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Re: [amsat-bb] QB50 project 2016 (update)
by Mineo Wakita 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

For the purpose of the demonstration and development of CubeSats in the technology of the universities around the world, it had been scheduled to be launched all 50 satellites by Cyclone-4 rocket belonging to Alcantara Cyclone Space, a joint venture between the governments of Ukraine and Brazil, on 1 February 2016 in the first plan. The launch plan has changed, the CubeSats are now expected to be shipped to the ISS in July 2016 with deployment at a later date. There are still also uncertainties, but I, JE9PEL investigated the current frequencies and summarized them in an Excel file. I intend to edit in the future this revised version. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/qb50sats.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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High School High Altitude Balloon Launch
by James 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

Skyler, What a terrific project! Keep us informed on the mission. I hope everyone will chip in a few dollars to help your club out. 73, -james W5AOO Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 19:00:58 -0700 From: Skyler F<electricity440(a)gmail.com> To:"amsat-bb(a)amsat.org" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] High School High Altitude Balloon Launch Message-ID: <CAJNyT08mhvJ8n7z1ak=UsmXEZF_00KSNiWbnJAPnigoeXu9muA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi, its Skyler Fennell KD0WHB, I am a Senior in High School, and started the Colorado Amateur Satellite net (amsatnet.info). This year, I have started an Amateur Radio club at my School (Denver School of the Arts Amateur Radio Club , KE0FXH) , and we have decided we want to build a payload for the Edge of Space Sciences launch in *February of 2016.* We plan on performing an Amateur Radio experiment to either test RF propagation at the elevation or send data packets of live information or both. Although I have plenty of parts laying around for transmitting and receiving RF signals, and processors like the Arudino or raspberry pi, for the live data, the trip will cost us $350 to get a payload on the 100,000 foot balloon launch. This Amateur Radio club is almost entirely student funded, and I have already brought in stuff for a Fox Hunt, the construction of an AllStar/ EchoLink repeater, and now we are building a Morse code transceiver. The next project will be the Balloon payload, given that we get the funds for the Launch. I would greatly appreciate if anybody would be willing to donate a bit to the club for support of the High Altitude Balloon Launch. I believe this launch will inspire many students to learn about Science and Technology, and inspire them to get a ham license. Here is a donation link. The video shows a payload, which I helped design for the STEM school in highlands ranch, Colorado, a sound propagation experiment: https://www.gofundme.com/eu985jy4 Our club contains 5 Licensed amateurs so far, and we are recruiting more. We meet during lunch hour in one of the Science rooms. 73, and Thanks from Skyler Fennell KD0WHB - President, Founder, Trusty of the club Call Jordan Walters KD0MLV - Co-founder Ian Tompkins KE0GET Christopher Banchero - KE0DTG Dong Lee - KD0ZOE Other Students in the club, who plan on soon getting their ham license. ------------------------------

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LilacSat
by Steve Kristoff 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

A few minutes ago I went out in the backyard for a try at LilacSat. It should have been practically overhead here, but I didn't hear anything. I got a brief moment of quieting in the receiver as if a carrier was transmitted, but heard no voices. I'm using an Arrow Antenna. Is that not enough to work the LilacSat? All constructive suggestions would be appreciated! Steve Kristoff AI9IN skristof(a)etczone.com

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-10 23:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-10 23:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Ste. Genevieve du Bois Catholic Elementary School, Warson Woods, Missouri, direct via NØKBA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS The contact is a go for: Thu 2015-11-12 16:25:16 UTC 55 deg Kiluutaq School, Umiujaq, Nunavik Quebec, Canada, telebridge via W6SRJ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH (***) Contact is a go for: Tue 2015-11-17 16:47:02 UTC 41 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** >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 2015-11-10 23:30 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 1007. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 972. 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 2015-11-09 19:00 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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Office Closed
by Martha 10 Nov '15

10 Nov '15

The AMSAT Office will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday, November 11th in observance of Veterans' Day. -- 73- Martha

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AO-85 SWL
by Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW 10 Nov '15

10 Nov '15

Hello all, I listened to both the November 8th 17:15 UTC pass and the November 9th 0:00 UTC pass, both of which I was using my 17el beam with HDSDR recording IF files and piping it into Foxtlm, decoding telemetry, Both recording are in my dropbox file herehttps://www.dropbox.com/sh/bhzpp4aer0i3j0m/AABiTWdkA_zj2OGMbnNP6H7Ia?dl… . On the November 8th 17:15 UTC pass I hear Jerry N0JY testing with someone else, testing out power levels on the satellite with I believe telemetry on. On the recent November 9th 0:00 UTC pass I hear no telemetry on the beginning of AOS and hear Jerry and Mark and Drew testing the bird, than mid way through the pass the telemetry comes back on, Interestingly enough I see in HDSDR the downlink jumps up in frequency slightly when the bird switches between COR mode and Repeater/Telemetry mode. As far as I can tell, COR mode on AO-85 slightly sounds better on the downlink, the audio sounds somewhat better, But I dont think its going to affect receiver sensitivity. The passes with the COR mode on, the downlink sounds much stronger and has better audio. I have yet to work in fully in COR mode to see how good the receiver sensitivity is. 73's KE8AKW Nick (Go Fox)

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ISS Listening Opportunity on 145.800 November 12
by JoAnne Maenpaa 10 Nov '15

10 Nov '15

The ISS will be able to be heard on their 145.800 MHz downlink for stations in the mid-North American area on November 12 at 1625 UTC. NA1SS and N0KBA will connect participants at Ste. Genevieve du Bois Catholic Elementary School, Warson Woods, Missouri for an ARISS school contact. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org

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SatPC32 Error
by Kelley 10 Nov '15

10 Nov '15

I'm getting an error 32 from SatPC32 in the radio setup screens. It doesn't seem to matter what I enter, whenever I click on the store button I get the error message. My only option at this point is to cancel out of the window. I'm trying to setup two radios, an Icom IC-746 of vhf, and an Icom IC-706MKIIG for UHF. Each radio has its own interface cable (serial port 9 and 11 respectively). Any thoughts as to what error 32 means? Thanks, Kelley -- Kelley - WØRK

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Genevieve du Bois Catholic Elementary School, Warson Woods, Missouri
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 10 Nov '15

10 Nov '15

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Ste. Genevieve du Bois Catholic Elementary School, Warson Woods, Missouri on 12 Nov. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:25 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 direct between NA1SS and N0KBA. The contact should be audible the mid U.S, 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. Ste. Genevieve du Bois Elementary School is part of the St. Louis Archdiocese Catholic School System. The school has 127 students, kindergarten through eighth grade. The school's focus is on growth, exploration, confidence and compassion. It is expected that the contact with the space station will encourage students to select course work in high school that will lead to careers in science, technology, engineering or math. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows 1. How many countries are involved with the ISS? 2. Have you ever had any problems with the ISS? 3. How long does it take you to get used to being in space? 4. Does lack of gravity affect your dreams? 5. What science experiments do you conduct in space? 6. Do all the astronauts work together in the same experiments? 7. What would happen if you light a fire in zero gravity? 8. When you were a kid did you know that you would be an astronaut? 9. What type of educational background helped you prepare for this job? 10. Is it difficult to readjust physically upon returning to earth? 11. Does infection spread at the same rate in space as on earth? 12. What happens if you have a medical emergency? 13. Can you get dizzy in space? 14. How does space affect you mentally and physically? 15. What is the most exciting thing you have seen in space? 16. Do you have plants on the ISS? 17. What is your favorite part of being in space? 18. What emergency procedures do you have to avoid space debris? 19. How many people can be in the space station at once? 20. What is the longest amount of time you can stay on the space station? 21. How do you avoid collisions with satellites? 22. How do families send you personal items, or do they? 23. How do you celebrate your birthday or holidays on the space station? 24. Do you have access to the internet? 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): TBD 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 visit the ARISS website at 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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PSAT power going negative...
by Robert Bruninga 10 Nov '15

10 Nov '15

Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] what's a good start freq for PSAT using DopplerPSK? > I didn't hear the Robot tonight and thus I never had a signal/waterfall. > Is she off duty on Monday's ? Looking at raw PSAT-1 telemetry on http://pcsat.aprs.org I can see that all the telemetry serial numbers,T#072,... are resetting back to T#001 and never getting past 70 miinutes or so. This means it is not making a full orbit without running down the battery and resetting. So until we get back to a good sun exposure, I guess we should not be transmitting on the PSK31 uplink, especially at night. Bob

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