Date: Sun, 17 Jul 94 04:30:20 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 #192 To: Ham-Space Ham-Space Digest Sun, 17 Jul 94 Volume 94 : Issue 192 Today's Topics: info on parabolic dish 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: Sat, 16 Jul 94 17:59:46 GMT From: jaring.my!intnet!subas@uunet.uu.net Subject: info on parabolic dish To: ham-space@ucsd.edu hi there everyone!!i am trying to find out some info about a dish that i bought.the length of the dish is about 9ft long.can someone please tell me why do people say that the 12ft dish can receive more channels then the 9ft dish.does the length of the dish make any diffrent.can sommeone also please tell me what is the best way to allign the dish.this is the first time that i am installing a satelite parabolic dish.the colour of my plates are silver in colour.i would like to paint it black.does painting it black effect the signal.will there be any signal lost.the dish that i bought did not come with a installation manual,so i really need some help in installing the dish. please help!!! thaking you in advance. yours trully subas ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Jul 1994 18:15:50 GMT From: telesoft!garym@uunet.uu.net To: ham-space@ucsd.edu References , , Reply-To : elements-request@alsys.com Subject : STS-65 Element Set (94197.275) STS-65 1 23173U 94039A 94197.27576731 +.00077033 00000-0 23048-3 0 259 2 23173 28.4687 311.0423 0002865 30.0967 329.9809 15.90866972 1221 Satellite: STS-65 Catalog number: 23173 Epoch time: 94197.27576731 (16 JUL 94 06:37:06.30 UTC) Element set: GSFC-025a Inclination: 28.4687 deg RA of node: 311.0423 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-65 Eccentricity: 0.0002865 Keplerian Elements Arg of perigee: 30.0967 deg Mean anomaly: 329.9809 deg Mean motion: 15.90866972 rev/day Semi-major Axis: 6677.9878 Km Decay rate: 7.7033E-04 rev/day*2 Apogee Alt: 301.51 Km Epoch rev: 122 Perigee Alt: 297.69 Km -- Gary Morris Internet: elements-request@alsys.com KK6YB Packet: KK6YB @ N0ARY.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NA San Diego, CA, USA Phone: +1 619-457-2700 x128 -- Gary Morris Internet: garym@alsys.com (garym@cts.com) Alsys Inc. Packet: KK6YB @ N0ARY.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NA San Diego, CA, USA Phone: +1 619-457-2700 x128 (voice/fax) ------------------------------ End of Ham-Space Digest V94 #192 ******************************