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Upcoming ARISS contact with Howell L. Watkins Middle School, Palm Beach Gardens FL
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 16 Oct '16

16 Oct '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Howell L. Watkins Middle School, Palm Beach Gardens FL on 17 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:08 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and N4J. The contact should be audible over Florida 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. Howell L. Watkins is a public middle school for grades 6-8 located Palm Beach Gardens, Florida operating in the Palm Beach County School system. The school first opened in 1963 and has been in their current building for about thirteen years. The student population is 928 students with an average age group of 11 through 14 years. Ninety percent of the students are on the free or reduced lunch program and the student population has a high number of Limited English Proficiency students (LEP) and students who receive Exceptional Student Education (ESE) support services. The school currently has two magnet programs: a Medical Magnet and a Science, Technology, Robotics and Mathematics (STERM) program. There are 58 teachers providing instruction and 47 support personnel on the school staff. The school's mission is to educate students and to assist them in realizing their full potential as responsible, productive, contributing members of society by providing an educational environment in which students are challenged, excellence is expected and differences are valued. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What is your hypothesis on the future evolution of Mars? Do you think it will be the next landing site for astronauts? 2. In regards to Kepler-186f, how can you tell the life of a planet 500 light years away from Earth? 3. If you were left on Mars like in the movie "The Martian" what would you do? 4. Being in space weakens the bone structure, but what does it do to the Cardiovascular system, especially the heart? 5. What is the safety cord you use on space walks made of and can it be broken? 6. When did you know you wanted to become an astronaut and who inspired you? 7. Is it hard living in a small space with limited resources? 8. What is your favorite tool or gadget that you use in space and what is its purpose? 9. What would you do if the ISS were hit by space junk? 10. What was the hardest part about going into space? 11. What have you accomplished in space that you are the most proud of? 12. How long was your astronaut training and was it difficult? 13. How do you sleep upright in the sleeping bag and stay in the bag? 14. Is it hard getting used to sleeping on a flat bed when you get home? 15. How hard is it being away from your families? 16. After your body has evacuated its waste, what happens to it? 17. Which movie or TV show have you watched about space travel that is the most closely related to what you are experiencing? 18. How has your view of the Earth affected your view of humanity, or has your view of humanity changed since being able to look at the world from space? 19. What is the most impressive thing you have seen while 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): TBD 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), the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and 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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Grid Day Trip to EN95 + FN05 (take 4)
by Ken Alexander 15 Oct '16

15 Oct '16

---------------------------------------------------------- Day Objects AOS (U) LOS Period maxEl AZ ---------------------------------------------------------- 16.10.2016 SO-50 14:02 14:10 08 19 164 - 055 16.10.2016 FO-29 14:18 14:30 12 19 098 - 002 16.10.2016 SO-50 15:41 15:51 10 57 228 - 031 16.10.2016 FO-29 15:59 16:17 18 76 157 - 348 16.10.2016 FO-29 17:46 18:01 15 24 214 - 333 16.10.2016 AO-07 18:03 18:17 14 23 102 - 354 16.10.2016 AO-85 19:44 19:52 08 19 159 - 055 16.10.2016 AO-07 19:53 20:11 18 84 159 - 343 16.10.2016 AO-85 21:23 21:33 10 61 225 - 032 16.10.2016 AO-07 21:48 22:03 15 20 217 - 326

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Grid Day Trip to EN95 + FN05 (take 3)
by Ken Alexander 15 Oct '16

15 Oct '16

** *----------------------------------------------------------* *DayObjectsAOS (U) LOS Period maxElAZ* *----------------------------------------------------------* *16.10.2016SO-5014:02 14:100819164 - 055* *16.10.2016FO-2914:18 14:301219098 - 002* *16.10.2016SO-5015:41 15:511057228 - 031* *16.10.2016FO-2915:59 16:171876157 - 348* *16.10.2016FO-2917:46 18:011524214 - 333* *16.10.2016AO-0718:03 18:171423102 - 354* *16.10.2016AO-8519:44 19:520819159 - 055* *16.10.2016AO-0719:53 20:111884159 - 343* *16.10.2016AO-8521:23 21:331061225 - 032* *16.10.2016AO-0721:48 22:031520217 - 326*

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Grid Day Trip to EN95 + FN05
by Ken Alexander 15 Oct '16

15 Oct '16

Sorry, that schedule came out poorly! Try this: *----------------------------------------------------------* *DayObjectsAOS (U) LOS Period maxElAZ* *----------------------------------------------------------* *16.10.2016SO-5014:02 14:100819164 - 055* *16.10.2016FO-2914:18 14:301219098 - 002* *16.10.2016SO-5015:41 15:511057228 - 031* *16.10.2016FO-2915:59 16:171876157 - 348* *16.10.2016FO-2917:46 18:011524214 - 333* *16.10.2016AO-0718:03 18:171423102 - 354* *16.10.2016AO-8519:44 19:520819159 - 055* *16.10.2016AO-0719:53 20:111884159 - 343* *16.10.2016AO-8521:23 21:331061225 - 032* *16.10.2016AO-0721:48 22:031520217 - 326*

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Grid Day Trip: EN95 + FN05
by Ken Alexander 15 Oct '16

15 Oct '16

Hi All! Tomorrow (Sunday Oct 16) I'm going to spend a few hours in Parry Sound, ON, the home town of Bobby Orr, and near the EN95/FN05 boundary. I don't know of a location where I can set up on the common grid boundary. I haven't been there in a while. If I'm able to find one I will use it for the passes listed below. If not I'll do several passes from EN95 and then some from FN05. Follow @ve3hls on Twitter for details. I have included a few AO-7 passes in the hope that AO-7 will be in Mode B tomorrow. However, at the moment it looks like tomorrow might be a "Mode A day". If that turns out to be the case then you can scratch the AO-7 passes. There are no usable XW-2x passes during this period. 73 and hope to work you tomorrow! Ken, VE3HLS *----------------------------------------------------------* *DayObjectsAOS (U) LOS Period maxElAZ* *----------------------------------------------------------* *16.10.2016SO-5014:02 14:100819164 - 055* *16.10.2016FO-2914:18 14:301219098 - 002* *16.10.2016SO-5015:41 15:511057228 - 031* *16.10.2016FO-2915:59 16:171876157 - 348* *16.10.2016FO-2917:46 18:011524214 - 333* *16.10.2016AO-0718:03 18:171423102 - 354* *16.10.2016AO-8519:44 19:520819159 - 055* *16.10.2016AO-0719:53 20:111884159 - 343* *16.10.2016AO-8521:23 21:331061225 - 032* *16.10.2016AO-0721:48 22:031520217 - 326*

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ANS-290 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 15 Oct '16

15 Oct '16

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-290 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * AMSAT RadFXSat Vibration Testing * 2016 AMSAT Space Symposium at Sea Registration Still Open * AMSAT SA Sponsors SDR Workshop * Phase 4 Satellite Presentation at TAPR Digital Communication Conference SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-290.01 ANS-290 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 290.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE October 16, 2016 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-290.01 AMSAT RadFXSat Vibration Testing RadFxSat underwent vibration testing for two of the three axes on Monday, October 10 at NTS in Boxborough, MA. The X and Z axis were tested with Y axis testing following on Tuesday and final testing completed on Friday, October 14. Jerry Buxton, N0JY, AMSAT VP-Engineering reported, "All environmental and post- environmental tests passed. In the bag, another Fox in a Box ready for delivery and integration!" A YouTube video of the X-Axis test is available https://youtu.be/hPWxXPUmYQ4 Remaining activities include the Mission Readiness Review in December leading to delivery and integration currently scheduled for early January 2017. (ANS Jerry, N0JY, for the above information) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 AMSAT Space Symposium at Sea Registration Still Open If you are an Individual attending Symposium on board the CARNIVAL LIBERTY departing Galveston, TX on November 10, you must register to attend the AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual Meeting through AMSAT. Cruise arrangements made through Carnival Cruise Lines does not include the registration fee for the Symposium itself. There are three options to register for Symposium: -Complete and mail to the AMSAT Office the 2016 Symposium Registration Form that was sent to all AMSAT members back in July along with the BoD ballot along with payment; -Call the AMSAT Office (301-822-4376) and speak with AMSAT Office Manager Martha Saragovitz ; or -Use the AMSAT Store (store.amsat.org) by selecting the “2016 AMSAT-NA Symposium Registration” link found under “Bestsellers” on the right hand side of the store’s main page. Registration for the Symposium is $40.00 and includes a copy of the “Proceedings” that contains papers written for the Symposium as well as technical documentation that AMSAT is placing in the public domain. The “Proceedings” will be available to attendees onboard ship. In addition, the registration provides a means to confirm the number of individuals in your party planning to attend the AMSAT Banquet as well as an opportunity to reserve seats for the Field Ops Breakfast. Both meals are open to anyone wishing to attend (AMSAT Registration is not necessary) and there is no charge for either event as food is included in your cruise package. However, by indicating how many individuals will be attending, it helps to ensure that sufficient seating is made available for each activity. As the AMSAT Office will not be open after Monday, 7 NOV 16 through that week, we ask that your Symposium Registration be received at the AMSAT office by Friday, 4 NOV 16. [ANS thanks 2016 AMSAT Space Symposium Committee for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT SA Sponsors SDR Workshop AMSAT SA is holding a half-day SDR workshop in cooperation with the South African Radio League at the National Amateur Radio Centre on 26 November 2016. The workshop will include videos and presentations on Software Defined Radio and a practical demonstration. AMSAT SA started a conversation with radio amateurs interested in SDR and soon realised that there is a wider interest in this developing technology in Amateur Radio. The cost of attending is a contribution to the Kletskous development fund with a minimum of R20 to cover refreshment. For more details and to book your place, visit www.amsatsa.org.za or follow the link from the League's home page. [ANS thanks SARL weekly news in English 2016-10-15 for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Phase 4 Satellite Presentation at TAPR Digital Communication Conference Gary Pearce KN4AQ has released a video of the Digital Communications Conference presentation by Bob McGwier N4HY about the AMSAT payload for a geosynchronous satellite. AMSAT-NA is developing a “hosted payload” for a spacecraft that Millennium Space Systems (MSS) of El Segundo, California, is under contract to design, launch, and operate for the US government. The satellite’s potential footprint could extend over the US from the Mid-Pacific to Africa. The amateur radio payload will comprise a Software Defined Transponder capable of supporting many different modes, including analog SSB. Gary Pearce KN4AQ writes: We’ve been hearing about a Geosynchronous satellite for the Western Hemisphere for a while now, but not many details. In this episode from the DCC, project leader Bob McGwier N4HY fills in a lot of blanks. There’s no launch date yet, and maybe not quite enough info to start building your ground station (a ‘Five & Dime’ setup – 5 GHz up, 10 GHz down), but you can start thinking about it. Bob's Phase 4 presentation at DCC can be viewed at the following link: https://youtu.be/BE6ZZ3MQsNY [ANS thanks HamRadioNow and AMSAT-UK for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-10-16 01:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 15 Oct '16

15 Oct '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-10-16 01:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: University of Nebraska's Peter Kiewit Institute, Omaha NE, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kate Rubins KG5FYJ Contact was successful: Sat 2016-10-15 14:00:08 UTC 29 deg (***) Howell L. Watkins Middle School, Palm Beach Gardens FL, direct via N4J The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-10-17 16:08:01 UTC 83 deg **************************************************************************** ** Call for Proposals Proposal Window September 1 – November 1, 2016 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 1, 2016. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact. **************************************************************************** ** 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. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz. **************************************************************************** *** All ARISS contacts are made via the Ericsson radio unless otherwise noted. **************************************************************************** *** 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123 Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IKØWGF with 118 **************************************************************************** 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 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-10-16 01:30 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 1089. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1054. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. 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, South Dakota, 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 2016-10-16 01:30 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. 47 on orbit Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Aleksey Ovchinin Exp. 48 on orbit Anatoly Ivanishin Kate Rubins KG5FYJ Takuya Onishi KF5LKS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Anyone have this book?
by Norm n3ykf 15 Oct '16

15 Oct '16

Handbook of filter synthesis? by Zverev Need to get the procedure for tuning a helical filter found on p 518 and in figure 9.23. Found a reference to this. Thanks, Norm pz5yk (for a few more days)

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Pacificon AMSAT demos today @ 1830-1900 UTC
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 15 Oct '16

15 Oct '16

Hi! Pacificon is going very well for the AMSAT booth. Many thanks to Alan WA6DNR, his friend Louise, and TIm W6MU here at the convention. It rained a lot yesterday, but for now there's a break in the rain. I plan on working a couple of passes in the 1830-1900 UTC timeframe today, starting with SO-50 and then switching to FO-29 at the SO-50 LOS (or whenever I run out of stations to work on SO-50). Demonstrations will be done using W1AW/6, meaning ARRL will take care of the LOTW uploading and QSL chores. Thanks to the ARRL and Pacificon for allowing me to use the W1AW/6 call for the demonstrations. For FO-29, I plan on using a single FT-817 and Elk antenna, transmitting around 145.930 MHz +/-. Whether on SO-50 or FO-29, please call if you hear W1AW/6 on these passes. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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any move a foot?
by John Becker 15 Oct '16

15 Oct '16

OK I ask this from time to time and this is one of the times. Let me start by saying that I have NOT. But is there any move afoot for a replacement for AO40? John, W0JAB

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