October 2008 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

ARISS online Schedule
by PE0SAT 22 Oct '08

22 Oct '08

Hi, A little late, but where can I find an online schedule of the ARIS missions. 73's PE0SAT

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ISS SSTV and Voice over UK, 1015UTC pass
by Gordon J. C. Pearce MM3YEQ 22 Oct '08

22 Oct '08

http://www.gjcp.net/~gordonjcp/na1ss-2210081115.jpg http://www.gjcp.net/~gordonjcp/na1ss-2210081117.jpg http://www.gjcp.net/~gordonjcp/na1ss-2210081119.jpg I could also (just at the end of the pass when Doppler was making it sound a bit "detuned") hear Richard talking to ON6HN Gordon

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SSTV Active This Morning
by David Barber 22 Oct '08

22 Oct '08

SSTV alive and well this morning. More great pictures.

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Re: ARISS 9M2RPN 21st Oct
by Sangat Singh 22 Oct '08

22 Oct '08

> > *9M2RPN CALLING OR4ISS* > > Dateline: 21st October, 2008 > > AOS: 08:32 UTC LOS 08:42 > > "OR4ISS This is 9M2RPN calling. How copy Richard?" > > At the very first call Richard Garriot, W5KWQ came back with the > proverbial "Ton of Bricks" 5/9 + signal. > > Without further ado we started with the 16 school children who had lined > up and raring to fire questions. Richard answered each and every one of > them with the usual aplomb. The shinning faces of the kids had to be. They > were on cloud nine. > > Since we had about 30 seconds to spare, we put Maj. Faiz, 9W2FIZ, on > the mike. He was one of the two Malaysian finalists trained at Yuri > Gagarin Astronaut Training Centre in Start City. He also had Mike > Fincke, KE5AIT, the commander of present Expedition 18 training at the same > time at the Star City. > > ARISS programme is indeed reaping rich harvest in disseminating Space > knowledge and nurturing the Space scientists of tomorrow. > > > > 9M2RPN operated by:- > > Sangat, 9M2SS & Sion, 9W2QC > -- Sangat Singh 53, Jln. Perdana National Planetarium 50480 Kuala Lumpur (MALAYSIA) Mobile: +60122838873 Office: +60322787388 FAX: +60322738873 Skype ID: sukhija

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Chandrayan Launch Success
by Prathap Kumar 22 Oct '08

22 Oct '08

Hi All By now most of you must have seen the live launch early this morning. On behalf of Amsat India and the Ham Community, Congratualtions to ISRO and all those associated with the successful launch of Chandrayan Mission. Great achievement and best wishes to all those " Magnificent Men and their Flying Missions" for all their future missions. (reminds of an old flick "those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines ) Best 73 Pop VU2POP Secy Amsat India

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Rotator
by Arlon Nelson 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

I have the Kansas City tracker which I'm afraid I'll have to change out. I have the Yaesu G-5400B and using SatPc32. Any suggestions which one would be the best? Thanks 73, Nels, WØTUP Minot, North Dakota anelson(a)min.midco.net - w0tup(a)arrl.net http://min.midco.net/ws Ward County - Grid Locator DN98if SKCC 31T - Flying Pigs 590 - QRPp-I #760 ARRL - FISTS #8610 - CC #1310 - FISTS WAS #143 FISTS PLATINUM #365 - FISTS SILVER #367 ARRL SSTV WAS #33 - IVCA MIXED BAND SSTV #1 40 MTR CW WAS - DXCC # 39623 RTTY WAS # 585 - A1 OPERATOR CLUB COMMERCIAL RADIO OPERATORS LICENSE *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* CLUB CALL - WØJER (MAGIC CITY QRP CLUB) FISTS #11975 SKCC #1000 *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Two antennas met on a tower, fell in love and got married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

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ARISS Update October 21, 2008
by Frank H. Bauer 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

All, I think you all can agree that this has been a stellar and an historic week for Amateur Radio on the International Space Station! Speaking on behalf of the ARISS international team of volunteers and the AMSAT community, we really appreciate the overwhelming flood of positive comments that we have received from the ham radio community and the general public regarding the ham radio operations on ISS this past week. Collectively, we have all made history..starting with Richard, W5KWQ and his father Owen, W5LFL and continuing with all of you that participated and/or volunteered in his ISS journey. And along the way, we have sparked the imaginations of thousands of students. Got more interest in satellite operations. And, I understand, excited some youths to the point where they are now licensed. Richard Garriott, W5KWQ has been extremely prolific on the ARISS ham radio system, making hundreds of voice contacts, operating the packet system during the crew sleep times and transmitting hundreds of SSTV images throughout the day. He put the newest ARISS hardware, the Kenwood VC-H1 to good use, performing the vast majority of contacts with this hardware system coupled with the Kenwood D700 Transciever. The remaining SSTV downlinks were performed with the software-based SSTV system---using either the SpaceCam software or MMSSTV software that are on-board ISS. Given the limited availability of ISS computer systems, the ARISS team will continue to utilize the VC-H1 well after Richard's flight. So don't be surprised if you see some VC-H1 SSTV operations from Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, during his stay as the commander of Expedition 18. The team apologizes for the temporary shut-down of the ARISS SSTV server. We have been a victim of our own success in that the site has been overwhelmed by the popularity of Richard's SSTV images. We hope to get the system operational very soon. This may take a URL change, so please check the listservs and the ARISS SSTV blog http://www.ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/ for updated information. http://www.ariss.org will also carry updates. ARISS Development and Operations As a reminder to all, the ARISS team is an international volunteer working group that is sponsored by three major entities in each ISS region---the National Amateur Radio Society, the International AMSAT organization and the National Space Agency. The 5 regions that comprise the ISS development are Canada, Europe Japan, Russia, and the USA. In the USA, the two ham radio sponsors are the ARRL and AMSAT-NA. NASA is the USA space agency sponsor. Over 12 years ago, the formulation of the ARISS working group was a specific request from NASA. They wanted the amateur radio community to internationally consolidate into one team all the development and operations of the ISS Ham radio system. This specific request from NASA, and ultimately the other space agencies, was to provide a single focus of ham radio on ISS within the amateur radio community and within the space agencies. As a result, the 5 international delegations that make up ARISS tightly coordinate the day-to-day mission operations as well as the strategic hardware development planning and implementation. The success of this past week would not have been realized without this tight coordination, particularly between our Russian colleagues, led by Sergey Samburov, RV3DR and our international operations team, led by Will Marchant, KC6ROL. Individuals are always welcome to volunteer their support to ARISS through their regional delegation. Please see the ARISS web site http://www.ariss.org for more information on your regional delegates. Voice QSOs We have received some reports of individuals providing advice to the ISS on-orbit crew or making specifc requests to the ISS crew to change or modify the ARISS hardware, on-board software or ham radio operations. The ARISS team would like to remind the amateur community that we all have a duty to the international space agencies to coordinate ISS ham radio operations through ARISS. Our advice to you is that if you have a specific request or idea, that you forward it to one of the ARISS international delegates or ARISS team leaders. These individuals are identified on the ARISS web site http://www.ariss.org. Also, please remember that there are a *lot* of hams that would like to get their QSO with the ISS (including me!) So please use courtesy and keep your contact short. And once you have made a contact, please do not go for a repeat.despite the intense temptation to do so. I think you all know that this is an "open" hobby. So all are listening in, observing and remembering your operating habits. On behalf of the ARISS team, I thank you all for your interest in Ham Radio on ISS. Enjoy the contacts! And remember the ARISS teams and organizations that have made the ham radio system on ISS such a tremendous success. This includes the national amateur radio societies and international AMSAT organizations. As well as the international space agencies and the ISS on-board crew members. 73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO AMSAT-V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs ARISS International Chairman

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ISS silent!
by Luc Leblanc 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

No SSTV or phone contact has been heard on the 1425 pass here. I guess some issues developped up there? any ideas? "-" Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

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NA1SS Contact over Northwest NorthCarolina
by Robert Felt 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Tuesday 10-21-08 NABS, Richard Garriott (aka W5KWQ), has been very busy this past week. Every ISS pass over the Eastern North America has had either space to ground SSTV or voice contacts. (except during sleep times). Sunday, Monday and Tuesday he worked mostly voice contacts. It took me three days to finally get a QSL from him at 1106Z this morning !!! I bet he had a pile-up on his hands. Does anybody know how /if Richard will work QSL cards ? //Bob - KB5YZG //

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ARISS SSTV offline until later today
by Will Marchant 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Dear AMSAT-BB members: Sorry for the inconvenience, but the ARISS SSTV server will be down for the next few hours. The Internet connection to the site has been overwhelmed by the popularity of Richard's images. We're working feverishly to get another site online in the next few hours. The URL to access the site will change and I'll report back on that as soon as possible. Please continue to collect imagery from Richard and we'll be back online again as soon as possible. Thanks very much for your patience and support! 73, Will -- Will Marchant, NAR 13356, Tripoli 10125 L3, AMA 800142, FBIS kc6rol(a)amsat.org http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/will/

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