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Fwd: Fwd: CW signal from the Knacksat satellite
by Loren M. Lang 08 Dec '18

08 Dec '18

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loren M. Lang <penguin359(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: CW signal from the Knacksat satellite To: <nanrspm(a)gmail.com> What's the recommended TLE or object to track for Knacksat? I tried a pass last night assuming it should be in the vicinity of AO-95, but heard nothing for the entire pass. - Loren K7IW On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 7:21 AM Tanan Rangseeprom <nanrspm(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All AMSAT members > > My name is Tanan Rangseeprom my callsign HS1JAN. I am project manager of > JAISAT-1 satellite. I am very happy that Thailand, represented by King > Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUT-NB), has > successfully launched a Knacksat satellite from the SSO-A mission on > December 3, 2018. > > The Knacksat team are very happy to learn that Mike Rupprechat, DK3WN had > been the first person to receive the CW signal, however, after that > satellite receive ground stations of KMUT-NB HS0AK and ground station of > RAST HS0AJ and AMSAT HS members in Thailand have tried to receive the CW > signal from the Knacksat satellite but we have not been able to receive any > transmission at all. Hence, I am asking for help from all AMSAT members by > asking them to please try to receive the CW signal and confirm this online > at the following website: > > https://knacksat-26d23.firebaseapp.com/decoder > > When you provide a signal report online, the Knacksat team will have a very > nice QSL card and gift to send in response to thank you for helping us by > receiving our signal. In addition, in the future when the satellite is > operational, the Knacksat team will be able to provide a packet radio > uplink on VHF so that the satellite can respond count number to you with > its callsign. So I would like to ask all AMSAT amateur radio operators to > please help us in this and to please send any data back to us online > website. > > Info for amateur radio communities > Call sign: HS0K > CW beacon: 435.635 MHz > comment please send to: knacksat(a)gmail.com. > information of satellite: http://www.knacksat.space > > Thank you in advance. > With respect. 73 > > Tanan Rangseeprom HS1JAN > AMSAT HS member > _______________________________________________ > 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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EN71 OH-MI-IN Tri-Point activation today
by aa8ch＠aol.com 08 Dec '18

08 Dec '18

HiHeading out in a few minutes to activate the Michigan, Ohio and Indiana 3 state boundary point in grid EN71Plans areAO7 at 1646UTC (EU)AO92 at 1652UTC AO91 at 1727UTCCAS4A at 1746UTC I'm half duplex on the linears. Hope to hear you on the satellites!Please see my QRZ page for specific LOTW instructions. 73Chris AA8CH thanks Patrick for the idea on your QRZ page

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-12-08 04:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 08 Dec '18

08 Dec '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-12-08 04:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: 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 was successful: Fri 2018-12-07 18:48:30 UTC 48 deg (***) Watch for live stream at: https://www.facebook.com/NashuaAreaRadioSociety/ Collège Léonce Bourliaguet, Thiviers, France, direct via F5KEM The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is go for: Mon 2018-12-10 13:12:07 UTC 59 deg (***) 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 2018-12-08 04:00 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 1283. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1226. (***) 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 2018-12-08 04:00 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 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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URSI publication about Lunar-OSCAR 94
by Nico Janssen 07 Dec '18

07 Dec '18

This URSI Commission J Newsletter contains an article describing amateur activities with Lunar-OSCAR 94 in lunar orbit: http://www.ursi.org/files/CommissionReports/J_news_2018_12.pdf 73, Nico PA0DLO

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ANS-341.02 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - JY1SAT now Jordan-OSCAR 97 (JO-97)
by JoAnne K9JKM 07 Dec '18

07 Dec '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-341.02 In this Special Bulletin: * JY1Sat now Jordan-OSCAR 97 (JO-97) SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-341.02 ANS-341.02 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin JY1Sat now Jordan-OSCAR 97 (JO-97) AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 341.02 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD DATE December 7, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-341.02 On December 3rd, 2018, JY1Sat was launched on a Falcon 9 vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Part of Spaceflight’s SSO-A: Smallsat Express launch, JY1Sat is a project of the Crown Prince Foundation of Jordan. Telemetry has been received and decoded around the world since the launch. At the request of the Crown Prince Foundation, AMSAT hereby desig- nates JY1Sat as Jordan-OSCAR 97 (JO-97). We congratulate the owners and operators of JO-97, thank them for their contribution to the amateur satellite community, and wish them continued success on this and future projects. 73, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator [ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ For a limited time, new and rewewing AMSAT members will receive a free digital copy of "Getting Started with Amateur Satellites" Join or renew your AMSAT membership today at https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-membership/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers life memberships, and sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73 and Remember to help keep Amateur Radio in space, This week's ANS Contributing Editor, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM k9jkm at amsat dot org

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JY1Sat now Jordan-OSCAR 97 (JO-97)
by Andrew Glasbrenner 07 Dec '18

07 Dec '18

On December 3rd, 2018, JY1Sat was launched on a Falcon 9 vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Part of Spaceflight's SSO-A: Smallsat Express launch, JY1Sat is a project of the Crown Prince Foundation of Jordan. Telemetry has been received and decoded around the world since the launch. At the request of the Crown Prince Foundation, AMSAT hereby designates JY1Sat as Jordan-OSCAR 97 (JO-97). We congratulate the owners and operators of JO-97, thank them for their contribution to the amateur satellite community, and wish them continued success on this and future projects. 73, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator

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Odd CW on 145.900
by Joe KD2NFC 07 Dec '18

07 Dec '18

I’m on the East Coast, NY and hear a CW all day on 145.900. It decodes to m a r i o I don’t know if that’s a local but no callsign, just Mario lol. What the heck. Joe Kd2nfc Sent from my iPhone

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Fwd: [PNWVHFS] More UHF from the W7ALW estate
by BOB JOHNSON 07 Dec '18

07 Dec '18

Just fowarding 73 Bob W7LRD > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: "Lance Collister, W7GJ" <w7gj(a)q.com> > To: PNWVHFS <PNWVHFS(a)googlegroups.com>, NEWS <newsvhf(a)mailman.qth.net>, Western States Weak Signal Society <wswss(a)mailman.qth.net> > Date: December 7, 2018 at 8:59 AM > Subject: [PNWVHFS] More UHF from the W7ALW estate > > We just found an unused NIB DEMI L432-28HP > <http://01895fa.netsolhost.com/PDF/Manuals/L432-28.PDF> 432MHz Assembled Transverter > (28 MHz IF, 50w output). This would be a great companion to the SSB Electronics > LT230S 1296 transverter (144 MHz IF, 15w output) with the DEMI 23120PA (120w output). > > For those who want to get started in UHF without transverters, we have the Yaesu > FT-736 transceiver with the 1296 module. > > We still also have the four M2 432-13WLA mounted on the welded H frame of square > aluminum tubing. They would need new phasing lines and a new power divider. There > are also two M2 222-7WL yagis free to anyone who wants to take them away and > straighten the elements. > > Anybody who purchases any of the above is welcome to pick up the couple of 50' pieces > of LMR1200 low loss cable (1.6 db/100ft at 1296) for free. > > Please contact me if you have any questions or interest! MNI TNX and VY 73, Lance > > -- > Lance Collister, W7GJ(ex WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8, E51SIX, 3D2LR, 5W0GJ, E6M, TX5K, KH8/W7GJ, V6M, T8GJ, VK9CGJ, VK9XGJ, C21GJ) > P.O. Box 73 > Frenchtown, MT 59834-0073 > USA > TEL: (406) 626-5728 > QTH: DN27ub > URL: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj > Skype: lanceW7GJ > 2m DXCC #11/6m DXCC #815 > > Interested in 6m EME? Ask me about subscribing to the Magic Band EME > email group, or just fill in the request box at the bottom of my web > page (above)! > > -- > ~The Voice of the Pacific NorthWest VHF Society~ > You are subscribed to the Google Groups "PNWVHFS" group. > To post to this group, send email to PNWVHFS(a)googlegroups.com > To read message history, visit http://groups.google.com/group/PNWVHFS > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PNWVHFS" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pnwvhfs+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to pnwvhfs(a)googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

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LNA Circuit for VHF and UHF homebrew
by lu9cbl＠gmail.com 07 Dec '18

07 Dec '18

Hi to all! In my club we are building a groundstation, and we want to make two LNA's one for VHF and other to UHF eggbeater antennas. Someone can share a circuit to do one for each band??? i can't find it in google (maybe i'm searching wrong). Thanks in advance Mati LU9CBL --- El software de antivirus Avast ha analizado este correo electrónico en busca de virus. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Fox Telem
by Greg 07 Dec '18

07 Dec '18

I'm Having trouble with installing Fox Telem. I get errors related to creating the directory structure and copying the files. However, the directory structure is there as are the files. I am running Windows 10 64 bit on an almost new HP PC. The program is in my Documents folder and I tried the root of C with the same result. Any help would be appreciated! 73 Greg W4GHW

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