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STS-119 Lands in Florida


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Welcome home Discovery & crew !!
Thanks to everyone for everything. Discovery flew a great mission and delivered the last of the solar arrays to the ISS and brought Sandy back after her extended stay in orbit…
Good job everyone, I’m glad everything worked so well.
More details on the STS-119 mission on http://www.nass.gov/shuttle of course.
Thanks  /;^)

The Future of AMSAT is NOW …


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In response to on-going discussion on the AMSAT-BB, I displayed my passion for supporting the amateur radio satellite program. I’ll cross-post here:
Topic Was :HEO naivete
Michael said:
> I usually tend to keep quiet during arguements such as this . . .

WB5RMG website update 20090119


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The first update of the year for the WB5RMG website.

Check out http://wb5rmg.somenet.net for a remembrance of my massive satellite antenna array, with details on phasing lines, physical spacing, etc…
Thanks  /;^)

Restoring the moon with recycled antique equipment.


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With the passing from one year into the next, we are often presented with remembrances and nostalgic recollections of “how we got here”…

This has been a year full of choice bits from space exploration as NASA celebrates their 50th anniversary. Most every day I like to check in on the latest discussion on the AMSAT [...]

Satellite Status


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If I called this “Instant Satellite Status“, someone would say - ‘not quite’.
So ‘nearly instant’ is more accurate. This web site had gone undetected by me, but definitely fills a need. There are so many different satellites now in orbit, specifically ham-radio related, that it takes some effort to keep up with not only where [...]

WB5RMG update


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See the site !!!   Thanks    /;^)

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