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Weekend activation EK34
by David Maciel (XE3DX) 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

Hello guys, tomorrow I'm going to travel to EK34, there are no exact plans until today, I plan to operate some FM and SSB satellites, I'll try to do it in spare time, if anyone interested in EK35 can send a message and ask for it, I hope I can help . David Maciel XE3DX *http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/ <http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/>* *david.xe3dx(a)gmail.com <david.xe3dx(a)gmail.com>*

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Wondering!
by Marty Bluhm 06 Apr '17

06 Apr '17

After an absence of 16 years, I'm back on the birds. A lot has changed but trying to catch up. Here is my setup FT847 Cushcraft A270-6 (3&3) mounted on a 10 ft sked 40 pvc on my back deck. Tilted to approx 20 deg el. When i first got the 847 a couplemonths ago, i copied stations on FO29 on (believe it or not) a dual band rubber duck antenna. Oh, forgot, i have diplexer on the 847 also. Back to the original, since then I have not heard one single peep. I just finished the 1700 AO7 pass, nothing heard. This was a 49 deg el pass for me in WV. Post checking the status on Amsat page shows the transponders active on the monitored birds. I have a RSPlay2 connected to a 2m mag mount outside but polorization is all wrong for it to work properly. Any ideas of what i could be doing or have setupwrong? Thanks & 73 CU on the birds , maybe someday, lol Marty W8AKS

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Decoding 9600 Baud Satellites With Yaesu 991a
by Tony 06 Apr '17

06 Apr '17

All: My Yaesu FT-991a seems to have difficulty decoding certain 9600 baud satellites. I've been able to decode GO-32 KISS frames, but have not been able to decode other birds such as LO-74 which tend to transmit shorter bursts compared to GO-32. I'm not sure if this can be attributed to the course Doppler tuning that occurs when using HRD's Satellite Tracking program or possibly a modem parameter that needs to be set. I've used UZ7HO's Soundmodem as well as an SCS PTC-III and oddly enough, the SCS modem decodes GO-32 without a problem, but I haven't been able to do so with the Soundmodem. Any ideas? Thanks Tony -K2MO

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-04-06 07:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 06 Apr '17

06 Apr '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-04-06 07:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Brahma Kumaris Educational Society, Rajasthan, India, telebridge via LU1CGB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contract was unsuccessful: Mon 2017-04-03 08:19:38 UTC 53 deg ARISS is rescheduling the contact. Watch for live stream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/zL3AJKSYX6D (***) 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 is a go for: Fri 2017-04-14 15:20:44 UTC 48 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 2017-04-06 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 1129. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1090. 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 2017-04-04 06:00 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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Satellite DX oportunity 09 April Yuru Gagarin Cup contest
by KERRY LA*DUKE 05 Apr '17

05 Apr '17

http://www.qrz.ru/contest/detail/82.html

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Help needed with UISS and APRS
by Mark Lunday 05 Apr '17

05 Apr '17

I gave up on AGWPE in frustration. It worked great with my IC-910H, I could not get it to trigger the PTT switch on my Flex 5000, so I switched to the UZ7HO modem included with UISS. I am able to decode packets and I can trigger the PTT, but it is not being received by any stations. 1. What mode should I be using on my Flex? FM simplex with 5 kHz deviation is what I have selected. 2. What about the antenna? I am using an antenna with significant gain, and this antenna was able to send packets with my IC-910H with ease. 3. Is there power out? Yes, measuring 60 watts. It's something simple...any ideas? Mark Lunday, WD4ELG Greensboro, NC FM06be wd4elg(a)arrl.net<mailto:[email protected]> http://wd4elg.blogspot.com SKCC #16439 FISTS #17972

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Activacion EK27 and otherstoday
by David Maciel (XE3DX) 05 Apr '17

05 Apr '17

Next Activation: AO7 2012z, AO85 2155z, AO7 2205z and AO85 2335z, possible Line EK28/2, EK27, Linea EK27/37, I hope to hear them. David Maciel XE3DX *http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/ <http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/>* *david.xe3dx(a)gmail.com <david.xe3dx(a)gmail.com>*

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Re: [amsat-bb] Invasion of Manitoba and Saskatchewan
by Ken Alexander 05 Apr '17

05 Apr '17

AWESOME!! Don't forget to reload your Passport...er, I mean...your Tim's Card! 73, Ken VE3HLS -------------------------------------------- On Wed, 4/5/17, Gabriel Zeifman <gabrielzeifman(a)gmail.com> wrote: Subject: [amsat-bb] Invasion of Manitoba and Saskatchewan To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Date: Wednesday, April 5, 2017, 12:41 PM Good day to my fellow chasers of space birds, This Friday I will commence a great invasion of central Canada in an effort to put rare grids on the satellites. This most glorious of trips will take me as far as Flin Flon, MB in some rare (dare I say, never before activated) DO grids (DO84/94 looks like about as far as it's gonna get this trip, potentially DO85). After reaching Flin Flon I will be descending back to reality via Saskatchewan. No exact plans as far as grids, all I can say is that many rare ones will be along the path regardless of the actual path. After re-entering the homeland, I hope to activate some rare DN land stuff in the US. Again, no exact plan. This will be the first use of my new call VE6NJH. Will probably using CG6NJH a lot of the time. QSL on LoTW, if you need a paper card I'll be getting some printed relatively soon. Tracking as always on APRS NJ7H-9 and iridium share.garmin.com/gz. 73 and keep the power down, Gabe VE6NJH/NJ7H _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Invasion of Manitoba and Saskatchewan
by Gabriel Zeifman 05 Apr '17

05 Apr '17

Good day to my fellow chasers of space birds, This Friday I will commence a great invasion of central Canada in an effort to put rare grids on the satellites. This most glorious of trips will take me as far as Flin Flon, MB in some rare (dare I say, never before activated) DO grids (DO84/94 looks like about as far as it's gonna get this trip, potentially DO85). After reaching Flin Flon I will be descending back to reality via Saskatchewan. No exact plans as far as grids, all I can say is that many rare ones will be along the path regardless of the actual path. After re-entering the homeland, I hope to activate some rare DN land stuff in the US. Again, no exact plan. This will be the first use of my new call VE6NJH. Will probably using CG6NJH a lot of the time. QSL on LoTW, if you need a paper card I'll be getting some printed relatively soon. Tracking as always on APRS NJ7H-9 and iridium share.garmin.com/gz. 73 and keep the power down, Gabe VE6NJH/NJ7H

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Kansas City Tracker Data Request Thanks !!
by Jack Strother 05 Apr '17

05 Apr '17

A note of THANKS to all who responded. The unit That I inherited, certainly still works, After finding out that there are a few LVB Trackers just available, I went ahead and ordered one as a backup / replacement. Thanks again to all. 73 Jack KD9ERA B.J. Strother Granger, IN

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