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

FN12/22 - 7/12
by R.T.Liddy 11 Jul '17

11 Jul '17

Gridders, I'll be roving to FN12 & FN22 tomorrow 7/12 from late afternoon and into the evening. My plan is to use the FO29, SO50 & XW2 Birds. On the linear SATs, you should hear me somewhat up the bandpass. On SO50, I'm hoping I'll able to finish a QSO or two (!). I may be able to get down to FN11/21 the next morning, but not for sure. 73, Bob K8BL (92 Rover Grids & counting)

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Carnival Cruise Line
by Ed Cunningham 11 Jul '17

11 Jul '17

Here is the answer I got to my inquiry about bringing ham radio gear on board. It looks like blanket permission since in "Exemptions and Other Considerations" it states "Permitted to be used on board" Since the ship is registered in Panama all I need to do is contact the ARRL for my IARP Permit. Has anyone had a problem taking an Elk or Arrow antenna on a plane or will it have to go in the belly (extra $25)? (broke down, not together) Ed, N7EC Thank you for your inquiry. Yes, you are able to bring your ham radio onboard. Carnival Cruise Line Message History Response By Email (07/10/2017 04:02 PM) Thank you for your inquiry. Yes, you are able to bring your ham radio onboard. Carnival Cruise Line Customer By Service Web (07/09/2017 10:56 AM) This feedback is about: https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4090 My wife, son and I are booked on a cruise to the Eastern Caribbean from Miami aboard the Splendor, booking # XXXXXX. As I was reading through the "What to Pack" I clicked on "Prohibited Items", Listed under "Carnival Corporation Prohibited Items" you list "Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRB), ham radios, satellite phones, transformers, lasers and laser pointers" yet under "Exemptions and Other Considerations" you have "Ham Radios/Amateur Radio Equipment: Permitted to be used on board". Can I bring my hand held ham radio on board or not? [---001:000808:13961---]

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Re: [amsat-bb] K2BSA/W4UOO-EM97 West Virginia FO-29 1500z 13July2013
by Mike Sprenger 10 Jul '17

10 Jul '17

Its been 4 years. K2BSA's going back to Summit Bechtel for the 2017 National Scouting Jamboree in Beckley WV, we arrive this weekend to begin building the station. Help us show off Amateur Radio to the many (25,000) scouts at the Jamboree. We'll be on the FM and linear satellites. I appreciated K8YSE's synopsis from 2013 so much I thought I'd share it again. 73 de W4UOO On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 11:26 AM, John Papay <john(a)papays.com> wrote: > W4UOO is operating as K2BSA from Beckley West Virginia > EM97. West Virginia is a rare state on satellites. It's > small and very mountainous and most places are down in the valleys > such that they don't have a low horizon. I drove down to Beckley > several years ago to hand out EM97. It was 300 miles one way. Now > is your chance to work this grid and state. Mike was able to work > down pretty low. This is a great opportunity. He was worked on FO-29. > 73, > John K8YSE > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- Thanks, Mike Sprenger (37.9167N 81.1244W is the Summit)

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1.2 Ghz helix available
by Bob- W7LRD 10 Jul '17

10 Jul '17

I have available a spare 16 turn RHCP 1.2Ghz helix for sale. Aluminum reflector, stainless steel support, UV protected PVC supports, It was a spare I was going to use on AO-40 (sobsob). It is home brew and about 80% complete. I can finish it up in a few hours if anyone is interested in it. I can provided pictures and details. I have built about 10 of these back in the day of HEO. 73 Bob W7LRD

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-07-10 22:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 10 Jul '17

10 Jul '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-07-10 22:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: About Gagarin From Space International Summer Camp #2 with Bashkortostan schoolchildren, Ufa, Russia, direct via RZ9WWB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Contact is a go for 2017-07-15 20:25 UTC ISS R&D conference, Washington, D.C., telebridge via W6SRJ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Jack Fischer K2FSH (***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-07-20 13:23:10 UTC 56 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 2017-07-10 22:00 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 1147. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1106. 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 2017-06-23 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 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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W2JV
by W2JV 10 Jul '17

10 Jul '17

test for bounces

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Re: [amsat-bb] Lora and other modes
by Ross Whenmouth 10 Jul '17

10 Jul '17

> Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 10:58:27 +0530 > From: Ashhar Farhan<farhanbox(a)gmail.com> > > Is Lora a candidate for satellites? How well does it handle doppler? Given > that it uses CSS(Chirp Spread Spectrum), it is claimed to be resilient to > doppler shift. > > Does anybody have any further details or knowledge? Hi Ashhar, LORA is/uses a proprietary protocol, however, it has already been reverse-engineered by software defined radio people, so ground stations could potentially use an SDR instead of a LORA chipset: https://myriadrf.org/blog/lora-modem-limesdr/ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54cecce7e4b054df1848b5f9/t/57489e6e0… I think that it might be interesting to try EME with an FM-chirp signal (one optimised for the task ie not LORA) as an alternative to JT65... 73 ZL2WRW Ross Whenmouth

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APRS, AM and the solar Eclipse
by Robert Bruninga 10 Jul '17

10 Jul '17

There will be several Ham Radio experiments during the eclipse. Please see: http://HamSCI.org Anyone can do the AM radio experiment by listening for the 13 clear channel AM radio stations that are along the path of totality. As the D layer is darkened these stations should come up out of the noise. Check the web page for times and frequencies. The eclipse traverses the USA over about an hour with any one observer seeing totality for about 2 minutes. Also, APRS will be used during the day of the eclipse (21 Aug) for locating those hams involved in eclipse observations to be able to see where other nearby ham observers are located. Imagine the APRS map that day showing a clustering of mobile and portable positions all along the totality line. Please use the station symbol SUNNY (\U) for this event so these stations will stand out among all others on the national tracking page http://aprs.fi In addition to position reporting, APRS real-time messaging can be used for direct station-to-station texting plus the announcement server will give national connectivity for announcements. To use it, just send an APRS message to ANSRVR and begin the message with CQ ECLIPSE… Such a message will be sent to every other station in the event that has also sent a similar message. Due to the load, limit transmissions to no more often than once every half hour. Bob Bruninga, WB4APR(a)amsat.org

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KO10 and JO94 grids (Poland) SO-50 this and next week
by Felix Paez EA4GQS 10 Jul '17

10 Jul '17

Hi friends, I will be able to activate grids KO10 and JO94 from Poland during the next days in SO-50. Maybe it is possible that I activate other ones in my route between both grids as well. More less it will be: KO10 -> Between days 13, 16 July JO94 -> Between days 17, 25 July Also it might be possible some grid from Sweden in a short trip, but I don't think it is really probable. If anybody very interested please mail me for skeds, Also if anybody in Gdansk wants to have a beer just tell me! I am going to be there some days! Thanks! Felix EA4GQS

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Re: [amsat-bb] Carnival Cruise Line
by Kevin M 09 Jul '17

09 Jul '17

I think you may be missing something: "The following items are prohibited and their possession is not allowed on board any Company ship by passengers or crew without a valid lawful reason....and only with consent of the Ship's Master." Emphasis on: 'without a valid lawful reason' and 'only with consent'. Do you have a valid lawful reason for possessing a ham radio (or a laser pointer)? Then it may be okay. And that's what they are telling you in the second link that lists exemptions to those prohibitions. 'It's okay for ham radio use on board... but not for you to use to listen to the crew conduct ships business, talk to other ships in the harbor, and so on.' That way they can speak to the issue of your activities of such gear, not just the fact of possession of it. This is legalese so that someone can't just bring anything on board they want, claim it's ham radio (or in the case of a laser pointer, claim it's for a fictitious power point presentation), and claim a right of possession. They are saying to anyone/everyone... 'We don't let you bring these things on board willy nilly without a reason and if we don't like your reason, we can boot your stuff off the boat and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it; you have no recourse.' I believe the term 'exerting positive control' is used in other professions for such a situation... 73 and enjoy your cruise! Kevin N4UFO

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