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IC-9100 and SatPC32ISS
by Mark Johns 12 Aug '16

12 Aug '16

I bought a new PC, now running Windows 10, and trying to get everything set up once again. It's always the little things that take so much time to figure out. Perhaps someone can help with this one: I have the entry for ISS packet repeater set up in Doppler.SQF as: ISS,145825,145825,FMD,FMD,NOR,0,0,Packet When I select ISS in SatPC32, it immediately changes the frequencies of both VFOs to 145.825 and puts the rig into FM with the Digital mode indicated. When I start SatPC32ISS (which uses the same Doppler.SQF file as SatPC32), it changes the frequencies of both VFOs to 145.825 and puts the rig into FM but NOT into the Digital mode. I have to do that manually on the rig. Any thoughts? -- Mark D. Johns, KØMDJ Decorah, Iowa USA EN43 ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain

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FUNCube-1 (AO-73) Telemetry via FO-29??
by Scott 12 Aug '16

12 Aug '16

While monitoring FO-29 for activity tonight, I saw what appeared to be the distinctive waveform of the telemetry stream from FUNCube-1. Is this common? Or even possible? It was certainly a first for me. I see that the telemetry frequency on FUNCube-1 falls inside of the uplink range for FO-29. The signal was a little too weak for me to decode with the FUNCube dashboard ground station app, but I made some screen shots if anyone is interested. My Tweet with pics is at: https://twitter.com/scott23192/status/763990419378057216 FUNCube-1 was over Alaska & FO-29 was flying North-to-South down the Eastern US. Would that put them in sight of each other? If this is what happened, then it's my first satellite-to-satellite reception, which I thought was pretty cool. Thanks! -Scott, K4KDR Montpelier, VA USA

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Help Please with Simplesat
by Joe 12 Aug '16

12 Aug '16

This program seems really interesting, but I can not get it to load all the birds, http://www.tomdoyle.org/SimpleSatLookDown/SimpleSatLookDown.html Like NO-84 etc. I find it amazing that a person that makes a program, has zero way to contact the person. Granted it IS a free program so I can't complain, it is just UG all I can see is the Celestrak info and that list does not include NO-84 Anyone Help? Joe WB9SBD -- Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com

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BIRDS CubeSat Constellation + ISS SSTV
by M5AKA 12 Aug '16

12 Aug '16

Amateur Radio BIRDS CubeSat Constellation https://amsat-uk.org/2016/08/11/ham-radio-birds-constellation/ Receive Pictures from Space – ISS SSTV August 15-16 - WebSDR's available https://amsat-uk.org/2016/08/10/iss-sstv-august/ Video of ISS HamTV talk at EMF https://amsat-uk.org/2016/08/08/iss-hamtv-emf-talk/ Video of $50SAT ham radio satellite talk https://amsat-uk.org/2016/08/08/50-dollar-sat-emf-talk/ 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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FUNcube Warehouse Testing
by David Johnson 12 Aug '16

12 Aug '16

Hi, Thanks to all who took the time to upload a few packets to the data server under development: | 16 | PA3WEG | | 98 | VK5GU | | 97 | KB1PVH | | 252 | WC7V | | 330 | K7WDO | | 138 | G3VHF | | 45 | AI9IN | | 20 | Scott_Chapman | Proved that we can: - detect the satellite from the stream, FC1 (EM/FM), UKube1, Nayif-1, we will be testing ESEO locally. - save raw hex frames - determine the user who uploaded the original packet - added users to existing uploads (for scoring) - detected users trying to upload the same packet more than once - detected if a packet was older than two weeks, our notional cut-off point, and rejected them - saw concurrent uploads without error Please reset the dashboard URL to http://data.funcube.org.uk 73 Dave, G4DPZ

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-08-12 02:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-08-12 02:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville AL, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kate Rubins KG5FYJ Contact was successful: Thu 2016-08-11 14:48:24 UTC 83 deg (***) 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 **************************************************************************** **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 2016-08-12 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 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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WD9EWK @ NPOTA HP45/TR13, Friday (12 August)
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

Hi! On Friday (12 August), I will work various passes from the grounds of the Tumacacori National Historic Park in southern Arizona. This park is also part of the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail, which runs through parts of Arizona and California. The location I plan on working from would be NPOTA sites HP45 and TR13, in grid DM41ln along the I-19 freeway between Tucson and the USA/Mexico border. I am hoping to work as many FM satellite passes as I can from Tumacacori. There is an AO-85 pass just after 1600 UTC that I might be able to work, if I get an early start. It takes almost 3 hours to drive from the Phoenix area to this park. Since this is a very high pass for Arizona, I may stop and work this pass from wherever I happen to be, if I am unable to make it all the way to Tumacacori in time. I should almost certainly make it to Tumacacori in time for passes later in the morning. I will also work the afternoon ISS and NO-84 passes if those digipeaters are on, using APRS messages from my TH-D72A HT. Please look for WD9EWK-9 on those passes. After this day-trip, I will upload my logs to Logbook of the World. All QSOs made from Tumacacori will contain both NPOTA site IDs. Please e-mail me directly with QSO details if you would like to receive a QSL card. Although the NPOTA program works only with LOTW, I am happy to send a QSL card if you request a card and your QSO details are in my log. Please look at my @WD9EWK Twitter feed - visible in a web browser at http://twitter.com/WD9EWK - for updates during the day. While on the road, I will use WD9EWK-9 as my APRS call. This should appear in various web sites, including http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 . 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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W9KE Simplesat
by Joe 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

Pretty neat program. But I cant get it to display the sat lists like he has, all it has available is the celestrak and nothing else, Anyone? Joe WB9SBD

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Upcoming ARISS contact with U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville AL
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville AL on 11 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 14:48 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between OR4ISS and IK1SLD The contact should be audible over Italy and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Since 1982, Space Camp® at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama has been inspiring people of all ages about space science, space flight, and space exploration. Among the 750,000 Space Camp graduates worldwide are five astronaut alumnae, including Dr. Kate Rubins, slated to launch on expedition 48/49 to the ISS this summer. Her presence on the space station provides an incredible opportunity for young people currently attending Space Camp to be able to talk to someone who was once in their shoes who went on to become an astronaut. It is also very likely that international students will be taking part in Space Camp during the link. These students will have a unique opportunity while visiting the United States to take part in an active exchange with the largest multi-national laboratory on-or off-the planet! In addition to Space Camp trainees, museum guests will have the opportunity to take part in the activity. As the original NASA visitor center, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center has been telling NASA's story since 1970. And with over 650,000 visitors annually, the Space and Rocket Center is Alabama's top tourism attraction. And depending on when the event falls in the summer, the USSRC may also bring in educators attending Space Academy for Educators, an immersive professional development program conducted throughout the summer months annually. In short, the USSRC hope to maximize both camp and museum guest participation to promote the scientific activities taking place on the ISS, as well as highlight the technology that allows such an exchange to take place. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What was your favorite subject in school? 2. What was your toughest subject in school? 3. Who were your heroes growing up? 4. What is something you learned at Space Camp you are using in space? 5. What advice would you give a student who wants to become an astronaut? 6. What advice would you give to someone at Space Camp this week? 7. Were you afraid when your rocket launched? 8. What was the hardest thing in astronaut training? 9. How often do you talk to your family? 10. Do you speak Russian with the Russian cosmonauts? 11. What does it smell like on the ISS? 12. What is the coolest thing that you have seen in space? 13. What is your favorite food to eat in space? 14. What medical research are you working on while you're on the Space Station? 15. What other cool research projects are you helping with? 16. As a researcher, do you think NASA's biological space research will one day lead to a cure for diseases like HIV or cancer? 17. Do you work with research projects from other countries? 18. What do you think is the biggest effect on an astronaut's body from long- term spaceflight? 19. How will research on the Space Station help us get ready to go to Mars? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. 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 2. 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 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), the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and 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, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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New FUNcube warehouse testing. Volunteers required to spare a few packets
by David Johnson 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

Hi, I'm working on a new data capture mechanism to support Nayif-1 and ESEO and the current FC warehouse will eventually move across to it (without loss of scores) I wonder if you could spare a few FC1 & UKube-1 packets by changing the dashboard data URL: from http://data.funcube.org.uk to https://services.badgersoft.com/warehouse One pass will be fine. DON'T FORGET TO CHANGE iT BACK :-) your siteId and authKey remain the same. Alternatively, if you have a bin file to replay to the test URL that would also be useful. Let me know if you've submitted anything. Many thanks 73 Dave, G4DPZ FUNcube warehouse designer/developer

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