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ARRL/TAPR DCC - Call for Technical Presentations & Papers
by Mark Thompson 06 Aug '19

06 Aug '19

2019 ARRL/TAPR DCC (Digital Communications Conference) Detroit, MI (near airport) September 20 - 22 Call for Technical Presentations & Papers Technical Presentations & Papers are solicited for presentation at the ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference and publication in the Conference Proceedings. Annual conference proceedings are published by the ARRL. Presentation at the conference is not required for publication. A Technical Paper is not required to make a Technical Presentation at DCC. If interested in making a Technical Presentation please contact TAPR President, Steve Bible, N7HPR at steven.bible(a)gmail.com Submission of technical papers are due by August 12, 2019 and should be submitted to: Maty Weinberg, ARRL 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 or via the Internet to maty(a)arrl.org Full Details on Call for Papers & Submission Guidelines at: https://www.tapr.org/dcc#dcccallforpapers

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Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT 50th Award
by David Bartholomew 06 Aug '19

06 Aug '19

OK. So I qualified and I've assembled my list of fifty contact-days. Now what, does this award need pre-approval? Or just go for the award, pay and include the list? Dave AD7DB

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The pure-budget based approach
by Ev Tupis 05 Aug '19

05 Aug '19

It dawned on me that the present culture at AMSAT (and elsewhere) may not support a transparent "resources of the crowd" collaborative approach. (Duh, right? Lol). Here's an entirely different pathway to success: With the goal of getting the AMSAT-DL Phase 3E bird into orbit (as an example), publish the required money and start actively fund raising. To be clear, the required money can't be "millions of dollars" it has to be unambiguous; like $9,242,200. Then, hire a grant writer and a fund-raising organization with the existing AMSAT budget (a small amount of money leverages much more money). If the present AMSAT budget is not sufficient, then determine how much money it will take to hire them and fund-raise for that from friends and family (AMSAT members and enthusiastic non-members). Post a fund raising "thermometer" on AMSAT.org and the world can watch the success grow before their eyes! Ev, W2EV PS: maybe a hybrid approach? I'd bet that there's someone on this list who's 6-degrees of separation can get to Bezos or Musk to help to reduce even that budget. PPS: I have an idea that could provide incentive to either of these guys, if they could be reached...but "what are the chances, really"? :-)

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-08-05 22:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 05 Aug '19

05 Aug '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-08-05 22:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Kyoto Tachibana Junior & Senior High School, Kyoto, Japan, direct via 8N3KT The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV Contact is go for: Thu 2019-08-08 10:36:37 UTC 56 deg Loreto College, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via IK1SLD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Thu 2019-08-15 09:17:06 UTC 53 deg (***) 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 2019-08-05 22:30 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 2019-07-27 22:00 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 1325. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1268. 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 Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov Drew Morgan KI5AAA **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ANS-217.02 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Speakers Announced, Tickets Now Available
by Paul Stoetzer 05 Aug '19

05 Aug '19

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-217.02 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans In this edition: * 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Speakers Announced, Tickets Now Available SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-217.02 ANS-217.02 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Bulletin 217.02 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE August 5, 2019 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-217.02 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Speakers Announced, Tickets Now Available AMSAT is pleased to announce that the AMSAT Symposium Saturday Evening Banquet on Saturday, October 19th will feature a panel of guest speakers presenting “The Foundations of AMSAT” followed by a question and answer period. Guest speakers will include: Lance Ginner, K6GSJ (Project OSCAR) George Jacobs, W3ASK (Author, Diplomat) Dr. Perry Klein, W3PK (Founding President of AMSAT) Dr. Owen Mace (Australis-OSCAR 5 Builder, University of Melbourne) Richard Tonkin (Australis-OSCAR 5 Builder, University of Melbourne) Jan King, W3GEY (Founding member of AMSAT and Australis-OSCAR 5 Project Manager) The 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting will be held on Friday through Sunday, October 18-20, 2019, in Arlington, Virginia at The Hilton Arlington. Symposium registration is available for $60 from now until September 15th. Banquet tickets are $55. Tickets are now available on the AMSAT Store at https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/ Tickets are also now available for the Sunday tour. On Sunday, October 20th, a bus tour will take attendees to the the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an annex of the National Air and Space Museum. Two large hangars display thousands of aviation and space artifacts, including a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, a Concorde, and the Space Shuttle Discovery. Bus capacity is limited to 35 attendees. Tickets are $30 per person. Attendees who wish to drive may also join the tour group. Parking at the Udvar-Hazy Center is $15. On Monday, October 21st, AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, will lead a walking tour of the National Mall. No reservations are required. Transportation to the National Mall will be via the Washington Metro. Additional information, including hotel reservation information is available at https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/ [ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73 and Remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space, This week's ANS Contributing Editor, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM n8hm at amsat dot org

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LOTW update
by Andrew Glasbrenner 05 Aug '19

05 Aug '19

The ARRL updated LOTW to include BO-102, NO-103, and NO-104 this morning. Happy logging! 73, Drew KO4MA

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50th Anniversary awards question
by skristof＠etczone.com 05 Aug '19

05 Aug '19

For the "50TH ANNIVERSARY AMSAT SATELLITE FRIENDS OF 50 AWARD" do the contacts have to be 50 different individuals (i.e. 50 different callsigns) or just a contact with anybody on 50 different days (could be a QSO with the same person on 50 different days)? Steve AI9IN

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ANS-217 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - BRICSAT2 and PSAT2 Designated Navy-OSCAR 103 (NO-103) and Navy-OSCAR 104 (NO-104)
by Paul Stoetzer 05 Aug '19

05 Aug '19

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-217 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans In this edition: * BRICSAT2 and PSAT2 Designated Navy-OSCAR 103 (NO-103) and Navy- OSCAR 104 (NO-104) SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-217.01 ANS-217 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Bulletin 217.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE August 5, 2019 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-217.01 BRICSAT2 and PSAT2 Designated Navy-OSCAR 103 (NO-103) and Navy- OSCAR 104 (NO-104) On June 25, 2019, the United States Naval Academy PSAT2 and BRICSAT2 cubesats were launched on a Falcon Heavy launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. PSAT2 and BRICSAT2 were developed by Naval Academy students in the USNA Satellite Lab and operated in cooperation with the USNA Amateur Radio Club. PSAT2 carries a PSK31 transponder, digipeater, SSTV-downlinked camera images, and a DTMF to voice/APRS system. BRICSAT2 carries a digipeater and thruster experiment. Both satellites are currently active. At the request of the Naval Academy Amateur Radio Club, AMSAT hereby designates BRICSAT2 as Navy-OSCAR 103 (NO-103), and PSAT2 as Navy- OSCAR 104 (NO-104). We congratulate the owners and operators, thank them for their contribution to the amateur satellite community, and wish them a long mission and continued success on this and future projects. 73, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator [ANS thanks AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, for the above information.] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73 and Remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space, This week's ANS Contributing Editor, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM n8hm at amsat dot org

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CY9C
by jeff griffin 05 Aug '19

05 Aug '19

CY9C is active on the linear birds. Just worked him on XW-2A.. 73 Jeff kb2m

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PSAT2 DTMF messages now enabled
by Robert Bruninga 05 Aug '19

05 Aug '19

PY5LF pointed out that the DTMF grid uplink has been working fine on PSAT2, and generating QSO numbers, but that the QSL response so people can make two-way contacts was not working. That was because we did not have DTMF Messaging enabled. The QSL response is a message and so we enabled that this morning. To QSL a GRID QSO number you simply send back a message #40 with his QSO number to complete the exchange. See the other 90 or so DTMF messages on PSAT2: http://aprs.org/psat2.html Bob, Wb4APR

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