443 UTC Scott/WB2UZR --

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FT-100 for sale
by Andrew Glasbrenner 29 Dec '08

29 Dec '08

Hi all, I have a FT-100 transceiver for sale. HF and 6m works fine; I worked 101 grids during the summer QSO party on 6m. 2m and 70cm receive is out, the first stage amplifier is out for the second time due to overload from a nearby transmitter. 2m and 70cm transmit works fine, and HF and 6m is perfect. I'm asking $350 dollars for a local FTF transaction in the Bay area. I'll consider trades as well, especially for a receiver like a VR-5000 with an IF output. 73, Drew KO4MA

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