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Upcoming ARISS contact with Eleanor Palmer School, London, United Kingdom
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 30 Oct '15

30 Oct '15

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Eleanor Palmer School, London, United Kingdom on 04 Nov. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:51 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VK6MJ. The contact should be audible over portions of Australia and adjacent areas. Interested participants are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Eleanor Palmer Primary School, a non-selective community school, is located in central London in the United Kingdom. London is an exciting and dynamic capital city and its schools are the best in the country, attributed to the social and ethnic diversity, excellent local leadership and the quality of teaching. Eleanor Palmer is a relatively small school of around 220 pupils with single classes of 30 children per year. Our youngest pupils are 3 years old and our oldest 11 years old. Due to our central London location we are a highly diverse and inclusive school with staff and children from many different backgrounds. Our pupils achieve highly as judged by national benchmarks. One of our core aims as a school is to inspire in all pupils a love of learning and the desire to continue to learn and we therefore seek to provide a rich and broad curriculum opening minds and creating opportunities. We hope that our contact with the ISS will inspire pupils to go on to learn more about space through the study of science, technology, engineering and math. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What have you seen that is more beautiful than earth? 2. Who or what inspired you to choose this job? 3. Does being in space make you feel differently about earth? 4. What can you learn from the ISS that you cannot learn on earth? 5. Will normal people who are not astronauts be able to visit space in the ISS one day? 6. How do you sleep? 7. Is it quiet up there in the ISS? 8. When you get back to earth, do you have to re-train your muscles? 9. Can you call home? 10. Do you all have to be scientists? 11. What do you think is the most important things children should know about space? 12. What time zone do you use? 13. Do you have plants on the ISS? 14. What has been your favourite experiment? 15. How does your brain respond to micro gravity? 16. How do you wash your clothes? 17. If you cry in space, with laughter, what happens to your tears? 18. What do you want to do when you come back to earth? 19. How do you get enough oxygen? 20. Is it more scary taking off from earth or returning to earth? 21. What is your energy source on the ISS? 22. What does it feel like to be in space? 23. Is it always dark in space? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: 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): 1. Dragonskolan, Umeå, Sweden, telebridge via VK6MJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Thu Nov. 5, 2015, 10:35 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA. 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/ Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Re: [amsat-bb] InstantTrack on Win10?
by Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL 30 Oct '15

30 Oct '15

At 01:36 PM 10/30/2015 +0000, Ed K9EK <e.krome(a)comcast.net> wrote: >Here is the odd question of the month: Has anyone found a way to run the >ancient tracking program InstantTrack on a Win10 machine? Win10 gives a >bunch of run compatibility and screen options all the way back to Win95; >none work. The Troubleshooter says it should run on XP. Same old "can't >run on this PC" response. Before I am advised to get out of the stoneage, >I do run SatPc32, HRD and Orbitron. Just that IT has some stuff that I >like. And, on XP, it is fast. > >Thanks! > >Ed K9EK Glad to see there are still a few IT die hards out here. Can't help you on the OS, but I'm just chiming in to say IT is the only tracking program I use. Might try out PcSat32 down the road, but I haven't heard if that works with SASI tracker rotor controller. KB7ADL

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FW: InstantTrack on Win10?
by KERRY LA*DUKE 30 Oct '15

30 Oct '15

From: kladuke1144(a)msn.com To: apbiddle(a)mailaps.org Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] InstantTrack on Win10? Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 08:14:08 -0600 Ed, VMware player allows you to install an older version on a windows 10 machine. I use it with windows xp to run programs that are no longer compatible with newer versions of windows. http://1download.io/v4/vmware-player-7.1.2/?adid=9919829952&qs=vmware%20pla… 73 WC7V Kerry > From: wa4sca(a)gmail.com > To: e.krome(a)comcast.net; amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 09:01:40 -0500 > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] InstantTrack on Win10? > > Ed, > > Take a look at DosBox, a program to allow old DOS programs to run on newer version of Windows: > > http://www.dosbox.com/ > > I have used it on WIN7 and WIN8 to run ITrack in full screen mode, not WIN10 which I don't have yet, > but it would be worth a try. If you do, let us know. Like you, I enjoy getting ITrack out, mostly > for nostalgia. > > 73s, > > Alan > WA4SCA > > > <-----Original Message----- > <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed K9EK > <Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 8:36 AM > <To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > <Subject: [amsat-bb] InstantTrack on Win10? > < > <Here is the odd question of the month: Has anyone found a way to run the ancient tracking program > <InstantTrack on a Win10 machine? Win10 gives a bunch of run compatibility and screen options all the > <way back to Win95; none work. The Troubleshooter says it should run on XP. Same old "can't run on > <this PC" response. Before I am advised to get out of the stoneage, I do run SatPc32, HRD and > Orbitron. > <Just that IT has some stuff that I like. And, on XP, it is fast. > < > <Thanks! > < > <Ed K9EK > <EM69xd > <_______________________________________________ > <Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > <to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > <are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > <Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > <Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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InstantTrack on Win10?
by Ed K9EK 30 Oct '15

30 Oct '15

Here is the odd question of the month: Has anyone found a way to run the ancient tracking program InstantTrack on a Win10 machine? Win10 gives a bunch of run compatibility and screen options all the way back to Win95; none work. The Troubleshooter says it should run on XP. Same old "can't run on this PC" response. Before I am advised to get out of the stoneage, I do run SatPc32, HRD and Orbitron. Just that IT has some stuff that I like. And, on XP, it is fast. Thanks! Ed K9EK EM69xd

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XW-2E & XW-2F on 30-October ~1400 UTC
by Clayton Coleman 30 Oct '15

30 Oct '15

I didn't hear XW-2E's CW beacon and was unable to activate the transponder at 13:56 UTC. However, XW-2F's CW beacon was strong and I made contact with several stations at 14:15 UTC. 73 Clayton W5PFG

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-30 05:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 30 Oct '15

30 Oct '15

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-30 05:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Daggett Montessori School K-8, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, direct via K5COW The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact was successful: Thu 2015-10-29 14:12:56 UTC 31 deg Eleanor Palmer School, London, United Kingdom, telebridge via VK6MJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1S The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Wed 2015-11-04 09:51:39 UTC 44 deg Dragonskolan, Umeå, Sweden, telebridge via VK6MJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Thu 2015-11-05 10:35:17 UTC 28 deg **************************************************************************** ** Interested in hosting an ARISS contact? The window is now open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. Go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact or http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for full details. To help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS Program Coordinator will offer hour-long online information sessions. These are designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the proposal process and offer an opportunity to ask questions. While attending an online information session is not required, it is strongly encouraged. These will be offered Thursday, September 17, at 2000 UTC; Tuesday, September 22, at 2000 UTC, and Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss(a)arrl.org) to sign up for an information session. **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IKØWGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 112 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-10-30 05:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1005. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 970. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-10-30 05:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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AO-85 Uplink Frequencies??
by Tim Crawford 29 Oct '15

29 Oct '15

Do we have a conscientious yet on the spread of the uplink frequencies for AO-85? Today (29th) at the ~ 2300 UT pass over me on the coast of NW Oregon I could hear two stations WA6DNR (CM87) and WB9AWX (DM04) and it is quite possible, after listing to the recording it sounded like WB9AWX (~23:02) may have come back to my call but no idea at that moment what freq I may have been on (as I was running up and down from 435.165-435.180 at that point) and at that time the bird would have been close to Max EI for myself and probably getting closer to LOS for WB. So, after four tries I am less than certain if I am getting into the bird and before the 5th trip would very much like some input on what the uplink freq's seem to be running for folks that are being successful from AOS to LOS. >From what I am reading, I may be handicapped with my HT-60 (Arrow antenna) but willing to keep trying for awhile as it has been a long wait for this one. Thanks for all suggestions! And, by the way, thanks to the FOX team for all their previous and current hard work.... either way it goes I do appreciate the effort. Tim R CrawfordKE7TAC CN85atArch Cape, OR

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Colorado Amateur Satellite net Begins in 1 hour
by Skyler F 29 Oct '15

29 Oct '15

This is a reminder that the Colorado Amateur Satellite net will begin in 1 hour from now (7PM mountain time Thursday). 6PM Pacific 7PM Mountain 8PM Central 9PM Eastern Please visit us on *AMSATNET.INFO <http://amsatnet.info/>* *IRLP* 9870, the Denver Reflector *ALLSTAR LINK* 40764, direct hookup to the repeater here. 41715, KC9ZHV hub at a data center if I am out of bandwidth. More info on AllStar - amsatnet.info/#node *ECHOLINK* *AMSAT* unless there is an ARISS contact, then go direct to KD0WHB-L *LOCAL RF* 449.875 (-) 103.5 (the Rocky Mountain Radio League repeater on Eldorado Mountain) 447.225 (-) 141.3 (The STEM school repeater we set up) 447.850 (-) 141.3 (ACØKQ's repeater where he lives on TOP of saddleback mountain) 449.625 (-) 141.3 ( WØKU Lookout Mountain) Possibly here, not for sure yet 147.450 SIMPLEX (Aurora, CO) 446.275 (-) 100.0 Galena St. Local repeater at my house, giving a whoppin 5 blocks of great coverage *REMOTE RF* Your Repeater here!, Email me if you want to link in or me to link your echolink or allstar repeater in automatically (no automatic IRLP linking supported) Skyler Fennell amsatnet.info KDØWHB electricity440(a)gmail.com

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Dagget Montessori ARISS reception report
by John Brier 29 Oct '15

29 Oct '15

In Raleigh, NC I picked up Kjell in the middle of his answer to question 4. Kjell got through answering question 10 but after that there was a longer than normal break and then Kjell said goodbye and signed off. The end of that last transmission was at 10:24:04 Eastern, I believe that's 14:24:04 UTC. I was surprised he lost them that early because I had their pass ending at 10:26:06 Eastern (14:26:06 UTC). I was using keps downloaded last night from Celestrak in Orbitron. Forth Worth: Time Satellite Azm Elv Mag Range S.Azm S.Elv -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015-10-29 10:15:32 ISS 207.1 0.0 2.7 2356 119.0 17.0 2015-10-29 10:20:49 ISS 130.6 33.5 0.2 684 119.9 17.9 2015-10-29 10:26:06 ISS 54.7 0.0 3.0 2363 120.8 18.9 Normally the ARISS passes are below 20 degrees for me and this time it was a 42 degree pass so I picked up the Columbus module stronger than ever before. At least S9 signal at one point and the audio was cleaner than normal with no hiss. Raleigh: Time Satellite Azm Elv Mag Range S.Azm S.Elv -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015-10-29 10:19:01 ISS 241.3 0.0 2.8 2358 135.2 28.0 2015-10-29 10:20:20 ISS 244.7 5.0 2.3 1823 135.5 28.2 2015-10-29 10:24:24 ISS 322.9 42.7 -0.1 574 136.4 28.8 2015-10-29 10:28:27 ISS 40.1 5.1 2.4 1823 137.4 29.3 2015-10-29 10:29:48 ISS 43.7 0.0 3.0 2370 137.7 29.5 I have audio/video of all this and I'll probably make a video out of it for YouTube. John, KG4AKV

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Orbitron and Google Chrome
by W3MAT . 29 Oct '15

29 Oct '15

It seems I have an issue running Orbitron and Chrome simultaneously. My laptop runs on Windows Vista (I know, there's the first problem, right), I also run a second monitor, and I am running the latest version of Orbitron. If I try and browse the web on the laptop monitor with Orbitron running on my second screen, the computer will inevitably lock up after a few minutes of browsing. Has anyone else ran into a similar problem and what was the solution, if any? For now, I start Orbitron, run TLE updates, then save the predictions to a file, exit Orbitron, then keep open the predictions in Notepad. Thanks Loon W3MAT

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