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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-09-16 06:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 16 Sep '16

16 Sep '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-09-16 06:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: 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 was successful: 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 118 (***) **************************************************************************** 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 2016-09-16 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 1084. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1049. (***) 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 2016-09-16 06:00 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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For Sale Reference Synthesizer for Microwave "Brick"
by Joe Leikhim 15 Sep '16

15 Sep '16

For anyone still playing with old school CALIFORNIA MICROWAVE type Microwave brick cavity oscillators. http://www.ebay.com/itm/162150569755?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p398… I am cleaning out closets to make room for the next big project. Also check out my other related stuff from time to time. Thanks -- Joe K4SAT 407-982-0446 WWW.LEIKHIM.COM

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Look for K2BSA/5 on FO-29 Saturday.
by Tom Schuessler 15 Sep '16

15 Sep '16

I am running another Radio Merit Badge workshop for the National Scouting Museum in Irving, TX, EM12, this Saturday, September 17 and activating K2BSA/5. Weather permitting, this will be my first attempt to do a linear transponder satellite pass contact during one of these badge workshops so I am praying that the rain and radio cooperate. Look for us near the center of the FO-29 passband on the 1801Z pass and take a minute to say hello to my assembled Scouts and be patient as they say hello back. 73 and see you on the bird. Tom Schuessler, N5HYP

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DIPLEXERS
by Gerald Payton 14 Sep '16

14 Sep '16

Any recommendations (favorites) for an antenna diplexer for V/U split? Jerry AB5R

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AMSAT Broadband Preamp
by David Mennerich 14 Sep '16

14 Sep '16

I started working some of the LEO SSB satellites again recently and came across a broadband preamp that is sold by AMSAT. Here is the link: http://store.amsat.org/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1&products_id=118 Has anyone here used this before? Perhaps this would help me 'hear' a little better with my Arrow antenna, and I could use it for V/U and U/V modes. For those of you that operate with an Arrow, do you use this preamp or some other preamp? It appears there are other preamps out there that are more expensive, but require one per band (V or U). This one will cover both - seems like a good option, just wanted to get your thoughts. Thanks! Dave N2TEB

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Re: [amsat-bb] CubeSat 3D
by andy thomas 14 Sep '16

14 Sep '16

That's very, very good; thank you very much. I'll work on assembling a "cubesat" in the next few weeks. many thanks 73 de andy g0sfj

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4A2L operation from grid DL87th on satellites
by Clayton Coleman 14 Sep '16

14 Sep '16

Ismael, XE1AY, will be operating FM satellites as 4A2L from 15-18 September. More details on Facebook or QRZ: https://www.facebook.com/cuatroalfa.doslima https://www.qrz.com/db/4a2l Thanks to XE1H for the information. 73 Clayton W5PFG

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Upcoming ARISS contact with C.E.PR. Almadén, Jaén, Spain
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 14 Sep '16

14 Sep '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at C.E.PR. Almadén, Jaén, Spain on 15 Sept. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:14 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and EA7URJ. The contact should be audible over Spain 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. Primary Education State School. This school year (2013/2014) there are 420 students from 6 to 12 years old. C.E.PR. Almadén is a Multilingual School with Français as L2 and English as L3. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. When you were child, have you ever dreamt to be an Astronaut? 2. What do I have to study to be an Astronaut? 3. What do you feel when you see so far the Earth from the space? 4. How is the outer space? Is it nice? 5. What kind of work do you do in the ISS, and what is the purpose? 6. What was the most dangerous mission that you have confronted? 7. What is the ISS speed? 8. How many times does the ISS spend to turn around the Earth? 9. How is a common day in the Station? 10. Have you ever seen an UFO, or any strange object? 11. How do you get water and oxygen on ISS? 12. Are there meteorites dangerous for you? 13. What is the most beautiful experience have you ever had at Space? 14. What happen if the Space suit breaks during EVA? 15. How is the Earth seen from the ISS during the night? 16. How are your meals and foods in the Space? 17. What difficulties do you have for your personal hygiene? 18. Is it possible to see the ISS from the Earth? 19. At this moment where is situated the ISS? 20. What problems could you have when you come back to the Earth? 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): TBD 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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[Video] Wright Brothers National Memorial NM29 NPOTA Sat Activation and update on SS04 NPOTA activation
by John Brier 14 Sep '16

14 Sep '16

https://youtu.be/C0qLC03jDTA I made 14 contacts and the last one was my first international contact on SO-50, to 8P9EH in Barbados! This is my National Parks on The Air (NPOTA) SO-50 satellite activation from August 29th 2016 at the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. The NPS unit is NM29 and the grid square is FM26. NX9B EM60 CONTACT #1 W5PFG EM21 CONTACT #2 W9NQ EN64 CONTACT #3 W4FS FM06 CONTACT #4 AA5PK DM91 CONTACT #5 WC7V DN46 CONTACT #6 N8RO EM00 CONTACT #7 K4FEG EM55 CONTACT #8 N8HM FM18 CONTACT #9 N3CRT FN20 CONTACT #10 W3ZM FM18 CONTACT #11 AMSAT-NA club call (N8HM) KC5WNV EM21 CONTACT #12 TEXAS RADIOTELEGRAPHERS UNION (W5PFG) NW3DC FM18 CONTACT #13 District of Columbia Amateur Radio Society (N8HM) 8P9EH GK03 #14 The day before this also did an NPOTA activation from Cape Hatteras National Seashore SS04 FM25. I won't be making a video of that as it was in the dark and the camera stopped recording over and over. For both of these activations I have not uploaded the logs to LoTW yet, but I will. Perhaps even will do it tomorrow. 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Broadband Preamp
by Rolf Krogstad 14 Sep '16

14 Sep '16

I use it for portable operations with my Arrow antenna. For my home setup I use an ARR rf-switched preamp on the 70 cm antenna. Heed Jerry N0JY's warnings about never transmitting through the amsat one. You will burn it out every time! 73 Rolf. NR0T On Sep 13, 2016 11:04 PM, "David Mennerich" <david.n2teb(a)gmail.com> wrote: I started working some of the LEO SSB satellites again recently and came across a broadband preamp that is sold by AMSAT. Here is the link: http://store.amsat.org/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1&products_id=118 Has anyone here used this before? Perhaps this would help me 'hear' a little better with my Arrow antenna, and I could use it for V/U and U/V modes. For those of you that operate with an Arrow, do you use this preamp or some other preamp? It appears there are other preamps out there that are more expensive, but require one per band (V or U). This one will cover both - seems like a good option, just wanted to get your thoughts. Thanks! Dave N2TEB _______________________________________________ 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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