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

Columbia ON04US heard over Brazil
by Roland Zurmely 16 May '17

16 May '17

At 3 orbits after ejection from ISS: <http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/QBISS.htm> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ | | Livre de vírus. www.avast.com. |

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Nomination for DXpedition'er of the Year.
by Grant Zehr 16 May '17

16 May '17

I'd like to nominate Gabe Zeifman NJ7H for Satellite Dxpedition of the Year. Or maybe Dxpedition Operator, whichever is better. Gabe just returned from Europe after activating nine DXCC entities, including some that are really difficult from North America, and making a serious effort to work as many US stations as possible. And I mean a real effort. He was up at all hours and standing outside with his portable stations working those of us back home. Fortunately, AO-7 kept working (more or less) and many of us got to work 'new ones'. And on top of all that, Gabe has already uploaded contact data to LOTW so DXCC and VUCC credit is there waiting. I was able to work 3 new countries and some very rare grids. Thanks, Gabe! That will be a hard act for anyone to follow. 73 Grant Zehr AA9LC

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En Route Satellite Pass Opportunities - Driving to FN29
by Ken Alexander 16 May '17

16 May '17

Following is a schedule for my northbound trip on Friday and Saturday, May 19 & 20th. If you need any of these grids then work out some passes at the listed times and get them to me before Friday. Times are estimated. If I get busy handing out FN06 in North Bay then it may delay my arrival in FN07; that kind of thing. I did build in some wiggle room but you never know if it will be enough. Try and look for passes up to a half hour either side of those times just to be safe. *Friday May 19, 2017 UTC* Leave home 1100 FN05ia - Bracebridge ON 1300 FN06hg - North Bay ON 1500 FN07dm - New Liskeard ON 1700 FN08wn - Amos QC 2000 *Saturday May 20, 2017 UTC* Leave Amos 1100 FN18eo - La Morandiere QC 1200 FN19vm - Desmaraisville QC 1300 I'm already working out some schedules for NP4JV for FN19. I was looking for passes that would cover Arizona but at least a few of them should be OK for other areas as well. If not then see if you can find something for suitable. Saturday May 20th. Based on FN19vm (Desmaraisville QC) XW-2D 13:31 XW-2A 13:36 XW-2B 13:38 SO-50 13:41 FO-29 14:07

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YAESU FT-847 with FC[20 Auto Tuber and Desk Mike for sale
by Douglas Phelps 16 May '17

16 May '17

I am selling my YAESU FT-847 Full Duplex Trabsceiver on eBay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/192188912290? Works perfectly, looks new, and I made over 200 satellite contacts with it. I love this rig. I am only selling it because I have bought an IC-910 and want to get a dedicated HF transceiver. If any one wants to pick this radio up at Dayton, I will refund $130, in cash, making the cost $1300 which still includes the FC-20 auto tuner and Desk Mike. nI really hope someone form ANSAT will buy this excellent transceiver which has held its value for decades.

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Issues with ISS digipeater this morning?
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 16 May '17

16 May '17

Hi! On my way to the office this morning, I stopped for an overhead ISS pass at a nearby city park. The 1437 UTC pass over central Arizona had a maximum elevation of 75 degrees, which should have had a lot of traffic from stations along the west coast, southwestern USA, Texas, and probably some in Mexico before my LOS. Instead, I heard only a couple of RS0ISS beacons, and I was only able to get one packet retransmitted by the ISS when it was over my head at 1442 UTC. The ariss.net web site has very few retransmitted packets listed, and more of the RS0ISS ID beacons picked up by various gateways. On Twitter, Mark KK6OTJ in southern California mentioned a similar observation from that pass. He heard a couple of packets, and nothing else. Has something happened to the VHF radio and/or antenna on the Columbus module? Or could the CubeSats that were deployed earlier today have something to do with the lack of digipeated packets from the ISS in the past few hours? 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

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ISS Packet Digipeater
by ingejack＠cox.net 16 May '17

16 May '17

I also had the same problem as Patrick WD9EWK on the 2 meter digipeater. I heard a few packets but could not get into the digipeater. on a later pass which was only 7 degrees over my location I heard the digipeater but could not get into it. JACK-KC7MG

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Re: [amsat-bb] Rocket Lab Test Launch
by Ross Whenmouth 16 May '17

16 May '17

Hi, I have had a look at the ZL radio spectrum license register, and I did not find any S-band allocations for Rocket Lab, but I did find 4x "interesting" 400 MHz frequencies - 400.3 MHz, 400.7 MHz, 401.1 MHz and 401.6 MHz, with emission mode 150KF1DWT and EIRP of -6 dBW. The licence indicates that these frequencies are a "meteorological aid". I have no idea what sort of meteorological aid they may be though - weather balloon channels? wind profiling radar? (surely not with only 250 mW EIRP?) or something else? 73 ZL2WRW Ross Whenmouth

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-05-16 07:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 16 May '17

16 May '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-05-16 07:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Virginia Reinhardt Elementary School, Rockwall, TX, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact was successful: Mon 2017-05-15 15:28:09 UTC 71 deg (***) Saint Joseph School, Ronkonkoma, NY, telebridge via W6SRJ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Jack Fisher K2FSH (***) Congract is a go for: 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 2017-05-16 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 1139. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1098. (***) 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 2017-05-16 07:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 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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Rocket Lab Test Launch
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 15 May '17

15 May '17

Hi Rocket Launch Watchers, The first test launch from Rocket Lab is due some time in the 10 days starting from Monday 22nd May at 9:00 NZST (21:00 on 21 May UTC). The orbit is elliptical, perigee 300KM, apogee 500KM at 83 degrees inclination. The payload is a set of instruments to evaluate the rocket performance. The downlink is broadband data on S Band. Frequency unknown. The Internet access from the launch site is not very good so I don’t think there will be a live streaming. Their twitter feed: https://twitter.com/RocketLabUSA is the best place for updates. 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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FN29/39 + FO20/30 Schedule
by Ken Alexander 15 May '17

15 May '17

This is going to be a very busy weekend. I have identified 19 candidate passes just for Saturday night May 20th when I arrive in Chibougamau. I'll activate FN29 from 1903 through to 0300. Don't be too disappointed if I start late or quit early due to exhaustion! -- On Sunday May 21st I will start at the FN29/39 boundary at 1045 UTC and hope to be on for 11 passes that conclude at 1326. -- From there, I move to the FO20/30 boundary, where I have 8 passes lined up from 1446 to 2144 UTC. -- Finally, I will sit on the FO20/FN29 boundary for 9 passes from 2227 until 0430. Schedules as follows: Chibougamau Saturday Evening FN29 20.05.2017 UKUBE-1 19:03 20.05.2017 AO-85 19:19 20.05.2017 AO-07 20:31 20.05.2017 AO-85 21:01 20.05.2017 XW-2D 21:07 20.05.2017 XW-2B 21:14 20.05.2017 XW-2C 21:27 20.05.2017 XW-2F 21:32 20.05.2017 AO-73 22:18 20.05.2017 XW-2A 22:38 20.05.2017 XW-2D 22:40 20.05.2017 XW-2B 22:48 20.05.2017 XW-2C 23:02 20.05.2017 XW-2F 23:06 20.05.2017 AO-73 23:51 21.05.2017 XW-2A 00:12 21.05.2017 FO-29 01:10 21.05.2017 AO-73 01:27 21.05.2017 FO-29 02:54 Sunday May 21 at FN29/39 21.05.2017 SO-50 10:45 21.05.2017 AO-85 11:17 21.05.2017 FO-29 11:31 21.05.2017 XW-2D 11:42 21.05.2017 XW-2B 11:50 21.05.2017 XW-2C 12:03 21.05.2017 AO-07 12:12 21.05.2017 SO-50 12:26 21.05.2017 AO-85 12:59 21.05.2017 XW-2A 13:01 21.05.2017 FO-29 13:12 Sunday May 21 at FO20/30 21.05.2017 AO-73 14:46 21.05.2017 FO-29 14:57 21.05.2017 AO-07 15:55 21.05.2017 EO-79 15:56 alternate 21.05.2017 AO-07 17:39 21.05.2017 UKUBE-1 17:43 alternate 21.05.2017 AO-85 18:04 21.05.2017 UKUBE-1 19:19 21.05.2017 AO-07 19:30 21.05.2017 AO-85 19:44 alternate 21.05.2017 AO-07 21:26 alternate = alternate pass, in case AO-7 gets flipped Sunday May 21 at FN29/FO20 21.05.2017 XW-2D 22:27 21.05.2017 XW-2B 22:35 21.05.2017 XW-2C 22:49 21.05.2017 XW-2F 22:52 21.05.2017 XW-2A 23:36 22.05.2017 AO-73 00:09 22.05.2017 FO-29 01:59 22.05.2017 FO-29 03:44 22.05.2017 SO-50 04:24 I will spend the night in Amos QC (FN08) on my way up, and in New Liskeard ON (FN07) on my trip home. Let me know if you need either of these grids and we will set something up for the evenings. Also note that I will also be passing through FN05, FN06, FN18 and FN19 on the way up on Friday/Saturday, and on my way home on Monday/Tuesday. Get in touch with me if you need any of these grids. I can give you an estimate of when I should be passing through areas where I know I can set up. I would prefer it if you would do the calculations and send me a short list of proposed passes. I have a busy week ahead of me and don't have a lot of time to sit at my computer and go through "what-ifs". These will be quick stop-and-go activations. I'm not waiting around. That said, those of you who have worked with me before know that I am very accommodating! Finally, follow me on Twitter at @ve3hls for last minute changes and updates. 73, Ken VE3HLS

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