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

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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 25 May '17

25 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 25 May '17

25 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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