Date   : Wed, 01 Sep 2004 13:58:20 +0100
From   : "Charles Blackburn" <charlesb@...>
Subject: Fw: Amsat and astrid receiver

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clive Wallis" <clivew@...>
To: "Charles Blackburn" <charlesb@...>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: Amsat and astrid receiver


> Hi Charles,
>
> Many thanks for your e-mail.  How nice to hear from you. Pleased to hear
> that you have an interest in the BBC micro.   I still have mine, and as
> you will have seen from the website, I run a small library for AMSAT-UK.
>
> > there's a discussion about the bbc and the astrid receiver currently on
> > the bbc computer mailing list to which i've cc'd this email.
>
> I've never looked at this list.  Thanks for the URL.
>
> >the messsages may be in the
> > archive but basically, they wanted to know whether Oscar11 was still
> > operational and whether the astrid can still be used or not.
>
> OSCAR-11 is still operational.  It transmits ASCII telemetry for ten
> days, followed by ten days of silence.  It's just about to switch off,
> either later today or early tomorrow.  I'm expecting it to restart
> around 11 Septembe for another ten days.
>
> If the ASTRID receiver has been OK in the past for UO-11, it should be
> OK now.  I don't know much about the ASTRID.  Does it include a built-in
> demodulator, with a switch for UO-9/11?
>
> There is a LOT of information about using the satellite on my web site.
>
> > After a trawl through google, i found your site and noted you had some
> > information on bbc software etc. I was wondering, I can provide hosting
> > would you be willing to archive the software (assuming you still have
it)
> > for preservations' sake?
>
> Yes, that sounds a good idea. I've been thinking about closing the
> library sometime in the future, as I don't get any demand for programs,
> and eventually I'll probably switch off the Beeb for good.
>
> Could you let me know what would be involved in the archiving.  I'll let
> you have a list of the library programs, in a day or so.
>
> -- 
> 73
>
> Clive    G3CWV
>
>          Hitchin, North Hertfordshire, UK.
>
>


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