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Logging on LoTW
by Bob Keating 22 Mar '19

22 Mar '19

I logged 26 QSOs from CM94 last weekend as N6REK/P on LoTW but have received only 4 QSLs. I thought CM94 is a relatively rare grid, plus I was hoping to get credit for KI7UNJs rove. Should I just be logging as N6REK even though I am operating a location other that my home QTH? I would like to get a good solid answer as I will be heading off to Utah next month and hope to get some QSLs from some new grids. Thanks. 73, Bob N6REK

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-03-22 00:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 22 Mar '19

22 Mar '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-03-22 00:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Khabarovsk University, Khabarovsk, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Konenenko (***) Contact is a go for 2019-03-26 10:45 UTC (***) Ulluriaq School, Kangiqsualujjuaq, QC, Canada, via LU8YY The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Thu 2019-03-28 16:14:54 UTC 47 deg 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, go to: http://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) http://www.jarl.org/ (***) ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) http://www.jarl.org/ ****************************************************************************** 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 2019-03-22 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 1294. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1237. 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 2019-03-21 03:00 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 Exp. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Aleksey Ovchinin Nick Hague KG5TMV **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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AMSAT on HF
by skristof＠etczone.com 21 Mar '19

21 Mar '19

For anyone interested in the AMSAT on HF award I will be calling "CQ AMSAT" in slow code from 1600 UTC to 1630 UTC today (Thursday). Frequency will be between 10.110 MHz and 10.120 MHz. Award info: https://www.amsat.org/amsat-50th-anniversary-awards-program/ Steve AI9IN

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-03-21 03:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 21 Mar '19

21 Mar '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-03-21 03:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: North Point School for Boys, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact was successful: Wed 2019-03-20 20:16:09 UTC 86 deg (***) Khabarovsk University, Khabarovsk, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is TBD Contact is a go for 2019-03-26 Ulluriaq School, Kangiqsualujjuaq, QC, Canada, via LU8YY The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Thu 2019-03-28 16:14:54 UTC 47 deg 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, go to: http://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) http://www.jarl.org/ (***) ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) http://www.jarl.org/ ****************************************************************************** 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 2019-03-21 03:00 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 1294. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1237. (***) 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 2019-03-21 03:00 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 Exp. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Aleksey Ovchinin Nick Hague KG5TMV **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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9100 with HS-Soundmodem, EasyTerm, CAT7200, VspMgr, and SatPC32..whew...
by kb2mjeff＠att.net 20 Mar '19

20 Mar '19

I posted this to various groups and individual’s a few days ago…. +I’ve been trying without success to get my 9100 working with HS-Soundmodem and EasyTerm. Everything +seems to be working except the PTT. I’m receiving data, and passing it along via ports 8000 and 8001, but +cannot get the PTT to work via the USB assigned com port. Thinking there is an issue with my 9100 I +configured it for WSJT-X via DXLab and it is running FT8 fine, no PTT issues. Does anyone have their 9100 +working with Soundmodem or HS-Soundmodem and can send me their settings? Thanks…. Andy, UZ7HO suggested that I use John G8BPQ’s program called CAT7200. This allows programs that can’t handle the RTS from Icom CI-V PTT command. I was blissfully unaware of this issue as I run my only other data setups like WSJT-X using DXLab as a go between, Dave does a great job with DXLab. I now have everything talking except SatPC32. I tried several different things, like setting up another application port in CAT7200, and also using VspMgr to try and split the port. No matter what I do SatPC32 will not control the radio, using the comport from either app. I’m getting close to getting this to work. Any suggestions on how to setup SatPC32? 73 Jeff kb2m

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Weather satellites
by Philip Jenkins 20 Mar '19

20 Mar '19

A local ham, N1DAY, has taken a DEEP dive into WX Sats, and I am so blown away by his website/blog on this topic that I am posting it to this BB (with his permission). (And feel free to ask him questions...) . I think this post would be really helpful to WX newbies. Enjoy! https://hamsignal.com/blog/this-is-major-tom-to-ground-control Philip N4HF EM85

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Kicksat sprites: CQ
by andy thomas 20 Mar '19

20 Mar '19

Hi Amsateers: This is a CQ from Zac Manchester, PI for the Kicksat-2 misison to deploy Sprites, sent on twitter: Calling all HAMs! We have sent commands to deploy the Sprites from #KickSat2. We are looking for volunteers to record daylight passes. We need at least 64 kHz IQ data centered at 437.240 MHz. The KickSat-2 TLE can be used for coarse tracking, but won't be super accurate. 7 replies 36 retweets 47 likes All recordings can go via the google group "kicksat gs" many thanks 73 de andy g0sfj

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Re: [amsat-bb] LVB Tracker with Windows 7 & 10 Setup Issue
by GEO Badger 19 Mar '19

19 Mar '19

Don, Since you are using the USB version you don't need a USB-RS 232 converter. But, you might look at your COM PORTS in the hardware setup section and verify that it is operating correctly. You can update your driver(s) there as well. --- Ciao baby, catch you on the flip side. GEO http://www.w3ab.org Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana. On Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 7:33:41 AM PDT, Don Boyer <don.boyer(a)comcast.net> wrote: I recently obtained a used LVB tracker (USB version) that has an older DLP-USB232M interface module installed. I am trying to use my LVB tracker with both Windows 7 & Windows 10 via my USB port. Can anyone give me some advice regarding LVB tracker compatibility with Windows 7 & 10 versions and any set up recommendations? It looks like I need the current driver for the DLP-USB232M. But this driver is not available on the DLP site and they are closed until March 25th. I am using the current version of SatPC32. 73, Don W7AIN _______________________________________________ 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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Re: [amsat-bb] LVB Tracker with Windows 7 & 10 Setup Issue
by Rolf Krogstad 19 Mar '19

19 Mar '19

Don, I have had no issues using the LVB Tracker with Windows 10 and SatPC32. One thing to check is how you connect the LVB to the PC. If your PC does not have a serial port, then you are probably using a "serial to USB" converter cable. My experience has been that many of the cheap cables use a chipset which is not compatible with the ham software I use. I always make sure that the "serial - USB" cable I purchase is based on the FTDI chipset. I have never had a problem using a "serial - USB" cable based on that FTDI chipset. There are a number of manufacturers of these cables. I got mine from Byte Runner - but there are many more vendors. 73, Rolf NR0T EN34 On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 9:33 AM Don Boyer <don.boyer(a)comcast.net> wrote: > I recently obtained a used LVB tracker (USB version) that has an older > DLP-USB232M interface module installed. I am trying to use my LVB tracker > with both Windows 7 & Windows 10 via my USB port. Can anyone give me some > advice regarding LVB tracker compatibility with Windows 7 & 10 versions and > any set up recommendations? It looks like I need the current driver for > the > DLP-USB232M. But this driver is not available on the DLP site and they are > closed until March 25th. I am using the current version of SatPC32. > 73, > Don W7AIN > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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LVB Tracker with Windows 7 & 10 Setup Issue
by Don Boyer 19 Mar '19

19 Mar '19

I recently obtained a used LVB tracker (USB version) that has an older DLP-USB232M interface module installed. I am trying to use my LVB tracker with both Windows 7 & Windows 10 via my USB port. Can anyone give me some advice regarding LVB tracker compatibility with Windows 7 & 10 versions and any set up recommendations? It looks like I need the current driver for the DLP-USB232M. But this driver is not available on the DLP site and they are closed until March 25th. I am using the current version of SatPC32. 73, Don W7AIN

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