January 2018 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Potential 23cm FM transmitter
by Brad Brooks 01 Feb '18

01 Feb '18

For those who receive the DKARS magazine, there is a very interesting article. The transceiver described is for ATV, but it looks like like it will tune to the AO-92 uplink frequency. Seems to put out 400mw FM out. I am not able to take time now to review deeper (stealing away from work) but I look forward to parsing through the schematic/links this weekend. I am forwarding this notice for anyone who will be able to get there sooner. I think there is some potential here, and I would like to know other’ opinions. Www.dkars.nl 73 Brad WF7T Nashville TN EM66

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Please record our ARISS contact Monday February 5th!
by John Brier 31 Jan '18

31 Jan '18

Hi amsat-bb! I am leading the ham team for an ARISS contact here in Raleigh and we are using my callsign for the contact. I would appreciate any audio recordings you can make of the pass, especially the part where Astronaut Scott Tingle hopefully says my callsign :-) I will be recording on both our primary and backup stations but you never know if we'll get a fade in the beginning. They will be on the Kenwood D710E in the service module with 50 watts so it should be a good signal. Moore Square AIG/GT Magnet School, Raleigh, NC, direct via KG4AKV The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Scott Tingle KG5NZA (***) Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-02-05 18:32:06 UTC 25 deg (***) FWIW, AFAIK there is no livestreaming planned. If there is I'll let people know. 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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AO73 mode change
by Graham Shirville 31 Jan '18

31 Jan '18

Hi All, Due to operational constraints, AO73 is now in amateur mode, with the transponder active and low power telemetry until Sunday evening! Have FUN 73 Graham G3VZV

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-01-31 04:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 31 Jan '18

31 Jan '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-01-31 04:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Central Magnet Math & Science ES/Batesville School District, Batesville, AR, telebridge, via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Scott Tingle KG5NZA Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-01-31 16:42:05 UTC 89 deg Moore Square AIG/GT Magnet School, Raleigh, NC, direct via KG4AKV The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Scott Tingle KG5NZA (***) Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-02-05 18:32:06 UTC 25 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: Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 128 Gaston ON4WF with 123 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 2018-01-31 04:30 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 1204. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1153. 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 2018-01-25 08:00 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. 53 on orbit Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP Alexander Misurkin Joe Acaba KE5DAR Exp. 54 on orbit Scott Tingle KG5NZA Norishige Kanai Alexander Skvortsov **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Hand-held vhf/uhf radios. .
by William Herzberg 31 Jan '18

31 Jan '18

I have a yaesu ft-530 hts. They seem to be ideal as vhf/uhf radios... It can operate separately... And the radio can operate in full duplex mode... I also have a kenwood 700 that I've programmed for all the fm birds... Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

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Fox Delta ST3 Trackbox
by John Brodie 31 Jan '18

31 Jan '18

I'm new to this list and new to satellites also, so I would appreciate some help. Is there anyone out there who uses a Fox Delta ST3 trackbox and would be able to give me advice on a problem I am having with it? John VA7XB

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Pine64 board
by Mike Hoblinski 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

While looking at boards for sdr and remote receiver I ran across a board and thought it might be of some interest. Its a competitor for the raspberry pi with several variations. In their store one of the accessories is a nice weather proof houseng. https://www.pine64.org/ Mike Hoblinski N6IMF

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Android - apps similar to Heavens-Above?
by Philip Jenkins 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

Hi all I bought a new Android tablet on Saturday - Version 7.0, Nougat. AMSATDroid seems to work fine on it, other than displaying the date as "000001 29, 2018" On the tablet, I did a Google Play Store search for Heavens-Above (which runs great on my smartphone, which is running some flavor of Android 4.x) and Heavens-Above didn't show up in the store...which I thought "okay, that's strange". So tonight I went to the Heavens-Above website, thinking I would download the Android app from there. Google Play Store pops up with Heavens-Above app but I'm getting the message "Your device is not compatible with this version". So, what I'm looking for - assuming that the Heavens-Above app won't be updated - is a similar app which will run under 7.0. How about Satellite Tracker from Tythatguy. or Satellite Tracker by Vito Technology (reading the reviews, the latter doesn't seem to be as useful as Heavens-Above or Tythatguy's version). Any others you might recommend? Comments? Suggestions? Any way to make 7.0 backwardly compatible? <grin> Philip N4HF

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XW2A satellite?
by christy hunter 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

there is a regular group that uses these XW sats, including 2A, in the early am on the western passes. The evening passes I have noticed minimal use. 73 Christy, KB6LTY ---------------- I've been on a few times by myself. I think sat ops forget about it at times. Rob KA2CZU On Tuesday, January 30, 2018, 9:57:47 AM EST, Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net <http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb>> wrote: It's generally been on full-time. The CW beacon on 145.660 MHz or the 9k6 GMSK telemetry on 145.640 MHz should always be heard if there's no activity on the transponder. 73, Paul, N8HM On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 9:48 AM, Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu <http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb>> wrote: >/I should know this, but don’t. />/My students tried to tune in XW2A but it was not on Heavens-above but it />/was />/shown as having been heard by someone else today on the AMSAT Status page. />//>/But its downlink is outside of the AMSAT subband, so do they not turn it on />/except over China, or is the downlink on 145.675 operational? We did not />/hear anything. />//>/Bob, WB4APR />/_______________________________________________ />/Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. <http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb> 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 /> --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com

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Re: [amsat-bb] EO-88
by W M WILLOUGHBY 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

I’ll also try to do a better job listening for it. It is one of only a couple of birds that I haven’t made a QSO. Seems like the good passes only come over pretty late at night. FS-3 is the other bird, but I am now prepared to work it when the orbits cycle back around here in a week or so. Red KC4LE

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