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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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:[email protected]] 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 21 May '17

21 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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