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FS M2 LEO PACK
by Peter Budnik 04 Nov '15

04 Nov '15

For Sale the M2 LEO SATELLITE Pack - Includes the 2MCP8A 2 Meter antenna and the 436CP16 70cm antenna and mounting boom. These antennas are like new and have been only up a few months. The antennas are together but can be taken apart for shipping. Have original shipping carton,manuals and lots of spare hardware and element clips. Can all so be picked up locally or can meet 50 miles or so miles to deliver.I do have pictures of them up if needed.Great antennas made many contacts on SO50 and FO29. Price is $400.00 + shipping or meet for delivery. 73 Peter,KB1HY 860-713-8820

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FoxTelem Program Java aspect crashes every day now
by Bob KD7YZ 04 Nov '15

04 Nov '15

I've reported this to the wily programmers. However, I was wondering if others have their FoxTelem monitoring program crash ... complaining about Java ?? (Java build 1.8.0_65-b17) A little annoying now since I leave it monitoring/decoding and let SatPC32 track. I came in both today and yesterday to the window telling me about the crash and the program needs re-start. I didn't have this problem before the last Java mandatory updates .Now I want a link to be able to roll-back the Win7/64 version I have installed. -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-04 07:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 04 Nov '15

04 Nov '15

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-04 07:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Special request contact: ITU World Radio Communication Conference 2015 WRC-15, Geneva, Switzerland, direct via 4U1WRC (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS (***) The scheduled astronauts are Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS, Kimiya Yui KG5BPH, and a Cosmonaut (if possible) (***) Contact was successful for: 2015-11-03 11:47 UTC 60 deg (***) Congratulations to the ITU conference attendees! (***) Eleanor Palmer School, London, United Kingdom, telebridge via VK6MJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1S The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Wed 2015-11-04 09:51:39 UTC 44 deg Dragonskolan, Umeå, Sweden, telebridge via VK6MJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Thu 2015-11-05 10:35:17 UTC 28 deg BORG Monsbergergasse, Graz, Austria, direct via OEØARISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Mon 2015-11-09 09:42:15 UTC 49 deg Ste. Genevieve du Bois Catholic Elementary School, Warson Woods, Missouri, direct via NØBKA 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 **************************************************************************** ** 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 2015-11-04 07:00 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 1005. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 970. 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 2015-10-30 05:00 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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Hawaiian launch failure
by Mineo Wakita 04 Nov '15

04 Nov '15

Launched at 03:45 UTC, Nov 4, 2015 But the mission has failed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsMegDZ_VFQ http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/51104hwi.png http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/11/03/ors-4-mission-status-center/ JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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TLEs for Hawaiian launch
by Dave Webb KB1PVH 04 Nov '15

04 Nov '15

Are there any updated TLEs for the launch that just happened in Hawaii? Dave-KB1PVH Sent from my Samsung S4

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AO-85 Rudeness (elbow room) Finding HF PSK31 ops?
by Robert Bruninga 04 Nov '15

04 Nov '15

Is there a good HF reflector for PSK31 people? Maybe its just that satellite folks do not do HF PSK31 and HF PSK31 operators don't know about sateliltes? Bob, WB4APR -----Original Message----- From: prstoetzer(a)gmail.com [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Stoetzer Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2015 5:42 PM To: Robert Bruninga Cc: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Rudeness (elbow room) Bob, It is a shame it's not more popular. I have listened to the downlink and it's a good signal. My apartment QTH makes it very difficult to set up to use it, but most hams with a full home satellite station should be able to use it very easily. Maybe an award for working several different stations on it would help increase the popularity? 73, Paul, N8HM On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 5:27 PM, Robert Bruninga <bruninga(a)usna.edu> wrote: >> I too have noticed some serious SAT-HOGs having a QSO, which >> prevented me from making an HT-ARROW portable OP contact. > > Take a break from the congestion.... come to the wide open multi-user > wideband transponder on PSAT-1. Downlink is good on a handheld arrow > on > 435.350 MHz FM. It should be able to support dozens of simultaneous > full duplex QSO's in the PSK31 waterfall. > > Just pick an empty spot and key your TX solid for the full 8 minutes > of the pass on your 10 meter PSK31 uplink 28.121 MHz.. > > To run fullduplex, just run two copies of your favorite PSK31 > software. One receiving the FM downlink and the other transmitting on > the SSB uplink. Even better is to run Andy K0SM's TX-only uplink > client that pre-adjusts for Doppler so everyone can decode you with no > adjustments. > > http://aprs.org/psat.html > > Text with everyone all at once. > > Bob, WB4aPR > _______________________________________________ > 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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Re FoxTelem Program Java aspect crashes every day now
by David G0MRF 04 Nov '15

04 Nov '15

Hi Yes, 1.01 crashes here every day, probably with the same message. But to be fair, the only thing it stops doing, is sending data to the server. Everything else carries on as normal without loss of data. You appear to be able to shut it down, then restart, after which it sends all the data to the server in a few seconds. I can live with that. 73 David G0MRF -----Original Message----- From: Bob KD7YZ <kd7yz(a)denstarfarm.us> To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Sent: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 22:30 Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem Program Java aspect crashes every day now I've reported this to the wily programmers. However, I was wondering if others have their FoxTelem monitoring program crash ... complaining about Java ?? (Java build 1.8.0_65-b17) A little annoying now since I leave it monitoring/decoding and let SatPC32 track. I came in both today and yesterday to the window telling me about the crash and the program needs re-start. I didn't have this problem before the last Java mandatory updates .Now I want a link to be able to roll-back the Win7/64 version I have installed. -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901 _______________________________________________ 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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ARISS Contact Audio - Thursday
by John Spasojevich 04 Nov '15

04 Nov '15

Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at *Dragonskolan, Umeå, Sweden* on Thursday November 5th. AOS is anticipated at 10:35 UTC The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VK6MJ in Australia. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Audio from this contact will be fed into the: EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector Streaming Audio at: https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/ Audio on Echolink & web stream is generally transmitted around 20 minutes prior to the contact taking place so that you can hear some of the preparation that occurs. IRLP will begin just prior to the ground station call to the ISS. ** Contact times are approximate. If the ISS executes a reboost or other manoeuvre, the AOS (Acquisition Of Signal) time may alter by a few minutes ** 73, John-AG9D ARISS Audio Distribution Team

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AO-85 Rudeness
by Dale Kubichek 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

As I've noted on my YGroup ---- I too have noticed some serious SAT-HOGs having a QSO, which prevented me from making an HT-ARROW portable OP contact. (if in doubt I DVR my pass attempt) My pass attempt was inundated with an AZ-Guru chatting with a 5-land power boy, so it's not just 6-land - it is an ALL USA 'ETIQUETTE' problem. I'm hoping this is all due to the newness and excitement of having a good loud FM SAT up again. In a month from now you will see a fall off of OPs as the holidays consume many, snow-birds flock, and the effort to setup a pass will wain on many. I know I'll not be trying any portable HT-ARROW OPs when it gets windy below freezing outside. And Fox1C will soon fly helping to take some of the HAM load too. I'm cooling my heels on portable AO-85 OPs letting things settle. But IF needed I'll start listing time/date of observed/DVR SAT-HOGs w/.mp3 on my YGroup for all to enjoy - not. Best regards, Dale Kubichek, MS-EET, N6JSX/8 Sidney, OH 45365 EN70vh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HAM-SATs Message: 15 Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 22:49:08 +0000 (UTC) From: Tim Crawford <tcarchcape(a)yahoo.com> To: "amsat-bb(a)amsat.org" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Rudeness + Freq Suggestions Message-ID: <250488839.920094.1446504548129.JavaMail.yahoo(a)mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Made it out for my 5th attempt at an exchange on AO-85. However, it was most disappointing in as much as a Ham in Southern California dominated the bird for a full 7 minutes of my pass; if the ham had been whipping out contacts I would not be objecting.? Instead, this ham was busy being Mr. Chatty and I think had no more than two separate conversions.? Discussions included some radio talk but also expanded out into promotion of a ham fest and discussion of mutual friends. While I have not worked birds since 2012, I know that this type of behavior was frowned upon back then and for good reason.? When we go to the trouble to get our equipment into a location where we have a good clear line of sight and then only a limited window folks need to move along with just an exchange of call sign and maybe throw in the grid square if traffic permits. This was not my first experience with this single ham hogging the time. 73 Tim CrawfordKE7TAC

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Status of XW-2E
by Red Willoughby 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

Has anyone heard any news about why XW-2E is off the air and its prognosis? Red KC4LE

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