January 2017 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Tubesat Tancredo-1
by Edson W. R. Pereira 18 Jan '17

18 Jan '17

Hello everyone, The tubesat Tancredo-1 (http://www.ubatubasat.com/en/), built by middle school students at the Tancredo Neves public school in Ubatuba, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, is scheduled to be deployed from the TuPOD, a tubesat deployer developed by Gauss in Italy (https://www.gaussteam.com/tag/tupod/). TuPOD was successfully deployed from the ISS this past Monday, Jan 16th, and should start transmitting a CW beacon on 437.425 MHz for a few days, starting from tomorrow around 22:00 UTC. The Tancredo-1 deployment is also scheduled for tomorrow around 22:00 UTC and right after deployment it should start transmitting telemetry using packet radio (1200 bps AFSK) on 437.200 MHz with the callsign PY0ETA. The telemetry format is described in this document: https://goo.gl/qOK6qM Reports will be much appreciated and can be send online using this web page: http://www.amsat-br.org/tools/srs/ 73, Edson PY2SDR AMSAT-BR --- - We humans have the capability to do amazing things if we work together. - Nós seres humanos temos a capacidade de fazer coisas incríveis se trabalharmos juntos.

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News: Galileo satellites experiencing multiple clock failures
by Zach Metzinger 18 Jan '17

18 Jan '17

The BBC has an interesting story on the Galileo navigation satellites: > The onboard atomic clocks that drive the satellite-navigation > signals on Europe's Galileo network have been failing at an alarming > rate. > > Across the 18 satellites now in orbit, nine clocks have stopped > operating. > > Three are traditional rubidium devices; six are the more precise > hydrogen maser instruments that were designed to give Galileo > superior performance to the American GPS network. > > Galileo was declared up and running in December. For more on the story, see: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38664225 --- Zach N0ZGO

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Possible DM87/97 grid activation
by Clayton Coleman 18 Jan '17

18 Jan '17

I'm staying on the far northern edge of DM95 this week and have been operating some passes from DM86/96. I was looking at the map and I could activate DM87/97 easily with an hour and a half drive. If you need these grids, please reply direct to this email. I'm thinking about doing it tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon or evening. 73 Clayton W5PFG

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Recording Software
by Fred Castello 18 Jan '17

18 Jan '17

I am trying to record my passes on the computer and am using software called “Free Audio Recorder”. I have found that in my opinion it is not as flexible as I need it to be. It seems to record at a relatively low level and I have to play it back full volume and even then can’t pick out some details that I need from a recording. I am using a Windows computer that should be plenty fast. I am curious what you folks use to achieve this function? As usual, thanks for your time. Fred - KF4FC Fishersville, VA

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ITF-2 received
by Roland Zurmely 18 Jan '17

18 Jan '17

CW message on 437.525 MHz: JQ1ZTK YUI2 ITF2 COMSYSAAAAA S2 31 07 7C 67 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ in GH70un

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Re: [amsat-bb] FunCube Dongle Pro+ SOLD
by Stefan Wagener 18 Jan '17

18 Jan '17

Thanks for the interest! 73, Stefan, VE4NSA

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FunCube Dongle Pro+ -For Sale-
by Stefan Wagener 17 Jan '17

17 Jan '17

Selling my FCD Pro+ (like new condition). First $95 takes it (includes shipping to US or Canada!!!). If interested, contact me direct via email (my callsign(a)gmail.com). Thanks, Stefan, VE4NSA

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AOBA-VELOXIII heard in Brazil
by Roland Zurmely 17 Jan '17

17 Jan '17

Hi Greg, Yes, QRG is 437,375. Very strong signal !And TLE from ISS for now... 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-01-17 07:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 17 Jan '17

17 Jan '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-01-17 07:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: High School "Léon Blum", Le Creusot, France, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact was successful: Mon 2017-01-16 11:53:17 UTC 60 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 2017-01-17 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 1109. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1073. (***) 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 2017-01-17 07:30 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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Gene Cernan, RIP
by B J 16 Jan '17

16 Jan '17

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38641121 Farewell, sir, and thank you. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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