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post Jul 3 2009, 03:51 AM
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As a HAM for a long time I am working with FCC to convert my recently late father's call sign (W1KXT)- also called in this situation a 'silent key' -- to mine. They are usually pretty responsive in these situations.

To all the hams out there, -.-. - -.- ! -.-. - - .-


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post Jul 20 2009, 08:20 AM
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Whoops

http://www.uk.amsat.org/content/view/679/266/1/2/

I ended up on the schedule smile.gif Something of a call to arms for the Amsat community to do the outreach that European scientists and STFC (H1'09 outreach funding cut by 50% for science in society projects) refuses to.

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post Jul 20 2009, 11:26 PM
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Excellent! Look forward to your presentation, Doug.

Now that the 2009 programme is published I see that I made an error in only booking to go on the Saturday :-(
Goodness knows when I'll get done the stuff I have to do over the weekend, but plans now revised and I'll be there both Sat and Sun. Not sure yet whether I'll be staying over or traveling from home each day.

I see the CU Spaceflight guys will be giving a talk on Saturday. Be interesting to see whether they've recovered their long duration balloon payload from a tree north of Stoke on Trent by then!

Look forward to meeting you!

Rob
Dormant member of both AMSAT-UK and BATC and a rather inactive G8DSU (Too many interests, too little time...)


PS It's worth repeating that BATC will be streaming the presentations live (http://batc.tv 'live events'). I'd expect that the presentations will then be posted as archive recordings as per last year's event.

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post Aug 4 2009, 06:29 PM
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Barely out the box - and BOOM. AO51

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_pqTlhN8ss

Couldn't believe it. No licence yet, to no TX'ing, but I'll be listening in.
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post Aug 4 2009, 07:19 PM
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Doug,
nice gear! Amsat Echo is a great bird to listen in ...
Kenwood (and the others) are getting so tiny!
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post Aug 8 2009, 02:47 PM
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AO19 doing morse - still with just the handheld and no Yagi yet.

I 'heard' about 7 runs of its telem. format, took me as long to decode it all by hand as it took 19 to get all the way back around again smile.gif - My best effort at decoding the figures I could understand are attached. Great little bit of fun that.
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post Aug 8 2009, 07:04 PM
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bravo!
there are some programs and machines out there (tnc's -etc) that automatically decode morse code.
this is one:
http://www.dxsoft.com/en/products/cwget/
You should build a yagi, $20USD of parts and an afternoon, plenty diagrams on the web
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post Aug 8 2009, 07:52 PM
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I have a dual-band Yagi (70cm2m) on the way biggrin.gif
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post Aug 9 2009, 12:45 AM
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...or you could just order a dual band yagi and get it in the post! rolleyes.gif
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post Aug 9 2009, 12:54 AM
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...or you could just order a dual band yagi and get it in the post! smile.gif enjoy!




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post Aug 9 2009, 03:10 AM
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QUOTE (SFJCody @ Jul 2 2009, 11:02 AM) *
There's nothing like a DS19/87B radio valve... laugh.gif



Are you using "valve" in the amplifier sense (specifically, power tube sense)?

Not a HAM, but the daughter of one and an FCC licensee. I have "worked" with power tubes (Tropospheric Scatter and Space/Polarization Diversity Communications Systems). If I were to get my Amateur license; I would learn code.

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post Aug 9 2009, 03:24 AM
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QUOTE (Astro0 @ Jul 2 2009, 05:24 AM) *
Not me personally, but we have a Ham radio set-up at the Canberra DSN.
I'm keen to learn how it all works. wink.gif



Please do; when I was involved with the DSN (back in 1979) I was told by our NASA Radio Engineer all of the details I could handle. This was at NASA Ames Research Center. Something about "Hydrogen-cooled MASERs" as their preamps.

In 1985 when I visited the VLA (just prior to the VLBA deployment) they used some other gas (Neon maybe?). Solid-state parametric amps was the technology that was used prior for radiotelescopes, or at least at the VLA it was.

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post Aug 17 2009, 08:01 PM
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My Arrow Yagi has arrived. Heard AO19 again, very loud. Missed Amsat Echo - but will be listening out over the next few days.
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post Oct 2 2009, 01:53 PM
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Well - I passed the foundation licence (24/25...ARHGHG...gutted) - And my callsign M6DGE smile.gif

I'll be starting an intermediate course in January - and I'm picking up a Yaesu 817 on Monday smile.gif
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post Oct 2 2009, 04:03 PM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 2 2009, 05:53 AM) *
Well - I passed the foundation licence (24/25...ARHGHG...gutted) - And my callsign M6DGE smile.gif

I'll be starting an intermediate course in January - and I'm picking up a Yaesu 817 on Monday smile.gif



Congrats! What a good score M6DGE.
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