October 2013 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Office Closed
by Martha 09 Oct '13

09 Oct '13

The AMSAT Office will be closed tomorrow. We will reopen on Friday, October 11th at 10:00AM EDST -- 73- Martha

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STAR COMM GROUP
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 09 Oct '13

09 Oct '13

Check us out at http://www.starcommgroup.org/ We are planning a couple of satellite contest in the near future . Details are being worked out for Grid Gorillas and 5 in EM 55 . We need more activity on the birds and we are trying to help Thanks WA4HFN em55 Damon

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Re: A reminder - Say "Hi" to Juno
by george abbott 09 Oct '13

09 Oct '13

I found it. Thank you. > CC: aa5pk(a)suddenlink.net; w5qx-talk(a)lists.rimbachvets.org; starcom-bb(a)star-com.net; amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > From: glasbrenner(a)mindspring.com > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: A reminder - Say "Hi" to Juno > Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 15:19:34 -0400 > To: ka1ajf(a)cox.net > > Click "How do I participate" at the link, and it's all there. > > 73, Drew KO4MA > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 8, 2013, at 3:01 PM, george abbott <ka1ajf(a)cox.net> wrote: > > > > What are the tx and receive frequencies. The link did not provide any useful information! > > > >> From: aa5pk(a)suddenlink.net > >> To: W5QX-Talk(a)lists.rimbachvets.org; starcom-BB(a)star-com.net; amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > >> Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 13:12:12 -0500 > >> Subject: [amsat-bb] A reminder - Say "Hi" to Juno > >> > >> Say "Hi" to Juno > >> > >> NASA's Juno spacecraft will fly past Earth on October 9, 2013 to receive a gravity assist from our planet, putting it on > >> course for Jupiter. To celebrate this event, the Juno mission is inviting amateur radio operators around the world to say > >> "HI" to Juno in a coordinated Morse Code message. Juno's radio & plasma wave experiment, called Waves, should be able to > >> detect the message if enough people participate. So please join in, and help spread the word to fellow amateur radio > >> enthusiasts! > >> > >> <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/hijuno/> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > >> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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More On Falcon 9 "Incident"
by B J 09 Oct '13

09 Oct '13

http://www.zarya.info/blog/?p=1604 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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Fwd: [sarex] Upcoming ARISS contact with S. K. Seri Suria, Bangsar, Selangor, Malaysia
by Sion Chow Q. C. 09 Oct '13

09 Oct '13

Dear All, I am reforwarding this to the AMSAT-BB reflector in case anyone is interested in this contact. Sorry for the bandwidth. 73, Sion, 9M2CQC Begin forwarded message: > From: "Sion Chow Q. C." <9w2qc(a)9w2qc.net> > Date: October 9, 2013 3:46:22 PM GMT+08:00 > To: sarex(a)amsat.org > Cc: "Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BARRIOS TECHNOLOGY] Ransom" <kenneth.g.ransom(a)nasa.gov> > Bcc: Sangat Singh <sangatsingh(a)gmail.com>, Richard Everitt <g4zfe(a)g4zfe.com> > Subject: Re: [sarex] Upcoming ARISS contact with S. K. Seri Suria, Bangsar, Selangor, Malaysia > > Dear All, > > We are pleased to inform that interested parties will be able to join this contact via our live webcasting at: > > http://www.angkasa.gov.my/sites/default/files/artikel/attachment/program_te… > > Thank you. > > 73, > Sion Chow Q. C., > 9M2CQC, WQ2C, 9V1QC, JG1XHM, > ex: 9W2QC, AB3IO > > > > On Oct 8, 2013, at 2:40 AM, <n4csitwo(a)bellsouth.net> wrote: > >> An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at S. K. Seri Suria, Bangsar, Selangor, Malaysia on 09 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:31 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and 9M2RPN. The contact should be audible over Malaysia and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. >> >> >> >> >> >> Our first ARISS contact was made in 2007 when, Malaysia's first Astronaut Shiekh Muzapher went on board ISS. We made 5 direct contacts when, some 80 school children to talked to him and asked questions. Since then it has become highly sought after yearly event which is tied up with the Prime Minister's Space Challenge Trophy. This year 2013 we would be making our 8th yearly contact. Since the schools do not have ground stations, they make use of Satellite Ground Station at National Planetarium established in 1995 under the call sign of 9M2RPN. The schools are the nurseries to produce future astronauts and space scientists. The forthcoming contact in October, 2013 provides the hands on experience and the seeding operation for tomorrow's space scientists. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: >> >> >> >> 1. How far do you have to go to escape gravity? >> >> 2. What is the escape velocity to reach ISS? >> >> 3. When you have achieved orbit what is the first thing that you do? >> >> 4. Is it hard to eat in space? >> >> 5. How does it feel to float in space? >> >> 6. How does one get treated in case of sudden sickness in space? >> >> 7. If there is air leak in ISS what emergency action would be taken? >> >> 8. Can you weigh yourself in weightlessness? >> >> 9. Do you sweat in space? >> >> 10. Can you grow seeds in space? >> >> 11. Can you see other satellites from the ISS? >> >> 12. What time zone do you observe in space? >> >> 13. How many sun rises and sun sets you see in space? >> >> 14. How often you get to speak to your families in space? >> >> 15. How is garbage disposed in space? >> >> 16. How do astronauts train for launch, orbit and reentry? >> >> 17. How would a candle burn in space? >> >> 18. Can you blow your nose in space? >> >> 19. If you sneeze in space do you float backwards? >> >> 20. Can you see stars in daytime when you are in space? >> >> >> >> >> >> PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: >> >> Sign up for the SAREX maillist at >> >> http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex >> >> >> >> Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the >> >> International Space Station (ARISS). >> >> >> >> To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status >> >> >> >> >> >> Next planned event(s): >> >> >> >> TBD >> >> >> >> ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries. >> >> >> >> ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada). >> >> >> >> Thank you & 73, >> >> David - AA4KN >> >> >> >> >> ---- >> Sent via sarex(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >> Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex >

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A reminder - Say "Hi" to Juno
by Glenn AA5PK 09 Oct '13

09 Oct '13

Say "Hi" to Juno NASA's Juno spacecraft will fly past Earth on October 9, 2013 to receive a gravity assist from our planet, putting it on course for Jupiter. To celebrate this event, the Juno mission is inviting amateur radio operators around the world to say "HI" to Juno in a coordinated Morse Code message. Juno's radio & plasma wave experiment, called Waves, should be able to detect the message if enough people participate. So please join in, and help spread the word to fellow amateur radio enthusiasts! <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/hijuno/>

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CT7ABD and RS0ISS over Portugal tonight
by Fabiano Moser 08 Oct '13

08 Oct '13

Hi, I had a nice voice QSO with the ESA Astronaut Luca Parmitano tonigh during a pass over Portugal, and thank him to share with us his experience. I have talk to 11 astronauts before, in more than 30 voice QSO´s, why I still came nervous over few QSO´s? :) Can sound funny but it´s my pleasure to share with you this moment: https://twitter.com/py5rx/status/387682319760257025/photo/1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKT8KTZuyJo best 73 Fabiano CT7ABD

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Re: A reminder - Say "Hi" to Juno
by george abbott 08 Oct '13

08 Oct '13

What are the tx and receive frequencies. The link did not provide any useful information! > From: aa5pk(a)suddenlink.net > To: W5QX-Talk(a)lists.rimbachvets.org; starcom-BB(a)star-com.net; amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 13:12:12 -0500 > Subject: [amsat-bb] A reminder - Say "Hi" to Juno > > Say "Hi" to Juno > > NASA's Juno spacecraft will fly past Earth on October 9, 2013 to receive a gravity assist from our planet, putting it on > course for Jupiter. To celebrate this event, the Juno mission is inviting amateur radio operators around the world to say > "HI" to Juno in a coordinated Morse Code message. Juno's radio & plasma wave experiment, called Waves, should be able to > detect the message if enough people participate. So please join in, and help spread the word to fellow amateur radio > enthusiasts! > > <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/hijuno/> > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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WD9EWK @ Kingman AZ Hamfest on Saturday (12 October 2013)
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 08 Oct '13

08 Oct '13

Hi! I will have an AMSAT table at the Mohave Amateur Radio Club's annual hamfest in Kingman, Arizona, this Saturday (12 October 2013). The hamfest will be at Centennial Park, on 3333 Harrison Street in Kingman. This park is along the north side of the I-40 freeway, between exits 51 (Stockton Hill Road) and 53 (Andy Devine Avenue/AZ-66). The hamfest is scheduled to run from 7am to 3pm (1400-2200 UTC). More information about the hamfest is available from: http://kingmanhamfest.com/ I plan to have WD9EWK on as many satellite passes as possible during the hamfest for on-air demonstrations of satellite operating. The hamfest site is in grid DM25xf, in Mohave County AZ. Please call WD9EWK if you hear me on a pass during the hamfest, and join in the demonstrations. Since Kingman is near a couple of grid boundaries, I plan on driving to one of those boundaries after the hamfest for some passes on Saturday afternoon and early evening (early Sunday, 13 October, UTC time) before driving home - if there are suitable passes at that time. The DM25/DM35 grid boundary is not too far from the hamfest site, running through the east side of Kingman. The DM24/DM25 grid boundary is about 20 miles/32km south of Kingman along I-40 heading toward California. I operated from both of these grid boundaries the last time I attended this hamfest in 2010, so I know these locations. I will have APRS running in my car, and should show up on the various APRS web sites as WD9EWK-9 as I am traveling around northwestern Arizona. As with the other hamfests I attend, I will upload all QSOs to Logbook of the World. If you would like to receive a QSL card for a QSO with WD9EWK on Saturday, please e-mail me with the QSO details. If you are in the log, you will get a card. No need to first send me a card or SASE/postage to receive my card. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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WD9EWK @ Kingman AZ hamfest on Saturday (12 October)
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 07 Oct '13

07 Oct '13

(Apologies in advance for a duplicate posting - my ISP is having e-mail issues now, not sure if my original e-mail will make it here) Hi! I will have an AMSAT table at the Mohave Amateur Radio Club's annual hamfest in Kingman, Arizona, this Saturday (12 October 2013). The hamfest will be at Centennial Park, on 3333 Harrison Street in Kingman. This park is along the north side of the I-40 freeway, between exits 51 (Stockton Hill Road) and 53 (Andy Devine Avenue/AZ-66). The hamfest is scheduled to run from 7am to 3pm (1400-2200 UTC). More information about the hamfest is available from: http://kingmanhamfest.com/ I plan to have WD9EWK on as many satellite passes as possible during the hamfest for on-air demonstrations of satellite operating. The hamfest site is in grid DM25xf, in Mohave County AZ. Please call WD9EWK if you hear me on a pass during the hamfest, and join in the demonstrations. Since Kingman is near a couple of grid boundaries, I plan on driving to one of those boundaries after the hamfest for some passes on Saturday afternoon and early evening (early Sunday, 13 October, UTC time) before driving home - if there are suitable passes at that time. The DM25/DM35 grid boundary is not too far from the hamfest site, running through the east side of Kingman. The DM24/DM25 grid boundary is about 20 miles/32km south of Kingman along I-40 heading toward California. I operated from both of these grid boundaries the last time I attended this hamfest in 2010, so I know these locations. I will have APRS running in my car, and should show up on the various APRS web sites as WD9EWK-9 as I am traveling around northwestern Arizona. As with the other hamfests I attend, I will upload all QSOs to Logbook of the World. If you would like to receive a QSL card for a QSO with WD9EWK on Saturday, please e-mail me with the QSO details. If you are in the log, you will get a card. No need to first send me a card or SASE/postage to receive my card. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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