October 2015 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

K4AMG Oct 10 -11
by Rich/wa4bue 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

Hi All, This week K4AMG will sponsor the STEM activities at the Chesapeake Heritage and Waterway Festival in Chesapeake, VA. We will be featuring HF, VHF, and SATCOMS. Static displays include AMSAT’s CubeSAT Simulator and Emergency Communications Information. We will be setting up Friday afternoon and on the air as soon as possible Saturday and by noon on Sunday. So look for K4AMG on the birds and HF (most likely 40 and 20 meters. Rigs HF & VHF IC 7000 and 80 Double Zepp Antenna at 40 feet. Rigs SATCOM TS 2000, M2 antenna, G5500 rotors, AMSAT TRACKER Interface, AR2 Preamps, Single Link interface. We will be located at Display # 45. October 10 & 11, 2015 6th Annual Waterways Heritage Festival Battlefield Park South (120 Reservation Road), Battlefield & Waterways Park (1775 Historic Way), and Great Bridge Lock Park (100 Lock Road) Chesapeake, VA 23320 Sat. 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM; Sun. 12:00 – 5:00 PM Event Locations & Shuttle Map Please join us for our 6th Annual Waterways Heritage Festival October 10 & 11, 2015 (click here to view flyer). Located on the Intracoastal Waterways in Chesapeake, VA, the Waterways Heritage Festival is truly a rich celebration of Chesapeake’s waterways and cultural heritage. 2015 Guilds, Vendors, Exhibitors, & Entertainment: View Participant List (3 locations) View Layout Map (Battlefield Park South) View Layout Map (Historic Battlefield & Waterways Park) View Events & Special Activities (3 locations) This event benefits the Great Bridge Battlefield Waterways & History Foundation and is paid for in part and made possible by our sponsors: Atlantic Yacht Basin; Ballyhack Farm; Beekeepers Guild of Southeast VA; Cedar Creek Garden Center; Chesapeake Emergency Response Team; Chesapeake Fire Department; Chesapeake Fire Marshals Office; Chesapeake Master Gardeners Association; Chesapeake Medical Reserve Corps; Chesapeake Parks, Recreation & Tourism; Chesapeake Police Department; Chesapeake Public Schools; Chesapeake Sheriff’s Office; City Engineering Public Works; City of Chesapeake; Eure Site Solutions; The Graphics Shop; Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast; Great Bridge Women’s Club; Gum Tree Farm; Greg & Lin Olsen; Hickory Acres Farm; Hackworth Documents & Technology; Happy Boxes; Homewood Suites Chesapeake/Greenbrier; Hyatt Place Chesapeake/Greenbrier; Jim Canterbury; Jimmy & Garnett Lane; Jo-Kell, Inc.; Open Roads; Robert Peek; Spaghetti Eddie’s; Signature Landscaping; Stanton Partners; Starbucks; Olivia Trombino; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; The Virginian Pilot/The Clipper; TowneBank; Virginia Coastal Fly Angler’s Club; Wild River Outfitters; Virginia Cooperative Extension; Virginia Sheep Producers Association; WCTV 48; Zaugg Financial Group, Inc.; and others.

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Icom 2800 Sat Set Up
by Loon - 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

View here: https://youtu.be/xxUv3QbagnE

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Telemetry on LilacSat-2
by Bob KD7YZ 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

I am listening to digital telemetry on Satellite LilacSat-2 437.190 (USB) at the moment. I do not recognize the audible type and thus can not try to decode it. Roughly around 1048Z . I thought I was going to be hearing the CW beacon of 437.200. Instead there was this odd-sounding telemetry. Can I use either MixW or UISS for this? -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901

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Re: [amsat-bb] New OSCAR status page
by W M Willoughby 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

Thank you to Andrew, Peter, David and others for the updated AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page - a very useful tool!

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-06 04:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-06 04:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Corpus Christi Catholic School, Chambersburg, PA, telebridge via LU1CGB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Tue 2015-10-06 16:29:32 UTC 33 deg Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Tun Dr Ismail (1), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, direct via 9M2RPN The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Fri 2015-10-09 08:00:04 UTC 47 deg Bay View Elementary School, Burlington, WA, telebridge via IK1SLD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Wed 2015-10-14 19:41:44 UTC 59 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 110 **************************************************************************** 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 2015-10-06 04:00 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 996. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 961. 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 2015-10-02 06:00 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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LilacSat-2 On?
by Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

Did not hear Lilac on the 23:00 Pass. But I just heard it on the 0:35 Pass but it was rough for me 6 Degrees. Lilac sounds good on the east coast.

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LilacSat-2 On?
by Loon - 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

Did anyone hear LilacSat-2 on the 23:03 UTC pass? I didn't, and according to the FM transponder schedule it should have been on. Heard telemetry every 30 seconds or so, but no voice.

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AMSAT Dinner
by Martha 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

Please be aware that the dinner count for the AMSAT Symposium banquet has to be sent to the hotel by October 14th. So, if you want to join us at the banquet, *you MUST register online by Sunday, October 11th*. After that date I cannot "squeeze" you in. -- 73- Martha

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HDSDR SDRplay 817 issue
by kb2m＠arrl.net 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

I'm trying to get HDSDR and SatPC32, to play nicely with HDRplay and an FT-817. I have the HDSDR working with SDRplay like Patrick has demonstrated on here and I'm trying to complete the setup for an fully automated system. I'm trying to get the setup working to the point that if I change the uplink frequency on the 817 with its physical dial the downlink on HDSDR will follow. I'm about half way there. I'm at the point if I change the downlink frequency in SatPC32 the HDSDR display changes with it, but not the 817's uplink frequency. When I first load SatPC32 the 817's frequency changes to the correct uplink frequency but doesn't update afterwards. I'm using VSP Manager to create the VSP's I think I'm a little confused about how this should all hook together serially. Anyone have this working 100% ? 73 Jeff kb2m

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new sats
by Jerry Ehlers 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

Hi: Where can an e-mail print out for the new FM and Linear birds.?? The up and downlinks too. Thanks Jerry w0sat

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