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

WRC-15 - 24 GHz + 144 and 430 MHz
by M5AKA 18 Nov '15

18 Nov '15

An update on WRC-15 has been posted by RSGB. The good news is that it looks like 24 GHz is now "safe" but concerns that Commercial Space interests may get access to the 144 and 430 MHz bands, see http://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/2015/11/18/wrc-15-day-12/ 73 Trevor M5AKA

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Looking for Teletec DXP-U150 Amplifier
by Farrell Winder 18 Nov '15

18 Nov '15

I am trying to locate a Teletec DXP-U150 amplifier for sale. Please reply off line . Thanks. Farrell Winder, W8ZCF

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Fw: 9600 bps decoder
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 18 Nov '15

18 Nov '15

-----Original Message----- From: Wendy and Terry Osborne Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 3:51 PM To: Nick Pugh Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] 9600 bps decoder Hi Nick, I used AGWPE and AGW On Line Kiss. The setup was a bit complicated. See: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fyoro5ii80w4913/Installation.doc?dl=0 For the instructions on how to set it up. I tried Sound Modem with no success. It flashed the lights but didn't decode anything. I didn't try MixW. Hope this helps. 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC -----Original Message----- From: Nick Pugh Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2015 5:03 AM To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] 9600 bps decoder What is the best 9600 bps decoder to use with SDR# and win XP? Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn _______________________________________________ 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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Will the power issues on the ISS affect the ARISS station?
by Todd W. Deckard 18 Nov '15

18 Nov '15

Greetings all, The ISS appears to still be up on data. Is there any chance the power issues will cause them to turn off the ARISS radio? Regards Todd KE0CMD

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rotor help
by george hinkle 18 Nov '15

18 Nov '15

I've taken my trusty rotors for new and improved "AlfaSpid". I've had them for nearly a year and just getting around to putting them up. I had them working fine with SatPC32 and ground tested them for over a week when I got them. Well I can't get them to work and I've lost me notes. Anyone who may know the "AlfaApid" rotors that could help me it would be awesome. I've been waiting for some other problems with the antenna and had to take every thing down. So now is the time to put the new rotors on. george wi9i gwhink41(a)msn.com be very grateful for any help

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UT1FG/MM QSLs Received
by Paul Stoetzer 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

Good evening, In today's mail I received confirmations from Yuri's manager, UX0FY, for all of our QSOs to date. I had sent my original request after my first QSOs with Yuri in November 2013 - February 2014. After following up, Eugene, UX0FY, told me that he did not have the logs for that trip and I ended up receiving confirmations for those QSOs directly from Yuri during his 2015 voyage. I was surprised (but very happy) to receive this envelope today. This seems to indicate that UX0FY now has all of Yuri's logs to date, so you may wish to send a request if you need any QSLs. 73, Paul, N8HM

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Re: [amsat-bb] Audio of today's ARISS QSO with
by AJ9N＠aol.com 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

John AG9D sent that file out after the contact. 73, Charlie AJ9N In a message dated 11/17/2015 11:58:12 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, amsat-bb(a)amsat.org writes: Hi all- Does anybody have audio of the ARISS QSO today with the Kiluutaq School, in Quebec? CBC radio is asking for some audio for a news story on the event. Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X _______________________________________________ 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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Audio of today's ARISS QSO with
by Sean K. 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

Hi all- Does anybody have audio of the ARISS QSO today with the Kiluutaq School, in Quebec? CBC radio is asking for some audio for a news story on the event. Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-17 19:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-17 19:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: 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 was successful: Tue 2015-11-17 16:47:02 UTC 41 deg (***) Scuola Media Statale “G. Marconi”, Soleto, Lecce, Italy, And, Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado “Benedetto Croce”, Civate, Italy, telebridge via VE4ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Tue 2015-11-24 09:01:15 UTC 64 deg Dragonskolan, Umeå, Sweden, telebridge via VE4ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Wed 2015-11-25 09:44:25 UTC 78 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 2015-11-17 19:00 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 1009. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 974. (***) 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 2015-11-17 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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Tri-City ARA presentation/demos, last night
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

Hi! I spent last night with the Tri-City Amateur Radio Association in Goodyear, a west-side suburb of Phoenix. The club invited me to give a presentation on satellites and AMSAT, and I was also able to demonstrate a couple of our satellites launched recently (LilacSat-2, AO-85) before and into the official start of the meeting. Even with a gotcha related to the presentation, it was a good evening. Being able to have demonstrations on two FM satellites, and neither of them being SO-50, was something very different - and fun! I made it out to the meeting site, which was about an hour's drive from my house on the east side of metro Phoenix, with time to spare. I took my time setting up my gear for the two demonstration passes. As I was setting up, several club members watched me and asked questions about my equipment. Many had their HTs, and I kept reminding them to be ready to listen to the AO-85 pass around 7pm (0200 UTC), as they might be able to hear that downlink without having to use a larger antenna. I used only my IC-2820H dual-band mobile radio to work LilacSat-2 at 5W, then added my SDRplay SDR receiver with my 8-inch Windows 10 tablet for the AO-85 pass. LilacSat-2 came by around 6.20pm (0120 UTC), and there were only three of us on that pass. Thanks to Glenn AA5PK in west Texas and Fernando NP4JV in southern Arizona for the contacts during that pass. After LilacSat-2 went behind trees and buildings to my north, I rewired my setup so the SDRplay was connected through a diplexer to my Elk antenna, and connected my external speaker to the tablet through an audio splitter. Since the AO-85 pass was coming by at the normal 7pm start time of the club's monthly meeting, it was decided that the demonstration would serve as the start of the meeting. "Problem" solved. :-) This pass went almost directly overhead, and we were hearing activity as soon as the satellite came up above the trees and buildings northwest of the meeting site. I also found that my Windows tablet doesn't have enough audio to drive an external speaker, earbuds I could use to hear the downlink, and my Sony audio recorder, so I unplugged the audio splitter and relied on the small speakers in the tablet. I worked a few stations during the pass, and copied a total of 15 data frames that have been uploaded to the AMSAT server. I will update my logbook and upload contacts from these two passes to Logbook of the World tonight. The RF recording from this pass, along with some photos, have been uploaded to the "20151117-AO85_Fox1A" folder in my Dropbox space: http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/ During the AO-85 pass, several club members mentioned they could hear the 145.980 MHz FM downlink. A couple had HTs with long duckie antennas, and a couple had the stock duckies for their HTs. These might not have worked for making contacts during the pass, but being able to hear the downlink without using a larger antenna impressed everyone. The crowd was also impressed with the activity on the pass, and seeing how my SDR receive setup copied the downlink. After AO-85 went by, I packed up my gear as the club went inside the building to have their monthly business meeting. When I went inside, the business meeting had just concluded, and they were ready for my presentation. One slight problem... the projector in the meeting room had a DisplayPort cable on it, and nobody had a computer that could use that video connector, or an adapter to allow that to work with other video outputs like HDMI or VGA. Working around that, I gave my presentation, and then e-mailed the PDF version of the slideshow to the club for distribution to its members. Thanks to the Bob Nobis N7RJN and the Tri-City Amateur Radio Association for the invitation to speak at their meeting last night, along with giving the demonstrations on LilacSat-2 and AO-85. Of course, thanks to the stations on those two passes for calling WD9EWK and being part of the activities. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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