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

OUFTI-1 and AAUSAT-4 actvity.
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 28 Apr '16

28 Apr '16

I have just monitored the passes of OUFTI-1 and AAUSAT-4 during a South to North pass here in Wales-UK. Thursday 28th April - starting at approx. 1630 hrs GMT. Using my TS-2000 ( with pre-amp On ) and my "Elk" antenna I heard first of all OUFTI-1 transmissions which were quite strong with a high elevation. Switched band to UHF and also heard data bursts from AAUSAT-4 and that was also quite strong and easy to capture. Regret unable to confirm if the _e-st@r-11_ (mailto:e-st@r-11) was operating as I did not have time. Congratulations to the teams involved and Good Luck with the further work and experiments. Ken Eaton GW1FKY Amsat-UK Amsat NA

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Fly Your Satellite
by Roland Zurmely 28 Apr '16

28 Apr '16

Received, decoded and uploaded 5 CW TLM frames for satellite Oufti-1: <http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/FYS.htm#b> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-04-28 07:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 28 Apr '16

28 Apr '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-04-28 07:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Istituto Comprensivo Statale “Diego Valeri”, Campolongo Maggiore, Italy, direct via IZ3YRA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-04-29 08:34:08 UTC 64 deg Ashfield Primary School, Otley, West Yorkshire, UK, direct via GB1APS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-05-05 08:08:09 UTC 46 deg (***) All Saints STEAM Academy (AS2A), Middletown, Rhode Island, direct via N1ASA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN or Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-05-06 16:43:47 UTC 56 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. **************************************************************************** *** 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: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 117 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 2016-04-28 07:30 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 1051. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1016. 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, 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 2016-04-26 03:30 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. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Exp. 47 on orbit Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Aleksey Ovchinin **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Istituto Comprensivo Statale "Diego Valeri", Campolongo Maggiore, Italy
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 28 Apr '16

28 Apr '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Istituto Comprensivo Statale "Diego Valeri", Campolongo Maggiore, Italy, on 29 Apr. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:34 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and IZ3YRA. The contact should be audible over Italy 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 Institute is located in the province of Venice, near province of Padua. The Municipality of Campolongo Maggiore is part of the urban area of the "Riviera del Brenta" which stretches along the banks of the river Brenta, famous tourist area for the presence of numerous villas of the XVI - XVIII century. The Municipality of Campolongo Maggiore has a vast territory and the Institute Comprehensive School "Diego Valeri" consists of: a nursery school, three complexes of primary school and two middle schools with a total number of about 1000 pupils. The Institute boasts the best music workshop in Italy and almost all of the pupils are able, not only to try his hand in the study of a musical instrument and to read music but also playing in an orchestra. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What do you drink or eat in the space station? 2. What do you miss of earth? 3. How do you feel when you watch out the space station? Do you like the landscape? 4. Why do you want travel in space? 5. Have you got a doctor? What do you do if you are ill? 6. How do you wash yourself? 7. How do you spend your free time? 8. By what means did you get in the space station? 9. When you know that you left for space, how did you feel? 10. When did you go to space for the first time? 11. How long have you been studying and training to become an astronaut? 12. How do you wash yourself and what about your physiological needs? 13. How many nationalities are there on the mission? What language do you speak? 14. What temperatures are there out of the ISS? 15. Is moving difficulty on the ISS? 16. Which is the best thing you have seen from space? 17. Do you practice sports on the ISS? 18. Is it possible to cultivate anything on the ISS? 19. Is sleeping easy as on Earth? 20. What are you studying in this mission? 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), 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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WD9EWK on satellites from Las Vegas area, 29 April-1 May 2016
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 28 Apr '16

28 Apr '16

Hi! While I am in Las Vegas for this weekend's ARRL Nevada State Convention, I plan on doing some operating before and after the convention each day. I want to work some passes from the DM25/DM26 grid boundary, on the south end of Las Vegas, as well as from Lake Mead - a National Recreational Area, and a location that is part of the ARRL's National Parks on the Air event for 2016. So far, I have made one definite plan for my non-convention operating this weekend - an SO-50 pass on Saturday (30 April) morning just before 1400 UTC, at the DM25/DM26 grid boundary on the southern end of the Las Vegas metropolitan area. Beyond this pass, I will look to work other passes in the early mornings and evenings in the Las Vegas area. I will also look to work some passes as I approach Las Vegas on Friday morning, and on my drive home Sunday afternoon. One plan is to stop in the Kingman area in northwestern Arizona, near the I-40 freeway, to work from grid DM35. If time permits, I would operate on the DM25/DM35 boundary in Kingman either around midday Friday or sometime Sunday afternoon. For all of my trips to southern Nevada in the past several years, I have always operated at a single location - the DM25/DM26 grid boundary on the south end of the Las Vegas area. This will be one location I will work from during the weekend. I will also try to activate the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, southeast of Las Vegas, as part of the ARRL's National Parks on the Air activity during 2016. If an SO-50 or FO-29 pass line up with my travels, I may even try to work a pass from the "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada" sign. The sign sits in the median of Las Vegas Boulevard, next to McCarran Airport and what some consider the "official" southern end of the Las Vegas Strip. While traveling, I will use my TH-D72A HT for APRS to transmit my location, using the call sign WD9EWK-9. One way to keep up with my travels will be to visit APRS.FI: http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 I will also post updates here on the AMSAT-BB, as well as my @WD9EWK Twitter feed. If you don't use Twitter, you can still read my posts on Twitter at this link: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK As always, I will upload these QSOs, as well as the QSOs I make during the ARRL Nevada State Convention, to Logbook of the World. If you would like to receive a QSL card, please e-mail me directly with the QSO details. If you are in my log, I would be happy to send you a QSL card. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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AMSAT at ARRL Nevada State Convention, 29 April-1 May 2016
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 28 Apr '16

28 Apr '16

Hi! On Friday (29 April) afternoon through midday Sunday (1 May), I will be part of the AMSAT presence at the ARRL Nevada State Convention in Las Vegas. The convention will take place at the Eastside Cannery Casino-Hotel in Las Vegas. This hotel is located along Boulder Highway at Harmon Avenue, north of Tropicana Avenue and east of the I-515 freeway in Las Vegas. More information about the convention is available at: http://nvcon.org/ During the convention, I will have WD9EWK on the air for demonstrations of satellite operating. If you hear WD9EWK on, please call and be a part of the demonstrations. I will try to post details of the planned satellite demonstrations here on the AMSAT-BB list, and will also post that information and other news from the convention on my @WD9EWK Twitter feed. If you don't use Twitter, you can still see what I post there by visiting this link: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK The convention site is in grid DM26lc. AMSAT thanks Frank Kostelac N7ZEV, a long-time AMSAT Area Coordinator in southern Nevada, for leading the AMSAT presence at this event. I am happy to be working with/for him this weekend, and looking forward to spending more than one night in Las Vegas this weekend. :-) (I have only spent one night at a time in Las Vegas on other trips over the past several years) 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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Re: [amsat-bb] VS-14 -Sentinel-1B and cubesat launch
by Jean-Pierre Godet 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

Hi, George, I heard OUFTI-1, and once again on the last pass (orbit nr 21) on 145.980 MHz. In fact I found the bird 3 kHz lower than expected, something like 145.978 MHz near the max elevation, perhaps because my preliminary tle is not accurate and then my Doppler shift correction is too late : to be confirmed. 73 ! Jean-Pierre F5YG On 27/04/2016 07:54, george abbott wrote: > What frequency did you hear it on? > > > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > > From: godetj(a)wanadoo.fr > > Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 07:10:13 +0000 > > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] VS-14 -Sentinel-1B and cubesat launch > > > > Hello Ken, all ! > > > > Very strong signal of the CW beacon from the OUFTI-1 bird this > > morning, orb nr 20 around 0550 UTC. > > > > HI HI DE OUFTI1 A 45 4A BA BA TA TT BU UU UU TT T6 TT AB 8B > > etc... etc... > > > > 73 ! > > > > J-P F5YG > > > > On 26/04/2016 09:52, GW1FKY(a)aol.com wrote: > > > > > Hello Jean, > > > Thanks for the information - I did not get an opportunity to listen on > > > the earlier pass for either of the satellites. > > > However I have just monitored on a good high pass between 0933 - 0937 > > > hrs GMT. > > > I heard data bursts from AAUSAT -2 and they were very strong even with > > > my simple "ELK" antenna and tracking set up. > > > I was trying to also monitor e-st@r11 <mailto:e-st@r11> but did not > > > hear anything either. May have missed of course with having to change > > > back and forward to AAUSAT- 2. > > > Also monitoring OUFTI-1 but again nothing heard but I cannot be sure, I > > > was expecting the beacon to be on > > > 145.980 Mhz. > > > Hoping that the delays with the launch have not caused any problems for > > > the teams. > > > Trust all goes well and good luck with the decoding. > > > Regards > > > Ken > > > GW1FKY > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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FYS : Fly Your Satellite
by Roland Zurmely 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

Please see here: <http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/FYS.htm> 73 de Roland

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Re: [amsat-bb] VS-14 -Sentinel-1B and cubesat launch
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

Hello Jean, Thanks for the information - I did not get an opportunity to listen on the earlier pass for either of the satellites. However I have just monitored on a good high pass between 0933 - 0937 hrs GMT. I heard data bursts from AAUSAT -2 and they were very strong even with my simple "ELK" antenna and tracking set up. I was trying to also monitor _e-st@r11_ (mailto:e-st@r11) but did not hear anything either. May have missed of course with having to change back and forward to AAUSAT- 2. Also monitoring OUFTI-1 but again nothing heard but I cannot be sure, I was expecting the beacon to be on 145.980 Mhz. Hoping that the delays with the launch have not caused any problems for the teams. Trust all goes well and good luck with the decoding. Regards Ken GW1FKY

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Trnidas ans Tobago
by Clint Bradford 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

A friend in that region hasn’t joined a club yet, but who would like me to program her HT for her … at least with simplex frees for local work. Anyone here have first-hand knowledge of what that region uses for local simplex? Is it the same as “ours” (146.52 and 146.55, and 446.000 and 446.500)??? Many thanks. Clint K6LCS

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