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

ISS SSTV - Orbit Boost
by Paul Stoetzer 20 Apr '16

20 Apr '16

Good morning, The ISS SSTV event is supposed to last until 11:35 UTC tomorrow morning aside from a school contact from 12:35 UTC until 14:30 UTC today. However, there is a 252 second firing of the Progress's thrusters scheduled for 12:22 UTC today for an orbit boost, which will cause your orbit predictions to be off a bit. 73, Paul, N8HM

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Yaesu rotor maintenance
by Richard Lawn 19 Apr '16

19 Apr '16

While my IC-9100 is in the shop and as I await a new 2 meter antenna I decided to deal with what I had let go - rust on hardware and rust on the rotor elevation bracket. The good old Dremel helped to get 90% of the rust off the U shaped el rotor mounting bracket and el boom u bolts, but I'm wondering what to use to paint over these items to inhibit rust in the future? Any ideas other than rust oleum? I'll off course use stainless hardware to replace the cheap stuff Yaesu gives you as I did the last time I rebuilt the rotor. Also replacing both feed lines. I hope this will tide me for many many more years. 73 Rick, W2JAZ -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

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ISS Beacons
by Jeff Moore 19 Apr '16

19 Apr '16

I don't know if I had set up my radio to "autobeacon", but several years ago I wanted to try and work the ISS via APRS Packet. I was on my way to a fox hunting demo that I was going to do and I figured the ISS pass would be done by the time everyone started to arrive for the demo. Initially I didn't see anything happening and as luck would have it, people started arriving early for the demo I was doing and I got distracted from the pass. Later as I was securing from the demo, I looked at the station heard list on my D-710 and realized that I had succeeded in bouncing a packet off of the ISS during that pass. There were a total of 3 packets listed from that pass, the response to MY beacon, and 2 other packets that were digipeated by the ISS. A live contact would be totally cool, but I was very happy just to get my beacon digipeated by the ISS let alone pick up 2 or 3 others. Jeff Moore -- KE7ACY Bend, Oregon On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 4:48 AM, <skristof(a)etczone.com> wrote: > > > My first packet on an ISS pass always includes a CQ. I attempt to send a > direct call to every station that comes up on the heard list. I get very > few responses. But, I do occasionally get a response. I got one just a > day or two ago, but, unfortunately the log is on my other computer or > I'd give the person credit for sending a reply! Thank you station from 4 > land! > > I wonder why a person would set up an auto-beacon. I have to imagine > that half of the time, the person isn't even there to see their callsign > pop up on the screen. > > I was going to get on the 0200 pass last night when this thread started > but the pass predictions showed it was a 2 degree max elevation for me. > That wasn't going to happen with my set up. > > Anyway, if you see my callsign on an ISS pass, I'm sitting at the > keyboard. Give me a shout or send a reply. I even still send out QSL > cards if you want one! > > Steve AI9IN > > On 2016-04-19 03:47, Kevin Deane wrote: > > > I pretty much gave up on the ISS packet because all there was were > beacons. Are there actually people trying to us it again? Wow I might give > it a try tomorrow... > > > > Kevin > > KF7MYK > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > [1] > > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ > 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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Reuse, Interoperability, Portability, Code Complexity Survey - Reminder
by Brandon Shirley 19 Apr '16

19 Apr '16

AMSAT community members This is a reminder email for the Reuse, Interoperability, Portability, Code Complexity Survey. So far about 8 participants have completed the survey, and if you have I am very grateful. I would ideally want about 100-200 respondents, but I have had about 40-80 participants on the previous surveys. If I could get 40+ participants that would be great. This is the longest survey, please note that you can take it in stages as long as you resume or visit the link in the same browser on the same computer and you have cookies turned on as it will remember your session: no other identifying information is collected or stored. You can you use the link below to access the Reuse, Interoperability, Portability, Code Complexity Survey. https://usu.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_79TOgGac3B4Z77f What follows is more information about the survey and is largely the same as what you have seen before. There is a chance to win some gift cards. Please see below for more information. The survey should take about 15 minutes. Thanks. Please note that the link is anonymous, so you are getting this reminder even if you have already taken the survey. I would like to thank everyone that has participated thus far, I really appreciate it, I know it is an inconvenience and that everyone is really busy. The second part of the survey has background questions that will give context to your answers. Try to fill the background out the same way if you take more than one of the surveys. Answer as many of the questions as you want and as much of each question as you want, partial surveys may still be very helpful. At the end of this survey, you will be redirected to a webpage that asks for an email address. You must enter a valid email address to be considered for survey drawings or the overall survey set drawing. We are currently on the 5th survey, Reuse, Interoperability, Portability, Code Complexity Survey. You have a chance at receiving a gift card for participating in this survey as well as a chance at receiving a gift card for your overall participation in the entire survey set. There will be 2 winners of $25 gift cards for each survey and 2 winners of $200 gift cards for the survey set. The surveys are as follows and will be distributed in the following order: (participate as your mood strikes you) SISDPA : Core Concepts SISDPA : Development Preferences SISDPA : Open Systems Architecture and Modularity SISDPA : Security SISDPA : Reuse, Interoperability, Portability, Code Complexity <== We are here ==== SISDPA : Network V/R, Brandon Shirley b.l.s(a)aggiemail.usu.edu<mailto:[email protected]> See http://brandon.bluezone.usu.edu/Files/LOISpaceSoftwareAttitudes_Final.pdf for the Letter of Intent (LOI) that explains your role as a participant should you choose to participate. This is a legitimate request for you participation, if you have any questions about the validity of this email you may refer to the Letter of Intent, contact Brandon Shirley via email at b.l.s(a)aggiemail.usu.edu<mailto:[email protected]>, or contact Utah State University's Internal Review Board administrator at (435) 797 - 0567 or email irb(a)usu.edu<mailto:[email protected]>.

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Re: [amsat-bb] ISS Beacons (APRS-FAQ!)
by Robert Bruninga 19 Apr '16

19 Apr '16

Re ISS beacons: Here is the beacon gouge for APRS via ISS APRS was designed for channel sharing using the ALOHA protocol. That is, peak success occurs at around 20% channel capacity. For 1 second packets, that's only 12 packets per minute per digipeater area. This usually means maybe 5 mobiles at a 1 minute rate and 30 other home stations and weather stations, etc at a 10 minute rate using 1 hop and 60 other assets beaconing every 30 minutes when using the maximum of 2 hops. But on ISS, the digi neighborhood covers the entire USA at once! So, it is a travesty that people transmit unattended beacons via the ISS at such high rates causing nothing but interference with those trying to actually operate the pass. See the original APRS-ISS FAQ: http://aprs.org/iss-faq.html It recommends 1 beacon per minute for LIVE keyboarders, 1 beacon per 2 minutes for active special live mobiles engaged in travel or special operations, and one beacon per 5 minutes for unattended status/position reporting. The goal is to optimize the channel for live operators during a pass but for non-moving remote unattended position/status packets to be successful only about once a day (NOT every pass!) on http://ariss.net Bob Bruninga,wb4apr

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ISS Unattended Beacon Theory (UBT) - PROVE ME WRONG!
by Clayton Coleman 19 Apr '16

19 Apr '16

I worked an ISS pass earlier tonight on packet. I copied 18 stations digipeated via the ISS. However, only one of them responded to any kind of live, keyboard-to-keyboard action. The other stations seemed very dedicated to letting the world know their name and city every 1-2 minutes. Surely my theory that 80% of the stations are unattended beacons, pass after pass, must be wrong. Please, prove me wrong at 0200Z 19-April, and show me that people have two-way QSO's and not just beacon their name and city continuously for 24 hours. 73 Clayton W5PFG

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Re: [amsat-bb] ISS Unattended Beacon Theory (UBT) - PROVE ME WRONG!
by Luc Leblanc 19 Apr '16

19 Apr '16

On 18 Apr 2016 at 20:30, Clayton Coleman wrote: > I worked an ISS pass earlier tonight on packet. I copied 18 stations > digipeated via the ISS. However, only one of them responded to any > kind of live, keyboard-to-keyboard action. The other stations seemed > very dedicated to letting the world know their name and city every 1-2 > minutes. > > Surely my theory that 80% of the stations are unattended beacons, pass > after pass, must be wrong. > > Please, prove me wrong at 0200Z 19-April, and show me that people have > two-way QSO's and not just beacon their name and city continuously for > 24 hours. > > 73 > Clayton > W5PFG RESISTANCE IS FUTILE AS THEY ARE BORG'S an they will assimilate all of us in their stupidity. They are not only on satellite i stumble on one of them today VE2?? who was complaining about a reception report i gave him in a way to improve his signal audio quality over the air. He dislike my advices!!! Probably he failed to listen himself as he's probably some sort of a Joe know it all? Anyway i'm a bit off satellite business probably too busy watching south border TV... Luc Leblanc VE2DWE

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-04-19 00:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 19 Apr '16

19 Apr '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-04-19 00:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: STEM Trajectory Initiative with Albuquerque Public Schools, Albuquerque New Mexico, direct via NM5HD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-04-22 17:32:37 UTC 83 deg Wellesley House School, Broadstairs, Kent, UK, direct via GB1WHS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-04-23 12:10:50 UTC 62 deg Watch for HamTV coverage (***) The Derby High School, Bury, UK, direct via GB1DHS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-04-25 12:02:27 UTC 49 deg (***) 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: Wed 2016-04-27 08:42:41 UTC 66 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** The next window to submit a proposal for an upcoming contact is now closed. The window was open from 2016-02-15 to 2016-04-15 and would be for contacts between 2017-01-01 and 2017-06-30. Check out the ARISS website http://www.ariss.org/ or the ARRL website http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact for full details of future proposal windows. **************************************************************************** ** The next window to submit a proposal for an upcoming contact is now open. The window is open from 2016-02-15 to 2016-04-15 and would be for contacts between 2017-01-01 and 2017-06-30. Check out the ARISS website http://www.ariss.org/ or the ARRL website http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact for full details. **************************************************************************** ** 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 2016-04-19 00:00 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 1045. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1010. 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 2016-04-18 19:00 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. 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 Schedule as of 2016-04-18 20:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 18 Apr '16

18 Apr '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-04-18 20:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: St Richards Catholic College, Bexhill on Sea, UK, direct via GB4SRC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact was successful: Mon 2016-04-18 14:56:06 UTC 85 deg (***) STEM Trajectory Initiative with Albuquerque Public Schools, Albuquerque New Mexico, direct via NM5HD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-04-22 17:32:37 UTC 83 deg Wellesley House School, Broadstairs, Kent, UK, direct via GB1WHS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-04-23 12:10:50 UTC 62 deg **************************************************************************** ** The next window to submit a proposal for an upcoming contact is now closed. The window was open from 2016-02-15 to 2016-04-15 and would be for contacts between 2017-01-01 and 2017-06-30. Check out the ARISS website http://www.ariss.org/ or the ARRL website http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact for full details of future proposal windows. (***) **************************************************************************** ** The next window to submit a proposal for an upcoming contact is now open. The window is open from 2016-02-15 to 2016-04-15 and would be for contacts between 2017-01-01 and 2017-06-30. Check out the ARISS website http://www.ariss.org/ or the ARRL website http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact for full details. **************************************************************************** ** 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 2016-04-18 19:00 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 1045. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1010. (***) 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 2016-04-18 19:00 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. 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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4A1DX week at home EK36
by David Maciel (XE3DX) 18 Apr '16

18 Apr '16

Hello group, I will continue working 4A1DX for much longer, this week I'll be at home, EK36. I hope to hear them, tell later if I can work another grid. SO-50 19/04/2016 01:47 UTC 20/04/2016 02:12 UTC 21/04/2016 02:38 UTC 22/04/2016 01:23 UTC 23/04/2016 01:48 UTC David Maciel XE3DX *http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/ <http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/>* *david.xe3dx(a)gmail.com <david.xe3dx(a)gmail.com>*

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