May 2017 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

CN grid trip
by Wyatt Dirks 24 May '17

24 May '17

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

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(no subject)
by Jose Elias Diaz 23 May '17

23 May '17

Hi i´ll be on FO29 pass 01:54 UTC from IN52PE, Good Windows to NA 2º max elevation. Frecuency TX 145930 EB1AO

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SatPC32 and Windows 10 Query
by Jack Strother 23 May '17

23 May '17

Hello All, I apologize in advance if this query is duncile, However I cannot seem to get the DDE service to talk to the rotor ( Yeasu GS-232 ) interface. I can manually send data to the LVB tracker, but the program will not send data to the port via the Yeasu GS-232 interface. I have the same issue with HRD as well, however PstRotor software works fine. I am running on a Windows 10 Note book.. Any help appreciated!! I have been through the manual, help files and the like. I am about ready to toss it all out the window.. (Pun intended !!) TIA KD9ERA B.J. Strother Granger, IN

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Delaware, etc. Activation
by R.T.Liddy 23 May '17

23 May '17

Gridders, I've had the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel on my Bucket List for many years and have decided to get it crossed-off this week. As a key part of the Trip, I'll be activating Delaware and several skinny Coastal Grids on Satellites. A number of folks have mentioned that they still need DE confirmed for their SAT-WAS. It'll be a quick trip with driving over 1200 miles in 3 days with numerous stops for passes and 2 overnights. I'll leave early on Wed 5/24 and head for Delaware in hopes of getting there early afternoon for several passes into the late evening. Thu 5/25 has me heading down the DelMarVa Peninsula to cross the Bridge by early evening when I'll be in the Norfolk Area. Fri 5/26 has me on the road for the Home QTH. My hope is to activate Grid Lines wherever possible to cut down the traveling. The plan is to do FM29/28/27/26/16 in that order on FO29, SO50, AO7 and the XW's. I have no set operating schedule as of now and will be relying on my phone's AMSAT-Droid for the Pass info. The Q's will all go into LoTW after I return home and will be posted as simply K8BL as in the past for US contacts. 73, Bob K8BL ( Twitter @K8blBOB , Info on QRZ.com )

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Item Numbers for QB50 Sats
by ingejack＠cox.net 22 May '17

22 May '17

Can anyone verify the item numbers for SPACECUBE and X-CUBESAT ?? The TLE's are published by Celestrak however their is no distinction for the Item numbers of which is which !! Thanks for any help JACK KC7MG

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Re: [amsat-bb] Bob KO6TZ SK
by Bill Dillon 22 May '17

22 May '17

Sad news indeed, I'll miss Bob's friendly voice on the Sats. 73 Bill, KG5FQX On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 2:51 PM, Mike Rupprecht <mail(a)mike-rupprecht.de> wrote: > It’s terrible to hear the sad news about Bob, KO6TZ and I express my > sincere > sympathy to his family. > He was a good supporter of our Satblog and was very interested in > collecting > telemetry from amateur radio satellites. > Over the years we were in close contact. > > I'm very gratefull having received his support. > > Mike > DK3WN > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] Im Auftrag von E > Pentecost > Gesendet: 21 May 2017 18:02 > An: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Betreff: [amsat-bb] Bob KO6TZ SK > > I regret to inform the Amateur Satellite Community: Bob Vislay, KO6TZ, > died > yesterday, 20 May 2017, from a heart attack. > > Those of you who are active on the birds know Bob. To me, I have also lost > a long time friend. > > May he R.I.P. > > Gene Pentecost W4IMT > _______________________________________________ > 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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Wyoming - 5/27
by dtabor＠estesvalley.net 22 May '17

22 May '17

Plan another trip across the lower tier of Wyoming (aka I-80) on Saturday. If I leave home ~1200 UTC, I should be in DN71 ~ 1400 UTC and will be QRV for FM, linear and packet. Will be going thru DN71 thru DN31 on this trip. I'll do what I can to accommodate requests for grids given traffic and satellite availability. Contact me off-list to coordinate (n6ua(a)amsat.org). 73, Doug, N6UA

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

22 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 (***) **************************************************************************** ** Congratulations to the crew at W6SRJ! Today was contact #100 for them. **************************************************************************** ** 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 2017-05-22 17:00 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 Fisher K2FSH Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Bob KO6TZ SK
by Allen F. Mattis 22 May '17

22 May '17

I had many satellite contacts with Bob KO6TZ over the years. My first satellite contact with Bob was on March 13, 2009 and my last satellite contact with him was on March 17, 2017. During that 8 year period we had contacts on SO-50, AO-51 and SO-67. I will miss him.

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Free BUD for the taking in the DFW area
by Zach Metzinger 22 May '17

22 May '17

If anyone is serious about acquiring this dish, I can put you in touch with the poster. https://talk.dallasmakerspace.org/t/free-10-satellite-dish/21178/3 --- Zach N0ZGO

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Re: [amsat-bb] Bob KO6TZ SK
by Clayton Coleman 21 May '17

21 May '17

Sad news about KO6TZ. I worked Bob again the other day. We've logged many, many contacts especially since the launch of the XW-2 transponder satellites. It was not uncommon to talk to Bob via a series of XW-2 series passes for 30 minutes. 73 Clayton W5PFG

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BOB KO6TZ SK
by ingejack＠cox.net 21 May '17

21 May '17

I am totally in shock to hear Bob passed away. We were on The XW Sats most mornings calling ourselves the Breakfast Clubbers. Not only did we lose a fellow ham but also a great friend I will definitely miss him JACK KC7MG

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Bob KO6TZ SK
by E Pentecost 21 May '17

21 May '17

I regret to inform the Amateur Satellite Community: Bob Vislay, KO6TZ, died yesterday, 20 May 2017, from a heart attack. Those of you who are active on the birds know Bob. To me, I have also lost a long time friend. May he R.I.P. Gene Pentecost W4IMT

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ANS-141 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Joe Spier 21 May '17

21 May '17

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-141 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: * AMSAT Forum Streamed Live at Hamvention 2017 * AMSAT-NA to Assume Control of FalconSat-3 Soon * CQ Hall of Fame List - ARISS and AMSAT * AMSAT-DL Announces Launch Date for Es’hail-2 With the P4-A GEO Rideshare * AMSAT-SA Space Symposium 27 May * Work the AMSAT Hamvention Demo Station! * QB50 ISS CubeSat Deployments May 23-25 * AMSAT Events SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-141.01 ANS-141 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 141.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE May 21, 2017 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-141.01 --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Forum Streamed Live at Hamvention 2017 The DARA/Hamvention went totally digital and Live Streamed the AMSAT Forum. A copy of the forum may be viewed here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/k8ud-coy-ameritech-net Search either DARALIVE or AMSAT. "AMSAT Status Report" Barry Baines, WD4ASW, AMSAT-NA President, highlighted recent activities within AMSAT and discussed some of the challenges, accomplishments, projects, and late breaking news. "AMSAT Engineering Program" Jerry Buxton, N0JY, AMSAT-NA Vice President Engineering , spoke about the exciting new engineering developments that the ASCENT Program is working on as well as the latest updates on the Fox-1 project CubeSats. "AMSAT Satellite Operations" Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT-NA Vice President Operations , surveyed the current operational amateur satellites, as well as what's planned for launch in the next year. "NxtGen Crystal Radio” Joe Spier, K6WAO, AMSAT-NA Vice President Educational Relations , discussed the development of the NxtGen Crystal Radio, an educational ground station for classrooms to be used to teach Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). "ARISS Report 2017" Tim Bosma, W6MU, standing in for Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT-NA Vice President for Human Spaceflight, discussed the 20th Anniversary of ARISS, ARISS engineering developments & operation on the International Space Station. Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT-NA Vice President for Human Spaceflight has been awarded Amateur of the Year. [ANS thanks 2017 AMSAT Hamvention Team for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT-NA to Assume Control of FalconSat-3 Soon US Air Force Academy satellite was launched in 2007 on Atlas 5 to 560 km, 35.4 degrees orbit, and now is at 468-481km orbit, which is several years before decay. The Satellite operates as an amateur V/u store and forward Pacsat at 9k6 (or faster) and will sustain 1w operation. The AMSAT command team is preparing to assume control once the final agreements are completed. FalconSat-3 is in a low inclination orbit presenting opportunities for equatorial and tropical stations. More details soon. [ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT-NA Vice-President, Operations for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- CQ Hall of Fame List - ARISS and AMSAT CQ NEWS RELEASE (Announcing: 2017 Inductees, CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame) (Xenia, Ohio - May 19, 2017) - The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame has 18 new members for 2017, CQ magazine announced today. This brings to 310 the total number of members inducted since the hall's establishment in 2001. The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame honors those individuals, whether licensed hams or not, who have made significant contributions to amateur radio; and those amateurs who have made significant contributions either to amateur radio, to their professional careers or to some other aspect of life on our planet. The 2017 inductees (listed alphabetically) are: * King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, HS1A (SK) * John Brosnahan, W0UN (SK) - President of Alpha Power, NOAA physicist and instrumental in design and construction of the HAARP facility in Alaska. * Garrett Brown, W3AFF - Inventor of the Steadicam, which earned him both Oscar and Emmy awards for filmmaking technology * Britton Chance, W2IBK (SK) - Pioneer in magnetic imaging; MIT professor, team leader in MIT Radiation Lab developing WWII radar; * John Crockett, W3KH - Repeater coordination pioneer; developed Southeastern Repeater Assn (SERA) Universal Coordination System; managed SCHEART system of linked repeaters in hospitals; VP Engineering for SC Educational TV network * Julius T. Freeman, KB2OFY (SK) - Tuskegee Airman and Congressional Gold Medal recipient; frequent speaker at schools and civic organizations * Limor Fried, AC2SN - Founder of Adafruit Industries, major supplier of open-source electronics to the Maker community; honored by President Obama in 2016 as a "Champion of Change" and by the Internet of Things Institute as one of the 25 most influential women in the IoT industry * Robin Haighton, VE3FRH (SK) - Founding member of Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS), former president of AMSAT-NA * David Honess, M6DNT - Developed AstroPi project, which sent two Raspberry Pi computers to the International Space Station as plat- forms for students on Earth to write and run their own computer code in space; honored for this work with the Sir Arthur Clarke Award, presented by the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation and the British Interplanetary Society * Pete Kemp, KZ1Z (SK) - Author and educator, directly responsible for licensing over 700 new hams * Kristen McIntyre, K6WX - Apple software engineer and inventor (her name is on 22 granted or pending patents), promoter of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) subjects for girls through various talks and YouTube presentations * Pat McPherson, WW9E (SK) - Founder and longtime coordinator of SATERN (Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network) * Andy Nguyen, VK3YT - Pico-ballooner, pioneered round-the-world microballoon flights carrying amateur radio * Tim Peake, KG5BVI - UK astronaut very active in ARISS program during time on International Space Station; coordinated ISS end of the AstroPi project (see David Honess, above) * Mike Santana, WB6TEB (SK) - Two-way radio engineer, designed Clegg FM-76 220-MHz transceiver and President line of CB rigs, favorites for conversion to 10 meters * Allan Steinfeld, W2TN, ex-KL7HIR (SK) - Longtime Race Director of the New York City Marathon, considered one of the fathers of the modern running movement * Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR - Pioneer of software defined radio (SDR) and founder of FlexRadio Two new members each are also being inducted into the CQ DX and Contest Halls of Fame at the respective Dayton DX and Contest dinners. Their names will be announced separately. [ANS thanks CQ Hall of Fame for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT-DL Announces Launch Date for Es’hail-2 With the P4-A GEO Rideshare According to the Es'hailSat corporate website, the launch of P4-A / Es'hail-2 is now scheduled for 2018. Further information will be announced when available. Meanwhile AMSAT-DL is preparation the ground-station equipment which will be installed at the Es'hailSat Satellite Control Center in Qatar, at QARS HQ in Doha and at AMSAT-DL HQ in Bochum. Es’hail-2 details are published on their web page: https://eshailsat.qa/en/satellites/index/#tab-16 Es’hail-2 will also provide the first Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) geostationary communication capability that connects users across the visible globe in one single hop and in real-time. It will allow also the AMSAT community to validate and demonstrate their DVB standard. [ANS thanks AMSAT-DL and Es’hail-2 for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT-SA Space Symposium 27 May The AMSAT-SA Space symposium on 27 May 2017 promises to be one of the most exciting events on this year's calendar. Learn how you can operate on the new geostationary satellite to be launched later this year giving South Africans 24-hour communication with a simple put together ground station. Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, has done the work and will share it with you. Denel Spaceteq will share details about their work on the EO-Sat1 satellite being built for SANSA to become part of the African earth observation satellite network. Anton Janovsky will show you and demonstrate how to build a SDR with a Raspberry Pi. Find out how the Kletskous project has progressed including a demonstration of the transponder and other sub-systems plus many more interesting discussions and demonstrations. There are awesome attendance prizes to be won including two Pi Top laptops, 2 Raspberry Pi starter kits and 2 Raspberry Pi dummy kits, a MFJ artificial ground and a MFJ world receiver. Full program and registration details are available on www.amsatsa.org.za or request details by sending an e-mail to admin(a)amsatsa.org.za [ANS thanks the SARL weekly news in English for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Work the AMSAT Hamvention Demo Station! As previously announced, AMSAT will have it's traditional presence at Hamvention this year, including a satellite demo station. This year, the demo station will operate under the AMSAT club callsign W3ZM/8. We intend to be on all passes of voice satellites between 12:00 UTC and 21:00 UTC on Friday, May 19th and Saturday, May 20th and between 12:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC on Sunday, May 21st. We may also try the NO-84 and ISS packet digipeaters using a Kenwood TH-D7A(G) HT. The callsign for packet will be just W3ZM. Please call us using APRS messages on packet. Hamvention is located in the six digit gridsquare is EM89aq. As a reward for working the AMSAT demo station during the first Hamvention at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Xenia, Ohio, individuals working us will receive a digital certificate upon request. Please email n8hm(a)amsat.org with your QSO details to receive a certificate. [ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, AMSAT-NA Secretary for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- QB50 ISS CubeSat Deployments May 23-25 The second phase of QB50 CubeSats should be deployed from the International Space Station over three days from May 23-25, 2017. Built by university students and research organisations from 23 c ountries around the world, the QB50 constellation aims to study the lower thermosphere 200-380 km above the Earth. 11 QB50 CubeSats were deployed in the first phase and a further 17 will be deployed in the second phase. The beacons should be activated about 30 minutes after deployment. The QB50 CubeSats have downlinks between 435.7 and 438 MHz and reports from radio amateurs are most welcome. Beacon data received can be uploaded to a dedicated QB50 webpage at https://upload.qb50.eu/ LilacSat-2 (ON02CN), which deploys at 0815 GMT on Tuesday, May 23, is carrying a FM to Codec2-BPSK Digital Voice transponder, an APRS digipeater and camera. Further information at https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/19/lilacsat-1-cubesat-iss/ Two of the ISS QB50 CubeSats deployed in the first phase, ON01FR 437.020 MHz and ON05FR 436.880 MHz, carry V/U FM transponders. The uplink frequency for both is 145.860 MHz with 210.7 Hz CTCSS, see http://site.amsat-f.org/2017/05/12/qb50-document-de-description-des- telemesures-des-satellites-on01fr-on05fr/ List of QB50 CubeSats with Beacon format and frequency information https://upload.qb50.eu/listCubeSat/ Keplerian Two Line Elements (TLEs) ‘Keps’ for new satellites launched in past 30 days http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt QB50 project https://www.qb50.eu/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/QB50Mission On the deployment days radio amateurs and QB50 teams will be on the #CubeSat IRC channel. Join the deployment chat at http://irc.lc/freenode/cubesat Don’t have a suitable 435-438 MHz receiver? Try listening online with the SUWS WebSDR located near London http://websdr.suws.org.uk/ On June 19, 2014 two precursor QB50 CubeSats were launched, QB50p1 and QB50p2, which carried amateur radio transponders https://amsat-uk.org/2014/06/19/successful-launch-of-amateur-radio-satellit… [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Events Information about AMSAT activities at other important events around the country. Examples of these events are radio club meetings where AMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working amateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations, forums, and/or demonstrations). *21 May 2017, HamVention in the Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center, Dayton, Ohio *Friday and Saturday, 9-10 June 2017, HAM-COM in Irving TX *Saturday, 10 June 2017 – Prescott Hamfest in Prescott AZ *Tuesday, 20 June 2017 – presentation for Superstition Amateur Radio Club in Mesa AZ [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA 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 at Hamvention 2017, Joe Spier, K6WAO k6wao at amsat dot org

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Clifton labs
by jeffory broughton 21 May '17

21 May '17

Need it if you still have it for my 910. Wb8rjy jeff broughton

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Copied all 9 new active QB50's
by Roland Zurmely 20 May '17

20 May '17

<http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/QBISS.htm> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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QB50 CubeSats Deploy May 23-25 + CQ Mag Honors Britons
by M5AKA 20 May '17

20 May '17

Phase 2 of QB50 ISS CubeSat Deployments May 23-25 https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/20/qb50-iss-cubesats-phase-2/ CQ Magazine honours Britons involved in Astro Pi project https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/19/cq-mag-honors-astro-pi-britons/ Join AMSAT-UK https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/19/join-amsat-uk-11/ LilacSat-1 CubeSat with FM-Codec2 transponder and APRS to deploy from ISS https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/19/lilacsat-1-cubesat-iss/ Nexø II Rocket – Alexandru Csete OZ9AEC describes the video system which uses the Raspberry Pi https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/16/nexo-ii-rocket-onboard-video/ JY1SAT with SSB/CW transonder and Slow Scan Digital Video (SSDV) applies for frequency coordination https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/16/jy1sat-frequency-coordination/ AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium Milton Keynes Oct 14-15 – Call for Speakers https://amsat-uk.org/2017/02/03/international-space-colloquium-first-call-f… 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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Misc items for sale
by Clayton Coleman 20 May '17

20 May '17

AMSAT Broadband Preamp - $15 includes USPS Priority Mail Clifton Labs Z10000 Amplifier (buffer amp) - $25 includes USPS Priority Mail (2) SatTracker 688 (USB Interface for Yaesu Rotors) - one is built and one is a kit unassembled. Both for $35 shipped USPS Priority Mail as a package deal, not interested in separating. MFJ-1272BYV TNC/mic switch made for Kantronics TNC and radios with 8 pin mic. $20 shipped USPS Priority Mail. PayPal only. Prices firm. Ship to continental US only at these prices - will ship International for additional cost to buyer. 73 Clayton W5PFG

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FM repeaters on any of the first phase QB50 sats?
by Todd Deckard 19 May '17

19 May '17

Greetings, I understand there are FM repeaters on two of the QB50 payloads slated for future deployment? Are there FM repeaters on any of SOMP 2 HAVELSAT Columbia (QBUS 4) SGSat (KySat 3) CXBN 2 IceCube (Earth 1) PHOENIX X-CubeSat qbee ALTair 1 SHARC LINK ZA-AeroSat 1 CSUNSat 1 UPSat SpaceCube Hoopoe

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streaming from Dayton
by Jim White 19 May '17

19 May '17

Does anyone know if the AMSAT talks will be streamed live from Dayton?

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CSUNSat1 CW heard #2
by Mineo Wakita 18 May '17

18 May '17

14:07-14:17UTC, 18 May 2017, Ele 35 W-N-NE, 437.400MHz CW, every 3 minutes http://www.dropbox.com/s/lzj2yy7xetfdbw1/70518cs3.png?dl=0 http://www.dropbox.com/s/pndihqq84i9lvnx/70518cs3.wav?dl=0 JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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ISS Digipeater
by ingejack＠cox.net 18 May '17

18 May '17

While listening for the packet digipeater on the ISS during the 1435 utc pass over the west coast. I heard 2 bursts of some type of signal that was not coming from the ISS, I imagine that it was a beacon from one of the recently released satellites BUT WHICH ONE ??? This was the 2nd time I have heard the signals in 2 days JACK-KC7MG

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Re: [amsat-bb] nitinol
by Nick Pugh 18 May '17

18 May '17

thanks nick From: Jerry Buxton [mailto:amsat@n0jy.org] Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2017 7:06 AM To: Nick Pugh <quadpugh(a)bellsouth.net> Cc: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] nitinol Hi Nick, I have a source for wire, I can check for strip there - what dimensions? Jerry N0JY

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CSUNSat1 CW heard
by Mineo Wakita 18 May '17

18 May '17

437.400MHz CW, every 3 minutes JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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Cubesats deployed from the ISS
by Nico Janssen 18 May '17

18 May '17

All, Today six cubesats were launched into low Earth orbit from the ISS. At 08:24:59 UTC these QB50 series cubesats were deployed: SOMP 2, HAVELSAT and Columbia (QBUS 4). At 11:54:59 UTC these cubesats were deployed: SGSat (KySat 3), CXBN 2 and IceCube (Earth 1). 73, Nico PA0DLO

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