[amsat-bb] Re: 70cm Helicoil Good/Bad expensive?

[Joe Leikhim]

Hi Mariano; I stand corrected! I concur that some Americans here in the 
states were caught accessing the satellites. What is their motivation? 
What dialect are they speaking?

On 7/12/2011 11:14 AM, AMSAT-CT Engineering wrote:
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> Esteemed colleague Joe Leikhim,
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> The people as you referred as operators (...) A few years back I found 
> some "pirate" (Portuguese) (...), are not Portuguese, speaking in 
> Portuguese, but are Americans from Brazil, and are illegally, very 
> active in the satellite.
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> Greetings
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> Mariano, CT1XI
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> www.amrad.pt
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Leikhim" <rhyolite at nettally.com>
> To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 3:18 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 70cm Helicoil Good/Bad expensive?
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>> I have an Andrew bifilar helical antenna for the240-320 MHzMILSAT 
>> band, same antenna pictured in back of their old catalogs. I paid a 
>> lot of money (mostly in shipping) to acquire it. But far less than 
>> what this seller wants. It won't do you any good in the ham bands, 
>> but you might find interesting listening in the MILSAT/Fleetsatcom 
>> bands. A few years back I found some "pirate" (Portuguese) operators 
>> quite active on the satellites. I think they have all been caught by 
>> an interesting mix of technology and trigonometry and have been 
>> silenced.
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>> On 07/12/2011 04:23 AM, Clint Bradford wrote:
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>>> >  I am looking for an adapter to make this satellite helical work 
>>> on my > handheld radio ...
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>>> >  http://tinyurl.com/SAT-HELICAL
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>>> >  Clint Bradford, K6LCS
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>> -- 
>> Joe Leikhim
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>> Leikhim and Associates
>> Communications Consultants
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Joe Leikhim

Leikhim and Associates
Communications Consultants
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