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by rick behma 03 Oct '18

03 Oct '18

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-03 18:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 03 Oct '18

03 Oct '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-03 18:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Pell Elementary School, Newport, RI, telebridge via ON4ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact was successful: Tue 2018-10-02 17:45:06 UTC 85 deg (***) Watch for a live simulacast at: http://bit.ly/RIspacechat3 OR https://livestream.com/accounts/9685187/ISS2018 (***) Amur University, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev Contact is a go for Wed 2018-10-10 08:00 UTC Kursk University, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev Contact is a go for Fri 2018-10-12 10:40 UTC Allen Park Elementary School, Lee County School District, Ft. Myers, FL, direct via WØCTL The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-10-08 17:05:17 UTC 59 deg Robert-Mayer-Gymnasium, Heilbronn, Germany and Realschule & Gymnasium Weingarten, Weingarten, Germany, direct via DN1RMG and DN2RV The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DPØISS The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-10 14:03:32 UTC 61 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 107 **************************************************************************** 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 2018-10-03 18:00 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 1261. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1207. (***) 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 2018-10-03 18:00 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. 55 on orbit Drew Feustel Oleg Artemyev Ricky Arnold KE5DAU 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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Mir Rpt
by Perry Yantis 03 Oct '18

03 Oct '18

I searched my computer log and show that between 10/23/96 and 12/31/97 I worked 65 qso's through the uhf Mir Repeater. Perry WB8OTH py41(a)att.net sent from my Apple Macbook Pro

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Telemetry Server
by Ross Biggar 03 Oct '18

03 Oct '18

Has the telemetry server gone off line, I have over 200 frames queued, normally they are sent immediately, with nothing queued.?? Ross ZL1WN

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jota
by Cor van Heiningen 03 Oct '18

03 Oct '18

During the jamboree on 19 20 21 october 2018 pe1nil/j qrv on radio amateur satellites. 73 pe1nil

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VUCC card checking
by Bruce 03 Oct '18

03 Oct '18

If you are going to the AMSAT Symposium in Huntsville, I will be available to check any cards you have towards VUCC, WAS or 5BWAS. Make sure you have your lists and cards sorted in the same order as the list. Have your application filled out. Any questions, feel free to contact me direct. 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards AMSAT Board Member 2016-2020 ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat

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Feeding Two Arrow Antennas for X-Polarization
by Frank Karnauskas 02 Oct '18

02 Oct '18

If anyone is using a pair of Arrow antennas for a cross-polarized installation, I would appreciate hearing how you are feeding them. I have one already and I am considering getting another to work up an el-az setup for portable operation. Thanks in advance. 73, Frank N1UW N1UW at GOKARNS daht com

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How many satellites have you worked?
by Paul Stoetzer 02 Oct '18

02 Oct '18

Just an idle thought - Who can claim to have made QSOs through the most different satellites? For example, my log shows QSOs via 27 different satellites (listed below). So who can boast the most satellites worked through? 73, Paul, N8HM AO-7 AO-27 AO-73 AO-85 AO-91 AO-92 BY70-1 CAS-4A CAS-4B EO-79 EO-88 FO-29 ISS Packet ISS Repeater LilacSat-2 LO-78 LO-90 NO-84 SO-50 UKube-1 VO-52 XW-2A XW-2B XW-2C XW-2D XW-2E XW-2F

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FoxTelemetry on AO-91 and AO-92
by Hasan al-Basri 02 Oct '18

02 Oct '18

Several of us are having a heck of a time getting any telemetry from the above birds. DUV just isn't producing anything. We hear both well enough to make QSOs on the FM transponders, but we can't seem to get any data thru the decoder. Is it really that much more difficult to get the TLM via DUV than to listen to a voice on the 2m downlink? Setup: 2m Eggbeater at 7', fed with 80' of 9913 AirSpy HF+ SDR SDRC V3 Software FMN 12 kHz (Highpass Filter not checked) and FMW both tried, neither produce any decoded data. I am getting telemetry just fine from AO-73, and am also getting perfect Wx pix on 137.100 with SNR's of > 30 dB. Am I doing something wrong, or is it just that hard to get FoxTelem to work with DUV? Thanks for any help. 73, N0AN Hasan

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Pell Elementary School, Newport, RI
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 02 Oct '18

02 Oct '18

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Pell Elementary School, Newport, RI on 02 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:45 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 OR4ISS and ON4ISS. The contact should be audible over eastern portions of Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Watch for a live simulacast at: http://bit.ly/RIspacechat3 OR https://livestream.com/accounts/9685187/ISS2018 . Pell Elementary School is Newport, Rhode Island's only grades K-4 school, with student population of 950. The school's namesake, Claiborne de Borda Pell served six terms as a U.S. senator from 1961 to 1997. Senator Pell championed the "Basic Educational Opportunity Grant," popularly known as the "Pell Grant." Millions of low-income students have attained post-secondary education through the benefit of this federal grant program. Pell believed education should be the right of every citizen, to better their own life, and to strengthen our nation. Pell Elementary has a diverse, multicultural population due in part to the nearby U.S. Naval War College which attracts many foreign naval officers and their families. Our English language learner population is 12%, while 57% of our students are children of color, and 65% qualify for free (or reduced price) lunch. Teachers at Pell School regularly incorporate science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) exploration into their classroom. Students attend weekly STEM classes during which they tackle real-world challenges. They are introduced to the "Engineering Design Process," coding, and careers in STEM fields. Kindergarten and first grade students explore computational thinking using a variety of on and off-line algorithmic tools. Older students are introduced to coding using MIT Media Lab's Scratch and Code.org. Our faculty encourages students to take risks, solve problems, engage in experiential learning, and collaborate. Pell students have engaged in space-related and radio activities ahead of this event which also coincides with "World Space Week, " a United Nations-sponsored annual initiative geared to strengthen the link between space and society. The space chat will be the highlight of the week, with activities planned, in the following week, to celebrate this year's theme, "Space Unites the World." With help from the Amateur Radio aboard the ISS (ARISS) volunteers around the world and our community partners, Pell students will witness "Rhode Island Space Chat #3." Four hundred students and guests are expected inside the school gymnasium with many others watching via livestream. We are excited and honored to participate in this unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What time do you wake up and what is the first thing you do? 2. My dad likes to drink coffee; do you have good tasting coffee on the ISS? 3. Does someone make you shower every day? 4. How do you celebrate your birthdays? 5. Do you ever get presents delivered to you from Earth? 6. What kinds of games do you play with your crew? 7. Why aren't there more girl astronauts? 8. What timezone do you follow? 9. Do you wash your clothes in space? 10. Where does the ISS trash go? 11. How do you keep the ISS clean and healthy? 12. Do you have to wash down the outside of the ISS and its solar panels, like a car gets washed? 13. Do you have a secret room that gives you privacy? 14. Why are spacesuits always white? 15. How many astronauts can go on a spacewalk at once? 16. How do you prepare for a spacewalk? 17. We grow tomatoes at school. Do you grow plants using hydroponics? 18. I'm Russian; do you think there are other life forms in the cosmos? 19. How do you eat without choking when there's no gravity to hold down the food? 20. How would you feel if you didn't exercise and then returned to Earth? 21. Who inspired you to be an astronaut? 22. What did you study in college? 23. Do space plants grow much faster when using plant food? 24. How do you handle a serious medical emergency? 25. As principal, I am the director of learning at school. Who is the leader on the ISS? 26. Are there any musical instruments on the ISS? 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): Amur University, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev Contact is a go for Wed 2018-10-10 08:00 UTC Kursk University, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev Contact is a go for Fri 2018-10-12 10:40 UTC If you are interested in applying for an ARISS contact, please go to http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html 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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