Students at the Ivy League Brown University are developing an amateur radio satellite EQUiSat that will carry a Xenon Flash Tube (XFT) subsystem to act as an Optical Beacon that should be visible to the unaided eye of observers on Earth.
See http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=10635
73 Trevor M5AKA
AMSAK-UK http://www.amsat-uk.org/
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-26 23:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Possible Russian contact with Kursk
Tue 2015-10-27 11:35 UTC
Dearborn Public Schools, Dearborn, Michigan, USA, direct via K8UTT
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
Contact is a go for Option #3: Tue 2015-10-27 16:01:59 UTC 57 deg
Watch for a live video stream that should start about 15:00 UTC: (***)
http://www.dearbornschools.orghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbhrQiZ62LE
Daggett Montessori School K-8, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, direct via K5COW
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
Contact is a go for Option #4: Thu 2015-10-29 14:12:56 UTC 31 deg
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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.
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>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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:
Gaston ON4WF with 121
Francesco IKØWGF with 114
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 112
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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 2015-10-24 06:00 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 1001. (***)
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 966. (***)
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.
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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.
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QSL information may be found at:
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS
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The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-10-24 06:00 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
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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
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
Has anyone located a driver for the LVB Tracker internal USB to serial
port adapter on Windows 7 x64?
If not, has anyone reverted to the serial port connection on LVB Tracker
and used an external USB to serial port adapter successfully with
SatPC32 on Windows 7 x64?
I have an Edgeport multiple USB to serial port that has drivers for
Windows 7 x64 that I will use if I have to. I would prefer using the LVB
Tracker with its USB to serial adapter if someone has another solution.
73,
Bill
NJ1H
Hi All,
Here is a quick AO-16 update. On Sunday I turned AO-16 long enough to
get some telemetry packets. The satellite would remain on for less
than one minute after being commanded on. A quick test of the "bent
pipe" voice mode repeater was successful. . The "hardware watchdog
timer problem" is still evident; as expected, spacecraft temperatures
are insufficient to keep the transmitter ON (needs to be above 15 deg
C).
Orbit projections suggest that satellite illumination conditions will
not result in increased temperatures for nearly 10 years. Command
stations do periodically turn AO-16 "ON" to check on its condition and
see if the hardware timer problem has "automagically" fixed itself
(which in not anticipated, but who knows...).
AO-16 telemetry
3 Oct 2010 1838 utc
PACSAT MBL Telemetry Decoder Ver. 1.3 (c) Mike Rupprecht, DK3WN
===============================================================================
(average values)
+10V Battery Bus : 0.00 V
Battery Charge Reg : 0.55 mA
Base Temp : 9.07 °C
PSK RF Out : 1.90 W
+5V RX Bus : 4.87 V
+8.5V RX Bus : 8.49 V
+10V RX Bus : 11.24 V
Here is another teaser :) Several months ago I commanded the AO-16
S-band transmitter ON; it too remains functional (albeit weak), and
was received by me, Drew KO4MA, and Alan WA4SCA.
73,
--
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
I have noticed that LilacSat-2's FM transponder has been on nearly
continuously for the past four days They may be keeping it active
continuously during the holiday period in China.
It's worth checking out if you haven't worked it yet. It's got a good
signal and can be easier to track than SO-50 because the carrier stays
active for a period when not receiving signals. The downlink antenna
also uses circular polarization, so there is less fading when using
linear antennas than on SO-50.
Uplink: 144.350 MHz FM (No PL)
Downlink: 437.200 MHz FM
Keep in mind that this uplink frequency is not within the normal
145.800 - 146.000 MHz satellite subband on two meters, though this
frequency is within the 144.300 - 144.500 MHz "New OSCAR subband" in
the ARRL band plan and is allocated to the Amateur Satellite Service
(as is the entirety of 144 - 146 MHz). On passes over the United
States, quite a few packet signals can be heard through the
transponder.
If you use LoTW, the satellite name to use when uploading QSOs is 'CAS-3H.'
73,
Paul, N8HM
Hi folks,
I'm trying to get on the air with the linear transponder satellites, and
it looks like I need 70cm SSB capability to really get on the air. My
Icom IC-796MkII can do SSB on 2m, but not 70cm, so I'm trying to find an
affordable way to get 70cm SSB transmit.
Does anybody have experience with these $100 transverter boards from
Ukraine? It looks like they're tuned for the weak-signal/SSB end of the
band and might require a bit of work to get up to 435MHz for satellites.
Is 3-4W enough to be heard?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221871269275
Thanks to the response from the group. The V+ setting worked fine. I knew
I was missing something.
The CAT control via the Virtual Serial Port Emulation software is a bit
finicky and sometimes may take 5 or 10 seconds to update SatPC32 as Doppler
changes, Then it will seem to catch up and be pretty current. Oh well. I
think though it will work for what I need.
Thanks to all.
Tom Schuessler
2713 Lake Gardens Drive
Irving, Texas 75060
972-986-7456
214-403-1464 (Cell)
n5hyp(a)arrl.net
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBbKLYiIvD0
If you liked this video, please subscribe to my YouTube channel, Space Comms:
https://youtube.com/c/SpaceComms1
It was two years ago this month that I first received the
International Space Station. To commemorate that reception I decided
to re-edit the original video I made of it which has received over
13,000 views to date.
It was because of that video's popularity that I decided to keep
making videos and ultimately, to create the Space Comms channel.
Since it's always exciting to receive the ISS, I still do it today,
and one day I'll make contact too!
Thanks everyone for watching my videos and good luck with all your
radio adventures!
73,
John Brier, KG4AKV
Does anyone know if there will be a S band DL on any future satellites. Are there any current sats that have S band DL for telemetry?
73 Bob W7LRD
Seattle
Hi!
After working from the DL52/DL53 line on the south end of the
Baja California peninsula this morning, Alvaro XE2AT plans to
work the 0100 UTC SO-50 pass tonight (5pm Pacific time) from
the DL42/DL43 grid boundary. This is northwest of Cabo San
Lucas, near the southern tip of the peninsula. SO-50 will be
over the eastern Pacific Ocean during this pass, meaning the
footprint won't make it all the way to the Mississippi River.
DL43 has been on the satellites in past years, thanks to
Bernardo XE2HWB (worked satellites in the past, also active
in VHF/UHF/microwave contests from up and down the Baja
California peninsula), but not recently. DL42 is almost entirely
wet, except for the small bit of land in the northeast corner
of the grid - similar to grid CM86 at Santa Cruz in northern
California.
XE2AT mentioned earlier this morning that he plans to use LOTW
to confirm these contacts, along with the contacts he made
earlier this morning. He's also good at answering QSL requests
mailed to his PO box in Aguascalientes, although the Mexican
postal system is not the most reliable.
Good luck, and 73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @WD9EWK