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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-05-28 02:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 27 May '19

27 May '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-05-28 02:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: 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 Costa Rica Institute of Technology (TEC), Cartago and San Carlos, Costa Rica, telebridge via IK1SLD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact was successful: Mon 2019-05-27 16:31:25 UTC 34 deg (***) Starting about 15 minutes before AOS, watch for a live stream at www.ariotti.com Mildred Hall School, Yellowknife, NT, Canada, telebridge via ON4ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact was successful: Mon 2019-05-27 19:44:22 UTC 81 deg (***) Walter Murray Collegiate Institute, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada via VK6MJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact was successful: Mon 2019-05-27 20:18:50 UTC 48 deg (***) Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Aleksey Ovchinin Contact is a go for Wed 2019-06-05 07:50 UTC Watch for these upcoming events: MAI-75 SSTV Event: Wed 2019-06-05 12:00 UTC to 16:00 UTC MAI-75 SSTV Event: Thu 2019-06-06 11:30 UTC to 15:30 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 2019-05-28 02:30 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 2019-05-28 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. **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 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? 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 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 1307. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1250. 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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Worked through AO-7 this morning...
by William Herzberg 27 May '19

27 May '19

Hey all...I noticed on my tracking app this morning that AO-7 was making a 40° pass, so I figured I'd give it a try...I set up my radio with the frequencies...And, lo-and-behold, I was hearing my downlinked signals...Right where it was supposed to be...I first sent some CW...Then went to voice...I did hear a station call, but it was near los..So I don't copy them...Last time I sent any signals through ao-7 was over 40 years ago...I made over 600 contacts through AO-7 & AO-8...I had an old KLM MULTI-2000, put out about 10 watts...I used home-made 10m, 2m, & 70 cm turnstiles...I had a 70cm down converter, with preamps for all three...I currently have a TS-2000x...My antenna is a 2m eggbeater....I'm using an mfj duplexer, for both uplink & downlink...It works well on both the analog and fm birds...I plan on getting a 70cm eggbeater soon...But it seems to be working fine with the single antenna... Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

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FT991A and 9K6 FSK satellites
by Gustavo Carpignano 27 May '19

27 May '19

Dear Group, I'm using the UZ7HO high-speed sound modem, with an FT991a. While I can receive the satellites in 9k6 FSK without problems whenI transmit, it is not expected that the modulation does not deviate enough. Someone with experience in the FT991 to give me a clue? Regards. Gustavo, LW2DTZ

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Live Streaming question
by David Jordan 26 May '19

26 May '19

Hi Steve, I don't have my arissops schedule in from of me at the moment, but I assume you are mentoring the Canada contacts for next week. If so, are either of the two planning to provide live streaming and if so, can you provide the URLs for them so I can post them at our FB and Twitter accounts? Thanks, Dave, AA4KN ARISS PR Get Outlook for Android

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JY1SAT Upload Ranking not using alias
by Loren M. Lang 26 May '19

26 May '19

Hello, My site ID for Funcube satellites is my old callsign, AG7NC, however, an alias was installed so that it now shows up as K7IW for FUNcube-1 and Nayif-1, but my contributions for JY1Sat still appear as AG7NC. I looked through my settings and noticed that the upload URL for JY1Sat is different set to http://data.amsat-uk.org, but the other two are using http://data.funcube.org.uk. Is this correct? Or is there something else that's not set right? - Loren

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JY1SAT TLM Count Off
by Dave Ryan 26 May '19

26 May '19

JY1SAT TLM uploaded to warehouse will be less while sat is sending SSDV images, as the images are not uploaded to warehouse. Dave 5B4AOB / M0GIW

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Headset
by Francis Geraci 26 May '19

26 May '19

I have the Heil Pro Jr boom headset. The hinge on the headset broke and sent it to Heil, expecting an expensive repair. No RMA required, just send it to Us. A couple of weeks passed, opened the box, finding a brand new Headset, for $35.00 Wow W1FXX

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JY1SAT TLM Count Off
by Hasan al-Basri 26 May '19

26 May '19

On this site: http://data.amsat-uk.org/ranking I notice my frame count is way too low during a pass for JY1. Currently I'm at 33 on this pass in the software, but the site is only showing a frame count of 7 It looks like it is consistently running about 1/4 of what it should be? It has been like this for many weeks. The other birds, AO-73 and EO-88 are populating this site normally...and yes...I have checked where the upload is going...or the count wouldn't be incrementing at all, I would think. Dashboard V 1.0.1189.1 if there is a newer version, please point me to it. 73, N0AN Hasan

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Re: [amsat-bb] Keith Pugh, W5IU
by Roy 26 May '19

26 May '19

What a shock. I thought Keith would live forever based on his AMSAT activities. I never knew Keith when I lived in Ft. Worth. I first met that Gentleman later through our AMSAT membership. He was a real asset to the program. I lost track of him and others these last few years due to health issues here. I had to give up my satellite activities and give away my antennas and rotor to another soon to be satellite operator. Keith will be greatly missed. I wish we could have chatted more. 73, Roy - W0SL (ex W5SLL)

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ARISS News Release (ANR) No. 19-11
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 26 May '19

26 May '19

ARISS News Release No. 19-11 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org Keith Pugh, W5IU Silent Key May 25, 2019 ARISS Friends, It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of ARISS team member Keith Pugh, W5IU. Keith spent his life on Earth as a true gentlemen serving others, enjoying friendship and relationships, and supporting his passions.amateur radio, flying and most importantly his love of God and all the great things on this Earth. Those that knew Keith considered him a Texan through and through. But truth be told, he was born and raised in Dodge City, Kansas. After college, he left Kansas and settled permanently in the Fort Worth, Texas area where picked up that Texas accent and welcomed us into his world. And it is in Texas where he passed away on May 24, 2019. Active with AMSAT and Amateur Radio satellites since the 1980's, Keith jump-started his passion for amateur radio on human spaceflight missions in 1991, when the Space Station Mir was in orbit and Soviet ham radio operators were talking to the world-wide amateur radio community. Keith helped install a Soviet Space Exhibit in Fort Worth in 1991 and he hosted Musa Manarov U2MIR's visit to the USA. Ultimately, Keith joined the ARISS team in 2004, where he has provided support as one of our operations leaders, technical mentoring numerous schools and ARISS contact organizations and providing his warm friendship and guidance to all in our team. Keith also attended several of our ARISS International meetings, including our 2008 ARISS-I meeting in Moscow and Kaluga. Many of us were aware of Keith's cancer. But, Keith being Keith, he kept most of his pain and suffering to himself. He remained joyful and humble until his death. In fact, just a few days before his death--this past Tuesday, Keith signed into the ARISS International teleconference, apologizing that he came in late. None of us knew this would be our last dialog with such a close friend and outstanding member of our team. As I stated, one of Keith's passions was flying as a private pilot. In fact for one of his vacations he flew a Cessna aircraft around Australia. As a fellow pilot, I know that Keith must have been an avid fan of the poem "High Flight" written by John Gillespie Magee Jr. Paraphrasing this poem: While we mourn the loss of our good friend, Keith Pugh, let us joyfully reflect on the fact that Keith has Slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Topped the windswept heights with easy grace And, while with silent lifting mind, Keith has trod The high unsurpassed sanctity of Space, Put out his hand and touched the face of God. Our thoughts and prayers are with Keith Pugh, W5IU SK as he touches the face of God. 73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO *************************************** Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO ISS Ham Radio Program Manager & PI ARISS International Chair AMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs About ARISS 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. Also join us on Facebook: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Follow us on Twitter: ARISS_status Media Contact: Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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