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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/XDBVDZ7PZSX2WPKHU4UITNWZJQEIZY6R/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "W847527298177301229709290@webmail31", "message_id_hash": "XDBVDZ7PZSX2WPKHU4UITNWZJQEIZY6R", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/XDBVDZ7PZSX2WPKHU4UITNWZJQEIZY6R/", "sender": { "address": "pat (a) patkilroy.com", "mailman_id": "05cbf13cd71a4606b24ad8d3c3d6a996", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/05cbf13cd71a4606b24ad8d3c3d6a996/emails/" }, "sender_name": "Pat Kilroy", "subject": "[amsat-dc] MD-DC Area Test Team ARISS L-Band Challenge", "date": "2008-12-19T17:54:50Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "Hi! Anyone want to experiment with me? \n\nTo try a contact through the ARISS cross-\nband repeater in L/V mode (see announcement \nbelow), I have an L-band antenna, feedline, \nand all the V-band equipment. \n\nBut I need someone with a means to transmit \nFM voice on 1269.650 MHz. \n\nShall we team up? \n\nOtherwise, anyone have an L-band transverter \nin good working condition to loan or sell \nsoon? \n\nCheers,\n\nPat\nN8PK\nSykesville, Md. 21784 (FM19mk) Carroll Co. \n\n\n> -----Original Message-----\n> From: ARRL Letter Mailing List\n> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 11:19 AM\n> To: [email protected]\n> Subject: The ARRL Letter, Vol 27, No 50 (Friday, December 19, 2008)\n> \n> ***************\n> The ARRL Letter\n> Vol. 27, No. 50\n> December 19, 2008\n> ***************\n> \n> IN THIS EDITION:\n> \n[snip]\n> * + ARISS Finalizes Plans for Silver Anniversary of Amateur Radio from\n> Space \n[snip]\n> \n> +Available on ARRL Audio News <http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/audio/> \n> \n> REMINDER: There will be no ARRL Letter or ARRL Audio News on Friday\n> December 26, 2008 or January 2, 2009. Both the Letter and the Audio News\n> will return on Friday, January 9, 2009.\n> \n[snip]\n> \n> ==> ARISS FINALIZES PLANS FOR SILVER ANNIVERSARY OF AMATEUR RADIO FROM\n> SPACE \n> \n> The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)\n> <http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm> team is currently celebrating the\n> silver anniversary -- 25 years -- of Amateur Radio operations from\n> space. According to ARISS International Chairman Frank Bauer, KA3HDO,\n> the crew on the International Space Station (ISS) has configured the\n> radio to support cross-band repeater operations. They have also\n> supported some SSTV downlinks and participated in a special test of 9600\n> baud packet radio operations on the simplex frequency of 145.825 MHz.\n> After December 19, Bauer said he expects the ISS ham radio system to be\n> on the 145.825 MHz frequency supporting 1200 baud packet. If PCSAT is\n> configured during the week, he said double hop APRS is possible.\n> \n> \"During the week of December 21-26, we plan to support the cross-band\n> repeater mode with a twist,\" Bauer said. \"Our intent is to configure the\n> radio for 145.99 MHz uplink -- including CTCSS tone of 67.0 and 437.80\n> MHz down. This will be performed in low power mode. We should also note\n> that an extra-vehicular activity (EVA) is planned for that week --\n> Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, and Flight Engineer Yury\n> Lonchakov, RA3DT, plan to perform a spacewalk on December 22. As per\n> standard procedure, the ISS ham radio system will be turned off for the\n> EVA.\"\n> \n> Bauer said that from December 28-January 3, the cross-band repeater will\n> be reconfigured for what he called \"a special experiment. This will be a\n> test of our L-Band uplink capability, which, to date, has not been\n> proven out. Plan for an uplink of 1269.65 MHz and a downlink on the\n> standard frequency of 145.80 MHz, using low power,\" he said. \"Given the\n> substantial cable losses of the L-band system, we hope some 'big guns'\n> are able to penetrate through, keep up with Doppler and make the\n> connection.\"\n> \n> A special certificate is being developed for those who communicate with\n> the ISS from November 30, 2008 to January 15, 2009. This certificate\n> will be awarded to those who have had two-way communications with the\n> ISS on voice, packet (APRS) or through the voice repeater. Those who\n> hear the ISS from space in any of the ARISS operations modes -- voice,\n> SSTV, school contact, voice repeater or digital - will also be eligible\n> to receive a certificate.\n> \n> To receive the certificate, Bauer said to note the ARISS mode of\n> operation (such as SSTV, voice or school) on your QSL and whether the\n> contact was one-way (receive only) or two-way. \"You should send your\n> self-addressed, stamped envelope to the normal ARISS QSL volunteer\n> distributor in your area of the world,\" he explained. \"On the outside of\n> the QSL envelope, please include the words '25th Anniversary\n> Certificate.' Make sure your envelope is big enough to accept an 8.5 x\n> 11 inch certificate and includes the proper postage.\" If you do not know\n> where to send your QSL, check the ARISS Web site\n> <http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#ARISS_Update--25th_Anniversary_of_Ha\n> m_Radio_in_Space> to find the one that serves your part of the world.\n> \n> \"We will be sending your certificate to the volunteer distributors in\n> bulk after the event is over,\" Bauer said. \"This saves workload and\n> money. So do not expect to see it until 1-2 months after the event\n> closes on January 15.\"\n> \n> Bauer reminded hams that due to ISS flight requirements related to\n> spacewalks and vehicle activity, the radio onboard the ISS may be off\n> for some portion of this schedule. School contacts and general QSO\n> opportunities by the crew will also preempt this schedule for short\n> periods of time. \"But remember that if you hear these,\" he said, \"you\n> still qualify for a commemorative certificate. Enjoy the ARISS ops on\n> ISS!\"\n> \n> ==\n[snip]\n\n=====\n>From Weekly Satellite Report WSR-353:\n\nINTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS\nCatalog number: 25544\nLaunch date: November 20, 1998\n\nStatus: Operational\n\nCurrent Active Modes: FM Repeater - U/v\n Voice - V/v\n BBS - V/v \n APRS - V/v 9k6\n SSTV - V/v\n\nExpedition 18 Crew:\nCommander: Mike Fincke KE5AIT\nFlight Engineer: Yury Lonchakov RA3DT\nFlight Engineer: Sandra Magnus KE5FYE\n\n\nAvailable Modes and Frequencies:\n\nDigital/APRS:\nWorldwide packet uplink: 145.825 MHz FM 9k6\nWorldwide packet downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM 9k6\n\nVoice:\nRegion 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM\nRegion 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM\nWorldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM\n\nCrossband Repeater:\nRepeater Uplink: 437.800 MHz FM\nRepeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM\n\nSSTV Robot 36:\nDownlink: 145.800 MHz FM\n\nMode and Antenna Polarization:\nV: Linear\nU: Linear\n\nCallsigns:\nBelgian: OR4ISS\nGerman: DP0ISS\nRussian: RS0ISS\n RZ3DZR\nUnited States: NA1SS\nPacket Mailbox: RS0ISS-11\nDigipeater callsign: ARISS\n\nOfficial ARISS Webpage: http://www.rac.ca/ariss\nISS Fan Club Webpage: http://www.issfanclub.com\nAPRS tracking page: http://www.ariss.net/\n\nISS Daily Crew Schedule: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines\nRemember that the crew operates on UTC time. Also, all of the time\nline is NOT translated from Russian and posted.\n[121812008]\nNNNN\n/EX\n\n\n\n\n", "attachments": [] }