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[Video] Sexism in Space? - ISS SSTV Image of Pioneering Cosmonaut
by John Brier 21 Jul '16

21 Jul '16

https://youtu.be/ayn3rHPKE40 I received this image of cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya from the ham radio on board the International Space Station on June 19th 2016 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Videos shown at the end: "Failed ISS Slow Scan TV!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0st4GzyZb8 "Coolest ISS Slow Scan TV Image! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSFAlGfvPPc "My First Perfect ISS SSTV Image!" https://youtu.be/7to9uX1sWC4 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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Maine grid trip
by Dave Webb KB1PVH 20 Jul '16

20 Jul '16

I'm going to head to Maine within the next few weeks to work from a few needed grids. Who needs what so I can figure out a game plan. Not sure if I'll drag the 9100 up with me or an 857/817 combo. Dave-KB1PVH

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Re: [amsat-bb] Maine grid trip
by Douglas Tabor 20 Jul '16

20 Jul '16

From here, anything in Maine or NH would be great. Doug, N6UA DN70 Douglas Tabor dtabor(a)estesvalley.net

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ISS Project Announcements
by Clint Bradford 20 Jul '16

20 Jul '16

>> ... maybe premature ... BUT - a great reminder to us all to keep all those frequencies programmed in our rigs - just in case! A quickie chart of the voice and data channels is posted at ... http://www.work-sat.com ... on the right column: "CLICK HERE for just the Freq Charts" .pdf file. And go ahead and program BOTH ITU regions' FM voice freqs ... in case an astronaut might be available, but accidentally chose the "wrong" channel (grin). Clint Bradford 1-909-999-SATS

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-07-20 02:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 20 Jul '16

20 Jul '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-07-20 02:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: United Space School hosted by the Foundation for International Space Education (FISE), Seabrook TX, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Contact was successful: Tue 2016-07-19 14:52:20 UTC 74 deg (***) Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Contact is a go for Thu 2016-07-23 18:50 UTC ESA Space Camp 2016, Lenk, Switzerland, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-07-25 12:46:35 UTC 49 deg 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 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 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-07-20 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 1071. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1036. (***) 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 2016-07-20 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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Re: [amsat-bb] Maine grid trip
by Dave Webb KB1PVH 20 Jul '16

20 Jul '16

I'll be doing FN64 for sure. Dave-KB1PVH

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ISS SSTV EVENT THIS WEEKEND! (with possible "voice communication with Earth" ?)
by John Brier 19 Jul '16

19 Jul '16

http://bit.ly/2a5nBMM It looks like the next event will be Saturday July 23rd 2016, probably going all weekend. This is based on a post on the Russian blog by R4UAB. According to Google Translate the event will be “dedicated to the life and work of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.” Google Translate also mentions “voice communication with the Earth,” which is very intriguing. Can anyone who reads Cyrillic/knows Russian tell me exactly what the part about "voice communication with Earth" means? I want to know if the cosmonauts will be talking to amateur radio operators on the ground. The link to the original blog post is here: http://r4uab.ru/?p=12122 My "ISS SSTV Reception Hints" page is here: https://spacecomms.wordpress.com/iss-sstv-reception-hints/ AMSAT-UK has a similar page here: https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/iss-sstv/ 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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ISS + cargoship naked eye visible?
by PA3GUO 19 Jul '16

19 Jul '16

Wednesday the new cargoship is expected to arrive at the ISS. I can see the ISS with the naked eye. What about the soyouz etc, prior to docking? Would love to see 2 moving stars, one following the other. Henk, PA3GUO

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-07-19 05:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 19 Jul '16

19 Jul '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-07-19 05:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: YOTA Camp 2016 IARU-R1, Salzburg, Austria, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Contact was successful: Mon 2016-07-18 10:25:53 UTC 72 deg (***) United Space School hosted by the Foundation for International Space Education (FISE), Seabrook TX, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-07-19 14:52:20 UTC 74 deg Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Contact is a go for Thu 2016-07-23 18:50 UTC ESA Space Camp 2016, Lenk, Switzerland, telebridge via W6SRJ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS (***) Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-07-25 12:46:35 UTC 49 deg (***) 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 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 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-07-19 05:30 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 1070. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1035. (***) 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 2016-07-19 05:30 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. 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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ARISS: Radio amateurs invited to UK Prime Minister's official residence
by M5AKA 19 Jul '16

19 Jul '16

ARISS School Contacts: Radio amateurs invited to UK Prime Minister's official residence 10 Downing Street https://amsat-uk.org/2016/07/18/radio-amateurs-10-downing-street/ Ofcom propose using Ham Radio band for Wi-Fi - consultation deadline July 22 https://amsat-uk.org/2016/05/13/ofcom-propose-using-ham-radio-band-for-wi-f… RSGB Board Chair to address AMSAT-UK Colloquium https://amsat-uk.org/2016/07/13/rsgb-chair-to-address-amsat-uk-colloquium/ AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium Guildford July 29-31, 2016 https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/30/amsat-uk-international-space-colloquium-201… 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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