You may have noticed that the WYSIWYM editor is not working
properly. There is a dependency for the HTML to Wiki converter that
hasn't yet been met. The problem appears that the converter will not
build under FreeBSD, the OS on the AMSAT server. So although it
works on my staging server (running Fedora Core) it will take some
additional work to get it working in EaglePedia.
73,
Emily
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N1DID formerly W0EEC - CM87tm
Support Project OSCAR - http://www.projectoscar.net
When you search inside EaglePedia you will generally find articles
you are looking for. However, if you are looking for information
about an EaglePedia user or a help topic you probably aren't getting
the results you need. This is because by default EaglePedia searches
for articles in the Main namespace. What is the Main namespace, you ask?
The core structure of EaglePedia is organized into "super-categories"
called Namespaces. You can find a list of these by clicking on "my
preferences" in the TOP RIGHT links on every EaglePedia page, and
then clicking on the "Search" tab. By default these will generally
only have "(Main)" checked.
I would recommend at a minimum you check the following Namespaces:
Talk
User
Help
Image
Category
73,
Emily
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Support Project OSCAR - http://www.projectoscar.net
Hi Stephen,
Part of the upgrade was to install an Extension to the core MediaWiki
software that does not allow you to save an orphan pages. Whenever
you edit a page this extension checks to make sure that there is at
least one [[Category:something]] reference. The NOTICE is pretty
much the instruction - simply add in the category as shown in the
NOTICE and substitute the appropriate Eagle category for
"something". You can then save it.
I have discovered one problem with the "Category
Required" Extension. If you are editing a section (the edit link to
the right of a section header) it still checks for a category. I
think this is punitive, so I have contacted the "category required"
extension author. The work around is to either edit an entire page
or duplicate the category reference in the main article.
73,
Emily
At 08:29 PM 11/27/2006, you wrote:
>Emily,
>
> Going slightly nuts am I?
>
> Every time I edit an existing page (attempting to correct missing
> file links, etc.) I get a:
>
> "NOTICE: There must be at least one [[Category:something]] link."
> And no save! Now..... how should I correctly recover from this?
>
> BTW- Good work on all the changes/new features!
>
>Regards,
>Stephen
>--
>
>kc0ftq(a)amsat.org
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Support Project OSCAR - http://www.projectoscar.net
Thanks for reporting this Steve. It was a definite bug
(un-initialized variable.)
Fixed,
Emily
At 08:34 PM 11/27/2006, you wrote:
>Emily,
>
> Oh and I'm getting a:
>
> Notice: Undefined variable: overrideReq in /var/www/docs/amsat-new/ \\
> eagle/EaglePedia/extensions/restrict.php on line 102.
>
> ...at the top of the same failed [Save].
>
> (i'm having to deduce this from having only the tops of the letters of the
> message as the buttons are overlaying the message.) I hope i have enough
> of the message correct so it helps you to find the issue...
>
>Regards,
>Stephen
>--
>
>kc0ftq(a)amsat.org
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Support Project OSCAR - http://www.projectoscar.net
Since the upgrade, I made a big effort to improve the navigation in
EaglePedia and now that the coding changes are completed spent some
time going through EaglePedia to see how well things have
improved. The answer is that it is still difficult to locate
articles and files in EaglePedia - mostly because things are unused
or uncategorized. It would be very helpful if the uploaders/article
authors could review the list of unused and uncategorized files and
add categories and link them into an article (even if that article is
just a short summary.)
An unused file is a file that has been uploaded and hasn't been
linked into an article. For true images (JPEG, GIF or PNG) this
means there is no article that contains the embedding reference (for
example) [[Image:MyImage.jpg]] to display it. For non-image files
(PDF or DOC) this means there is no article that references it using
(for example) [[Media:MySpecification.pdf]]
You can find a list of unused files (and the name of the user who
uploaded it) here:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/eagle/EaglePedia/index.php/Special:Unusedima…
Files should also be categorized when uploaded. This means that when
the file is uploaded you should add the category it falls into. This
which should normally be the same category as the article that will
reference or embed it. Before you upload a file you should probably
browse the project categories (now shown on the front page of
EaglePedia) and locate the appropriate category. When you are at the
file upload screen add the category into the summary by typing in
[[Category:This Category]]
To see a list of uncategorized files go to:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/eagle/EaglePedia/index.php/Special:Uncategor…
To categorize a file that is already uploaded without uploading
another copy click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the description
page, and then add the category information as shown above.
Thanks in advance!
73,
Emily
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N1DID formerly W0EEC - CM87tm
Support Project OSCAR - http://www.projectoscar.net
EaglePedia is online and most everything is working. The exception
to this is that the WYSIWYM editor doesn't work. One of the
dependencies (a perl routine) has not been installed. It should be
shortly, but if you try to use that functionality you will receive an
error that basically says a required module is not installed.
Everything else is working - I encourage everyone to read the online
release notes:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/eagle/EaglePedia/index.php/EaglePedia_1.1_re…
This should explain the upgrade.
73,
Emily
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N1DID formerly W0EEC - CM87tm
Support Project OSCAR - http://www.projectoscar.net
Team:
Reminder of the conference tomorrow night. My draft agenda is posted in
EaglePedia; please modify.
The conference is at 2100EST, 1800PST, 0200Z.
73,
Jim
wb4gcs(a)amsat.org
Tom,
We've been watching this subject for some time in ITU-R Study Group 1
(spectrum management). As I'll be traveling this week, I've asked Jon
Siverling to review the relevant ITU documents and advise.
Paul
At 01:59 AM 11/11/2006 -0500, Tom Clark, K3IO wrote:
>>>>
I am a member of URSI (International Scientific Radio Union)
Commission J (Radio Astronomy). The US National Committee of URSI has
asked its members to review the attached document on Orbiting Solar Power
Stations. I send it along to you for information. You will see that the
concepts might involve Microwave Power transmission at S-Band (2.45 GHz)
and/or C-band (5.8 GHz). In the main footprint of the beam, the power
flux density might reach (near fatal!) levels of ~300W/m.
The orbiting antenna will certainly have sidelobes likely would wipe out
many services. You will note comments indicating that that this worries
many radio astronomers who routinely make measurements as sources with
flux densities of 1 mJy (1 Jansky =s a power flux density of 1x10e-26
w/(mHz) . In the event of a failure of just one active element, the
beam-forming properties of the orbiting antenna would certainly degrade.
Inside the report you will note a statement that even with a MTBF of ~30
years for magnetrons, this implies a failure of one element/day for the
array!
It is interesting to note that the report indicates current launch costs
of ~$10,000/kg (this is about the going rate for a Dnepr launch to LEO),
decreasing significantly by 2025 (good news for us, if true). It is also
interesting to note that the report still indicates the use of
(relatively) low efficiency solar cells and doesn't even note the ~28%
cells that we have been using.
I have no idea of the reality of these systems. I presume that
AMSAT/ARRL/IARU could make comments to URSI. The following is the
"charge" given to URSI members which calls for responses a scan 1 weeks
hence:
<fontfamily><param>Helvetica,</param>Dear USNC-URSI Colleagues:
The past president of URSI, Professor Kristian Schlegel, has asked me for
the USNC opinion on the proposed URSI white paper on solar power, copy of
which is attached. Even though it appears that the conclusion is foregone
because a majority of URSI member countries are in favor of the proposal,
it is important that the US opinion be registered and our objections, if
any, be forwarded to URSI and remain a matter of record. I am therefore
asking that you let me have your reactions by e-mail on or before Monday,
November 20. I will collate them into a memorandum that I will send to
Prof. Schlegel by his deadline of November 22. It is especially important
that I hear from the Commission Chairs, and crucial that I receive the
opinion of Commission J.
I apologize for the short notice. I was hoping that we could discuss this
matter at the USNC business meeting in Ottawa next summer, but it now
appears that URSI is in a hurry to decide the issue soon, and is not
willing to wait.
Best regards,
George Uslenghi
Chair of USNC-URSI.
_________________________________________
Piergiorgio L. E. Uslenghi, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Dean
Department of ECE, College of Engineering
University of Illinois at Chicago
851 South Morgan Street, Chicago, IL 60607, USA</fontfamily>
Dave Woodie (CalTech), the current USNC Commission J chairman, appended
these notes from last January's submission by the Radio Astronomers:
<fontfamily><param>Helvetica,</param>Discussion of the solar satellite
white paper: Commission J members are concerned about the process for
producing such a white paper and whether there is an implied approval by
each commission. Many of the issues with this project are beyond the
technical scope of the URSI commissions and hence it is inappropriate for
URSI to take a strong position on this project. Individual commission J
members expressed strong reservations about this project and do not want
to be associated with a white paper supporting solar satellites for beam
power to earth. (The commission J chair, David Woody, expressed these
concerns to the URSI executives during the Saturday morning executive
session.)</fontfamily> Comments?
73, Tom
Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\URSI white paper on solar
power.doc"
Team:
I have posted my proposed agenda for the conference on EaglePedia.
Please DO modify it.
See you Tuesday night.
Thanks & 73,
Jim
wb4gcss(a)amsat.org