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

Re: [amsat-bb] AO-91
by Roy Dean 22 Nov '17

22 Nov '17

http://amsat.org.ar/pass has AO-91, as well. > any of the web page predictors displaying this bird yet? Joe WB9SBD > Sig > The Original Rolling Ball Clock > Idle Tyme > Idle-Tyme.com > http://www.idle-tyme.com

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AO-91
by Endaf Buckley 22 Nov '17

22 Nov '17

Just heard Veronica and also a couple of stations calling through, only caught the tail end of one callsign BBV or BVV in DN79? This was the 20:30 UTC pass.

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For sale
by onmontauk＠gmail.com 22 Nov '17

22 Nov '17

I got a kX3 End plates with Cover from www.gemsproducts.com. Paid $80 Make offer Steve Akkala W2AKK Onmontauk(a)gmail.com Sent from my iPhone

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Yaesu G5400/5500
by alex weimer 22 Nov '17

22 Nov '17

I am looking for a good clean Yaesu G5400 or G5500 rotor with control box. If anyone has one they would like to part with please email me with condition and price Thanks JACK-KC7MG

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AO-91 sqf file
by Bob- W7LRD 22 Nov '17

22 Nov '17

What is the doppler sqf file for AO-91. For those curious Bob is back, long story 73 Bob W7LRD

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Plans for Turnstile and Egg Beater Antennas
by Scott Harvey 22 Nov '17

22 Nov '17

Can someone point me in the direction of good plans for turnstile and egg beater antennas. Preferably in English measurements. I have a friend building a ISS igate and wants to try these antennas for receive. 73, Scott, KA7FVV President - KBARA www.kbara.org Co-Owner WA7DRE 443.525 System Fusion Repeater http://www.ka7fvv.net

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AO-91 keps
by George Henry 22 Nov '17

22 Nov '17

I'm using the keps from nasabare.txt, and when I toggle AFC on the rig, the frequency doesn't budge from that calculated by SatPC32, so they appear to be right on the money... George, KA3HSW

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HC8LUT Dxpedition (Galapagos)
by Fernando Ramirez 22 Nov '17

22 Nov '17

Good morning fellow satelliteers! Just a reminder that an Argentinian team featuring LU3YK, LU5FF, LU7VB, LU7YS, LU8YD and LU9VEA will be active from San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands (Grid EI59) as *HC8LUT* between November 29 to December 8, 2017.They plan to operate HF-6m and satellites. The focus on satellites will be on AO-7, FO-29 and FM satellites (including AO-91 if available). I have been in contact with Alejandro, LU8YD, and he informed me that they will use a pair of Icom IC-7000, through a 5 elements VHF and 10 elements UHF yagis. Satellite ops will be secondary since the radios will be shared with the HF operation. They will try work as many passes as they can, with good coverage towards the United States. Please keep it civil and avoid working them repeatedly. Let's give everybody a chance! I will be in touch with the team during the expedition and will try to pass as much information as I can. Confirmations will be available on LoTW, Clublog and EQSL. Have a great day Fernando, NP4JV

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Packet Radio Programs
by Reg Wood 22 Nov '17

22 Nov '17

Hi I have a TNC3S and am in the stage of getting my sat progams up and running again and the last thing I need is to get a program that will work with 9600 and 1200 bauds on the TNC3S. My antenna and radio tuning are working fine on Windows 32 with Uni_Trac 2003. Regards Reg VK2RW

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-11-22 07:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 22 Nov '17

22 Nov '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-11-22 07:00 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 Watch for live stream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBv9ePxki1Q (Italian school) (***) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IkbxqzjfWw (French school) (***) Ashbury College, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Joe Acaba KE5DAR Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-11-27 18:39:58 UTC 47 deg Huntley Centennial Public School, Carp, ON, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli Contact is a go for: Tue 2017-11-28 18:46:37 UTC 50 deg S.G.B. De La Salle, Rome, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Luigi Nono, Mira, Italy, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-11-30 08:04:20 UTC 73 deg Bishop Hendricken High School and its sister school, St. Mary Academy - Bay View, Warwick, RI, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-11-30 17:02:09 UTC 61 deg The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-11-30 17:02:09 UTC 61 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: 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 2017-11-22 07:00 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 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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