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Ham Radio are permitter on Carnival Cruises
by Douglas Phelps 17 Jan '16

17 Jan '16

I just read the complete list of prohibited and confiscated items. Under EXCEPTIONS I found the following: - Ham Radios/Amateur Radio Equipment: Permitted to be used on board. Looks like we do not even need to ask permission. Terrific!!!!!

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Re: [amsat-bb] Ham Radio are permitter on Carnival Cruises
by randyw4412 17 Jan '16

17 Jan '16

I will be bringing my 160 meter loop attached to my Icom 2AT. Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S® 6.-------- Original message --------From: Bryan KL7CN <bryan(a)kl7cn.net> Date: 1/16/2016 3:08 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh(a)gmail.com> Cc: AMSAT -BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Ham Radio are permitter on Carnival Cruises I was a deckhand on a 21-foot aluminum skiff based in Ninilchik, Alaska back in the 80s. I *ALWAYS* did what the captain said. I was a little bit scared of him. Just FYI. On Jan 16, 2016, at 12:48, Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh(a)gmail.com> wrote: I never sailed professionally, but I do tend to read all posts before making comments so I'm up to speed on the conversation. Dave-KB1PVH Sent from my Samsung S4 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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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LiliacSat-2 Soundcard Modem?
by Tony 16 Jan '16

16 Jan '16

All: Is there a sound card modem available that can decode LilacSat's 4.8 GFSK / 9.6k RRC-BPSK telemetry signals? While on this subject, are there other satellites that carry uncommon or specialized modems? Thanks Tony

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-01-15 08:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-01-15 08:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado “Benedetto Croce”, Civate, Italy, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact was successful: Wed 2016-01-13 11:35:44 UTC 33 deg (***) Brihaspati Vidyasadan, Kathmandu, Nepal, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Wed 2016-01-20 08:37:04 UTC 26 deg **************************************************************************** ** 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 115 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 114 **************************************************************************** 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 2016-01-15 08:30 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 1018. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 983. (***) 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 2016-01-15 08:30 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. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Funcube warehouse problem
by dave＠g4dpz.me.uk 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Hi There is a problem at the ISP. Service will be resumed ASAP. 73 Dave Sent from my iPhone

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Re: [amsat-bb] operating on cruise ships
by Lee Ernstrom 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Good point John. Next time I will take the radios and then ask permission. Not the other way around :) Doc Sent from my iPad > On Jan 14, 2016, at 2:54 PM, John Papay <john(a)papays.com> wrote: > > Doc, > I think the better approach is to take your radio > equipment with you, and once you are on board, ask for > permission. > > If you operate on the ship and make contacts and don't > have permission as required, none of your contacts will > count. We haven't had any challenges in the VUCC program > in recent history but if contested you may have to prove > you had permission. > > Lots of people operate on grid lines and don't document > their operation as required by the VUCC rules. If someone > challenges and you can't substantiate you were on > the line using one of the methods described in the rules, > your contacts could be invalidated. That would be an > embarrassment for the operator as well as the station claiming > credit. > > There is more scrutiny with DXCC. I've worked many > DXpeditions that did have their documentation and they simply > didn't count. When I went to Rurutu and the Marquesas I had > to submit my license and copies of my passport showing when I > arrived and when I left. Sometimes you might be asked for > airline tickets for the local flights, receipts from your > hotel/hut etc. > > By the way, our Samsung Microwave quit during the holidays. > No display; nothing. We will have them come out to fix it > when we get back from Florida in April. Other appliances > are working fine! > > 73, > John K8YSE/4 > EL98rd > > John Papay > john(a)papays.com >

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Re: [amsat-bb] ARRL President Bestows President's Award on AMSAT's Tom Clark, K3IO
by Edward R Cole 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Known Tom for a few years (W3IWI/KL7 when he was up here doing something scientific). Concur with Bob McGwier's comments and praise for Tom (and he is hard at work for the Amsat future - too!). Very much deserved! Congrats, Tom. 73, Ed - KL7UW Message: 6 Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 07:44:03 -0600 From: Alan <wa4sca(a)gmail.com> To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] ARRL President Bestows President's Award on AMSAT's Tom Clark, K3IO Message-ID: <000201d14ed1$a20edef0$e62c9cd0$(a)GMAIL.COM> All, Our very own K3IO, no stranger to professional and ham accolades, has been honored by the ARRL for his decades of contributions: http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-president-bestows-president-s-award-on-amsat-… 73s, Alan WA4SCA 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com "Kits made by KL7UW" Dubus Mag business: dubususa(a)gmail.com

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2015 AMSAT Symposium Clock Question
by Alan 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Hi, Just got the excellent clock, and it looks great in the shack. I know this isn't rocket science, but how do you reset the maximum and minimum humidity and temperature? All of the several similar devices I have or had do so by holding the Min/Max button for several seconds, but up to a minute does not work here. Not important, but curious. 73s, Alan WA4SCA ----------------------------------- Keep Calm and Carry On

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EM01 Sunday 17 January
by Glenn Miller - AA5PK 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Looks like good weather on Sunday, 17 January, so I'll give SO-50 a try from EM01. My AOS is 1705Z. 73 Glenn AA5PK

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Colorado Amateur Satellite net Begins in 1 hour
by Skyler F 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

This is a reminder that the Colorado Amateur Satellite net will begin in 1 hour from now (7PM mountain time Thursday). 6PM Pacific 7PM Mountain 8PM Central 9PM Eastern Please visit us on *AMSATNET.INFO <http://amsatnet.info/>* *IRLP* 9870, the Denver Reflector *ALLSTAR LINK* 40764, direct hookup to the repeater here. 41715, KC9ZHV hub at a data center if I am out of bandwidth. More info on AllStar - amsatnet.info/#node *ECHOLINK* *AMSAT* unless there is an ARISS contact, then go direct to KD0WHB-L *LOCAL RF* 449.625 (-) 141.3 ( WØKU Lookout Mountain) 447.225 (-) 141.3 (The STEM school repeater we set up) 447.850 (-) 141.3 (ACØKQ's repeater where he lives on TOP of saddleback mountain) 147.450 SIMPLEX (Aurora, CO) 446.275 (-) 100.0 Galena St. Local repeater at my house, giving a whopping 5 blocks of great coverage *REMOTE RF* Your Repeater here!, Email me if you want to link in or me to link your echolink or allstar repeater in automatically (no automatic IRLP linking supported) Skyler Fennell amsatnet.info KDØWHB electricity440(a)gmail.com

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