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Latest TQSL on Ubuntu
by John KI4RO 30 Jan '16

30 Jan '16

Well, I'm not much of an expert on Linux/Ubuntu and hoping for some help here; ARRL hasn't been much help yet. I got TQSL out of the Ubuntu Software Center; it downloaded and installed just fine. I was under the impression that, having installed it that way, updates would be installed as they became available but apparently that is not the case. I've gone to the site and downloaded the appropriate tar.gz file and unpacked it but I don't know what to do with it now. I've tried the make command and such as specified on other sites but they don't seem able to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated! 73 John KI4RO

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Re: [amsat-bb] Antennas for Satellite & EME
by Edward R Cole 30 Jan '16

30 Jan '16

Rich, Progressing to eme from satellite is not uncommon for folks looking for further challenges. But antenna requirements for eme are considerably different than for eme: 1. Obviously eme signals are much weaker thus require more sensitive (lower noise figure) receivers, larger antennas, and much more transmit power. Frequency and time requirements are higher especially if doing digital modes. 2. Antenna tracking speed is greatly reduced for eme; swinging a large eme array fast enough to track satellites might present additional challenges. 3. 2m-eme is much easier now days since it has almost completely gone to digital mode (WSJT10-JT65B). This helps running smaller antennas and less power due to 10-dB sensitivity advantage over CW. 4. A single large yagi and 1kW will work 2m-eme fairly well using JT65B. 5. Power requirement is best understood as EIRP (effective isotropic radiated power). EIRP = Po x gain ratio, where one calculates the gain ratio by taking gain = 10^(G/10), G = gain in dBi. e.g. a 15 element yagi on 28-foot boom G might be 17 dBi, g = 50 if Po = 1000w, EIRP = 1000x50 =50kW 6. My opinion of minimum 2m-eme requirements is EIRP = 12kW 7. A standard 2m-eme array has 20-dBi gain; 432 it becomes 24-26 dBi; 1296 30-dBi with those gains one is in the maintime for doing eme. You can work some of the bigger eme stations if you have smaller arrays than that. 8. yagis work well on 144 & 432 but a dish is better for 1296. four 10-element yagis on 144, eight 8-element yagis on 432, and a ten foot dish on 1296 will produce these gains. 9. I recommend you try 2m-eme first. There is a steep learning curve and 2m is easier to achieve eme with off shelf equipment. But be prepared to construct parts of the system. 10. Az-el tracking is assumed for eme. Satellite az-el rotators are not strong enough to take the loading of a good sized eme array. 11. What I have for 144-eme: 4x M2 2mXP20 (21.3 dBi) + 1300w (8877 amplifier); 0.1 dB NF preamps, DEMI transverter to K3 running on 28-MHz. I ran for several years with 150w linear amp (100w at antenna array). 12. What I have for 1296-eme: 16-foot dish with 35 dBi gain, special circular polarity feed, HB az-el tracking, 0.32 dB NF preamp, 125w Guess this will give you a start. 73, Ed - KL7uW ---------------- From: Richard Lawn <rjlawn(a)gmail.com> To: Amsat BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] Antennas for Satellite & EME Message-ID: <CADQmrTGP-YME_CKUi=0TjbPx6s5WY30DNujEn6jhMcT=orA54g(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I've never devoted much time to VHF/UHF operation aside from satellite operation and now in retirement I'm thinking of exploring this new dimension. Since I don't have a lot of space for really long boom yagis and separate installations for satellite and EME operation I'm looking for an antenna system that would do double duty. I'd be interested in any suggestion the group might have in terms of antennas that would work well for both activities as I could replace my current M2 yagis with something else for 2/435 and maybe 1.2 ghz. TNX 73 RIck, W2JAZ 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com "Kits made by KL7UW" Dubus Mag business: dubususa(a)gmail.com

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Re: [amsat-bb] AggieSat Beacon Information
by Richard Tejera 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

Ah, didn't realize it just deployed. Makes sense now why I can't find it. Thanks &73 Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.SaguaroAstro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org On January 29, 2016, at 16:53, Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh(a)gmail.com> wrote: Rick, I would use the ISS keps for now since it was tossed out this afternoon. Dave-KB1PVH Sent from my Samsung S4 On Jan 29, 2016 6:50 PM, "Rick Tejera" <saguaroastro(a)cox.net> wrote: Trying to find the keps for this. Do you know where I can find them? Didn't see them in nasabare.txt Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org Thunderbird Radio Club www.w7tbc.org 623-572-0713 623-203-4121 (cell) SaguaroAstro(a)cox.net -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Dexter Becklund Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 7:52 AM To: Andrew Glasbrenner Cc: Andrew Tucker; Reed, Helen L; AMSAT-bb(a)amsat.org; Adelin Destain Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AggieSat Beacon Information Howdy, here's a dropbox link to the beacon data https://www.dropbox.com/s/y6zg9npdmx4m196/beacon.csv?dl=0 On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 8:23 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner < glasbrenner(a)mindspring.com> wrote: > Hi Dexter, > > Thanks for the information. Attachments are scrubbed from the list, so > maybe a URL to a copy would be useful. Good luck with the deployment! > > 73, Drew KO4MA > AMSAT Twitter jockey > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 29, 2016, at 9:11 AM, Dexter Becklund <dbecklund(a)tamu.edu> wrote: > > > > Howdy and thanks for the Twitter mention! > > > > Here's the information about our beacon: > > Our callsign is WH2XGN, we will be beaconing state of health data once > > every 60 seconds. The broadcast frequency is 436.25 MHz at 9600 Baud. The > > radio hardware is a Kenwood TH-D72A ( > > http://www.kenwood.com/usa/com/amateur/th-d72a/spec.html). If anyone is > > interested in getting a packet breakdown like the one pictured or sending > > any data they receive from the satellite, contact Adelin Destain at > > adestain(a)tamu.edu > > > > And detailed breakdown of our state of health packet is attached to this > > email! > > > > Thanks for your help, > > Dexter Becklund > > AggieSat4 Ops Team Lead > > AggieSat Laboratory > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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: [amsat-bb] AggieSat Beacon Information
by Rick Tejera 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

Trying to find the keps for this. Do you know where I can find them? Didn't see them in nasabare.txt Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org Thunderbird Radio Club www.w7tbc.org 623-572-0713 623-203-4121 (cell) SaguaroAstro(a)cox.net -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Dexter Becklund Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 7:52 AM To: Andrew Glasbrenner Cc: Andrew Tucker; Reed, Helen L; AMSAT-bb(a)amsat.org; Adelin Destain Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AggieSat Beacon Information Howdy, here's a dropbox link to the beacon data https://www.dropbox.com/s/y6zg9npdmx4m196/beacon.csv?dl=0 On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 8:23 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner < glasbrenner(a)mindspring.com> wrote: > Hi Dexter, > > Thanks for the information. Attachments are scrubbed from the list, so > maybe a URL to a copy would be useful. Good luck with the deployment! > > 73, Drew KO4MA > AMSAT Twitter jockey > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 29, 2016, at 9:11 AM, Dexter Becklund <dbecklund(a)tamu.edu> wrote: > > > > Howdy and thanks for the Twitter mention! > > > > Here's the information about our beacon: > > Our callsign is WH2XGN, we will be beaconing state of health data once > > every 60 seconds. The broadcast frequency is 436.25 MHz at 9600 Baud. The > > radio hardware is a Kenwood TH-D72A ( > > http://www.kenwood.com/usa/com/amateur/th-d72a/spec.html). If anyone is > > interested in getting a packet breakdown like the one pictured or sending > > any data they receive from the satellite, contact Adelin Destain at > > adestain(a)tamu.edu > > > > And detailed breakdown of our state of health packet is attached to this > > email! > > > > Thanks for your help, > > Dexter Becklund > > AggieSat4 Ops Team Lead > > AggieSat Laboratory > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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Upcoming ARISS contact with PSU. Wittayanusorn School, Kho Hong District, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

PLEASE NOTE: There has been a correction to question #14 from our previous press release posting. An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at PSU. Wittayanusorn School, Kho Hong District, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand on 30 Jan. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:06 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and E29AJ. The contact should be audible over Thailand 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. PSU. Wittayanusorn School, established in 2005, is a Prince of Songkla University affiliated private high school in Hatyai, Songkhla Province, Thailand. The school serves approximately 1,200 students in 7th to 12th grade. The school's identity colors are blue and grey. The blue represents sustainability and grey stands for wisdom. The school motto is "wisdom brings lasting success and happiness". The guiding principle is "our soul is for the benefit of mankind". The desired characteristics of our students are "SMART+" which are referred to scientific mind, good manner, aesthetic appreciation, responsibility and reliability, teamwork, and +global citizenship. Green education is our school's uniqueness which focuses on education for sustainable development. PSU. Wittayanusorn School is dedicated to create an exceptional teaching and learning environment in which morality is emphasized, science and mathematics concepts are embedded. The school curriculum is designed to maximize each student's potential for critical thinking, intellectual curiosity, community involvement, and responsible leadership. Additionally, the school has been selected by the Ministry of Science and Technology to be one of the first four regional schools of the country to host a special three-year science classroom program for high school level, grades 10 to 12, according to the proactive human resources development project to upgrade the science and technology capability of the country. The selection of students with high ability in mathematics and science for the science classroom program is carried out by the Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology and closely collaborated with Prince of Songkla University. Each student who passes the selection will be entitled to a scholarship from grade 10 onwards, and subjected to certain additional criteria, he/she will be eligible for a scholarship until he/she can complete his/her education up to a doctoral degree level. PSU Wittayanusorn School was accredited with the score 97.02% by the Office of National Education Standards and Quality Assessment on May 26, 2015. 1. Is there any microorganism in outer space and what kind are they? 2. How do you clean up yourself, and how often? 3.: How can you contact your family who live on Earth? 4. What is the most important qualification that astronaut should have? 5. What is your mission at ISS? 6. How do you save water? 7. For you, what is the hardest problem in the space? 8. How do you wash your clothes during you stay in space? 9. What were your preparations before going to space? 10. If the Earth ceases to be habitable for human beings, which planet could be humanity's next home? 11. How do you deal with human waste in the space? 12. What do we have to study if we want to be an astronaut? 13. If you get a knife cut, what would the wound be like and how to heal the wound? 14. What happens if you cut yourself? 15. Have you ever seen any strange stuff or phenomena in outer space such as UFO and how does it look? 16. How does the new 7 Wonders of the World look from the ISS? 17. Is it possible to celebrate your birthday in the ISS, and what happens when you blow the candles? What does the candle flame look like and why? 18. What are the differences between seeing the stars from the Earth and seeing them from the space station? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Sign up for the SAREX maillist at http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex 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. Christ The King School, Rutland, Vermont, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-02-04 18:28:16 UTC 88 deg 2 . "Gesmundo Moro Fiore" Secondary School, Terlizzi, Italy, telebridge via LU1CGB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-02-06 09:09:01 UTC 40 deg ABOUT ARISS Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-01-29 16:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-01-29 16:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: PSU. Wittayanusorn School, Kho Hong District, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand, direct via E29AJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-01-30 11:06:23 UTC 63 deg Christ The King School, Rutland, Vermont, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-02-04 18:28:16 UTC 88 deg "Gesmundo Moro Fiore" Secondary School, Terlizzi, Italy, telebridge via LU1CGB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-02-06 09:09:01 UTC 40 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 115 **************************************************************************** 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 2016-01-29 16:00 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 1019. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 984. 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 2016-01-20 23:30 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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Antennas for Satellite & EME
by Richard Lawn 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

I've never devoted much time to VHF/UHF operation aside from satellite operation and now in retirement I'm thinking of exploring this new dimension. Since I don't have a lot of space for really long boom yagis and separate installations for satellite and EME operation I'm looking for an antenna system that would do double duty. I'd be interested in any suggestion the group might have in terms of antennas that would work well for both activities as I could replace my current M2 yagis with something else for 2/435 and maybe 1.2 ghz. TNX 73 RIck, W2JAZ

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AggieSat Beacon Information
by Dexter Becklund 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

Howdy and thanks for the Twitter mention! Here's the information about our beacon: Our callsign is WH2XGN, we will be beaconing state of health data once every 60 seconds. The broadcast frequency is 436.25 MHz at 9600 Baud. The radio hardware is a Kenwood TH-D72A ( http://www.kenwood.com/usa/com/amateur/th-d72a/spec.html). If anyone is interested in getting a packet breakdown like the one pictured or sending any data they receive from the satellite, contact Adelin Destain at adestain(a)tamu.edu And detailed breakdown of our state of health packet is attached to this email! Thanks for your help, Dexter Becklund AggieSat4 Ops Team Lead AggieSat Laboratory

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Upcoming ARISS contact with PSU. Wittayanusorn School, Kho Hong District, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at PSU. Wittayanusorn School, Kho Hong District, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand on 30 Jan. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:06 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and E29AJ. The contact should be audible over Thailand 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. PSU. Wittayanusorn School, established in 2005, is a Prince of Songkla University affiliated private high school in Hatyai, Songkhla Province, Thailand. The school serves approximately 1,200 students in 7th to 12th grade. The school's identity colors are blue and grey. The blue represents sustainability and grey stands for wisdom. The school motto is "wisdom brings lasting success and happiness". The guiding principle is "our soul is for the benefit of mankind". The desired characteristics of our students are "SMART+" which are referred to scientific mind, good manner, aesthetic appreciation, responsibility and reliability, teamwork, and +global citizenship. Green education is our school's uniqueness which focuses on education for sustainable development. PSU. Wittayanusorn School is dedicated to create an exceptional teaching and learning environment in which morality is emphasized, science and mathematics concepts are embedded. The school curriculum is designed to maximize each student's potential for critical thinking, intellectual curiosity, community involvement, and responsible leadership. Additionally, the school has been selected by the Ministry of Science and Technology to be one of the first four regional schools of the country to host a special three-year science classroom program for high school level, grades 10 to 12, according to the proactive human resources development project to upgrade the science and technology capability of the country. The selection of students with high ability in mathematics and science for the science classroom program is carried out by the Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology and closely collaborated with Prince of Songkla University. Each student who passes the selection will be entitled to a scholarship from grade 10 onwards, and subjected to certain additional criteria, he/she will be eligible for a scholarship until he/she can complete his/her education up to a doctoral degree level. PSU Wittayanusorn School was accredited with the score 97.02% by the Office of National Education Standards and Quality Assessment on May 26, 2015. 1. Is there any microorganism in outer space and what kind are they? 2. How do you clean up yourself, and how often? 3.: How can you contact your family who live on Earth? 4. What is the most important qualification that astronaut should have? 5. What is your mission at ISS? 6. How do you save water? 7. For you, what is the hardest problem in the space? 8. How do you wash your clothes during you stay in space? 9. What were your preparations before going to space? 10. If the Earth ceases to be habitable for human beings, which planet could be humanity's next home? 11. How do you deal with human waste in the space? 12. What do we have to study if we want to be an astronaut? 13. If you get a knife cut, what would the wound be like and how to heal the wound? 14. What happens if female astronauts get their period while living in outer space? 15. Have you ever seen any strange stuff or phenomena in outer space such as UFO and how does it look? 16. How does the new 7 Wonders of the World look from the ISS? 17. Is it possible to celebrate your birthday in the ISS, and what happens when you blow the candles? What does the candle flame look like and why? 18. What are the differences between seeing the stars from the Earth and seeing them from the space station? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Sign up for the SAREX maillist at http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex 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. Christ The King School, Rutland, Vermont, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-02-04 18:28:16 UTC 88 deg 2 . "Gesmundo Moro Fiore" Secondary School, Terlizzi, Italy, telebridge via LU1CGB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-02-06 09:09:01 UTC 40 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 is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Re: [amsat-bb] VUCC Application Submitted
by Fernando Ramirez 28 Jan '16

28 Jan '16

Still limited to FM, that might change someday :-). Good thing I've learn how to work AO-85 with just a Chinese handheld! Thanks John! On Jan 28, 2016 9:51 PM, "John Geiger" <af5cc2(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Congrats Fernando! I am happy that I was able to give you EM04 towards > your VUCC. The sats are a blast and have the best ham operators on them! > Did you do all of your grids on FM? > > 73 John AF5CC > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 10:26 PM, Fernando Ramirez < > framirezferrer(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Good evening everyone! >> >> I wanted to share my excitement with all of you! >> >> After three months and 8 days operating the FM satellites, I have received >> confirmation of my 100th grid from KG5CCI. I have submitted my application >> with hopes of receiving my VUCC award in the near future. >> >> Even though I was licensed 23 years ago, I have never had so much fun. >> Knowing that I'm talking through a flying repeater hundred of miles away, >> fascinates me. >> >> 98% percent of my confirmed grids were worked on SO-50. Two unique grids >> worked on AO-85. This, using a 4 watts handheld, an Arrow antenna and some >> luck. >> >> Confirming one hundred grids will sound minuscule to some, but thinking >> that I was trying to hear a ham radio satellite on a rubber ducky some >> months ago, is something I feel very proud of. >> >> I would like to thank all the operators I have worked during this time. A >> special thank you to N6UA, WD9EWK, W5PFG, KC5CCI, N8HM, KA4H, KO4MA and >> KI4RO for all the support, the advice, the grids and above everything else >> for the patience. >> >> To AMSAT-NA my best wishes and support! >> >> Take care everyone and catch you on the birds! >> >> 73 >> Fernando, NP4JV >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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