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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Cruise (Stefan Wagener)
2. Re: Cruise (Stephen E. Belter)
3. Re: Fwd: Cruise with Amsat! (transbets@xxxxx.xxxx
4. Re: Fwd: Cruise with Amsat! (J. Boyd (JR2TTS))
5. Re: Fwd: Cruise with Amsat! (Burns Fisher)
6. Upcoming ARISS contact with Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado
"Benedetto Croce", Civate, Italy (n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
7. FUNcube (Bob Bennett)
8. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-01-12 07:30 UTC
(AJ9N@xxx.xxxx
9. Re: Fwd: Cruise with Amsat! (W M Willoughby)
10. email address (N6RFM1 gmail)
11. Re: tripod recommendations (Tom Schuessler)
12. ARISS SSTV Postponed for January (n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
13. Re: tripod recommendations (John LeVous, KW4CR)
14. Re: tripod recommendations (J. Boyd (JR2TTS))
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 20:03:55 -0600
From: Stefan Wagener <wageners@xxxxx.xxx>
To: jeffory broughton <jefforybroughton@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Cruise
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http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=4859
73, Stefan, VE4NSA
On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 7:31 PM, jeffory broughton <
jefforybroughton@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> There was some pricing break down on the cruise posted somewhere a day or
> two ago.i will be darned if I can find it again . somebody please direct
> me.
> Thanks ! Jeff WB8RJY
>
> jeff broughton
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 02:04:57 +0000
From: "Stephen E. Belter" <seb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: jeffory broughton <jefforybroughton@xxxxx.xxx>,
"amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxxx<xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Cruise
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Jeff,
You may be thinking of the Symposium FAQ. Is this what you were trying to
find:
http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=4859
73, Steve N9IP
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On 1/11/16, 8:31 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of jeffory broughton"
<amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx on behalf of jefforybroughton@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>There was some pricing break down on the cruise posted somewhere a day or
>two ago.i will be darned if I can find it again . somebody please direct
>me.
>Thanks ! Jeff WB8RJY
>
>jeff broughton
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:07:19 -0500
From: "transbets@xxxxx.xxxx <transbets@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: Cruise with Amsat!
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Sounds like a fantastic idea! A bunch of hams waving yagis and desensing
each other, eating all day, laughing and learning. Count me in!
Betsy
WB3U
On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 9:44 PM, Goody K3NG <goody.k3ng@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> This cruise sounds like the Love Boat but with lots of RF and satellites.
> Wish I could go. :-)
>
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 8:34 PM, <kb2m@xxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> > If it's like any of the cruises I've been on it's more like pick up 4
> > adult beverages.....
> >
> > 73 Jeff kb2m
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of Glenn
> > Anderson
> > Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 16:46 PM
> > To: Jerry Buxton; amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: Cruise with Amsat!
> >
> > Put down the radio...pick up an adult beverage. ...
> >
> >
> >
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"Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not get bent out of shape."
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 11:20:33 +0900
From: "J. Boyd (JR2TTS)" <the2belo@xxx.xxxxxxx.xx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: Cruise with Amsat!
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On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:07:19 -0500, "transbets@xxxxx.xxxx
<transbets@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Sounds like a fantastic idea! A bunch of hams waving yagis and desensing
> each other, eating all day, laughing and learning. Count me in!
"Sir there's a ship out in the harbor, and everyone on board is holding
up antennas at the same point in the sky, laughing, and they all have
headphones on."
"Okay, call in the air strike."
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the2belo@xxx.xxxxxxx.xx.xx
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:29:42 -0500
From: Burns Fisher <burns@xxxxxx.xx>
To: the2belo@xxx.xxxxxxx.xx.xx
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: Cruise with Amsat!
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Can't be worse than doing the same thing right beside an NSA office
building in Maryland :-)
On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 9:20 PM, J. Boyd (JR2TTS) <
the2belo@xxx.xxxxxxx.xx.xx> wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:07:19 -0500, "transbets@xxxxx.xxxx <
> transbets@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> > Sounds like a fantastic idea! A bunch of hams waving yagis and desensing
> > each other, eating all day, laughing and learning. Count me in!
>
> "Sir there's a ship out in the harbor, and everyone on board is holding
> up antennas at the same point in the sky, laughing, and they all have
> headphones on."
>
> "Okay, call in the air strike."
>
> --
> 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: 6
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:33:04 -0500
From: <n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <ariss-press@xxxxx.xxx>, "amsat-edu" <amsat-edu@xxxxx.xxx>,
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Scuola Secondaria di
Primo Grado "Benedetto Croce", Civate, Italy
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An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants at Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado "Benedetto Croce", Civate,
Italy on 13 Jan. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:35 UTC.
It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before
this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30
seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VK5ZAI. The
contact should be audible over Australia and adjacent areas. Interested
parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is
expected to be conducted in English.
Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado "Benedetto Croce":
Primary and Secondary school located in Civate, a small town not far from
the bigger city of Lecco. Beautifully surrounded by lakes and mountains, the
school participated in a articulated STEM educational project including a
visit to the local Lecco's planetarium where almost every year they use to
host an astronaut, including former NASA's Mike Fincke and Sandra Magnus.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. Which is the best moment on a space day?
2. How did you feel the first time with no gravity?
3. At first were you afraid of living on the ISS?
4. What are you doing on the station at the moment?
5. Do you like living with other five people?
6. Do you have any hobbies on the ISS?
7. What are the objectives of your mission?
8. When did you start to enjoy astronomy? Why?
9. Have you got any problems on the ISS?
10. Is it better to live on the earth or in space?
11. Which experiment do you prefer on the ISS?
12. Which is the first place you want to see when you return home?
13. What's your favourite planet?
14. Would you like to stay longer in space?
15. What time zone is used on the ISS?
16. How has this experience changed your life?
17. Sometimes, would you like to return soon to Earth?
18. What did you think when you were chosen for this mission?
19. What are you missing more of the earth life?
20. Do you believe in aliens, in extra-terrestrial life?
PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES:
Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS).
To receive our Twitter updates, follow @xxxxxxxxxxxx
Next planned event(s):
TBD
ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the
volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the
world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA,
CNES, JAXA, and CSA.
ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of
Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the
International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first
hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters'
interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the
ARISS program visit the ARISS website at ariss.org.
Thank you & 73,
David - AA4KN
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 22:05:25 -0500
From: Bob Bennett <bobsmacbox@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube
Message-ID: <56946D75.8000803@xxxxx.xxx>
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Has anyone been able to get a FUNcube Pro (not+) working one a Raspberry Pi?
Bob/nz2z
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 02:53:51 -0500
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-01-12
07:30 UTC
Message-ID: <7e61fc.34be74f9.43c60b0f@xxx.xxx>
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-01-12 07:30 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado ?Benedetto Croce?, Civate, Italy,
telebridge via VK5ZAI
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN
Contact is a go for: Wed 2016-01-13 11:35:44 UTC 33 deg
Brihaspati Vidyasadan, Kathmandu, Nepal, telebridge via VK5ZAI
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI
Contact is a go for: Wed 2016-01-20 08:37:04 UTC 26 deg (***)
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**
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.
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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 115
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 114
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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 2016-01-09 07:30 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 1017. (***)
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 982. (***)
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 2016-01-09 07:30 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
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Exp. 43/44 on orbit
Scott Kelly
Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF
Exp. 45 on orbit
Sergey Volkov RU3DIS
Exp. 46 on orbit
Tim Kopra KE5UDN
Timothy Peake KG5BVI
Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP
****************************************************************************
73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 08:46:39 -0600
From: "W M Willoughby" <redski@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: Cruise with Amsat!
Message-ID: <00c601d14d48$0c0763d0$24162b70$@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
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Take a look at that clothesline going down the middle of the Carnival
Liberty: http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=3667. I bet that thing would load up
on the new 630m band!
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 11:10:12 -0500
From: "N6RFM1 gmail" <n6rfm1@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] email address
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Hi,
If anyone has an email address for Dave G3GQW, please contact me off list.
Thanks,
Bob
n6rfm1 at gmail.com
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 10:29:16 -0600
From: "Tom Schuessler" <tjschuessler@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] tripod recommendations
Message-ID: <005d01d14d56$6176d900$24648b00$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Zach,
Any good sturdy tripod will do. The trick however is to get the arrow to
stay put when you tilt to the side to allow for polarity change. Since
there is only one mounting hole in the Arrow that is threaded to mate with
the screw camera mount screw thread that attaches cameras to the usually
removable camera plate. Since the antenna is long with a far from the mount
center of gravity, if you tilt the mount head over on it's side, the antenna
will invariably slide downward which is not desirable. I can send a picture
of what I had done to my tripod camera plate to make this not happen.
Basically you take a small metal angled piece, like maybe equipment rack
ears, preferably with some screw holes already in it, and position it on the
camera mount plate such that the plate will rest snug to the boom of the
arrow when screwed into the mount. Mark the holes and then drill through
the mount. Attach nuts and bolts through and under the plate to secure this
piece of metal. When done, and if positioned right, the boom will not move
a bit when the camera plate is tilted to the side.
Tom Schuessler
N5HYP
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 20:34:12 +0000 (UTC)
From: zach hillerson <qstick333@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] tripod recommendations
Message-ID:
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I'm wondering if anyone can give me the name/model of the tripod they are
successfully using with their Arrow antenna? ?I would like to get back into
the satellite world but need a tripod due to shoulder issues. ?I've ordered
2 from Amazon and neither has been able to hold the weight of the Arrow. ?
After several days of searching through the house for my old tripod my wife
finally admitted selling it at a yardsale :-( Thanks for any
recommendations, Zach N4ERZ?
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 13:54:16 -0500
From: <n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <ariss-press@xxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS SSTV Postponed for January
Message-ID: <5C3DC07030CB480ABC2776F3259A649B@xxx>
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The ARISS SSTV event that had been tentatively planned for mid-January has
been postponed due to planning issues. Look for updates to appear on the
amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx email list, AMSAT News Service (ANS), ARISS News
Releases, www.ariss.org, on facebook at Amateur Radio on the International
Space Station (ARISS) and twitter @xxxxxxxxxxxxx as they become available.
Dave, AA4KN,
ARISS PR
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Message: 13
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 15:42:07 -0500
From: "John LeVous, KW4CR" <john@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "zach hillerson" <qstick333@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] tripod recommendations
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I'm using a Manfrotto 055 with a 3-way head.
It's the only tripod that I've found that is stable and strong enough to
be reliable.
John, KW4CR
On Mon, January 11, 2016 3:34 pm, zach hillerson via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> I'm wondering if anyone can give me the name/model of the tripod they are
> successfully using with their Arrow antenna? ??I would like to get back
> into the satellite world but need a tripod due to shoulder issues. ??I've
> ordered 2 from Amazon and neither has been able to hold the weight of the
> Arrow. ??
> After several days of searching through the house for my old tripod my
> wife finally admitted selling it at a yardsale :-( Thanks for any
> recommendations, Zach N4ERZ??
> _______________________________________________
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> expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official
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> satellite program! Subscription settings:
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>
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Message: 14
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 07:34:44 +0900
From: "J. Boyd (JR2TTS)" <the2belo@xxx.xxxxxxx.xx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] tripod recommendations
Message-ID: <20160113072126.1A50.THE2BELO@xxx.xxxxxxx.xx.xx>
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On Tue, 12 Jan 2016 10:29:16 -0600, "Tom Schuessler"
<tjschuessler@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Zach,
>
> Any good sturdy tripod will do. The trick however is to get the arrow to
> stay put when you tilt to the side to allow for polarity change.
I came up with an alternative solution that may work for some people: a
PVC pipe mount that allows you to "roll" the Arrow to allow for polarity
change (not a full 90 degrees, but it will get you in the neighborhood).
The photo below was when I had it mounted on my camera tripod with a
ball mount; I've since moved to a more conventional pitch/yaw type.
http://i.imgur.com/D0XwWlA.jpg
The homebrew mount is made out of 25mm PVC pipe -- two 90? corners, two
T joints, and enough straight pipe to fit. The T joints I found were,
luckily, exactly the correct length to fit over the boom and stay clear
of all the antenna elements. The pipe is also of a sufficient diameter
to allow the entire yagi to move laterally within it.
I drilled a hole in the bottom of the straight pipe of the same size as
the standard tripod shoe screw. I then "forced" a bolt of the same size
into the hole to "thread" it -- after this the tripod shoe fit snug onto
the pipe. (This is a temporary solution; later I'm thinking of a more
permanent mount made out of a pipe clamp.)
Et voila, a jury-rigged 3-axis mount. Using a standard pitch/yaw tripod,
I can also twist the yagi to change polarity without having to worry
that the tripod will bear extra weight to one side. Keeping the tripod
shoe about 5? tilted left in my case will allow the elements to be
perpendicular to the ground.
Hope this helps someone!
73
--
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the2belo@xxx.xxxxxxx.xx.xx
http://www.flickr.com/photos/the2belo/
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