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by Tom Clark, K3IO 08 Feb '08

08 Feb '08

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Orlando Trip, Airport transportation
by Rick Hambly (W2GPS) 07 Feb '08

07 Feb '08

All, I arrive at Orlando airport after 4pm today. The hotel is 22 miles away. I rented a 7 passenger van to help with transportation over the weekend. Anyone who wants transportation this afternoon from the airport should call me on my cell phone (see below). So I know to wait for you. I will be waiting for Tom Clark who arrives an hour later so you can call any time before 5pm. Rick W2GPS AMSAT LM2232 Richard M. Hambly, CNS Systems, Inc. 363 Hawick Court, Severna Park, MD 21146 410-987-7835 phone, 410-987-7836 Fax, 410-299-2147 cell <mailto:[email protected]> rick(a)cnssys.com, <http://www.cnssys.com> www.cnssys.com, <http://www.gpstime.com> www.gpstime.com _____ From: Rick Hambly (W2GPS) [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 5:56 PM To: 'John.Klingelhoeffer(a)verizon.net' Cc: Robert McGwier (rwmcgwier(a)gmail.com); 'Tom Clark, K3IO'; 'Martha'; 'Barry A. Baines'; Elaine Hambly (elaine(a)cnssys.com) Subject: Orlando Trip, Flight Itinerary All, Here is my flight itinerary for the Orlando trip. AirTran Airways. February 07, 2008, Flight 472 [Non-Stop] Seat: 22F Departing Baltimore/Washington, MD (BWI) at 02:04 PM Arriving Orlando, FL (MCO) at 04:14 PM February 11, 2008, Flight 470 [Non-Stop] Seat: 22F Departing Orlando, FL (MCO) at 04:51 PM Arriving Baltimore/Washington, MD (BWI) at 06:57 PM Payment Information: Ticket Total 266.00 Rick W2GPS AMSAT LM2232

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TWT needed
by Bob McGwier 03 Feb '08

03 Feb '08

I have a need for a 10 kW TWT for 10.5 GHz for use on a radio telescope. If anyone can help or point me in the right direction, let me know. Bob

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[Fwd: [amsat-bb] Services offered]
by Jim Sanford 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [amsat-bb] Services offered Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 20:41:22 -0600 From: truckwiz <truckwiz(a)bwig.net> To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> I don't know if this is the right place to post this. I own a fully equipped machine shop and will donate my time to any satellite projects. Brian _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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ARRL Director's Meeting endorses Geostationary plans
by Tom Clark, K3IO 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

The ARRL Board of Directors held its first 2008 meeting in Houston, Texas on January 18-19. The following paragraph appears in the meeting summary in this week's ARRL eMail Newsletter that was issued this afternoon (Feb.1): > The Board adopted a resolution of support for AMSAT's initiative seeking > access to an Intelsat platform in geostationary orbit. AMSAT is in > consultation with Intelsat regarding an application of an Intelsat > platform carrying amateur satellites into geostationary orbit, with > potential benefits for emergency communications. AMSAT has been the > principal initiator of projects in the Amateur Satellite Service and > continues to play a key role in significantly advancing the state of the > art in space science, space education and space technology. 73, Tom

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Florida AMSAT Net Will Host W2GPS This Thursday
by JoAnne Maenpaa 13 Jan '08

13 Jan '08

AMSAT President, Rick Hambly, W2GPS will join the Florida AMSAT Net, Thursday Jan 17, 2008 from 7:30 - 8:30 pm EST to give a short status report and field questions. This net links repeaters all over Florida and via EchoLink so there is ample opportunity for those that want to listen or ask questions. The EchoLink nodes to connect through are: KG4YZY-R or N4HHA-R. The net's purpose is to provide a platform for hams with amateur satellite interest to meet and discuss topics of interest. All amateurs are invited to check in. Expect other AMSAT Officers and Board members to participate over the next few months. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org

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AMSAT Web Page Updated
by JoAnne Maenpaa 12 Jan '08

12 Jan '08

Hello everyone, The http://www.amsat.org web page has been updated with an executive summary of the EAGLE engineering team meeting we held on Tuesday, January 8. Goal is to provide general information via the web and mail lists to the amateur radio community. We plan to publish complete details in the Journal so paid members receive this as a benefit of signing up. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org

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Mumble
by Bob McGwier 10 Jan '08

10 Jan '08

FYI, there is absolutely NO comparison between Mumble and Team Speak. Mumble is awesome and Team Speak SUCKS. It allows you to adjust for the lowest latency your computer can tolerate. It is so good you can carry on two way casual conversations as if you were on the telephone. There is latency, but it is in no way as bad as TeamSpeak. If we do the Ham Radio server change over with Eric Ellison, Eric will need to set it up as multiple servers on separate ports, one for each room. But it is very very light weight. The speex speech quality is just fantastic. I am going to run some Flex Radio developer tests, where we get all of the developers on to see how it scales. I would not want to have all of AMSAT Engineering change over and it fail when we have the kind of great turn out we had last week. Bob

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Teamspeak isn't working for me
by Matt Ettus 08 Jan '08

08 Jan '08

If somebody could help me figure out why I am muted in teamspeak and can't send or receive, that would be helpful. There is no unmute option in the menus, but clicking Self/Mute Microphone and Self/Mute Speakers don't unmute me. Otherwise, you're not getting an ACP report... Matt

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Team Speak
by Robert McGwier 08 Jan '08

08 Jan '08

Tonight at 9 P.M. Eastern time engineering will meet on the Amateur Radio Developer's Team Speak server. I didn't realize why Matt hated it so much until I realized the default password for access to the main system is Flex4U. ;-). It was originally started up by owners and users of the SDR-1000 by Flex Radio but it is now the default meeting place for Here are your instructions copied from the password protected EaglePedia page. I am happy to announce that Dave Hartzell has volunteered to take on the reorganization of the EaglePedia content. I am very hopeful that with his leadership and contributions from the individuals involved, it can meet the clear promise it holds. I am sitting in the AMSAT Engineering room with away selected. 73's Bob N4HY Getting Started 1. Download and install the TeamSpeak client. 2. Bring up TeamSpeak client. 3. Click Connection 4. Click Connect 5. Right Click Servers 6. Click Add Server 7. In the Label field, enter AMSAT (could be anything you want.) 8. In the Server Address field, enter "70.84.228.202:9274". Include the colon and port number, but do not include the qoute marks ("). 9. In the Nickname field, put whatever you want. Suggest at a minimum, name and callsign 10. Select Anonymous 11. In the Server Password field, put "Flex4U" as password without the quotes. 12. In default channel, enter "AMSAT Engineering" without the quotes. 13. In channel password, enter "Eagle" as password, again without the quotes. [edit] Connecting to TeamSpeak 1. Click connect. 2. In Settings, select Sound input/output settings. 3. Leave everything at the default, except select Push to talk mode. You'll then be asked to select a key for your PTT switch. I use the right <CTRL> key (the left one on my laptop); some use the spacebar. Whatever you like, but you probably want a key which does NOT go into the keyboard buffer. Note that this is like a PTT switch on a radio, you must _hold it down_ to transmit. 4. Leave everything else at default; select CLOSE. [edit] Once You Connect This should work; I'll be listening. Amazing how WELL it works on my dialup! If by chance, I'm not hearing you but you're hearing me: 1. Open your sound card mixer application (varies with windows version and sound card.) Make sure the microphone is enabled on the INPUT (may be called RECORDING) side. Probably should be disabled on the Playback side. If you have any questions about TeamSpeak please post them to the Eagle Mailing list.

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