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Sat or vhf
by n4qwf . 28 Feb '17

28 Feb '17

I have seen the question arise as to why some satellite contacts uploaded to LOTW show up as 2m, 70cm etc rather than satellite. I have one contact with Venezuela that is like this. In It appears that I uploaded using "prop_mode sat" like it should be. It also appears that the other station must have uploaded it as a 2m contact. Thus it is credited as 2m's. Am I thinking right here? Has anyone found this to be the reason for this type error? 73<<John -- N4QWF Amateur Radio Operator Email N4QWF(a)AMSAT.ORG Formerly KC4AHW VK3FEZ 8BDXCC DXCC mixed 326 WAS HF #57,114 WAS Triple Play #1270 WAZ HF #9073 AAA All Africa Award #1734 VUCC SAT #135 WAS SAT #296 OSCAR-11 20th birthday #1 51 on AO-51 #13 LON -79.256 LAT 37.459 Grid FM07il >From the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains *Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming - "WOW, What a ride!"

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Final passes ZF2SC
by Scott McDonald 28 Feb '17

28 Feb '17

In case anyone is still looking, our final passes will be tonight, all times EST. XW2F 1722 XW2B 1733 XW2C. 1742 FO29. 2248 Thanks, Scott ZF2SC and Ron ZF2FB Sent from my iPad

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Nayif-1 spin graph
by Roland Zurmely 28 Feb '17

28 Feb '17

An interesting assembly of graphs Z + and Z- shows the rotation of the satellite.Please see here: <http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/nayif.htm#e> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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ARISS packet
by Richard Lawn 28 Feb '17

28 Feb '17

I read JoAnne's article in the recent AMSAT journal issue with great interest as it was somethingnive never done. I set up UISS with SoundModem to work with my Flex5000A. I have no decoding packets whatsoever either from ARISS or terrestrial on 144.390. But I've not gotten any feedback to suggest I'm being heard. I've tried 144.390 but do not see my location coming up on any APRS map. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? I can verify that I am transmitting a packet signal. I used packet for a short time years ago with a hardware TNC but quickly lost interest and never got into APRS. advice would be appreciated. 73 Rick, W2JAZ -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

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TS-2000 Strange behavior
by W5SAT 28 Feb '17

28 Feb '17

Mike, The YouTube video wouldn't open so I can't be entirely sure of what your issue is but it sounds like your RF gain is turned all the way down. This would give full scale RX reading and allow almost nothing to be heard. Thanks, Brad Schumacher W5SAT

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TS-2000 Strange behavior
by Perry Yantis 28 Feb '17

28 Feb '17

sounds like you need to turn the "main rf gain" knob in the other direction. Perry WB8OTH py41(a)att.net sent from my Apple Macbook Pro

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Baofeng Bf-f8
by Phil 28 Feb '17

28 Feb '17

I wonder if anyone has any experience with the Baofeng BF-F8? Has the overloading of the receiver been overcome compared to the earlier UV-5R model? -- Regards, Phil

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-02-28 07:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 28 Feb '17

28 Feb '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-02-28 07:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: ABOUT GAGARIN FROM SPACE, Space Odyssey Project, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, direct via RVØADW The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Andrei Borisenko Contact is a go for Sat 2017-02-25 08:36 UTC Ecole primaire Elie Desplan, Boissières, France and Marie Castang, Saint Dionisy, France, direct via F4HHV The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FXØISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact was successful: Sat 2017-02-25 13:14:15 UTC 58 deg (***) ABOUT GAGARIN FROM SPACE, Raduga Space Communication Center of St. Petersburg, Russia, direct via RA1AJN The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Sergey Ryzhikov Contact wss successful: Sun 2017-02-26 09:15 UTC (***) Ecole Albert Camus, Rueil-Malmaison, France, College Marcel Pagnol, Rueil-Malmaison, France, and Ecole “Robespierre B.”, Rueil-Malmaison, France, direct via F6KFA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FXØISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-03-01 08:04:44 UTC 77 deg Student Space Technology Association, Knoxville, TN, direct via AA4UT The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-03-01 19:08:03 UTC 49 deg Blair Pointe Upper Elementary School, Peru, IN, direct via WD9GIU The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD (***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-03-09 15:21:33 UTC 80 deg (***) 3rd Junior High School, Komotini, Greece, direct via SV7APQ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact is a go for: Fri 2017-03-10 08:20:46 UTC 28 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. **************************************************************************** *** Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals Proposal Window February 15 – April 15, 2017 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between January 1, 2018 and June 30, 2018. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is April 15, 2017. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact. The Opportunity Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world, NASA, and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe sponsor this educational opportunity by providing the equipment and operational support to enable direct communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world via Amateur Radio. In the US, the program is managed by AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) and ARRL (American Radio Relay League) in partnership with NASA and CASIS (Center for the Advancement of Science in Space). More Information Interested parties can find more information about the program at www.ariss.org and www.arrl.org/ARISS. For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Sessions go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact. Please direct any questions to ariss(a)arrl.org. **************************************************************************** *** 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 2017-02-28 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 1119. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1082. (***) 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 2017-02-28 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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UT1FG/MM Update
by John Papay 28 Feb '17

28 Feb '17

Yuri, UT1FG/MM, is at Anchorage now, cleaning the hold in preparation for a cargo of sugar. He will go back into Coatzacoalcos Mexico for loading. After that he will proceed to Montreal Canada. Yuri does not anticipate mailing confirmations until he arrives in Montreal. That could change depending on delays. All confirmation requests have been sent to him. If you send more, do not duplicate what you have already sent. Send only new contacts. He will mail all of your logsheets together. I will always email a confirmation back to you when I receive your logsheet. Please email me if you don't hear from me. 73, John K8YSE/7 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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TS-2000 Strange behavior
by Mike Thompson 27 Feb '17

27 Feb '17

Good morning Gent's. Thank you everyone for the help this past weekend getting me back on the birds. One step at a time. Eggbeater's are in process, and with any luck, that will do the trick for now. I come to you guys with a little bit of an unexplained situation I am having with my TS-2000. For whatever reason, it seems to be showing full scale RF input, but it doesn't seem to hear anything. The current antenna is a Comet GP-15 Tri-band vertical on my roof. It's common coax is connected to the common port of a Comet CFX-514 Tri-plexer. I had this triplexer on a VNA at work for giggles, and I found it to have about 50dB of isolation between the port's. Does this seem like I am overloading the front end of the 2m side with the 70cm transmit through the triplexer? https://youtu.be/eV_HGuw60_4 Thank you for your help and suggestions.

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