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Today's Topics:
1. 2E (jeffory broughton)
2. ARR preamp modification (jeffory broughton)
3. Satellite aprs packet capture. (Sil)
4. Anyone using HalloKepler (Vincenzo Mone)
5. Re: Anyone using HalloKepler (Michael R. Lengruesser)
6. Senior moment (Ed Cunningham)
7. PV8DX in GJ03 (Paul Stoetzer)
8. Re: Senior moment (Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE)
9. Re: Senior moment (J. Boyd (JR2TTS))
10. Using a preamp on VHF (jeffory broughton)
11. Pass.htm now w/dopplers & new sats (Pedro Converso)
12. Great AO-85 pass East Coast US @ 1808 GMT 2-Nov-2015 (Scott)
13. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-02 19:30 UTC
(AJ9N@xxx.xxxx
14. Cushcraft A270-10 center mount?: (John Geiger)
15. AO-85 Rudeness + Freq Suggestions (Tim Crawford)
16. Ao85 rudeness (jeffory broughton)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 08:11:11 -0400
From: jeffory broughton <jefforybroughton@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] 2E
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No transponder or beacon this morning from 2E on the 12:06 utc pass.
jeff broughton
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 10:35:16 -0400
From: jeffory broughton <jefforybroughton@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARR preamp modification
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For those of u who are using a very hot VHF receiver like the Ic 910, mine
specs at .11 uv for 20 db, I found the ARR mast mount to have too much gain.
I replaced the 78l05 with a 78l033 and realigned to reduce overall gain and
noise figure.
I never used the preamp because of this problem.Now when I switch the
preamp on and turn the ATT on, I can Dig a noisy signal out of the dirt
like never before.
Marginal copy way down below 1 degree becomes 59 .amazing.
WB8RJY JEFF
jeff broughton
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2015 20:39:27 +1300
From: Sil <sil@xxxxxxxxx.xx.xx>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite aprs packet capture.
Message-ID: <5635C1AF.3070001@xxxxxxxxx.xx.xx>
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Hi,
A while ago, I asked about ways to improve my delivery of capture
satellite APRS packets. I didn't explain myself well, so I am making a
second attempt.
It is perfectly possible that I misunderstand how this should work, or
that I am doing something wrong.
I have a spare machine that has Windows and UIView installed on it and
I have been using that as an Sgate.
My Internet connection was not lost at all during this pass.
Shown below is a typical example of what I see.
UIView shows this packet (below) as gated to the Net (cut and pasted
from the "Traffic gated from RF to the Internet" window) .
2015-Nov-01 06:42:14 PSAT-1>APOFF,ARISS,ZL2CIA,I:
s#023381,0z290,ajFLCGLBGgkFnIFJLHJjFnBECMGNfFlkEmLF
This is from the Findu site:
20151101064809 :
W3ADO-1]BEACON,SGATE,qAR,UA0SNV-1:T#010,089,072,075,104,215,11111111,0001,1
20151101055630 :
PSAT-1]APOFF,ARISS,qAS,EA6XQ:s#023352,0z290,JlAOJAIlApgAnNBNMBNkAnjAoMBLNCOeAj
lA
20151101055629 : PSAT-1]APOFF,ARISS,qAS,EA6XQ:!05 . S\127 .
WS120/999/W3ADO s#023352,0z290
20151101053751 :
PSAT-1]APOFF,TCPIP*,qAS,N0AN:T#098,806,071,919,873,771,00011100
I would expect my gated packet to appear on the APRS-IS at
20151101064214 (give or take a few seconds).
I would have thought it would be shown between the two records at
20151101055630
and
20151101064809
No other captured packet beat mine to the APRS-IS. In fact there are no
packets at all from ZL or VK stations who would have been in the
satellite footprint shown (none, as I write).
I looks to me as though the packet didn't make it to the APRS-IS. If any
other station also gated packets during this pass (which seems likely),
then those didn't make it either.
Is there anything I can change or alter at my end to improved the chance
of captured and gated packets making it to the APRS-IS?
Sil
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2015 14:41:45 +0100
From: "Vincenzo Mone" <vimone@xxxxx.xx>
To: "Amsat - BBs" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Anyone using HalloKepler
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Hi Folks,
is there anyone using HalloKepler of DB3DH.
Since there has been lauunched new satellites, i cannot update the
keplerians
With this program as it does not recognize their Catalog Number.
Any help?
Thanks
73's de Enzo IK8OZV
EasyLog 5 BetaTester
EasyLog PDA BetaTester
WinBollet BetaTester
D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania
Skype: ik8ozv8520
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2015 15:31:38 +0100
From: "Michael R. Lengruesser" <mlengruesser@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Anyone using HalloKepler
Message-ID: <5636224A.1060601@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
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Hi Enzo,
the problem: Space Track and other gov.agencies are not providing Sat
keps launched with gov. and mil. ops until there's no collision with the
actual mission and no conclusions on the position of the main satellites
are given.
For example, the catalogue number 40967 (AO-85 / FOX 1 A) is listed at
Space Track, but there is no data accessible.
vy 73?s de
Michael R. Lengruesser, DD5ER
AMSAT-DL e.V.
-- International Satellites for
Communication, Science and Education --
mlengruesser@xxxxxxxx.xxx
http:/www.amsat-dl.org
Am 01.11.2015 um 14:41 schrieb Vincenzo Mone:
> Hi Folks,
> is there anyone using HalloKepler of DB3DH.
> Since there has been lauunched new satellites, i cannot update the
> keplerians
> With this program as it does not recognize their Catalog Number.
> Any help?
> Thanks
>
> 73's de Enzo IK8OZV
> EasyLog 5 BetaTester
> EasyLog PDA BetaTester
> WinBollet BetaTester
> D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania
> Skype: ik8ozv8520
>
>
>
>
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2015 08:36:50 -0700
From: "Ed Cunningham" <edc2491@xxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Senior moment
Message-ID: <000e01d114bb$2097e380$61c7aa80$@xxx.xxx>
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Got all set up for AO-50's 1500 Z pass over Arizona this morning. Made
several contacts with 6, 7, 8, and 9 area call signs. Went in the house,
pulled my recorder out of my pocket (I use an ear mike under my headphone)
and found that I forgot to turn it on. They were all good contacts but,
unfortunately, none will make into LoTW. I'll have to write myself a note
and stick it on the radio to remind me to turn it on. Hopefully we'll meet
again, my personal life gets in the way of my radio life so I am not always
available for the passes and right now I only have FM so I'm limited there
also.
73,
Ed, N7EC
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2015 15:20:10 -0500
From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@xxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] PV8DX in GJ03
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Just a reminder that PV8DX is in GJ03 until tomorrow afternoon if you
need the grid. He says he hasn't had any customers yet.
73,
Paul, N8HM
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2015 16:10:02 -0600
From: "Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Senior moment
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I feel your pain! I don't know how many times I've plugged the audio output
of my rig into the headphone jack of the sound card. At least the software
that I currently use to record has a level and spectral output that's live
so I can immediately know if I'm getting audio or not. At my age I still
have it all together but sometimes I forget where I put it.
Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE
EL09uf
http://www.eaglecreekobservatory.org
I was going to take over the world but then I saw something shiny!
-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of Ed
Cunningham
Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2015 9:37 AM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Senior moment
Got all set up for AO-50's 1500 Z pass over Arizona this morning. Made
several contacts with 6, 7, 8, and 9 area call signs. Went in the house,
pulled my recorder out of my pocket (I use an ear mike under my headphone)
and found that I forgot to turn it on. They were all good contacts but,
unfortunately, none will make into LoTW. I'll have to write myself a note
and stick it on the radio to remind me to turn it on. Hopefully we'll meet
again, my personal life gets in the way of my radio life so I am not always
available for the passes and right now I only have FM so I'm limited there
also.
73,
Ed, N7EC
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2015 07:25:13 +0900
From: "J. Boyd (JR2TTS)" <the2belo@xxx.xxxxxxx.xx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Senior moment
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On Sun, 1 Nov 2015 16:10:02 -0600, "Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE"
<kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> At my age I still have it all together but sometimes I forget where I put
it.
Eh. I'm 45 and recently I set up for a SO-50 pass with my Arrow antenna,
HTs on and ready, recorder ready, okay let's do this... and then I couldn't
hear a single thing coming down from the satellite. Nothing. WHAT THE
HECK IS GOING ON HERE? DID SO-50 FINALLY GIVE UP THE GHOST? OH
MY G- oh wait. 3/4 of the way through the pass I realized I had the
uplink and downlink HTs backwards.
Ugh.
--
J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B
the2belo@xxx.xxxxxxx.xx.xx
http://www.flickr.com/photos/the2belo/
http://www.qrz.com/db/JR2TTS
Twitter: @xxxxxxxx
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2015 06:06:41 -0500
From: jeffory broughton <jefforybroughton@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Using a preamp on VHF
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For those of u who are using a very hot VHF receiver like the Ic 910,mine
specs at .11 for 20db,I found the ARR preamp mast mount model to have too
much gain.
I replaced the 78l05 with a 78l033and realigned for best noise figure.
I never used the preamp because of this problem.Now when I switch the
preamp on and turn the ic 910 ATT on, I can Dig a noisy signal out of the
dirt like never before.
Marginal copy way down below 1 degree becomes 59 .amazing.
Jeff WB8RJY
jeff broughton
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 00:33:01 -0300
From: Pedro Converso <pconver@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Pass.htm now w/dopplers & new sats
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Updated http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm shows now Sat freqs with dopplers.
EO-79/80 & IO-86 Sats added & displayed for your location & local time.
Comments/Suggestions welcome.
73, lu7abf, Pedro Converso
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Message: 12
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 14:02:09 -0500
From: "Scott" <scott23192@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Great AO-85 pass East Coast US @ 1808 GMT
2-Nov-2015
Message-ID: <AE8A0CB821894044AD370FD7D668279F@xxxxxx>
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Just a killer pass of AO-85 up the East Coast today.
It was in slow-speed / transponder mode the entire time and I was able to
decode 47 telemetry packets - a personal best. Imagine how well I would
have done if I didn't look like an intoxicated girl throwing a baseball
left-handed the way I wave the Arrow antenna around!
Got to improve my form, but at least living in the country nobody sees me.
Heard a number of people making contacts as well and the audio was extremely
clear!
-Scott, K4KDR
Montpelier, VA USA
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Message: 13
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 14:27:03 -0500
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-02
19:30 UTC
Message-ID: <28cdb.437c3ce8.43691306@xxx.xxx>
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-02 19:30 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Eleanor Palmer School, London, United Kingdom, telebridge via VK6MJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1S
The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
Contact is a go for: Wed 2015-11-04 09:51:39 UTC 44 deg
Dragonskolan, Ume?, Sweden, telebridge via VK6MJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
Contact is a go for: Thu 2015-11-05 10:35:17 UTC 28 deg
BORG Monsbergergasse, Graz, Austria, direct via OE?ARISS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS (***)
Contact is a go for: Mon 2015-11-09 09:42:15 UTC 49 deg (***)
Ste. Genevieve du Bois Catholic Elementary School, Warson Woods, Missouri,
direct via N?BKA (***)
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***)
The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS (***)
The contact is a go for: Thu 2015-11-12 16:25:16 UTC 55 deg (***)
****************************************************************************
**
Interested in hosting an ARISS contact? The window is now open from
2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts
during the
second half of 2016. Go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact
or http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for full
details.
To help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS Program
Coordinator will offer hour-long online information sessions. These are
designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the
proposal
process and offer an opportunity to ask questions. While attending an
online information session is not required, it is strongly encouraged.
These will be offered Thursday, September 17, at 2000 UTC; Tuesday,
September 22, at 2000 UTC, and Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance
registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss@xxxx.xxxx to sign up for an
information session.
****************************************************************************
**
>From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment
(USOS)
hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be
conducted by the ARISS Russia team.
****************************************************************************
ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts.
ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send
your reports to aj9n@xxxxx.xxx or aj9n@xxx.xxx.
****************************************************************************
Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and
not being able to get in. That has now been changed to
http://www.ariss.org/
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
****************************************************************************
Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS?
If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete
details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video.
http://www.ariss-eu.org/
If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to
provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
****************************************************************************
ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:
Gaston ON4WF with 121
Francesco IK?WGF with 114
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 112
****************************************************************************
The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date
webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are
additional
ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know.
Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own
orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed
time.
All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date
and
time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-11-02 19:30 UTC.
(***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and
instructions for any contact that may be streamed live.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1005.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 970.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46.
A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the
file.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont,
Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin
Islands.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
QSL information may be found at:
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS
****************************************************************************
The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-10-30 05:00 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing
Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf
Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
****************************************************************************
Exp. 43/44 on orbit
Scott Kelly
Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF
Exp. 44 on orbit
Oleg Kononenko RN3DX
Kimiya Yui KG5BPH
Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
Exp. 45 on orbit
Sergey Volkov RU3DIS
****************************************************************************
73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 14
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 16:31:25 -0600
From: John Geiger <af5cc2@xxxxx.xxx>
To: VHF reflector <vhf@xxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx>, vhf contesting
<vhfcontesting@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Cushcraft A270-10 center mount?:
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I have a Cushcraft A270-10S dualband VHF/UHF yagi, and it uses a rear mount
as it comes from the factory. It would really work better for me if I
center mounted it instead. I am running it horizontally polarized, so the
mast material won't matter. Has anyone tried this? If so, does it work
ok? I called Cushcraft Tech Support about this and their tech thought that
it should work, but he didn't inspire a huge amount of confidence in me.
73 John AF5CC
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Message: 15
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 22:49:08 +0000 (UTC)
From: Tim Crawford <tcarchcape@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Rudeness + Freq Suggestions
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Made it out for my 5th attempt at an exchange on AO-85.
However, it was most disappointing in as much as a Ham in Southern
California dominated the bird for a full 7 minutes of my pass; if the ham
had been whipping out contacts I would not be objecting.? Instead, this ham
was busy being Mr. Chatty and I think had no more than two separate
conversions.? Discussions included some radio talk but also expanded out
into promotion of a ham fest and discussion of mutual friends.
While I have not worked birds since 2012, I know that this type of behavior
was frowned upon back then and for good reason.? When we go to the trouble
to get our equipment into a location where we have a good clear line of
sight and then only a limited window folks need to move along with just an
exchange of call sign and maybe throw in the grid square if traffic permits.
This was not my first experience with this single ham hogging the time.
I am still without a contact and trying to figure out uplink freq.? Today, I
took another hand held down with the downlink freq dialed in. The only two
of my uplink attempts that caused a squawk? out of the second radio was when
I was on 435.175 (not narrow band) just past the Max El, which was also just
after the disappearance, at last, of Mr. Chatty.
Frankly, I am not sure when I will bother again; not worth the time and
effort when I have to waste so much of the time with a Mr. Chatty hogging
time, while still trying to dial everything in.
On the other hand, I do welcome any uplink suggestions RE both frequency and
whether or not going with narrow band that anyone might have; previously,
the only input I received was from a ham in Hi (thank you).
73
Tim CrawfordKE7TAC
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Message: 16
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 20:53:55 -0500
From: jeffory broughton <jefforybroughton@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Ao85 rudeness
Message-ID:
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There is a lot of good reading on the Internet regarding proper operating
procedures on satellite and article's on satellite ETIQUITE. Why not pass
that along to him.couldnt hurt.
jeff broughton
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