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

Roving Time
by R.T.Liddy 06 Mar '18

06 Mar '18

Gridders.... I'll be staying in EM32 for the next couple weeks and operating "holiday style" while visiting Family. I can probably work out going to adjacent Grids upon request. Besides LA, TX and AR and OK are possibilities. QSOs will be in LoTW when I return home the end of March. 73, Bob K8BL P.S. I've been operating HF QRP FT8 for the past 2 weeks and it has all the excitement of watching a turtle race. Just sayin'.

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Re: [amsat-bb] Dedication to the hobby
by alex weimer 06 Mar '18

06 Mar '18

Ok now we need him to work the sats aeronautical mobile !! NO Auto pilot !! > On March 6, 2018 at 1:18 PM Joe N3XLS <n3xls(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > Thank you to Doug as well he called me yesterday on CAS-4B. > > -------- Original message -------- > From: alex weimer <ingejack(a)cox.net> > Date: 3/6/18 11:27 AM (GMT-05:00) > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Cc: n6ua(a)arrl.net > Subject: [amsat-bb] Dedication to the hobby > > I just wanted to thank Doug N6UA for his dedication to the hobby of Ham radio... Doug made an out of the way trip to nebraska to confirm the state for several of us who needed it for WAS LOTW. Doug fought 65 mph winds on the way and during the qso on Cas-4B . At times the howling was so bad that the audio was distorted , however Doug endured the elements and continued confirming the Grid/state for many of us. On the return home Doug encountered several semi accidents on I-25 . Thanks Doug for being so dedicated as to go out of your in bad weather to give a new grid or state to your fellow hams JACK KC7MG > _______________________________________________ > 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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Dedication to the hobby
by alex weimer 06 Mar '18

06 Mar '18

I just wanted to thank Doug N6UA for his dedication to the hobby of Ham radio... Doug made an out of the way trip to nebraska to confirm the state for several of us who needed it for WAS LOTW. Doug fought 65 mph winds on the way and during the qso on Cas-4B . At times the howling was so bad that the audio was distorted , however Doug endured the elements and continued confirming the Grid/state for many of us. On the return home Doug encountered several semi accidents on I-25 . Thanks Doug for being so dedicated as to go out of your in bad weather to give a new grid or state to your fellow hams JACK KC7MG

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Reception of RS15 beacon 29.351 MHz
by f6htj＠aol.com 06 Mar '18

06 Mar '18

Hello all; for information still reception of RS15 beacon when satellite is in sunlight. Signal peaking 529 on 28 MHz dipole antenna and GP vertical at low angle. 73 de Michel F6HTJ (JN12kq)

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AO-92 L/v Activation Schedule?
by CEE 06 Mar '18

06 Mar '18

does anyone know the schedule for next AO-92 L/v activation? Chuck N7BFO - DM04

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Re: [amsat-bb] AO-92 L/v Activation Schedule?
by John KI4RO 06 Mar '18

06 Mar '18

Have a look here: https://www.amsat.org/satellite-schedules/ 73 John KI4RO

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FT-847, uni-directional or be-directional version?
by Kevin M 06 Mar '18

06 Mar '18

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#serialnumThe 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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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-03-06 06:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 06 Mar '18

06 Mar '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-03-06 06:00 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 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 2018-03-06 06:00 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 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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Vhf Mast head Preamp
by VU2POP 06 Mar '18

06 Mar '18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTDkRRtWTk8

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SatPC32 and AlfaSpid RAS-1 rotor
by kb2mjeff＠att.net 06 Mar '18

06 Mar '18

I received my RAS-1 from the UK this afternoon. Cables are build, powering up the rotor on the bench tomorrow morning. I’m a little confused about SatPC32 control. I found this in the SatPC32 DOC’s... The latest release of SatPC32 V. 12.8c (April 24th 2014) comes with driver files for the Spid Mod2 and the Spid MD mode (ServerSpid.exe and ServerSpidMD.exe). If you use such controllers choose the item Spid or Spid MD from the list of supported controllers in menu "Rotor Setup". For detailed instructions click the "Help" button of ServerSpid or ServerSpidMD. The following hints are important if you run the Yaesu mode of the controller.. To steer AlfaSpid rotors with SatPC32 choose the option „Yaesu_GS-232“ (menu “Rotor-Setup”). LX1BB sent me the following description of his rotor setup. He is using a combi control box for azimut and elevation. SatPC32 setup: Max. Elevation: 90 (menu Rotor Setup) Park Position: Az=0, El=0 (Menu Rotor) ServerSDX-Setup: Com = x? Baudrate: 600 AlfaSpid Setup: P = 1.00 1.00 PH = 359 90 PL = 340 -1 PS = 4A PP = 0.00 0.00 Press the F key until „A“ appears. The PL setting is very important. I set the “Overtravel” 19 degs. With this setting I have no problems with my cables. A few degs. more or less would also be sufficient. I had to set the elevation to –1 deg. to allow parking at 0,0. Is this still valid? Any suggestions on SatPC32 with the RAS-1 from current users. What rotor interface are you selecting Yaesu GS-232, AlfaSpid, or AlfaSpidMD? I have the USB AlfaSpid control box... 73 Jeff kb2m --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com

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