[amsat-bb] Update: Equipment & Literature Disposal
Davidoff, Martin R.
MDAVIDOFF at ccbcmd.edu
Tue Jun 7 12:38:58 PDT 2011
To: AMSAT membership
De: Martin Davidoff, K2UBC
Re: Equipment & Literature Disposal
June 3, 2011
The literature and equipment listed below is mostly free to individuals and/or groups involved in OSCAR development and OSCAR support activities. In some cases a contribution direct to AMSAT-NA may be appropriate. Most equipment comes with all accessories and original manuals. Pickup must be arranged! Cataloging this material is a big job. Please (1) bear with me as I issue updates over next several weeks and (2) respond directly -- do NOT clutter AMSAT BB.
Note to those who know me personally -- I’m in good health, just moving and downsizing and I’d like to see this “stuff” get into hands of someone who’ll appreciate it and/or where appropriate preserve it. Anyone who has moved 50+ years of QST several times will understand.
Update: 7 June, 2011
Sorry I can’t respond to everyone personally but all replies are being read and saved. Again, please note that this is NOT a “for sale” posting. I’d like to see these items go to museums, libraries, and individual collections of those who have made significant contributions to the Amateur Satellite Program and to Amateur Radio in general. My memory isn’t that great these days (actually it never was) so If you make a request it might help to mention your background and connections. However, some of the items mentioned are junk and available to anyone (this does not include the Bird wattmeter)
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Also, It would be helpful if readers could forward this list to college libraries, antique radio museums, EME & VHF/UHF/Microwave lists, etc. Several of the books were personal gifts and signed by the authors. If a museum would like me to reconstruct (fully operational) the downlink receiving system I used to monitor Sputnik I or the mode A station I used for initial OSCAR 6 communications I might be able to do this. Stay tuned for updates as I open new boxes from old office moves. Also, if someone with a truck wants to pick up 55 years of not so gently used QST’s before they go to the dump it would make my life much easier.
Contact Information
Martin Davidoff (k2ubc since 1956)
Land Line: 410-869-9077 (there’s no recorder on this line, 4:00 - 9:30 EDT Please!)
E-mail: mdavidoff at ccbcmd.edu
Please Note Organization
Literature
Magazines/Journals
AMSAT OSCAR
General Amateur Radio
Conference Proceedings
Texts
Equipment
Literature
Magazines/Journals (missing issues turning up as I sort)
AMSAT OSCAR
AMSAT Newletter
Oct. 1969 - Dec. 1979 (most issues)
Orbit (AMSAT) (complete run)
#1 March 1980 to #19 Nov/Dec 1984
AMSAT Satellite Report
#1 Feb 23, 1981 to #360 March 15, 1997
missing #’s: 97, 139, 147, 194-206, 254
AMSAT Satellite Journal (complete run )
#1 Jan/Feb 1985 to #7 Jan/Feb 1986
The AMSAT Journal
#1 May 1989 to March/April 2011
missing Vol. 31, #2, March/April 2008
Satellite Operator (Myers Communications)
#1 Oct 1990 - #67 July 1996
Missing #15 Dec 1991
General Amateur Radio
QEX
March 1992 - Dec 1997 (monthly) complete
1998 - 2009 (bi-monthly) missing Nov/Dec 2004
Lunar Letter (EME)
July 1982 - Jan 1984 (14 issues)
Weather Satellite Report (Myers Communications) (9 issues)
Jan - May 1992, #1 - #5
April 1995 - August 1996, #16 - #19
Journal of the Environmental Satellite Amateur Users Group
(Dallas Remote Imaging Group)
April 1990 - 1992 (7 issues)
VHF/UHF and Above
Vol. 1, #1 May 1984 - Vol. 3, May 1986 complete
QST 1955 - date (Most years complete)
Ham Radio Magazine (Jim Fisk) Complete Run!
Conference Proceedings
AMSAT-NA Space Symposium Proceedings
2009 Maryland
2002 Texas
2001 Georgia
1999 California
1998 Mississippi
1997 Ontario Canada
1996 Arizona
1995 Florida
1994 Florida
1992 Washington, DC
1991 California
1990 Texas
1988 Georgia
1987 Michigan
1986 Texas
AMSAT-NA Technical Journal
Vol. 1, no. 1, Summer 1987
Vol. 1. No. 2, Winter 1987/88
ARRL Technical Symposium
1975 Virginia
1973 Virginia
ARRL National Educational Workshop Prodeedings
1991 Maryland
AMSAT-UK OSCAR NEWS
1979 -1993 (most issues) + assorted supplements, etc.
AMSAT-UK Colloquium Proceedings
1990 University of Surrey, England
1991 UoS, England
1993 UoS, England
Radio and Electronic Engineer (England)
Vol. 52, no. 8/9, Aug/Sept 1982
Special Issue: UOSAT - The University of Surrey’s Satellite
UOSAT Progress Report - 6, Sept 1980, M. Sweeting
ARRL Texts
Two Hundred Meters and Down, C. DeSoto, 1936
Space Science Involvement (Talcott Mtn Science Center) 1974
Getting to Know OSCAR from the Ground Up 1977
Satellite Communications (Getting to know OSCAR QST Reprints) 1979
ARRL Satellite Anthology 1st Edition 1988
ARRL Satellite Anthology 4th Edition 1996
ARRL Satellite Anthology 5th Edition 1999
Weather Satellite Handbook, R. Taggart, 4th Edition, 1990
Weather Satellite Handbook, R. Taggart, 5th Edition, 1994-6
Reflections, Tansmission Lines and Antennas, Maxwell, 1990
ARRL Handbook 1957
ARRL Handbook 1963
ARRL Handbook 1968
ARRL Handbook 1972
ARRL Handbook 1978
ARRL Handbook 1981
ARRL Handbook 1984
ARRL Handbook 1989
ARRL Handbook 1996
Single Sideband for the Radio Amateur, 1965
Specialized Communications Techniques for the Radio Amateur, 1975
ARRL ANTENNA Anthology 1978
ARRL Antenna Book 10th Edition 1964
ARRL Antenna Book 13th Edition 1974
ARRL Antenna Book 14th Edition 1982
ARRL Antenna Book 16th Edition 1991
A Course in Radio Fundamentals 1960
A Course in Radio Fundamentals 1972
License Manual 1968
Your VHF Companion, 1992
The FCC Rule Book, 1989
The FCC Rule Book, 1995-97
VHF Manual, 1968
VHF Manual, 1972
Understanding Amateur Radio, 1963
Hints and Kinks, 1963
FM and Repeaters, 1972
FM and Repeaters, 1978
Operating Manual, 1980
Solid State Design, Wes Hayward, 1977
RSGB Texts
Radio Communication Handbook 4th Ed. 1969
VHF-UHF Manual, Evans & Jessop, 1977
Radio Data Reference Book, Jessop, 1967
OSCAR, Stratis Caramanolis, 1976
Space Radio Handbook, J. Branegan, 1991
Satellite Tracking Software for the Radio Amateur, J. Branegan, 1982
UOSAT-OSCAR-9 Technical Handbook, 1981
Understanding Space, An Introduction ot Astronautics, J. J. Sellers et. Al.,
McGraw Hill, 1994
Space Mission Analysis and Design, 2nd Edition, Larson, Wertz,
1992, Kluwer Academic Publishers
Satellite Communications, D. Roddy, 1989, Prentice Hall
Fundamentals of Astrodynamics, Bate, Mueller, White, 1971 Dover
Astrodynamics, Vol. 1, Herrick, 1971, Van Nostrand
Methods of Orbit Determination, 2nd Edition, Escobal, 1975, Wiley
Kinematics and Dynamics of Satellite Orbits, Selected Reprints from
American Journal of Physics, ~1950 - 1965
Space Navigation Handbook, NAVPERS 92988, 1961
Astronomy: Fundamentals and Frontiers, 2nd Ed., Jastrow, Thompson 1975, Wiley
Solar Radio Astronomy, Kundu, 1965, Interscience
Observer’s Handbook 1992, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Educator’s Guide for Building and Operating Environmental Satellite
Receiving Stations, 1989, NOAA Tech. Report NESDIS 44
From Here, Where? A space mathematics supplement
for secondary levels, NASA, 1965
Space Mathematics, A Resource for Teachers, NASA 1972
A Universe to Explore, NASA & National Science Teachers Assn. 1969
VHF Handbook for Radio Amateurs, Brier & Orr, 1974
Electronic Communications Systems, Tomasi, 1988, Prentice Hall
Communications Systems, Lathi, 1968, Wiley
Digital Processing of Speech Signals, Rabiner & Schafer, 1978, Prentice Hall
Single Sideband Principles and Circuits, Pappenfus et. Al. 1964, McGraw-Hill
Introduction to Microwave Theory, Atwater, 1962, McGraw-Hill
Antenna Engineering Handbook, Jasik, 1961, McGraw-Hill
RCA Receiving Tube Manual 1960
Radio Operator’s License Q&A Manual 7th Ed. Kaufman, 1968, Rider
Care and Feeding of Power Grid Tubes, 1967 Eimac/Varian
Electronic Warfare, Guthardt & Domenburg, AEG, Huthig Verlag (in English)
Eimac/Varian EME notes AS-49-1 through AS-49-36 complete (~1980-1982)
Electric Circuits, Edminister, Schaum’s Outline Series, 1965
General Electronics Circuits 2nd Edition, DeFrance, HRW, 1963
The Logic of Microspace, R. Fleeter, 2000, Microcosm Press
Classical Electricity and Magnetism, Panofsky and Phillips, 2nd Ed. 1962,
Addison Wesley
Classical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism, Abraham and Becker,
2nd English Ed. (original German 1930)
Foundations of Electromagnetic Theory, Reitz and Milford, 1960, Addison Wesley
Classical Electrodynamics, Jackson, 1963, Wiley
Procedures in Experimental Physics, Strong, 1938, Prentice Hall
Hardware
OSCAR Operations
ICOM IC-211 (2m ssb transceiver) Master oscillator problem
KLM Multi 2000 (2 m ssb transceiver) intermittent in rx if board
Ameco 6 and 2m cw xtal control (2 xtals for 2 m OSCAR uplink),
(40 watts) tube unit
Radio Shack scanner Rx (only used by little old
grandmother to monitor MIR downlink)
Misc
Bird Watmeter and slugs
CDE Ham III Rotator and cables (never used)
National NC 240-D Rx (~1948, working but much modified)
Several ARC-5 WW2 Rx’s (working) including 100-500kHz unit
Heathkit bench Power Supply (New, kit never built)
Knight Kit T-50 HF transmitter ~ 1958 with homebrew w2ym vfo
GE Progline 2m FM commercial tube (old, full documentation and cables!)
RCA Super-Carfone 2m FM commercial solid state.
(old, full documentation and cables!)
Homebrew 7MHz DSB suppressed carrier Tx
Large supply parts, tubes, homebrew gear
Coax Cable. Several nearly new RG-8 and RG-58 30-50ft runs with connectors.
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