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Stereo A/B Spacecraft Telemetry Reception at Bochum
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Amsat-DL Journal (D), Jg. 37, No. 3, Sep 2010. Stereo A/B Spacecraft Telemetry Reception at Bochum. Amsat-DL is fortunate to have priority use of the 20m diameter antenna at Bochum, restored to working order by many volunteers in 2002-3. But the only way really to understand how to use such a huge machine is to have regular challenges. Antenna control system. Figure 1. Orbits of Stereo-A and Stereo-B. NASA's STEREO spacecraft are two space-based observatories - one moving ahead of Earth in its orbit, the...
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Giving up on AT&T U-verse - ka9q
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Giving up on AT&T U-verse - ka9q. Giving up on AT&T U-verse. Oct 10th, 2013 08:34 pm. I'm finally giving up on AT&T's U-verse service after four years of frustration. Around October 1 AT&T pushed down a firmware update to my "residential gateway" (the AT&T-provided VDSL modem and router I must use) that supports IPv6. That would seem. That is, it blocks IPv4 protocol 41. AT&T's disregard for their customers is stunning. Not one of the bugs I documented shortly after I got the service in November 2009...
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The problem of overpriced electric vehicle charging equipment - ka9q
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The problem of overpriced electric vehicle charging equipment - ka9q. The problem of overpriced electric vehicle charging equipment. Oct 19th, 2011 02:20 am. Https:/ www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/auto. Gasoline pumps seem far more dangerous than extension cords. But they're not required to sense the presence of a car before letting gas flow. Nothing but common sense keeps you from squeezing the handle and spraying the gas on the ground.
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More Ecotality braindamage and incompetence - ka9q
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More Ecotality braindamage and incompetence - ka9q. More Ecotality braindamage and incompetence. Jul 13th, 2012 01:19 am. The web server on my Blink EVSE has been broken for the past several months. (EVSE = Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment, a fancy term for the now-standard-but-special extension cord used to charge an electric car.) Whenever I tried to connect to it, I got a "500 Server Error" message. Note added in response to a comment: no, this is. Have a web server - only worse. Read on.). A half ho...
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Created on 21 June 2005 (#7501195). Last updated on 16 November 2013. Http:/ www.ka9q.net/. Follow us on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. 1999 LiveJournal, Inc.
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Credit card insurance for rental cars? Don't believe it! - ka9q
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Credit card insurance for rental cars? Credit card insurance for rental cars? Nov 3rd, 2012 08:08 pm. VISA has finally paid! See the followup at the end. Well, don't believe it. At least not from VISA. The car was a hatchback. The cover over the rear storage compartment was missing, so the thief could see my bag through the rear window. Lesson learned: rent only sedans with trunks, not hatchbacks or vans, and if you can't get a sedan, carry everything or make sure anything you leave in it is very...It co...
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SOPA is horrific - ka9q
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SOPA is horrific - ka9q. Dec 19th, 2011 03:26 am. The proposed Stop Online Piracy Act is truly horrific. Please sign the petition shown here:.
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A silver lining to Hurricane Sandy - ka9q
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A silver lining to Hurricane Sandy - ka9q. A silver lining to Hurricane Sandy. Nov 18th, 2012 02:46 pm. Here's a fascinating story about the damage Hurricane Sandy did to Verizon's cable infrastructure in lower Manhattan:. Http:/ www.theverge.com/2012/11/17/3655. The Broad Street cable vault was filled with salt water for two days. Their ancient copper cable plant is completely destroyed, but fiber came through fine. Too bad we don't have hurricanes here in southern California. 2012-11-19 05:50 pm (UTC).
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Ecotality's brain damage continues - ka9q
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Ecotality's brain damage continues - ka9q. Ecotality's brain damage continues. Dec 11th, 2012 04:15 pm. You can see from a previous Livejournal entry. Just what I think about Ecotality and their (On The) Blink network of electric vehicle chargers. Their brain damage continues unabated. About the only useful feature of their bloated software is to delay charging to an off-peak electricity rate period. This. In a few months my agreement ends and the charger becomes mine. I can't wait. I will remove...I jus...
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Nov 15th, 2013 07:45 pm. Facebook security theater identity theft. United States, California, San Diego. Facebook sucks; I honestly can't understand its popularity. It has so many gratuitous and useless bells and whistles that I'm reminded of those busy box toys for toddlers. Not to be confused with the very useful software package whimsically called busybox. This happened again yesterday. While already logged in from home, minding my own business, I was told of Facebook's real-identity policy and pr...