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

V47JA Radio Trouble
by John Papay 24 Jul '17

24 Jul '17

John, V47JA, reports that his FT857 failed yesterday during a SO-50 pass when he was about to call N8HM. He will be looking to borrow a UHF receiver from someone on the island to get back on SO-50. He will also be returning to St. Kitts in October if that fails. 73, John K8YSE --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-07-24 23:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 24 Jul '17

24 Jul '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-07-24 23:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: VCP-Bundeszeltplatz, Großzerlang, Germany, direct via DP9S The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Contact is a go for: Tue 2017-08-01 18:20:35 UTC 46 deg (***) About Gagarin From Space International Summer Camp #3?? 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: Sat 2017-08-05 16:25 UTC Frontiers of Flight Museum/ Moon Day, Dallas, TX, telebridge via ON4ISS (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Contact is a go: Sat 2017-08-05 18:02:31 UTC 87 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 2017-07-24 23:30 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 1149. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1108. 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 2017-07-20 20:00 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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New APRS Satellite to be deployed from ISS on 21 Aug
by Robert Bruninga 24 Jul '17

24 Jul '17

PRESS RELEASE: The QIKCOM-1 module containing an APRS transponder and Terrestrial Alert beacon will be deployed from the ISS on 21 Aug 2017. http://aprs.org/qikcom-1.html Built as a student project Amateur Satellite module at the Naval Academy, and attached to the NovaWurks SIMPL spacecraft, it will function identical to the ISS transponder on 145.825 with the same ARISS alias and once they widely separate, will permit possible dual-hop experiments between it and the ISS APRS digipeater. See page. A second experiment is a terrestrial alert beacon on the North American continent APRS frequency of 144.39*. This beacon can alert mobile operators doing normal APRS activities that the spacecraft is in view and that they can QSY to the space frequency of 145.825 for a quick satellite operation. A European beacon was also planned, but is disabled due to lack of consensus, and only the two A/B frequencies were possible in the hardware. This unconventional operation was coordinated in 2014 prior to the IARU change in policy in 2016 that will no longer coordinate such out-of-subband operations. The module and host SIMPL spacecraft have been on the ISS since December 2015, but not deployed due to a SNAFU with the FCC. Although this is the date of the Great North American Solar Eclipse, as far as we know at this time, this scheduled deployment has nothing to do with the Eclipse. But tens of thousands of hams will be out in the field that day to observe the eclipse, so remember to bring your APRS HT with you and listen for QIKCOM-1. (Release time is unknown at this time). It is 4 Watts and should be hearable on an HT. Bob Bruninga, WB4APR and Todd Bruner, WB1HAI control operator. * As everyone knows, the terrestrial 144.39 frequency is wall-to-wall packets in most populated areas and the chance of hearing the QIKCOM-1 module is small, but remember, those people who are driving in remote areas who are NOT hearing wall-to-wall packets, will have a high probability of seeing the beacon. And it is these remote travelers, far from the terrestrial network that are the ones that might need a satellite to get their message out!

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D-SAT Mission
by IU5CRE 24 Jul '17

24 Jul '17

Dear Sirs, my name is Alessio Fanfani; I'm a young telecommunication engineer and an enthusiastic Italian satellite amateur (callsign IU5CRE). Three years ago I started to work with D-Orbit, an Italian aerospace company, on an ambitious CubeSat mission called D-SAT. D-Sat is a three-unit CubeSat designed, built, and operated by D-Orbit and it will be the first satellite in history that will come back into Earth's atmosphere in a safe and controlled way by means of a dedicated solid rocket motor and burn up instead of becoming new debris. D-SAT was launched on June 23th, 2017 into a 500 km sun-synchronous orbit from Indian SHAR. D-SAT is now fully operative in orbit and it is hosting three communication experiments in collaboration with an Italian university, high-level schools and a local hamradio community. For more information on D-SAT, you can visit the mission's website (www.dsat.space), where you will also find a page entirely dedicated to radiohams (www.dsat.space/radiohams) where you can download the software necessary for the reception of D-Sat's signal. We really hope you will consider joining us! Also, should you have any question about the mission, don't hesitate to ask! Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Alessio Fanfani, IU5CRE

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W5PFG/p EL17-19 (others possible)
by Clayton Coleman 24 Jul '17

24 Jul '17

I've got some business near the EL18/17 line on Thursday of this week. I plan to work some satellites from EL17 since it's one of three grids I've never activated in Texas. EL18 and EL19 will likely get activated around the same time frame (Wednesday/Thursday or Friday morning.) It will be best to monitor my Twitter feed @w5pfg for specific passes. You do not need an account on Twitter or a special app on your phone. You can simply view the feed at: http:///www.twitter.com/w5pfg 73 Clayton W5PFG

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Help with MMSSTV
by skristof＠etczone.com 24 Jul '17

24 Jul '17

I got a nice picture downloaded from ISS using MMSSTV this morning, but I can't remember how to save just the picture, say as jpg or gif file. I was able to "Copy" and "Paste" it into a Word document and save it that way, but how do you Save it directly from MMSSTV as a jpg or gif? I couldn't find a "Save" or "Save As" under the File tab. Steve AI9IN

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LilacSat-1 attitude problem ?
by Roland Zurmely 24 Jul '17

24 Jul '17

Since July 17 LilacSat-1 has an attitude problem that causes strong QSB. <http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/lilac1.htm#s> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 12, Issue 181
by Albert van Deursen 24 Jul '17

24 Jul '17

Hello Reid and other helpful OM's, Problem meanwhile solved. Unscrewed the unit and tested various V regulators and Opamps. Potmeters in rotor tested and all ok. After checking the EL meter by 'in parallel' connecting another meter (audio type) across the connections noted that this parallel meter was moving / doing ok. Surprised to see that the unit AZ meter now worked again !!! All well now and running as before. Exact origin still rather unknown though but all is working again ! (suspect a non functional contact ??) Thanks again to all who gave me advice ! Great show! 73 Albert PD0OXW -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org Sent: 24 July 2017 01:01 To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 12, Issue 181 Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to amsat-bb(a)amsat.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org You can reach the person managing the list at amsat-bb-owner(a)amsat.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest..."

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ARISS News Release no. 17-09
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 24 Jul '17

24 Jul '17

ARISS NEWS RELEASE no. 17-09 July 8, 2017 David Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org ARISS Celebrates it's 20th Anniversary through SSTV Event In commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of ARISS, a Slow Scan Television (SSTV) event is planned for Thursday, July 20 starting around 21:25 UTC. The event plans to feature images from ARISS activities both past and present. This opportunity should cover most of the world during the operation period. The event plans to use a computer on the ISS Russian Segment, which stores images that are then transmitted to Earth using the ham radio, specifically the onboard Kenwood TM D710 transceiver. Those receiving the images can post them at https://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/ for viewing by the public. The 20 year history of ARISS will be displayed through a collection of 12 unique images sharing the amazing accomplishments of ARISS over the last two decades. SSTV signals will be sent to earth at 145.80 MHz using FM. The SSTV mode of transmission is expected to be PD 120 (PD 180 may be a second option). The event is expected to continue over a two day period. Since it's inception, Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has provided students an opportunity, through ham radio, to engage in conversation with orbiting astronauts and inspired many to seek careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Consider how you might inspire students in your area through this chance to capture images directly from space to their computers. Please note that the event, and any ARISS event, is dependent on other activities, schedules and crew responsibilities on the ISS and are subject to change at any time. While preparations are being finalized please check for new and the most current information on the AMSAT.org and ARISS.org websites, the AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org, the ARISS facebook at Amateur Radio On The International Space Station (ARISS) and ARISS twitter @ARISS_status for the latest information on this event. 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 Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and the 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 www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. Join us on Facebook: Amateur Radio on the ISS (ARISS) Follow us on Twitter: ARISS_status --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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FM13 grid activation July 23rd at 2137 UTC on SO-50
by John Brier 23 Jul '17

23 Jul '17

In a few hours I will activate FM13 on the 2137 UTC SO-pass (2017-07-23). Possibly will try FM13/FM14 if I can find a spot on it. 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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