January 3, 2008 by kb3ljm.

NASA has awarded a potential five-year, $75.8 million contract to Canadian Commercial Corporation of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, for support of hardware and software associated with the Space Shuttle Remote Manipulator System robotic arm, inspection boom assembly and robotic work station. The cost plus no fee contract will provide support for activities related to both the Space Shuttle Program and International Space Station Program. The contract includes a base period from Jan. 1, 2008, to Sept. 30, 2010, followed by two one-year extension options. Work under the contract will be performed primarily at MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Work also will be performed at the contractor facilities in Rockville, Md., and Montreal, Quebec, Canada. For more information on NASA and agency programs, visit: http://www.nasa.gov (AMSAT)

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/dec/HQ_C07067_Shuttle_Robotics.html

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January 3, 2008 by kb3ljm.

This month we add another name, W3RMD, to the all-too-long list of Silent Keys. Last month we noted the obituary for our own W3DID in the BARC Modulator. Thanks, Doug, we appreciate that. We also note the article and picture of Russ, NY3I, fellow BRATS member. It is very interesting, you might want to take a look at it on The BARC home page…. We also noted, a Statement of Philosophy : the Modulator does not print stories you can get elsewhere. We [The Milliwatt] do print stories that you can get elsewhere, so you can get all of your information – Contests, DXpeditions, Satellite News, Hamfests, Meetings, etc. – in one place, right here. Enjoy.
73, Mayer, W3GXK

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January 3, 2008 by kb3ljm.

This week Terry, ZL3QL, President AMSAT-ZL, provided AMSAT members with a summary of the New Zealand KiwiSAT project.

KiwiSAT is a Microsat scheduled for launch into a LEO, will carry FM and Linear transponders with inputs on 70 cm & 23 cm - outputting on 2 meters. A unique feature will be the on-board Small Satellite Attitude Control scientific experiment. It will also carry a special environmental global warming scientific unit.
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January 3, 2008 by kb3ljm.

Charlie Tiemeyer, W3RMD
January, 2008
(Husband of Bettye Tiemeyer, K3VRZ, SK)

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January 3, 2008 by kb3ljm.

The FCC has released Public Notice report 2828-Correction establishing a new comment period for RM-11392.

You may read the document at http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6519008574

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January 3, 2008 by kb3ljm.

ARP Radio-Club de Paris will be operating five special event call signs to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Ville de Paris department, created January 1, 1968.

The five special event call signs are TM8P, TM4A, TM1R, TM2I and TM7S. Together, the suffixes spell PARIS. Dates and frequencies are listed below.
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January 3, 2008 by kb3ljm.

York Hamfest. Brookside Park
4054 Fox Run Rd. Dover, PA.
147.33/R (PL 123.0); Ray, W3AXC,
717-292-3529; w3axc@arrl.net

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January 3, 2008 by kb3ljm.

2007 was not kind to travelers. Flights were packed and delays legion. Gas prices soared. The dollar tanked. But at least travel news offered some levity. USA TODAY’s Jayne Clark reviews stories that made us shudder — or laugh. And laugh we did, because if we didn’t have a sense of humor about travel’s vagaries, we would have just stayed home.

Crowded flights sparked tempers, igniting nastiness more often associated with barrooms than aircraft cabins. Among this year’s low blows:

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January 3, 2008 by kb3ljm.

You can tell everyone in the club that I am home from the hospital after a back operation . Will be recovering for about the next 6 weeks. I have my Apple Powerbook downstairs so you can send me e-mail. (ka3tcc (at) verizon.net) You can call me at home any time. I will only have the scanner to listen to since all my other radios are upstairs.
Tom, KA3TCC

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January 3, 2008 by kb3ljm.

To help reduce the risk of fires, air travelers will no longer be able to pack loose lithium batteries in checked luggage beginning Jan. 1, the Transportation Department said Friday.

Passengers can still check baggage with lithium batteries if they are installed in electronic devices, such as cameras, cellphones and laptop computers. If packed in plastic bags, batteries may be in carryon baggage. The limit is two batteries per passenger.
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