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New Sat radio coming?
by kb2mjeff＠att.net 17 May '19

17 May '19

<https://qrznow.com/elecraft-k4-high-performance-direct-sampling-sdr/> https://qrznow.com/elecraft-k4-high-performance-direct-sampling-sdr/ 73 Jeff kb2m

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Re: [amsat-bb] New Sat radio coming?
by Kevin 17 May '19

17 May '19

I followed the first hint of a Icom IC-9700 and I kept a close eye on it and when they added the 10MHz ref in I plopped down some money and got on the reservation list for one. When I received it I found out the the reference in is nothing more than like the crystal calibrators of old and used for calibration, it does not lock the oscillator like on the 7610 or other radios that have a reference in. When the radio sits on your desk it gets pretty warm and then when you key up the fan kicks on and on 23cm SSB you can watch it drift 70Hz or more and then it slowly drifts back, not what you would expect for a modern radio in 2019, there are rumors that Icom may do a firmware patch to run the fan all the time to help with the drift, but a real reference in would have fixed this, I did a fan mod to run the fan all the time and yes it helps but the drift is still there. The more important thing to me though is that my old IC-820 and my IC-821 and my IC-910 and my IC-9100 all supported 9600 packet, for some 25 years Icom has provided the ability to do 9600 but for whatever reason they dropped support on the 9700 and failed to mention it, contacting Icom support they acted like they had never heard of 9600 packet, It's still being advertised as "All modes including FM, SSB, AM, CW, RTTY, Digital, D-Star Digital Voice and Digital Data", the digital part after RTTY is 1200 AFSK in Icom's mind, and why I am leery when someone says all mode now. Don't get me wrong, there will be many people who will use and love their 9700 and not notice these issues, and I also could deal with the drift but the 9600 missing is really a burn to me. So it's either Icom comes out with a firmware patch to fix the 9600 issue (losing hope on that one) or I go back to my 9100 (probably the best) or I get another 910 or some other 2nd radio to get 9600 packet back. 73 Kevin WA7FWF On 5/16/2019 8:56 PM, W3AB/GEO wrote: > Kevin, > > How were you burned by Icom? > > Inquiring minds want to know. > > ___ > Sent from my two way wrist watch > 73 de W3AB/GEO > > On May 16, 2019, 18:52, at 18:52, Kevin via AMSAT-BB > <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > >Having recently been burned by Icom I will wait to see that on the > >Elecraft the Ref In is really for a 10MHz GPSDO lock and not just > >"calibration" and that the claim "all mode" really is all mode up to > >and > >including 9600 Packet. > > > >Other than that it looks pretty good... > > > >LOL > >Kevin WA7FWF > > > >On 5/16/2019 5:38 PM, kb2mjeff--- via AMSAT-BB wrote: > >> > ><https://qrznow.com/elecraft-k4-high-performance-direct-sampling-sdr/>; > >> https://qrznow.com/elecraft-k4-high-performance-direct-sampling-sdr/ > >> > >> > >> > >> 73 Jeff kb2m > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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: > >https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > >> > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Demo for one on 2019-05-16 - 1443 UTC - AO-92 pass?
by John Brier 16 May '19

16 May '19

Hi, A colleague at work is in town from India this week and I am helping him get into ham radio. I told him I would try to do a little demo for him tomorrow if possible. The best pass for me would be the one in $subject, but it's out over the Atlantic ocean, and with it being an AM week day pass I am not sure anyone will even be on. I need to see if he is available then, but if so, will anyone be on or can someone be on so I can have a successful demo for him? 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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Re: [amsat-bb] Demo for one on 2019-05-16 - 1443 UTC - AO-92 pass?
by Roy Dean 16 May '19

16 May '19

John, Unfortunately I just read this post after having arrived at work (drove the Miata today, no room for Elk), so can't help you. However I will say that on the early Atlantic passes on weekdays, there are usually a least 2 or 3 ops every time. I don't think you'll have any problem making contacts. --Roy K3RLD > Hi, A colleague at work is in town from India this week and I am helping > him > get into ham radio. I told him I would try to do a little demo for him > tomorrow if possible. The best pass for me would be the one in $subject, > but it's out over the Atlantic ocean, and with it being an AM week day pass > I am not sure anyone will even be on. I need to see if he is available > then, but if so, will anyone be on or can > someone be on so I can have a successful demo for him? 73, John Brier > KG4AKV

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Aranzadi Ikastola, Bergara, Spain
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 16 May '19

16 May '19

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Aranzadi Ikastola, Bergara, Spain on 17 May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:51 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 VK6MJ. The contact should be audible over portions of Australia 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. Bergara, with its 15000 inhabitants, is in the Basque Country, an autonomous community of Spain. It has been very important in Science throughout history, since the chemical element Wolfram was first isolated in a laboratory here, in 1783. Also, until the end of the XXth century, Bergara has been the most important producer on fabric, including jeans such as Levis or Lee. Our school is here. Aranzadi School is formed by 452 families, 746 students and 69 professionals, with the collaboration of other people. Families can start being part of our school when the child is four months old and they can continue being members until the student finishes secondary school or high school. The school was set up by some parents of our town, in the year 1971 because they wanted a school that would be Basque and innovative. We are a cooperative whose access is public. We have followed that attitude for 47 years. Our school has been pioneer in the use of languages: it was the first school teaching English to 4 years old children. Pioneer in many things, we are working really hard for our school to be one of the best. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Were you scared when you travelled to the Space Station? How long is it? 2. Do you dream when you sleep? 3. Do watches work in the same way in the space and in the Earth? 4. What is, in your opinion, the most complicated task of an astronaut? 5. Do you think the Earth will be as beautiful in the future? 6. How do you know when you have to have lunch, or dinner or go to sleep? 7. How do you feel when you leave the Space Station in order to make reparations or to go for a walk? 8. Is the space the way you imagined it as a child? 9. What do you feel when you drink water? How do you drink it? 10. What do you feel when you wake up and you see the Earth so far away? 11. Do you think that maybe one day humans will live on the Moon or in Mars? 12. Is cosmic radiation disturbing when your eyes are closed? 13. What games do you play when you are there? 14. When you look from the Spacial Station, what colour is the Earth? 15. What do you feel when you are in the space? 16. What do you miss when you are in space? 17. Is the food you eat tasty? How is it like? 18. What do you do when you are sick? Do you take something special? 19. What did you feel the first time without gravity? 20. Was it difficult to get used to sleeping hanging? 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. Curtin Primary School, Canberra, Australia, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV Contact is go for: Mon 2019-05-20 08:39:42 UTC 2. Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Konenenko Contact is go for: Sun 2019-05-26 15:55 UTC 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). ARISS in the US is funded in part by 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 informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.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 Schedule as of 2019-05-15 23:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 15 May '19

15 May '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-05-15 23:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Aranzadi Ikastola, Bergara, Spain, telebridge via VK6MJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV Contact is go for: Fri 2019-05-17 08:51:35 UTC 84 deg Watch for live stream at https://www.aranzadiikastola.eus/ (***) Curtin Primary School, Canberra, Australia, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV Contact is go for: Mon 2019-05-20 08:39:42 UTC 27 deg Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Konenenko Contact is go for: Sun 2019-05-26 15:55 UTC 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 2019-05-15 23:30 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. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-04-30 02:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at http://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 http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students ARISS-US program’s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019 March 24, 2019: The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020. Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program’s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio. Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, “Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.” Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students’ interest. ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students. The proposal window opens April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.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: 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) 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 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 114 **************************************************************************** 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 1305. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1248. 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 **************************************************************************** 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 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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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-05-15 18:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 15 May '19

15 May '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-05-15 18:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Aranzadi Ikastola, Bergara, Spain, telebridge via VK6MJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV Contact is go for: Fri 2019-05-17 08:51:35 UTC 84 deg Curtin Primary School, Canberra, Australia, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV Contact is go for: Mon 2019-05-20 08:39:42 UTC 27 deg Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Konenenko Contact is go for: Sun 2019-05-26 15:55 UTC 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 2019-05-15 18:30 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. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-04-30 02:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at http://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 http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students ARISS-US program’s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019 March 24, 2019: The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020. Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program’s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio. Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, “Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.” Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students’ interest. ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students. The proposal window opens April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.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: 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) 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 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 114 **************************************************************************** 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 1305. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1248. 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 **************************************************************************** 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 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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Office Closed
by Martha 15 May '19

15 May '19

The AMSAT Office is closed from Thursday, May 16 - Monday, May 20th. Hope to see many of you at the Xenia Hamcation. -- 73- Martha

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CJ7EWK/3 road trip - as of late Tuesday night
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 15 May '19

15 May '19

Hi! I'm still making progress moving up through Ontario along the 401 freeway. Most of Tuesday was spent around Toronto, either working passes in FN03 or FN04, or much of the morning and early afternoon on the FN03/FN04 grid line in Aurora (north of Toronto). Lots of QSOs, and a nice AO-91 QSO in the morning with Peter 2E0SQL in Scotland - my first satellite QSO with Scotland, and first transatlantic FM satellite QSO of any sort. Later in the afternoon, I had a chance to meet up with Adrian VA3NNA, and work some passes from the lakefront not far from his house in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough. After the late-afternoon meeting with Adrian, and a bite to eat, it was back to the road. I drove up the 401 freeway from Toronto to the town of Trenton, in grid FN14. Trenton is near the Canadian Forces air base of the same name, and I worked a couple of passes (AO-92, SO-50) from outside my motel. With a couple of other rovers also on those passes, they were busy - busy, but fun. Grids were going out to operators all over the country. I plan on sticking around FN14 in Ontario for Wednesday. With this late evening to get my logs updated, I won't start out too early in the morning. I plan on working passes from somewhere in this grid, possibly at a grid boundary yet to be determined. It is looking like I'll pass on making the drive all the way to either Montreal or Ottawa, so I can spend more time working from the rarely-heard grid FN14. I am planning on crossing back into the States on Thursday morning, which will wrap up this Canadian road trip. As I mentioned, my logs should be up to date in Logbook of the World now. If you don't see a confirmation in there, please e-mail me directly. More updates will follow on my @WD9EWK Twitter feed (visible at http://twitter.com/WD9EWK ), and my travels should be visible on APRS as WD9EWK-9 (http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 ). 73! Patrick CJ7EWK/3 - Trenton, Ontario http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

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W7D Rove Out West
by David Swanson 14 May '19

14 May '19

Hey Sat Ops, Wyatt, AC0RA, and myself will be roving out across the great basin from June 7-15, 2019 thru a bunch of rare grids in DN and DM land. The details (maps, routes, comm paths) are available here: http://druidnetworks.com/W7D_Chasers_Guide.pdf for anyone interested. This rove is primarily going to be a 6m expedition - but we'll also have a couple arrows with us, and plan to activate the squares on the birds too. Catch you on the air! -Dave, KG5CCI

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