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

OSCAR-1 Schematic
by Mike Diehl 21 Aug '19

21 Aug '19

Does anyone know of or have a copy of the schematic for OSCAR-1? Google hasn’t turned up anything useful. 73, Mike Diehl W8LID/VE6LID

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Second Call for Symposium papers
by Daniel Schultz 20 Aug '19

20 Aug '19

This is the second call for papers for the 2019 AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of October 18 - 20 at The Hilton Arlington, 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, Virginia. Proposals for papers, symposium presentations, and poster presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community. We request a tentative title of your presentation as soon as possible, with final copy to be submitted by September 23rd for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv(at)amsat.org 73, Dan Schultz N8FGV

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Upcoming ARISS contact with The Children's Inn at NIH (National Institutes of Health), Bethesda, MD
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 20 Aug '19

20 Aug '19

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at The Children's Inn at NIH (National Institutes of Health), Bethesda, MD on 22 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:16 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 NA1SS and VK4KHZ. The contact should be audible over portions of Australia 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. Story: The Children's Inn at NIH is partnering with the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) and Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) to host Ask an Astronaut: Biomedical Science Edition. The event will give children receiving care at NIH a unique science and technology experience. They will learn about the importance of biomedical research in space, including NCATS' Tissue Chips in Space program, which recently sent five projects to the International Space Station and which some current crew members worked on (thank you!). About The Children's Inn at NIH The Children's Inn is an independent nonprofit that provides "a place like home" to families of children with rare or critical illnesses whose best hope is a clinical research trial at the NIH Clinical Center, the world's largest hospital dedicated to biomedical research. The Inn strives to fully and consistently meet the needs of our families during their children's treatments by providing housing and support services-all at no cost to them-and reducing the burdens of illness through therapeutic, educational and recreational programming. The Ask an Astronaut event at The Inn will be different from ARISS's typical events with students in a classroom setting. The children at The Inn are seriously ill, so the goal will be on having a fun and stimulating experience. Kids can enjoy the wonder of talking with astronauts on the space station, learning what it's like to live in space and work on cool science experiments like Tissue Chips in Space. They also can learn about ham radio and how the astronauts can use it to communicate with other children all around the world. Thank you for taking time to speak with these children. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How many tissues are in the body? Does your internal tissue change when you are in space? 2. How many times have you been in space? 3. What has changed for you during your trips into space? 4. What medicine do you have to take before you go into space? 5. What do you do to prepare for your travel into space? 6. Are there any medical conditions (or diseases) that may be helped by being in space? 7. What are some things that you like about being in space? 8. How long do you sleep in space? Is the time required for rest shorter due to being in space? 9. How do you become an astronaut and travel into space? 10. What happens if you get sick in space? How do you get medical treatment? 11. How do you prepare food in space? 12. What time zone is it in space? 13. Do you get to facetime in space to talk to your family? How often? 14. Is it really hard on your energy level and body to go into to space or be in space? How much energy is consumed in space and is it at a faster rate? 15. What is the maximum capacity of the space station? 16. Do you find that a fear of heights affects people when they are in space? 17. Are there aliens in space? Do you see foreign creatures? 18. What's the coolest thing you've seen in space? 19. Does your hair grow faster in space? 20. Does your body change in space? 21. What's it like to go up in a rocket ship? 22. Would you rather live with gravity or without gravity? 23. What do you do for fun in space? 24. What do you do with the waste and the materials when the experiments are finished during your travel in the space station? 25. What favorite childhood books and subjects in elementary school led you to want to be an astronaut? 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): TBD 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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Rocket Lab Launch replay
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 20 Aug '19

20 Aug '19

You can watch the replay of last night’s launch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNuauG1Gvr8 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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APRSAT Predict
by KE6BLR Robert 19 Aug '19

19 Aug '19

I am fiddling with a new page that displays a list of upcoming Satellite APRS passes: http://www.aprsat.com/predict This list combines these satellites: 1) ISS 2) PCSAT 3) PSAT 4) AISAT 5) FALCONSAT-3 6) PSAT2 7) USNAP1 Feel free to take this on a test-drive and let me know your thoughts and suggestions. I added the 3rd row highlight today. The default Lon/Lat is your Internet provider address based on IP lookup. You can override this for more accurate results by typing into the boxes on the right and applying changes. 73 RM Robert MacHale . KE6BLR Ham Radio License . http://spaceCommunicator.club/aprs <http://spacecommunicator.club/aprs> . Supporting Boy Scout Merit Badges in Radio, Robotics, and Space Exploration

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Return to DL88jx - 27 August 2019
by Clayton Coleman W5PFG 19 Aug '19

19 Aug '19

I plan to visit gridsquare DL88jx next Tuesday, August 27. Due to weather conditions, general remoteness, and safety I'll target these satellite passes: AO-91 17:06-12:13Z Eastern US coverage AO-92 17:37-17:47Z Western US coverage There is one AO-92 before this period and a later AO-91. You might listen for me on either of those passes. Normally I'd provide updates on this activity via Twitter @w5pfg but I don't plan to be online during my days in Big Bend NP. This activation is subject to weather and back road conditions. 73 Clayton W5PFG

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Fw: Please reply to this survey if you would like WWV to remain on the air
by Bob Liddy (K8BL) 19 Aug '19

19 Aug '19

This message was forwarded by, I believe, Frank W3LPL, to alert everyone about the the WWV Survey being taken to provide info for decision-makersabout the continued need for the existence of WWV. It would be a terribleloss for us all if WWV went away merely to save $$$ in some bureaucrat'sbudget. Please submit the survey on the link below ASAP and forward thisto as many Hams as possible before the dates listed . You can use the link forthe survey rather than listening directly to WWV.TNX/73, Bob K8BL ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: donovanf(a)starpower.net [wsjtgroup] <wsjtgroup-noreply(a)yahoogroups.com>To: wsjtgroup <wsjtgroup(a)yahoogroups.com>Sent: Monday, August 19, 2019, 02:00:54 AM EDTSubject: [wsjtgroup] Please reply to this survey if you would like WWV to remain on the air From: Paul English englishp(a)hotmail.com Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2019, 11:15:47 AM CDT Subject: DOD Broadcast and Listener Survey on WWV and WWVH >From 14-24 August, WWV and WWVH will be broadcasting a DOD message at 10 mins past the hour on WWV and 50 mins past the hour on WWVH. As part of the message, all listeners are asked to take a listener survey at the URL specified in the message. http://www.dodmars.org/home/wwv-survey The results of this survey are shared with WWV/H personnel to show their NIST chain of command how often their stations are monitored and how the various timing signals and messages are used by the listeners. Please take a listen to this message and take the survey...as the saying goes, "every vote counts" and your input to this survey is being used to help demonstrate the importance of these stations. Thanks for your consideration in this effort. Paul English, WD8DBY Chief, Army MARS __._,_.___ Posted by: donovanf(a)starpower.net

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FW: PSAT2-1 DTMF Restored
by Robert Bruninga 19 Aug '19

19 Aug '19

PY5LF in Brazil reports that he has restored PSAT2 to DTMF operation. There had been an unknown reset on 18 Aug at 1400Z. Everything looks fine on all the downlinks: http://aprs.org/sats.html Bob, WB4APR *From:* PY5LF <py5lf(a)falautomation.com.br> *Subject:* Re: PSAT2-1 DTMF Reset PSAT2 is back to DTMF mode! I also try to send message and all works nice. [0.5] PSAT2-1>APOFF,ARISS:T#029,721,581,863,922,434,01000000 [0.5] PSAT2-1>APOFF,ARISS:}PY5LF0>APS,TT,PS2*:>GG54>S#001280, [0.5] PSAT2-1>APOFF,ARISS:LL/G CQ#1<0x0d> [0.6] PSAT2-1>APOFF,ARISS:T#030,707,604,882,914,162,11010001 [0.6] PSAT2-1>APOFF,ARISS:}PY5LF0>APS,TT,PS2*::ALL :45 I am 55 years old. [0.6] PSAT2-1>APOFF,ARISS:}PY5LF0>APS,TT,PS2*::ALL : Q S L, your number 59, My number is 2.<0x0d> [0.6] PSAT2-1>APOFF,ARISS:}PY5LF0>APS,TT,PS2*:>GG54LL/G CQ#3<0x0d> [0.6] PSAT2-1>APOFF,ARISS:T#032,720,612,886,866,162,11010001 [0.5] PSAT2-1>APOFF,ARISS:}PY5LF0>APS,TT,PS2*:>GG54LL/G CQ#5<0x0d> [0.5] PSAT2-1>APOFF,ARISS:T#033,701,581,883,845,162,11010001

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Weather looking good for Rocket Lab Launch
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 19 Aug '19

19 Aug '19

Weather is looking good for the next launch attempt tonight. (NZST). See: https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1163275676775923712 Web cast from here: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/ Should start about 12:00 UTC. 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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Tracking program
by Scott Millick 19 Aug '19

19 Aug '19

What is best program to show selected amateur satellites as I cannot get nova to work on windows 19. Any suggestions Scott

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