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

Rocket Lab new launch window announced
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 25 May '18

25 May '18

Hi Folks, Rocket Lab have just announced the new window for the next Launch. See: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/news/updates/rocket-lab-confirms-new-its-busin… It will be streamed from their web site. 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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For Sale: UHF 10 MHz Wide 4 Pole Bandpass Filter (430 - 440 MHz)
by abowker＠bowkera.com 25 May '18

25 May '18

Having interference issues on UHF? Check out the following: DCI UHF 10 MHz Wide 4 Pole Bandpass Filter (Model: DCI-435-10C) UHF 10 MHz Wide 4 Pole Bandpass Filter (430 - 440 MHz) Ideal for US Satellite and weak signal The design for this bandpass filter is four full quarter-wave linear resonators with aperture coupling. It comes with silver-Teflon - gold "N" connectors. The filters are the same height and width as the VHF models but are slightly heavier and deeper. The DCI-435-10C is used in European-Asian ITU Regions 1 and 3, and is also used in North America for weak signal, packet and other specialized communications. Connector Type: "N" silver-Teflon - gold https://www.ebay.com/itm/292578930891 Thanks and 73 Alan WA6DNR

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AO91 BOSTON to Europe
by Tom Schuessler 25 May '18

25 May '18

I am still in New England and have access to a 9th floor patio overlooking Boston Harbor FN42 and want to try a 1 degree for me AO91 pass at 0400Z on early morning Saturday 26 May. No clue what the RF noise would be up here but it maybe my last shot before going back to Texas. 73 Tom N5HYP Sent from my iPhone

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-05-25 18:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 25 May '18

25 May '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-05-25 18:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Sterrenschool De Globetrotter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-05-31 16:58:36 UTC 40 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 129 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 103 **************************************************************************** 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 2018-05-25 18:00 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 1230. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1178. 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: 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 2018-05-24 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. 54 on orbit Scott Tingle KG5NZA Norishige Kanai Anton Shkaplerov Exp. 55 on orbit Drew Feustel Oleg Artemyev Ricky Arnold KE5DAU **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Fw: Athenoxat-1 beacon puzzles round 4
by Roland Zurmely 25 May '18

25 May '18

----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Yesie Brama <yesie.l.brama(a)micro-space.org>To: Microspace <athenoxat(a)micro-space.org>Sent: Friday, May 25, 2018, 6:51:32 AM GMT-3Subject: Athenoxat-1 beacon puzzles round 4 Dear friends, It's been a while and hope this email finds you well. We'd like to inform that we've just enabled the new round of Athenoxat-1 beacon puzzles. Beacon puzzles is the regular data beacon from Athenoxat-1 with specific type 3. It contains 10 frames per burst every minute (30sec interval alternating with Morse CW). It has a slight difference from the previous rounds and therefore we consider this experience as part of the in-orbit test. Hopefully it'll go smoothly. The kss files containing the frames can be submitted through the usual address athenoxat(a)micro-space.org Any number of frames are very useful for reconstructing the images. Thus we're hoping that stations with low elevation passes will still be able to participate. Our website will be updated daily and can be viewed here: http://www.micro-space.org/ham.html For the stations around our control station (in Singapore), please keep tuning in as the satellite stays beaconing although it may seem appear busy in comm.operation. The only apparent change is that you may not hear the Morse CW once our comm.operation starts. Please let us know if you need any clarifications or help in setting up some software for receiving Athenoxat-1 packets. Please feel free to inform others who may be interested and able to listen to Athenoxat-1. We are looking forward to your kss files then. Thank you in advance for listening, and have a good weekend. 73 de Athenoxat-1 team(Yesie 9V1SQ) | | Virus-free. www.avg.com |

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AO73 operations
by Graham Shirville 25 May '18

25 May '18

Hi All, Just to confirm that AO73/FUNcube-1 is now in continuous amateur transponder mode for the weekend. As we have another long weekend, you can expect the autonomous mode, with high power telemetry only in sunlight, to recommence either late Monday or first thing Tuesday (UTC) best 73 Graham G3VZV

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For Sale: Arrow Alaskan
by Dan Rahn 25 May '18

25 May '18

See ad on QRZ or email off-list for more info. $160 or even trade for the smaller version. Dan, K8EC

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User error on Falconsat-3
by Ryan Noguchi 24 May '18

24 May '18

If you tried to message me by APRS on FS-3 over the past month or so and received no response, it's because I managed to screw up when programming my TH-D72A memory channels for Falconsat-3. The first channel (AOS and rising) was fine, but the rest were totally messed up. As a result, I couldn't decode any packets for the last two-thirds of each pass. I have the channels configured properly now, so please try again next time! 73, Ryan AI6DO

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Trouble with LOTW?
by skristof＠etczone.com 24 May '18

24 May '18

Anybody else having trouble getting a file to upload to Logbook of the World today? I'm trying to load in some SO-50 QSOs from yesterday and it's not processing them. I use TQSL and don't usually have a problem. If I contacted you on SO-50 yesterday and you're waiting for me to confirm on LOTW, hang in there. I'm trying. Steve AI9IN

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The VE3HLS Grand Finale Rove!
by Ken Alexander 23 May '18

23 May '18

Get out your highlighter and circle June 15th, 16th and 17th on your calendars! You don't want to miss The VE3HLS Grand Finale Rove! This will be my final significant rove before I retire from satellite ops and get down to planning the next chapter of my life as I prepare to retire in Thailand. I will follow the St. Lawrence Seaway down from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, activating FN14, FN15, FN24/25, FN35/36, FN46/47, FN57/58 and FN59/69 along the way down and back. As always, the inspiration for the rove is a result of a few of you posting your grids QSLed maps to Twitter. I read them and base future roves on the gaps I see in your maps. I'll work out a basic schedule over the next week or two and post it here and on Twitter. 73, KenVE3HLS

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