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

Great White North Grid Expedition
by Ken Alexander 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Things have been getting snowy, windy and cold up here lately, but it looks like the weather will be nice enough to squeeze in one more grid expedition before winter really sets in. I'm hoping to cover 11 grids in 3 days as follows (grids are listed in the order in which I hope to activate them): Day 1, Thursday Nov 24 (Thanksgiving): FN16, FN06 and EN96 Day 2, Friday Nov 25: FN07, EN97, EN98 and FN08 Day 3, Saturday Nov 26: FN17, FN18, FN19 and FN09 Note that 11 grids in 3 days means I won't be spending a lot of time in any one grid. I'll try and operate from grid boundaries where possible. This usually isn't a problem in summer, but when snow has been plowed off the road then there often isn't room to pull over and operate safely. I will be posting tentative schedules shortly. Tentative because everything depends on cooperation from the weather. Hope to work you in a few days. Follow me on Twitter @VE3HLS for updates. 73, Ken VE3HLS

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Possible EN50/EN60 Activation on Thanksgiving
by Adrian Engele 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Folks, I will be heading downstate Illinois for Thanksgiving lunch. If the weather cooperates and if there is enough interest I may try to get on the satellites EO-79 at 1547Z and FO-29 at 1600Z between from EN50XO90/EN60AO00 boundary line. Let me know! Happy Thanksgiving! 73, Adrian AA5UK

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TAPR Trak Box kit $50
by JC Smith 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

https://www.tapr.org/kits_trakbox.html Complete unassembled kit, "New In Box." $50 + $10 insured shipping. Contact JC, k0hps(a)amsat.org

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Grid Expedition Schedule for Thursday Nov 24
by Ken Alexander 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Tentative and weather dependent, as mentioned before. FN16, Stonecliffe ON 24.11.2016 SO-50 12:15 24.11.2016 XW-2A 13:06 24.11.2016 FO-29 13:38 24.11.2016 SO-50 13:56 24.11.2016 FO-29 15:17 FN06/EN96, West Nipissing ON 24.11.2016 AO-07 18:35 24.11.2016 AO-85 19:39 24.11.2016 AO-07 20:26 24.11.2016 XW-2F 21:39 24.11.2016 XW-2C 22:21 24.11.2016 AO-07 22:25 24.11.2016 XW-2F 23:12 24.11.2016 XW-2A 23:39 (FN06/EN96 may get split into 2 separate sites)

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Landlubber's Award
by KO6TZ Bob 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Got my "Landlubber's Award" today. Thanks Paul KO6TZ BOB

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Office Closed
by Martha 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

The AMSAT Office will be closed from Wednesday, November 23rd - Monday, November 21. For those that celebrate - Happy Thanksgiving! -- 73- Martha

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Changes to FUNcube Data Warehouse
by David Johnson 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Hi, With prospect of more satellites in the FUNcube fleet, we will be making some changes to the hosting of the FC Data Warehouse. Leading up to and during the Christmas period there may be some outages as we do some migrations. The Dashboards will back-off and catch up when the servers come back on line, at most 30 minutes each time but will probably not be noticeable. More details as they become available. Many thanks as always to those who provide us with data. 73 Dave, G4DPZ

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Fwd: Re: Correction of last
by Michael R. Lengruesser 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Hello Jerry, try http://www.dishpointer.com/ You get all data you need 73 de Michael R. Lengruesser, DD5ER AMSAT-DL e.V. -- International Satellites for Communication, Science and Education -- mlengruesser(a)amsat-dl.org http:/www.amsat-dl.org Am 21.11.2016 um 22:16 schrieb Gerald Payton: > I am NOT looking for a "tracking program." I am trying to ascertain the correct Az and El for I-4-F3 satellite from my location. NOTHING to do with tracking moving birds. Thanks for all replies & sorry for the bad wording. > > > 73, > > Jerry > _______________________________________________ > 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 Schedule as of 2016-11-22 07:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-11-22 07:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Private Salesian High School named of St. Dominic Savio, Wroclaw, Poland, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-11-25 11:12:47 UTC 65 deg Collège Michel Lotte, Le Palais, France, telebridge via LU1CGB (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KF5FYG Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-11-28 10:38:06 UTC 74 deg (***) Watch for live audio stream: http://radio-belleile.fr/contact-iss-michel-lotte-2016/ (sound only, the video will be recorded and available later) (***) **************************************************************************** ** 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 Kenwood 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 2016-11-22 07:00 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 http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1093. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1058. 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 2016-11-18 08:00 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 **************************************************************************** Exp. 49 on orbit Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Andrei Borisenko Sergey Ryzhikov **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Statellite Pointing
by Gerald Payton 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Is there a good satellite pointing program online that can be recommended? Sat Pointer is all that I have and I question its accuracy. Thanks for any suggestions. (Please, no cellphone apps.) Jerry AB5R

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