May 2019 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Transatlantic QSOs via FO-29 & AO-91 Possible
by Peter Goodhall (2M0SQL) 21 May '19

21 May '19

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)

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EN61/EN71 for Europe
by aa8ch 21 May '19

21 May '19

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

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WD9EWK from DM23/DM24 line, Friday (24 May) morning
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 21 May '19

21 May '19

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

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-05-21 02:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 21 May '19

21 May '19

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 RSØISS 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 145.8Ø 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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Using PSTRotator Tracking S/W with iCOM IC-910H
by Dave Hallidy 21 May '19

21 May '19

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

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Quick trip to NW VK3
by David Giles 21 May '19

21 May '19

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

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FW: Amazing tilt-over Wind tower in "Dayton"
by Robert Bruninga 20 May '19

20 May '19

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

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-05-20 17:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 20 May '19

20 May '19

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 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 2019-05-20 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 145.8Ø 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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here is a long shot
by Kevin 20 May '19

20 May '19

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

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FoxTelem 1.07y Update
by Roy Dean 20 May '19

20 May '19

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

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