I did a little video yesterday. If you are interested in knowing a bit
about AO-91's receive capability and some of the fun we had getting her
to the launch pad, here is the URL.
https://youtu.be/no4pHx02lSI
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Jerry Buxton, NØJY
Received 2 beautiful clear pictures (12/12 and 1/12) from ISS SSTV on a 62
degree pass over east coast Australia. Very strong signal .. never heard the
ISS that strong ?
Transmitting in the typical 3 min on / 3 min off schedule. Does anybody
know if they issue certificates again on this SSTV cycle ?
Thanks,
Andreas - VK4TH
I see your point. I'm not sure but I look forward to better answers.
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Dec 6, 2017 6:16 PM, "Greg D" <ko6th.greg(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, but doesn't linear stay linear (but perhaps in a different
> direction)? And linear in any direction should be a match for circular, in
> either direction, with a constant 6db loss. At least that's the theory.
> In practice, theory and practice can be different...
>
> The first picture was in the first half of the pass, and the second about
> equally spaced on the second half (nice, since the rotor had to do a 180
> spin right in the middle). The second picture on that pass came through
> without any issues.
>
> Greg KO6TH
>
> John Brier wrote:
>
> In the Extra class license manual I have it says signals can switch
> polarity when they come through the ionosphere.
>
> On Dec 6, 2017 6:02 PM, "Greg D" <ko6th.greg(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> S9 the entire pass just now on my Oscar-ish array, without the preamp.
> 2m antenna is a 2x8 element circular polarized beam, and about 60' of
> old RG-something-thick (either 8 or 214) to the rig. Full Az/El
> rotisserie. 2 great images (4/12 and 5/12), though I had to switch
> polarization about halfway through the first one. Odd, since I thought
> the ISS antennas were linear...
>
> Greg KO6TH
>
>
> Koos van den Hout wrote:
> > On 12/06/2017 10:27 PM, Mike Seguin wrote:
> >> Got two good images from the ISS just now. VERY loud signals from
> them....
> > The signals are loud here too. I just received a full image which
> > started at 7 degrees above the horizon and ended at the horizon. It's
> > clearly showing decoding errors, but at the best reception my FT-857D
> > gave it an S5. See https://twitter.com/khoos/status/938525407426629632
> >
> > And that's on a vertical on top of the house. I wonder what an Az/El
> > rotor on a high spot can do!
> >
> > Koos van den Hout PE4KH
> >
>
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Hello John,
I am not sure if my email when to junk. Since Yuri is coming to New Orleans, I can help with free LMR 400 and connectors if he still needs it??
73 de Angelo / N5UXT in New Orleans.
On 12/5/2017 2:16 PM, Angelo Glorioso wrote:
Hello John,
I have been reading the thread about UT1FG. Does he still need coax???
I have a roll of LMR 400 that we can cut to his liking. I have the connectors to.
Let me know.
Angelo / N5UXT IN NEW ORLEANS.
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Subject: [amsat-bb] UT1FG/MM QSL's
Yuri has asked that anyone who has not received
confirmations from this year and previous year's operations
to prepare logsheets so that he can mail them out when
he arrives in New Orleans. Marinetraffic.com anticipates a
15 or 16Dec arrival but get these to me now so that he has
time to get them ready for mailing. Instructions are at
papays.com/sat There are no changes from the original procedure.
The Seahorse is a relatively new ship and is wider than previous
vessels so it cannot go through the locks in the Great Lakes. So
he will be more restricted as to possible destinations than he
was last season. He has been very busy with his duties and has
had little time for anything else. He sends his regards to all.
73,
John K8YSE
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Sorry I couldn't make out the details due to my minimal receiving
station, but I just want to let whoever sent the Red Beans and Rice
recipe via AO-85 that it was received in grid EM79ji.
Steve AI9IN
Oldenburg IN
EM79ji
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-12-06 06:30 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Shirokawa Elementary School, Seiyo, Japan, direct via 8J5SS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli (***)
Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-12-11 11:06:25 UTC 70 deg (***)
Antietam Elementary School, Woodbridge, VA, direct via KM4TAY
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP (***)
Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-12-11 18:30:10 UTC 36 deg (***)
Summa-Aldapeta, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, direct via EG2SMA
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Joe Acaba KE5DAR
Contact is a go for: Tue 2017-12-12 13:01:28 UTC 84 deg (***)
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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.
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All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.
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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.
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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
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ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:
Francesco IKØWGF with 132
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 124
Gaston ON4WF with 123
Sergey RV3DR with 100
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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 2017-12-06 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.rtfhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1196.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1145.
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.
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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.
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QSL information may be found at:
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS
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The successful school list has been updated as of 2017-12-05 07:00 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
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Exp. 52 on orbit
Randy Bresnik
Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA
Sergey Ryazanskiy
Exp. 53 on orbit
Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP
Alexander Misurkin
Joe Acaba KE5DAR
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
