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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Only Half of the CubeSats Deployed into Space Work
(Robert McGwier)
2. Re: Only Half of the CubeSats Deployed into Space Work
(Jim Jerzycke)
3. FUNcube-1 weekend operations (Graham Shirville)
4. Re: Phase 4B (Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE)
5. UKube-1 Transponder Schedule (Bob)
6. Re: UKube-1 Transponder Schedule (Paul Stoetzer)
7. Re: Phase 4B (Paul Stoetzer)
8. Re: Phase 4B (John Becker)
9. Re: RTL-SDR downlink (Eduardo PY2RN)
10. Re: Phase 4B (Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE)
11. Re: Phase 4B (Paul Stoetzer)
12. Re: Phase 4B (Jeff Griffin)
13. Re: Phase 4B (Paul Stoetzer)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 14:16:19 -0400
From: Robert McGwier <rwmcgwier@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Daniel Schultz <n8fgv@xxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Only Half of the CubeSats Deployed into Space
Work
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Nothing would be more embarrassing to me than to be one of the cockiest
schools in the United States, thinking that any student that goes there is
highly superior to any other around, and then to have Lockheed Martin help
them..... and to never be heard from at all after launch... That would
not be in the state I am in so that I don't get in trouble with the
government of the state I am in.....
Space is a mean nasty place. Hard Vacuum, very energetic particles
slamming you, micrometeorites and space junk clobbering, computers
GUARANTEED to get into a failure mode, with probability 1. And then what
do you do? Most don't know. Only experience tells you how not to have a
dead computer or one acting in a stupid way and how to fix it.
Everyone fails. Ask AMSAT. Our spacecraft have gotten better, less
complex, but better at achieving the mission without failures.
Our big efforts all were partially successful or failed at launch or are
Microsats. The Microsats succeeded, 100%. What a team we had. It was
made up of people who did things like, oh, coin the word cubesat and
introduce the concept to the world, go on to be worth hundreds of
millions of dollars and in at least one case, probably billions, work at
the highest possible levels of government in highly technical fields and
then start multiple companies on retirement, ..... some even still work in
the Aerospace industry. Best team ever: Microsat team. Best technical
individual on any AMSAT team ever: Karl Meinzer.
The formula for success is good people with time to do the job right with
luck and resources. Have good people who are dedicated to the task and
then get lots of free help.
The US government gave us environmental testing for Microsat. They wanted
to make sure the team could test their spacecraft (we were the test dummys)
which was in the chamber next to us. I know who paid for it and what it
was and if I told you I would have to kill you ;-).
Children in high school with teachers who might know how to spell the word
spacecraft and hold a smartphone are not capable of the level of technical
expertise needed.
Things are getting better. You can just buy a good spacecraft now. It
costs about 2-3 times as much as building one. With a 50% chance of
failure, that means you should buy the thing and even then your payload is
likely to fail with a perfectly functional bus.
Bob
N4HY
?
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 18:25:36 +0000
From: Jim Jerzycke <kq6ea@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Only Half of the CubeSats Deployed into Space
Work
Message-ID: <576440A0.5050408@xxxxxxx.xxx>
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Yep, space is evil, mean, and nasty to things we put there.
And getting there is NOT "half the fun".
And yet people stepped up and did very hard, painstaking work to "get it
right".
And they all did it for free, out of love of the "hobby".
The truest meaning of the word "Amateur".
I applaud them all, and thank them for being the trailblazers.
73, Jim KQ6EA
On 06/17/2016 06:16 PM, Robert McGwier wrote:
> Nothing would be more embarrassing to me than to be one of the cockiest
> schools in the United States, thinking that any student that goes there is
> highly superior to any other around, and then to have Lockheed Martin help
> them..... and to never be heard from at all after launch... That would
> not be in the state I am in so that I don't get in trouble with the
> government of the state I am in.....
>
> Space is a mean nasty place. Hard Vacuum, very energetic particles
> slamming you, micrometeorites and space junk clobbering, computers
> GUARANTEED to get into a failure mode, with probability 1. And then what
> do you do? Most don't know. Only experience tells you how not to have a
> dead computer or one acting in a stupid way and how to fix it.
>
> Everyone fails. Ask AMSAT. Our spacecraft have gotten better, less
> complex, but better at achieving the mission without failures.
>
> Our big efforts all were partially successful or failed at launch or are
> Microsats. The Microsats succeeded, 100%. What a team we had. It was
> made up of people who did things like, oh, coin the word cubesat and
> introduce the concept to the world, go on to be worth hundreds of
> millions of dollars and in at least one case, probably billions, work at
> the highest possible levels of government in highly technical fields and
> then start multiple companies on retirement, ..... some even still work in
> the Aerospace industry. Best team ever: Microsat team. Best technical
> individual on any AMSAT team ever: Karl Meinzer.
>
> The formula for success is good people with time to do the job right with
> luck and resources. Have good people who are dedicated to the task and
> then get lots of free help.
>
> The US government gave us environmental testing for Microsat. They wanted
> to make sure the team could test their spacecraft (we were the test dummys)
> which was in the chamber next to us. I know who paid for it and what it
> was and if I told you I would have to kill you ;-).
>
> Children in high school with teachers who might know how to spell the word
> spacecraft and hold a smartphone are not capable of the level of technical
> expertise needed.
>
> Things are getting better. You can just buy a good spacecraft now. It
> costs about 2-3 times as much as building one. With a 50% chance of
> failure, that means you should buy the thing and even then your payload is
> likely to fail with a perfectly functional bus.
>
> Bob
> N4HY
>
>
> ?
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 19:46:58 +0100
From: "Graham Shirville" <g.shirville@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, <funcube@xxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube-1 weekend operations
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Hi all,
Just report that FUNcube-1 now has the transponder continuously operational
for the weekend.
73
Graham
G3VZV
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 13:54:04 -0500
From: "Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "'amsat bb'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
Message-ID: <007301d1c8c9$9f57fb20$de07f160$@xxx>
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I'd be happy with another AO-40 style bird that worked as advertized. Given
that there is always the possibility of something going wrong along the way
I was sorely disappointed that it happened to THIS one. I'm sure that
someday AMSAT will give us a long period orbit bird, standing by -- antennas
dusted off... It would be nice, but probably not practical given the huge
workload of the ISS crew, that they could send the major parts up in
sections and have it assembled there and then pushed out the airlock to be
launched. Yes, I know "Welcome to Fantasy Island!"
Kevin, WB5RUE
I am Voltohn of Borg, resistance is E/I, you will be attenuated!
-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of Robert
McGwier
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2016 12:16 PM
To: amsat bb
Subject: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
Neglect the "First geosynchronous" article. I did not write it and it is
like all mistakes, firmly in archives and not fixable.
http://www.hume.vt.edu/geo/
73s
Bob
--
Bob McGwier
Founder, Federated Wireless, Inc
Founder and Technical Advisor, HawkEye 360, Inc Research Professor Virginia
Tech Chief Scientist: The Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security
and Technology Senior Member IEEE, Facebook: N4HYBob, ARS: N4HY Faculty
Advisor Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Assn. (K4KDJ) Director of AMSAT
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:00:36 -0400
From: Bob <WB4SON@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] UKube-1 Transponder Schedule
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Now that the transponder is switched on will it be on 24/7 or does it shift
to data
73 WB4SON
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:04:54 -0400
From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@xxxx.xxx>
To: Bob <WB4SON@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] UKube-1 Transponder Schedule
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The FUNcube-2 telemetry beacon is also on and very strong. It has been
on continuously since yesterday. I've worked it on both day and night
passes.
There was what appeared to be a reset on the first pass this afternoon
where the transponder switched off midpass for a few seconds.
In addition, the CW beacon from the satellite's primary transceiver
desenses the transponder uplink for about 20 seconds or so when it's
transmitting.
The uplink offset appears to be anywhere from +12 - +15 kHz from published.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Bob <WB4SON@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Now that the transponder is switched on will it be on 24/7 or does it shift
> to data
>
> 73 WB4SON
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:09:08 -0400
From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@xxxx.xxx>
To: "Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
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If we could afford to pay astronauts to assemble a HEO, then we could
afford to launch six of them to GTO without bothering.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 2:54 PM, Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE
<kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> I'd be happy with another AO-40 style bird that worked as advertized. Given
> that there is always the possibility of something going wrong along the way
> I was sorely disappointed that it happened to THIS one. I'm sure that
> someday AMSAT will give us a long period orbit bird, standing by -- antennas
> dusted off... It would be nice, but probably not practical given the huge
> workload of the ISS crew, that they could send the major parts up in
> sections and have it assembled there and then pushed out the airlock to be
> launched. Yes, I know "Welcome to Fantasy Island!"
>
> Kevin, WB5RUE
> I am Voltohn of Borg, resistance is E/I, you will be attenuated!
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of Robert
> McGwier
> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2016 12:16 PM
> To: amsat bb
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
>
> Neglect the "First geosynchronous" article. I did not write it and it is
> like all mistakes, firmly in archives and not fixable.
>
> http://www.hume.vt.edu/geo/
>
> 73s
> Bob
>
>
> --
> Bob McGwier
> Founder, Federated Wireless, Inc
> Founder and Technical Advisor, HawkEye 360, Inc Research Professor Virginia
> Tech Chief Scientist: The Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security
> and Technology Senior Member IEEE, Facebook: N4HYBob, ARS: N4HY Faculty
> Advisor Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Assn. (K4KDJ) Director of AMSAT
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 14:19:05 -0500
From: John Becker <w0jab@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
Message-ID: <337b53fe-7fbc-3fb9-4e45-e2e53d812248@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed
On 6/17/2016 1:54 PM,
> I'd be happy with another AO-40 style bird that worked as advertized.
you and me both.
John W0JAB
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 19:20:55 +0000 (UTC)
From: Eduardo PY2RN <py2rn@xxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] RTL-SDR downlink
Message-ID:
<748547122.5139883.1466191255307.JavaMail.yahoo@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Hi Patrick.
Agreed, it will depend on the environment conditions for each one/station.??
Usually devices connected to a computer are very subject to suffer with RFI
/EMI all the ways,? USB cables makes great antennas, unfortunately.?? So
toroids and shielding are a must,? but may be not enough sometimes.??
Regarding? metal cases for these dongles (not only RTL, but FCD and others
with plastic cases) 3M and similar have a thin copper tape which is
auto-adhesive? (and yes, the adhesive side is conductive as well!)?? I am
using to mitigate RFI/EMI on these devices, and other plastic boxes I have
here.
73
Ed?? PY2RN
From: Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] RTL-SDR downlink
Hello, Ed!
Thanks for your reply! If I had my satellite station in a proper ham
shack, where the radios are inside and antennas are outside (or
the antennas are not within a few feet or a couple of meters of
the radios), it is possible that the house or building may be enough
to keep the transmitter from affecting the RTL-SDR dongles.
I don't have that option for working satellites, even when I am at
home. My antenna is always within a few feet or a couple of meters
of my radios, both transmit and receive. Putting the dongle in
a case with some shielding, and maybe adding some filters in front
of the dongle, could make that work in my situation. Between the
time and money needed to do that, I think I'm doing fine when I use
a FUNcube Dongle Pro+ or SDRplay. In fact, whenever I move to a place
where I can install a proper satellite station in the house,
with antennas outside and the radios inside, I know my existing
SDR receivers (FUNcube Dongle Pro+ and SDRplay) should work fine
in that environment as they have when I've worked portable.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @xxxxxx
On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 11:08 PM, Eduardo PY2RN <py2rn@xxxx.xxx> wrote:
> The cheap RTL dongles are as much sensible (or more) than the others more
> expensive.Lack of filtering is the big issue although there are some
> practical and easy workarounds to improve it.For ham satellites downlink
> frequency stability should not be an big issue, there are some models
> already been sold? with 0.5PPM TCXO option which are still cheap.It is a
> great opportunity to operate full-duplex on amateur satellites with very
> low investment and improving operational capabilities.
> EME (Moon bounce) audible signal RX comparison between TS-2000 / RTL /
> FunCube Pro+ can be seen here:
> https://youtu.be/3OxyO5ylwfs
>
> 73
> ED? PY2RN
>
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:16:13 -0500
From: "Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
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Of course a few LEO Linear birds like the old RS-12/13 would be nice too! I
don't know how many hundreds of qsos I had on 2/10 using RS-12. RS-15 was a
challenge and I think it's still there but only the beacon is active.
Kevin, WB5RUE
-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of John Becker
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 2:19 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
On 6/17/2016 1:54 PM,
> I'd be happy with another AO-40 style bird that worked as advertized.
you and me both.
John W0JAB
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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 16:19:34 -0400
From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@xxxx.xxx>
To: "Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
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There are currently seven active LEO linear transponders available for
amateur use, You're welcome to join us on any of them at any time!
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 4:16 PM, Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE
<kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Of course a few LEO Linear birds like the old RS-12/13 would be nice too! I
> don't know how many hundreds of qsos I had on 2/10 using RS-12. RS-15 was a
> challenge and I think it's still there but only the beacon is active.
>
> Kevin, WB5RUE
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of John Becker
> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 2:19 PM
> To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
>
>
>
> On 6/17/2016 1:54 PM,
>> I'd be happy with another AO-40 style bird that worked as advertized.
> you and me both.
>
> John W0JAB
>
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Message: 12
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 16:36:10 -0400
From: "Jeff Griffin" <kb2m@xxxx.xxx>
Cc: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
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I'm on the X birds every morning taking to myself. At my winter home in
Florida before I put some crossed Yagi's up I was making contacts on a small
vertical with my TS-2000, I managed at least a contact a pass in that simple
setup. I notice some more activity lately due to FD preparations, I'm
working some new stations. Let's get more linear bird activity going guy's,
it's easier then you think...
73 Jeff kb2m
-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of Paul
Stoetzer
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 4:20 PM
To: Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
There are currently seven active LEO linear transponders available for
amateur use, You're welcome to join us on any of them at any time!
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 4:16 PM, Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE
<kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Of course a few LEO Linear birds like the old RS-12/13 would be nice
> too! I don't know how many hundreds of qsos I had on 2/10 using
> RS-12. RS-15 was a challenge and I think it's still there but only the
beacon is active.
>
> Kevin, WB5RUE
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of John
> Becker
> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 2:19 PM
> To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
>
>
>
> On 6/17/2016 1:54 PM,
>> I'd be happy with another AO-40 style bird that worked as advertized.
> you and me both.
>
> John W0JAB
------------------------------
Message: 13
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 16:46:36 -0400
From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@xxxx.xxx>
To: Jeff Griffin <kb2m@xxxx.xxx>
Cc: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
Message-ID:
<CABzOSOrqq4mNJgYtGivoXB1k6yNWjdAgKikpwzB-qiQMHfdYqQ@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
I haven't been on many of those passes myself. I'll have to try to get
on a few over the next several days.
It has been good to hear some prepping for Field Day. Unfortunately
many Field Day satellite operators seem to operate satellites once a
year and are sorely out of practice for Field Day (and it shows)
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 4:36 PM, Jeff Griffin <kb2m@xxxx.xxx> wrote:
> I'm on the X birds every morning taking to myself. At my winter home in
> Florida before I put some crossed Yagi's up I was making contacts on a small
> vertical with my TS-2000, I managed at least a contact a pass in that simple
> setup. I notice some more activity lately due to FD preparations, I'm
> working some new stations. Let's get more linear bird activity going guy's,
> it's easier then you think...
>
> 73 Jeff kb2m
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of Paul
> Stoetzer
> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 4:20 PM
> To: Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE
> Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
>
> There are currently seven active LEO linear transponders available for
> amateur use, You're welcome to join us on any of them at any time!
>
> 73,
>
> Paul, N8HM
>
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 4:16 PM, Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE
> <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>> Of course a few LEO Linear birds like the old RS-12/13 would be nice
>> too! I don't know how many hundreds of qsos I had on 2/10 using
>> RS-12. RS-15 was a challenge and I think it's still there but only the
> beacon is active.
>>
>> Kevin, WB5RUE
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of John
>> Becker
>> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 2:19 PM
>> To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6/17/2016 1:54 PM,
>>> I'd be happy with another AO-40 style bird that worked as advertized.
>> you and me both.
>>
>> John W0JAB
>
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