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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 22 Sep '17

22 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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FW: FW: ARISS window of opportunity has opened for ham radio operators who know educators or are educators
by White, Rosalie, K1STO 20 Sep '17

20 Sep '17

Daniel, thank you for your email. I sent a thank you to Paul and Drew who also wrote to explain it. If anyone else who saw my original email but didn't get the actual file would like to have that original file, let me know! Thank you all, and 73! Rosalie K1STO ________________________________________ From: zg3410(a)gmail.com [zg3410(a)gmail.com] on behalf of Daniel Cussen [dan(a)post.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 10:32 AM To: White, Rosalie, K1STO Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FW: ARISS window of opportunity has opened for ham radio operators who know educators or are educators Amsat BB removes ALL ATTACHMENTS. You would need to link to a file on a website elsewhere or on a cloud share such as dropbox etc. On 20/09/2017, White, Rosalie, K1STO <k1sto(a)arrl.org> wrote: > No. That is not the link to use, JoAnne. Thank you for checking. > > The correct link was in the file that was attached to the email I sent early > yesterday. I do not know what happened, but here (at the very bottom of > this email string) is the email I sent early yesterday that had the file > attached. Maybe amsat-bb doesn't accept files from me? > > It is important to run as much information as possible from the attached > file, rather than just the links, but if that can't happen, here are > sentences that had the links--these are in the attached file: > > 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. To sign up, go to > https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2017.eventbrite.com For more details > such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form, visit: > http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html > > Again, thank you for checking before doing anything further! > > 73, > Rosalie K1STO > > ________________________________________ > From: JoAnne Maenpaa [k9jkm(a)comcast.net] > Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 10:08 PM > To: White, Rosalie, K1STO; amsat-bb(a)amsat.org; 'EMike McCardel' > Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] ARISS window of opportunity has opened for ham radio > operators who know educators or are educators > > Wonder if this is the missing link? > > http://www.arrl.org/news/ariss-invites-proposals-to-host-amateur-radio-conta > cts-with-space-station-crew > > > -- > 73 de JoAnne K9JKM > k9jkm(a)amsat.org > > > > ________________________________ > From: White, Rosalie, K1STO > Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 9:27 AM > To: amsat-edu(a)amsat.org; amsat-bb(a)amsat.org; 'EMike McCardel' > Subject: ARISS window of opportunity has opened for ham radio operators who > know educators or are educators > > Hi EMike and everyone, > > > > Here is the news release on ARISS's window of opportunity that just opened. > > > Hope you can use it! > > > > 73, > > Rosalie K1STO > > _______________________________________________ > 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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ARISS window of opportunity has opened for ham radio operators who know educators or are educators
by White, Rosalie, K1STO 20 Sep '17

20 Sep '17

Hi EMike and everyone, Here is the news release on ARISS's window of opportunity that just opened. Hope you can use it! 73, Rosalie K1STO

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-09-20 01:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 19 Sep '17

19 Sep '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-09-20 01:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Heart of America Council Boy Scouts of America, Kansas City, MO, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Contact is a go for: Sat 2017-09-23 12:03:49 UTC 26 deg 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 17:51:00 UTC 37 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 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 2017-09-20 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 1159. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1118. 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 2017-09-15 07:00 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. 52 on orbit Randy Bresnik Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Sergey Ryazanskiy **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Scott's Igate
by Roy Dean 19 Sep '17

19 Sep '17

> > Dopler shift > APRS-IS is throwing away your packets Andrew Andrew, it is NOT doppler shift. That has nothing to do with Scott's question. Scott, the reason is because Direwolf required one flipped bit to fully decode the packet (ie, it didn't "hear" the correct bits, but tried flipping each single bit until what it decoded passed the checksum). That "[SINGLE]" means that it swapped a single bit to get a correct checksum. Direwolf WILL NOT pass ANY packets on to the APRS-IS unless it completely decodes the packet correctly (ie, that section should say [NONE], as in "no bits were flipped in order to get the checksum to work). Hope that makes sense. --Roy K3RLD >* On 19 Sep 2017, at 5:45 am, Scott <scott23192 at gmail.com <http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb>> wrote: *> >* Hi everyone. *> >* I've been trying to improve the effectiveness of the SDR iGate that I have *>* listening on 145.825 and am finally seeing more packets. *> >* Since duplicates don't show up on ariss.net <http://ariss.net>, that explains why not all my *>* received packets show up on the website. Just for my own education, I'll *>* often compare what my iGate receives from the ISS or PSAT to what shows up *>* on ariss.net <http://ariss.net> to verify that mine are in fact duplicates. *> >* Today on a PSAT pass I noticed that one of my received packets was a *>* duplicate (which is fine) but the other packet that I received was also NOT *>* on the website. So, now we're not talking about a duplicate - it didn't *>* get accepted to the site for some other reason. *> >* Here's the packet as I received it. I'm guessing that the issue is that it *>* wasn't digipeated by a station ID of "ARISS*", but I'd like to know for *>* sure. If anyone is really good with APRS in general or the APRS sat *>* digipeaters in particular, I sure would appreciate hearing from you.*

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Help me understand my iGate?
by Scott 18 Sep '17

18 Sep '17

Hi everyone. I've been trying to improve the effectiveness of the SDR iGate that I have listening on 145.825 and am finally seeing more packets. Since duplicates don't show up on ariss.net, that explains why not all my received packets show up on the website. Just for my own education, I'll often compare what my iGate receives from the ISS or PSAT to what shows up on ariss.net to verify that mine are in fact duplicates. Today on a PSAT pass I noticed that one of my received packets was a duplicate (which is fine) but the other packet that I received was also NOT on the website. So, now we're not talking about a duplicate - it didn't get accepted to the site for some other reason. Here's the packet as I received it. I'm guessing that the issue is that it wasn't digipeated by a station ID of "ARISS*", but I'd like to know for sure. If anyone is really good with APRS in general or the APRS sat digipeaters in particular, I sure would appreciate hearing from you. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digipeater WIDE1 (probably PSAT) audio level = 77(8/8) [SINGLE] :::::____ [0.2] N2PYS-3>T2PX4Z,PSAT,WIDE1*,WIDE2-2:`lZ!l <0x1c>K\]=<0x0d> MIC-E, Kenwood HT (W), Kenwood TM-D710, In Service N 42 08.4000, W 080 02.0500, 0 MPH ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 73! -Scott, K4KDR

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Re: [amsat-bb] FT8 mode
by Dino Papas 18 Sep '17

18 Sep '17

Rich - LoTW accepts FT8 now. My Mac logging program doesn’t have built-in digital mode identifications for anything beyond RTTY BUT it allows you to type “JT65” or “FT8” which is then sent along to LoTW. Does AC Log have a box where you can type in text like that to identify the mode? 73 - Dino KL0S > On Sep 15, 2017, at 3:57 PM, Rick Walter <wb3csy(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Maybe someone on this bb can help me. I just tried to put about 20 contacts in LOTW for mode FT8 when on 20 m, HF. I use the program AC LOG. The program does not have that mode listed in the pull down menu so I typed it in. When I try to upload those contacts, the QSO's come back as suppressed. Is there an update to LOTW or are they still 3 months behind? Should I type FT-8, instead of FT8? Tnx. Rick, WB3CSY

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AO-7 Status
by Paul Stoetzer 18 Sep '17

18 Sep '17

Just a note that AO-7 has been reliably in Mode B for the past several days. For the past several months, AO-7 has had a tendency to flip from Mode B to Mode A even in the presence of only modest uplink signals, likely due to poor illumination on the solar panels. As the seasons have progressed, it appears that the illumination situation has improved. Get on and make some QSOs! This would be a particularly good time to set up skeds for extreme range QSOs. According to DK3WN's illum software, from October 15th through November 21st, AO-7 will be in constant sunlight. During this period, the 24 hour timer will function and the satellite will spend 24 hours in Mode B then 24 hours in Mode A. Get those 10 meter antennas ready! 73, Paul, N8HM

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LVB Tracker to SATPC32
by George Sakai 18 Sep '17

18 Sep '17

I have not been able to get the LVB Tracker to talk to SATPC32 in my IC-9100. I am using a Keyspan USA 19HS USB-to-serial adapter between the LVB Tracker and my laptop (Windows 8, 64 bits). When I start the SATPC32 program, I get an error message "Port 1 could not be found". According to the device manager in my PC, the Keyspan 19HS has COM2 assigned. I selected COM2 for rotor setting. I think I am supposed to select the same COM2 for ServerSDX. But, I never get ServerSDX box on the screen. Appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks. George N3GS

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join to list
by ciro rodriguez 18 Sep '17

18 Sep '17

thanks ciro Este mensaje le ha llegado mediante el servicio de correo electronico que ofrece la Federacion de Radioaficionados de Cuba. La persona que envia este correo asume el compromiso de usar el servicio y cumplir con las regulaciones establecidas. FRCUBA: https://www.frcuba.cu/

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Flight anomalies
by Alan 17 Sep '17

17 Sep '17

Found this SpaceX compendium of failed efforts to land a rocket, as God and Robert A. Heinlein intended. The captions are great. https://youtu.be/bvim4rsNHkQ Of course now that they have it working, it is a lot funnier in retrospect. :) 73s, Alan WA4SA

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UX0FF/KB1RVT QSO on AO-7
by John Papay 17 Sep '17

17 Sep '17

KB1RVT and UX0FF completed a QSO today on AO-7. This is Nikolay's first satellite contact with the USA. Nikolay is still looking for others to work in North America. If you have a mutual footprint with him and want to try, email him at his qrz.com address. Thank you to Nick for making the effort to work him! 73, John K8YSE --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Portable Sat Gear For Sale
by John Zaruba Jr 17 Sep '17

17 Sep '17

Hi Fellow Satellite Ops, I have the following items for sale: Portable Rotation 12PRSAT DC Azimuth/Elevation Rotator w/computer interface Portable Rotation Arrow Antenna Adapter Alaskan Arrow 146/437-14 Handheld Yagi Dual Band Yagi Total investment $920, yours for $700 plus actual shipping to your zip code. If you use PayPal (preferred) I'll absorb the fees. Decided to take my portable operating in the backpacking direction, this setup is not so convenient to use for SOTA activations. Works great for a back deck, beach, or RV/camping portable station. Inquiries off list please... 73, John K2ZA Sent from my iPad Sent from my iPad

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ANS-260 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 16 Sep '17

16 Sep '17

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-260 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * 2017 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Results * 2017 AMSAT-NA Space Symposium Preliminary Schedule Announced * Second call for papers for 2017 AMSAT Annual Meeting and Space Symposium * 15th Annual CubeSat Developer's Workshop Announcement * Two Radio Amateurs are Among Three New ISS Crew Members * AMSAT Awards Update SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-260.01 ANS-260 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 260.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE September 17, 2017 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-260.01 2017 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Results As a result of the 2017 Board of Directors Election, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA; Jerry Buxton, N0JY; Paul Stoetzer, N8HM; and Clayton Coleman, W5PFG; will serve on the board for two years. The Alternate is Peter Portanova, W2JV. He will serve for a term of one year. The results of the voting with 695 ballots cast are as follows: Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA............626 Jerry Buxton, N0JY.................610 Paul Stoetzer, N8HM................509 Clayton Coleman, W5PFG.............503 Peter Portanova, W2JV..............382 Submitted by: Martha Saragovitz, Manager Paul Stoetzer, Secretary [ANS thanks Martha Saragovitz, and Paul Stoetzer, N8HM for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2017 AMSAT-NA Space Symposium Preliminary Schedule Announced The 2017 AMSAT Space Symposium will be held Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Oct 27-29 in Reno. A preliminary version of the schedule has just been posted at https://www.amsat.org/symposium-schedule/ The schedule includes the Annual Meeting which is a report to the membership by the President and Senior Officers and includes a question and answer session where members may ask senior officers and BoD members questions. [ANS thanks the 2017 AMSAT-NA Symposium Committee for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Second call for papers for 2017 AMSAT Annual Meeting and Space Symposium This is the second call for papers for the 2017 AMSAT Annual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of October 27, 28, 29, 2017 at the Silver Legacy Resort, Reno, Nevada. Proposals for papers, symposium presentations and poster presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community. We request a tentative title of your presentation as soon as possible, with final copy to be submitted by October 6 for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz N8FGV at n8fgv at amsat.org [ANS thanks Dan, N8FGV, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 15th Annual CubeSat Developer's Workshop Announcement Greetings CubeSat Community! We are happy to announce that the 15th Annual CubeSat Developer's Workshop will take place from April 30th to May 2nd, 2018 at the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Performing Arts Center! We are hard at work making sure next year's workshop is the best one yet! Not only have we streamlined sponsorship opportunities but we have added thousands of square feet of exhibition space including the all new Founder's Room-a beautiful 24' x 24' business casual lounge. To stay up to date on all the changes to come, join our mailing list: http://www.cubesat.org/mailinglist/ To see pictures from this year's workshop and dinner banquet, or to view sponsorship and exhibition information, visit: http://www.cubesat.org/workshop-information/ To inquire about purchasing a sponsorship or exhibition booth email us at cubesat-workshop(a)calpoly.edu. To submit an abstract, navigate to the abstract submission form: http://www.cubesat.org/workshop-abstract/ The deadline for abstract submission is November 3rd. [ANS thanks The CubeSat Team for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Two Radio Amateurs are Among Three New ISS Crew Members After a 6-hour flight, astronauts Mark Vande Hei, KG5GNP, and Joe Acaba, KE5DAR, and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin arrived at the International Space Station on September 12. The trio launched aboard the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft from Kazakhstan, orbited Earth four times, and then docked at the space station. The hatches between the spacecraft and station opened early on September 13. The arrival of Vande Hei, Acaba, and Misurkin restores the station's crew to six. They join Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik, and Flight Engineers Sergey Ryazanskiy and Paolo Nespoli, IZ0JPA, on station. The new Expedition 53/54 crew members will spend more than 4 months aboard the ISS, conducting approximately 250 science investigations in fields such as biology, Earth science, human research, physical sciences and technology development. Once they've settled in, Acaba and Vande Hei are expected to average one or two — and possibly as many as four — Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contacts a week. That rate will drop when Nespoli leaves in December with Bresnik and Ryazanskiy. Vande Hei, Acaba, and Misurkin are slated to return in February. [ANS thanks ARRL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Awards Update AMSAT Satellite Communicators Award for making their first satellite QSO Rafael Martinez, HI8KV Donald Solberg, K9AQ Frank Krizan, KR1ZAN Wyatt Law, AI6V Michal Kwieciak, SP3DBM Jonathan Zlystra, KL2DN ------ AMSAT Communications Achievement Award Rafael Martinez, HI8KW, #578 ------ AMSAT Century Club Award Clayton Coleman, W5PFG, #52 ------ South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award Rafael Martinez, HI8KW, #US205 ------ AMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award Branko Martincic, 9A3ST upgrade to 4,000 Frank Westphal, K6FW upgrade to 3,000 Joseph Murphy, EI5EV 2,000 #91 Matthew Stevens, KK4FEM 1,000 #92 ------ AMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI 5,000 Award Branko Martincic, 9A3ST, #34 ------ To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com/awards.html [ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KT4TZ kt4tz at amsat dot org

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Re: [amsat-bb] Register for the AMSAT Symposium Now!
by Franklin Antonio 16 Sep '17

16 Sep '17

At 02:30 PM 9/14/2017, Paul Stoetzer wrote: >Today is the last day you can register for the AMSAT Space Symposium, >being held October 27th-29th in Reno, NV ... early registration price ... Do we have a schedule yet? Web page doesn't contain any of this detail. What activities take place on each of the 3 days? What time do we start on the 27th? What time do we end on the 29th?

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LAPAN A2 = IO-86 over Brazil
by Roland Zurmely 16 Sep '17

16 Sep '17

Lapan A2 IO-86: a great FM repeater satellite for equatorial region.Listen many QSO made on a whole passage over Brazil today.Recorded by Orlando PU7ORD. <http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/satelite/LAPAN%2016-09-17.mp3> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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