January 2016 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

AO-73/FUNcube Mode change
by Jim Heck 09 Jan '16

09 Jan '16

Hi Folks, Just to say that I have now put AO-73/FUNcube in full time transponder mode for the weekend. As normal plan is to return it to education mode on Sunday pm (UTC) Apologies for being late due to operator error! (we normally try and do this mode change on Friday evenings) 73s Jim G3WGM

1 0

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-01-09 07:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 09 Jan '16

09 Jan '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-01-09 07:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Sandringham School, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, UK, direct via GB1SAN The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact was successful: Fri 2016-01-08 08:47:47 UTC 83 deg (***) 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 is a go for: Wed 2016-01-13 11:35:44 UTC 33 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 Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added.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 2016-01-09 07:30 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 1017. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 982. (***) 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 2016-01-09 07:30 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

1 0

AO-85 DUV Help
by Mike McConnell 09 Jan '16

09 Jan '16

I am trying to get the DUV telemetry working here. I have the Audio from my IC-910H ACC Socket (Pin 5 AF) feeding my computer with no luck on decode. Should I be obtaining the audio instead from the Data output 9600 pin 4? Thanks W0PD Michael McConnell, Ph D. Horizon City, TX 79928

2 1

SatPC32 rotators
by Jack Colson 09 Jan '16

09 Jan '16

What rotators are being interfaced to Satpc32? 73, Jack, W3TMZ

2 1

My New Callsign
by EMike McCardel 09 Jan '16

09 Jan '16

Folks, Please note that, as of today, my callsign is now AA8EM EMike EMike McCardel, AA8EM, former KC8YLD VP for Educational Relations AMSAT-NA Sent from my iPhone

2 1

Re: [amsat-bb] Active 9600 Baud Satellites
by Mineo Wakita 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

Download and install DK3WN's software and OCX.zip etc. Install vb6sp6 or vb6rt340 for MSCOMM32.OCX, MSWINSCK.OCX, and MSCHRT.OCX etc from the other web sites. How to run Softwares in Windows8.1(64bit) http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/mix3win8.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

4 4

Rotators which interface with satpc32?
by Jack Colson 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

Any suggestions for as/el rotators which interface with satpc32? Thank you, w3tmz

2 1

TV News reports of Sandringham ARISS contact
by M5AKA 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

Links for videos of TV news reports about Sandringham School Tim Peake ARISS amateur radio contact are at http://amsat-uk.org/2016/01/08/bbc-tv-sandringham-school-amateur-radio-iss-… Sandringham students speak to Tim Peake GB1SS http://amsat-uk.org/2016/01/08/sandringham-students-speak-to-tim-peake-gb1s… Video of the Women in Engineering activity which was part of Space Festival culminating in ARISS contact is at http://amsat-uk.org/2016/01/07/students-prepare-for-iss-contact/ 73 Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ----

1 0

Upcoming ARISS contact with Sandringham School, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, UK
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Sandringham School, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, UK on 08 Jan. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:47 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between GB1SS and GB1SAN. The contact should be audible over portions of the UK and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Sandringham School is a high performing coeducational non-selective and non-denominational secondary school, consistently graded Outstanding by Ofsted and being in the top 100 highest performing non-selective schools in England for the past 3 years. The school is a specialist science college, arts college and leading edge provider. It is also designated as one of the first 'World Class Schools' in the country. The school operates a significant amount of community and outreach activities, is an Initial Teacher Training provider and runs a Teaching School Alliance for Hertfordshire. Sandringham is also a "Gifted and Talented" lead school and International School, with significant international activities taking place throughout the year. The school also coordinates National Initiatives with the Education Endowment Foundation and has a significant reputation in the country for delivering outstanding comprehensive education. The total number of students on roll is 1300 and expanding, with children from age 11 - 19, including a very large and academic sixth form. The catchment area is local, serving the needs of St. Albans and Wheathampstead although sixth form students join the school from further away if they meet the entrance criteria. We have over 100 teachers in the school including specialist teachers of computing science and three female physics teachers all of whom have a specialist interest in space and astronomy. In addition, the headeacher is a very active radio amateur who is extremely supportive of this contact. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows 1. What do you think Isaac Newton would say if he knew that the name of your mission was based on his book? 2. If you had a liquid hydrocarbon in space would the intermolecular forces be strong enough to hold it in a ball of liquid? 3. How are rapid cooling of liquid metals performed in the EML experiment? 4. The EML is being used to study alloy structure and formation. What are the benefits of using space as a scientific platform? 5. What would happen to a helium balloon aboard the ISS? 6. With the EXPOSE-R2 experiment, are you able to predict if any samples will be able to survive outside in space? 7. What's the most exciting thing that's happened to you so far on the ISS? 8. With your view of earth, is there one thing which stands out visually? 9. We hear that you are planning on driving the Mars Rover from space, how does that work? 10. Does gravity affect time and aging? 11. If you could visit any planet in the solar system (which isn't gas), which planet would you visit and why? 12. How does your body feel when you are weightless? 13. What did you bring with you to the ISS? 14. Is the sun more powerful in space? 15. Did you want to be an astronaut when you were a boy and is it like you thought it would be? 16. As you are communicating with us, do you get the chance to communicate with your family? 17. If you could send any message out into space what would it be? 18. What do you think the hardest adjustment in coming back down to Earth will be? 19. What is the most amazing thing you have seen in space? 20. Where do you stand on the theory of a multiverse existence and do you think it is possible to find any evidence for or against this in space? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. 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 is a go for: Wed 2016-01-13 11:35:44 UTC 33 deg ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program visit the ARISS website at ariss.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

2 1

Re: [amsat-bb] Active 9600 Baud Satellites
by Mineo Wakita 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

I posted many OCX files in my Dropbox. Please try using the capitalized file if the same file name like MSCHRT20.OCX, COMDLG32.OCX etc. They put in the same folder of DK3WN software. http://www.dropbox.com/sh/y4bhfcljoifv99x/AABsgaq9NXVnyi6XZngeUOQea?dl=0 JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

2 1