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Re: [amsat-bb] LilacSat-1 and Codec2
by W M WILLOUGHBY 28 May '17

28 May '17

Tom, see the Twitter feed for @M6SIG - he is helping @kb1pvh get this running under Windows. It is my understanding that you must run a Virtual Machine to operate Linux and then get the Codec working under Linux. All this is far from trivial and I cannot see this concept getting much use from amateur satellite operators if everyone has to muddle through this without some detailed instructions. It's a good thing you have a long weekend to work on it – you will need it. And that is not meant to be disparaging – I am going to try to get this working at my station in the coming week.

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SatPC32
by Vincenzo Mone 28 May '17

28 May '17

Hello Folks, I am trying to understand how the SaPC32 works before I go to purchase it. I see there al several groups like: Amateur.txt Cubesat.txt Geo.txt Intelsat.txt Nasa.txt OrbsManu.ele Weather.txt If I understood in each group you can put at maximum 12 satellites. I want to know if I am looking the Cubesat.txt group and a satellite from another group like Amateur.txt, will I be advised even if it is in a different group that I am looking? Is there any site that can explain me how it works? Where to buy it with credit card? Any help will be really appreciated. 73's de Enzo IK8OZV ************************************ ****** GSM +39 328 7110193 ****** ***** SMS +39 328 7110193 ****** ************************************

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Recent LoTW Upload
by R.T.Liddy 28 May '17

28 May '17

All Qs from my recent trip to FM16/26/27/28/29 have been uploaded to LoTW. Let me know if you don't see one of yours there & include the particulars. My old ears might have botched something during all that rain & wind - HIHI. 73, Bob K8BL

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ANS-148 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by E.Mike McCardel 28 May '17

28 May '17

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-148 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: * 2017 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Notice * Spring 2017 CubeSat Workshop Presentations and Video Posted * LilacSat-1 Deployed From ISS and Is Operational * February launch for Jordanian CubeSat * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-148.01 ANS-148 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 148.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. May 28, 2017 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-148.01 2017 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Notice It's time to submit nominations for the upcoming AMSAT-NA Board of Directors election. Four directors' terms expire this year: Barry Baines, WD4ASW, Jerry Buxton, N0JY, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, and Bob McGwier, N4HY. In addition, up to two Alternates may be elected for one year terms. A valid nomination requires either one Member Society or five current individual members in good standing to nominate an AMSAT-NA member for Director. Written nominations, consisting of the nominee's name and call, and the nominating individual's names, calls and individual signatures should be mailed to: AMSAT-NA, 10605 Concord St, #304 Kensington, MD 20895-2526. In addition to traditional submissions of written nominations, which is the preferred method, the intent to nominate someone may be made by electronic means. These include e-mail, fax, or electronic image of a petition. Electronic petitions should be sent to martha(a)amsat.org or faxed to (301)822-4371. No matter what means is used, petitions MUST arrive no later than June 15th at the AMSAT-NA office. If the nomination is a traditional written nomination, no other action is required. If it is other than this, i.e. electronic, a verifying traditional written petition MUST be received at the AMSAT-NA office at the above address within 7 days following the close of nominations on June 15th. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WITHOUT THIS SECOND, WRITTEN VERIFICATION ARE NOT VALID UNDER THE EXISTING AMSAT-NA BYLAWS. [ANS thanks AMSAT Office for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Spring 2017 CubeSat Workshop Presentations and Video Posted This year was the biggest CubeSat Workshop yet, with almost 550 attendees from 19 different countries The 2017 CubeSat Developers Workshop has posted all presentations at: http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~workshop/archive/ (2017 & Spring folders) You can also find all video footage from the workshop on their YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCENz0fNHsDR8Kz3jM6C_VWw [ANS thanks the CubeSat Team for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- LilacSat-1 Deployed From ISS and Is Operational LilacSat-1 has improved their documentation correcting their links. The satellite was deployed from ISS and is operational. https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/19/lilacsat-1-cubesat-iss/ http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/?page_id=594 FM to Codec2 digital audio repeater of LilacSat-1 is now switched on. 145.985 PL 67 UP, 436.510 DOWN It seems a few folks keep posting LilacSat-1 information in the Twitter format and toss in a few links. Here is another link if it helps any ... http://destevez.net/2016/10/lilacsat-1-codec-2-downlink/ Built by students at the Harbin Institute of Technology the new LilacSat CubeSat has a 145/436 MHz FM / Codec2-BPSK Digital Voice transponder. It will deploy from the ISS at 0815 GMT Tuesday, May 23. The Lilac 2 satellite multi-mode transponder can work as an APRS digipeater and FM repeater. The science goals of the mission include building flight software development for an on-orbit test platform, which is used to analyze the effect of space single particle effects on FPGA software function and performance. The satellite also includes equipment for global flight ADS-B and monitoring and tracking of large wildlife traces and other tasks. The satellite also carries an industrial infrared camera to explore the feasibility and effectiveness of using satellite satellites to monitor the environment. The FM transponder is expected to be a popular mode using amateur radio FM walkie-talkies or mobile radios. The voice filter passband is in the range of 300~3500 Hz. Below 300Hz below the sub-audio in the form of baseband data emplying a CCSDS mode of 300 bps telemetry data transmission. The BJ1SI-1 APRS digipeater will immediately forward the received UI frame in real-time. The BJ1SI-2 APRS digipeater will allow delayed forwarding with a user specified forwarding path and an ASCII coded time delay. Uplink ------- + Frequency 145.985 MHz PL 67 + Antenna 1/4 wavelength monopole, linear polarization + FM repeater Analog voice, no PL + APRS Digi AX.25 UI 1200 bps AFSK Downlink -------- + Frequency 436.510 MHz + Callsign BJ1SI + Antenna Turnstile LHCP (Forward, main lobe) RHCP (Backward) + Telemetry CSP/CSP + AX.25 UI (Cube Satellite Space Protocol) was originally developed by the AAUSAT3 team at the University of Aalborg in Denmark and is an open source, lightweight network layer protocol) + FM repeater Analog voice + CSP + APRS Digi AX.25 UI 1200 bps AFSK + Power 23/27 dBm [ANS thanks the Harbin Institute of Technology for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- February launch for Jordanian CubeSat Fourth year electrical engineering student Aya Jaafari is a member of the JY1-SAT team. She says working on the CubeSat has allowed her to practically implement a lot of what she learns theoretically at university The Jordan Times reports on the country's first CubeSat JY1-SAT which was built under the Masar initiative of the Crown Prince Foundation (CPF), by 16 young Jordanian men and women. The satellite is scheduled to be launched on a mission in February 2018, a date on which the team pins great hopes and ambitions. These young Jordanians were supervised by a group of experts and academics through their weekly meetings held at the Royal Jordanian Radio Amateurs Society (RJRAS). JY1-SAT was chosen as a tribute to His Majesty the Late King Hussein of Jordan whose amateur radio call sign was JY1. The CubeSat will carry an Amateur Radio FUNcube 435/145 MHz SSB/CW transponder and a Slow Scan Digital Video (SSDV) system to transmit stored images reflecting the Jordanian culture and its historical heritage. Read the full story at http://tinyurl.com/ANS148-Jordanian-Nanosat Royal Jordanian Radio Amateurs Society https://www.facebook.com/jy6zz/ JY6JY is a dedicated ground station to be used for communication with JY1-SAT. The call sign JY6JY is registered to the Office of Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein Bin Abdullah II of Jordan https://www.qrz.com/db/JY6JY JY1SAT applies for frequency coordination https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/16/jy1sat-frequency-coordination/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News + A Successful contact was made between Saint Joseph School, Ronkonkoma, NY and Astronaut Jack Fisher K2FSH using Callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2017-05-22 12:35 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridge via W6SRJ. ARISS Mentors were Dave AA4KN and Bob WB4SON. Special Congratulations ANS would like to congratulate the Santa Rosa Jr College Amateur Radio Club W6SRJ and trustee Tim Bosma W6MU for their 100th successful ARISS contact during the telebridge with Saint Joseph School, Ronkonkoma, NY on May 22 Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule Australian Air League South Australia Wing, Elizabeth, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go: Wed 2017-05-31 09:35:31 UTC [ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + CubeSat Workshop presentations available The 2017 CubeSat Developers Workshop, held in San Luis Obispo CA April 26-28, was the biggest event yet, with almost 550 attendees from 19 different countries! All 2017 presentation slides are now available online at http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/%7Eworkshop/archive/ You can also find all video footage from the workshop at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCENz0fNHsDR8Kz3jM6C_VWw Stay tuned for the announcement of the dates for the 15th Annual Developers Workshop next year http://www.cubesat.org/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK 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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Have Flight? Will travel. APRS Satellite ready-to-go
by Robert Bruninga 27 May '17

27 May '17

If anyone has access to a ride to space on a HOST, remember that we have a fully qualified flight unit DIGIPEATER and DTMF transponder module ready to fly as an attached payload to any HOST spacecraft. Lets call it QIKCOM-3. The mission of the identical QIKCOM-2 is described here: http://aprs.org/qikcom-2.html We delivered the QIKCOM-2 flight Unit#1 back in 2015, and it might finally fly this fall. So, I just realized that the backup FLIGHT unit is also ready to fly (attached to a suitable host). Unfortunately, the Air Force (responsible for all DoD satellite launches) has unilaterally declared that they will not accept any more Amateur Radio student satellites from the Naval Academy for flight on DoD launches*, and so this unit is available to anyone that can get it attached to a payload and get it launched. *this is a two year long battle and we appear to be losing. Don’t ask. I’ll give the sorrid tale when the last and final nail is in the coffin. But in the meantime, this module is available and so I wanted to get it out there for possible alternate rides to space. Since that seems to take several years… Bob, WB4APR

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(no subject)
by Jose Elias Diaz 27 May '17

27 May '17

This night i will be on Fo29 at 01:45 Looking for MO, MS, AL, GA, NY, VT, NJ, 145930 Tx 73 EB1AO Jose

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Kenwood TH D72A HT
by ingejack＠cox.net 27 May '17

27 May '17

I just bought a Ft847 so have my like new Kenwood THD72A full duplex dual band HT with a new Batteries America EMs-K45 Desk rapid charger and new PB-45L 7.4 volt 2000 mah LI-ION Battery. The radio comes with all items when purchased new on 4/5/2017 ad the charger/battery was bought on april 29, 2017. Total paid was $491.00 I will sell them for $421.00 shipped CONUS .. If anyone is interested this would be a great way to get on the fm sats. Thanks for looking JACK KC7MG Good on QRZ.COM

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Satellite Catalog Growth
by Stewart Todd Morgan 27 May '17

27 May '17

Although I have never had the chance to attend, the NOAA/SWPC Space Weather Workshops always have some interesting presentations, and PDFs of slides for many presentations are available to the public. One presentation at the 2017 event was titled "Satellite Tracking and Collision Avoidance (DOD)" by Capt. Fred Schmidt. It has an interesting graphic showing satellite catalog growth (page 18) since 1961: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/images/u33/%281640%29%20JSpOC%… Even though the commercial space age is just beginning, the skies are already a crowded place. It's also interesting that a substantial percentage of objects are of "unknown" designation. Workshop presentations for this year and previous years are available here: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/annual-meeting Todd AL0I

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Found item at Hamvention AMSAT booth
by Andrew Glasbrenner 26 May '17

26 May '17

I'm in possession of a piece of gear that was found while packing up the AMSAT booth. If you think it's yours, tell me what it is and I will get it to you ASAP. 73, Drew KO4MA

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Re: [amsat-bb] AO73 Mode change
by Graham Shirville 26 May '17

26 May '17

Hi folks, AO73/FUNcube is now in amateur mode for the weekend with the transponder on! Please see below for all FUNcube mission info 73s Graham G3VZV and the FUNcube team. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FUNcube frequencies and other details ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ AO-73 FUNcube-1 The transponder is normally operational only when the satellite is in eclipse, ie the solar panels are NOT being illuminated. During weekends (from pm Fridays UTC to PM Sundays UTC) the transponder is operational 24/7. When the transponder is switched off, the telemetry beacon is on full power, when the transponder is on the beacon it is on low power. During holidays, eg Christmas, New Year, Easter, etc, the transponder maybe activated for extended periods. Watch AMSAT-BB for announcements which are usually made on Friday evenings (UTC) The nominal transponder frequencies are: Uplink: 435.150 - 435.130 MHz LSB (Inverting) Downlink: 145.950 - 145.970 MHz USB Telemetry Tx: 145.935 MHz BPSK (The passband may be up to 15kHz higher depending on on-board temps. Lower temperatures give higher freqs!) FUNcube-2 (aka FUNcube on UKube) The FUNcube-2 sub-system continues to operate autonomously and, almost continuously, in amateur mode. The transponder is operational and the telemetry downlink is functioning with about 70mW output. The FUNcube-1 Dashboard does not correctly display the telemetry but it does correctly decode the data and uploads it to the FUNcube Data Warehouse from where it can be examined. Most of the real time data channels are operational and these include battery voltages, temperatures and ADCS data coming via the main On Board Computer (OBC). The transponder is interrupted for a few seconds every 2 minutes when the other transmitter sends its CW beacon and, occasionally, for a few seconds when the main OBC reboots (approx seven times each orbit). The nominal transponder frequencies are: Uplink: 435.080 - 435.060 MHz LSB (Inverting) Downlink: 145.930 - 145.950 MHz USB Telemetry Tx: 145.915 MHz BPSK (The passband may be up to 10kHz higher depending on on-board temps. Low temperatures give higher freqs!) EO79 FUNcube-3 Due to power budget constraints the transponder cannot be operational 24/7 and an orbit specific schedule has been developed. The transponder will commence operation 27 minutes after the spacecraft enters sunlight and will stay on for a period of 25 minutes. This schedule may be modified in future months as a result of experience. The nominal transponder frequencies are: Uplink: 435.0723-435.0473 MHz LSB (Inverting) Downlink: 145.946-145.971 MHz USB Further detailed info on EO79 transponder frequencies is at: https://amsat-uk.org/2016/11/10/eo79-funcube-3-transponder-commences-regula… EO88/Nayif-1/FUNcube-5 EO88 is presently operating in autonomous mode. The transponder is operational when the satellite is in eclipse, ie the solar panels are NOT being illuminated. When the transponder is switched off, the telemetry beacon is on full power, when the transponder is on the beacon it is on low power. The transponder frequencies are: Uplink: 435.045 – 435.015 MHz LSB (inverting) Downlink: 145.960-145.990 MHz USB Telemetry Tx: 145.940MHz All FUNcube transponders are sponsored by AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-NL. We are very grateful for the assistance given by Innovative Solution In Space Bv, The Netherlands. _______________________________________________ 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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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-05-26 08:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 26 May '17

26 May '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-05-26 08:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: About Gagarin From The Space. Implementation Of The Session Of Radio-Love Communication With The Participants Of The Children's Festival "Strong Oresh", Orekhovo, Russia, Direct Via R1AJT (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Fyodor Yurchikhin (***) Contact is a go for Sat 2017-05-27 18:55 UTC (***) Australian Air League South Australia Wing, Elizabeth, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go: Wed 2017-05-31 09:35:31 UTC 38 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: 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 2017-05-26 08:00 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 1140. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1099. 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 2017-05-22 17:00 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. 50 on orbit Peggy Whitson Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Oleg Novitskiy Exp. 51 on orbit Jack Fischer K2FSH Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Re: [amsat-bb] FW: LilacSat-1 Codec2 transponder activated + TY Sats + JY1-Sat
by Rick Tejera 26 May '17

26 May '17

Ray, Thanks. Gets confusing for sure, but I suppose that a good problem to have... Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.W7TBC.org -----Original Message----- From: Ray Hoad [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 6:25 PM To: 'Rick Tejera' <SaguaroAstro(a)cox.net>; 'AMSAT' <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] FW: LilacSat-1 Codec2 transponder activated + TY Sats + JY1-Sat Lilacsat-1 is not one of the nine added last week. Lilacsat-1 was launched today (5-25-2017). This week's KEP distribution will update who is who in the list of nine. Lilacsat-1 is still and unknown, but here are the TLEs based on ISS TLEs (you are correct) from http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/?page_id=594 LilacSat-1 1 25544U 98067A 17144.89781703 .00001573 00000-0 31242-4 0 9992 2 25544 51.6416 154.3996 0005308 189.3117 243.1127 15.53923882 58131 Note the Catalog Number is not real. Ray Hoad WA5QGD Orbital Elements Manager -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Tejera Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 19:34 To: 'AMSAT' <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] FW: LilacSat-1 Codec2 transponder activated + TY Sats + JY1-Sat I see 9 QB50 birds added to the NASABARE set, do we know which one is Lilacsat-1? Or are we still using ISS keps still the separate a bit more? Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.W7TBC.org -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of M5AKA via AMSAT-BB Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 12:57 PM To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] LilacSat-1 Codec2 transponder activated + TY Sats + JY1-Sat Late afternoon on Thursday, May 25 GMT the FM to Codec2 Digital Voice transponder on the LilacSat-1 CubeSat was switched-on https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/19/lilacsat-1-cubesat-iss/ Hunan Amateur Radio Society plan four 6U CubeSats TY2-TY3-TY4-TY5 to launch Sept 15, 2017 carrying HF/VHF/UHF retransmitting experiments, any mode. Also downlinks on 2.4 & 5.8 GHz and CW lamp signal comms experiment http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/formal_detail.php?serialnum=556 February launch for Jordanian linear transponder and SSDV CubeSat https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/24/jordan-cubesat-jy1sat/ Ham Radio Awareness Program at Science City Ahmedabad https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/22/ham-radio-awareness-science-city/ QB50 ISS CubeSat Deployments Phase 2 https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/20/qb50-iss-cubesats-phase-2/ Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ---- _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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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FW: LilacSat-1 Codec2 transponder activated + TY Sats + JY1-Sat
by Rick Tejera 26 May '17

26 May '17

I see 9 QB50 birds added to the NASABARE set, do we know which one is Lilacsat-1? Or are we still using ISS keps still the separate a bit more? Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.W7TBC.org -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of M5AKA via AMSAT-BB Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 12:57 PM To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] LilacSat-1 Codec2 transponder activated + TY Sats + JY1-Sat Late afternoon on Thursday, May 25 GMT the FM to Codec2 Digital Voice transponder on the LilacSat-1 CubeSat was switched-on https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/19/lilacsat-1-cubesat-iss/ Hunan Amateur Radio Society plan four 6U CubeSats TY2-TY3-TY4-TY5 to launch Sept 15, 2017 carrying HF/VHF/UHF retransmitting experiments, any mode. Also downlinks on 2.4 & 5.8 GHz and CW lamp signal comms experiment http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/formal_detail.php?serialnum=556 February launch for Jordanian linear transponder and SSDV CubeSat https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/24/jordan-cubesat-jy1sat/ Ham Radio Awareness Program at Science City Ahmedabad https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/22/ham-radio-awareness-science-city/ QB50 ISS CubeSat Deployments Phase 2 https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/20/qb50-iss-cubesats-phase-2/ Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ---- _______________________________________________ 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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Alaska cruise 28 May - 4 June
by Glenn Miller - AA5PK 25 May '17

25 May '17

On Sunday, 28 May , XYL and I depart Seattle to cruise the Inside Passage aboard the Emerald Princess. Ports include Ketchikan (CO45) on 30 May, Juneau (CO28) on 31 May and Skagway (CO27) on 1 June. There's also a brief stop in Victoria, B.C., on 3 June. With a TH-D72A and Arrow, I plan to operate available SO-50/AO-85 (and LilacSat-2, if it's on) passes from the AK ports of call as AA5PK/KL7. Since Princess Cruise Line has recently changed its onboard operating policy, AA5PK/VP9/MM operations are now unlikely. I'll try to advise via Twitter @AA5PK, depending on Internet access. All contacts will be uploaded to LoTW after 6 June with call sign(s) as noted above. Hardcopy QSLs upon email request. 73 Glenn AA5PK

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Office Closed
by Martha 25 May '17

25 May '17

The AMSAT Office will be closed from Friday, May 26 - Monday, May 29th. Time to recoup from Dayton (Xenia). -- 73- Martha

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LilacSat-1 Codec2 transponder activated + TY Sats + JY1-Sat
by M5AKA 25 May '17

25 May '17

Late afternoon on Thursday, May 25 GMT the FM to Codec2 Digital Voice transponder on the LilacSat-1 CubeSat was switched-on https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/19/lilacsat-1-cubesat-iss/ Hunan Amateur Radio Society plan four 6U CubeSats TY2-TY3-TY4-TY5 to launch Sept 15, 2017 carrying HF/VHF/UHF retransmitting experiments, any mode. Also downlinks on 2.4 & 5.8 GHz and CW lamp signal comms experiment http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/formal_detail.php?serialnum=556 February launch for Jordanian linear transponder and SSDV CubeSat https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/24/jordan-cubesat-jy1sat/ Ham Radio Awareness Program at Science City Ahmedabad https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/22/ham-radio-awareness-science-city/ QB50 ISS CubeSat Deployments Phase 2 https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/20/qb50-iss-cubesats-phase-2/ Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ----

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Inquiry Into Schiaparelli Mars Lander Completed
by B J 25 May '17

25 May '17

http://www.parabolicarc.com/2017/05/25/esa-completes-inquiry-exomars-schiap… 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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Video's Of Rocket Lab's Electron Launch
by B J 25 May '17

25 May '17

http://www.parabolicarc.com/2017/05/25/videos-rocket-labs-electron-launch/ A real smooth launch off the pad. 73 Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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Ham Radio on cruise
by Ed Cunningham 25 May '17

25 May '17

We just returned from a Holland America cruise, their policy has also changed. I was denied permission also. Ed, N7EC Sent from my iPhone 7plus

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Xenia operation
by PY5LF 25 May '17

25 May '17

Hi A short video about Amsat operation in Xenia Hamvention 2017. The most interestanting is the rotor system which works nice. https://youtu.be/XjMRK89ILWE 73

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New QB50 Challenger, NJUST-1 and nSIGHT copied
by Roland Zurmely 25 May '17

25 May '17

<http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/QBISS.htm#i> 73 de Roland

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Rocket Labs Booster Flies To Space
by B J 25 May '17

25 May '17

http://spaceflight101.com/electrons-its-a-test-successfully-reaches-space-f… The rocket didn't make it to orbit, but the results look promising. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-05-24 08:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 24 May '17

24 May '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-05-24 08:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Australian Air League South Australia Wing, Elizabeth, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG (***) Contact is a go: Wed 2017-05-31 09:35:31 UTC 38 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. **************************************************************************** *** 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 2017-05-24 08:00 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 1140. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1099. 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 2017-05-22 17:00 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. 50 on orbit Peggy Whitson Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Oleg Novitskiy Exp. 51 on orbit Jack Fischer K2FSH Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-05-22 17:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 24 May '17

24 May '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-05-22 17:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Saint Joseph School, Ronkonkoma, NY, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Jack Fisher K2FSH Contact was successful: Mon 2017-05-22 12:35:43 UTC 87 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. **************************************************************************** *** 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 2017-05-24 08:00 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 1140. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1099. 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 2017-05-22 17:00 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. 50 on orbit Peggy Whitson Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Oleg Novitskiy Exp. 51 on orbit Jack Fischer K2FSH Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Re: [amsat-bb] CN grid trip
by Fernando Ramirez 24 May '17

24 May '17

Looking forward to work you. Have a safe trip! Fernando, NP4JV On May 23, 2017 7:31 PM, "Wyatt Dirks" <dirkswyatt10(a)gmail.com> wrote: This Memorial day weekend I'm going to be traveling to Portland for some tourism and to activate some grids in CN land. I fly into Portland early Friday morning and back out early Monday morning. Currently looking at heading to CN76/77 Friday then south to cn90-93 for Saturday. Since this is such a quick trip I'll do my best to operate passes that cover the lower 48 but at times it won't be possible. Listen on ao7 and when in mode B I'll try to use it otherwise all other active voice Sats will be in play. Follow me on Twitter @wyattac0ra for updates. 73 Wyatt Ac0ra _______________________________________________ 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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