AMSAT area coordinator Clint Bradford, K6LCS, will be presenting his "Working Amateur Satellites With Your HT" multimedia session at the following clubs ... October 2 - Long Beach ARC* October 5 - WAR

I just updated my four-page tutorial that gets you working the FM sats with equipment you probably already own. One change is the addition of a single Web page with all the URLs and resources mentione

During my presentations, I show folks these HT antenna improvements ... - Smiley 270A ($15), BNC or SMA - Diamond SRH-320A ($50), SMA - Pryme AL-800 ($40), BNC) - Arrow 146/437-10WBP ($130), BNC This,

Ahhh ... the age-old question. Ask this question in any ham club, and you'll receive many differing answers! The main point of my presentations is to show fellow hams that they just might already have

From a friend via email ... ... I always see hams standing while using Arrow Antennas and HTs for their satellite contacts. I use a front wheel walker so I can't carry very much equipment with me. I'v

Hi Clint, I appreciate your time and effort in getting this group started. 73 de Scott/n7net

Just received this reply from Stephen regarding his EXCELLENT BNC-to-SMA adapters. They are made with a hard rubber collar that "mates" wit the case of your radio - to better protect your delicate SMA

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Work-Sat group. File : /gulyas-09.pdf Uploaded by : k6lcs <clintbrad4d@...> Descripti

From the email folder ... Q. I stopped at HRO a few days ago to buy an Arrow beam antenna for satellite work. They had a small one that breaks down and a bigger on that costs less. The small one has a

A valued member here yesterday submitted a URL to a 10-page "How to Work Sats ..." article that appears elsewhere on the Web. I welcome such participation! KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. But while reading the do

I'll be on the SCARS Network - EchoLink Node 96140 - tonight to discuss working the FM satellites with your handheld radios. Grab this .pdf file to follow along (NOT mandatory!) at the bottom of the p

There are several software programs available for tracking amateur satellites. What program(s) have YOU settled upon to use for working the birds? Clint

i need a list of sats to work anyone have them.. 73 rsy n5iz

So, I picked up ProSat last night and have been monkeying with it, does anyone else use it? Here are my questions - Is there a way to remove the 'sight' limitation...meaning, this program seems design

Ok, so... AO-51 had a pretty good pass just now (for me, anyway >30 degrees). I was able to hear pretty clearly with just my FT-60 and a Diamond SRH77CFA antenna. I have a smiley on order, and I'm thi

Reminder from: Work-Sat Yahoo! Group Title: DEMO/PRESENTATION - West Coast ARC Date: Thursday October 15, 2009 Time: 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm Location: Huntington Beach Notes: Tentative pass at 5:35 - VS tes

On tonight's pass at 23:20 I turned the 1268.7/435.15 repeater on. We'll run this along with the 145.92/435.3 repeater for a few days, except when collecting telemetry, until we get the rest of the sc

From the email folder ... - I have the squelch turned off. There is a lot of static emitted from the HT's speaker. Would I be better off to use a headset? Only if the noise bugs folks around you! All

Heavens-above.com still calls AO-51 "AO-Echo." Make sure your longitude and latitude are correct ... and your computer's clock is correct ... You can double-check the passes with the data at ... http:

From the mail folder ... Clint, Thanks very much for your reply to my AMSAT BB post regarding the Kenwood TH-F6 for AO-51 and SO-50. Prior to your reply I had not considered the Yaesu FT-60R. I ultima