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Cubesat Challenger identified
by Nico Janssen 21 Jun '17

21 Jun '17

All, Detailed doppler measurements show that QB50 Cubesat Challenger is object 42721, 1998-067MA. 73, Nico PA0DLO

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-06-21 01:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 20 Jun '17

20 Jun '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-06-21 01:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: About Gagarin From Space. Ham Radio Session With Slavic Commonwealth International College Students Summer Camp Participants, Sochi, Russia, direct via R2Ø17SS (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Contact was successful 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 2017-06-21 01:00 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 1145. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1104. (***) 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 2017-06-21 01:00 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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CN81 on SO50
by John Geiger 20 Jun '17

20 Jun '17

Was WR7P the station in CN81 on yesterday's 2211z pass on SO50? 73 John AF5CC

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CAS-4A
by ingejack＠cox.net 20 Jun '17

20 Jun '17

Thanks Paul. Glenn AA5PK reminded me back when A)-51 and AO-27 had the same problems... JACK KC7MG

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Zhuhai-0 1 and 2 tle inversion ?
by Jean-Pierre Godet 20 Jun '17

20 Jun '17

Hi my friends, I'm afraid I'm wrong, but it seems to me that the catalog number, therefore the tle of Zhuhai-1 1 (CAS-4A) and Zhuhai-1 2 (CAS-4B) are maybe inverted. Listening the CW beacon, the Doppler shift correction with fresh tle for Zhuhai-1 2 (CAS-4B) seems correct, but for his brother nr 1 (CAS-4A), it looks like the bird is a bit ahead the prediction : at the beginning of the pass we have to decrease manually the frequency to chase the bird, at about the half of the pass it's the opposite, we have to hold a little bit the frequency shift correction. No ? Have a nice day all ! J-P F5YG

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CAS-4A- ZHUHAY-1 01
by ingejack＠cox.net 20 Jun '17

20 Jun '17

Made my first contact with Dave W5GT in EM12 on CAS-4a Satellite this morning at 1320 utc time . Also heard Frank K4FEG Transponder on and good signals. Hard to keep up with Doppler.. I had to increase my Cat tuning by 100 hz every second or so to follow my downlink.. Dave/W5GT had a great signal... JACK KC7MG DM42

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Zeroes and Ones Utah rover trip
by dtabor＠estesvalley.net 20 Jun '17

20 Jun '17

On Friday (6/23) I'll be heading back to DN31 by way of DN71-61-51-41 and QRV on request for any of those grids. Plan is to be on the road before 1200 UTC, Wyoming around 1430 ... Thought I'd do the zeroes on the way home (which will be MONDAY 6/26), starting in DN40. In addition to DN50, I might just return to the DN60/DM69 grid line that Pam and I did on Fathers Day. Current plan is to leave the QTH of KB7QG around 1400 UTC and drive US 40. Again, I'm QRV for linear, FM or Packet ... just send me an email. If you miss this trip, Pam and I will be headed back (again) over the Fourth of July weekend.

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ARISS SSTV Commemorative Activity Coming Soon
by KA3HDO 20 Jun '17

20 Jun '17

All, In commemoration of our 20th anniversary, the ARISS team is planning to transmit a set of 12 SSTV images that capture the accomplishments of ARISS over that time. While still to be scheduled, we anticipate the SSTV operation to occur around the weekend of July 15. We are planning for at least a 2 day operation, but are working for a potential longer operation. Note that all of this tentative and may change based on crew scheduling and ISS operations. Starting with our first meeting in November 1996, our joint operations on Mir, becoming the first operational payload on ISS in November 2000 to our 1103rd school contact (so far), ARISS' accomplishments have been tremendous. We have touched the lives of many and inspired and educated countless students to pursue science, technology, engineering and math careers. Please stay tuned as more details on our SSTV event will be communicated in the coming weeks. Please spread the word. And think about how you can get students in your area involved in capturing these images. We would love to hear your stories on how that goes. 73, Frank KA3HDO -------------------------------------------- Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO ISS Ham Radio Program Manager & PI ARISS International Chair AMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see <http://www.ariss.org/> www.ariss.org, <http://www.amsat.org/> www.amsat.org, and <http://www.arrl.org/> www.arrl.org.

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Request Sked over next few Days on XW-2 Satellites
by Fred Castello 20 Jun '17

20 Jun '17

I am in the process of practicing for Field Day and wondered if anyone would be willing to try to set up a sked for the next 2 evenings using the XW-2 series of satellites? I am in Virginia, grid FM08 and according to my calculations the series starts a good run at about 6:17 pm EST (20:17 GMT) each evening. We could work for about 45 minutes on multiple satellites to test our Field Day setup. Thank you for your consideration. Regards, Fred - KF4FC

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Update On Satellite Station Sale
by B J 19 Jun '17

19 Jun '17

The portable satellite station that was advertised has been sold. The following items are still available: Kenwood TS-790A transceiver $1,180.00 Timewave DSP-9 filter $135.00 LVB tracker $200.00 Mirage B 2518 G 2 metre amplifier $575.00 Kenwood PS 430 power supply $160.00 Acer laptop computer with SatPC32 software $350.00 2.4 Ghz D-Link antenna $50.00 30-ft fold-over tower $250.00 Fold-over kit $250.00 Anyone interested in any of these items can contact me and I'll forward your inquiry. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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