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AO-92 in L/v at 0212UTC
by Andrew Glasbrenner 29 Oct '19

29 Oct '19

That’s all. 73, Drew KO4MA

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Gaston (NC) Radio Club "Intro to Satellites", Saturday, Nov 2
by Philip Jenkins 29 Oct '19

29 Oct '19

I'm giving a "Satellite 101" presentation to the Gaston RC (EM95) at their monthly club meeting this Saturday at 2 pm local (Eastern). http://www.gastonradioclub.org/default.aspx I doubt I'll attempt to work any FM passes - except maybe attempt to listen - as all of the passes around that time are 7 degrees or lower. There is an AO-85 pass - 42 degrees - from 3:39pm to 3:51; if there are any GRC members still around, I may try that one, using my call, N4HF. Philip N4HF

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-29 19:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 29 Oct '19

29 Oct '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-29 19:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA, direct via K4LRG The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact was successful: Tue 2019-10-29 15:01:27 UTC 44 deg (***) Starting at about 14:15 UTC, watch for live stream at: https://live.myvrspot.com/player?udi=bG91ZG91bg==&c=ZmFybWlzcw== Private UKEB School, Izmir, Turkey, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Tue 2019-11-05 12:34:49 UTC 67 deg Istituto Comprensivo “G.B. Perasso”, Milano, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Montignoso – Scuola secondaria I grado “G.B.Giorgini”, Montignoso, Italy, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2019-11-06 09:27:34 UTC 32 deg The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) 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 2019-10-29 19:30 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. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-10-29 19:30 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals New Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 30, 2019. Proposal information and documents can be found at https://www.ariss.org. The Opportunity Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations' volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio. More Information For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to https://www.ariss.org . Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ ****************************************************************************** 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 https://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? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. 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 The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136 Francesco IKØWGF with 135 Sergey RV3DR with 127 Gaston ON4WF with 123 **************************************************************************** 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. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1355. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1294. (***) 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. https://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: South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov Drew Morgan KI5AAA Exp. 61 on orbit Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Grid Line Question
by Brad Smith 28 Oct '19

28 Oct '19

<Per ARRL VHF/UHF Century Club Award Rules, paragraphs 4(e) and 4(f) stations who claim to operate from more than one grid locator simultaneously need to be exactly on the line or grid corner and document with a picture showing your equipment and a GPS displaying your location exactly on the line or corner and a GPS error no more than 20 feet.?> I use a Garmin Oregon 750T handheld GPS when roving. I am also a geocacher and this GPS works very well for both activities. Check a grid line map on the Internet and use your pointer to get the coordinates. Plug them into your GPS and rove. Same for a four corner point. Other hikers handheld GPS units will work, I am sure, but I am familiar with this one. The touch screen is really helpful. Brad KC9UQR

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-28 20:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 28 Oct '19

28 Oct '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-28 20:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Golden Oak Montessori, Castro Valley, CA, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact was successful: Mon 2019-10-28 15:50:06 UTC 82 deg (***) Watch for live stream at: https://www.goldenoakmontessori.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=884592&typ… Young Scientists Program at USC and Vermont Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA, direct via KN6CHS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact was successful: Mon 2019-10-28 18:57:35 UTC 70 deg (***) Watch for live stream at: http://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/ Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA, direct via K4LRG The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-29 15:01:27 UTC 44 deg Starting at about 14:15 UTC, watch for live stream at: https://live.myvrspot.com/player?udi=bG91ZG91bg==&c=ZmFybWlzcw== Private UKEB School, Izmir, Turkey, telebridge via K6DUE (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP (***) Contact is go for: Tue 2019-11-05 12:34:49 UTC 67 deg (***) Istituto Comprensivo “G.B. Perasso”, Milano, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Montignoso – Scuola secondaria I grado “G.B.Giorgini”, Montignoso, Italy, telebridge via VK5ZAI (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2019-11-06 09:27:34 UTC 32 deg (***) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) 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 2019-10-28 20:00 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. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-10-28 20:00 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals New Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 30, 2019. Proposal information and documents can be found at https://www.ariss.org. The Opportunity Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations' volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio. More Information For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to https://www.ariss.org . Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ ****************************************************************************** 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 https://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? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. 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 The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136 Francesco IKØWGF with 135 Sergey RV3DR with 127 Gaston ON4WF with 123 **************************************************************************** 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. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1354. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1293. (***) 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. https://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: South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov Drew Morgan KI5AAA Exp. 61 on orbit Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 27 Oct '19

27 Oct '19

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA on 29 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:01 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and K4LRG. The contact should be audible over the state of Virginia 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. Story: Farmwell Station Middle School is a public school located in the suburbs of Ashburn, Virginia close to our nation's capital. Our school has a diverse population attracted by a variety of work opportunities in the area. We have 1,186 students who attend and are in sixth through eighth grade. The native languages spoken by our students include English, French, German, Spanish, Urdu, Farsi, Mandarin, Korean, Hindi, Dari and Arabic. Our cluster schools (elementary and high) are going to be participating in this contact, so that we can include as many students as possible for this experience. The mission of Loudoun County Public Schools is "Empowering all students to make meaningful contributions to the world." Our school is committed to building a culture of continuous improvement by developing strong partnerships with families and our community. Our goal is to develop knowledgeable critical thinkers, communicators, collaborators, creators, and contributors through a series of rich learning experiences that are connected to the real world. Through this contact we want to raise awareness for STEM subjects and bring them alive for our students by investigating various topics dealing with space exploration, research, and communication technologies. We have a Space Dreamers Student Ambassadors Club here at Farmwell Station Middle School. The club's goal is to provide an ongoing opportunities for students to share knowledge and information with other students in their school about space science. Ambassadors will help plan events or activities such as rocket launches, the Tomatosphere project, and field trips. Our school purchased an ISS Above to provide our students with the opportunity to watch the live feed as they eat lunch. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Can you grow plants in space? 2. Did you bring anything to remind you of home with you to Space? 3. At the start of the 19th century, how were pigeons used in the early form of remote sensing? 4. Do you believe that we can create Faster Than Light travel? 5. How does the oxygen in the space suit work? 6. How is the technology from other fields of science creating engineering to make it safer for the astronauts? 7. When you're in space, how do you go places you want without floating in the opposite direction? 8. How do you conduct experiments that test how physical laws are different in a low gravity state? 9. Do you have any way to know where you are in space such as landmarks? 10. What improvements have you made in biotech engineering on making a sustainable environment? 11. Do microgravity tests and examines on astronauts play a key role in shaping longer and safer future missions?(Astronauts from the ISS get examined to see if the insides of their bodies have changed or how the body works while they are in microgravity.) 12. Has being on the ISS changed your perspective on earth? 13. When did you develop your passion for science and career as an astronaut? 14. What is the most important and current experiment you are working on in space right now? 15. How often do you have to make repairs on the International Space Station? 16. How the images of unknown areas differ based on the camera angle and how do you identify the type of organisms and other new-found things? 17. Does space radiation affect you in any way? 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): TBD 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 ISS National Lab 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 public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.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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Rover FAQ
by Thomas Talley 27 Oct '19

27 Oct '19

Has a "Rover FAQ" been developed as a way to help perspective rovers? A couple of questions come to mind (i.e. not meant to be all inclusive, rather a starting point): Q: How close does one need to be to a "grid line" for the location to count as two Grids? Q: How close does one need to be at the intersection of four grids for the location to count as four Grids? Q: How to log roving in ARRL's LOTW? Does each grid location need an entry in TQSL? Q: Is there a listing of the "Rare grids"? Particularly for the south west? I am sure there are many other questions related to roving. 73, Tom K0CFI

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Young Scientists Program at USC and Vermont Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 27 Oct '19

27 Oct '19

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Young Scientists Program at USC and Vermont Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA on Oct 28. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:57 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and KN6CHS. The contact should be audible over the state of California 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. Story: Built in 1896, Vermont Elementary School is a traditional calendar school, located in South Los Angeles. Our Community is comprised of a majority of lower social-economic, working class families. It is also representative of a diverse ethnic population. The student body is comprised of 623 students in grades Pre-Kindergarten through fifth. Vermont's ethnic population includes 90.01% Hispanic, 8.6% African American, 1.2% White, and 0.5% Asian. Of these students, 44.5% are English Language Learners (ELL). 100% of our students receive free or reduced price meals. The average class size in grades Kindergarten through second is 24:1 and 30:1 in grades four through five (student to teacher ratio). The principal, Patricia Ferguson says "I have the best students". At Vermont, we pride ourselves on fostering a strong sense of community and reinforcing the values of our students and their families through our educational philosophy. Our parents are very supportive and appreciative of the resources and opportunities that its community partners like the University of Southern California (USC) provides for our students. In recent years, students have voiced their increasing sense of inclusion and support from our outstanding teachers and staff, and many of our students have gone on to lead significant community outreach efforts of their own, including working with the USC Young Scientists Program (YSP). The USC Young Scientists Program (YSP) supports Vermont Avenue Elementary School as a partner by providing a supplemental STEAM education program to second through fifth grade classrooms, in conjunction with their classroom teachers. The YSP and Vermont Elementary have enjoyed a fruitful collaborative relationship over the last 10 years, and a number of current YSP undergraduate teaching staff members have attended the school themselves. In this way, the YSP looks to give back to the community from which its own leadership and inspiration has come from, and seeks to provide students with diverse role models within STEAM fields as a way to encourage greater representation of underrepresented minority (URM) students in these professions. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How long does it take to get back to Earth? 2. What encouraged you to be a scientist? 3. How does it feel to be in space? 4. What do you do in space when there's danger? 5. Do you celebrate any holidays up in space? 6. What did you study when you were growing up? 7. What do you need to be worried or alert about when on a spaceship? 8. What are the most important jobs in the space station? 9. Do the astronauts at the ISS get older faster or slower, or is aging the same? 10. How do you communicate with your family, and do you ever miss them? 11. How do you sleep, and in what do you sleep? 12. When you were young, did you want to be an astronaut? 13. How did you become an astronaut? 14. What do you do when you take a break in space? 15. Can you do your work in space without your work floating away? 16. Who would you thank for helping you to accomplish your dreams? 17. How do you get ready to go into space? 18. How is it that you guys get your food supply? 19. Is it dangerous to flip upside down after you are finished eating? 20. How did you feel saying goodbye to your family and boarding the space station? 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. Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA, direct via K4LRG The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-29 15:01 UTC Starting at about 14:15 UTC, watch for live stream at: https://live.myvrspot.com/player?udi=bG91ZG91bg==&c=ZmFybWlzcw== 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 ISS National Lab 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 public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.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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Upcoming ARISS contact with Golden Oak Montessori, Castro Valley, CA
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 27 Oct '19

27 Oct '19

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Golden Oak Montessori, Castro Valley, CA on 28 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:50 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and K6DUE. The contact should be audible over the east coast of the U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Watch for live stream at: https://www.goldenoakmontessori.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=884592&typ… Story: Golden Oak Montessori is a free public charter school in the Hayward Unified School District located in the heart of the San Francisco East Bay. Our school has an incredibly diverse population of nearly 275 students in grades 1-8 (ages 6-14). Approximately 20% of students qualify as socioeconomically disadvantaged with several students participating in Migrant Education programs. More than 18 languages are spoken by our Golden Oak Montessori families with a number of students qualifying as English language learners. As a Montessori school, a key component of our curriculum includes hands-on materials and experiential learning opportunities designed to stimulate academic exploration with a goal of educating children to be active, aware citizens with the skills and knowledge to participate meaningfully in the diverse and challenging new century. A cornerstone of our science curriculum are students doing hands on experiments using Full Option Science System kits from the Lawrence Livermore Labs, and Engineering is Elemental kits from the Museum of Science in Boston. In addition, students have had recent experiences building Solar Suitcases through a grant from Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), researching marine ecosystems along the California coast, working on a farm to learn about agro-science, and hiking local trails to learn about watershed environments. To date Golden Oak Montessori's experiential learning has focused on terrestrial systems that student can see and touch, which why our whole school community is very excited to have an opportunity to shift our focus further out into space with an ARISS radio contact experience. This will take our student's STEM opportunities in a new and exciting direction which we hope will stimulate both our student's and teacher's scientific imaginations even further! Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Who chooses who gets to be in the International Space Station? 2. What qualifications are needed to become an astronaut like going to a special school or experience flying fast planes? 3. Since you have many people from different countries on the ISS, what language do you speak to communicate with one another? 4. How many people are on the space station at one time and do you ever feel crowded? 5. What is the daily routine for an astronaut on the ISS? 6. What does Earth look like from outer space? 7. Has the ISS ever broken down? And what do you do if that happens? 8. Can you grow plants in space and do they grow normally? 9. What does it feel like to be with no gravity? 10. Do you have free time with the other astronauts to play board games or other fun things in space? 11. Can you communicate with your family when you are in space? 12. Which is scarier - take off or landing? 13. What do you do if you get sick in space? 14. What are the roles of the people working on the space station? How does each person get their work plan? 15. How has your understanding of the universe changed since seeing it from space? 16. What are the best foods you eat in space, and what are the worst? 17. What was the coolest thing that you've ever seen or done since you've been on the ISS? 18. What do you miss the most from Earth? 19. How many sunrises and sunsets do you see each day in space? 20. Why is it cold in space even though the sun is out all the time? 21. How do you breathe in a space suit? 22. What is the best part about being an astronaut and what is the worst part? 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): Young Scientists Program at USC and Vermont Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 18:57 UTC Watch for live stream at: http://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/ Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-29 15:01 UTC Starting at about 14:15 UTC, watch for live stream at: https://live.myvrspot.com/player?udi=bG91ZG91bg==&c=ZmFybWlzcw== 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 ISS National Lab 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 public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.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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FoxTelem Version 1.08 Released
by Chris Thompson 27 Oct '19

27 Oct '19

I am releasing Version 1.08 of FoxTelem. This release provides several enhancements and needed changes for FOX-1E and HuskySat, a partnership with the University of Washington. You will need to download this version to successfully decode data from 2 new spacecraft which will transmit BPSK telemetry on 70cm. Oh, and now is a good time to put up a 70cm antenna if you do not have one :) You can download it from: http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/windows/FoxTelem_1.08p_windows.zip http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/linux/FoxTelem_1.08p_linux.tar.gz http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/mac/FoxTelem_1.08p_mac.tar.gz KEY CHANGES ~~~~~~~~~~~ * Make PSK decoders easier to select * Automatically change the band from 2m to 70cm and the mode from FSK to PSK if needed (and enabled). Allow default mode to be set for each spacecraft * No longer overwrite the user settings (such as max/min frequency) when spacecraft files updated * Save the properties whenever they are changed (rather than just at exit) * Allow the user to change the display name for a spacecraft without changing the KEPS name * Prevent FOXDB from being corrupted when power restarted * Better memory management so that long running FoxTelem sessions do not end up out of memory * Allow MAX and MIN records to be displayed in table on the telemetry tab. Show the Capture Date for the record being displayed e.g. RT, MAX, MIN * Delete existing files when server data downloaded * Tie the STP date more accurately to the position of the SYNC word in the bit buffer to avoid stamping frames with the same date * Fixed many small bugs and crashes And many other bug fixes. Full list of changes here: https://github.com/ac2cz/FoxTelem/milestone/15?closed=1 Feel free to email me any questions, suggestions or bug reports. 73 Chris -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson(a)gmail.com g0kla(a)arrl.net

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