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AMSAT Awards Update
by Bruce 09 Sep '16

09 Sep '16

Congrats to all who have earned an AMSAT Award since the last posting. AMSAT Satellite Communicators Award for making their first satellite QSO Peter Laws, N5UWY Jose de Jesus Moura Costa, PS8E Mac Cody, AE5PH Bernard Van Haecke, KI6TSF Burns Fisher, W2BFJ ------ AMSAT Communications Achievement Award Robert Beatty, WB4SON #569 ------ AMSAT Sexagesimal Award Fernando Ramirez-Ferrer, NP4JV #173 ------ AMSAT Century Club Award Kevin Manzer, N4UFO #47 ------ AMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award Yanko Yankov, NX9G #87 1000+ ------ 73...bruce To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com/awards.html Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Lewis and Clark National Historic Park, Astoria, OR
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 09 Sep '16

09 Sep '16

Please note that this is contact first attempted as a direct, has been rescheduled as a telebridge for Sept. 10, 2016. An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Lewis and Clark National Historic Park, Astoria, OR on 10 Sept. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:03 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ. The contact should be audible over the west coast of the U.S. 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. Thomas Jefferson was a scientist and a pioneer in many fields of study including biology, geography, meteorology, and ethnology. Since at least 1793 he had been planning for an exploration of the largest remaining unexplored land on earth: the American West. This resulted in the four pages of detailed instructions that he gave to Meriwether Lewis during their 1801-03 planning for the voyage of the Corps of Discovery. The resulting 1804-06 U.S. Army expedition to explore along the Missouri and Columbia Rivers was led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. The 33 diverse members of the Corps spent the winter of 1805-06 at a campsite they built just a few miles from the mouth of the Columbia River and named after the local Clatsop Indians. At Fort Clatsop, the captains planned for the return journey to the United States and worked on writing scientific descriptions of the plants and animals they'd encountered that were new to science (a total of 178 species of plants and 122 animals by the end of the trip). Like President Thomas Jefferson and Captain Meriwether Lewis, today's astronauts have a curiosity for exploring beyond known frontiers. Some local students who have participated in various education programs at Lewis and Clark National Historical Park and live in surrounding Clatsop County have been learning about the International Space Station (ISS) and are hoping to have a brief radio conversation with an ISS astronaut. All of these students live in Clatsop County and are familiar with the park through field trips, park summer camps, family visits, or education programs with rangers visiting their classrooms. The park connected with these students through four relationships: 1. The Northwest Regional Educational Service District and the Astoria School District offer a migrant summer school to serve students who have moved within the last three years for their parent's work. Several of these students participated in summer camps that the park offered and they were excited about the opportunity to learn about the International Space Station and talk with an astronaut. 2. Three small local Girl Scout Troops (#10025, #10026, #10086) were interested in this opportunity as they have been focusing on the three keys to Girl Scouting which are Discovering, Connecting, and Taking Action. The girls and their leaders were happy to incorporate this ARISS opportunity into their projects. 3. The Fort Clatsop District of Boy Scouts includes local troop #509 and #542. Since Scouting is about character development and having confidence in yourself to Be Prepared, the ARISS program is a good challenge for these youngsters. Their district is named in honor of the 1805-06 winter encampment of the 33 people of the Lewis and Clark Expedition . 4. Three of the youth recruited for this special program are children or grandchildren of Lewis and Clark National Historical Park rangers and were excited to learn that an astronaut radio conversation would be happening in their park. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. To prepare for his journey, Captain Meriwether Lewis was tutored by experts in medicine, navigation, astronomy, mathematics, botany, and paleontology. What was the hardest part of your training? 2. The Corps of Discovery enjoyed fiddle music, do you listen to music in space? If so, what kind? 3. How different does your body feel in microgravity and how long does it take to adjust after arrival in the space station? 4. Lewis and Clark failed to find a Northwest Passage. Have any of your experiments failed or not gone like you wanted? 5. While wintering at Fort Clatsop, the Corps of Discovery made buckskin clothes as their uniforms wore out. How many outfits of clothing do you have with you, and what kind of material are they made from? 6. Why do you like communicating with kids? 7. Meriwether Lewis treasured an ermine scarf he received from a Shoshone chief. Do you have a souvenir from space? If so, what is it? 8. Do you create art from the views from the space station? 9. When is your next spacewalk? What is your favorite thing when you are outside the space station? 10. Lewis brought his dog Seaman with him on the expedition. Are there any research animals on the space station now? If so, what are they? 11. Although most members of the Corps of Discovery were single, York and John Shields had families at home. Do you miss your family, and how do you communicate with them? 12. Do you guys keep journal like Lewis and Clark did? 13. If a microorganism changed genetically on the International Space Station would it be considered a space alien? 14. Were you in a scouting program as a child? If so, did it affect your desire to work in space? 15. Lewis and Clark played backgammon. What games do you play? 16. When Sacagawea became sick, Lewis treated her. If you get hurt or sick, who treats you? 17. What are your space suits made of, and can they catch on fire? 18. How do you protect your eyes when the space station is facing the sun? 19. Are you doing any experiments with animals adapting to microgravity? 20. What does a shooting star or a meteor shower look like from space? 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. C.E.PR. Almadén, Jaén, Spain, direct via EA7URJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kate Rubins KG5FYJ Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-09-15 08:14:19 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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FUN cube Data Warehouse Changes
by David Johnson 09 Sep '16

09 Sep '16

Hi, I need to upgrade some of the software we use to support the warehouse over the next few days. In particular moving from: java 1.7 to java 1.8 and Tomcat 1.7 to 1.8 Both of which I have to say have been extremely stable but do not allow us to move forward with other functions. There will initially be a a few outages of the UI (the data collection will continue to run) If that is successful the data service will be stopped and moved to the new platform (the dashboards will recover from the outage) All this is in preparation for supporting Nayif-1 and eventually ESEO. There may be another move in the next few months to the Amazon Web Services platform for stability (some of you helped with that experiment a few weeks ago) As always, many thanks to all those that supply us with data. Over 4M packets processed! 73 Dave, G4DPZ

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test email
by Nick Pugh 09 Sep '16

09 Sep '16

this is a test email Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-09-09 06:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 09 Sep '16

09 Sep '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-09-09 06:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Lawrence Public Library, Lawrence KS, direct via KCØNFL The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-09-09 16:25:42 UTC 56 deg Lewis and Clark National Historic Park, Astoria, OR, telebridge via W6SRJ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kate Rubins KG5FYJ (***) Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-09-10 17:03:19 UTC 43 deg (***) C.E.PR. Almadén, Jaén, Spain, direct via EA7URJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kate Rubins KG5FYJ (***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-09-15 08:14:19 UTC 52 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** Call for Proposals Proposal Window September 1 – November 1, 2016 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 1, 2016. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact. **************************************************************************** ** 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 121 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 2016-09-09 06:30 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 1081. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1046. 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 2016-08-24 02:30 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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sat remote
by Jeff Griffin 09 Sep '16

09 Sep '16

Is anyone presently operating satellites remotely? If so what is your setup? Just curious, we just had a conversation about remote ops on XW-2A. 73 Jeff kb2m

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PJ6Y and 4Z5RR
by James G. Lea 09 Sep '16

09 Sep '16

I have been listening to the recordings for PJ6Y to make sure that we have everyone in the log and I heard 4Z5RR give one of the operators a call. The accent the guy has sounds like he is from the islands, and he doesn’t seem to know how to work the birds, so I suspect that this is a bootleg call. Does anyone know about this guy? There is no way we worked him from Israel on SO-50. Also, the leadership for the Youth DX Adventure refuses to use LOTW and will not allow me to upload to LOTW. If you worked PJ6Y on HF or satellite, please QSL to the address on QRZ. 73, James Lea - WX4TV ARRL Section Youth Coordinator - Northern Florida Section +1 (386) 414-0788 Want to learn more about all that Ham Radio has to offer? Check out http://www.HamRadio.World <http://www.hamradio.world/>!

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Re: [amsat-bb] Seeking Assistance - SatPC32 to HDSDR
by Jay Cox 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

Sorry if this is old. What are you using to get the two to talk to each other? I've used vspManager from K5FR without issue to talk to get Sat32PC to talk to HDSDR which was driving my SDRPlay. If you aren't getting any COM port errors, that's a good sign. You might try using something like PuTTY to look at the other end of your virtual serial port setup to see if SatPC32 is talking through the port. When a CAT session starts, you should see some letters pop up, like "FA;" (for the selected TS2000 radio). Maybe your problem is something sill like forgetting to make sure "CAT to HDSDR" is activated. Jay Cox KG5BZW > On Sep 4, 2016, at 8:38 PM, Ken Alexander <k.alexander(a)rogers.com> wrote: > > Hi Group, > > For the past several days I've been trying to get SatPC32 and HDSDR to communicate with each other via VSP Manager. HDSDR is controlling an Airspy. > > I have followed the instruction in the SatPC Help files. In fact, everything seems relatively straightforward, except neither software knows the other is there and there is no communication. I have received some help from a few people on the @Amsat Twitter group who use this same setup successfully, but still no luck. > > I'm hoping to get this up and running in time for my grid expedition to EO91 at the end of this month so I do have a few weeks. However, I don't know what else to try. any assistance would be gratefully accepted! > > 73, > > Ken Alexander > VE3HLS > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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FUNcube Data Warehouse Short Outage
by David Johnson 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

Hi, We noticed that UKube position was not being reported correctly so the data server had to be restarted. The Dashboards should have caught up. The display server was unaffected. Sorry for the inconvenience. 73 - Dave

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Important AMSAT-NA Reminders
by Paul Stoetzer 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

Good morning, I have a few reminders regarding upcoming AMSAT events: 1. Ballots for the Board of Directors election are due at the AMSAT-NA office in one week (September 15, 2016). Please mail your ballots in today. Ballots that arrive after the close of business on September 15th will not be counted. 2. The 2016 AMSAT-NA Space Symposium and General Meeting will be held aboard the Carnival Liberty November 10th - November 14th. If you have not yet booked your cruise and plan on attending, please do so as soon as possible. See here for further information: http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=3667 3. If you have already booked your cruise, please remember to register for the Symposium. You can register via the AMSAT online store here: http://store.amsat.org/catalog/index.php?cPath=39 4. If you plan to attend the Symposium and wish to bring radios to operate, please remember that the Carnival Liberty is registered in Panama. US licensed amateur operators wishing to operate at sea must obtain an IARP from the ARRL. Details are available at the following site: http://www.arrl.org/iarp Unfortunately, obtaining a license for operation in Mexico or within Mexican territorial waters is likely not possible at this time. 5. If you wish to contribute a paper to the Symposium Proceedings and/or present at the Symposium, please email Dan Schultz (n8fgv(a)amsat.org) with a proposed title as soon as possible, preferably by September 15th. Final papers must be submitted by October 15th for publication in the printed Proceedings. 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Secretary Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT-NA)

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