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

EM01 today
by Glenn Miller - AA5PK 22 Dec '15

22 Dec '15

I'll be operating from grid EM01 on the 2023Z FO-29 pass and the 2110Z AO-7 pass today. If the predicted rain doesn't materialize on Saturday (26 December), I'll return to EM01 to work the 2246Z SO-50 pass until my LOS at 2259Z, then switch to AO-7 for what's left of that pass. Glenn / AA5PK DM91

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France (IN94) on AO-07B
by Michel F6GLJ 22 Dec '15

22 Dec '15

Hello. I'll be on next pass of AO-07. 73 QRO de Michel F6GLJ http://www.qrz.com/db/F6GLJ

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AC0RA/m holiday ops
by Wyatt Dirks 22 Dec '15

22 Dec '15

I am going to be leaving from en41 late on the 25th heading south via the em3x/em4x grids until arriving in em30 midday on Sunday. Ill be heading home sometime around January 1st via the em2x grids. Look for me on any of the current sats. 73 Wyatt AC0RA Ps Ill be on 144.200 if you live somewhere along the path.

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AMSAT Awards Update - End of the Year
by Bruce 22 Dec '15

22 Dec '15

Here are our newest award recipients and end of the year finale. Happy Holidays and Good DX to all AMSAT Satellite Communicators Award Adrian Liggins, VA3NNA John Pate, W1XQ Mission Bay ARC, KM3RKI Jim Leahy, N0VVV ------ AMSAT Communication Achievement Award Fernando Ramirez-Ferrer, NP4JV #568 ------ AMSAT Sexagesimal Award Clayton Coleman, W5PFG #172 ------ AMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award Frank Westphal, K6FW #84 1,000 contacts John Papay, K8YSE/7 #85 1,000 contacts ------ AMSAT South Africa Communication Achievement Award Fernando Ramirez-Ferrer, NP4JV #US196 73...bruce To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com/awards.html Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes

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"SSTV event now targeting mid January. More details as the become available from the Russian team."
by John Brier 22 Dec '15

22 Dec '15

Just posted on Twitter. Looks like a delay. Share the so people aren't too confused this weekend. https://twitter.com/RF2Space/status/679283111952257024 John, KG4AKV

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Good Launch For SpaceX
by B J 22 Dec '15

22 Dec '15

The launch was smooth and deployment of the first satellites has begun. The first stage successfully returned to the landing pad. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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EO-79 - Transponder Not Heard
by Paul Stoetzer 22 Dec '15

22 Dec '15

Good evening, I was just attempting to access the transponder on an 11 degree pass of EO-79 over eastern North America. Nothing heard from the transponder, so it must have reset since the last pass over Europe. 73, Paul, N8HM

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Re: [amsat-bb] G5500 Bearing
by Kevin M 21 Dec '15

21 Dec '15

I use Google maps on satellite view to determine a distant landmark (like a tree in neighbor's yard) that is true north of my antennas and then eye sight that along the antenna boom. Kevin N4UFO -----Oh... hang on, this may be an important point I've been missing all this time, but this means one must determine the magnetic declination for their QTH? Up to this point I had been just aiming my yagi via compass and leaving it at that. Sorry to hijack the thread here, but if this is the case, then the difference between magnetic and true north will be very different depending on your location.

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Eo79
by jeffory broughton 21 Dec '15

21 Dec '15

I found the receiver to be more stable than ao73 but I also found the downlink to be much weaker than I thought it should be since it supposed to be the same radio as in the ao73.another good pass about midnight tonight to try it out WB8RJY.JEFF jeff broughton

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15 Year of ARISS School Contacts
by Frank Bauer 21 Dec '15

21 Dec '15

All, 15 years ago today, on December 21, 2000, students at Burbank School in Burbank Illinois, U.S.A. lined us and readied themselves for a very historic event---the first school contact with the crew on the International Space Station. ARISS mentor and radio operator Charlie Sufana, AJ9N and his team of volunteers had aptly prepared the students, teachers and the public in attendance for their historic contact. As AOS approached, Charlie began calling NA1SS. Soon, Expedition 1 Commander Bill "Shep" Shepherd, KD5CDL answered back and the students immediately began asking Shep their questions. The rest is history. Burbank school teacher, Rita Wright, who later became KC9CDL, continues to be active in ARISS as a volunteer. Rita's 2004 AMSAT Symposium paper, "Remember, We're Pioneers!" chronicles the Burbank school's journey to the first ARISS contact and beyond. You are invited to download the paper at <https://www.dropbox.com/s/q8cmd0eu9y0imsz/REMEMBER--Burbank%20School.pdf?dl =0> https://www.dropbox.com/s/q8cmd0eu9y0imsz/REMEMBER--Burbank%20School.pdf?dl= 0 With this historic event in mind, I would like to take this opportunity to thank our volunteers from the ARISS operations team for their outstanding, long term support to ARISS. These folks---our mentors, telebridge operators and operations leaders---are the foundation of ARISS. They have made nearly 1000 ARISS contacts successful since Burbank, 15 years ago. Without them, the goals of ARISS: inspiration, exploration, education and experimentation, could not be achieved. Their guidance, mentoring and presentations, before, during and after the contact were crucial in achieving these goals. Thank you all!! As the ARISS team prepares for 2016, with many schools in the queue, prepared, ready and waiting for their upcoming contacts, ARISS is gearing up for another historic event---our 1000th school contact. Wow! 1000 ARISS contacts!! To celebrate this historic event, I would ask those that know of an ARISS student that has graduated and is now in a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) field to please have them share their story with us. Please pass this along to others and have them send their stories to me at ka3hdo(a)verizon.net or to our web master at ariss(a)arrl.org. We would like to compile these for our space agency customers and to share the stories with the amateur radio community. Thanks es 73, Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO ARISS International Chair

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