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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Help For Abbreviations Etc. (Mark Johns, K0JM)
2. Re: Help For Abbreviations Etc. (Gerald Payton)
3. 2020 AMSAT Symposium - Great Job All Around! (kc4le@????.????
4. Re: Help For Abbreviations Etc. (Burns Fisher)
5. Re: 2020 AMSAT Symposium - Great Job All Around! (Rick Walter)
6. Re: AO-92 (Jerry Buxton)
7. Re: Help For Abbreviations Etc. (Eric Skoog)
8. Re: Help For Abbreviations Etc. (Glenn Little WB4UIV)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 13:20:40 -0500
From: "Mark Johns, K0JM" <k0jm.mark@?????.???>
To: Burns Fisher <wb1fj-bb@??????.??>
Cc: "amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Help For Abbreviations Etc.
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I'm starting such a list for the "Tips for Beginners" segment of next
week's AMSAT News Service bulletin. Yes, please, post your list of
confusing terms so that I can include them.
--
Mark D. Johns, K?JM
AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor
Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd
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"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit,
you would stay out and your dog would go in."
---Mark Twain
On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 1:10 PM Burns Fisher via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
> It's a good idea, Gerald--I don't remember such a list, but it could have
> been. Could you start the ball rolling by sending out the list of terms
> that you already wrote down which you did not know? Sometimes it's hard
> for those of us steeped in them to realize what is unknown.
>
> On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 1:56 PM Gerald Payton via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
> > Abbreviations and acronyms are a real headache for me from time to time.
> > I was told that in the past the AMSAT Journal sometimes printed a table of
> > abbreviations used frequently. I have some Journals from Sept/Oct 2019 to
> > current issue, but do not include such table.
> >
> > Is there such table available and where may I find it, please?
> >
> > I listen to Saturday's Symposium and was overwhelmed with the terms used.
> > I wrote down and looked up later a few of the terms. I realize that it
> > probably take time to learn, but a list or table would help!
> >
> > Thanks, and 73 to all.
> >
> > Gerald "Jerry" Payton AB5R
> > EM12kh
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> > expressed
> > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> > AMSAT-NA.
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> >
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 18:24:10 +0000
From: Gerald Payton <gp_ab5r@???????.???>
To: Burns Fisher <wb1fj-bb@??????.??>
Cc: "amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Help For Abbreviations Etc.
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Thanks, Burns and Bruce. Actually, I only wrote down "IHU", but noticed
that each section of the GOLF-TEE description showed an abbreviation and was
not able to write each down before the next phase of the program went on.
There are so many terms within the engineering, software and orbital
elements to keep up with. I was looking for a list.
________________________________
From: Burns Fisher <wb1fj-bb@??????.??>
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2020 1:09 PM
To: Gerald Payton <gp_ab5r@???????.???>
Cc: amsat-bb@?????.??? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Help For Abbreviations Etc.
It's a good idea, Gerald--I don't remember such a list, but it could have
been. Could you start the ball rolling by sending out the list of terms
that you already wrote down which you did not know? Sometimes it's hard for
those of us steeped in them to realize what is unknown.
On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 1:56 PM Gerald Payton via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???<???????????????@?????.???>> wrote:
Abbreviations and acronyms are a real headache for me from time to time. I
was told that in the past the AMSAT Journal sometimes printed a table of
abbreviations used frequently. I have some Journals from Sept/Oct 2019 to
current issue, but do not include such table.
Is there such table available and where may I find it, please?
I listen to Saturday's Symposium and was overwhelmed with the terms used. I
wrote down and looked up later a few of the terms. I realize that it
probably take time to learn, but a list or table would help!
Thanks, and 73 to all.
Gerald "Jerry" Payton AB5R
EM12kh
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 09:02:31 -0500
From: kc4le@????.???
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] 2020 AMSAT Symposium - Great Job All Around!
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Thanks to all of those who contributed their time and talents for this
event. Clearly, a lot of work went into organizing the symposium,
writing the papers, preparing the presentations and compiling the
proceedings. Already looking forward to Minneapolis...
Red
KC4LE
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 16:09:33 -0400
From: Burns Fisher <wb1fj-bb@??????.??>
To: Gerald Payton <gp_ab5r@???????.???>
Cc: "amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Help For Abbreviations Etc.
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I guess sometimes it depends to what extent you are interested in the
internals of the satellite. I certainly meant to define esoteric terms in
my papers and I think Eric did too, but we might have missed it and I
apologize if so. IHU is Internal Housekeeping Unit, which means the
on-board computer. I think that term comes from way back in history.
Maybe someone else knows--perhaps when people did not trust a *computer* to
be on a spacecraft.
That term is kind of general for AMSAT spacecraft, but stuff like "CIU"
(Control Interface Unit) is very specific to the design of the Golf
spacecraft. (The CIU is "where all the wires come together" :-) from the
AMSAT part of the spacecraft to the external test environment, the solar
panels, the ADAC [ha! Attitude Determination and Control] unit, etc.)
Feel free to ask as you come across stuff; hopefully someone will answer
and Mark will add it to his own list. But don't forget too that a search
engine can help too. Searching for CIU AMSAT got me the actual words for
CIU that I could not remember for sure.
73
Burns WB1FJ
On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 2:24 PM Gerald Payton <gp_ab5r@???????.???> wrote:
> Thanks, Burns and Bruce. Actually, I only wrote down "IHU", but noticed
> that each section of the GOLF-TEE description showed an abbreviation and
> was not able to write each down before the next phase of the program went
> on.
>
> There are so many terms within the engineering, software and orbital
> elements to keep up with. I was looking for a list.
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Burns Fisher <wb1fj-bb@??????.??>
> *Sent:* Sunday, October 18, 2020 1:09 PM
> *To:* Gerald Payton <gp_ab5r@???????.???>
> *Cc:* amsat-bb@?????.??? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
> *Subject:* Re: [amsat-bb] Help For Abbreviations Etc.
>
> It's a good idea, Gerald--I don't remember such a list, but it could have
> been. Could you start the ball rolling by sending out the list of terms
> that you already wrote down which you did not know? Sometimes it's hard
> for those of us steeped in them to realize what is unknown.
>
> On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 1:56 PM Gerald Payton via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
> Abbreviations and acronyms are a real headache for me from time to time.
> I was told that in the past the AMSAT Journal sometimes printed a table of
> abbreviations used frequently. I have some Journals from Sept/Oct 2019 to
> current issue, but do not include such table.
>
> Is there such table available and where may I find it, please?
>
> I listen to Saturday's Symposium and was overwhelmed with the terms used.
> I wrote down and looked up later a few of the terms. I realize that it
> probably take time to learn, but a list or table would help!
>
> Thanks, and 73 to all.
>
> Gerald "Jerry" Payton AB5R
> EM12kh
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 16:23:31 -0400
From: Rick Walter <wb3csy@?????.???>
To: kc4le@????.???
Cc: AMSAT-BB@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] 2020 AMSAT Symposium - Great Job All Around!
Message-ID: <A870ECB6-47AD-46E4-8FB2-98A9AA400359@?????.???>
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Agree 100%. Thank you all for your hard work. Very interesting and I learned
many things. The pdf handout was very helpful too. It was nice to see the
faces of people I work on the birds.
Rick WB3CSY
Sent from Rick's iPhone 6S
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre
minds" - Albert Einstein
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" -
Arthur C. Clarke
"Klaatu Barada Nikto" - The Day the Earth Stood Still
"I have been, and always shall be, your friend" - Spock
> On Oct 18, 2020, at 3:44 PM, kc4le--- via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
wrote:
>
> ?Thanks to all of those who contributed their time and talents for this
event. Clearly, a lot of work went into organizing the symposium, writing
the papers, preparing the presentations and compiling the proceedings.
Already looking forward to Minneapolis...
>
> Red
>
> KC4LE
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
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AMSAT-NA.
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 19:31:31 -0500
From: Jerry Buxton <n0jy@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-92
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We talked about the battery situations in both my lessons learned video
and in Q&A, during the last hour of the Symposium program.? The
Symposium program is available for viewing on AMSAT's YouTube channel.?
That's the easiest way for you to hear a more verbose discussion, rather
than an email reply.
Jerry Buxton, N?JY
On 10/17/2020 22:14, Chris Pohlad-Thomas via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> So I just learned today that AO-92 is dead. Does anyone know what happened?
>
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 20:38:49 -0400
From: Eric Skoog <eric.n.skoog@?????.???>
To: Burns Fisher <wb1fj-bb@??????.??>
Cc: "amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Help For Abbreviations Etc.
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GREAT IDEA..................I'll wager I get accused of using more acronyms
than anyone! In my Symposium Paper, I attempted to spell out all the
acronyms I did use, but I'm not sure I did in my presentation and if so,
the slides probably went by too fast for those to be "digested!." So I
went back and resurrected the acronyms I used for the GOLF system design
introduction and have included those in this message as my 'contribution'
to the cause............
ACM Adaptive Coding and Modulation
ADAC Attitude Determination And Control
ADC Analog ? Digital Converter
AGC Automatic Gain Control
AO-xx AMSAT Oscar (satellite number) xx
APIC Auxiliary Payload Integration Contractor
ASCENT Advanced Satellite Communications and Exploration of New
Technology ("skunk works")
Az Azimuth
BPF Band Pass Filter
BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying
C&DH Control and Data Handling
CAD Computer Aided Design
CAN Controller Area Network
CDR Critical Design Review
CIU Control Interface Unit
CMD Command
CONOPS Concept of Operations
COTS Commercial Off The Shelf
CSLI CubeSat Launch Initiative
CSS Coarse Sun Sensor
CW Continuous Wave
DCT Digital Communications Transceiver
DSP Digital Signal Processing
EAR Export Administration Regulation
El Elevation
ELaNa Educational Launch of Nanosatellites
EM Engineering Model
EOL End Of Life
EPS Electric Power Subsystem
FC Flight Computer (an OBC)
FDM Frequency Division Multiplex
FDX Full Duplex
FEA Finite Element Analysis; also Failure Effects Analysis
FEC Forward Error Correction
FEM Finite Element Model
FM Flight Model; also Frequency Modulation
FoV Field of View
FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
FPS Functional Performance Specification
GBT GOLF Battery Tender
GEO Geosynchronous Earth Orbit
GEVS General Environmental Vibration Specification (NASA)
GNC Guidance, Navigation, & Control
GND Ground
GOLF Greater Orbit Larger Footprint
GPS Global Positioning System
HEO High Earth Orbit
I2C Inter-Integrated Circuit
ICR Improved Command Receiver (part of the LTM)
ID Identification
IF Intermediate Frequency
IHU Internal Housekeeping Unit (an OBC!)
IMU Inertial Measurement Unit
ISDE Institute for Space and Defense Electronics (Vanderbilt
University)
ITAR International Traffic in Arms Regulations
LDPC Low Density Parity Check (FEC code)
LEO Low Earth Orbit
LEPF Low Energy Proton FinFET
LIHU Legacy Internal Housekeeping Unit (an OBC)
LNA Low Noise Amplifier
L.O. Local Oscillator
LT Linear Transponder
LTM Linear Transponder Module
LV Launch Vehicle
MEO Medium Earth Orbit
MRR Mission Readiness Review
MT Magnetorquer
MTTF Mean Time To Fail
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
OAP Orbit Average Power
OBC On Board Computer
OPS Operations
PCB Printed Circuit Board
PCU Power Conditioning Unit
PDR Preliminary Design Review
PDU Power Distribution Unit
PMAD Power Management And Distribution
PPT Power Point Tracker
RAD Radiation
RBF Remove Before Flight
RF Radio Frequency
RFNOC RF Network On Chip (ETTUS)
RT/IHU Radiation Tolerant/Internal Housekeeping Unit
RW Reaction Wheel
RX/TX Receiver/Transmitter (part of the LTM)
S/N Signal to Noise (ratio)
SAA South Atlantic Anomaly
SAW Solar Array Wing
SDR Software Defined Radio
SEE Single Event Effects
SEU Single Event Upset
SoC System on Chip
SP Solar Panel
SPI Serial Peripheral Interface
SRAM Static Random Access Memory
SRS System Requirements Specification
SSB Single Side Band
SSPA Solid State Power Amplifier
ST Star Tracker
STEM Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
TDM Time Division Multiplex
TLE Two Line Element
TLM Telemetry
TRL Technology Readiness Level (scale of 1 to 9)
TT&C Telemetry, Tracking and Command
UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter
UHF Ultra High Frequency
USB Universal Serial Bus
UTC Universal Time
uW MicroWave
VHF Very High Frequency
VR Voltage Regulator
VUC Vanderbilt University Controller
WB Wide Band
XCVR Transceiver
------------------------------------------------------------
enjoy,
Eric Skoog (K1TVV)
GOLF System Engineer
On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 2:12 PM Burns Fisher via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
> It's a good idea, Gerald--I don't remember such a list, but it could have
> been. Could you start the ball rolling by sending out the list of terms
> that you already wrote down which you did not know? Sometimes it's hard
> for those of us steeped in them to realize what is unknown.
>
> On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 1:56 PM Gerald Payton via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
> > Abbreviations and acronyms are a real headache for me from time to time.
> > I was told that in the past the AMSAT Journal sometimes printed a table
> of
> > abbreviations used frequently. I have some Journals from Sept/Oct 2019
> to
> > current issue, but do not include such table.
> >
> > Is there such table available and where may I find it, please?
> >
> > I listen to Saturday's Symposium and was overwhelmed with the terms used.
> > I wrote down and looked up later a few of the terms. I realize that it
> > probably take time to learn, but a list or table would help!
> >
> > Thanks, and 73 to all.
> >
> > Gerald "Jerry" Payton AB5R
> > EM12kh
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> Opinions
> > expressed
> > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> > AMSAT-NA.
> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> program!
> > Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> >
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 21:28:46 -0400
From: Glenn Little WB4UIV <glennmaillist@?????????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Help For Abbreviations Etc.
Message-ID: <a7f5555d-6b47-6b97-c6f5-1b46d97297b7@?????????.???>
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Something to add to the list:
MHz? Mega Hertz
mHz? milli Hertz
These are often used interchangeably, where in some cases it is obvious
what is meant, in other case you are left guessing.
The SI system works well when properly used.
You see someone stating that they are on 432.00 mHz when they really
mean 432.00 MHz.
A very big difference.
73
Glenn
WB4UIV
On 10/18/2020 8:38 PM, Eric Skoog via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> GREAT IDEA..................I'll wager I get accused of using more acronyms
> than anyone! In my Symposium Paper, I attempted to spell out all the
> acronyms I did use, but I'm not sure I did in my presentation and if so,
> the slides probably went by too fast for those to be "digested!." So I
> went back and resurrected the acronyms I used for the GOLF system design
> introduction and have included those in this message as my 'contribution'
> to the cause............
>
> ACM Adaptive Coding and Modulation
>
> ADAC Attitude Determination And Control
>
> ADC Analog ? Digital Converter
>
> AGC Automatic Gain Control
>
> AO-xx AMSAT Oscar (satellite number) xx
>
> APIC Auxiliary Payload Integration Contractor
>
> ASCENT Advanced Satellite Communications and Exploration of New
> Technology ("skunk works")
>
> Az Azimuth
>
> BPF Band Pass Filter
>
> BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying
>
> C&DH Control and Data Handling
>
> CAD Computer Aided Design
>
> CAN Controller Area Network
>
> CDR Critical Design Review
>
> CIU Control Interface Unit
>
> CMD Command
>
> CONOPS Concept of Operations
>
> COTS Commercial Off The Shelf
>
> CSLI CubeSat Launch Initiative
>
> CSS Coarse Sun Sensor
>
> CW Continuous Wave
>
> DCT Digital Communications Transceiver
>
> DSP Digital Signal Processing
>
> EAR Export Administration Regulation
>
> El Elevation
>
> ELaNa Educational Launch of Nanosatellites
>
> EM Engineering Model
>
> EOL End Of Life
>
> EPS Electric Power Subsystem
>
> FC Flight Computer (an OBC)
>
> FDM Frequency Division Multiplex
>
> FDX Full Duplex
>
> FEA Finite Element Analysis; also Failure Effects Analysis
>
> FEC Forward Error Correction
>
> FEM Finite Element Model
>
> FM Flight Model; also Frequency Modulation
>
> FoV Field of View
>
> FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
>
> FPS Functional Performance Specification
>
> GBT GOLF Battery Tender
>
> GEO Geosynchronous Earth Orbit
>
> GEVS General Environmental Vibration Specification (NASA)
>
> GNC Guidance, Navigation, & Control
>
> GND Ground
>
> GOLF Greater Orbit Larger Footprint
>
> GPS Global Positioning System
>
> HEO High Earth Orbit
>
> I2C Inter-Integrated Circuit
>
> ICR Improved Command Receiver (part of the LTM)
>
> ID Identification
>
> IF Intermediate Frequency
>
> IHU Internal Housekeeping Unit (an OBC!)
>
> IMU Inertial Measurement Unit
>
> ISDE Institute for Space and Defense Electronics (Vanderbilt
> University)
>
> ITAR International Traffic in Arms Regulations
>
> LDPC Low Density Parity Check (FEC code)
>
> LEO Low Earth Orbit
>
> LEPF Low Energy Proton FinFET
>
> LIHU Legacy Internal Housekeeping Unit (an OBC)
>
> LNA Low Noise Amplifier
>
> L.O. Local Oscillator
>
> LT Linear Transponder
>
> LTM Linear Transponder Module
>
> LV Launch Vehicle
>
> MEO Medium Earth Orbit
>
> MRR Mission Readiness Review
>
> MT Magnetorquer
>
> MTTF Mean Time To Fail
>
> NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
>
> OAP Orbit Average Power
>
> OBC On Board Computer
>
> OPS Operations
>
> PCB Printed Circuit Board
>
> PCU Power Conditioning Unit
>
> PDR Preliminary Design Review
>
> PDU Power Distribution Unit
>
> PMAD Power Management And Distribution
>
> PPT Power Point Tracker
>
> RAD Radiation
>
> RBF Remove Before Flight
>
> RF Radio Frequency
>
> RFNOC RF Network On Chip (ETTUS)
>
> RT/IHU Radiation Tolerant/Internal Housekeeping Unit
>
> RW Reaction Wheel
>
> RX/TX Receiver/Transmitter (part of the LTM)
>
> S/N Signal to Noise (ratio)
>
> SAA South Atlantic Anomaly
>
> SAW Solar Array Wing
>
> SDR Software Defined Radio
>
> SEE Single Event Effects
>
> SEU Single Event Upset
>
> SoC System on Chip
>
> SP Solar Panel
>
> SPI Serial Peripheral Interface
>
> SRAM Static Random Access Memory
>
> SRS System Requirements Specification
>
> SSB Single Side Band
>
> SSPA Solid State Power Amplifier
>
> ST Star Tracker
>
> STEM Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
>
> TDM Time Division Multiplex
>
> TLE Two Line Element
>
> TLM Telemetry
>
> TRL Technology Readiness Level (scale of 1 to 9)
>
> TT&C Telemetry, Tracking and Command
>
> UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter
>
> UHF Ultra High Frequency
>
> USB Universal Serial Bus
>
> UTC Universal Time
>
> uW MicroWave
>
> VHF Very High Frequency
>
> VR Voltage Regulator
>
> VUC Vanderbilt University Controller
>
> WB Wide Band
>
> XCVR Transceiver
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> enjoy,
> Eric Skoog (K1TVV)
> GOLF System Engineer
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 2:12 PM Burns Fisher via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
>> It's a good idea, Gerald--I don't remember such a list, but it could have
>> been. Could you start the ball rolling by sending out the list of terms
>> that you already wrote down which you did not know? Sometimes it's hard
>> for those of us steeped in them to realize what is unknown.
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 1:56 PM Gerald Payton via AMSAT-BB <
>> amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>>
>>> Abbreviations and acronyms are a real headache for me from time to time.
>>> I was told that in the past the AMSAT Journal sometimes printed a table
>> of
>>> abbreviations used frequently. I have some Journals from Sept/Oct 2019
>> to
>>> current issue, but do not include such table.
>>>
>>> Is there such table available and where may I find it, please?
>>>
>>> I listen to Saturday's Symposium and was overwhelmed with the terms used.
>>> I wrote down and looked up later a few of the terms. I realize that it
>>> probably take time to learn, but a list or table would help!
>>>
>>> Thanks, and 73 to all.
>>>
>>> Gerald "Jerry" Payton AB5R
>>> EM12kh
>>>
>>>
>>>
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