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Re: [amsat-bb] Status of AMSAT Ambassadors program?
by Clayton W5PFG 18 Oct '18

18 Oct '18

Hi Philip, For privacy reasons there is no public listing because we have not offered any choice to opt in or out of a listing. However, if someone approaches AMSAT with a specific request we will seek to find an Ambassador who can help them. The program is still in relative infancy after a brief reboot from the previous Area Coordinator program. 73 Clayton W5PFG

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Status of AMSAT Ambassadors program?
by Philip Jenkins 17 Oct '18

17 Oct '18

Hi I see info about the Ambassador's Program on the AMSAT website, but I've been unable to find a listing of just *who* is an ambassador on the site...am I missing something? Is the program still open to potential "hambassadors"? Thanks Philip N4HF

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Microstrip 437 MHz antenna
by andy thomas 17 Oct '18

17 Oct '18

Hi folks, We are looking for for an antenna for 70 cm with no moving parts on a cubesat face. So I'm thinking of a microstrip patch antenna. Online calculations requires blocks greater than 10 * 10cm, so I am thinking of a short microstrip stub to match to a 10 x 7.5 cm patch on FR4 pcb double-sided with a groundplane underneath. Any thoughts and advice gratefully received! Callsign <at> amsat Dot org 73 de andy G0SFJ

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EQUiSat Optical Beacon CubeSat
by Trevor . 17 Oct '18

17 Oct '18

Students at the Ivy League Brown University are developing an amateur radio satellite EQUiSat that will carry a Xenon Flash Tube (XFT) subsystem to act as an Optical Beacon that should be visible to the unaided eye of observers on Earth. See http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=10635 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAK-UK http://www.amsat-uk.org/ ----

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AO-92 for Jamboree on the air.
by tjschuessler＠verizon.net 17 Oct '18

17 Oct '18

Hi Fox control team. I know that the convention these days is to shift Fox 1D/AO-92 to L band uplink in the early hours of UTC Sundays and then go back early UTC Monday. This weekend, October 19-21, is Jamboree on the Air, a marvelous opportunity to showcase Amateur Radio in space to young scouts and adult scouters. JOTA is from Friday evening local time through Sunday local time. Since a lot of us who may be running Amateur satellite stations for JOTA, do not have L band uplink capabilities. I am requesting on these behalf other JOTA stations, that the control team consider forgoing the weekly switch to L band to allow more people access to AO-92 passes on Saturday evening and Sunday morning. Thanks for your consideration 73 Tom, N5HYP

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-17 05:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 17 Oct '18

17 Oct '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-17 05:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Kursk University, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev Contact was successful: Fri 2018-10-12 10:40 UTC (***) Ganerben-Gymnasium Kuenzelsau + Georg-Wagner-Schule, Kuenzelsau, Germany, direct via DN6SP The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DPØISS The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Contact was successful: Tue 2018-10-16 10:28:26 UTC 63 deg (***) Sint-Jozefcollege, Turnhout, Belgium, direct via ON4NOK/P The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Contact was successful: Tue 2018-10-16 12:04:13 UTC 88 deg (***) Valley High School, Albuquerque, NM, direct via NM5HD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-10-18 16:25:57 UTC 29 deg Ashford School, Ashford, CT, direct via KZ1M The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-10-22 13:05:49 UTC 49 deg (***) Integrierte Gesamtschule Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Osterholz – Scharmbeck, Germany and Gymnasium Soltau, Soltau, Germany, direct via DN3HB and DN5ABG The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DPØISS The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Contact is a go for: Tue 2018-10-23 09:14:26 UTC 63 deg (***) Martin-Andersen-Nexö-Gymnasium Dresden/DLR_School_Lab TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, and Liborius-Gymnasium Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany, direct via DLØTSD and DKØLG The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DPØISS The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-24 08:22:55 UTC 78 deg (***) Delcastle Technical High School, Wilmington, DE direct via K2CCW The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-24 17:48:48 UTC 52 deg (***) If you are interested in applying for an ARISS contact, please go to http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html The information below is from the ARISS webpage: International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ ARISS Students ARISS-US program’s education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018 September 25, 2018: ARISS is seeking proposals beginning October 1, 2018 from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host amateur radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between July 1 and December 30, 2019. Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. ARISS has been pleased of late, to be one of many possibilities of interest to educators during NASA’s A Year of Education on Station, which celebrates an almost 12-month presence of a teacher aboard the ISS. The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program’s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio. Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, “Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.” Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students’ interest. ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. 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 a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students. The proposal window opens October 1, 2018 and the proposal deadline is November 30, 2018. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, visit: http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered October 11 and October 23, 2018, both at 8 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to: ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2018.eventbrite.com/ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, click here. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Keigo Komuro, JA1KAB, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) ****************************************************************************** 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 135 Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 108 **************************************************************************** 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 2018-10-17 05:00 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 1266. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1212. (***) 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: 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 2018-10-10 23:00 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. 56 on orbit Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Sergei Propopev **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Re: [amsat-bb] Antenna for 1200MHZ for satellites and EME Activity?
by Patrick Leicht 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

Hello Enzo, I'll try this week a homemade 24 element yagi (DL6WU design). I think this antenna is only for sats an for EME to small with my 10W from the TS-2000X. 73 de Patrick (DL3MLP) -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: vimone(a)alice.it <vimone(a)alice.it> Gesendet: Montag 15 Oktober 2018 22:49 An: amsat-bb(a)Amsat.org Betreff: [amsat-bb] Antenna for 1200MHZ for satellites and EME Activity? Hello, please anybody can suggest me an array antenna for 1200MhZ for satellites and EME Activity? Thanks 73 de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 ********************************* ****** GSM +39 328 7110193 ****** ***** SMS +39 328 7110193 ***** ********************************* _______________________________________________ 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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SatPC32 and IC-9100 - CTCSS problem
by g4saq＠amsat.org 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

I wonder if anyone can help with this please? I am using SatPC32 v12.8d on a Windows 10 computer with my Icom IC-9100 connected via USB. The Doppler tracking works fine, so the basic CI-V link is obviously ok. My problem is that the radio does not set the desired CTCSS tone, as specified in the file SubTone.SQF A letter 'T' appears on the radio when I select T1 or T2 in SatPC32. It disappears again when I select T0. However, the tone is not set correctly. As an example with SO50. The SubTone.SQF file contains two entries, one for a 67.0hz tone (T1) and the other for a 74.4Hz tone (T2). The radio will respond to T1 and set 67.0Hz but will not change tone when I select T2. With single tone satellites, the tone will not change from what was set before SatPC32 was started (i.e. if I had been accessing a terrestrial repeater earlier) I have not changed the SubTone.SQF parameters since installing SatPC32 v12.8d Many thanks.

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M2 70cm Cross Yagis on LHCP
by Sion Chow Q. C. (9M2CQC) 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

Dear All, We are trying to setup determine how to setup the M2 436CP42UG & 436CP30 antennas for fixed LHCP polarity. However the manual only provides instructions for RHCP. Tried to Google this up but failed to find any information too. Any pointers or advice will be greatly appreciate. Thank you. 73, Sion, 9M2CQC

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SatPC32 and Green Heron rotor controller
by Bob KD7YZ 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

Hi All I seem unable to make the GH-Tracker software of the Green Heron rotor controller get mated up with my SatPC32 in DDE mode for Rotor. The actual rotator is Alpha-Spid Anyone offer any guidance? -- 73, Bob KD7YZ

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