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ISS
by skristof＠etczone.com 07 May '16

07 May '16

Heard the astronaut side of the school contact really well here EM79. I made a recording but I haven't checked it out yet. Max elevation here was 28 degrees but with nice flat area I could hear ISS horizon to horizon. Steve AI9IN

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-05-07 06:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 07 May '16

07 May '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-05-07 06:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: 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 was successful: 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 NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Contact was successful: Fri 2016-05-06 16:43:47 UTC 56 deg (***) Watch for the live simulcast at livestream.com/accounts/9685187/events/5301163 The Kings School, Ottery St Mary, Devon, UK, direct via GB1OSM The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-05-09 09:26:30 UTC 62 deg Watch for HamTV during this contact. H.A.L. School, Lucknow, India, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for Option #7: Thu 2016-05-12 08:11:20 UTC 79 deg AstroNuts Kids Space Club Academy, David Dunlap Observatory, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, telebridge via W6SRJ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for Option #1: Sat 2016-05-14 17:37:12 UTC 33 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 2016-05-07 06:00 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 1054. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1019. (***) 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,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 2016-05-07 06:00 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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satellite-to-satellite relay
by Martin Davidoff 07 May '16

07 May '16

Perry Klein (W3PK) and Ray Soifer (W2RS) are believed to be the first two terrestrial stations to communicate using a direct satellite-to-satellite relay in ANY radio service. This was accomplished with A-O-6 and A-O-7. See P. Klein and R. Soifer, "Intersatellite Communication Using the AMSAT-OSCAR 6 and AMSAT-OSCAR 7 Radio Amateur Satellites, *Proceedings of the IEEE Letters*, Oct 1975, pp 1526-1527. de K2ubc Martin Davidoff

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direct satellite-to-satellite relay
by Martin Davidoff 07 May '16

07 May '16

Perry Klein (W3PK) and Ray Soifer (W2RS) are believed to be the first two terrestrial stations to communicate using a direct satellite-to-satellite relay in ANY radio service. This was accomplished with A-O-6 and A-O-7. See P. Klein and R. Soifer, "Intersatellite Communication Using the AMSAT-OSCAR 6 and AMSAT-OSCAR 7 Radio Amateur Satellites, *Proceedings of the IEEE Letters*, Oct 1975, pp 1526-1527. Sorry if this is a repeat. Earlier messages did not appear to reach AMSAT-BB. de K2ubc Martin Davidoff

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OSCAR 6 to OSCAR 7 link
by Martin Davidoff 06 May '16

06 May '16

Perry Klein (W3PK) and Ray Soifer (W2RS) are believed to be the first two terrestrial stations to communicate using a direct satellite-to-satellite relay in ANY radio service. This was accomplished with A-O-6 and A-O-7. See P. Klein and R. Soifer, "Intersatellite Communication Using the AMSAT-OSCAR 6 and AMSAT-OSCAR 7 Radio Amateur Satellites, *Proceedings of the IEEE Letters*, Oct 1975, pp 1526-1527. de K2ubc Martin Davidoff

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Norwegian Pearl Photos and SAT OPs
by Lee Ernstrom 06 May '16

06 May '16

If anyone is interested in seeing some photos of my satellite operation aboard the Norwegian Pearl please check out my QRZ.com page. I just finished uploading three photos. 73, Doc WA7HQD

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Re: [amsat-bb] SO-50
by Clint Bradford 06 May '16

06 May '16

>> ... If you have been scared off of SO-50 due to crowded conditions, try a morning pass. "Not crowded" is an understatement. SO-50 continues to defy the laws of physics: No one thought in 2002 (when it was launched) that rechargeable batteries would last 14+ years! Clint K6LCS http://www.work-sat.com (909) 999-SATS (7287)

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FUNcube-1 Mode
by Graham Shirville 06 May '16

06 May '16

Hi All, FUNcube-1 has just switched to continuous amateur mode with the transponder on and with low power tlm for the weekend. Have fun. 73 Graham G3VZV

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Re Help with FCDPP
by David G0MRF 06 May '16

06 May '16

Hi Enzo. If you run it with either the FUNcube dashboard or preferably SDR# you will be able to see what type of problem you have from the spectrum display. Enter the frequency for a known local signal....beacon / repeater / airport etc. and you'll be able to see if you have any signal at all. Turning the bias tee on and off will show if you have problems communicating with it. - Just see if you get 5V on the SMA. Or you can turn the LNA on and off, this will increase or decrease the noise level from your speakers Weaker than usual signals on the expected frequency ( - 30/40dB) can indicate either mechanical damage from excessive pressure to the SMA. (This can crack a SMD capacitor) Or a blown front end MMIC which can happen if its been transmitted into.....Although they are surprisingly rugged to RF. Thanks David Hello to the list, Please i have a FCDPP that doesn’t work properly. Any chance to send it for a check and if need a repair? I have tried to leave several messages on the http://www.funcubedongle.com Site but did not get any reply. Any help will be really appreciated. Thanks Enzo Inviato da iPhone

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LOTW uploads complete
by Lee Ernstrom 06 May '16

06 May '16

Hi all SAT lovers, I have completed my LOTW uploads from our west coast cruise aboard the Norwegian Pearl. I had some glitches in the operation ie, announcing CN68 when I was really in CN78, failing to turn on the recorder when I was in CN70, uploading my contacts from CM85 to LOTW but recording my location as CN85 (I have reloaded those contacts and made the correction). I noticed that there were a couple instances when there was QRM, QSB, and QRN on my recording and there were a couple places where I made the contact but couldn't make out the call when I listened to the recording. If you see that I have missed uploading your call then send me an email with the time and date and I will fix it. Thanks for all the fun, Doc, WA7HQD

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