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EQUiSat Optical Beacon CubeSat
by Trevor . 17 Oct '18

17 Oct '18

Students at the Ivy League Brown University are developing an amateur radio satellite EQUiSat that will carry a Xenon Flash Tube (XFT) subsystem to act as an Optical Beacon that should be visible to the unaided eye of observers on Earth. See http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=10635 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAK-UK http://www.amsat-uk.org/ ----

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Using 1.2Ghz
by Todd 04 Apr '18

04 Apr '18

Thinking about adding the 1.2Ghz module for my 9100. Prices have dropped a little and units will start become harder to find once production ends. Anybody using this band? I read it's used as a uplink frequency for some satellites. Any input appreciated.ToddAL7PX

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Outernet L-Band now carries AMSAT and ARISS weekly bulletins
by Robert Bruninga 17 Mar '18

17 Mar '18

The Outernet L-band feed is now carrying a condensed version of the AMSAT and ARISS weekly news files. (Global Geosat coverage except for Northern Alaska)... Receivers are simple: http://aprs.org/outnet.html For ARISS, I manually added a 2 char grid square to each school listed in the school schedule and am asking the outernet folks to parse out that location info and plot a 1200 km footprint on their weather globe showing where people can tune in the ARISS contacts. Then their RTL-SDR dongle could then actually be retuned to hear the contact. Just an idea... Bob, WB4APR -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Dani EA4GPZ Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2016 7:36 AM To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] New Outernet L-Band service... >> I hope someday a service like this will be available >> from an AMSAT geostationary service. > I'm pretty confident that the guys at AMSAT-DL are capable > of doing this much better on the upcoming EsHail'2 > than what Outernet is currently doing on Inmarsat... > They already have in mind a "DVB-S beacon"... broadcast > from the ground station at Qatar ... carrying videos > about Ham radio and Ham radio events on this signal. > What is more, if you have equipment to operate EsHail'2 on SSB, > it's more or less easy to use either the narrowband transponder > or the wideband transponder to transmit an Outernet-type signal > through EsHail'2, so anyone can have a go with this. > Outernet uses 4200baud BPSK and half of the bitrate is spent for FEC. > You can use a bit less bitrate to get a signal that will even pass > through a conventional 2.7kHz SSB filter and you can use less > bits for FEC to get increased data throughput (but more SNR required). > Dani EA4GPZ.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-26 23:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 22 Sep '17

22 Sep '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-26 23:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Possible Russian contact with Kursk Tue 2015-10-27 11:35 UTC Dearborn Public Schools, Dearborn, Michigan, USA, direct via K8UTT The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for Option #3: Tue 2015-10-27 16:01:59 UTC 57 deg Watch for a live video stream that should start about 15:00 UTC: (***) http://www.dearbornschools.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbhrQiZ62LE Daggett Montessori School K-8, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, direct via K5COW The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for Option #4: Thu 2015-10-29 14:12:56 UTC 31 deg **************************************************************************** ** Interested in hosting an ARISS contact? The window is now open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. Go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact or http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for full details. To help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS Program Coordinator will offer hour-long online information sessions. These are designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the proposal process and offer an opportunity to ask questions. While attending an online information session is not required, it is strongly encouraged. These will be offered Thursday, September 17, at 2000 UTC; Tuesday, September 22, at 2000 UTC, and Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss(a)arrl.org) to sign up for an information session. **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** 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. **************************************************************************** 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 Francesco IKØWGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 112 **************************************************************************** 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 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-10-24 06:00 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 1001. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 966. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. 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, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, 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 2015-10-24 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. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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BY70-1
by PY5LF 01 Mar '17

01 Mar '17

Hi We had a low pass over here minutes ago and i felt the keps BY70-1 are wrong . I start to hear 25 seconds before . Does anyone feels the same ? 73

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BY70-1 decay estimate
by Nico Janssen 18 Feb '17

18 Feb '17

All, If the current trend continues, BY70-1 may be expected to decay and burn up in the atmosphere by mid-February. The apogee of the satellite has decreased from initially 520 km to now 426 km and the perigee has decreased from initially 216 km to now 208 km. 73, Nico PA0DLO

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Re: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem error
by Alan 03 Feb '17

03 Feb '17

Hi Kevin, I saw that error message once several version ago, but have never seen it again. A couple of questions. Which virtual audio cable system are you using? Version of OS, including "bitness?" 73s, Alan WA4SCA <-----Original Message----- <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of kevin schuchmann <Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 1:02 PM <To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> <Subject: [amsat-bb] foxtelem error < <Hi, < Does anyone else get a error message occasionally when stopping and <starting the decode on foxtelem? I have seen the following error on <multiple pc's < <javax.sound.sampled.LineUnavailableException:line with format PCM_SIGNED <48000.0Hz, 16 bit,stereo, 4 bytes/frame, little-endian not supported < <Makes it look like the audio line is unavailable, but doing nothing more <than closing the program and restarting it clears the error. < < <Thanks <Kevin wa6fwf <_______________________________________________ <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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Re: [amsat-bb] Celestrak BY70-1 keps
by mac cody 31 Jan '17

31 Jan '17

Perhaps this might be useful: >From Satview.org Forecast of Reentry Location Update Tue 31-Jan-2017 14:13 UTC http://www.satview.org/spacejunk.php?sat_id=41909U 73, Mac / AE5PH -------------------------------------------- On Tue, 1/31/17, Joe <nss(a)mwt.net> wrote: Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Celestrak BY70-1 keps To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2017, 9:36 AM would he be the one to know as the time gets closer when re-entry would likely happen? Joe WB9SBD Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 1/31/2017 9:16 AM, mac cody wrote: > I received another email from Dr. Kelso this morning asking if I would like to have the BY70-1 TLEs also placed in the Amateur Radio listing as well. I told him that if he could do so, that would be great. I'm sure it will be taken care of later today. > > 73, > > Mac / AE5PH > -------------------------------------------- > On Mon, 1/30/17, Mac A. Cody <maccody(a)att.net> wrote: > > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Celestrak BY70-1 keps > To: "Paul Stoetzer" <n8hm(a)arrl.net> > Cc: "amsat-bb(a)amsat.org" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Date: Monday, January 30, 2017, 10:24 PM > > Well, I suppose you could > send in a request to Dr. Kelso, like I did. :) > > 73, > > Mac / AE5PH > > On > 01/30/2017 12:35 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > > I'm not sure why it also shouldn't > be in amateur.txt. CubeSat.txt is > > OK, > but it's an added step for some uses. > > > > 73, > > > > Paul, N8HM > > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 > at 1:27 PM, mac cody <maccody(a)att.net> > wrote: > >> All, > >> > >> I received a > nice reply from Dr. Kelso to the email I sent him > yesterday. He has added the BY70-1 TLEs to the CubeSats > listing (http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/cubesat.txt). > This file should be available to most software tracking > applications (at least is is available as a source in > AmsatDroid Free) and will be updated more frequently > compared to the BY70-1 TLEs provided through AMSAT. > >> > >> 73, > >> > >> Mac Cody / > AE5PH > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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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SAT 32/IC910 problem
by James Brown 31 Jan '17

31 Jan '17

When AO85 is selected the ic 910 does not select fm. I have also noted that AO 85 seams to be off frequency from 145980/435180 and when I change SAT 32 pulls it back to what it wants.How should I correct this. Should I change the Doppler sqf to some other frequency? Jim KI6WJ

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foxtelem error
by kevin schuchmann 31 Jan '17

31 Jan '17

Hi, Does anyone else get a error message occasionally when stopping and starting the decode on foxtelem? I have seen the following error on multiple pc's javax.sound.sampled.LineUnavailableException:line with format PCM_SIGNED 48000.0Hz, 16 bit,stereo, 4 bytes/frame, little-endian not supported Makes it look like the audio line is unavailable, but doing nothing more than closing the program and restarting it clears the error. Thanks Kevin wa6fwf

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Re: [amsat-bb] Celestrak BY70-1 keps
by mac cody 31 Jan '17

31 Jan '17

I received another email from Dr. Kelso this morning asking if I would like to have the BY70-1 TLEs also placed in the Amateur Radio listing as well. I told him that if he could do so, that would be great. I'm sure it will be taken care of later today. 73, Mac / AE5PH -------------------------------------------- On Mon, 1/30/17, Mac A. Cody <maccody(a)att.net> wrote: Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Celestrak BY70-1 keps To: "Paul Stoetzer" <n8hm(a)arrl.net> Cc: "amsat-bb(a)amsat.org" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Date: Monday, January 30, 2017, 10:24 PM Well, I suppose you could send in a request to Dr. Kelso, like I did. :) 73, Mac / AE5PH On 01/30/2017 12:35 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > I'm not sure why it also shouldn't be in amateur.txt. CubeSat.txt is > OK, but it's an added step for some uses. > > 73, > > Paul, N8HM > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 1:27 PM, mac cody <maccody(a)att.net> wrote: >> All, >> >> I received a nice reply from Dr. Kelso to the email I sent him yesterday. He has added the BY70-1 TLEs to the CubeSats listing (http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/cubesat.txt). This file should be available to most software tracking applications (at least is is available as a source in AmsatDroid Free) and will be updated more frequently compared to the BY70-1 TLEs provided through AMSAT. >> >> 73, >> >> Mac Cody / AE5PH >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ 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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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-01-31 07:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 31 Jan '17

31 Jan '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-01-31 07:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Cours Saint Maur, Monaco, Monaco, telebridge via LU1CGB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-02-02 08:38:27 UTC 75 deg via LU1CGB Rescheduled due to Service Module spatial constraint. South Street School, Danbury CT, telebridge via ON4ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-02-02 18:49:14 UTC 80 deg Space Exploration Educators Conference, Houston, Texas, telebridge via K6DUE (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-02-09 20:30:10 UTC 21 deg (***) Palmetto Scholars Academy, North Charleston, SC, direct via K4PSA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD (***) Contact is a go for: Fri 2017-02-10 17:59:18 UTC 38 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 Kenwood 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Francesco IKØWGF with 119 **************************************************************************** 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 2017-01-31 07:30 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 http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1110. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1074. 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 2017-01-27 08:30 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. 49 on orbit Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Andrei Borisenko Sergey Ryzhikov Exp. 50 on orbit Peggy Whitson Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Oleg Novitskiy **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Celestrak BY70-1 keps
by mac cody 31 Jan '17

31 Jan '17

All, I received a nice reply from Dr. Kelso to the email I sent him yesterday. He has added the BY70-1 TLEs to the CubeSats listing (http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/cubesat.txt). This file should be available to most software tracking applications (at least is is available as a source in AmsatDroid Free) and will be updated more frequently compared to the BY70-1 TLEs provided through AMSAT. 73, Mac Cody / AE5PH

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Re: [amsat-bb] Getting SatPC32 and new IC-9100 to talk over USB
by Mr Toby 31 Jan '17

31 Jan '17

I just tried out these instructions to connect an IC9100 to SatPC32. They were perfect! Thank you very much. I could not find them anywhere but on the bb Marshall, AA0FO Kansas City, KS

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14000+ LoTW sat contacts uploaded
by Jeff 30 Jan '17

30 Jan '17

I finally had the time (it took mea good part of 4 days) to massage my old sat contacts and upload then to LoTW. I sent over 14,000 sat contacts from 1997 to April 2013 to LoTW. I now keep separate logs for my 3 residences. Here is what the results are so far from my main NJ log.... Sat DXCC 19 of 96 QSO’s confirmed, WAS 35 of 50 states confirmed , VUCC 114 of 569 grid’s confirmed . A pretty dismal QSL LoTW return if you ask me. More should show up when the rest of you old sat op’s upload your sat contacts to LoTW. For example I have 4 sat contacts with AK, no QSL. I will now have to go through my 3,000+ QSL cards to check for SAT contacts. I went through them last year for HF and only added 3 QSL records to my HF total’s, now 289 of 330. So I’m not feeling optimistic about getting the 77 SAT QSL’s I need! Also, Besides the logging fields mismatched with LoTW that I had to fix, there also was a big almost 3 year long area of my log that had been corrupted by LUX-LOG the logging s/w I was using at the time, I was unaware that my log was corrupted until it was too late. I recovered some of the QSO’s but there are thousands lost, including ALL of my RS-10 contacts, most of my RS-15, RS-12, RS13, and some of my AO-10, and AO-40. I now wonder if any of those lost HEO contacts would of put me over 100 SAT DXCC. Very sad.... 73 Jeff kb2m

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AO-85 sat 32 issue
by James Brown 30 Jan '17

30 Jan '17

Sat 32 does not switch to FM mode on AO 85. The CAT window shows 145980/435180 fm/fm radio is IC 910H What Am I missing? ThanksJim KI6WJ

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interested in India's Rocket Provider Launch by PSLV rocket.
by Tanan Rangseeprom 30 Jan '17

30 Jan '17

Dear All of AMSAT India The delegate of Radio Amateur Society of Thailand under the patronage of His Majesty the King (RAST) has provided us with AMSAT India contact information in conjunction with our plans to launch a CUBESAT amateur radio satellite in the near future. Perhaps, I should begin with a brief introduction and an outline of our project to launch Thailand's first amateur radio satellite. RAST is the national non-profit society for amateur radio enthusiasts in Thailand which qualifies as a charitable entity pursuant to a Thai Ministry of Finance declaration while the society is also a member of the International Amateur Radio Union. RAST has joined three Thai institutes of technology to support the first Joint Academy Intelligent Satellites for Amateur Radio of Thailand (JAISAT-1) project which has received funding from the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Research and Development Fund for the Public Interest (BTFP), which is under Thailand's regulator, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC). The three academic institutes are all in the King Mongkut's Institute of Technology group, being King Mongkut's University of Technology of North Bangkok (KMUT-NB), King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) and King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL). In a meeting on July 22, 2015 the NBTC committee approved state funding for RAST's JAISAT-1 project over a two-year period: 2016-2017. In my capacity as the JAISAT-1 project leader in charge of building the satellite along with a technical team from RAST, I am writing to you with a humble request for assistance. We currently face the challenge of finding an appropriate rocket for the launch of the CUBESAT satellite, one that will be within our limited budget and we are interested in India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle or PSLV rocket. In addition to our JAISAT-1 satellite there are two other CUBESAT projects that have received funding in Thailand, including a KNACKSAT satellite to be built by the King Mongkut Institute of Technology of North Bangkok (KMUT-NB) and a SPACEBOX satellite to be built by the King Mongkut University of Technology Thon Buri (KMUTT) as part of a project to "Explore the World" using remote sensing with these satellites being equipped with cameras. But RAST 's JAISAT-1 satellite will be for amateur radio communications for which we are designing and building a linear transponder ourselves in Thailand and we would like to seek your recommendations to help us to get in touch with someone who can provide a PSLV rocket to launch the CUBESAT satellite at a special rate one that we will be able to afford. We would very much appreciate any assistance, advice or recommendations that you can make for us to help our project achieve all its goals. With deep respect. Sincerely, Tanan Rangseeprom, HS1JAN JAISAT-1 Project Leader Manager Radio Amateur Society of Thailand Under the royal patronage of His Majesty the King

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THANKS Re: Where did the TLEs go for BY70-1?
by Todd Deckard 30 Jan '17

30 Jan '17

Greetings Mac, Thanks for this! The AMSAT ftp site isn't updated frequently enough for the deteriorating orbit and a single precision PLAN13 implementation on the ATmega1280. As an example here's the CELESTRAK output: BY70-1 1 41909U 16083C 17029.24424671 .00506735 24288-5 70240-3 0 9991 2 41909 97.5768 109.7306 0160558 244.2616 114.2002 15.85900257 5044 Here's the AMSAT record sampled from the same time. BY70-1 1 41909U 16083C 17026.84471594 .00329730 24344-5 49404-3 0 9999 2 41909 97.5781 107.0760 0167800 253.3870 105.1424 15.83446051 4663 As expected, atmospheric drag has the largest effect on the semi-major axis, eccentricity, and argument of perigee. Alas it won't be long now. Still haven't gotten a confirmed QSO! Best Todd >Mac A. Cody maccody at att.net >Sun Jan 29 02:43:52 UTC 2017 >Previous message: [amsat-bb] Where did the TLEs go for BY70-1? >Next message: [amsat-bb] NJ7H-9 >Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] >Todd, >Mark KK6OTJ told me that you can find the latest TLEs for BY70-1 by using >the SATCAT search function at http://www.celestrak.com/satcat/search.asp >Search using the name BY70-1. > >73, > >Mac / AE5PH

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NJ7H/VE7/VE8 Antenna Cables Repaired
by John Papay 30 Jan '17

30 Jan '17

Many have been working NJ7H/VE8 and /VE7 as he travels through rare grids in the Northwest Territories and other Provinces. Unfortunately he started having problems with his antenna cables and that caused him to start using his whip on the car for transmit and limiting operations to FO-29 passes. Today the problems were fixed, if only temporarily, all due to the help of a Canadian Ham who is not a satellite operator. Tim Repas, VE7XIX, who lives in Taylor BC, near Fort St. John met up with Gabe earlier today and helped him get his cables working again. This is yet another story of hams helping other hams they have never met before. And the story probably won't find its way into QST magazine either. So I would encourage all of us who have been working Gabe and those who just might be readers on the board, to send an email of appreciation to Tim at his QRZ address. It just might make his day; he certainly helped make ours! 73, John K8YSE --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Re-entry predictions for BY70-1
by Todd Deckard 30 Jan '17

30 Jan '17

Greetings Joe! space-track.org lists the decay epoch as 2017-02-22 0:00:00 -- note this is not strictly the re-entry time but perhaps gives us an approximate window? I do not understand the material very well. It appears for large objects they will calculate a time-and-impact prediction as things become more certain but perhaps poor Bayi-Kepu-Weixing-1 may not rate as it doesn't pose a hazard. I don't even know if it would be visible during re-entry given the speed? >When will we have a closer idea of when it may re-enter? > >It would be neat to try to catch it on video. > >Joe WB9SBD

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Re: [amsat-bb] Satellites and small yagis
by John Geiger 29 Jan '17

29 Jan '17

Thanks for all of the feedback on small yagis and the satellites. There is no way I can angle it up, so it will be horizontal. I have seen people talking about angling up their yagis, how do you do that. It does seem possible on a vertical mast, the only way I can see to do it would be if it was on a horizontal crossboom. 73 John AF5CC On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 5:56 AM, A. Kevin Arber <kevin.w3dad(a)gmail.com> wrote: > John, > It will work. I completed VUCC last year using a Arrow mounted about 20 > degrees up in elevation on a AZ only rotor. I used SatPC 32 to control the > antenna AZ automatically. Very convenient that way. > Good Luck & 73, > Kevin W3DAD > > On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 10:35 PM, John Geiger <af5cc2(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> After having been off the satellites for a while due to life stuff, I am >> almost ready to get back on again, I hope. I have a little space on the >> mast under my miniquad where I can mount a small dualband end mounted >> yagi. I have been looking at the Jetstream 2m/70cm since it is cheapest >> and should fit there fine. It has 3 elements on 2m and 5 elements on 70cm. >> Will that good enough on the satellites? I have used a Cushcraft 5/5 >> dualband yagi before with good results. >> >> I hope in another year or so to have the parent's estate finally settled >> and money for a real satellite station again, but am hoping this will do >> in >> the meantime. Anyone else tried a yagi this size? >> >> 73 John AF5CC >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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BY70-1
by Fred Castello 29 Jan '17

29 Jan '17

Hi Folks, I am trying to find the correct file with SatPC32 to correct the TLE for Sat BY70-1? I have found the Keplerian elements at: C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\SatPC32\Kepler and have the following files there: amateur.txt cubesat.txt geo.txt intelsat.txt nasa.all noaa.txt OrbsManu.ele SatPass 10-31-16 tle-new.txt weather.txt and have searched within all of those to find BY70-1 and can't find it. I have found the most current TLE as was suggested yesterday via this same mailing list and ended up putting them in amateur.txt but of course when I update the Keps again, it disappears. What am I missing? Thanks so much for your help! Fred - KF4FC

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Dinner after Palm Springs Hamfest on Saturday (4 February)?
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 29 Jan '17

29 Jan '17

Hi again! Would anyone attending the Palm Springs Hamfest on Saturday (4 February) be interested in getting dinner after the hamfest? I'd be happy to get together with other satellite operators - and any others - for a bite to eat before I drive back to Phoenix in the evening. As with my previous offer for Friday evening, I am open to suggestions for where we could go. Please e-mail me off-list or send a direct message to my @WD9EWK Twitter feed if interested. Thanks, and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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AMSAT at Palm Springs Hamfest on Saturday, 4 February 2017
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 29 Jan '17

29 Jan '17

Hi! A reminder that AMSAT will have a booth at the Palm Springs Hamfest on Saturday, 4 February 2017. More information about the hamfest is available at its web site: http://www.palmspringshamfest.com/ During the day, there will be demonstrations of satellite operating using satellites in different modes. I hope to be able to have these demonstrations to show off operating in FM, SSB, and packet. If you hear me on during any of these passes during Saturday, please call and be a part of the demonstrations. Any QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World after the hamfest, and QSL cards are available on request. The hamfest site is in grid DM13rt, at the Palm Springs Air Museum along Gene Autry Trail, south of the I-10 freeway. For up-to-the-minute news on demonstrations and other AMSAT activities at the hamfest, I will tweet using my @WD9EWK Twitter feed. If you do not use Twitter, you can still view these updates and any photos I tweet in a web browser at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK Thanks again to Rick Fearns and the hamfest committee of the Palm Springs Hamfest for extending an invitation for AMSAT to be a part of this event. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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WD9EWK @ DM23/DM24 on Friday (3 February)
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 29 Jan '17

29 Jan '17

Hi! On my way to Palm Springs on Friday (3 February), I have a chance to stop at the DM23/DM24 grid boundary north of Quartzsite AZ for some passes. My tentative plans are to be out to that boundary sometime between 1600 and 1700 UTC, which could make it possible for an FO-29 pass around 1643 UTC covering much of North America, and an AO-85 pass as that FO-29 pass ends. I don't plan on spending the whole day at this spot, as I would like to arrive in Palm Springs by mid- to late-afternoon. QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World, and QSL cards to confirm QSOs are available on request. As with my other road trips, my travels should appear on sites like aprs.fi as WD9EWK-9: http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 I will also use my @WD9EWK Twitter feed to post updates, which are also visible in a web browser without a Twitter account at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK By the way, if anyone going to Palm Springs is up for dinner on Friday, please e-mail me off the list or send a direct message to my @WD9EWK Twitter account. I don't know all of the eating establishments in that area other than an In-N-Out along I-10, but I'm sure we can find a place that works for a meal and some conversation before Saturday's hamfest. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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