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

AMSAT website?
by skristof＠etczone.com 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

Anyone else having trouble getting on to the AMSAT website or is it just me? Steve AI9IN

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Logging and Recording Passes
by Gerald Payton 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

In studying videos on the internet and reading emails on the BB, I have noticed a frequent mention of "recording" passes, and eventually "uploading to LoTW." My questions are: What is the most common used way of audio recording: a digital handheld recorder or computer software of some kind? I will have a stationary station; not portable handheld. Is it common to keep a personal log and then upload it to LoTW? If so, what personal log program is commonly used? I normally do not use a logging program and certainly not familiar with LoTW. I looked at it on the ARRL website and it looked complicated. I really do not understand the process I listened to a AO-85 pass with my IC-2730A and a Comet GP-6 dual band base antenna, without any preamp, and was very good copy considering. That was encouraging. Any help will be appreciated . 73, Jerry AB5R

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Test
by Paul Stoetzer 17 Aug '16

17 Aug '16

The BB seems to have been down, so this is a test. Please ignore. 73, Paul, N8HM

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Test
by Paul Stoetzer 17 Aug '16

17 Aug '16

Test post. Please ignore!

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Happy 20th Birthday to FO-29!
by Paul Stoetzer 17 Aug '16

17 Aug '16

Today (UTC) is the 20th anniversary of the launch of FO-29. Congratulations to the Japan Amateur Radio League for the success and long life of this satellite. To commemorate FO-29's birthday, I have posted a short article about FO-29 on the AMSAT-NA website. http://www.amsat.org/?p=5417 On a personal note, FO-29 has provided me with many, many hundreds of hours of enjoyment since I made my first QSO via it's linear transponder nearly four years ago. I have made 1,601 QSOs (34% of my total) with 400 different stations in 511 grids, 41 grid fields, 48 states (Hawaii is out of range, but I'd love to work Delaware on it some time!), 7 Canadian call areas, 46 DXCCs, 14 CQ zones, and 4 continents - all using two Yaesu FT-817s, manual Doppler tuning, and an Arrow antenna from here in Washington, DC. The large majority of QSOs were made using 5 watts (as I only became "QRO" with a 30 watt amplifier last November). I always look forward to saying hello to my European satellite friends every couple of months when the apogee is over the Atlantic and trying to stretch the footprint to work new countries. Here's to hopefully many more years of service to the amateur satellite community! 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Secretary Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT-NA)

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International Lighhouse/Lightship Weekend - Satellite operation
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 17 Aug '16

17 Aug '16

Hi all, With reference to the question about satellite operation for this years "International Lighthouse /Lightship " events ( ILL ) dates Saturday 20 th and Sunday 21st august 2016. Over here in Wales ( United Kingdom ) the " Barry Amateur Radio Society " will be operating from a twin pair of lighthouses located at "NASH POINT " situated on the coast of the Bristol Channel - South Wales. We will be limited to operation during approx. 0700 -1600 hrs GMT only I regret to say. " In addition to operating on the HF and VHF bands I also plan to set up my portable satellite equipment for operation and contacts during suitable passes" Callsign /Lighthouse and details as follows GC4BRC - Lighthouse ( High ) Ref: UK0071: GC4BRS - Lighthouse ( Low ) Ref: UK0072 Locator Ref: IO81FJ QSL Manager : MW0DHF ( Philip King) Weather is not looking to good - hopefully it will not deter our plans for operation. Ken Eaton GW1FKY .

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-08-17 04:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 17 Aug '16

17 Aug '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-08-17 04:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Kopernik Observatory & Science Center, Vestal NY, direct via K2ZRO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-08-18 16:24:42 UTC 29 deg Daisen Elementary School, Saihaku-gun, Japan, direct via 8J4DISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-08-20 08:50:19 UTC 42 deg The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis IN, direct via N9DR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kate Rubins KG5FYJ(***) Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-08-23 15:09:15 UTC 42 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 120 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 2016-08-17 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 1078. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1043. 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 2016-08-12 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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No SSTV heard on 1633 UTC ISS pass over North America
by John Brier 16 Aug '16

16 Aug '16

Nothing heard on 1633 UTC pass over North America. I guess they already turned the SSTV off. Oh well. 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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Digital Sats
by Gerald Payton 16 Aug '16

16 Aug '16

I am not there yet, but wonder which TNC's (modems) are favored by user here? Thanks & 73

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LoTW
by Scott Medbury 16 Aug '16

16 Aug '16

In converting my old paper logs for uploading to LoTW going back up to 15 years, I have found that most who frequently got on UO-14, AO-27 and SO-35 have not uploaded their logs either for one reason or another. The same seems to apply to SO-50 and other more recent birds. I was VERY slow to convert mine until Frank, K4FEG showed me how easy it was. If any of you have worked me on any LEO bird back to 2000, send me details and I will expedite yours. I have notes on every pass of UO-14, AO-27, SO-35, SO-51, SO-50 that I have been active including every call that heard. 73 ... Scott KD5FBA kd5fba(a)arrl.net smedbury(a)windstream.net Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID

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