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Decoding the new AX.25 packet satellites
by Loren M. Lang 06 Dec '18

06 Dec '18

I have several raw IQ captures from last few days with the new satellites passing and am trying to decode the AX.25 packets from two of them. I'm using SDRSharp to reply them and pull the signals out using USB mode. I've already replayed them successfully and decoded both JY1-Sat and AO-95 using their respective software packages, but I'm having trouble figuring out ITASAT and MOVE-2. I'm using Virtual Audio Cable to loop back the audio and UZ7HO Sound modem in an attempt to decode them. For ITASAT, it's set to 1200 bps BPSK and for MOVE-2, I'm using the 9600 baud variant of BPSK Sound modem from his site. However, efforts have been fruitless to get it to resolve any packets. Any pointers for these satellites would be appreciated. 73s Loren K7IW

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Requesting Skeds
by M Thomas 05 Dec '18

05 Dec '18

Is there a place to request/set skeds for WAS? I am sitting at 40 and obviously it gets harder from here. I found a place but there has only been one post in recent months. http://n8fq.org/sked/index.php?board=sat Thank you! Mark

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-12-06 03:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 05 Dec '18

05 Dec '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-12-06 03:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: 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 was successful: 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 Watch for live stream at: https://www.facebook.com/NashuaAreaRadioSociety/ Exp. 58 on orbit (***) Welcome aboard! (***) Oleg Konenenko David St-Jacques KG5FYI Anne McClain 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 2018-12-06 03:00 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 1282. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1225. (***) 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 2018-12-06 03:00 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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Any update on AO-85?
by Hans BX2ABT 05 Dec '18

05 Dec '18

As per title. With my limited setup I am not able to decode any telemetry from AO-85 anymore. It still comes through the squelch on my rig+discone, but S/N ratio on my SDR+ArrowAlaska is about half what it normally was and with fading added there is no long enough sequence for decoding frames.

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Re: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem Crashes coping Fox1 Cliff
by Alan 05 Dec '18

05 Dec '18

Frank, The BB list does not pass attachments or HTML, so you will need to provide a link. Fox-1Cliff was in Initial Mode, which is somewhat different from Safe Mode. No idea why this should cause a problem, however. It is now in Safe Mode, so you should have better luck. 73, Alan WA4SCA <-----Original Message----- <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frank <Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2018 01:27 AM <To: AMSAT <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> <Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem Crashes coping Fox1 Cliff < <My FoxTelem crashes when coping DUV from Fox 1 Cliff. Program is okay <coping DUV until Veronica speaks and then it crashes. The program worked <fine on AO85 pass after Fox 1 Cliff pass. Attached is a screenshot of the error <message. The program has also worked fine on AO91 and AO92 in the past. <Don’t know what’s different about Fox 1 Cliff. Any ideas? < <Thanks, <Frank <K6FW < < <_______________________________________________ <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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Re: [amsat-bb] tracking Fox-1Cliff
by Dinesh Cyanam, AB3DC 05 Dec '18

05 Dec '18

Ashhar Farhan's bird is ExseedSat-1 and not Fox-1Cliff (AO-95). ExseedSat-1's downlink is on 145.900 MHz. You can use the Fox-1Cliff TLEs as both the sats were on the same pod during launch. As far as I know, no one has heard ExseedSat-1 beacon. 73, AB3DC Dinesh

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tracking Fox-1Cliff
by Joe Puma 05 Dec '18

05 Dec '18

So Ashhar bird is called Fox-1Cliff correct? Can it be tracked in Orbitron? I suppose we need keplar data of the bird. The program has a file for cubesats but I don’t see the bird. I see other like funcube Ao-73. How are we all tracking Ashhars bird? I already have Foxtelem Joe Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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ANS-339 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - Fox-1Cliff Designated AMSAT-OSCAR 95 (AO-95)
by JoAnne K9JKM 05 Dec '18

05 Dec '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-339.01 In this Special Bulletin: * Fox-1Cliff Designated AMSAT-OSCAR 95 (AO-95) SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-339.01 ANS-339 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 339.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD DATE December 5, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-339.01 On December 3rd, 2018, Fox-1Cliff was launched on a Falcon 9 vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Part of Spaceflight’s SSO-A: Smallsat Express launch, Fox-1Cliff was named after long time AMSAT supporter Cliff Buttschardt, K7RR (SK). In the 48 hours after launch, more than 110 amateur radio operators around the world have successfully received and submitted telemetry from the satellite. Following in our long tradition of naming amateur satellites, AMSAT hereby designates Fox-1Cliff as AMSAT-OSCAR 95 (AO-95). Thank you to those who have supported this mission with their time, talent, and financial support for the benefit of amateur radio operators worldwide. 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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TLE for JY1-Sat
by Chris Pohlad-Thomas 05 Dec '18

05 Dec '18

Does anyone have the TLE for this or can point me where to find it? -- Chris Pohlad-Thomas K <http://about.me/chrispt>C1E

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TH-D72
by Stewart Morgan 04 Dec '18

04 Dec '18

Bob Bruninga reminded me that I was confusing the solution to two different problems. The squelch needs to be off in APRS and Packet modes in order for transmit (not receive) to function properly. Battery Saver mode should be off, otherwise APRS packet decoding is likely to suffer, and there are several mentions in the Kenwood documentation about this. Sorry for the mistake. Todd AL0I

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