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

AlfaSpid RAS-1 up and running
by kb2mjeff＠att.net 07 Mar '18

07 Mar '18

I installed the RAS-1 and got everything working yesterday. Even the 450 degree function in SatPC32 is working. Only issue I have(and I was warned about this) is it’s rotational speed is very slow, maybe twice as slow as a G-5500. The cure for this is to run a higher voltage power supply of 24v. Now I have a 28 v supply I use for my 1.2 gig amp and was wondering if it was possible to mod the RAS-1 system to run on 28v. Anyone look into this? I tried contacting AlfaSpid about this and never got a reply... 73 Jeff kb2m --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-03-07 17:45 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 07 Mar '18

07 Mar '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-03-07 17:45 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Parkside Middle School, San Bruno, CA, direct via K6PVJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Scott Tingle KG5NZA Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-03-07 18:05:06 UTC 36 deg Sorry for the late update but I just got this at 17:40 UTC (***) Watch for live stream at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/345397712321880/ (***) Gymnasium Räddningsgymnasiet Sando, Sandöverken, Sweden, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Scott Tingle KG5NZA Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-03-15 11:12:55 UTC 86 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 102 **************************************************************************** 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 2018-03-07 17:45 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 1213. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1162. 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 2018-02-27 06:00 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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ZF2AE/ZF8 AO-7 @19:25Z Only planned pass for today
by Adrian Engele 07 Mar '18

07 Mar '18

Late announcement: AO-7 Fixed 145.940 RX +/- QRM . This will be the only planned pass for today. NA Stations please note this is a SA pass and NA LOS will come up quick after TCA due to beach location and cabin blockage. Plan to be on HF this evening on FT8. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

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V2, Antigua and Barbuda on Satellite
by JoAnne Maenpaa 07 Mar '18

07 Mar '18

Spotted this in the DXNL 2083 (Mar 7, 2018) bulletin from DARC. Sending it via the -bb since waiting for the weekend ANS news cycle would be too late: NA-100; V2, Antigua and Barbuda: Patrick/N2IEN, Lee/WW2DX, Raymond/W2RE, and Lori/KB2HZI will be active as V26PD from the 8th to 11th on CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8. They are also planning 2m via EME and satellite. QSL via NR6M. DXNL - DX Newsletter, a free and weekly service of DARC Committee "DX" (http://www.darcdxhf.de) -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org

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AO-92 L/v Activation Schedule ( 23cm up)
by Mr B r a d 07 Mar '18

07 Mar '18

I think I heard the Ao-92 YL voice beacon very well and one guy working AO-92L/v with the 23cm/1.2g uplink over the weekend , ( no one else to talk to ) .... what ERP is needed for this mode? Could my ts2000x with 10 watts into a helix work for this ? please delete original messages in your reply...Brad / ko6kL

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Demo for students AO-91 pass 8 march 13.05 UTC
by Felix Paez EA4GQS 07 Mar '18

07 Mar '18

Dear friends, tomorrow march 8, we are going to make a demo QSO from Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (where I will be with the teachers and the students) to Vigo in north-west of Spain, where Jose EB1AO will try to contact us using AO-91 at 13:05 UTC. I will please ask you to give us priority in the pass, since we only have this one to try the contact. I also apologize in advance if we monopolize a bit the satellite. Thanks for the understanding. This is a good opportunity to get future satellite operators. Felix EA4GQS

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Southern Hemisphere Command Station?
by Robert Bruninga 07 Mar '18

07 Mar '18

We need to establish contact with a good reliable AMSAT command station in the Southern Hemisphere. Back when we had PCSAT, PCSAT2, ANDE and RAFT satellites in orbit we did have a relationship with some southern hemisphere command stations but that was a decade ago... We would like to re-establish some contact. Thanks Bob Bruninga, WB4APR

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Re: [amsat-bb] Fw: FT-847, uni-directional or be-directional version?
by Erich Eichmann 07 Mar '18

07 Mar '18

Many thanks to all who replied, very helpful answers. 73s, Erich, DK1tB Am 06.03.2018 um 18:42 schrieb Kevin M: > <link fix> > > > > Hello,Does somebody know whether one can recognize by the serial number of the FT-847 whether it is an old, uni-directional or a newer, bi-directional vrsion? A user here in Germany has two FT-847 with serial > numbers 3M840064 and OE320084. > > 73s, Erich, DK1TB > > serial number info link:http://www.supercontrol.de/cat/ft847faq/page1.htm#serialnum > > > The FT-847 was first made in 1998 and the bi-directional problem was fixed that first year... only serial numbers starting with 8C, 8D, 8E, and 8F would be uni-directional. > > 73, Kevin N4UFO > > > > >

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N8FQ Sat sked page
by Joe N3XLS 06 Mar '18

06 Mar '18

http://n8fq.org/sked/mobile.php?board=sat Anyone use this page? Or is there another one?

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FT-847, uni-directional or be-directional version?
by christy hunter 06 Mar '18

06 Mar '18

this link may be helpful also. http://www.supercontrol.de/cat/ft847faq/page1.htm#serialnum 73 christy KB6LTY --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com

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