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AO-85 Uplinks
by Loon - 24 Oct '15

24 Oct '15

Am I correct in understanding the Uplink frequency shifted to 435.170? I just followed a low angle pass on Orbitron and used 435.170 as the Uplink frequency. With that data entered, the transmit doppler started around 435.162 and ended at 435.175782. So, basically the following three frequencies should do it for getting in; 435.165, 435.170, and 435.175. Thoughts? Loon

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News story on ARISS contact
by Michael Wolthuis 24 Oct '15

24 Oct '15

http://www.wzzm13.com/videos/news/local/2015/10/23/students-talk-to-astrona… Mike Kb8zgl Sent from my iPhone

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dn55/56
by KERRY LA*DUKE 24 Oct '15

24 Oct '15

all, I will plan to be on the 1815Z pass of SO-50 and the following pass from dn55/56. 73 WC7V Kerry

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FQD control
by Nick Pugh K5QXJ 24 Oct '15

24 Oct '15

Is there a way to control a FQD from either SAT PC32 or HRD? Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn

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KLM polarity switching harness' complete
by kb2m＠arrl.net 24 Oct '15

24 Oct '15

These polarity switching harness' are in excellent condition and complete for the KLM 2M-22C a 22 element 2 meter circularly polarized crossed-yagi, and a 435-40CX a 40 element 435 MHz circularly polarized crossed-yagi. Had purchased them several years ago as a spare to the ones that were deteriorating on my KLM's. I sold the KLM's, but forgot about the extra polarity switching harness'. They are in very good shape. I would like to get $100 plus shipping for them. 20% of the $100 will be donated to AMSAT. Let me know if you want them as I'm not taking them with me to Florida and I'm leaving in 4 days. If interested I can send pics. 73 Jeff kb2m

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-24 06:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 24 Oct '15

24 Oct '15

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-24 06:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: West Michigan Aviation Academy, Grand Rapids, MI, direct via W8ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact was successful: Fri 2015-10-23 17:58:48 UTC 49 deg (***) Note that this is a new day and time! Possible Russian contact with Kursk Tue 2015-10-27 11:35 UTC Dearborn Public Schools, Dearborn, Michigan, USA, direct via K8UTT The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for Option #3: Tue 2015-10-27 16:01:59 UTC 57 deg 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 is a go for Option #4: Thu 2015-10-29 14:12:56 UTC 31 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 2015-10-24 06:00 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 1001. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 966. (***) 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 2015-10-24 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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Audio Recording with Questions Spliced In of West Michigan Aviation Academy Contact
by John Brier 23 Oct '15

23 Oct '15

I only missed the first and last question with some fading towards the end. Not bad for an 11 degree pass. I'm not sure when I'll have time to edit the video so I just did the audio and narrated the questions myself. https://soundcloud.com/johnbrier/iss-west-michigan-aviation-academy-contact… 73, John, KG4AKV, Raleigh North Carolina

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AO-85 Update
by Jerry Buxton 23 Oct '15

23 Oct '15

At the 21:57 UTC U.S. pass of AO-85 tonight October 23 we will conduct a test with the transponder. Please do not uplink during that pass over the U.S. We encourage you to copy telemetry with FoxTelem during this pass and have it sent to the server, to aid in analyzing the test results. Thanks! -- Jerry Buxton, NØJY

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AO-85 Test
by Clint Bradford 23 Oct '15

23 Oct '15

At the top of the hour, definitely ON and just dead air (3PM PDT). Then four mins into the pass, "One two, one two" male voice was heard. Then a minute later, wonderfully dead air - no background noise whatsoever - but no telemetry or anything else was heard. Clint K6LCS DM13fx

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UN 70th Anniversary
by dnkucij＠myfairpoint.net 23 Oct '15

23 Oct '15

Reminder from the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1237 Operators Zachary/K1ZK, Henry/KT1J, Mike/N1JEZ, Doug/KR2Q, Ed/NT2X, Mats/SM6LRR, Dmitry/RA9USU and Yevgeniy/UN7TER are expected to activate 4U70UN during the hours of 1400-2130 UTC (10:00–17:30 local time) each day (October 24-25th). There will be NO overnight operations allowed. The operators will do their best to cover as many bands and modes as possible. A special QSL will be available. QSL via HB9BOU or LoTW. Good Luck All! 73, Nick, KB1RVT

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