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RadFxSat Heard
by Simon Brown 18 Nov '17

18 Nov '17

Yea! Just heard 'her' on 145.960, brief ~ 10 second transmission, this is *not* Fox-1A 'cos that's also transmitting 20kHz up. Running SDR, have the IQ data recorded. IO70kc Simon Brown, G4ELI www.dxgalaxy.com <http://www.dxgalaxy.com/> www.sdr-radio.com <http://www.sdr-radio.com/> www.sdr-satellites.com <http://www.sdr-satellites.com>

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RadFxSat Received in South Africa
by Paul Stoetzer 18 Nov '17

18 Nov '17

RadFxSat's signal was seen on the waterfall of the ZR6AIC WebSDR at 12:12 UTC. 73, Paul, N8HM

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RadFxSat Next Launch Attempt Saturday
by Paul Stoetzer 18 Nov '17

18 Nov '17

The next launch attempt for the Delta II rocket carrying RadFxSat will be at 09:47 UTC on Saturday, November 18th. Join AMSAT for a live blog of the launch at 09:15 UTC. All information regarding the launch, including live video from NASA TV and the live blog, can be found here: https://www.amsat.org/radfxsat-fox-1b-launch-live-blog/ 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Executive Vice President Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT-NA)

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-11-18 06:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 18 Nov '17

18 Nov '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-11-18 06:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: I.C. Villasanta, Villasanta Italy and College Pierre de Fermat, Toulouse, France, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-11-22 08:43:37 UTC 45 deg K6DUE **************************************************************************** ** 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: Francesco IKØWGF with 131 (***) Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 124 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 100 **************************************************************************** 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 2017-11-18 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 http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1188. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1139. 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 2017-11-18 06:30 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. 52 on orbit Randy Bresnik Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Sergey Ryazanskiy Exp. 53 on orbit Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP Alexander Misurkin Joe Acaba KE5DAR **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Falconsat3
by Andrew Rich 18 Nov '17

18 Nov '17

Hello Last night I worked falconsat3 on a kenwood ht with tnc connected to aprs is I did not pass any packets to the internet I then used software defined radio and direwolf Is anyone using thd72 for falconsat3 via the aprs is ? Have I overlooked something Or does direwolf pass more than the tnc does ? Andrew vk4tec Sent from my iPhone

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SatPC32 CAT control of Two radios
by Brad Brooks 17 Nov '17

17 Nov '17

I am attempting SatPC32 control of two FT817ND. I found that mine is only controlling frequency on radio 1, although both radios are configured. I have attempted the normal trouble steps: swapped radios, exchanged cat cables. I originally configured using Commander and can make both radios track. Each component seems to work ok. Any thoughts? I have not yet tried a powered USB hub, nor from my big desktop/gaming computer. I have thus been testing using a passive hub and/or laptop USB ports. 73 Brad WF7T

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Falconsat-3 question
by vk4tec＠tech-software.net 17 Nov '17

17 Nov '17

Hello I have been decoding Falsonsat-3 using direwolf and an SDR Tonight I took the arrow and Kenwood THD72A to a hill I had a good copy on the bird I have a question. If I take a laptop and mobile connection, and hook into the THD72A TNC, can I feed data into the APRS-IS ? Does the Kenwood pass Falconsat-3 9k6 data ? Cheers Andrew VK4TEC

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Help with arrow antenna
by vk4tec＠tech-software.net 17 Nov '17

17 Nov '17

Hello Can someone tell me what is inside the boom of the Arrow antenna ? I am having troubles getting the longest 2m element through the boom I don't want to force it Andrew VK4TEC

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Got Grids award
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 16 Nov '17

16 Nov '17

Congrats to VA3NNA Got Grids Award #19 We are working on our Squirt the Birds web page should be finished soom Wa4hfn Damon em55

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ft-847 9600 baud tx
by willmarbrowns＠charter.net 16 Nov '17

16 Nov '17

HELLO ALL, I am using ft-847sat mode...paccomm nb96 tnc [type2]...and wisp. I can rx 9600 downlink ok but cannot connect on the 145.840 uplink. ptt works ok. I listen with ht on 145.840 and hear white noise when tx is keyed. i assume that 9600baud set#23 auto transfers to sub band on tx?? so any thoughts?? I know this a shot in the dark but the candle is running out wick...73 bruce ke0lx en25 willmar, mn 56201 1 320 262 3328

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