Date: Sun, 22 May 94 04:30:55 PDT From: Ham-Space Mailing List and Newsgroup Errors-To: Ham-Space-Errors@UCSD.Edu Reply-To: Ham-Space@UCSD.Edu Precedence: Bulk Subject: Ham-Space Digest V94 #131 To: Ham-Space Ham-Space Digest Sun, 22 May 94 Volume 94 : Issue 131 Today's Topics: amsat mailing list Slipping Sat Ants (2 msgs) Send Replies or notes for publication to: Send subscription requests to: Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu. Archives of past issues of the Ham-Space Digest are available (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/ham-space". We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 21 May 1994 11:18:40 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!cleveland.Freenet.Edu!dt650@network.ucsd.edu Subject: amsat mailing list To: ham-space@ucsd.edu (KA6NOC writes that he asked to join the AMSAT mailing list 3 weeks ago and has had no response) I'm one week and holding now myself. According to the AMSAT journal, the list is administered by a human, not a machine, and response can be slow at times. But 3 weeks?? Anyhow, I'm glad it's not just me. I was afraid I'd bungled the request. N9LTD ------------------------------ Date: 20 May 1994 14:51:51 -0000 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!mvb.saic.com!unogate!news.service.uci.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!noc.near.net!news.delphi.com!news.delphi.com!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Slipping Sat Ants To: ham-space@ucsd.edu I am sick and tired of climbing my satellite mast to fix my satellite antennas that have slipped on my fiberglass boom. I have the KLM long crossed yagis (very long booms). I have tightened the hell out of the bolts and am always concerned about cracking the #*$%^^@ fiberglass. I am somewhat new to satellite stuff ... have I missed some obvious trick (or is everyone swinging around up there swearing at their antennas?) Thanks Ian KB1SG ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 May 1994 15:22:52 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Slipping Sat Ants To: ham-space@ucsd.edu In article <2riiq7$q6j@news.delphi.com> icumming@news.delphi.com (ICUMMINGS@DELPHI.COM) writes: >I am sick and tired of climbing my satellite mast to fix my >satellite antennas that have slipped on my fiberglass boom. >I have the KLM long crossed yagis (very long booms). >I have tightened the hell out of the bolts and am always >concerned about cracking the #*$%^^@ fiberglass. >I am somewhat new to satellite stuff ... have I missed >some obvious trick (or is everyone swinging around up there >swearing at their antennas?) > Thanks Ian KB1SG Gee, I guess no one in all of amateur radio owns a drill but me. :-) Drill the mast and *pin* the antennas in place with a sheetmetal screw. Works for me. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | uunet!rsiatl!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | ------------------------------ End of Ham-Space Digest V94 #131 ******************************