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

Rocket Lab Launch delayed until Sunday
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 14 Dec '18

14 Dec '18

Hi Launch Watchers, Launch now delayed until Sunday due to bad weather. Quote from their twitter feed: “With a worsening weather system on the way, Rocket Lab is now targeting no earlier than 0400 UTC, Sunday 16 December for the #ELaNa19 launch on Electron. We'll let the weather clear completely to give us a solid green window.” UTC: 04:00 - 08:00, 16 Dec NZDT: 17:00 - 21:00, 16 Dec PST: 20:00 - 00:00, 15/16 Dec EST: 23:00 - 03:00, 15/16 Dec It will be streamed here: www.rocketlabusa.com/live-stream 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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Norm Mc Sweyn N3YKF SK
by John Papay 13 Dec '18

13 Dec '18

Norm, N3YKF, became a Silent Key on 12December2018 after a long battle with a rare form of cancer. He underwent many operations and treatments, spending months in and out of the hospital. Norm was an experimenter and satellite dxpeditioner. He was constantly working on his "portable" setup which included az/el rotors and CP antennas. He operated from Peru, Guyana, Suriname, San Andres Island, Tobago Island and other rare places. I remember that he took cavities on his second trip to Peru to fight the RF pollution there. Norm would often post on the amsat-bb in response to requests for help with antenna and rotor problems. He spent most of his time working on his portable setup rather than operating. He will be missed. John K8YSE

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EAGLET-1 Cubesat on SSO-A launch
by Nico Janssen 13 Dec '18

13 Dec '18

One of the many Cubesats launched on the recent SSO-A mission was the Italian 3U Cubesat EAGLET-1. This satellite transmits telemetry on 435.200 MHz and it is to relay AIS signals emitted by ships from one of two VHF frequencies to 435.800 MHz. As far as I can see these frequencies have not been coordinated by the IARU. The operations of this satellite have nothing to do with amateur radio. It is a commercial satellite, so an experimental license also does not apply. For details see: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3378&context=sma… After this satellite a constellation of 20 similar satellites is planned. Can/should we do something about this? 73, Nico PA0DLO

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Your AO-95 Support
by Jerry Buxton 13 Dec '18

13 Dec '18

Last night on our weekly GOLF-TEE meeting, the Engineering Team was expressing their appreciation for all of the appreciation you have expressed here on amsat-bb. On behalf of all of the volunteers who make up AMSAT Engineering, I would like to thank you all for supporting us. Your understanding of the risks involved and continued support through words and also by just getting on the birds and having fun, or capturing telemetry to help us monitor, troubleshoot, and make the next satellites better, is most gratifying! -- Jerry Buxton, NØJY Vice President - Engineering Radio Amateur Satellite Corp. (AMSAT)

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AO-7
by Meeko Kittika 13 Dec '18

13 Dec '18

Hi Whats the current operational status of AO-7? I ask because I'm returning to amateur radio after a lapse of about *cough*30 plus years! AO-7 is like sn old friend i remember and wkuld love to try working sometime soon for old times sake. I understand its only operational when not eclipsed, but wondering about prefered mode/power etc and frankly does anyone else still use the old dear anymore? Many thanks in advance Meeko M0FVD

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Rocket Lab Launch scrubbed for today
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 13 Dec '18

13 Dec '18

Hi Launch Watchers, Looks like thunder storms are coming to the Launch site. >From Rocket Lab Twitter feed: The weather is deteriorating over Launch Complex 1, so we're standing down from today's #ELaNa19 launch. Tomorrow's weather is similar, but we'll continue to assess and then establish a new target T-0 date/time. 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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HM58 Rover
by Pedro Dutra Sousa 13 Dec '18

13 Dec '18

Hello to all, Like these past years I’ll be in HM58 for the Holidays. This time it will not be Christmas but New Year’s long weekend (at least for me). At the end of the Yaesu FT-817 and 857 duo there will be an Alaskan Arrow, which means FM and SSB are both possible. Expected days are December 30 through January 2. Confirmations via LoTW using plain CU2ZG will be uploaded the following week, and any direct QSL will get a proper reply. Skeds are accepted and preferred, but keep in mind that being a family trip availability constrains might occur. 73 de CU2ZG Pedro -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-12-12 23:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 13 Dec '18

13 Dec '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-12-12 23:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Kenilworth School and Sixth Form, Kenilworth, United Kingdom, direct via GB4KHS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is go for: Fri 2018-12-14 12:55:54 UTC 70 deg (***) Watch for live stream at: https://live.ariss.org/ (***) ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS-US program’s education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018 has now closed. The next window should go open in the spring of 2019. The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. 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 2018-12-12 23:30 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 1284. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1227. 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 2018-12-11 02:30 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 Exp. 58 on orbit Oleg Konenenko David St-Jacques KG5FYI Anne McClain **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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new JY1SAT / Jordan-OSCAR 97 TLEs
by Wouter Weggelaar 12 Dec '18

12 Dec '18

Hi All, New TLEs have been released by CSpOC, and currently we are looking at object 2018-099AV / 43801 for JY1Sat. Very close are also objects AX and AY, but the coming passes will show which one may produce a good fit. *note* the objects have not yet been assigned, so AV is still our best estimate. More observations are needed to confirm or amend. 73 Wouter PA3WEG

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AO-95
by Fred Castello 12 Dec '18

12 Dec '18

I am just curious why we are not discussing the apparent failure of the receiver of AO-95. Do we know anything more about the issue? Thanks all, Fred – KF4FC

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