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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-02-20 08:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 20 Feb '18

20 Feb '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-02-20 08:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: University of the Philippines Integrated School, Quezon City, Philippines, direct via DX1ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP Contact was not successful: Sat 2018-02-17 10:23:00 UTC 70 deg (***) "Galaxy - Children and Youth Center for Space Education", Kaluga, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Misurkin Contact is a go for 2018-02-18 10:45 UTC Agrupamento de Escolas do Fundão, Fundão, Portugal, direct via CS5DBB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Scott Tingle KG5NZA Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-02-21 09:38:11 UTC 33 deg Museum of Science & Technology - Danforth Middle School, Syracuse, NY, direct via K2MST The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP Contact is a go for: Fri 2018-02-23 14:08:52 UTC 28 deg School in Kursk, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is TBD Contact is a go for Sat 2018-02-24 08:45 UTC Watch for possible time update Bellefonte Area Middle School, Bellefonte, PA, direct via W3YA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Scott Tingle KG5NZA Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-03-01 16:58:53 UTC 49 deg (***) ****************************************************************************** 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: Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 128 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 100 **************************************************************************** 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 2018-02-20 08:00 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 1208. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1157. 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: Arkansas, 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 2018-02-16 23:00 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. 53 on orbit Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP Alexander Misurkin Joe Acaba KE5DAR Exp. 54 on orbit Scott Tingle KG5NZA Norishige Kanai Alexander Skvortsov **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Agrupamento de Escolas do Fundão, Fundão, Portugal
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 20 Feb '18

20 Feb '18

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Agrupamento de Escolas do Fundão, Fundão, Portugal on 21 Feb. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:38 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and CS5DBB. The contact should be audible over Portugal and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The school is located in Fundão, in the mainland Portugal Centre Region. This town, of approx. 9000 inhabitants, has grown in a fertile valley between the Gardunha and Estrela mountains and is located about 252 km from Lisbon and Oporto, 200 km from Coimbra and a few kilometers from the Spanish border. This is a region especially devoted to agriculture. There are also a few industries and services and an important university nearby. Olive oil, wine, and cheese are well-known products of this region, together with an increasing and important cherry production that puts Portugal in a pleasant place in the exportation rankings. The highest place in mainland Portugal is located in the neighborhood - the Estrela mountain (1997 mts.) - which brings an important number of visitors especially during the snow season. In June 2012, the school has become an aggregation of several schools for students aged 3-18 which has enlarged the institution. There are 1573 students and 176 teachers. The school has a large variety of student profiles as well as families. Pupils start here the kindergarten until they complete the secondary education, which means it offers an educational project during 12 years. Besides the basic 3 cycles of studies, a wide amount of courses in the secondary education are offered. The secondary regular courses vary from Sciences and Technologies, Economics to Visual Arts and Humanities. There is also an offer of vocational courses. Some students are taking part in the 2018 European CanSat Competition of the European Space Agency (ESA). A CanSat is a simulation of a real satellite, integrated within the volume and shape of a soft drink can. Last year, they also participated in the European Astro Pi Challenge which is a project by the ESA Education Office, in collaboration with the Raspberry Pi Foundation, offering primary and secondary school students the amazing opportunity to run scientific investigations on the International Space Station (ISS) by means of computer coding. The Rede dos Emissores Portugueses (REP) was founded in 1926. The REP, as national member society, represents Portugal in the IARU since 1931. The REP headquarters is located in Lisbon, however, there are numbers of HAM radio clubs in different regions of Portugal. The REP Delegação da Beira Baixa CS5DBB is a delegation of the National Club REP and collaborates with the school in educational and technical preparations for the direct ARISS school contact and other projects. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What kind of food do you eat on the ISS? 2. What was the daily routine that took you the longest to get used to on the ISS? 3. What do you do in case of a fire on the station? 4. How long did you take to get used to living in low gravity conditions? 5. What kind of scientific experiments can you do in space and not on Earth? 6. What's the most lifelike science fiction movie that you have ever seen? 7. In which direction do plants grow aboard the International Space Station? 8. What did you feel during the launch? 9. Do you have to wear any special type of clothes on the ISS? 10. What do you have to do if someone gets the ISS dirty by, for example, puking on it? 11. What are you doing in your free time to have fun? 12. What was the hardest experience you ever had on the ISS? 13. What kind of physical and psychological preparations did you need to be an astronaut? 14. What did you feel when you saw the Earth from the ISS for the first time? 15. What do you miss the most when you are staying in 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): 1. Museum of Science & Technology - Danforth Middle School, Syracuse, NY, direct via K2MST The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP Contact is a go for: Fri 2018-02-23 14:08 UTC 2. School in Kursk, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is TBD Contact is a go for Sat 2018-02-24 08:45 UTC Watch for possible time update 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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Re: [amsat-bb] SatNOGS
by Roy Dean 20 Feb '18

20 Feb '18

FYI to anybody who is unaware, wood cutting brazed carbide circular saw blades (mounted in el-cheapo miter saws, circular saws, or table saws) will cut aluminum wonderfully. Wear a face shield, as hot chips fly everywhere. > The places like 8020, Misumi, and some Open Builds resealers > will cut the material to size for a small fee per cut. I do not have > a cutoff saw and my hack saw skills would not make the nice square > cuts. Mike Hoblinski > N6IMF

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FW: help installing fox telm
by Nick Pugh 19 Feb '18

19 Feb '18

Subject: help installing fox telm I running win XP and when I urn the new foxtelm I get an error Uncaught exception ... Help tnx nick Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn

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Catalog number for CAS 2T has been changed
by Nico Janssen 19 Feb '18

19 Feb '18

All, Initially the TLE set for CAS 2T was linked to object 41845. But in the 18SPCS Satellite Catalog that ID was assigned to another satellite. Now they have corrected this by swapping TLE sets with catalog number 41847. After the TLE swap, new doppler measurements confirm that CAS 2T is now object 41847 (2016-066G). The payloads CAS 2 T and KS 1Q remain attached to the CZ 11 fourth stage. CAS 2T telemetry downlink: 435.710 MHz. 73, Nico PA0DLO

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Where can I download the most recent doppler.sqf file
by Mark Lunday 19 Feb '18

19 Feb '18

And is there a way to transform and import the data into HRD? Mark Lunday, WD4ELG Greensboro, NC FM06be wd4elg(a)arrl.net<mailto:wd4elg@arrl.net> http://wd4elg.blogspot.com SKCC #16439 FISTS #17972

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Sats that downlink images
by Roland Zurmely 19 Feb '18

19 Feb '18

Please see here: <<http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/athenoxat.htm>> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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AO-92 L/V mode, tonight @ 0445 UTC??
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 19 Feb '18

19 Feb '18

Hi! Anyone out west planning to try the AO-92 pass at 0445 UTC (8.45pm PST) tonight in L/V mode? I will be outside with my two- radio/two-antenna setup once again - Alinco DJ-G7T and 5-element Yagi for the uplink, Kenwood TH-D74 & Elk for the downlink. If I pick the right passes from home, the 1W radio has been more than enough to work the L/V mode. Western passes haven't had as many stations on as the passes toward the east, so there's room for anyone who has L-band equipment. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

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WI7P (ex-N7SFI) back on the road...
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 18 Feb '18

18 Feb '18

Hi! Randy Kohlwey WI7P, who might be better known by long-time satellite operators by his former call sign N7SFI, is currently on the road working satellites from different grids. I saw him at the Yuma Hamfest on Friday and Saturday, and he worked me yesterday morning during one of my hamfest demonstrations. Randy said he was traveling to operate from different grids via satellite, and maybe some EME, as he visits locations in Arizona and possibly other states. He didn't mention how long he was going to be on the road, but he wants to get the AMSAT Rover Award. Randy does not use social media, so he will work toward the award by visiting lots of grids and getting on the air. Randy works the FM satellites (he's been on some passes this afternoon from DM31, where I was last Thursday), and I know he likes FO-29. If you hear WI7P, please give him a call. If you work WI7P and use LOTW, please make sure to upload your logs promptly. :-) For those who aren't familiar with WI7P or N7SFI, Randy was once a very active satellite operator. He worked lots of grids from home (he only needs EL58 and EL84 to have all 488 on the FFMA list for the continental USA), and put lots of grids on the air. If pre-2018 rover activations were acceptable for the AMSAT Rover Award, he would have that covered many times over. Randy was out and around during the National Parks on the Air activity in 2016, when he was back to handing out grids as well as activating different national parks and other sites. You can see Randy's web site with lots of information on his satellite - and EME - activities at: http://emeshack.com Or use the alternate link: http://user.xmission.com/~wi7p/ 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

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Re: [amsat-bb] SatNOGS
by Don KB2YSI 18 Feb '18

18 Feb '18

I'm surprised they are not using makerbeam or openbeam instead of 8020... I guess it would depend on the "duty" requirements for the frame. 73, Don KB2YSI On Feb 18, 2018 02:13, "Sterling Coffey" <kawfey(a)gmail.com> wrote: I have all the parts except for these: https://8020.net/shop/33450.html. $5 a pop! The frame requires 44 of them; even at bulk prices <https://www.ebay.com/itm/Blind-Hidden-Inside-Corner- Bracket-for-20mm-V-Slot-T-Slot-Aluminum-Extrus-New-/232641238869> those connectors take up the majority of the expense! When I get a minute I want to redesign the frame to not use those suckers. Sterling, N0SSC On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 3:11 PM, Mike Hoblinski <hobergenix(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Has anybody built the open source V3 antenna rotor from the SatNOGS site. > > Website https://satnogs.org/ > Wiki https://wiki.satnogs.org/Main_Page > > They promote an open source ground station and link them up. They use a > Raspberry Pi as the computer board and have a controller board that drives > steppers or DC motors for Az and El. > > Mike Hoblinski > N6IMF > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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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