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

GN05/065 schedule
by Ken Alexander 19 May '16

19 May '16

Hi Everyone, We leave for Nova Scotia tomorrow morning. I've put together the following schedule of when I will be available. You will note that I am working through SO-50 only. I may try to get on some AO-85 passes but keep in mind I've had the radio for less than a week and am still learning how to use it. Anyway, this is what I have planned. I don't know how to which passes I will be on so I will simply tell you when my local AOS time is. I hope that's clear enough. If there's a better way to describe them I'd be happy if you let me know. All times are UTC. WinAos QTH: -60.0/46.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Day Objects AOS (U) LOS Period maxEl AZ *Grid* ------------------------------------------------------------------ Saturday 21.05.2016 SO-50 06:10 06:23 13 81 217 - 037 *GN05* 21.05.2016 SO-50 12:59 13:11 12 30 329 - 115 *GN05* 21.05.2016 SO-50 14:40 14:52 12 43 316 - 162 *GN06* Sunday 22.05.2016 SO-50 04:56 05:08 12 33 186 - 044 *GN05* 22.05.2016 SO-50 06:36 06:49 13 41 238 - 035 *GN05* 22.05.2016 SO-50 11:44 11:55 11 15 331 - 090 *GN0**5* 22.05.2016 SO-50 13:24 13:37 13 56 325 - 134 *GN06* 22.05.2016 SO-50 15:05 15:16 11 19 310 - 185 *GN06* Monday 23.05.2016 SO-50 05:21 05:34 13 70 208 - 039 *GN05* 23.05.2016 SO-50 07:02 07:14 12 23 258 - 033 *GN05* 23.05.2016 SO-50 12:10 12:21 11 24 332 - 106 *GN06* 23.05.2016 SO-50 13:50 14:03 13 63 320 - 154 *GN06* I'll do my best to stick to this schedule. Please note that some of these times are the middle of the night or very early in the morning for me and I am neither a night owl nor a "morning person". No flames please if you don't hear me:-) I will be very close to FN95 and FN96 and may use one or more of the above passes to activate them. We do have to drive in to Sydney to get our groceries anyway! Finally, I'm running 5 watts into an Arrow 146/437 handheld yagi. I don't know how strong I'll be. Keep your ears open! 73, Ken Alexander VE3HLS

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by jeffory broughton 19 May '16

19 May '16

Strong data bursts every few seconds On 437.485.next pass at 0600 here in central mich.will record the next pass if I hear it again.i tr was very visable on the spectral display and heard audibly. jeff broughton

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FINALLY -- STMsat-1 lack of signals explained
by Bob 19 May '16

19 May '16

The Twitter Account (@STMSAT11) just announced the following: "I am set to turn on when I am stable, have power, and my antennae is deployed. Thanks for being patient with me!" That explains why nothing has been heard so far. Glad that very important piece of information is out there now. Hopefully they will announce when things have been turned on. 73, Bob, WB4SON

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STMSat-1
by Rick Lindquist, WW1ME 19 May '16

19 May '16

Just updated this morning with info from someone at the school. http://www.arrl.org/news/student-built-stmsat-1-not-yet-ready-to-start-trans mitting-sstv-images (I believe the earlier Twitter reference to 437.000 was either speaking in general or just an error. There is only one IARU-coordinated frequency for STMSat-1: 437.800.) Rick Rick Lindquist, WW1ME ARRL -- the national association for Amateur Radio ARRL News & Contributing Editor NCJ Managing Editor

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Stmsat-1 heard ?
by jeffory broughton 19 May '16

19 May '16

at 1150utc,nodes at 437.1 was heard strong ,also Cadre at 437.485,very strong. At my max ele at 60 degrees,a very,very weak signal with doppler was heard on 437.000.I get another real good shot tomorrow am at 2 am est at 72 degrees.it vas very visable on hdsdr, but only at a very high,in the clear pass since it was very,very,weak.jeff wb8rjy jeff broughton

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STMSat-1
by Rick Lindquist, WW1ME 19 May '16

19 May '16

Just updated this morning with info from someone at the school. http://www.arrl.org/news/student-built-stmsat-1-not-yet-ready-to-start-trans mitting-sstv-images (I believe the earlier Twitter reference to 437.000 was either speaking in general or just an error. There is only one IARU-coordinated frequency for STMSat-1: 437.800.) Rick Rick Lindquist, WW1ME ARRL -- the national association for Amateur Radio ARRL News & Contributing Editor NCJ Managing Editor

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First linear sat
by Philip Jenkins 19 May '16

19 May '16

I know the first/easiest path to sat communications is on the FM birds (which I agree with), but when someone is ready to "graduate" to the linear sats, which would be the best/easiest one to start with? Philip N4HF

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Re: [amsat-bb] STMSat-1 on 437.00
by Ronny Risinger 19 May '16

19 May '16

5-19-2016 Tried this morning to listen for STMSat-1 on 437.00, but no signal received. Since we are a high school in Austin, TX, we were really cheering on the STM school community. And, as we know, the SSTV images are very popular. Hopeful that "something" will happen to get things to function properly, but STM group should be proud of all their hard work. Sincerely, Ronny Risinger Government/Law Instructor Trustee, K5LBJ, the LASA High School Amateur Radio Club National Board Certified Teacher Liberal Arts & Science Academy High School Austin, Texas Website: http://www.austinisd.org/staff/255 Classroom Phone: (512) 841-3090 Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including all attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential student information. Unauthorized use or disclosure is prohibited under the federal Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. §1232g, 34 CFR Part 99). If you are not the intended recipient, you may not use, disclose, copy or disseminate this information. Please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message, including attachments. ________________________________________ Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including all attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential student and/or employee information. Unauthorized use of disclosure is prohibited under the federal Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. §1232g, 34 CFR Part 99, 19 TAC 247.2, Gov’t Code 552.023, Educ. Code 21.355, 29 CFR 1630.14(b)(c)). If you are not the intended recipient, you may not use, disclose, copy or disseminate this information. Please call the sender immediately or reply by email and destroy all copies of the original message, including attachments.

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A first contact on AO-85, last night...
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 18 May '16

18 May '16

Hi! Going back to the hamfest I attended in Sierra Vista AZ on 7 May, I saw Fernando NP4JV and his daughter, Yalitza - call her "Yali". They were at the hamfest to see what was there, and so Yali could take her Technician license exam. She passed the exam, and then the waiting began. Fernando, proud father that he is, wanted to see Yali get on the radio as soon as possible, once her call sign was issued by the FCC. Fernando and I began checking the FCC database, waiting to see her call sign appear. Fast forward to Tuesday (17 May)... I had checked the FCC database in the morning, and still hadn't seen Yali's name appear with a call sign. I received a message from Fernando in the late morning... "Good morning Pat. At what time you get home today? Can you work AO85 at 6pm today? Somebody wants to talk to you." I figured that "somebody" wasn't Fernando, but a signal that Yali had her call sign. I checked the FCC database, and there it was - KI7EJR, issued on 17 May. The time in the message, 6pm (0100 UTC), was an AO-85 pass that went very high over Arizona, passing almost directly over my head in the Phoenix area and Nogales where Fernando and Yali are. We had made a plan, that I would call Yali a few minutes into the pass. When the AO-85 pass finally arrived at 6pm, Fernando, Yali, and I were ready. I heard some activity early in the pass, working Ted K7TRK in Oregon before the satellite was very high in the sky. Instead of making a call for KI7EJR as planned, Yali called me. I answered her, and we made a quick QSO. It may not have gone as we planned, but it worked. Yali had her first QSO via AO-85. During that pass, Fernando had someone take a picture of Yali on the radio. Fernando was at the edge of the photo, taking care of the antenna as she made her contact. Fernando sent the photo out using his @NP4JV Twitter feed last night, and this has been a very popular tweet in the past 24 hours. If you missed the photo, or don't use Twitter, you can see it at: http://twitter.com/NP4JV/media It's one thing to remember your own first radio contact, first satellite contact, contact with an ISS crewmember, etc. It's just as fun to be part of a first for someone else. Thank you, Fernando and Yali, for letting me be a part of Yali's first contact on the radio. It's also easy to document this "first", with photos and audio recordings of the contact. A QSL card will go in the mail for Yali, and hopefully she starts using Logbook of the World like her father... :-) 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center, Garden City, New York
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 18 May '16

18 May '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center, Garden City, New York on 23 May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 12:57 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ. The contact should be audible over the state of California 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 Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center, located in Garden City, New York, opened in 2002. The mission of the museum is to inspire students with the spirit of discovery through the exploration of air and space technologies, and to encourage them to consider careers in science, technology, engineering and math. The museum is home to the Westbury Magnet Academy at the Cradle of Aviation, the first magnet school to open on Long Island. The Museum and Academy offer two summer STEM enrichment programs for students entering the seventh and ninth grades. The ARISS event will be an invaluable tool to supplement classroom instruction and research. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What do you do for entertainment when not working? 2. What do you plan to do with the knowledge gained from your experiments? 3. Do you have to go through any tests to be qualified for this job? 4. What do you do as a group when anyone becomes mentally or physically ill? 5. What is your daily schedule like when you are in space? 6. What type of medical testing qualifies an astronaut to be physically and mentally fit for space? 7. Does the lack of communication or human contact affect you? 8. Is exploring space what you imagined it would be when you were a child? 9. If there is any kind of failure who do you first contact? 10. What is the best college to prepare you for a career in space exploration? 11. Do you ever think about possible dangers you may face by being in space? 12. What colleges and majors do you recommend for students who want to do what you do? 13. How do you handle a fellow astronaut who is in a bad mood? 14. How do your family and friends cope with missing you? 15. Does the lack of gravity have any effect on your body? 16. How do you cope with missing your family and friends? 17. How big is the chip on the ISS window? 18. Do you have any feelings of claustrophobia? 19. Do you bring plants with you for extra oxygen? 20. What is the worst part of being in space? 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. 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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