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W2JV- POTA Activation
by Peter 15 Jun '17

15 Jun '17

Hello, I will be conducting amateur satellite demonstrations and an on site seminar today 6.15.2017, from 16:30 to 2100 U. The event will be an activation of Heckscher State Park- KFF-2070 under the WWFF Parks on the Air event I will use my call sign, W2JV from FN30. In addition an HF station will be operating. I hope to start with the 17:08 U pass of AO-7 and pick up as many passes to 21:00 as possible, thank you. 73’s Peter W2JV

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W2JV
by Peter 15 Jun '17

15 Jun '17

Test

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-06-15 05:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 15 Jun '17

15 Jun '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-06-15 05:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Sochi, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Contact is a go for Sat 2017-06-17 15:10 UTC Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Contact is a go for Fri 2017-06-23 08:25 UTC SCaN/Glenn Research Center, Brook Park, OH, and the Girl Scouts of North East Ohio direct via NA8SA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Jack Fischer K2FSH (***) Contact is a go for: Fri 2017-06-23 14:25:09 UTC 70 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 2017-06-15 05:30 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 1144. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1103. 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 2017-06-14 04:00 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 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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CM79 /mm
by Mike Diehl 14 Jun '17

14 Jun '17

I'm currently considering another /mm activation of a hard to reach California grid, this time it's CM79. I see that there have been land expeditions in the past but the area is not very conducive to working satellites. Heavy tree cover and rugged land make it challenging to get to and operate from. Working from the coast isn't an option as the land is very steep leaving only really high passes and keeping a lot of people out of the footprint. That said, I think I've found enough excuses to need to go /mm again. There seems to be at least one charter out of Shelter Cove just north of CM79 that could potentially get me into a good spot to work the grid properly. Before I invest too much effort into researching my options I would like to know how much interest there is in this grid. I know several ops on twitter are lacking it in their logs but I would like to reach a larger audience to see who is interested. Let me know if this is something people would be interested in. 73, Mike Diehl AI6GS

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Parks on the Air
by W2JV 14 Jun '17

14 Jun '17

Good Afternoon, I will be conducting amateur satellite demonstrations and an on site seminar tomorrow 6.15.2017, from 14:30 to 2100 U. The event will be an activation of Heckscher State Park- KFF-2070 under the WWFF Parks on the Air event, http://wwff.co/ I will use my call sign, W2JV from FN30. In addition an HF station will be operating. I hope to start with the FO-29- 14:44 U pass and pick up as many passes to 21:00 as possible, thank you. 73’s Peter W2JV

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Call for Papers: Digital Communications Conference
by Ford, Steve, WB8IMY 14 Jun '17

14 Jun '17

Technical papers are solicited for presentation at the 36th Annual ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference, to be held September 15-17 in St Louis, Missouri at the Holiday Inn Airport West in Earth City. Papers will also be published in the Conference Proceedings. Authors do not need to attend the conference to have their papers included in the Proceedings. The submission deadline is July 31, 2017. Submit papers to via e-mail to maty(a)arrl.org<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]%3cmailto:[email protected]>>, or via post to Maty Weinberg, KB1EIB, ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111. Papers will be published exactly as submitted, and authors will retain all rights.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-06-14 04:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 14 Jun '17

14 Jun '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-06-14 04:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Space Center Houston, Houston, TX, telebridge via ON4ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Jack Fischer K2FSH Contact was successful: Tue 2017-06-13 15:19:26 UTC 84 deg (***) You can view the HamTV stream at https://hamtv.batc.tv/live/ Sochi, Russia, direct via TBD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI (***) Contact is a go for Sat 2017-06-17 15:10 UTC (***) Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI (***) Contact is a go for Fri 2017-06-23 08:25 UTC (***) **************************************************************************** ** 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 2017-06-14 04:00 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 1144. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1103. (***) 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 2017-06-14 04:00 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 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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Satellite Station For Sale
by B J 13 Jun '17

13 Jun '17

I'm posting this ad on behalf of a third party who wishes to remain anonymous for now. He has both a base and a portable ham satellite station for sale. The base station includes a Kenwood TS-790A transceiver, amplifiers, power supplies, and antennas for the 2 m, 70 cm, and the 2.4 GHz bands. The portable station consists of a Kenwood TH-D72 handheld transceiver and an Arrow dual-band yagi antenna. He would prefer to sell each as complete packages. He's asking $4165 (CDN) for the base station and $390 (CDN) for the portable gear. Contact me for further information. Anyone who is interested in purchasing the complete stations, or individual components, can contact me as well and I will forward the message. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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WH6XM
by ingejack＠cox.net 13 Jun '17

13 Jun '17

WH6XM was on FO29 at 1826 UTC with a very strong signal looking for contacts .. His grid is BK29 in HILO HI. Anyone in the footprint During a FO29 Pass should give him a call !! JACK KC7MG

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-06-13 05:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 13 Jun '17

13 Jun '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-06-13 05:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Greater Niagara Frontier Council BSA, Buffalo, NY, telebridge via ON4ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Contact was successful: Sat 2017-06-10 16:18:48 UTC 88 deg (***) Space Center Houston, Houston, TX, telebridge via ON4ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Jack Fischer K2FSH Contact is a go for: Tue 2017-06-13 15:19:26 UTC 84 deg You can view the HamTV stream at https://hamtv.batc.tv/live/ (***) 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 2017-06-13 05:00 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 1143. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1102. (***) 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 2017-06-13 02:00 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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