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

IC-9100 AO-85 Telemetry
by Frank Westphal 08 Feb '16

08 Feb '16

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

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Re: [amsat-bb] Any experience with low-cost 433MHz transverter from transverters-store?
by Edward R Cole 08 Feb '16

08 Feb '16

Don't know if anyone posted this already but I inquired on another reflector of a ham using the 222 version and he tells me the LO is xtal, so you are looking at a new xtal to shift operating freq upward from 432 to 435. Why I like my DEMI L432-28 25w transverter; the A32 PLL synthesizer has both 404 and 407 MHz programmed in memory requiring only a change in 5-bit program code (five tabs which are selected for grounding). I have a mini-toggle switch that simply changes LO for either 432-434 or 435-437; IF 28-30. PS: I build DEMI kits on contract. 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com "Kits made by KL7UW" Dubus Mag business: dubususa(a)gmail.com

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-02-08 20:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 08 Feb '16

08 Feb '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-02-08 20:00 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 18:11:09 UTC 88 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 2016-02-08 20:00 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 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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XW-2 satellites feature in Sat Magazine
by M5AKA 08 Feb '16

08 Feb '16

The XW-2A to XW-2H satellites feature on page 25 of February issue of the free Sat Magazine publication which can be downloaded from http://www.satmagazine.com/ ARISS contact planned for girls’ school in UK http://amsat-uk.org/2016/02/07/ariss-rms-girls/ The ARISS Principia site is at https://principia.ariss.org/Live/ 73 Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ----

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Old Dominion University OPEN HOUSE for local Middle and High Schools
by Rich/wa4bue 08 Feb '16

08 Feb '16

Here is an update for the next K4AMG event at ODU: Event: Engineering Open House Dates: Feb 19 & 20 The Open House is a recruiting event for the school of engineering. Students from 40 Middle and High Schools (400 – 600 students) throughout the Hampton Roads region will be visiting the school to tour the labs and campus, meet the (current ODU) students and faculty, and learn more about education and career opportunities in engineering. K4AMG will be supporting the event by conducting a mini field day event will be on Friday, Feb 19 and by hosting lab stations on Saturday Feb 20th featuring a 15 minute presentation of ham radio topics. The lab topics include: An overview of amateur radio as a learning tool A (light) technical discussion about the science and engineering that support radio communications A youth forum presented by several young radio amateurs KJ4NFL – Emergency and Public Service Communications WX4TVJ and AE4FH – Antennas KJ4EYZ – Cultures and Environmental Considerations for DX-peditions Satellite communications featuring the CUBESAT simulator provided by AMSAT-NA –KW4CR Society of Broadcast Engineers – Richard Dyer speaking on Careers in Broadcast Engineering and Electronics and Wireless Communications At the student luncheon 9 year old Hope Lea, KM4IPF, will be the key note speaker - subject OSCAR Satellite Communications We still have some time slots available. 73 Rich W4BUE BOD K4AMG John LeVous, KW4CR blyndskwerl(a)gmail.com President, K4AMG Memorial Amateur Radio Club __._,_.___

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sat 32 and windows 10 problem
by James Brown 08 Feb '16

08 Feb '16

Howdy I made the mistake of upgrading from win 8 to win 10. Sat 32 worked fine fa week and then crashed. I had to completely reload sat32. After that the rotor tracking went nuts! I am using a g5500 and a st2 tracker. Sometimes the rotor goes to park in both AZ and EL another times AZ is EL is ok and AZ tracks with a 40 degree error! How can I calibrate the g5500/ST2 with win 10? I barley understood how to do it back in XP days. Thanks Jim KI6WJ

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AO-7 Low pass over Spain big sole over USA
by Juan Antonio 08 Feb '16

08 Feb '16

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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N9IP/P EL84 NPOTA NP17 Today, 8-Feb-2016
by Clayton Coleman 08 Feb '16

08 Feb '16

Steve, N9IP, will operate FO-29 today only from EL84, The Dry Tortugas National Park (NPOTA NP17.) AOS at 16:41 UTC & 18:21 UTC. Steve plans to operate about 30 KHz above the FO-29 passband center. He is running a single Yaesu FT-817 with low power, operating semi-duplex. If you transmit while he is transmitting, he will not hear you. 73 Clayton W5PFG

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Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: DPRK Brilliant Star - TLE / 450 MHz
by Armando Mercado 08 Feb '16

08 Feb '16

Hi, Heard nothing on 470.000 MHz for the US evening passes 07 Feb., 2016. Will have to broaden the search and break out the 11-meter equipment ;-) 73, Armando, N8IGJ

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ChubuSat-2/3 TLE update
by Mineo Wakita 08 Feb '16

08 Feb '16

ChubuSat-2 1 99999U 99999 16043.38029596 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 00009 2 99999 031.0049 311.5958 0015871 289.3826 223.5942 14.99199091006371 ChubuSat-3 1 99999U 99999 16043.38376818 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 00001 2 99999 031.0074 311.5732 0016462 295.7523 235.9943 14.99608280006385 (C)Nagoya University, Tnx. Launch Date: 12 Feb 2016 Launch Time: 08:45-09:30 UTC Launch Site: JAXA Tanegashima Space Center, Japan Satellite Uplink Downlink Beacon Mode Callsign ---------- ------- ---------------- ------- --------------------------- -------- HORYU-4 . 437.375/2400.300 437.375 1k2 AFSK,9k6 GMSK,S_BPSK,CW JG6YBW ChubuSat-2 145.815 437.100 437.100 1k2 AFSK,9k6 GMSK,CW JJ2YPN ChubuSat-3 145.840 437.425 437.425 1k2 AFSK,9k6 GMSK,CW JJ2YPO ---------- ------- ---------------- ------- --------------------------- -------- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/hory4c23.htm JE9PEL/1 Mineo Wakita

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