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lol. eom
No Shares traded after 2+ hours...
never a good sign.
solidgold,
you're correct. Additionally, the only impact to investor would be if SSTY introduced new shares to the market after 3/15, then those shares would not qualify for div.
Relax "big spender" eom
bwalk63,
Did it ever occur to you that $160 to some people may be substantial? I think you missed his/her point?
odiaz28,
amex? How did that pop-up?
Thanks Minddoc7. eom
OK,
Wich one of you made the only 50,000 trade for $95.00 this morning?
Cimino told me on October 26th, that it (up list) should be soon... closer to the end than the beginning... yaddi yadda yadda... Don't put too much weight in SSTY's definition of soon.
Zamouri10,
Was this a rhetorical question you posted on RB? If not, we’ll get you a tutor to help you read Fridays PR.
This will be my last post to you--- replying to you is 30 seconds of my life that I’ll never get back.
Regards
http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=SSTY&read=38035
Zamouri10,
Send your condescending attitude somewhere else. Other may put up with it, not me.
Regards
Agree. IMO anytime a PPS climbs it's good (lol)
Seems illogical, but appears to be a nice swing/day trade for some.
2 big reasons
1) ONTV- low float moves quicker
2) completely different trading platform. SSTY's PPS means nothin' while it's trading on grays
ONTV PPS?
Any thougts regarding PPS after they increase ONTV outstanding shares from 24 million, to 250 million….. gut tells me we'll see .04 or less when this happens.
that being said... free shares are free share, restricted or not. I'll take 'em.
Big,
When I was told in October that they were making progress re-listing and they were closer to the end than the beginning—that’s what stings—I wish I had their calender. IMO, there has been ample time to validate the questionable PR’s and get the whole mess cleaned up and move boards. From what I understand, they still intend to up-list SSTY.
IMO, PPS doesn’t stand a chance if they 1) don’t get off the current trading platform and 2) don’t stop the dilution. This two things may slow down the bleeding but IMO, the only way to stop the bleeding and give us suckers a shimmer of hope is to “GENERATE REVENUE” It ain’t rocket science and get some financials filed. Personally I think the stock dividend is a joke. Shareholders have no clue what/when they’re getting … c’mon.
Are you still holding your wallpaper?
Regards
I wish i could disagree with you.
Are you the same kid that sits in the back seat asking, "Are we there Yet? Are we there yet?
You've had some good points in the past. If only you weren't so annoying when making your point public.
because there are no buyewrs at .0025
place your sell for .0015 and you may have a chance
danielgarcia/johncee1,
I think this is still open to interpretation still but if you guys are correct, those people swing trading ONTV are playing russian roulette. When they forward split ONTV to make room for SSTY shares--- the PPS is going to tumble.
Your thoughts?
Johncee,
you're preaching to the choir. I've been a shareholder since August 2003 and I've read every PR that the company published...approx 26 events since Cimino came on board and shareholders value has not appreciated. We all know these things take time and the company was in less than spectacular shape on 5/26/05 but the shell aquisition just appears to be smoke and mirrors to me.
Credibility IMO, would have been to focus on clearing SSTY's name and relisting to another board... in addtiion to moving the business forward.
It's like owning a car that you wrecked beyond repair, so you buy another car and hope your driving improved.
I plan on keeping every 'worthless' share in hopes that their driving improves.
Sorry, but you are wrong. They were delisted for vague dissemination of information (paraphrasing). They were moved from OTCBB to Pinks a while back for lack of Financial Statements. Please get your facts straight before making such a statement.
Again... suspension... yesterdays new... nuff said.
I agree with most of your other points. New management blew it. IMO, they will not recover and the smoke & mirrors with the public shell... c'mon... same company, same management ('05), different game.
I've already deemed my shares worthless, so i have no plans on selling- why bother.
Bigmellons,
You're beginning to be as annoying as the pumpers. What's up with "yesterdays" news. I think 7 months on the grays speaks for itself... don't you?
Bigmellon, I don't think you have the stomach for this game. Go buy a CD.
Starboy,
Yes, I have talked to Ron several times and you are correct, he answers his phone every time. He says they are moving to a new office, not sure the new address, no answer on old address. That answer does not help me much.
Starboy,
No, that's no at all what I'm saying. I can't prove they have or have not manufactured the True Product ID, so I would never make such a claim.
Are you referring to my Suneray comment? If so, then…
Suneray IS our China counterpart. This is stated in the 6/28/05 LTS. IMO Suneray is playing a very important and even critical roll in the China deal.
I find it disconcerting that nobody can prove to me that Suneray is a real company. All I asked of SSTY via email, was to provide me with physical evidence that Suneray is real. Give me an old address, new address, phone number… anything. I got nothin’
Anyone here could google Suneray…. Don’t know about you guys, but I come up empty. I also emailed 'info@beijing-china.net' to see if they can locate such a company, no response yet.
I’m NOT implying that Suneray is not real… I just can’t prove that they are.
Level 2 quotes will display the market maker (mm). Without the market makers the stock trades between brokers. market makers also set the bid/ask and I didn't see a bid/ask all day today. The wide bid/ask spread we've been seeing since the suspension was lifted is not indicative of market makers.
mm's need to fill out form 211 (link below) if they wish to resume trading ssty--- by doing this, they are accepting the risk of trading stock of a company being investigated by the sec. i don't think anyone on this board can show evidence that this form has been completed by any mm's yet.
ssty has made it clear that they are raising all financing thru the market--- if they can't sell shares, how long can they survive?
I’ve been in this stock a painful two years now. i wish i could find something uplifting to say.... but can't... struggling to even get ssty to provide proof suneray exists.
http://www.pinksheets.com/otcguide/form211.pdf
MM's are not involved in SSTY trading right now.
any shares trade yet?
I'm no expert but, it seems logical that if they're approaching their authorized share capacity then the only way to issue more shares would be via r/s keeping authorized as is and continue diluting. I don't know what the AS number is but I’m sure DeJong will provide if asked. If you look at the spread between outstanding and float it's approx 900mil... if you compare those number to share out in '04 it was hundreds of millions less in '04. Looks to me like they started the printing press beginning January '05. IMO if these guys R/S without before showing a nickel from all of the dilution this year- game is over.
I was in this since august '03 and saw the .42 high late '03... At that time I believe they only had 150m shares out. Not a whole lot to show for the massive dilution since.
There are 1.9 bil outstanding, 1 bil float. This was confirmed in an email to me by DeJong and Cimino.
Additionally if anyone took the time to read the Epstein filing it siys it right there...
ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.
(a) As of the date of this report, Mr. Epstein beneficially owns an aggregate
of 133,777,778 shares of Common Stock, which represents 7.04% of the Issuer's
Common Stock.
133,777,778 divided by 7.04% = 1,894,570,710
http://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/736314/000095012005000597/d672800.txt
Rocky,
Is there any rule/restriction that would prevent further dilution after a 1:15 split?
"The demand for our LightFoil(TM) product is coming from three use types: 1) airborne vehicles such as high-altitude airships and unmanned aerial vehicles;"
DayStar CEO Issues Operational Update and Details Major Milestone Events
Thursday April 21, 10:23 am ET
- Photovoltaic Foil(TM) Cells Are Now Being Produced
HALFMOON, N.Y., April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dr. John Tuttle, Chairman and CEO of DayStar Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: DSTI - News), a developer and manufacturer of patented and proprietary high performance, silicon-free solar cells on specialty metal foils, today released an operational update detailing fundamental progress that has been made by DayStar over the past three months. In a letter to fellow shareholders, Dr. Tuttle stated:
"As I pause for a moment and reflect on the past 12 months, I'm inspired by all that our team has accomplished. Looking forward, I'm energized by our position and the enormous opportunities we expect to aggressively capture in the coming months. The DayStar team continues to execute incremental strategies to achieve the high-value goal of continuous manufacturing of solar cells. In this regard, I am delighted to provide our growing family of shareholders with the following update related to our activity over the past three months.
"In the technology area, we have successfully transferred our solar cell production processes from our California to our New York facility. Our GEN-I production development line has been consistently producing solar cells on glass and metallic substrates. Moreover, we have surpassed the 10% cell efficiency benchmark and look to improve upon that in the near future. Our GEN-I line is an invaluable tool for prototyping our Photovoltaic Foil(TM) products, up to 100-cm2 in size, and benchmarking process steps for our GEN-II line. We look forward to reporting state-of-the-art cell performance as we improve our baseline processing.
"Further, I am very pleased to report that we have successfully made our first solar cells employing our GEN-II production methodology. Our initial product focus on GEN-II is 100mm cell coupons, though we plan to transition to 125mm substrates in the near future as normal optimization and tuning of the line takes place. The performance of the cells is better than we had anticipated at this juncture and we expect to surpass the 10% benchmark in the coming weeks. Producing cells off of GEN-II now allows us to supply our Photovoltaic Foil(TM) to our qualified and growing list of near term customers and is a significant incremental step toward accomplishing GEN-III roll to roll line development.
"In my previous update in February, I described the expansion capabilities designed into our HalfMoon, NY production facility. Our initial intent was to demonstrate a 1-MW/yr production capability with the proceeds of the 2004 $10.5M IPO. However, with the overwhelming response to, and demand for, our high specific power LightFoil(TM) product from the defense, homeland security and commercial marketplace, we built into our facility the capability of expanding to 10 MW/yr of production capacity.
"The demand for our LightFoil(TM) product is coming from three use types: 1) airborne vehicles such as high-altitude airships and unmanned aerial vehicles; 2) military land uses including remote battlefield sensor power, solar charging blankets, and portable power; and 3) commercial OEM uses for consumer devices, clothing etc. In many cases, the desired cell performance and cost characteristics are different. Our GEN-I and GEN-II production methodologies lend themselves to meeting these variable customer requirements.
"LightFoil(TM) products represent a significant high margin, immediate and incremental revenue channel while we keep our long term focus squarely on GEN- III and our silicon solar cell replacement product for use in conventional flat-plate modules. In the coming weeks and months, we will be releasing the details behind these product strategies, as well as definitive information regarding many new customer relationships.
"You may have noticed in the press recently the numerous articles regarding the silicon supply problem and the many challenges it is causing for the solar industry in terms of price, availability and scalability. This situation continues to hamper the industry and has resulted in a market that is currently sold out and is forecasted to continue to be sold out until at least 2007 or beyond. As DayStar's Photovoltaic Foil(TM) products do not depend on this feedstock material, we routinely receive order inquiries from potential customers from around the world. Given this prevailing market dynamic, the implication is that DayStar will be successful at selling all Photovoltaic Foil(TM) that we are capable of manufacturing over the next several years.
"This situation graphically illuminates the advantages of our strategy and value proposition -- silicon-free CIGS solar cells, low cost, high-throughput manufacturing processes and highly flexible form factors. When DayStar has reached full GEN-III production, cost, form factor and scalability problems could be a problem of the past for the solar industry supply chain.
"As you can see, DayStar is intent on leading the way in industry innovation and technology. We are laser-focused and plan to innovate and deliver product the world has never seen. Our business model is compelling when you recognize the enormity of the market and the products we are preparing to meet the overwhelming demand.
"As I write this letter, we are beginning active discussions regarding our future financing requirements. Our 'A' and 'B' warrants afford the opportunity, when exercised, for approximately $60 million to be infused into DayStar at almost no cost to us. Moreover, many market indicators point to DayStar achieving greater price appreciation of our Common Stock. With that in mind, we look forward to capitalizing on opportunities to strengthen our balance sheet so that we may readily fund our expansion and growth. Rest assured, however, we will remain vigilant in protecting the shareholder value we have built thus far, and intend to carefully and thoughtfully balance the need for capital and expansion as we move forward.
"In closing, I want to underscore the accomplishments of 2004 and to articulate for you, my fellow shareholders, the enormous enthusiasm we all share for driving DayStar forward and continuing to hit milestones and increase shareholder value along the way. We are embarking on an exciting journey that is not without its challenges, however, we are confident in our abilities and our resolve to deliver to the world an efficient cost effective alternative to current sources of energy," concluded Tuttle.
About DayStar Technologies, Inc.
DayStar Technologies, Inc. is an emerging leader in manufacturing low cost, high efficiency Photovoltaic Foil(TM) that converts sunlight into energy. The Company's patented and proprietary products utilize silicon-free CIGS solar cells, which are deposited on specialty metal foils using production processes adapted from commodity computer component manufacturing. DayStar believes the unique combination of its CIGS solar cell design coupled with inexpensive manufacturing processes can lead to solar electricity at commercially viable rates. For more information on the Company, please visit www.daystartech.com.
SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT: This news release contains "forward-looking statements" that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. "Forward-looking statements" describe future expectations, plans, results, or strategies and are generally preceded by words such as "future," "plan" or "planned," "will" or "should," "expected," "anticipates," "draft," "eventually" or "projected." You are cautioned that such statements are subject to a multitude of risks and uncertainties that could cause future circumstances, events, or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements, including risks that our products may not achieve customer acceptance or that they will not perform as expected, and other risks identified in our annual report on Form 10-K and other filings with the SEC. You should consider these factors in evaluating the forward-looking statements included herein, and not place undue reliance on such statements. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and DayStar Technologies Inc. undertakes no obligation to update such statements.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050421/sfth060.html?.v=10
stratncash,
It's right in the 3/15/05 letter to shareholders
"The exact address and details will be released on the week of April 4th"
http://www.globetel.net/about/letter.html
Q3 ’04 10-QSB states
“…the cost of each tracking earth station will not exceed $7 million and that each earth station (if more than one) will have the ability to cover several deployed airships at one time.”
My questions are
1)Are the ”earth stations” individual brick and mortar locations in proximity with a group of Stratellites?
2)I assume these “earth stations” are equipped with monitoring and launch/retrieval type equipment. Will these stations be manned or unmanned and connected remotely?
-Kyle
Welcome back Rock-
The January 27 PR regarding the building and launching of Strats throughout South America seemed to be open ended, since there were no timelines addressed. IMO, the PR seemed rather premature being release prior a test launch or proof of concept. I realize there is material difference between a contract and an agreement but I would expect some follow up PR with more details Q2/Q3 or post launch would you agree?
Also this year as Huff Stated, to paraphrase.. is the year to tell our story. Based on your experience with GlobTel, do you think they will take on the marketing campaigns themselves to help put their product front-and-center or do you think they hire a marketing firm?
March 21, 2005
TELECOM
Aerial Base Station
Trying again: stratospheric airships for communications
By Steven Ashley
Image: SANSWIRE NETWORKS STRATELLITE
POOR MAN’S SATELLITE: High-tech airship could fly for months above a city to provide Wi-Fi coverage.
The plan is familiar: park an antenna high in the stratosphere and then relay signals to and from devices below. Such an airborne transceiver could blanket urban areas with wireless coverage more cheaply than satellite-based alternatives while avoiding the need to build forests of mast-mounted base stations on the ground. In the past, various remote-controlled airplanes, balloons and blimps have been proposed to keep antennas aloft for months on end, but few have ever made it into the air, and none have operated commercially.
Previous failures, however, do not daunt the latest contender for the prize. This spring engineers at Sanswire Networks, an Atlanta-based Wi-Fi provider, plan to test a prototype of a high-tech airship that they claim could supply mobile communications service to major metropolitan areas for as long as 18 months at a stretch. "It's like a big pontoon boat in the sky," says company chairman Michael K. Molen. If the concept proves successful, fleets of whale-shaped "Stratellites"--short for stratospheric satellites--will fly 20 kilometers up to where the air is so thin that solar-powered electric motors can keep the $10-million-plus ships in geostationary "orbits."
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa004&articleID=0003D39D-9B5B-1213-987F83414B7F011C
Rock,
I agree, it seemed clear by the attendees at the summit. Probably naïve of me to think the military wouldn’t have multiple irons in the fire.
Military has immediate interest in Near Space Communication. Would be nice to see the same interest by the military w/ Strat.
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0317evballoon17.html
Military looking at Chandler technology
Balloon-borne system could connect troops
Stephanie Paterik
The Arizona Republic
Mar. 17, 2005 12:00 AM
CHANDLER - The military announced Wednesday that it may tap a Chandler company to improve communication between ground troops in Iraq and Afghanistan with, of all things, rubber balloons.
Space Data Corp. of Chandler maintains a balloon-borne wireless network above a patch of the United States stretching from Arizona to Arkansas. It regularly releases 6-foot-wide balloons equipped with payloads into "near space," about 100,000 feet above sea level, to support two-way data communication in rural and remote areas. Oil and gas companies use the network to monitor and control well sites.
The same technology could be used to drastically improve communication between troops without resorting to expensive satellites, said Capt. David Donahue, project officer for the Air Force Space Battlelab. The Battlelab searches for existing products and technology that could help the military. advertisement
"We're trying to help the guy on the ground," Donahue said. "That's where the need is right now."
Troops have two-way radios that can be used up to 12 miles apart on flat terrain. A $20,000 balloon could expand that range up to 400 miles without using a multimillion-dollar satellite.
Battlelab officials are in Arizona this week testing the technology and offered about 25 members of the Army, Navy and media a demonstration Wednesday morning. It took 15 minutes to fill a yellow balloon with hydrogen, walk it to the middle of the parking lot and release it at Space Data's south Chandler facilities.
The balloon would travel past clouds and jet streams, said Eric A. Frische, chief technical officer and co-founder of Space Data.
"This enables a tactical planner to effectively launch a small satellite as needed," he said. "We're doing some darn fun things."
A balloon can support communication for about 12 hours before the payload batteries wear out. Then the payload drifts to the ground on a parachute. Space Data retrieves its balloons, although military officials said they likely would not.
Donahue said the system has great potential but needs to be more user-friendly. A procurement team will review the technology next before a decision is made.
The balloons could have multiple military uses, said Col. Kent Traylor, vice commander of the Space Warfare Center in Colorado Springs.
"We're just scratching the surface of what the capability is," he said after watching the balloon launch. "We need to do more testing. Whether it's Army or Navy, we need to continue to look at other ways to use it."
Sorry, wrong link on previous post...
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/57397
11.03.2005 16:11
Uncertain market potential for stratosphere platforms
The Office of Technology Assessment at the German Parliament (TAB) has released a report on the potential of "lighter-than-air" technology. Reinhard Grünwald, one of the authors of the TAB report, told heise online that "a lot of basic research still has to be done before such a thing can even be built if it has to run 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at an altitude of 20 km."
Theoretically, high-altitude platforms (HAPs) could act as flying relay stations for telecommunications to cover entire cities in regions -- a concept that high-frequency technicians find to be a very attractive alternative to terrestrial copper and fiber-optic cables. These vessels could remain suspended at an altitude of 20 to 25 km in the stratosphere without having to use any energy, and unlike telecommunications satellites they could be brought back to ground for maintenance, repairs, and upgrades of new hardware and software, thus making them much cheaper in all likelihood. It would only take around 10 such HAPs to provide broadband services to a country the size of Germany. However, the technologies needed for propulsion, energy supply, and materials for the shell are far from being ready for operation.
The study (PDF) concludes that the great risks and costs of development are therefore the primary obstacle to market launch. Another important risk factor is time: the long development time leaves the door open for dynamic communications infrastructures to close the market gap quickly. HAPs would then only be interesting in developing and newly industrialized nations, whose infrastructure is less developed.
However, the experts who contributed to the report assessed the potential of the "monitoring market" to be greater. Here, stratosphere platforms are mostly competing with satellites and unmanned reconnaissance planes called drones. The US is considering using HAPs for border patrol as part of its "homeland defense". According to a concept study of the US Defense Department, ten such stratosphere vessels would suffice for this task. (Craig Morris) / (anw/c't)