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RE{ K2BSA/5 on SO-50 on Tuesday.
by Tom Schuessler 04 Sep '17

04 Sep '17

We had technical issues on the practice run tonight. Will be switching to a simpler setup for Tuesday. It will work. See you on the bird. 73, Tom, N5HYP ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2017 11:32:16 -0500 From: "Tom Schuessler" <tjschuessler(a)verizon.net> To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] K2BSA/5 on SO-50 Tuesday evening Message-ID: <003d01d3259b$613c3290$23b497b0$@net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" All, Weather permitting, please be looking for K2BSA/5 on SO-50 Tuesday evening, September 5, 7:11P CDT (9/6 0011Z) as we demonstrate amateur radio satellite communications to a Scout troop in the DFW Metroplex, EM12. Control operator for the pass will be Eagle Scout Alexander Pritchard, KG5GKQ. Please look out for the K2BSA/5 call and give us a shout and maybe stoke some excitement to these young people. This is a 60+ degree pass to the east so almost all of the US should be in the footprint. Since Alexander has never actually done the satellite thing with himself as the lead, we are going to do a practice run tonight 9/4 on a 6:45P (2345Z) SO-50 pass and I will have him use his own call on this one, KG5GKQ. Be patient with the guy as he will be nervous I am sure. This is a lower elevation for us, 22 degrees to the east so the QRM might be heavy. We will be running a little power, probably 25 watts which should help. Look for us on the air for these two passes and give a shout to the respective calls. Alexander and the Scouts present will appreciate it. 73 Tom Schuessler N5HYP

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Satellite presentations/demos for clubs in central North Carolina?
by Philip Jenkins 04 Sep '17

04 Sep '17

I've done a club presentation (and attempted demo) on satellites at one club in western-central NC this year, and have another one scheduled in about 10 days at a second club (and currently working out the logistics for a third club in western NC in October). At the Shelby NC Hamfest two days ago, I was approached by a member of still another club - and was introduced to someone else from yet another club - about doing satellite presentations for those clubs - no time table, could even be done next year.. Both of the latter are in the Charlotte area; one meets on the first Monday night of each month, and the other on the third Monday night. I'm willing to do both, but I was wondering if there was someone more centrally located in NC who might want to pick up the gauntlet! I'm near Asheville; one of them is at best 2 hours away, and the other 2.5-2.75 hours away. I've been doing these as a Satellite 101 course, and I'll be glad to share with you the documents I've created (which you are free to modify); one being a short Word document on how/where to listen (and track) the FM birds and ISS, and an approximately 25 slide PowerPoint giving more background and discussing transmitting to both FM/ISS and the analog birds. So, if you're in central NC and want to help spread the word, please contact me off-list. I really would appreciate the help! TNX de Philip N4HF N4HF(a)AMSAT.ORG

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Icom preamp sold
by Richard Lawn 04 Sep '17

04 Sep '17

My Icom preamp has been sold. Thanks you Rick, W2JAZ -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

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PSAT (NO-84) 2m Packet Performance?
by Scott 04 Sep '17

04 Sep '17

Hi everyone! For the past few days, with no changes to my setup, I am receiving a LOT more 2m packets from PSAT and it seems to be receiving me a lot better as well. Since I’m fairly new to all this, I was just wondering if this has happened periodically in the past? Depending on ??? factors, does the digipeater on that particular satellite hear & transmit better in some kind of cycle? Oh, and it’s not just me... numerous call signs are showing up on the website as successful digipeats. Thanks! -Scott, K4KDR

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Re: [amsat-bb] EM82 SO-50 rove on Tuesday September 5th
by John KI4RO 04 Sep '17

04 Sep '17

I think you meant Wednesday, didn't you? I don't see a 0012z pass on Tuesday, but I see one on Wednesday. 73 John KI4RO <https://mailtrack.io/> Sent with Mailtrack <https://mailtrack.io/install?source=signature&lang=en&referral=johnki4ro@gm…>

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Re: [amsat-bb] Route 66 OTA - W6D Sept 9 - 17th
by John KI4RO 04 Sep '17

04 Sep '17

OMG! I used to belong to CBARC when I was stationed at March AFB in the early 70s Small world 73 John KI4RO <https://mailtrack.io/> Sent with Mailtrack <https://mailtrack.io/install?source=signature&lang=en&referral=johnki4ro@gm…>

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Route 66 OTA - W6D Sept 9 - 17th
by christy hunter 04 Sep '17

04 Sep '17

All, Route 66 special event station event activities will be starting Sept 9 thru Sept 17th. I will be operating again this year as W6D (Victorville, CA) on the Sats, on as many birds as I can (FM/transponder/packet - but no CW) throughout the week from home QTH (DM14). Citrus Belt ARC is hosting the event for this 18th year. for more info on the event: http://w6jbt.org/?page_id=15 see you next week for this fun event. 73 Christy KB6LTY --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com

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Icom Preamp for sale
by Richard Lawn 04 Sep '17

04 Sep '17

I have an Icom AG-35 435 Mhz preamp that has become excess to my needs. I recently replaced the device and I'll throw in a spare in case you do what I did and pop it! It comes in the original box and with the schematic just in case :) I'd like $125 for it and I'll pay shipping. Paypal is fine but I do not want to sell internationally. 73 Rick, W2JAZ

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EM82 SO-50 rove on Tuesday September 5th
by Ruth 04 Sep '17

04 Sep '17

Hi all, I will be roving to EM82 for the 00:12z SO-50 satellite pass on Tuesday, September 5th. It’ll be a one pass rove this time to a new location for me, so I’ll do the best I can. I hope to work as many folks who need this grid as possible! 73, Ruth KM4LAO

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-09-04 20:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 04 Sep '17

04 Sep '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-09-04 20:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: West Virginia University, Lane Dept. of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, Morgantown, WV, direct via W8CUL The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Contact was successful Mon 2017-09-04 15:50:05 UTC 79 deg (***) Meadows Elementary School, Manhattan Beach, CA, direct via KM6BWB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Contact is a go for: Fri 2017-09-08 17:05:30 UTC 67 deg Exp. 50 back on earth (***) Peggy Whitson Exp. 51 back on earth (***) Jack Fischer K2FSH Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Congratulations to all on a job well done! (***) **************************************************************************** ** 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 2017-09-04 20:00 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 1156. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1115. (***) 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 2017-09-04 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 back on earth (***) Peggy Whitson Exp. 51 back on earth (***) Jack Fischer K2FSH Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Congratulations to all on a job well done! (***) 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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