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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-05-24 16:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 24 May '19

24 May '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-05-24 16:30 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), Los Suenos, Costa Rica, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: 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 is go for: 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 is go for: 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 2019-05-24 16:30 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 2019-05-20 17:00 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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Upcoming ARISS contact with Costa Rica Institute of Technology (TEC), Los Suenos, Costa Rica
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 24 May '19

24 May '19

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Costa Rica Institute of Technology (TEC), Los Suenos, Costa Rica on 27 May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:31 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 OR4ISS and IK1SLD. The contact should be audible over Italy 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. There are two locations connected. Both belong to the Costa Rica Institute of Technology (TEC). San Carlos is located on the most-north Costarrican área. Although is recognized as a rural area, that has developed an agricultural production during the last 80 years, now is booming with technology-based companies, receiving the nickname "Costa Rica's Silicon Valley" to San Carlos. In Cartago, the Central location of TEC, the activity is organized by TECSpace, the space engineering student group of the university, with more than 100 members, and the Space Systems Engineering Laboratory (SETEC Lab) who was in charge of the design of the first satellite of Central America, launched in 2018. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What sentiments and feelings did you have when seeing space for the first time? 2. A journey to Mars will have to deal with multiple gravity transitions. Are there any projects of experiments that were proposed for this matter by space agencies? 3. How do you think the astronaut business will change with the advent of self-funded private human spaceflight? 4. Given your background as a physician, what areas of medicine do you think will be key to innovate and research to successfully undertake long term deep space missions? 5. What advice would you give to young students interested on being an astronaut or being involved in human spaceflight? 6. How will the space station influence the future plans for reaching the moon in 2024? 7. How much time did it take you to learn to fly a jet and what did you enjoy the most about that experience? 8. What challenging experiences did you have to face in order to become an astronaut? 9. Given your extremely great time management skills for being able to accomplish your 3 majors, and such other studies. What advice could you give other people about time management skills? 10. Of the experiments that you are working on right now on the ISS, what is your favorite? And what's it about? 11. Will your research on long distance medicine have an impact on medical services provided to remote communities, like Canada's Inuit people? 12. Now that you have experienced living in space for several months, what are two things you would recommend space ships have incorporated in their design for long term space voyages? 13. Will you please come and visit us at TEC when you and your family are on your next trip to Costa Rica? 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. 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 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 is go for: Mon 2019-05-27 19:44:22 UTC 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 is go for: Mon 2019-05-27 20:18:50 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). 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 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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Getting Back Into Satellites - Moxon Link
by Kenneth P Alexander 24 May '19

24 May '19

My apologies. Apparently the link I provided to the Moxon antenna article didn't work. This one ought to! http://www.oocities.org/w9bci/VHFUHFSatelite.pdf 73, Ken Alexander (still VE3HLS) So Phisai, Thailand Blog: bueng-ken.com

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Getting Back Into Satellites
by Kenneth P Alexander 24 May '19

24 May '19

I posted a request in a recent blog looking for a volunteerr to host a remote ham station that I could operate remotely from here in Thailand. I was very pleased to receive two responses, one is conveniently located in the Toronto area and the other is further afield. The Toronto location is more appealing because the owner is there every day. The other location is at a friend's summer cottage, which remains unoccupied for months at a time. I'm thinking of building a circularly polarized crossed Moxon array as described in this article: [Link to Moxon Article] Any thoughts? Has anybody built and used one of these systems? *[By the way, please spare me the stern admonishments about what a compromise antenna/dummy load this is. **I'm well aware of the limitations. **I don't have the money for yagis and rotators, including yagis at fixed elevations and I also don't want the complexity. OK? 'Nuff said.]* I'm in the market for a used Icom IC-910H if anyone has one in good condition for sale. The 1.2 GHz adapter would be nice but is not critical. What is critical is that the radio is 100% functional. Other transceiver options...maybe an FT-818 or IC-7100 with a separate SDR receiver. I'd be happy with an 818 but the 7100 offers more horsepower to overcome transmission line loss and the shortcomings of the antenna system. I've been keeping my eye on the new RigPi device [https://rigpi.net/] for interfacing to the internet. I like what I see, but the documentation seems to be lagging, so I'll wait a little. Any comments or suggestions are most welcome, and if you do have a 910H in good condition for sale please let me know. It'll be nice to work satellites again! Ken Alexander (still VE3HLS) So Phisai, Thailand Blog: bueng-ken.com

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-05-24 01:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 24 May '19

24 May '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-05-24 01:30 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), Los Suenos, Costa Rica, telebridge via IK1SLD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: 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 is go for: 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 is go for: Mon 2019-05-27 20:18:50 UTC 48 deg 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 2019-05-24 01:30 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 2019-05-20 17:00 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? 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 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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Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT net in houston
by Mr B r a d 23 May '19

23 May '19

happened to be working in Houston this week and caught the amsat voice net on 2meters which included sstv thoroughly enjoyed that.Ko6kL On Tuesday, May 21, 2019, 3:53:14 PM CDT, <amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org> wrote: Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to amsat-bb(a)amsat.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org You can reach the person managing the list at amsat-bb-owner(a)amsat.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest..." Today's Topics: 1. L/V Mode on AO-92 (Dan Eggert) 2. FoxTelem 1.07y Update (Roy Dean) 3. here is a long shot (Kevin) 4. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-05-20 17:00 UTC (aj9n(a)aol.com) 5. FW: Amazing tilt-over Wind tower in "Dayton" (Robert Bruninga) 6. Re: FW: Amazing tilt-over Wind tower in "Dayton" (skristof(a)etczone.com) 7. Quick trip to NW VK3 (David Giles) 8. Using PSTRotator Tracking S/W with iCOM IC-910H (Dave Hallidy) 9. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-05-21 02:00 UTC (aj9n(a)aol.com) 10. EN61/EN71 for Europe (aa8ch) 11. WD9EWK from DM23/DM24 line, Friday (24 May) morning (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) 12. Transatlantic QSOs via FO-29 & AO-91 Possible (Peter Goodhall (2M0SQL)) 13. Traveling with HT and Beam Antenna (Roy Dean) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 20:52:26 -0600 From: Dan Eggert <daneggert(a)hughes.net> To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] L/V Mode on AO-92 Message-ID: <10BA411D-4901-4450-A9DD-F501E0B2FD73(a)hughes.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I recently purchased a Alinco DJ-G7 handheld for 2 reasons. 1) It is a full duplex handheld. 2) it has the 1.2 GHz (23cm) band. I am somewhat disappointed in the full duplex mode. When you transmit in full duplex mode you can hear the CTCSS tone loudly, and it makes it hard to hear your return signal. Why is that I wonder? For L/V mode on Sundays with AO-92 It works great with only 1 watt output and my home brew 12 element yagi that I attached to the boom of my 2 meter/70cm tripod mounted antenna. I had 5 contacts today on the AO-92 passes. The real challenge is the manual doppler shift correction! Dan Eggert - AC9E Sent from my iPad ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 10:39:24 -0400 From: Roy Dean <royldean(a)gmail.com> To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem 1.07y Update Message-ID: <CADGPg2t+3H6NTs6ixPuusOhMRWtERhUv+=pBfwhWJk38w6N4Ww(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I'm not sure how long it's been, but I figured I'd give an update on my FoxTelem 1.07y experience. I upgraded to 1.07y a few days after it was released, and was previously running 1.06r. My station is pretty simple, just a 3/4 wave vertical in my attic (with 4 radials), running to a FCDP+ plugged into a RasPi 3B. My decode rate has gone up by about 25 to 50 percent (was averaging about 50 to 75 frames a day, now getting about 70 to 100 per day). But more impressive (to me) is that it seems much more stable. It used to crash about once a month, and since updating to 1.07y I cannot recall a single crash occurrence (although I have had to stop/start it a couple of times for unrelated reasons). 2 thumbs up to the FoxTelem Team! --Roy K3RLD ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 09:02:08 -0700 From: Kevin <wa7fwf(a)gmail.com> To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] here is a long shot Message-ID: <1d240e22-238c-8b5f-ce76-41b99e79b4e4(a)gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Hi All, ?? Here is a long shot, does anyone have a XRef-PLL board for a 9100 that they want to part with? Thanks 73 Kevin WA7FWF ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 16:44:49 +0000 (UTC) From: aj9n(a)aol.com To: amsat-bb(a)AMSAT.Org Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-05-20 17:00 UTC Message-ID: <12571379.2627599.1558370689434(a)mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-05-20 17:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: 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 was successful: Mon 2019-05-20 08:39:42 UTC 27 deg (***) ? Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS 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?2019-05-20 17:00 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 ? The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-05-20 17:00 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 145.8? 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 IK?WGF 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:? DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS,?RS?ISS **************************************************************************** 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 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 16:35:04 -0400 From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga(a)usna.edu> To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] FW: Amazing tilt-over Wind tower in "Dayton" Message-ID: <cd28cfb7e056936477c46ff25acf0c6b(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Imagine this tilt-over-tower for your AMSAT antennas! -----Original Message----- On leaving the annual Dayton Hamvention yesterday, I noticed this huge DIY 80' tilt-over Wind tower and the house below it built around the massive structure. A true relic of DIY dreams: http://aprs.org/Energy/DIY-wind29.jpg Bob ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 17:44:35 -0400 From: skristof(a)etczone.com To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FW: Amazing tilt-over Wind tower in "Dayton" Message-ID: <4d7f608878d486380178bae242342b22(a)etczone.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII An impressive structure, no doubt. But I wonder what level of vibration/noise would propagate down the tower into the building when that beast is hoisted into the air. Steve AI9IN On 2019-05-20 4:35 pm, Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Imagine this tilt-over-tower for your AMSAT antennas! > > -----Original Message----- > On leaving the annual Dayton Hamvention yesterday, I noticed this huge DIY > 80' tilt-over Wind tower and the house below it built around the massive > structure. > > A true relic of DIY dreams: http://aprs.org/Energy/DIY-wind29.jpg > > Bob ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 09:55:32 +0930 From: David Giles <vk5dg(a)internode.on.net> To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Quick trip to NW VK3 Message-ID: <9cfcdd07-4768-40c1-b03a-f545717f9399(a)internode.on.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Hello All, This Friday and Saturday I will be heading to Mildura in the north west of VK3.? I will be operating from Wyperfeld, Murray-Sunset and Hattah-Kulkyne National parks. For those collecting grids I will be in QF04, QF05 and QF15 (and maybe QF14). QF04 may be rare as I have not had a QSO to or from that one. Hope to catch you on the birds. 73 de David VK5DG ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 22:01:43 -0400 From: "Dave Hallidy" <k2dh1(a)frontier.com> To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] Using PSTRotator Tracking S/W with iCOM IC-910H Message-ID: <ECC7F1E1B05048A18401D62701CCFCB6@K2DHPC> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" All- I've been working to get my radio working correctly with the PSTRotator AZ/EL control software. The software tracks the satellites beautifully, but the Doppler tracking seems messed up (which is likely an operator problem on my part), so I need some help if anyone else is using this combination. Here's my problem: When I follow the instructions given in the manual, I can get the software to track the Doppler, but the tracking can't seem to be tweaked to get the downlink in exactly the right place- it's always about a kHz or so high. Of course, if the station I'm working is on my downlink frequency, I have to adjust my RX to get the proper audio frequency. Then the tracking takes over and my TX frequency jumps to again offset the downlink (it's tweaking the uplink, because the station I'm trying to work is still in the right place). What am I doing wrong? Has anyone here ever seen this issue and gotten this to work properly? Thanks in advance for any help- I really want this working before Field Day! 73 Dave K2DH ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 02:35:39 +0000 (UTC) From: aj9n(a)aol.com To: amsat-bb(a)AMSAT.Org Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-05-21 02:00 UTC Message-ID: <1904881750.2906912.1558406139861(a)mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-05-21 02:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Konenenko Contact is go for: Sun 2019-05-26 15:55 UTC ? Pacific Coast Schools, Los Suenos, Costa Rica, telebridge via IK1SLD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Mon 2019-05-27 16:31:25 UTC 34 deg (***) ? 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 is go for: 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 is go for: Mon 2019-05-27 20:18:50 UTC 48 deg (***) ? ? 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?2019-05-21 02:00 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 ? The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-05-20 17:00 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 145.8? 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 IK?WGF 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:? DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS,?RS?ISS **************************************************************************** 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 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 12:09:34 +0000 (UTC) From: aa8ch <aa8ch(a)aol.com> To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] EN61/EN71 for Europe Message-ID: <300134017.2179864.1558440574366(a)mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I'll be on FO29 at 2015UTC today 21-May in case anyone might need those grids.? ??Updates @charliehotel10 twitter.? ? QSL LOTW.?? 73, Chris AA8CH ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 05:26:43 +0000 From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb(a)wd9ewk.net> To: AMSAT <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK from DM23/DM24 line, Friday (24 May) morning Message-ID: <CAN6TEUdAXDxXPjB7q+nnzT9JueaxNzTATQ1hYVEauAEkbf828A(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hi! On my way to southern California for the Memorial Day weekend on Friday (24 May), I will make a detour to work some passes from the DM23vx/DM24va grid boundary, north of the AZ-72/AZ-95 junction near Quartzsite in Arizona's La Paz County. I am planning to work the AO-91 and AO-92 passes between 1600 and 1830 UTC, and will try the CAS-4A and CAS-4B passes between 1700 and 1800 UTC. Updates on Friday morning will be posted on my @WD9EWK Twitter feed, which can be seen in a web browser at http://twitter.com/WD9EWK without a Twitter account. All QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World, and please e-mail me directly if you work me and want a QSL card to confirm QSOs. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK ------------------------------ Message: 12 Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 16:38:00 +0100 From: "Peter Goodhall (2M0SQL)" <peter(a)magicbug.co.uk> To: Amsat <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] Transatlantic QSOs via FO-29 & AO-91 Possible Message-ID: <CAFvUaiprDQpNjxDF9mbvP9GL2BLpsn1zhZKnmBxMVaqD1Fm2MA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hi All, I suspect a large amount of you are aware but as passes have been quiet, I thought I'd mention it on the newsgroup. At the moment it's possible to comfortably work North America on afternoon FO-29 and AO-91 passes. If you haven't worked Europe on satellites nows a good time to try :) A rough idea of what I have been working AO-91 - VY2HF, VE9CB, KB2YSI, VE9BEL, VE1EM, VO1YR, CJ7EWK/3 FO-29 - W3ZM/8, K4KDR, N6RFM, WB8RJY, VA3NNA, NS3L If you'd like to try a sked then let me know! 73, Peter, 2M0SQL (IO87ip) ------------------------------ Message: 13 Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 16:46:42 -0400 From: Roy Dean <royldean(a)gmail.com> To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Traveling with HT and Beam Antenna Message-ID: <CADGPg2sww_-k5A+bJXiHJ6R+Sjv3kmxZ=xEH2LO9zhobwtSyOQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Uh oh. https://www.rtl-sdr.com/spoofing-aircraft-instrument-landing-systems-with-a… Here's the interesting part: "They write that the attack could also be carried out from within the aircraft, but the requirements for a strong signal and thus large power amplifier and directional antenna would still be required, making the operation too suspicious to carry out onboard." --Roy K3RLD ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ 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 member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ------------------------------ End of AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 14, Issue 199 *****************************************

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Office Closed
by Martha 23 May '19

23 May '19

The AMSAT Office will be closed through Monday, May 27th -- 73- Martha

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Does anybody have a copy of SatEvo?
by Tom Whiteley 23 May '19

23 May '19

Hello, I am doing a Masters in Space Engineering and I noticed some people on here had previously discussed a program called SatEvo by Alan Pickup. I have looked everywhere for a copy but to no avail so I wondered if anyone might have a copy they could share by any chance? Many thanks, Tom

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AO-92 LV Mode Equipment
by Corlissbs 23 May '19

23 May '19

I want to thank everyone who helped me with my request for how to work AO-92 in LV mode. The equipment is ordered and the adventure begins. Brad Smith KC9UQR Sent from Brad’s iPad

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LOTW ITEMS NOT SHOWING UP
by alex weimer 23 May '19

23 May '19

I have the same problems. I entered my contacts for AISAT-1. All entries took but did not show up yet ! zThat has been over 2 hours ago JACK KC7MG

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