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by ingejack＠cox.net 16 Apr '17

16 Apr '17

Just read your comments on the return to 145.825. I AGREE 100 %.. When it was on 437.550 stations had a chance to make some contacts. Now that it is back on 145.825 the satellite is saturated with stations almost eliminating the possibility of making a good contact through the digipeater. Today is Easter Sunday and on the 1815 UTC pass through middle America it was like working a pileup on 20 meters. Hopefully over time , we will see a reduction in Activity on the ISS packet system and more trying to work NO84 and NO44 . JACK-KC7MG

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Nayif-1 Data Warehouse Outage
by David Johnson 16 Apr '17

16 Apr '17

Hi, We had a problem with the service during the night due to an SSL certificate expiring and the web server failing. The service is back up again and is busily collecting packets from Dashboards :-) May be a few minutes before it catches up. Thank you for you patience. 73 Dave, G4DPZ

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ANS-106 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by E.Mike McCardel 15 Apr '17

15 Apr '17

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-106 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * Friday TAPR/AMSAT Banquet at Hamvention * Packet From The International Space Station Is Back On 145.825 MHz * AMSAT at the Dayton Hamvention -- Call for volunteers * Eldorado Space Program: The League of Extraordinary Space Cowboys * N7S Special Event Station Commemorates First Shuttle Launch * Live HAMTV France April 25-28 * IARU Frequency Coordination Announcement for PicSat * Australian university students to launch satellite in 2018 * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-106.01 ANS-106 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 106.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. April 16, 2017 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-106.01 Friday TAPR/AMSAT Banquet at Hamvention The eleventh annual joint TAPR/AMSAT Banquet will be held on Friday evening, May 19th. This dinner is one of the main AMSAT activities during the Hamvention. Tickets ($35 each) may be purchased from the AMSAT store at http://tinyurl.com/ANS106-TAPR-AMSAT-Tickets. The banquet ticket purchase deadline is Tuesday, May 16th. Banquet tickets must be purchased in advance and will not be sold at the AMSAT booth. Different from previous years, this year there will be no tickets to pick up at the AMSAT booth. Tickets purchased on-line will be maintained on a list with check-in at the door at the banquet center. The Banquet will take place at the Kohler Presidential Banquet Center, 4572 Presidential Way, Kettering, OH 45429 (just south of Dayton). Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for a cash bar with the buffet dinner served at 7:00 p.m. AMSAT and TAPR alternate the task of providing a speaker for the banquet. It is TAPR’s responsibility this year. Carl Laufer will discuss “The World of Low Cost Software Defined Radio.” Carl is the creator and author of the extremely popular RTL- SDR Blog, author of the book, “The Hobbyist Guide to RTL-SDR,” and supplier of the RTL-SDR dongle. The RTL-SDR dongle is a low-cost, receive-only SDR receiver that hobbyists around the world are using for a variety of radio receiver projects, and Carl blogs about them at http://www.rtl-sdr.com/. Seating is limited to the number of meals we reserve with the Kohler caterers based on the number of tickets sold by the deadline. [ANS thanks AMSAT Office for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Packet From The International Space Station Is Back On 145.825 MHz The ARISS Team (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) is pleased to announce that packet from the International Space Station (ISS) is once again on 145.825 MHz! ARISS did the foot work and paperwork a few months ago to launch the last back-up Ericsson VHF handheld radio to the ISS. This work was begun in October after the failure of the Ericsson unit that had been used on the ISS. The Ericssons have been operating on the ARISS for 16 years. In the last days of February, the SpaceX 10 launch vehicle, Dragon, flew to the ISS with the HT onboard. After the docking, ISS crew members had the odious job of unloading and unpacking 5,500 pounds of cargo, including the Ericsson HT. ARISS got word Friday morning that we now have VHF capability back in the Columbus module. Followers of ISS Fan Club have already posted that they've heard and used VHF packet, and are thrilled and happy to have it again! In 2015, ARISS began its first fundraising campaigns. ARISS relies on NASA, ARRL, AMSAT and many fine individual donors, along with ARISS volunteers, to maintain the day-to-day operations and cover those expenses along with all costs and work related to the hardware, and building a new radio system, including the expensive space certification tests. Donors can go to www.amsat.org and www.ariss.org to support the program that excites hams and young people and educators who are inspired by amateur radio on the ISS. About ARISS Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl. Also, join us on Facebook: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) . Follow us on Twitter: ARISS_status [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT at the Dayton Hamvention -- Call for volunteers Last year, we had about 50 people assist with the AMSAT booth at the Hamvention. It was the efforts of those volunteers that made the 2016 Dayton Hamvention a success for AMSAT. The interaction with AMSAT members, satellite operators, designers, and builders makes the whole experience a lot of fun. The 2016 Hamvention is May 19-21 in a new venue: the Greene County Fairgrounds in Xenia, Ohio. Would you consider helping AMSAT at the Hamvention this year? Whether you're available for only a couple of hours or if you can spend the entire weekend with us, your help would be greatly appreciated. Please send an e-mail to Steve, n9ip at amsat.org if you can help. [ANS thanks Steve N9IP for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Eldorado Space Program: The League of Extraordinary Space Cowboys The Eldorado High School with a total of 156 students in grades 9-12 has an Engineering Class with about 10 students. This STEM activity is mentored by Danny Ray Boyer, W5AHN. You can read about their activities at the following web sites: http://eldorado-space-cowboys.com/ and they are also on facebook: http://tinyurl.com/ANS106-SpaceCowboys The class is in the running for a $5,000 grant for their work in their Space Program. The grant will be awarded by popular vote by the San Angelo Area Foundation, Solar Cen Tex, and KIDY FOX San Angelo who are committed to funding STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) innovation in the Concho Valley, Texas. Vote at the link below for your favorite video, and the 1st place winner will win $5000! 2nd place - $3000! 3rd place - $2000! http://www.myfoxzone.com/formula4thefuture Please share the link with your Ham friends and business & family acquaintances to see if you can get them some more votes? [ANS thanks Danny Ray Boyer, W5AHN, and the Eldorado Space Cowboys for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- N7S Special Event Station Commemorates First Shuttle Launch The KB7QPS Air, Space, and Technology special event station will operate from the Boeing Employees Amateur Radio Society club station located at Seattle's Boeing Field. Additional operators around the country may be utilizing their home station. N7S commemorates the first launch of the Space Shuttle. QRV between April 13 and 17. This is one in a series of activities for marking historic milestones in air and spacecraft technology. For a schedule of remaining Special Event Station operations and QSL information see: http://airspacetechnology.webs.com/ [ANS thanks the KB7QPS Special Event Station and the DXNL Newsletter #2036 Apr 12, 2017 for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Live HAMTV France April 25-28 Daniel Cussen reported on the HamTV@yahoogroups list that there may be live HAMTV over France and Europe during the time period of April 25-28. The date of a school contact is not yet set but it will be a daytime pass. Audio may be on new VHF handheld not UHF. ARISS expects have more definite news late next week. HamVideo operational status aboard the ISS can be found at: http://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ Ham Video downlink frequencies: + 2369 MHz + 2395 MHz + 2422 MHz + 2437 MHz DVB-S modulation; Symbol rates: 1.3 Ms/s and 2.0 Ms/s FEC : 1/2; NTSC format (SIF: 352×240 or D1:720×480) [ANS thanks ARISS and Daniel Cussen for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- IARU Frequency Coordination Announcement for PicSat http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=536 PicSat from CNRS/LESIA - Observatoire de Paris has received IARU frequency coordination for their 3U CubeSat - Science mission: do a photometric survey of Beta Pic star to detect light variation, demonstrate feasibility of light injection in single mode fiber in space. A UHF 9k6 BPSK downlink using AX25. Amateur mission with FM transponder (VHF up, UHF down) Launch not yet finalised but may be a PSLV into a 520km SSO in Q2 2017. More info at http://tinyurl.com/ANS106-CoordinationPDF ** 435.525 MHZ has been coordinated for the downlink** ** Now planning a launch on PSLV C39 in September 2017** [ANS thanks the IARU for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Australian university students to launch satellite in 2018 Students at the University of Melbourne are well advanced on a program to build a nano-satellite, with the Wireless Institute of Australia assisting in the IARU frequency and other coordination processes. Through the Melbourne Space Program (MSP) affiliated with the University of Melbourne, all is moving ahead for a hand-over of the nano-satellite in November and a launch as early as January 2018. Funding comes from the University of Melbourne, while the Melbourne Space Program is an organisation that holds the licensing, and other matters related to the launch. In a media release, the MSP revealed that plans are well under way with rideshare provider SpaceFlight with a contract signed for a November hand-off and its launch as early as January 2018. It has involved a group of ambitious students, seeking to understand and help redefine the Australian space sector through innovation in education, economics and policy, as well as engineering. Australia is the only Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) nation without a space agency. In 1966, University of Melbourne students built Australia's first satellite that was launched in 1970 as Australis Oscar 5 to be tracked by 200 radio amateurs in 27 different countries. The Melbourne Space Program has about 70 active members who are students ranging from 1st year university to masters level and post- graduate. The key objectives include being the first students to launch an Australian nano-satellite, create education, research in space, collaborate with academia and industry, and promote gender parity in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and Arts disciplines. Work was continuing to launch Australia's first nano-satellite and more news is expected in coming months. (Fred Swainston VK3DAC/VK4FE, WIA STEM Coordinator) Aussies tracking satellite Students of the FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences in Germany will launch the COMPASS 2 cube-sat in May and are at looking for a possible ground station partner in Australia. WIA Director Fred Swainston VK3DAC/VK4FE, WIA STEM Coordinator says the International Space Station Crew Fund Scholarship winner for 2017, Ian Benecken has asked the Wireless Institute of Australia for help to track it. COMPASS 2 is to be launched from a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle by the Indian Space Research Organisation carrying other commercial satellites. >From a polar 600 kilometre high orbit the cube-sat will beacon once a minute the callsign of ON04DL (ON zero four DL) on 437.300 MHz. The unique location of Australia makes it ideal for partner ground stations, and already it has piqued an interest from the ARISS telebridge centres on VK4, VK5 and VK6. Soon to be published is software that anyone can use to decode the beacon signal and the launch is likely to be on the 1st or 2nd week of May. If you wish to contact Ian Benecken, their email address is: ian.benecken at alumni.fh-aachen.de [ANS thanks the VK1WIA News for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News + A Successful contact was made between College Roger Martin Du Gard, Bellême, France and Astronaut Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG using Callsign FXØISS. The contact began Fri 2017-04-14 15:20:44 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via F6KCO. ARISS Mentor was Joseph F6ICS. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule + Brook Haven School, Sebastopol, CA, direct via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-04-19 18:40:43 UTC 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 at amsat.org or aj9n at aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz 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 2017-04-04 06:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.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 [ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + Apollo 11 Capsule Going On Road Trip To accommodate the Smithsonian renovation of its gallery at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, the Cpsule will vidit four US cities. The four city tour will include Houston, St. Louis, Pittsburg and Seattle as part of the a new exhibit: "Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission". For more information visit: https://apnews.com/b04812315fd44be79b1d7c85f76b0d0b [ANS thanks Associated Press for the above information] + --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, EMike McCardel, AA8EM aa8em at amsat dot org

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Raleigh Hamfest Satellite Demos Success!
by John Brier 15 Apr '17

15 Apr '17

The RARSfest satellite demos today were a success, despite some difficulties. In all we made 17 contacts across one SO-50 pass and one FO-29 pass. You can see a few pictures of the demos here: http://imgur.com/a/uMOF4 I had trouble getting into SO-50, and Tucker, W4FS, had trouble hearing FO-29. After reviewing a video I made of the SO-50 pass, I realized I wasn't aiming the antenna in the right direction for the first half of the pass. I had a hard time tracking it as the location we chose which was the easiest for attendees to find was also right next to the building the hamfest was in, and SO-50 rose right behind it. By the time I heard the bird around 20 or 30 degrees elevation, I wasn't aiming quite right, so every time I tried to get in I got very intermittent audio at best. After one complete transmission, Jeff, WB8RJY, came back to me and said hi to the hamfest and everyone clapped. Unfortunately I wasn't able to complete the QSO. At max elevation I knew exactly where to aim and called him back and completed the QSO. Towards the end of the pass when the bird was further north and less people were in its footprint I made a string of contacts adding up to eight in total. As for FO-29, Tucker was getting S9 noise during the first half of the pass and could barely hear any signals. I experienced the same interference yesterday when I did some practice passes. It's something local we can't control. It was so bad Tucker actually turned off the radio halfway into the pass and apologized to everyone that he wasn't going to be able to complete the demo. Not long after this he noticed a text message from a friend listening to him on the downlink saying he sounded fine. So he turned the radio back on and this time there was no noise because all we heard were very clear voices. After he found himself on the downlink and made one CQ, Clayton, W5PFG, came right back to him. And the crowd cheered when Clayton referenced the hamfest and said he was from Texas. After that Tucker had a mini pileup and made eight more contacts adding up to nine in total. It looks like I had a crowd in the high 20s and Tucker had a larger crowd in the low 30s. I was pleasantly surprised we were able to get such a good turnout considering this was added to the hamfest at the last minute. Thanks to all of the operators who worked us! And to anyone that called us who we couldn't get back to, like Paul, N8HM, thanks for trying and sorry we couldn't make contact. WB8RJY both passes NX2X K8II WU2M K8BL N1AIA K8YSE[/7] both passes CG2FU W5PFG WN9Q WB3CSY W5RKN N9EAT NS3L KA9P 73, John Brier KG4AKV P.S. Gary, K94AQ, of HamRadioNow recorded video of one of the passes and interviewed both of us afterwards. I'm going to give him video I recorded of the other pass he wasn't there for and he plans on making a show/segment out of all of it. https://www.youtube.com/user/HamRadioNow

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Interfacing the LVBTracker to Yaesu
by GEO Badger 15 Apr '17

15 Apr '17

I have the above box and I'd like to connect it to a G-450XL and G-500A. The G-450XL will be replaced by my G1000-SDX later this year, so any info for that would also be helpful. --- Ciao baby, catch you on the flip side. GEO http://www.w3ab.org Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.

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RS0ISS
by ingejack＠cox.net 15 Apr '17

15 Apr '17

Wow !! Digipeated through ISS at 4 degrees . Made Contact with XE3N Glad to have it back on 145.825 KC7MG JACK

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GO-32 Today
by Tony 15 Apr '17

15 Apr '17

All: Captured GO-32 frames this afternoon. Tony -K2MO [C0][00][0B][15][00][8C][00]d[DD][AB][05]TechSat-V4.2[00][E0][09][00][00][00]@[08][10][00]@[00][04][00][00][00][00][00][BD] [03][00][C0][C0][00][0B][15][00][8C][00][82][DD][AB][05]TechSat-V4.2[00][E0][09][00][00][00]@[08][10][00]@[00][04][00][00][00][00][00][BB] [03][00][C0][C0][00][0B][15][00][8C][00][BE][DD][AB][05]TechSat-V4.2[00][E0][09][00][00][00]@[08][10][00]@[00][04][00][00][00][00][00][C8] [03][00][C0] [C0][00][0B][15][00][8C][00][FA][DD][AB][05]TechSat-V4.2[00][E0][09][00][00][00]@[08][10][00]@[00][04][00][00][00][00][00][DB][DD] [03][00][C0]

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-04-15 07:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 15 Apr '17

15 Apr '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-04-15 07:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: College Roger Martin Du Gard, Bellême, France, direct via F6KCO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FXØISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact was successful: Fri 2017-04-14 15:20:44 UTC 48 deg (***) Brook Haven School, Sebastopol, CA, direct via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-04-19 18:40:43 UTC 82 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 2017-04-1507:00 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 1130. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1091. (***) 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 2017-04-15 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 **************************************************************************** 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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Packet From The International Space Station Is Back On 145.825 MHz
by E.Mike McCardel 14 Apr '17

14 Apr '17

Packet From The International Space Station Is Back On 145.825 MHz ARISS is pleased to announce that packet from the International Space Station is back on 145.825 MHz. A few months back, the ARISS Team did the foot work and paperwork to launch the final copy of the Ericsson VHF handheld radio to the ISS. This work was began in October after the unit onboard the ISS failed. ARISS has been using the Ericssons for 16 years. In the last days of February, the launch vehicle, SpaceX 10's Dragon, flew to the ISS. Then the ISS crew had the odious job of unloading and unpacking 5,500 pounds of cargo along with the Ericsson HT. ARISS got word this morning that we now have VHF capability back in the Columbus module. Followers of ISS Fan Club have already posted that they've heard and used packet, and are thrilled. In 2015, ARISS began its first fundraising campaigns. It relies on NASA, ARRL, AMSAT and individual donors, along with ARISS volunteers to pay the day-to-day operations expenses and everything related to the hardware, testing, and certification. Donors can go to www.amsat.org and www.ariss.org to support the program. EMike McCardel, AA8EM Rotating Editor AMSAT News Service Sent from my iPhone

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Is there satellite tracking software for smart phones?
by Mike Lemons 14 Apr '17

14 Apr '17

Can anyone recommend a satellite app for Android phones? Preferably something that shows where the satellite is above the horizon. SkEye looks promising. I think that if I Velcroed my phone to the boom of my Arrow antenna, the app would give me realtime feedback of where to point the antenna. People use the app for pointing telescopes. That would be greater precision than what I need. The SkEye website says almost nothing about satellite tracking. From what I can discern this function only exists in the paid version. ($6) (This is the third time that I have tried to send this message. Maybe if I put my callsign in, it will be accepted) KI6ADN 73

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