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[Video] National Parks on The Air - Satellite Activation - Blue Ridge Parkway
by John Brier 28 Jul '16

28 Jul '16

https://youtu.be/EyXZ59-t8BQ Please Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/SpaceComms1?sub_confirmation=1 Stations contacted: 01) K8II 02) NP4JV 03) W7JSD 04) N6UA 05) KC3FHV 06) NX9B 07) W5CBF 08) KD8ATF 09) KD8VRX 10) K8YSE This was filmed on Sunday July 17th, 2016 on the Craggy Overlook Trail on the Blue North Carolina. I think this video is pretty fun! This was my first National Parks on The Air (NPOTA) activation and it couldn't have been more exciting and beautiful. I made ten contacts, which is the minimum required to get credit for an NPOTA activation, and half of those contacts were from a short pileup immediately after I put my call out on the bird, SO-50. This pass is from Sunday July 17th 2016 but I technically did my first activation the day before at the same place, and I even made 14 contacts on that near overhead pass, but I had more video sources (four) from Sunday than Saturday, and I also operated better, with more efficiency and with less screwups (though not none), than the Sunday activation. Saturday felt very hectic as I struggled to operate well while also tracking the relatively faster moving satellite overhead. If I make a video of that pass I'm sure it won't seem that bad to others but that's just how it felt. I probably will make a video of that pass too but I definitely also want to make more opportunities for me to experience pileups like this. That's why it was so exciting. As I said at the end of the video there are three national parks on the Outer Banks of North Carolina: Cape Lookout, Cape Hatteras and the Wright Brothers National Memorial. I'm sure those would be great places to get some cool video, though I'm not sure if I'll be able to use my DSLR out in that harsh environment! They'll also just be fun to visit. I'm thinking of trying HF operation too as I bet I could get a pileup there too. Maybe I'll get a Buddipole. That would be a cool addition to my operating because over the last year I've done almost exclusively satellite communications. It would be another opportunity for a different kind of video too. Until next time, thanks for watching! 73, John Brier KG4AKV Links to videos featured at the end: TOMSK Bandit ISS Repeater: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svnB7h_k7_M My First Perfect ISS SSTV Image: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7to9uX1sWC4 Equipment I use for ISS Reception: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3JwOwjYIkM ISS Reception (Kopernik Observatory): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGFEanljOG8

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FUNcube news
by Graham Shirville 28 Jul '16

28 Jul '16

Hi All, In advance of the upcoming AMSAT-UK Colloquium which starts tomorrow, FUNcube-1 is now in continuous transponder mode. We expect to revert to autonomous mode on Monday evening. FUNcube-2 transponder continues to be operational. We also anticipate that the FUNcube-3 transponder on EO79 may also be activated for some orbits tomorrow, and also possibly on Saturday as well. Further news about these spacecraft and further upcoming FUNcube missions will be made available at the Colloquium. 73 Graham G3VZV

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-07-28 04:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 28 Jul '16

28 Jul '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-07-28 04:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria IL, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Contact was successful: Wed 2016-07-27 19:59:27 UTC 36 deg (***) Sacred Heart Primary School, New Taipei City, Taiwan, R.O.C, direct via BNØSH (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS (***) Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-08-02 08:36:03 UTC 33 deg (***) Space Jam 10, Rantoul IL, telebridge via IK1SLD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Kate Rubins KG5FYJ (***) Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-08-06 15:59:03 UTC 32 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. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz. **************************************************************************** *** 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 117 **************************************************************************** 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 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-07-28 04:00 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 1074. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1039. (***) 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 2016-07-28 04:00 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. 47 on orbit Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Aleksey Ovchinin Exp. 48 on orbit Anatoly Ivanishin Kate Rubins KG5FYJ Takuya Onishi KF5LKS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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WD9EWK from southern Arizona on Thursday (28 July) - NPOTA activity!
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 28 Jul '16

28 Jul '16

Hi! I am going to be operating from one, and maybe two, sites in the ARRL's National Parks on the Air program during Thursday. I plan on starting the day from the western part of Saguaro National Park, west of Tucson AZ. I hope to be in Tucson for the western SO-50 pass around 1550 UTC, and plan on staying in the park for other passes until I at least make contacts with at least 10 different stations. I see AO-85 passes in the midday timeframe, so I should be around through at least those passes. Depending on how the mountains are in relation to the roads through that part of the national park, I may not operate from just one spot. Saguaro National Park is NPOTA site NP49, and in grid DM42. If I make the requisite number of contacts with unique call signs from Saguaro National Park for an official NPOTA activation (10), I am thinking about making another stop on the way back to Phoenix late in the afternoon. The Picacho Peak State Park is a state park along the I-10 freeway about 50 miles/80km northwest of Tucson. This state park is not part of the NPOTA program, but it is along the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail that is part of NPOTA. The state park is one of the many sites along this trail with a National Park Service passport stamp for the trail. I may be able to work the SO-50 pass around 2245 UTC, which covers much of the continental USA and Canada, from here. There is a slight possibility of also working the 2125 UTC AO-85 pass, but I'm not 100% sure I'll be up to Picacho Peak in time for that one. Just like Saguaro National Park and the Tucson area, this location is also in grid DM42, and the trail's NPOTA code is TR13. For US history buffs, Picacho Peak is the site of the westernmost battle during the US Civil War in the 1860s, the Battle of Picacho Pass. There are re-enactments of that battle every year at the park, and lately there have been more people at the re-enactments than were involved in the actual battle in 1862! One really good way to track my travels on Thursday is via APRS. I will use my TH-D72A on the terrestrial APRS network as I drive around southern Arizona, and I'll squawk my location as WD9EWK-9. Among other sites, you can see my location show up at: http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 I will try to update the AMSAT-BB with what I am doing during the day, but the best place for last-minute updates - and maybe some photos of where I am operating from - will be my @WD9EWK Twitter feed. If you aren't on Twitter yourself, not to worry. You can view my Twitter feed at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World sometime after I return from southern Arizona. Temperatures will be at or over 104F/40C in the afternoon down there, so I am not worrying about trying to upload QSOs to LOTW while I am at either of these sites. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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Test
by w4upd 27 Jul '16

27 Jul '16

Please excuse this test, but I haven't seen anything but bulletins through this for a while. Just checking to see if I can get through and receive. Regards, Reid, W4UPD Amsat: 17002

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Colloquium: Book now for SSTL Tour and Gala Dinner
by M5AKA 27 Jul '16

27 Jul '16

The AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium takes place July 29-31 at the Holiday Inn, Guildford and is Open to All. There will be two opportunities to visit the satellite facilities at the Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) Kepler building - Registration is required, see https://amsat-uk.org/2016/07/03/registration-sstl-kepler-visit/ Libby Jackson, Astronaut Flight Education Programme Manager at the UK Space Agency, with whom the ARISS UK team worked closely during the Tim Peake mission, will be speaking during the Gala Dinner on the Saturday evening, July 30. You can book the Gala Dinner along with Day Passes at the AMSAT-UK Shop: http://shop.amsat-uk.org/ Peter Gülzow DB2OS and Achim Vollhardt DH2VA will each be giving talks on the new Geostationary Phase 4A amateur radio satellite transponders due to launch early in 2017 https://amsat-uk.org/2016/07/21/new-geostationary-transponders/ Chris Saunders, Senior Mission Concepts Engineer at SSTL will give a presentation titled SSTL: LEO, MEO, GEO and Beyond, download the schedule for the weekend via https://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/ 73 Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ----

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ZY8D/ZY8DIG Satellite Activation from Brazil's Isla das Canarias
by JoAnne Maenpaa 27 Jul '16

27 Jul '16

Here is a tidbit of news from the DARC DX Newsletter, DXNL 1999 - July 27, 2016 which is more timely now rather than waiting for the weekend ANS Bulletins. RSGB IOTA Contest 2016, July 30-31 ---------------------------------- The upcoming weekend sees this year's edition of the IOTA contest, organised by the RSGB. For rules and a list of participating stations see: http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2016/riota.shtml http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/iota2016.html The Maranhao State East group: Anselmo/PS8AB, Joao/PS8PY, Ronaldo/PS8RV, Fernando/PU8PSF and PU8RZB will activate Ilha das Canarias (DIB MA-03, WW Loc. GI97bf, SA-072) as ZY8DIG on HF, 2 meters and satellite, and use the call ZY8D during the contest. QSL for both calls via PS8RV -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-07-27 02:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 26 Jul '16

26 Jul '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-07-27 02:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Contact was successful Sat 2016-07-23 18:50 UTC (***) Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria IL, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Contact is a go for: Wed 2016-07-27 19:59:27 UTC 36 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. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz. **************************************************************************** *** 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 117 **************************************************************************** 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 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-07-27 02:00 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 1073. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1038. (***) 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 2016-07-27 02:00 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. 47 on orbit Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Aleksey Ovchinin Exp. 48 on orbit Anatoly Ivanishin Kate Rubins KG5FYJ Takuya Onishi KF5LKS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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North and South Pole Gridsquares
by Chris Wilford 26 Jul '16

26 Jul '16

To the gridsquare chasers out there, I have a question regarding the poles. If a Ham was to transmit from the North pole what grids would he/she be activating? I've heard that RR could be the poles grid, but wouldn't the longitudinal intersection of all 18 North grids from AR - RR converge at the pole? That would give you 180 grids for one contact! Chris VE7CEW

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Re: [amsat-bb] W5BL (ex KO5I) SK
by RSoifer1＠aol.com 26 Jul '16

26 Jul '16

Yes, Doug was one of the best. He served AMSAT as past President and Chairman of the Board, and made many friends as well as accomplishing much. R.I.P. Ray W2RS

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