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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-03-02 00:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 01 Mar '18

01 Mar '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-03-02 00:00 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 (***) ****************************************************************************** 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 Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added.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 2018-03-02 00:00 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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ZF2AE FO-29 3/02 02:38Z Pass
by Adrian Engele 01 Mar '18

01 Mar '18

If the evening goes well. I plan to be on the 3/02 @ 02:38Z FO-29 Pass.I plan to transmit on 145.940 Fixed. If there is QRM I will move down to 935 or lower. Should be a lovely pass covering all of Lower 48, Canada and Mexico! See you on the bird. 73, Adrian AA5UK - ZF2AE Twitter @ZF2AE

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Satpc32 download
by Bob- W7LRD 01 Mar '18

01 Mar '18

Hi All- When downloading a new copy of Satpc32 should all traces of the prior install be deleted? 73 Bob-W7LRD Seattle

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VUCC Awards-Endorsements for February 2018
by Ronald G. Parsons 01 Mar '18

01 Mar '18

Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period February 1, 2018 through February 28, 2018. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! February: Short Month -- Fewer endorsements CALL 1Feb18 1Mar18 WA4NVM 1450 1488 WC7V 1158 1159 AA5PK 996 1012 K4FEG 841 878 N4UFO 700 715 K6FW 661 703 K0FFY 173 260 VE6SWC 173 173 K5IX 100 125 G0ABI 115 116 AB1OC 115 (NEW VUCC) PU8RFL 101 (NEW VUCC) If you find errors or omissions. please contact me off-list at <mycall>@<mycall>.com and I'll revise the announcement. This list was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings for February 1, 2018. and March 1, 2018. It's a visual comparison so omissions are possible. Apologies if your call was not mentioned. Thanks to all those who are roving to grids that are rarely on the birds. They are doing most of the work! 73, Ron W5RKN

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Linux, K2 & transverters, SDR Play
by Ron VE8RT 01 Mar '18

01 Mar '18

As I have a K2 and DEM 432-28 transverter, it might not take much more to get on mode B. My preference is to use Linux OS, but how well does G Predict work with a K2 and transverter combination? Is anyone doing it? On the receive side, for duplex, a SDR Play 1A receiver is what I'd like to use. There again I'm unfamiliar with SDR receiver control, it wasn't apparent in the rig control library of Gpredict, but I'm getting the idea that rig control works with the SDR software I use on the SDR Play not directly with the hardware. Anyone using this or a similar combination? Ron VE8RT -- Ron VE8RT <ve8rt(a)yknwt.ca>

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RS1 satellite converter
by Andy Brian 01 Mar '18

01 Mar '18

Hi, I received nice schematic of RS1 satellite 29MHz/145MHz converters few years ago here. But I lost my data on PC and can't find it anymore... Anyone still have the schematic of nice RS birds. Please if any can send it to me? thanks for help Best tegards Andy

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Build progress on WB0OEW autonomous sat tracker
by Devin L. Ganger 01 Mar '18

01 Mar '18

Greetings, all; I hit a really nice milestone on my first major electronics project, building my owner version of Elwood Downey (WB0OEW)'s Arduino-driven sat tracker for handheld antennas. I started this 1.5 years ago and have had a long learning curve, but it's all paid off as I watched the tracker work on an entire AO-92 pass. I still have a lot of work to do -- switch it off the tripod mount to a music stand and make the attachment more secure and robust, get the components into a case, fix some of the temporary wiring I put in to make modular build and testing easier -- but the goal is in sight! Picture is here: https://twitter.com/devinganger/status/969131009634480128 I'll post an update to my blog in another couple of days. -- Devin L. Ganger (WA7DLG) email: devin(a)thecabal.org<mailto:[email protected]> web: Devin on Earth<http://www.devinonearth.com/> cell: +1 425.239.2575

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need Elmer'ing Satpc32 & deaf ts2000
by Mr B r a d 01 Mar '18

01 Mar '18

Hello ListI have been having trouble getting going with full doppler tuning with satpc32 and the ts2000 , I have the port and baud set.the most I have got it the radio to do is make a chirp-beep sound and sometimes the incorrect bands will load into the vfo'swhen I click on the birds A,B,C,D etc , but I can not seem to get it to tune the correct frequency's or start to tunethe vfo as the sat flys over... perhaps i need something more in the *.sql data files ??All the signals I have heard so far are very weak , Im guessing I going to need a good preamp and would also like feedbackon ready to install preamps and antenna's you like.please delete the original messages in your reply or go direct off list...jhill_81(a)yahoo.com Brad Ko6kL

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New message from PicSat
by Roland Zurmely 28 Feb '18

28 Feb '18

Received 28-02-2018 23:45 UTC : Enjoy your weekend with lots of good apple pie! If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the Universe (CS) ..... 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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