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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-11-27 22:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 27 Nov '18

27 Nov '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-11-27 22:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Ecole Primaire Jean Jaurès et Arnaud, Troyes, France, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Contact was successful: Tue 2018-11-27 16:28:57 UTC 34 deg (***) Watch for live simulcast at http://www.ariotti.com (starting about 10 to 15 minutes before AOS) 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 go for: Wed 2018-12-05 14:20:43 UTC 71 deg (***) Hudson Memorial School, Hudson, NH, direct via N1FD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is go for: Fri 2018-12-07 18:48:30 UTC 48 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 2018-11-27 22:00 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 1280. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1224. (***) 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: 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 2018-11-27 22:00 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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Doppler measurment of TCA
by Jim White 27 Nov '18

27 Nov '18

Wednesday's launch of a large batch of satellites seems an opportunity to try the Doppler shift method of matching a satellite to a set of keps. In reading a few blogs and posts it seems the method is to use an SDR and GNURadio tools to determine the time of TCA for a downlink signal. Then use a tracking program to provide the TCA time for several sets of keps. And finally to match the observed/calculated TCA with one set of keps. Can anyone provide a pointer to a GNURadio flow diagram that includes a tool to calculate TCA time from the signal received during a pass? I'm pretty new to GNURadio so finding such resources is still a bit of a mystery for me. Jim

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AO-92 U/v or L/V mode?????
by Vincenzo Mone 27 Nov '18

27 Nov '18

Hi folks, Please is there a method or a schedule to know when the AO-92 is on U/v or L/v mode? 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 ***** *********************************

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PSLV launch Thursday 29th November
by Graham Shirville 27 Nov '18

27 Nov '18

Hi All, Just a few hours after the scheduled launch of many spacecraft using amateur satellite spectrum on xthe Spaceflight SSO-A launch, there will also be a PSLV launch from India on Thursday 29th November. This includes four CubeSats, 3CAT1, FacSat-1, InnoSat-2 and Reaktor HelloWorld, which are using 70cms downlink frequencies that have been coordinated by the IARU. see http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished.php for details I dont have any orbit details but the approx lift off time has been reported as 0400 UTC. Happy chasing! 73 Graham G3VZV PS for the latest update on JY1SAT please check our website https://funcube.org.uk/ - we will really appreciate all reports and telemetry feeds to the Data Warehouse

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VHF/UHF/Satellite items for sale
by John Geiger 27 Nov '18

27 Nov '18

I have a couple of different items for VHF/UHF operations that I am selling. They can be put to good use on the satellites as well. Here is what I have available: 1. A Baofeng UV82 2m/70cm 5 watt HT. 1 month old, operates fine. Comes with all of the standard accessories-antenna, battery, drop in charger, ear piece, box, and manual. Has the same slightly longer antenna than the UV5R does. I am asking $25 shipped for it. 2. MFJ 916B diplexer with SO239 connectors. Splits HF-2m and 70cm and above. Great for using a dualband antenna with 2 rigs, or a VHF/UHF radio with 1 connector to 2 separate antennas. These sell new for $24 plus shipping. I am asking $20 shipped for it. 3. AMSAT satellite frequency chart. Nice laminated sheet with the current satellites and their uplink and downlink frequencies listed. These sell new for $8 plus shipping, I am asking $5 shipped. I can take paypal/check/MO. 73 John AF5CC

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Visiting Australia
by Franklyn A. Ballentine, Jr 27 Nov '18

27 Nov '18

Hi,Everyone, I got word from my employer that I'll be transferring to our Australia office next year, most likely in January, It will be on a two year temporary work visa. Is anyone familiar with process of applying for a reciprocal license? I have my Amateur Extra. Thanks and 73 Frank B kb1qzh

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-11-27 04:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 26 Nov '18

26 Nov '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-11-27 04:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: About Gagarin From Space, Ham Radio Session With The Chinese Youth, Chengdu, China, direct via BI8CKU (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Sergei Propopev Contact was successful for 2018-11-22 11:25 UTC Ecole Primaire Jean Jaurès et Arnaud, Troyes, France, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Contact is go for: Tue 2018-11-27 16:28:57 UTC 34 deg Watch for live simulcast at http://www.ariotti.com (starting about 10 to 15 minutes before AOS) 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 2018-11-27 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 1278. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1222. 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: 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 2018-11-24 21:00 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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DM80/DM71/DM81 Rove
by Glenn Miller - AA5PK 26 Nov '18

26 Nov '18

On Sunday, 2 December, I'll travel west to activate the DM71/DM81 grid line. I'll pass through DM80 en route to/from the grid line and will attempt a pass or two from DM80 (or possibly DM80/DM81 line). I expect to be on the air between 1630Z and 2030Z. With AO-92 in L band, it'll be AO-85 and AO-91 passes for the FM-only ops. CAS-4A and CAS-4B are the linear sats during that time period. A shallow AO-7 pass is also possible. I'll post updates on Twitter (@AA5PK) and will run an APRS tracker (AA5PK-9). 73 Glenn AA5PK

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ThumbNet SDR
by E.Mike McCardel 26 Nov '18

26 Nov '18

I few years ago I acquired a ThumbNet USB Rtl-sdr dongle. They were made available by a group called Thumbsat (thumbsat.com). I have never used it but it appears different than the N3 they now have available. I can’t find any of my documentation. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this item. I hope to try using it with SDR#. The only experience I have in this area is with a funcube dongle, which I have misplaced. If anyone has suggestions or can point me toward some documentation I would appreciate it. 73, EMike EMike McCardel, AA8EM Senior Editor AMSAT News Service Past AMSAT-NA VP Educational Relations

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Activation of CN79 November 30th, December 1st
by Chris Wilford 26 Nov '18

26 Nov '18

Hello AMSAT Friends! I will be on a trip to Powell River, BC (CN79) for the BC Provincial Championships in Volleyball where my daughter is competing. I will be activating this grid on a vacation style schedule during Friday, November 30th and Saturday, December 1st using both linear and FM birds (and hopefully some packet too). I will announce passes ahead of time via Twitter (you see, it is good for something), please follow me @VE7CEW or if you don't have an account you can see my tweets at https://twitter.com/VE7CEW You may also email me at my QRZ email address and I'd be glad to try to setup a SKED with you. 73 Chris Wilford, VE7CEW

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