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Fwd: USNAP1 lives! - capture UHF data pse
by Robert Bruninga 26 Jul '19

26 Jul '19

It looks liike PSAT2's sister cubesat finally woke up today (a month after launch) at 0614z on 25 July: http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/raw.cgi?call=usnap1-1&time=1 The VHF telemetry shown here has only bus voltage. The digipeater is OFF and will remain off until we find out what happened. In the mean time, we need all the capture we can get of the 9600 baud downlink on 437.605 MHz +/- Doppler. There is a beacon every 30 seconds. Bob, WB4APR

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Using JPL Horizons Ephemerides Data
by Reid Crowe 26 Jul '19

26 Jul '19

Is there a way to use (or convert) JPL Horizons Ephemerides data with tracking programs like SatPC32 that use Two Line Elements? 73, Reid N0RC

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CAS 7B
by Tom Schuessler 26 Jul '19

26 Jul '19

Do I assume that CAS -7B is one of the 2019-044 either A, B, or C? Tom, N5HYP

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WD9EWK @ DM54/DM55 on Saturday (27 July 2019)
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 25 Jul '19

25 Jul '19

Hi! I am planning a day-trip to the DM54/DM55 grid boundary on Saturday, 27 July 2019. The spot I will use is one I have visited a few times in the past, along old US-66 and next to the I-40 freeway in Navajo County, Arizona - between Holbrook and Petrified Forest National Park. I hope to be out there between 1600 and 1630 UTC, and plan to operate until sunset (weather permitting). I will work FM, SSB, and - if available - packet from there. QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World after I return home, and QSL cards are available on request. My travel to and from the DM54/DM55 grid boundary should be visible on APRS as WD9EWK-9, and can be seen at (among other places): http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 I will use my @WD9EWK Twitter account to post updates during the day. If you do not use Twitter, you can still see these updates in a web browser at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK 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 2019-07-25 16:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 25 Jul '19

25 Jul '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-07-25 16:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: 24th World Scout Jamboree, Summit Bechtel Scout Reserve, West Virginia, telebridge via ON4ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Sat 2019-07-27 18:27:56 UTC 68 deg Exp. 60 on orbit (***) Welcome aboard! (***) Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov Drew Morgan KI5AAA 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 2019-07-25 16:00 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 2019-07-17 04:00 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 120 **************************************************************************** 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 1324. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1267. 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 Exp. 60 on orbit (***) Welcome aboard! (***) Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov Drew Morgan KI5AAA **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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FO-29
by ke4kol 25 Jul '19

25 Jul '19

What is the latest update on FO-29? Thanks,Jim Bennett, KE4KOL.

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CAS-7B (BP-1B) Will be launched today
by Alan Kung 25 Jul '19

25 Jul '19

Hello, CAS-7B will be launched today, TLE is as follows, CAMSAT is looking forward to receive CW beacon record. Thank you for your help! 73 Alan, BA1DU -------- Forwarding messages -------- From: "Alan Kung via AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Date: 2019-07-19 06:34:41 To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] CAS-7B (BP-1B) TLE Update Planned to launch CAS-7B at 05:00:00UTC on July 25, 2019, the launch vehicle Hyperbola-1 will run for 862.0206 seconds and then CAS-7B satellite will be deployed at 05:14:22.0206 CAS-7B(BP-1B) 1 99999U 19206.21831019 -.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 00001 2 99999 042.7339 008.2068 0013606 285.8754 218.2911 15.94575754000011 73 Alan, BA1DU _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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CAS-7B
by PY5LF 25 Jul '19

25 Jul '19

Hi CAS-7B heard loud and clear over GG54 , 5:57 UTC, 25 JULY 2019. Telemetry in 435.715 CW and transponder FM UP 145900, DW 435690 , both working nice. I`ll send a video to youtube. Congrats ! -- *PY5LF * *Luciano Fabricio* *www.falautomation.com.br <http://www.falautomation.com.br>* <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Livre de vírus. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…>. <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Upcoming ARISS contact with 24th World Scout Jamboree, Summit Bechtel Scout Reserve, West Virginia
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 25 Jul '19

25 Jul '19

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at 24th World Scout Jamboree, Summit Bechtel Scout Reserve, West Virginia on 27 July. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:27 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 ON4ISS. The contact should be audible over Belgium and portions of Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The 24th World Scout Jamboree is hosted by the North American team of Canada, Mexico, and USA. It is an event of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. 40,000 Scouts are expected to be in attendance from 160 countries. Scouts are ages 14 to 17, male and female, all races and nationalities. Official languages are English, French, and Spanish, but many other languages will be spoken at the event, reflecting the worldwide diversity of Scouting. Amateur radio has been in operation at World Scout Jamborees since GB3SP in 1957 in the United Kingdom. From this effort grew Jamboree on the Air, now the largest annual Scouting event in the world with nearly 2 million Scouts participating. Subsequent World Jamborees provided amateur radio operations and most of the recent events also hosted an ARISS Contact. This track record demonstrates Scouting's ever present focus on science, technology, engineering, and math as well as the magic of making two-way contacts at a distance - even in space with an astronaut on the International Space Station. The site of the World Scout Jamboree is the Summit Bechtel Scout Reserve in West Virginia, USA. This is also where the USA National Jamborees are held. Most recently Astronaut Luca Parmitano conducted an ARISS contact during the 2013 Jamboree. We send a special note to Astronaut Drew Morgan, an assistant Scoutmaster, for his encouragement during our proposal. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What do you think is the most important thing you believe young people should do in Scouting to help them in their future careers such as being an astronaut or working in the sciences? 2. Here at the World Jamboree we like to trade items with scouts from around the world as a way to bond and remember our new friendships. Do you ever trade patches or parts of your uniforms with your international crew members? 3. What is the single prettiest place or region on Earth to see from space? 4. Do you bring something special with you so when you get back, so you can say, "This has been in space!"? 5. What food do you miss the most that you can't have in space? 6. What if the ISS lost communication with Earth? 7. What kind of emergency drills or practice do you do aboard the ISS, and how often? 8. Do you need to drink more or less water in space than you do on earth? 9. How do the plants orientate themselves to grow in space? 10. Is biological cell division the same in space as on Earth? 11. How did it feel to see Earth from space for the first time? 12. A part of the Scout Law is A Scout is Reverent. Have you had a memorable moment during your time on the ISS that has led to you showing reverence? 13. Have you been on a spacewalk yet? If so, what is it like walking outside the ISS? 14. Of all the professions available, why did you choose to become an astronaut? 15. If there was one thing you wish you could have learned when you were younger in an organization such as the Scouts, or at school, to help you perform tasks in space, what would it be? 16. Are there any bugs or animals on the ISS now and if so, what is their purpose? 17. What is the single most important quality that you possess that you think got you into the space program? 18. With everyone, and many things, floating in microgravity, how do you keep the space station clean? 19. Do you have regular sleep and work schedules? 20. What are the best and worst aspects about living on board the ISS? 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): TDB 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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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AMSAT info table at Asheville NC Hamfest, Saturday July 27
by Philip Jenkins 24 Jul '19

24 Jul '19

I'm manning an AMSAT info table this Saturday, July 27, at the Asheville (Waynesville) NC Hamfest (EM85), distributing some general info/documents and selling some AMSAT store merchandise. Demos will be attempted on some FM birds, most likely by KK4FFE or possibly N4HF. The best passes are (AOS in UTC): AO-85 11:39 (hamfest opens at 12;00) AO-85 13:18 SO-50 14:32 AO-92 15:59 AO-91 17:12 (not likely; hamfest will probably have wound down by this time) Philip N4HF AMSAT Ambassador

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