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Fox Operating Guide - Charlotte Hamfest
by Philip Jenkins 05 Mar '19

05 Mar '19

I plan to be at the Charlotte NC Hamfest this Friday and Saturday, and while I won't be doing a full-blown AMSAT info table, I've decided to have a few AMSAT/satellite related things at my flea market table at the last minute. (I most likely won't be doing demos since I'll be there by myself.) One item that I'm planning to print is the Fox Operating Guide, and looking at the AMSAT website just now, the 2018 version doesn't reflect the current status of AO-85 nor Fox-1Cliff (AO-95). Should I just draw a line through the info (without obliterating the info entirely) for those two birds on the second page of the sheet, and only fill in the details when someone asks why they are marked out? I don't want them to try to listen for signals which aren't there! :-) And, how should I classify the status of AO-85 if someone asks - "Currently unavailable?" "Currently out of commission?" I'm just looking for the best (and briefest?) way to express its status. Philip N4HF

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AMSAT on HF
by skristof＠etczone.com 05 Mar '19

05 Mar '19

For anyone interested in the AMSAT on HF award, I will be calling "CQ AMSAT" in slow code from 1930 UTC to 2000 UTC. Frequency will be between 7.045 MHZ and 7.055 MHZ. Steve AI9IN

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-03-05 16:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 05 Mar '19

05 Mar '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-03-05 16:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Ceip Nuestra Señora Del Carmen, Torre De La Reina, Spain, direct via EG7NSC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact was successful: Tue 2019-03-05 09:50:56 UTC 48 deg (***) Watch for live stream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1fWg9eb3XA ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS-US program’s education proposal window should go open in the spring of 2019. The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. 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, click here. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Keigo Komuro, JA1KAB, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) ****************************************************************************** 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 135 Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 112 **************************************************************************** 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 2019-03-05 16:00 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 1293. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1236. (***) 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: 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 2019-03-05 16:00 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. 58 on orbit Oleg Konenenko David St-Jacques KG5FYI Anne McClain **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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VP5/AA5UK satellite operations cancelled - HF operations alive and well
by Adrian Engele 05 Mar '19

05 Mar '19

Folks, Satellite: After many months of planning and getting the satellite FT-1638 bag all tuned in an working properly, I had a little accident on the second pass on my first day. My bag slid off the truck of the car and somehow affected my Radiosport headphone cable. I tried trouble shooted the issue, but I don't have the tools to do more. Yes some people have said why did you not bring a microphone, well I have dive gear, photo gear, drone and HF and Satellite gear. My weight was at maximum! My headset uses kevlar and is commercial grade tough. I only managed two passes and I will post those on LOTW when I get back. That's life unfortunately! HF: I had challenges here too. My remote Tuner is suddenly not liking 20M-80M and dies when I key up. I rigged up plan B. Not ideal but at least I am on the air 10-40M. Been working FT8 pile ups 20 to 25 people deep at times. My operation is holiday style and I get on when I have time or am in the mood. If you need VP5 you can still reach me through March 8th in the evening. March 9th is tear down. Good news, bad news. I tried... 73, Adrian VP5/AA5UK Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

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VK5DG/3 in QF13, QF14, QF24 correction
by David Giles 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Hello All, Must have had a brain fade or the diary flipped to the wrong week at a crucial moment. The activation will be Wednesday this week on the 6th of March in Gunbower National Park in grid QF24. Depending on how things go I will also try from grids QF14 and QF13. Both FM and linear satellites will be used during the day. Hope to catch you on the birds as well as seeing plenty of the feathered variety of which the National Park is famous for. 73 de David VK5DG

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VK5DG/3 in QF13, QF14, QF24 on 13/3/19
by David Giles 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Hello All, I'll be operating on Wednesday 13th of March from Gunbower National Park in grid QF24. Depending on how things go I will also try from grids QF14 and QF13. Both FM and linear satellites will be used during the day. Hope to catch you on the birds as well as seeing plenty of the feathered variety of which the National Park is famous for. 73 de David VK5DG

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AMSAT @ Tucson AZ hamfest (30 March 2019)
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 03 Mar '19

03 Mar '19

Hi! I will have an AMSAT booth at the Radio Society of Tucson's annual spring hamfest on Saturday, 30 March 2019, in Tucson AZ. The hamfest will be behind the Target store on Old Spanish Trail (basically the northeast corner of 22nd Street and Harrison Road). More information about the hamfest is available in a flyer from the club's web site: https://rstclub.org/media/hamfest.pdf A map of the area around the hamfest site is also available: https://rstclub.org/media/hamfestmap1.png and of the Target shopping center, showing the parking and vendor areas: https://rstclub.org/media/hamfestmap2.png WD9EWK will be on satellite passes demonstrating satellite operating from the hamfest. If you hear WD9EWK on the air that morning, please call me and be a part of the demonstrations. The hamfest site is in grid DM42. QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World after the hamfest. QSL cards are available on request (please e-mail me directly with QSO details if you would like a QSL card). I will use my @WD9EWK Twitter account to send out photos and updates during the hamfest. These tweets are viewable in a web browser, even if you do not use Twitter - use the link at the bottom of this message to view my Twitter feed. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

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Satellite/AMSAT presentation @ Phoenix AZ (21 March 2019)
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 03 Mar '19

03 Mar '19

Hi! I will give a how-to presentation on working amateur satellites and AMSAT at the Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club's monthly meeting on Thursday, 21 March 2019. The meeting site is room 147 at the North Valley campus of Northern Arizona University, 15451 N. 28th Drive in Phoenix AZ (northwest corner of I-17 and Greenway Road). More information is available at: http://www.w7tbc.org/content.php?128-general Depending on how the meeting goes, there may be time for demonstrations on some satellite passes that evening. I see an SO-50 pass around 7.55pm (0255 UTC), a low AO-92 pass at 8.42pm (0342 UTC), and another SO-50 pass at 9.35pm (0435 UTC). If WD9EWK is on any of those passes, please feel free to give me a call and be a part of the demonstrations. The meeting site is in grid DM33. QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World, and QSL cards are available on request (please e-mail me directly with QSO details if you would like a QSL card). 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

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AMSAT @ Scottsdale AZ hamfest (16 March 2019)
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 03 Mar '19

03 Mar '19

Hi! I will have an AMSAT booth at the Scottsdale Amateur Radio Club's annual Springfest hamfest on Saturday, 16 March 2019, in Scottsdale AZ. The hamfest will be at a new location, at Coronado High School - along Miller Road, between McDowell and Thomas Roads, west of the AZ-101 Pima Freeway. More information about the hamfest is available from the club's web site: http://scottsdalearc.com/ A hamfest flyer with a map is available at: https://www.scottsdalearc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2019-Springfest -flyer.pdf WD9EWK will be on satellite passes demonstrating satellite operating from the hamfest. If you hear WD9EWK on the air that morning, please call me and be a part of the demonstrations. The hamfest site is in grid DM43. QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World after the hamfest. QSL cards are available on request (please e-mail me directly with QSO details if you would like a QSL card). I will use my @WD9EWK Twitter account to send out photos and updates during the hamfest. These tweets are viewable in a web browser, even if you do not use Twitter - use the link at the bottom of this message to view my Twitter feed. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

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Satellite/AMSAT presentation @ Tucson AZ, 15 March 2019
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 03 Mar '19

03 Mar '19

Hi! I will give a how-to presentation on working amateur satellites and AMSAT at the Oro Valley Amateur Radio Club's monthly meeting on Friday, 15 March 2019, in Tucson AZ. The meeting site is the Ascension Lutheran Church, on Magee Road in the north end of Tucson. The meeting starts at 7pm. More information is available from the club's web site at: http://tucsonhamradio.org/monthly-club-meeting/381-march-2019-club-meeting Depending on how the meeting goes, there may be time for demonstrations on one or two passes that evening. There is an SO-50 pass at 8.45pm (0345 UTC) that evening, followed by an AO-92 pass at 9.12pm (0412 UTC). If WD9EWK is on either of those evening passes, please feel free to give me a call and be a part of the demonstrations. The meeting site is in grid DM42. QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World, and QSL cards are available on request (please e-mail me directly with QSO details if you would like a QSL card). 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

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