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AO-85 in safe mode
by Andrew Glasbrenner 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

AO-85 will be in safe mode for at least one orbit today, and possibly until this evening. If you hear it in transponder mode, feel free to use it. 73, Drew KO4MA Sent from my iPhone

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-17 04:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-17 04:00 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 is a go for: 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: Tue 2015-11-24 09:01:15 UTC 64 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 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 1008. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 973. 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 2015-11-13 08:00 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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For Sale - Arrow II Sat Antenna with Duplexer.
by The Romagni's 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

Hello all.. Now that the winter is getting here, and that the fix satellite station is now up in running at the chateau, I don’t have a need for this!. I have for sale a pretty much new Arrow II Satellite antenna (with the 2mts/70 cm duplexer). you can see details here ( http://www.arrowantennas.com/arrowii/146-437.html) . Arrow sells the whole kit for $142, you can have this for $100 and I will include the shipping to you! 73 Steve W4DTA

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My SO-50 Multicam video with stations heard list
by John Brier 16 Nov '15

16 Nov '15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhBs5DlKaVU Stations Heard . = tried to contact, * = contacted 01:54 KD2IIC EM31 LA * at 04:40 (emailed me later saying he heard me) 02:00 KG5FQT EL49 LA 02:15 N4UFO EM95 NC * at 05:30 03:35 KM4FLJ EM66 TN 03:58 KA4H FM17 VA * at 06:33 04:05 K0OU EM28 MO * at 05:51 05:18 ???GBR 06:15 AC9JU EN44 WI 08:02 KD2IQN FN21 NY 08:29 KI4RO (barely audible) 08:31 WD8RIF EM89 OH 08:48 KI4RO EM88 WV . at 08:51 09:06 ?4FLJ 09:17 WA2PJP FN30 NY ./* at 09:23 73, John KG4AKV

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foxtelem.exe 1.02
by Nick Pugh 16 Nov '15

16 Nov '15

I am using an SDR receiver with output on VAC1 running in XP.I am unable to get foxtelem to see the input . Help 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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Re: [amsat-bb] 9600 bps decoder
by Mineo Wakita 16 Nov '15

16 Nov '15

Soundmodem ... hs_soundmodem3.zip http://uz7.ho.ua/packetradio.htm or MixW ... MixW 2.20f http://mixw.net/ JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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Kjell Lindgren tweeted a congrats pic for ARISS's 15 year anniversary!
by John Brier 15 Nov '15

15 Nov '15

https://twitter.com/astro_kjell/status/665993147260932096

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FM sats from IO95-IO94 gridline on Sunday 15
by Daniel Estévez 15 Nov '15

15 Nov '15

Hi, Weather permitting, I plan to be operating tomorrow Sunday 15 as M0HXM/P from the gridline IO95HA-IO94HX. I guess that IO95 is a rare grid for many people, because there are no major populations in this grid. Also, I hear that IO94 is no so common. I will be working from South Shields beach using a handheld arrow antenna, FT-817ND for RX and FT-2DE for TX. I'm planning on getting there either for the 9:32UTC SO-50 or the 10:32 AO-85 pass. Then I'll be on several of the passes of AO-85 and SO-50, probably until 14:10 at least. Please, keep in mind several things: 1) This will be done weather permitting. If it starts raining a lot, I'll cancel. Tomorrow's forecast is a bit doubtful, but in principle it won't rain during the hours I'll be operating. 2) I don't always get well to AO-85 with this setup, so please bare with me. As I'm full duplex, I know what got on and what didn't, so I'll try my best to retransmit what didn't. 3) Recall that exchanging a grid locator is not necessary for a valid contact. To keep things running fast, please don't transmit your grid locator if it is the same that you have listed on qrz.com. I won't be transmitting my full locator. I will only transmit IO95-IO94 very sparingly as I see fit. Updates to this will be posted to amsat-bb if I'm at home (I don't have an internet connection outside home) and you can also keep an eye for M0HXM-7 in aprs.fi. 73, Dani M0HXM/EA4GPZ.

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Ste. Genevieve Catholic ISS Audio as heard in Raleigh, NC
by John Brier 15 Nov '15

15 Nov '15

https://soundcloud.com/spacecomms/space-station-ste-genevieve-catholic-cont… 73, KG4AKV

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AO-85 closed 1519-1533Z
by Andrew Glasbrenner 15 Nov '15

15 Nov '15

On the 1519-1533Z pass of AO-85, please refrain from uplinking. We have a glitch in the IHU we need to clear. Do not transmit during this time please, but do try to collect low speed telemetry. 73, Drew KO4MA

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