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Neil Armstrong - Radio ham?
by Peter Green 10 Jul '19

10 Jul '19

Last evening I went to the premiere of the documentary film Armstrong, which charts a life of astronaut Neil Armstrong. Throughout the film it shows his home in Wapakoneta Ohio on numerous occasions throughout the film. Attached to this house is a mast with a beam antenna and in the garden are several vertical antennas. I cannot see any mention of Neil Armstrong being a radio ham so does anybody know if the current owner of the house is a radio ham or perhaps this is just a random house that happens to have a mast and antennas? Best 73 Pete G0ABI Sent from my iPhone

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SDR legislation
by Jean Marc Momple 10 Jul '19

10 Jul '19

Dear All, I would be grateful if you could send me your regulator position about SDR's or legal framework in your country about same. Having some discussions with the 3B8 regulator (right now) about same this may help clearing some issues. Thanking you beforehand. Jean Marc (3B8DU)

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Re: [amsat-bb] PSAT2 PSK31 transponder operation
by Brad Schumacher 10 Jul '19

10 Jul '19

I have been able to activate the PSK31 transponder with as little as 20 watts when the satellite was at TCA and about 80 watts when closer to the horizon. I am using a Zero-Five 10-40GP vertical antenna which is about 27 feet in length. I learned that the PSK-31 will continue to run even when the SSTV is active. If the PSK-31 receive audio is kept between about 500 Hz to 1000 Hz and above about 2500 Hz it will not get interfered with from the SSTV transmission. In other words, set the 10 Meter uplink between 29.4785 and 29.4790 or between about 29.4805 and 29.4810 to stay out of the SSTV audio range. Thanks Brad Schumacher W5SAT Thanks, Brad Schumacher 307-631-6436 --- 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 2019-07-10 02:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 10 Jul '19

10 Jul '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-07-10 02:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Aerospace School of. U.N. Sultanova summer camp, Kalinovka, Davlekanovsky, Russia, direct via TBD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Alexey Ovchinin Contact is go for Thu 2019-07-11 20:30 UTC ====================================================================== Aerospace School of. U.N. Sultanova summer camp, Kalinovka, Davlekanovsky, Russia, direct via TBD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Alexey Ovchinin Contact is go for Tue 2019-07-16 19:35 UTC ====================================================================== 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) For many years I have on purpose not given the actual hyperlinks; I assume the user would do a copy/paste into their favorite browser. I am now thinking that the browsers have all grown up and most should be able to handle the link. Please let me know you experience any issues. So now you should be able to directly click on the link. (***) 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 2019-07-10 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 2019-07-03 19:00 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 118 **************************************************************************** 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 1322. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1265. 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_correctio… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** 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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Radio Carrying Case
by Kees van Oosbree 09 Jul '19

09 Jul '19

Hello, I've been looking for a new radio carrying case for my handheld radios. Right now I use an old camera bag to hold the radios, so then I can hold the antenna in one hand, and the speaker mic in the other hand. This has gotton complicated, however, because to adjust for doppler shift on my radios, I have to rummage around in my bag to to find the radios and have to push the buttons to change the frequency, which takes too much time. Does anybody have any ideas for a cheap way to hold the radios so they are easy to locate and don't take so much time to change the frequencies? 73 de KE0STO

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PSAT2 PSK31 transponder operation
by Tomáš Urbanec 09 Jul '19

09 Jul '19

Hi all, after our return from european field day this weekend, we sorted out through all available receptions of PSAT2 telemetry and SSTV. As very valuable source we use the SatNOGS observations. There I have found several passes over US, were PSAT2 was transmitting because it sensed the PSK signals on uplink, and I have found two stations there and decoded their calls as W5SAT and K4KDR. Congrats gentlemen! If you can post the power/antenna used in experiments, it would be very valuable for us. Therefore we can state, that also the PSK31 uplink is in great shape and waiting for your further experiments. Tomas OK2PNQ and Ales OK2ALP

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PSAT2 SSTV/telemetry intervals?
by Hans BX2ABT 09 Jul '19

09 Jul '19

Hello all. At what intervals do the SSTV and PSK31 telemetry get broadcast? Just had another good pass, saw some SSTV in the beginning, but until LOS not a single blip heard. Same yesterday. What gives? 73 de Hans

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PSAT2 TLE object number
by Robert Bruninga 08 Jul '19

08 Jul '19

> What is the object # for psat2 Its either 44354, 355 or 375. Those will certainly get you very close. But they are too close for use to claim one. BOb

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object # for psat2
by Nick Pugh 08 Jul '19

08 Jul '19

What is the object # for psat2 nick Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn

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EN75/76/85/86 corner from earlier today
by aa8ch 08 Jul '19

08 Jul '19

Hey, if you worked me on AO92 at 1625UTC or AO91 at 1655UTC today, please log as AA8CH/MM to get a match in LOTW. Thanks for the QSOs! Pictures /further details @charliehotel10 twitter. 73 Chris AA8CH

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