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M2 satellite antennas
by jeffory broughton 22 Sep '17

22 Sep '17

Both sold.thanks every one. jeff broughton WB8RJY

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Facebook Livestream satellite demo: AO-85 - 0106 UTC - 2017-09-23
by John Brier 22 Sep '17

22 Sep '17

I'm going to stream video of the 0106 UTC September 23rd AO-85 pass o Facebook. It's 89 degrees for me. You can watch it on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceComms/ To be notified of livestream: Mobile: 1) Like 2) Following 3) Get Notifcations 4) Edit Notification Settings 5) LIVE VIDEOS 6) All Live Posts Web: 1) Like 2) Following 3) In your news feed 4) See first 5) Notifications 6) On 7) See First 8) Notifications 9) ON 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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LVB Tracker 4$ale
by Rafael Pena 22 Sep '17

22 Sep '17

If anybody on the list is in the market, I have a LVB Tracker excess to my needs. Please contact me at pinoleronica(a)hotmai.com / 202 6four1 27fourfour Rafael / NN3RP

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-26 23:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 22 Sep '17

22 Sep '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-26 23:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Possible Russian contact with Kursk Tue 2015-10-27 11:35 UTC Dearborn Public Schools, Dearborn, Michigan, USA, direct via K8UTT The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for Option #3: Tue 2015-10-27 16:01:59 UTC 57 deg Watch for a live video stream that should start about 15:00 UTC: (***) http://www.dearbornschools.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbhrQiZ62LE Daggett Montessori School K-8, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, direct via K5COW The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for Option #4: Thu 2015-10-29 14:12:56 UTC 31 deg **************************************************************************** ** Interested in hosting an ARISS contact? The window is now open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. Go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact or http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for full details. To help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS Program Coordinator will offer hour-long online information sessions. These are designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the proposal process and offer an opportunity to ask questions. While attending an online information session is not required, it is strongly encouraged. These will be offered Thursday, September 17, at 2000 UTC; Tuesday, September 22, at 2000 UTC, and Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss(a)arrl.org) to sign up for an information session. **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** 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. **************************************************************************** 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: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IKØWGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 112 **************************************************************************** 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 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-10-24 06:00 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 Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1001. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 966. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. 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, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, 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 2015-10-24 06:00 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. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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M2 satellite antennas for sale
by jeffory broughton 22 Sep '17

22 Sep '17

I have two M2 436CP30 antennas in very good cond,one is RHCP. one has the PS70CM POLARITY SWITCH. disassembled,ready to ship.$200/$300 FREE SHIPPING ! Jeff WB8RJY jeff broughton

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Heart of America Council Boy Scouts of America, Kansas City, MO
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Heart of America Council Boy Scouts of America, Kansas City, MO on 23 Sept. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 12:03 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ. The contact should be audible over the west coast of the U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The Scouting 500 is a Council wide event of the Heart of America Council, Boy Scouts of America. The Council serves 29,830 youth and 14,255 adult leaders in the 17 bordering Missouri and Kansas counties which constitute the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan area. We expect 12,000 to 14,000 boys and their adult leaders and parents. The Scouting 500 is taking place on the grounds of the NASCAR Kansas Speedway. In the infield of the track we will have 114 different activities for the attendees. That of course includes a demonstration NASCAR Stock Car race with 5 regular NASCAR cars and their drivers. More on the Scouting line we have a large artificial trout pool where the boys can tie their own flies and practice casting. Another tank will conduct scuba lessons. There will be custom cars, bb guns, a hot air balloon, go carts, archery, scout skills and of course a substantial STEM area. The highlight of our STEM program is the ARISS contact. The contact will be a part of the STEM-Amateur Radio Exhibit. The exhibit includes educational displays about amateur, a morse code station where the Scouts can practice sending and receiving their name and unit number to one another and other information about the International Space Station. Key to the exhibit are radio stations manned with licensed operators each operating in one of several different modes. We will have VHF\UHF featuring repeater usage, APRS and ECHOLINK. We will have HF stations running CW, SSB, JT65 and remote and other digital modes. Our call sign is K2BSA/0. We look forward to working the ISS. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What was purpose of the last spacewalk and did you get to go on it? 2. For boosting the space station's orbit, what is typically used if not Zarya? 3. If someone gets hurt or sick who gives them first aid? 4. What have you done for entertainment that is unique to do in space? 5. How do you exercise on the space station and how do your muscles feel in gravity? 6. What is your current experiment and why is it best done in space? 7. Can you make out cities from space at night? 8. What is your favorite meal and how is it prepared? 9. What is the next big thing in space exploration in your opinion? 10. What got you interested in being an astronaut? 11. How difficult is it to get used to gravity once you come back to earth? 12. How long does it take to get to the station from earth? 13. What is the best type of college degree to get to become an astronaut? 14. Is being weightless like swimming under water? It seems you move slowly. 15. Do you find it hard to sleep with so much going on around you all the time? 16. What is your opinion about privately trained astronauts working in space and possibly aboard the ISS? 17. What did the recent solar eclipse look like from space? 18. When you return to earth how long will it take to get used to gravity? 19. How long can you be outside the ISS in a spacesuit before you have to return? 20. Do you have a telescope on board since you can see clearer without the earth's atmosphere? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. Colegio Nueva Concepcion, San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina, direct via LU1KCQ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Joe Acaba KE5DAR Contact is a go: Thu 2017-09-28 17:51 UTC 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 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. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Powering Small Satellite Constellations with Plastic ICs
by Gregory Beat 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

New Interstil (a Renesas company) white paper, http://www.intersil.com/content/intersil/en/products/space-and-harsh-enviro… “Powering Small Satellite Constellations with Plastic ICs” http://www.intersil.com/content/dam/Intersil/whitepapers/rad-hard/powering-… Those members, who remember the design, will note that Oscar 40used a CAN bus (common network found in automobiles). The ISL71026M radiation-tolerant 3.3V CAN transceiver provides serial data transmission at speeds up to 1Mbps. Up to 120 transceivers can be connected to a single CAN bus to reduce cabling/harness size, weight and power (SWAP) costs for satellite command and telemetry systems. http://www.intersil.com/en/products/space-and-harsh-environment/harsh-envir… The ISL71xxxM family of radiation-tolerant plastic-package ICs is designed to support the emerging field of small satellites that will provide solutions such as high-speed Internet connections to hundreds of millions of users in communities, governments, and businesses worldwide. Fleets of hundreds of small satellites will create mega-constellation networks to deliver broadband Internet links from low Earth orbit (LEO) to every corner of the globe, including rural areas without wireless connectivity access. Sent from iPad Air

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ARISS-US program education proposal deadline is November 15, 2017
by JoAnne Maenpaa 20 Sep '17

20 Sep '17

Getting the word out today rather than waiting for the weekend ANS news cycle. September 21 is the first opportunity to participate in an ARISS School Contact webinar ... --- International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students ARISS-US program education proposal deadline is November 15, 2017 September 18, 2017: The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals from U.S. schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations to host radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between July 1 and December 31, 2018. Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with oppor- tunities to learn about space technologies and space communications through the exploration of Amateur Radio. The program provides learning opportunities by connecting students to astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) through a partnership between NASA, the American Radio Relay League, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation and other Amateur Radio organizations and worldwide space agencies. The program's goal is to inspire students worldwide, to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) through Amateur Radio. Educators overwhelmingly report that student participation in the ARISS program inspires an interest in STEM subjects and in STEM careers. Ninety-two percent of educators who have participated in the program have indicated that ARISS provided ideas for encourag- ing student exploration, discussion, and participation, and 78 percent said that ARISS was effective in stimulating student interest in STEM. ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the space tation, what it is like to work in space, radio science, and any related STEM subject. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students. The proposal deadline for 2018 contacts is November 15, 2017. Proposal webinars for guidance and answers to proposal questions will be offered Sep. 21, 2017, at 7 p.m. EDT and Sep. 25, 2017, at 4 p.m. EDT. Advance registration is necessary which can be done at the eventbrite.com website: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-267-ARISS-Webinar (eventbrite.com) The ARISS website has additional details on expectations, proposal guidelines, and the proposal form. See: http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html --- About ARISS Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a coop- erative 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 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 public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. Also join us on Facebook: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). Follow us on Twitter: ARISS_status [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]

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Office Closed
by Martha 20 Sep '17

20 Sep '17

The AMSAT Office will be closed tomorrow, September 21st. We will reopen on Friday. -- 73- Martha

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AO-85 Experimenter’s Wednesday in Brazil
by Roland Zurmely 20 Sep '17

20 Sep '17

<http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/fox.htm#i> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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