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

Chubusat Message Exchange Service?
by Tony 10 Feb '16

10 Feb '16

All: Does anyone know the details on how Chubusat's Message Exchange Service works? It appears the satellite will receive messages on the 1200 baud VHF uplink while the 9600 baud UHF down link will be used to send (possibly broadcast) said messages. According to the website, ground stations need to "send an inquiry message" to read messages. That said, if this is a full-duplex system, one would obviously need a pair of modems to run both 1200 and 9600 baud i.e., something like a pair of UZ7HO sound modems. Any thoughts? Tony -K2MO

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QRU WinLNK transmitting every 2 secs to the ISS?
by Stewart Todd Morgan 10 Feb '16

10 Feb '16

I saw your message to the AMSAT board about this, and I think it is documented (somewhat) on your page in the Winlink Text-Messaging section under Message Alerts: http://www.aprs.org/aprs-messaging.html I wasn't sure if you were just trying to be subtle. 73 Todd AL0I

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QRU WinLNK transmitting every 2 secs to the ISS?
by Robert Bruninga 10 Feb '16

10 Feb '16

Noticed that N3FCX seems to be transmitting every 2 seconds to the ISS…. “QRU WNLINK” or something. We are demonstrating satellite tracking to the students this week and we see this signal on there at this high data rate on most passes. Is this winlink something automatic? Bob

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Problems With NK Satellite?
by B J 09 Feb '16

09 Feb '16

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/08/asia/north-korea-rocket-launch/ 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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Re: [amsat-bb] IC-9100 AO-85 Telemetry
by Andrew Glasbrenner 09 Feb '16

09 Feb '16

Have you turned Set menu #57 (9600bps mode) to ON? 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- >From: Frank Westphal <k6fw1(a)verizon.net> >Sent: Feb 8, 2016 4:25 PM >To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org >Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-9100 AO-85 Telemetry > >I have been unable to copy any telemetry from AO-85. I read that a >cable from Data2 Port of the IC-9100 to the sound card input on a PC was >all that was needed to copy the data. I have wired a cable from pin 4 >9600 bps Data Out of the 9100 to the tip of the sound card input and >from Pin 2 ground of the 9100 to the sleeve of the sound card input. I >have selected the correct sound card from the FOX Telem software and >depress the start button. I have not copied one single packet with this >setup. > >Has anyone been successful using a IC-9100 and a sound card to copy the >data? Any ideas what I could try? > >Thanks for any help. > >73, >Frank >K6FW >_______________________________________________ >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] Chubusat question
by Edson W. R. Pereira 09 Feb '16

09 Feb '16

Some info has become available on their web page: https://www.frontier.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/chubusat/chubusat_satellite3.ht… https://www.frontier.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp/chubusat/Amateur_MSG_REPLY_format.… The protocol uses FEC (Hamming code). The source code for the FEC decoder is on this page: https://www.frontier.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/chubusat/source_code_for_HK_tel… Some fun times with GnuRadio may lie ahead! 73, Edson PY2SDR --- - We humans have the capability to do amazing things if we work together. - Nós seres humanos temos a capacidade de fazer coisas incríveis se trabalharmos juntos. On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 11:29 PM, Mark Lunday <wd4elg(a)triad.rr.com> wrote: > Thanks Andrew. > > How does the "message store and forward" algorithm work in practice? > > Mark Lunday, WD4ELG > Greensboro, NC FM06be > wd4elg(a)arrl.net > http://wd4elg.blogspot.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Royal Masonic School for Girls, Rickmansworth, UK
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 09 Feb '16

09 Feb '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Royal Masonic School for Girls, Rickmansworth, UK on 11 Feb. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:09 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between GB1SS and GB1RMS. The contact should be audible over 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. The Royal Masonic School for Girls is an independent girl's day and boarding school in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, with an exceptional, unusual and distinguished history. Founded in 1788 with the purpose of educating the daughters of Freemasons who were unable to support their families, it is one of the oldest girls' schools in the country. We attract girls aged 4-18 from across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and North London and boarders from all over the world. We also have a Pre School for boys and girls aged 2 to 4. Our ethos is both an inspirational and nurturing and our girls strive to be the very best they can be, academically, morally and creatively. Our public examination results are consistently impressive and each year around 90% of girls leave RMS to take up places at University. Life at RMS is centered on much more than "just" academic success and the School is well known for its exceptional pastoral care, and the wealth of extra-curricular opportunities it offers - including Astronomy as we are one of very few schools in the UK to have our own planetarium and observatory! 1. If you have hiccups in space do you bounce around? 2. I watched your video on water and why it turned into a sphere. Would you get the same reaction with a fizzy drink like lemonade? 3. I'm 7 years old - when I am your age, what do you think space travel will look like? 4. We have heard you had to breathe o2 before your brilliant spacewalk. Are there any precautions you had to take after returning inside the ISS? 5. What was the first word that came into your head when you saw the Earth from Space? 6. What was the hardest thing to adjust to when you arrived at the ISS? 7. Which of your muscles has been affected the most by the zero gravity? 8. Who was your biggest inspiration to travel into space? 9. How is being an astronaut different from being an aquanaut, apart from the sea and the air? 10. What is the best advice that you have been given and wish to pass on to future astronauts before travelling to the ISS?? 11. Your blog says that you are doing research into new space age metals using a levitation furnace. Why is zero gravity better for this type of experiment? 12. Aside from plants, how do you produce oxygen on the ISS? 13. What is the difference between flying a helicopter and being in a rocket going to the ISS? 14. Did your training prepare you for the actual experience of space jet lag given you have said you adjusted so quickly? 15. How is the ISS helping us deal with the challenges of deep space voyages? 16. Is there an 'up' on the space station when conducting a spacewalk for navigational /orientating purposes? 17. What is your favourite experiment that you have carried out in space, and why? 18. What has been the most surprising everyday object on the ISS that you did not expect to find? 19. How often do you see Solar wind? 20. When Chris Hadfield recently visited us he said your guitar skills were good but needed more practice Do you have time to practice the guitar in space? 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): 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), 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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Chubusat question
by Mark Lunday 09 Feb '16

09 Feb '16

Under the information for Chubusat 2 it says: <QUOTE> ChubuSat-2 provides the message exchange service. After the on-orbit checkout of the satellite, you can use the service, sending your message with amateur VHF (145.815MHz FSK 1200bps) then your message is written to the on-board memory. Anyone can read your message with amateur UHF (437.1MHz GMSK 9600bps) by sending inquiry message. The uplink/downlink format will be available in this page. <END QUOTE> I understand the 145.815 1200 bps FSK - this is the same as for NO-44, NO-84 and ISS. But what is GMSK 9600? How is that decoded? And how does one request a 'message read' on this cubesat? Mark Lunday, WD4ELG Greensboro, NC FM06be wd4elg(a)arrl.net http://wd4elg.blogspot.com

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-02-09 00:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 09 Feb '16

09 Feb '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-02-09 00:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Royal Masonic School for Girls, Rickmansworth, UK, direct via GB1RMS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-02-11 18:09:02 UTC 89 deg (***) Oasis Academy Brightstowe, Bristol, UK, direct via GB1OAB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-02-19 14:23:23 UTC 78 deg UAH Space Hardware Club, Huntsville, Alabama, direct via K4UAH The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-02-19 17:20:14 UTC 72 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 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 116 Francesco IKØWGF with 116 **************************************************************************** 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 2016-02-09 00:30 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 1022. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 987. 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, 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 2016-02-06 20:00 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. 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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Re: [amsat-bb] AO-7 & FO-29 Low passes over Spain, big sole over USA
by Juan Antonio 08 Feb '16

08 Feb '16

The return from the SAT was strong until it was in the 90 deg azimuth, with 0.4deg elevation, because of the polarity change, then I could not copy it. I could copy N4IQV calling me, but we could not end the QSO. If some North/Central/South American station can work my grid IM78 in low elevation passes of AO-07 & FO-29, PSE Let me know for a sked. Juan Antonio EA4CYQ _____________________________________________ De: Juan Antonio [mailto:ea4cyq@gmail.com] Enviado el: lunes, 08 de febrero de 2016 18:29 Para: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Asunto: AO-7 Low pass over Spain big sole over USA Hi!, Today Monday at 18:29 UTC I have 0.5 del elevation pass, less than 4 minutes. I would try some new station, I will receive the SAT over 145.940 if the high ground noise level let me receive this OM SAT. Juan Antonio EA4CYQ IM78cx --- El software de antivirus Avast ha analizado este correo electrónico en busca de virus. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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