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July/August 2017 Apogee View posted
by Paul Stoetzer 20 Aug '17

20 Aug '17

The July/August 2017 edition of Apogee View has been posted on the AMSAT website at https://www.amsat.org/apogeeview/ 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Secretary Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT-NA)

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W5PFG/VE9 - Sunday, August 20
by Clayton Coleman 20 Aug '17

20 Aug '17

I plan to operate the following passes tomorrow from Campabello Island in New Brunswick, Canada on Sunday, August 20: 13:19 SO-50 13:44 FO-29 14:17 AO-73 Grid FN64 I have quite a bit of travel to do tomorrow, so I cannot honor any other specific pass requests for this location. I'll work other passes but the ones listed are specific to the VE9 operation. 73 Clayton W5PFG

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FW: APRS, AM radio and the solar Eclipse (Cloud Reporting)
by Robert Bruninga 18 Aug '17

18 Aug '17

Reminder for AMSAT operators out in remote locations doing Eclipse stuff on Monday: 0) The QIKCOM-1 Digipeater satellite will NOT be deployed as earlier mentioned. It is TBD. 1) Set your radio’s SYMBOL to the SUNNY symbol (\U). (for easy ID) 2) Once on location, maintain your STATUS to report your WX. Something like: “Clouds 25% at 1015 EDT” 3) See where everyone is on FINDU.COM. http://findu.com/cgi-bin/symbol.cgi?icon=\U&limit=200 4) Watch for Balloons on 144.39 or 144.34, and on http://findu.com/cgi-bin/symbol.cgi?icon=/O&limit=200 5) Tune the HF bands, there is an ECLIPSE CONTEST going on… Google it? 6) There are numerous other Ham experiments. see: http://HamSCI.org 7) Do the AM radio experiment listed there by listening for the 13 clear channel AM radio stations below near the path of totality. 8) CQ to others by sending a CQ via the CQSRVR. Send message to CQSRVR and begin text with CQ ECLIPSE… and your report. Update your CQ MSG every 30 mins (that’s the limit). The ANSRVR des the same thing but has no time limit. Once you see other calls from their CQSRVR or ANSRVR messages, then you can message one-on-one to them by callsign. [LIST OF AM CLEAR CHANNEL STATIONS] kHz CALL Location Eclipse UTC ------ ------- ---------------- -------------- 650 WSM Nashville, TN 18:28 670 KBOI Boise, ID 17:27 750 WSB Atlanta, GA 18:36 840 WHAS Louisville, KY 18:27 880 KRVN Lexington, NE 17:57 1030 KTWO Casper, WY 17:43 1040 WHO DesMoines, IA 18:08 1110 KFAB Omaha, NE 18:04 1110 WBT Charlotte, NC 18:41 1120 KPNW Eugene, OR 17:17 1120 KMOX St. Louis, MO 18:18 1190 KEX Portland, OR 17:19 1510 WLAC Nashville, TN 18:28 Bob Bruninga, WB4APR(a)amsat.org

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EVA
by Andrew Rich 18 Aug '17

18 Aug '17

Heard stron carrier and voice in Russian on 143.625 and 130.167 Mhz FM at 1359 UTC Sent from my iPhone

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EVA Audio 143.625 & 130.167 Mhz
by Dave Ryan 18 Aug '17

18 Aug '17

Hi all Recording of EVA Audio heard over UK on 143.625 Mhz and 130.167 Mhz FM https://youtu.be/BW8PPu1dwj0 Dave EI4HT / M0GIW | | Virus-free. www.avast.com |

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Fw: Lighthouse Lightship Weekend
by W2JV 18 Aug '17

18 Aug '17

Correction on website, thank you- W2JV International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend 00.01 UTC 19 August to 2400 UTC 20 August 2017 (48 hours) Hello All, Since 1998, amateur radio operators around the world have been participating in ILLW. W2JV, will be doing satellite forums and live demonstrations during the weekend. I will be operating on all available passes from the Fire Island Lighthouse,FN30IV, US0019, as W2GSB from 1400 U Saturday thru 1900 U Sunday. A colorful QSL card is available, visit www.gsbarc.org for more information. It is likely that other satellite operations from other Lighthouses in the US and other countries will be on the air. If you cant find any new grids this weekend, you can start a new goal of collecting Lighthouse/Lightship contacts, have fun. 73’s W2JV Peter --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ 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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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-08-18 19:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 18 Aug '17

18 Aug '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-08-18 19:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Fleet Science Center, BE WISE Program, San Diego, CA, direct via KJ6KDZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Contact cancelled due to conflict with Russian Experiment: Sat 2017-08-19 16:44:41 UTC 32 deg (***) Montreal Childrens Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Contact on hold due to conflict with Russian experiment: Tue 2017-08-22 17:20:25 UTC 58 deg via W6SRJ (***) **************************************************************************** ** 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 124 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Francesco IKØWGF with 119 Sergey RV3DR with 100 **************************************************************************** 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 2017-08-18 19:00 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 1154. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1113. 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 2017-08-16 05:30 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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Lighthouse Lightship Weekend
by W2JV 18 Aug '17

18 Aug '17

International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend 00.01 UTC 19 August to 2400 UTC 20 August 2017 (48 hours) Hello All, Since 1998, amateur radio operators around the world have been participating in ILLW. W2JV, will be doing satellite forums and live demonstrations during the weekend. I will be operating on all available passes from the Fire Island Lighthouse,FN30IV, US0019, as W2GSB from 1400 U Saturday thru 1900 U Sunday. A colorful QSL card is available, visit www.w2gsb.org for more information. It is likely that other satellite operations from other Lighthouses in the US and other countries will be on the air. If you cant find any new grids this weekend, you can start a new goal of collecting Lighthouse/Lightship contacts, have fun. 73’s W2JV Peter --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Article on How to use RTL-SDR for FUNcube Telemetry Reception
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 18 Aug '17

18 Aug '17

Hi RTL-SDR users, I’ve written an article for my local club newsletter on “How to use RTL-SDR for FUNcube Telemetry Reception” If anyone else would like a copy, I’ve put if here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fsmslnjd9t5mbpq/SDR%23_FUNcubeDashboard_Pic.doc?d… For John KG4AKV, I’ve quoted your tutorial on “How to use Heavens-above. com”. 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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Eclipse Project Info
by Greg 18 Aug '17

18 Aug '17

Hello all, A non-profit youth group is have an eclipse party during the eclipse. A science teacher will explain to the children about the eclipse etc and the group had bought the glasses that are recommended on the NASA site. Here’s where I come in…Several years ago, I use to listen to LF, ULF for lightning, atmospheric noises , etc., on an active receiver. Is there any site, articles, info etc on frequency’s to listen to the sun during the eclipse on VHF, UHF +, etc. Also does anyone know if the radio signals from the sun will be “interrupted” as the moon passes. Any info for a radio project would be appreciated. Greg N3MVF

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