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Re: [amsat-bb] P4A - Es'hail-2
by David G0MRF 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

Hi Rupert. There was a big discussion on the BB about a week ago. There maybe some good tips there. Mails are available at http://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/ S Band uplink will need a little work but X-Band is available 'off the shelf' I've attached an article on a suitable LNB, its performance and how it can be modified to make it's stability a little less temperature dependant. 73 David G0MRF Rupert Hamblin rupert.hamblin at gmail.com Hi Guys, Just read some interesting info from the Amsat-DL FB site about uplink / downlink frequencies for the P4A satellite due to launch end of the year / early next year. My quick query was around what sort of station (transceiver / receiver / transmitter) will be needed to work this satellite, will this be with off the shelf kit or will up / downconverters be needed...? Also the X & S Band LNB needed to support this sat, are these freely commercially available..? Thanks for any tips / help here... Cheers RH / G0TKZ

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P4A - Es'hail-2
by Rupert Hamblin 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

Hi Guys, Just read some interesting info from the Amsat-DL FB site about uplink / downlink frequencies for the P4A satellite due to launch end of the year / early next year. My quick query was around what sort of station (transceiver / receiver / transmitter) will be needed to work this satellite, will this be with off the shelf kit or will up / downconverters be needed...? Also the X & S Band LNB needed to support this sat, are these freely commercially available..? Thanks for any tips / help here... Cheers RH / G0TKZ

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-06-14 04:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-06-14 04:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Briargreen Public School, Nepean, ON, Canada, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact was successful: Mon 2016-06-13 15:19:15 UTC 31 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 119 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 2016-06-14 04:30 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 1063. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1028. (***) 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 2016-06-14 04:30 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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The meaning of "Es'hail"
by Nico Janssen 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

Recently we see many postings about the new satellite called "Es'hail 2". Maybe you also wondered what the meaning is of "Es'hail". I asked two 'friendly Arabic speaking colleagues' to fill me in. It appears the satellite is named after a star, that we know as Canopus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canopus In Arabic, Canopus is Sohail. But in the section 'Middle East' on the Wiki page you see that there are many variants for this name, including Sohayl, Soheil, Suhayl, Suheyl, etc. Actually the name of our satellite is 'The Canopus', or in Arabic 'El Sohail'. In Arabic they tend to merge the two words, so it would become 'ElSohail'. Since Arabs find it hard to pronounce the combination of l and s, they drop the l. So it becomes 'ESohail'. An apostrophe is added to emphasize the S: 'ES'ohail'. And since the o (or u) will be pronounced anyway, almost 'automatically', it may be dropped. So that is how we get 'ES'hail', or even 'Es'hail'. As for the pronunciation of this satellite's name, probably 'eSohayl' is best, with a short and soft e at the beginning. So now at least we know what we are talking about :-) 73, Nico PA0DLO

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FS: Yaesu FT100D HF/VHF/UHF all mode radio
by John Geiger 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

I have for sale a Yaesu FT100D HF/VHF/UHF all mode transceiver. It does 100 watts on HF and 6m, 50 watts on 2m, and 20 watts on 70cm. It has a bilt in memory keyer, AF DSP providing noise reduction, bandpass filtering, and an autonotch, 500hz CW filter, TCXO, SWR meter, CTCSS encode and decode, and quite a few other features. Lots of great features in a mobile sized package. This would make a great 1/2 of a full duplex satellite station. This radio is in very good condition, with no real bad marks or signs of use on it. It comes with a power cord, manual, box, and an almost new MH-48 hand mic. This is not the original mic for the FT100D, so the up/down buttons don't work on it, but it gives very good audio reports and the other buttons work fine on it. I am asking $525 shipped in the US for the FT100D and can take paypal/check/MO. 73 John AF5CC

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ARISS News Release No. 16-05
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

ARISS NEWS RELEASE no. 16-05 Sunday, June 12, 2016 David Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org NASA Astronaut Scott Tingle Earns Amateur Radio License and is Now Owner of Call Sign KG5NZA will support ARISS on upcoming ISS Expeditions 53 and 54 NASA Astronaut Scott D. Tingle has just earned his Amateur Radio license, passing his exam on June 3, 2016. The FCC issued the call sign, KG5NZA, to him on June 8. In January, as he began some NASA training in Russia he requested the license study material. He had heard about ARISS during his astronaut training, and in January, decided to study on his own. The astronaut training program runs for at least two years, is intense, and heavily loaded with all types of required studies, and Amateur Radio is optional. Tingle earned his technician license and plans to use it to support ARISS during his scheduled time on the International Space Station as part of the Expedition 53 crew. Launch is tentatively planned for fall of 2017. His stay continues into Expedition 54. Tingle graduated from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, in 1988 with a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in fluid mechanics and propulsion. A captain in the United States Navy, he has served as a combat pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan and has earned copious awards and commendations. He was selected for the astronaut program in 2009 as one of 14 members of NASA Astronaut Group 20, and graduated in 2011. ARISS Chair Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, said, "The ARISS Team is excited to see continuing great interest among the Astronauts and Astronaut Candidates who are looking forward to supporting Amateur Radio activities through the ARISS platform." 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, go to: www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org , and www.arrl.org . Also, join us on Facebook: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) / Follow us on Twitter: ARISS_status Contact: David Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR , aa4kn(a)amsat.org --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Nova for Windows
by jim＠beeson.cc 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

Does anyone use Nova for Windows (by Northern Lights Software Associates) for satellite tracking?

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Satellite operation using SDR
by Eduardo PY2RN 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

I have drawn some diagrams which I twitted before, but since interest is growing on using SDR for SAT I have included few more diagrams and consolidated in just one document, I think the link is working, if not let me know I can send the file individually. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2wc2KHr8WW2MFlkR3M3azFBcW8/view?usp=shari… 73 EDu PY2RN

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ANS-164 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 12 Jun '16

12 Jun '16

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-164 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * 2016 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nomination Deadline This Week * ARRL Network Maintenance Set for Sunday, June 12 * 38 Years of Satellite Contacts Nets Satellite WAS for K8BL * Special Event Station K1D to Operate Satellites on Field Day 2016 * K6R Expedition to Santa Rosa Island and CM93 * Download Planetary Society's LightSail-2 Morse Beacon as a Ringtone SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-164.01 ANS-164 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 164.01 From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD. June 12, 2016 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-164.01 2016 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nomination Deadline This Week It's time to submit nominations for the upcoming AMSAT-NA Board of Directors election. Three director's terms expire this year: Tom Clark, K3IO, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM, and Lou McFadin, W5DID. In addition, up to two Alternates may be elected for one year terms. A valid nomination requires either one Member Society or five current individual members in good standing to nominate an AMSAT-NA member for Director. Written nominations, consisting of the nominee's name and call, and the nominating individual's names, calls and individual signatures should be mailed to: AMSAT-NA, 10605 Concord St, #304 Kensington, MD 20895-2526. In addition to traditional submissions of written nominations, which is the preferred method, the intent to nominate someone may be made by electronic means. These include e-mail, Fax, or electronic image of a petition. Electronic petitions should be sent to MARTHA at AMSAT.ORG or Faxed to (301)822-4371. No matter what means is used, petitions MUST arrive no later than June 15th at the AMSAT-NA office. If the nomination is a traditional written nomination, no other action is required. If it is other than this, i.e. electronic, a verifying traditional written petition MUST be received at the AMSAT-NA office at the above address within 7 days following the close of nominations on June 15th. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WITHOUT THIS SECOND, WRITTEN VERIFICATION ARE NOT VALID UNDER THE EXISTING AMSAT-NA BYLAWS. [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA Secretary, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL Network Maintenance Set for Sunday, June 12 The ARRL IT Department will conduct network maintenance on Sunday, June 12, to improve reliability and security. The work will occur between 1100 UTC and 2300 UTC. During this period some or all systems may be temporarily unavailable, including the website. Among services that will be affected are the ARRL Store, the National Parks on the Air (NPOTA) page, Logbook of The World (LoTW), the DXCC page, and the ARRL VEC page. E-mail also will be offline, but all messages will be queued for later delivery. Telephone service to ARRL Headquarters also may be affected. ARRL apologizes for any inconvenience. [ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- 38 Years of Satellite Contacts Nets Satellite WAS for K8BL Congratulations are in order to Bob Liddy, K8BL, for achieving Worked All States via satellite and earning WAS Satellite Award #341. The con- tacts for his award spanned 38 years. Bob's oldest satellite QSL card was from W7LSV in Oregon, 10/13/78 for an Oscar 8 Mode A CW contact. Bob's last state contacted was North Dakota W0N for a contact with Wyatt, AC0RA, via SO50 FM on 11/13/15. An AMSAT member since 1979, Bob wrote via the amsat-bb, "Earlier this year, I was going through my paper QSL's getting ready to make some submissions for various ARRL Awards at the Dayton Hamvention. Sorting through the cards, I made a stack of Satellite QSL's. I started to notice that I had quite a few States confirmed and wondered if I was finally close to WAS even though I wasn't really int he hunt very seriously. Would you believe I had them ALL worked but was only missing a QSL from Vermont?!! Happily, it was Nick, KB1RVT who I KNEW was always good for a confirmation which he quickly returned confirming our contact via SO-50 FM on 1/4/16. 50 Paper QSL's, 38 Years!! WHEW!! Thanks to all who helped." [ANS thanks -and, congratulates - Bob Liddy, K8BL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Event Station K1D to Operate Satellites on Field Day 2016 Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and running through 2059 UTC Sunday. Field Day 2016 is June 25-26. In an effort to encourage more kids and their families to get involved in the hobby, the kids at Ham Radio (dot) World are working to put an all-kids Special Event ARRL Field Day station on the air in 2016. This station will have the special event call sign of K1D and it will be set-up, operated, and put away by kids who are ham radio operators. Kids of all ages and their parents (both licensed hams and non-hams alike) are encouraged to come out and participate in this exciting event. New hams and even non-hams can experience the excitement of talking to people around the world with the Get On the Air (GOTA) station, which will have the callsign K4G. Both stations will operate from grid EL99IA in Deland, Florida, USA. The kids will be on the HF bands and on the Amateur Radio satellites. K1D will be joined by AMSAT’s Vice-President Operations, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, who will be a kid-for-a-day to help get the kids on the linear satellites. Look for them and give them a shout! The K1D Special Event Field Day station will be built by the kids prior to the Field Day activities. The kids have built a solar power solution–from scratch–to use to power their K1D Special Event Field Day station. Kyocera Solar and West Mountain Radio have graciously donated parts to this solar power supply – THANK YOU! They also plan on using a Genasun MPPT Charge Controller to manage charging the battery. Emmett of Radiowavz.com is providing a Sentinel Expedition Hex Beam for K1D. Finally, the kids have built their own W7FG True Ladder Line antenna with parts provided by TrueLadderLine.com and are building additional antennas to use for Field Day. Keep watching Ham Radio (dot) World for videos of the kids as they build their Special Event Station. Join WX4TVJ (Zechariah), who was licensed at 12 years old, AE4FH (Faith Hannah), who was licensed at 10 years old, KM4IPF (Hope), who was licensed at 8 years old, & 7 year old Grace (KM4TXT)for Field Day 2016. Listen for them on the air and give them a break by making K1D one of your 2016 Field Day contacts. For helping to encourage youth in amateur radio, stations who work K1D and/or K4G during the 2016 ARRL Field Day will be eligible for a special K1D/K4G Commemorative QSL card. More information at http://hamradio.world/ [ANS thanks James, WX4TV for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- K6R Expedition to Santa Rosa Island and CM93 The K6R Satellite Expedition to Santa Rosa Island and CM93 is a go for September 16th-18th, 2016. Permissions have been secured and arrangements made to get to the island, spend 2 nights camping, and operate on a number of Satellite passes – as well as some terrestrial and HF too. Updates will be on the K6R QRZ.com page at https://www.qrz.com/lookup/K6R and over the coming months FAQs, pictures, and more information will be added. [ANS thanks Wyatt, AC0RA & Dave, KG5CCI, for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Download Planetary Society's LightSail-2 Morse Beacon as a Ringtone On the Planetary Society's Blog Jason Davis wrote about reception of the morse code beacon from the upcoming LightSail-2 mission ... "Many off-the-shelf CubeSat software packages also have an option to transmit Morse code beacons, and for the LightSail 2 mission, we're activating this feature. Every 45 seconds, the spacecraft will transmit "L-S-2," and radio operators tuned in to the spacecraft's 437.325 megahertz frequency should be able to hear it." The Blog provides details of how to make the LightSail-2 morse code beacon into a ringtone on your phone: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/2016/20160609-lightsail-2-morse- code.html [ANS thanks the Planetary Society for the above information and wishes them success with their LightSail-2 mission] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org

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WD9EWK @ DM34/35 line starting @ 0119 UTC tonight
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 12 Jun '16

12 Jun '16

Hi! I am going to work at least two passes from the DM34/DM35 grid boundary tonight: XW-2F @ 0119 UTC SO-50 @ 0200 UTC Weather permitting, I may also work the 0340 UTC SO-50 pass before heading to Flagstaff (DM45) for the night. Then the Sunset Crater Volcano and Wupatki National Monuments north of Flagstaff in the morning. Thanks for the QSOs on AO-85, FO-29, and the ISS during the Prescott Hamfest today! All QSOs are in Logbook of the World already. I will write more about this in a couple of days. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - south of Ash Fork, Arizona http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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