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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-09-27 03:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 27 Sep '16

27 Sep '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-09-27 03:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Yamanashi Gakuin J. H. School, Kofu, Japan, direct via 8J1YGJH The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-10-01 08:11:36 UTC 31 deg Sekolah Kebangsaan Jalan Pasar 1, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, direct via 9M2RPN The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS (***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-10-06 18:24:00 UTC 46 deg (***) iSPACE, Cincinnati OH, telebridge via IK1SLD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Kate Rubins KG5FYJ (***) Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-10-08 16:15:10 UTC 57 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 2016-09-27 03:00 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 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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EL89 tomorrow
by Matthew Stevens 27 Sep '16

27 Sep '16

I know this isn't the rarest of grids, but I will be /p in EL89 tomorrow for work. I should be able to make the following passes: AO85 at 1230z FO29 at 1549z and 1734z (half duplex, transmitting on 145.930. Help me out---this will be my first time on the linears) SO50 at 1915z (this ones a maybe, depending on what time I have to head back home). Keep an eye on twitter.com/kk4fem_radio for updates. - Matthew KK4FEM Sent from my iPhone

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(no subject)
by Chad Phillips 26 Sep '16

26 Sep '16

Just made first sat contacts in 15 years on SO-50. Thanks to nx9b, np4jv and nj7h. The adrenaline has officially kicked in... Chad Kg0mw En-13 Sent from my iPhone

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UPSat Delivered
by B J 26 Sep '16

26 Sep '16

https://upsat.gr/?p=344 Frequency information is at: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/qb50sats.htm 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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Last Morning in EO91
by Ken Alexander 26 Sep '16

26 Sep '16

Monday morning will be the last time I am on from Moosonee before taking the train out at 5:00 pm (2100 utc). I'm going to hit the satellites hard, with 10 scheduled passes as follows: 1213 - XW-2A, 1240 - XW-2C, 1324 - FO29, 1343 - AO7, 1505 - FO29, 1533 - AO7, 1649 - FO29, 1720 - AO7, 1837 - FO29, 1909 - AO7 I will be on all of these passes as long as there is demand. Once I go one or two passes with no QSOs I'll shut down and pack up. I understand this might happen because the weekend is over and everyone is back to school or work tomorrow. 73, Ken Alexander VE3HLS

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FT-857D and Satpc32
by Richard Lawn 25 Sep '16

25 Sep '16

Anyone know if this Yaesu rig is compatible with satpc32 and is using one for it for one aspect of satellite communication, either uplink or down link? Rick, W2JAZ -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

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NPOTA Activation of DZ05 - 1742Z FO-29 Pass
by Paul Stoetzer 25 Sep '16

25 Sep '16

Good morning, I am planning to walk to Benjamin Banneker Park just down the street from me for the 1742Z pass of FO-29, which covers all of North America. Benjamin Banneker Park is owned and administered by the National Park Service as part of the National Capital Parks system, designated as DZ05 for the ARRL NPOTA event. Look for me around 435.865 MHz +/- Doppler. 73, Paul, N8HM

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AlSat-1N and Pratham launch Monday
by M5AKA 25 Sep '16

25 Sep '16

AlSat-1N and Pratham launch on the Indian ISRO PSLV-C35 mission planned for 0342 GMT on Monday, September 26, 2016, reports are requested. AlSat-1N Algerian Student and Surrey Space Centre CubeSat - with satellite messages spreadsheet https://amsat-uk.org/2016/09/24/alsat-1n-pratham-launch/ Pratham student satellite https://amsat-uk.org/2016/09/07/pratham-student-satellite/ Amateur Space Communication Talks at RSGB Convention https://amsat-uk.org/2016/09/09/amateur-space-comms-rsgbconv2016/ 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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Seriously - can this be updated?
by Peter Laws 25 Sep '16

25 Sep '16

http://store.amsat.org/catalog/ I'm not trying to criticize the people doing the work on remodeling the store. Stuff happens and without a full-time IT staff, it happens slowly. I get it. It's fine. More time is needed and that's OK - no one is going to die and if you *really* need something from the store, you can call the office (where there is a full-time staff person!). But for goodness' sake, can we take the date, now >1 week in the past, off the placeholder page? Just put "closed for remodeling" or something. -- Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train!

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Audio Patch
by Andrew Rich 25 Sep '16

25 Sep '16

Hello I am enjoying using the SDR and I want to make an audio patch panel Does anyone use one - to send audio to other PC”s ? Impedance ? Andrew ------------------------------------------ Andrew Rich VK4TEC w www.tech-software.net m vk4tec(a)tech-software.net

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