RE: [amsat-bb] Satellite Idea

[tlang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Tony Langdon)]

Hello Bob!

30 Mar 01 09:56, you wrote to Tony Langdon:

 BB> Ah, it all fits in a briefcase!  Well, actually, a medium sized
 BB> suitcase that I take to demos.  It includes the ROTATOR, CONTROLLER,
 BB> an old $25 DOS laptop, a 1 foot mast,  two small 3 element UHF beams
 BB> and the Kenwood HT. I even put the HT out in the parking lot with the
 BB> ROTATOR and antennas so there is no coax run, no preamps or anything
 BB> required.

Interesting. :-)  I tend to use a more "manual" method for turning my beam, but
obviously it limits what can be done with the operating side of things. :-)

 BB> I can do these demos in a basement conference room, as long as I
 BB> bring
 BB> enough tiny wire...  The atnena is on the ground in the parking lot...
 BB>
 BB> P.S.  a 100' spool of tiny speaker wire takes up very little space in
 BB> the suitcase...

Hehe, that might upset the landlady a bit... all that wire running everywhere.
:)

But I may be able to do some portable packet soon, just sniffing out a possible
opportunity to get a cheap surplus laptop. :)

Tony, VK3JED

.. lised he didn't fit ANY demographics.
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