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Mode L/v contacts and LoTW
by Ronald G. Parsons 04 Sep '19

04 Sep '19

Last weekend I made 16 L/v contacts on AO-92 and got 15 LoTW QSLs. The only missing QSL was from a ham that does not have an LoTW account. Thanks all. Ron W5RKN

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Re: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 - Change xmit freq while transmitting?
by Roy Dean 04 Sep '19

04 Sep '19

I use a 706MKIIG for my Tx rig, controlled by Gpredict (via Hamlib), and it DOES change the Tx frequency during transmit. The only problem I've seen is that it doesn't seem to maintain Tone settings, so if you need a tone on the uplink, you have to constantly turn it on as everytime the frequency updates the tone setting is erased. --Roy K3RLD > Can SatPC32 (or any other software for that matter) change the transmit > frequency on an Icom transceiver while it is transmitting? Yaesu doesn't > permit this. I'm particularly interested in the Icom IC-7100. Anybody > know? Reading through the SatPC32 docs I see that there is a > sentence about Yaesu rigs (FT-817, 818, 857, 991 etc) saying it can't be > done), but no similar statement about Icoms (706, 7000, 7100 etc.) Thanks > and 73, Ken Alexander > So Phisai, Thailand > Blog: bueng-ken.com

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-09-03 17:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 03 Sep '19

03 Sep '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-09-03 17:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Kingston Community School, Kingston SE, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact was successful: Tue 2019-09-03 08:06:34 UTC 27 deg (***) Watch for live simulcast at Echolink node *HAM* 69556 / IRLP 9556 / AllStar 48820 Galileo STEM Academy, Eagle, ID, direct via W7GSA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV Contact was successful: Tue 2019-09-03 16:05:06 UTC 58 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 2019-09-03 17:30 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 2019-09-03 17:30 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 136 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 1329. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1272. (***) 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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QSL on AO 92 09 03 19
by Rick Wyrwas 03 Sep '19

03 Sep '19

For those that QSled and verified our QSOs on AO 92 at 15 37 hours and such please forward your call my recorder malfunctioned Thanks Rick WA9JBQ -- Rick Wyrwas

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SatPC32 - Change xmit freq while transmitting?
by Kenneth P Alexander 03 Sep '19

03 Sep '19

Can SatPC32 (or any other software for that matter) change the transmit frequency on an Icom transceiver while it is transmitting? Yaesu doesn't permit this. I'm particularly interested in the Icom IC-7100. Anybody know? Reading through the SatPC32 docs I see that there is a sentence about Yaesu rigs (FT-817, 818, 857, 991 etc) saying it can't be done), but no similar statement about Icoms (706, 7000, 7100 etc.) Thanks and 73, Ken Alexander So Phisai, Thailand Blog: bueng-ken.com

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FP/KV1J - 24 Sept - 8 Oct
by Eric Williams 03 Sep '19

03 Sep '19

I will be active again from Miquelon Island, GN17, in a few weeks. I will be setting up on Tuesday 24 September and leaving the evening of 8 October. Most of my activity will be on the low bands. I will try to get on several Satellite passes when the weather is ok. It is often foggy , windy, and wet and I setup for the sats outside on the deck of the house. My horizon is blocked a bit to the USA by the neighboring homes but I am right on the water pointing to Europe so low passes are promising that direction. Equipment is two FT-817s and an Arrow dual band yagi. I'll favor the SSB birds usually higher in the passband but will also try FM if they do not get too busy. Sat logging is by paper so may not get loaded to LoTW until the week after I return to the USA. There is a slight chance I may also be on grid GN16 if I am on St Pierre Island or borrow a car a drive to Langlade Is. More information on the web at - http://www.kv1j.com/fp/Sep19.html When in FP my email is kv1j(a)arrl.net <mailto:kv1j@arrl.net> 73, Eric KV1J FP/KV1J

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CTCSS tone SO50
by RG 03 Sep '19

03 Sep '19

Can you tell me what tone I need to access SO50. 67HZ uplink or 74.4Hz?thanksRich marzo7088(a)yahoo.com

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Using two radios with SATPC32
by Rick Tejera 03 Sep '19

03 Sep '19

All, Lacking the funds for an IC9100, I want to use my SDR play RSP1 for downlink and IC-7000 for uplink. What is not clear to me in the manual is which radio is which in the set up? Is radio one the downlink or uplink? I'm sure I'll have more questions, but let's start small. TIA Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org <http://www.saguaroastro.org> Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.W7TBC.org <http://www.W7TBC.org>

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Galileo STEM Academy, Eagle, ID
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 02 Sep '19

02 Sep '19

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Galileo STEM Academy, Eagle, ID on 03 Sept. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:05 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and W7GSA. The contact should be audible over the state of Indiana 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: Galileo STEM Academy is a Kindergarten through 8th grade public school, in the West Ada School District, located in Eagle, Idaho. Galileo is a School of Choice. Parents apply for student admission and are accepted by lottery. Galileo STEM Academy opened in 2007. Galileo currently has 797 students, 42 certified teachers and 12 classified staff members. Galileo's mission statement is, "Galileo, a community of explorers discovering their unlimited potential." The following is our school's Vision Statement, "At Galileo our vision is to encourage students to be their best by promoting a collaborative, safe, learning community, developing and accepting responsibility for personal growth, fostering leadership through service, unleashing unlimited potential through innovative relevant learning, empowering critical thinkers through active engagement and challenging exploration of the great unknown." Galileo STEM Academy became the first school, in the state of Idaho, to become STEM certified in October 2018 through AdvancEd. Galileo promotes critical thinking and problem-solving skills in students through providing hands on, project-based learning utilizing the engineering design process. Galileo accomplishes this by providing, to all students, diverse learning opportunities. These include: 1.Ham Radio Club 2.Botball and Jr. Botball Robotics using C++ coding language 3.First Lego League Robotics 4.FabSLAM 3-D Printing Competition Team 5.Rocket Club 6.Math Counts Competition Team 7.Raspberry Pi Operating Systems 8.Maker Space 9.Idaho Tech Challenge Galileo STEM Academy's students implement authentic STEM skills to attain college and career readiness. Our students begin coding, making, engineering in kindergarten and continually develop their skills through 8th grade. Galileo STEM Academy's teachers and staff utilize NASA lesson, ARRL lessons, and attend Professional Development Conferences throughout the year to promote a love of learning and create life-long learners. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How do you get chosen to go to space? 2. Do you play video games on the ISS? 3. How much fuel do you need to get to the ISS? 4. What time do you use on the ISS? 5. How long does it normally take you to orbit around the earth on the ISS? 6. Do you feel differently emotionally when you come back from space? 7. Is it hard being in a rocket for more than a day when traveling to the ISS? 8. Does zero gravity feel normal? 9. Does sound in space sound louder, quieter, or the same? 10. What is the most uncomfortable thing about your space suit? 11. Can you vote in an election when on the ISS? 12. How do you spend your free time on the ISS? 13. What is your favorite song? 14. Who was your favorite teacher? 15. Are all the countries on the ISS working on different experiments? 16. Do you spend much time with the crews from the other countries? 17. Do you play a musical instrument? 18. Have you ever gotten motion sickness on the ISS? 19. What was the last book you read? 20. Where did you go to college and what was your major? 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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Upcoming ARISS contact with Kingston Community School, Kingston SE, South Australia, Australia
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 02 Sep '19

02 Sep '19

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Kingston Community School, Kingston SE, South Australia, Australia on Sept. 3. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:06 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 K6DUE. The contact should be audible over the east coast of the U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Watch for live simulcast at Echolink node *HAM* 69556 / IRLP 9556 / AllStar 48820 Staff, students and caregivers at Kingston Community School are committed to continuously improving their actions to ensure personalised education for all. The school is committed to fostering partnerships between families, as they are key to supporting student learning. We recognize student voice is vital in this partnership along with disciplinary knowledge and challenging tasks. We believe that all students are capable of success across the Early Years Learning Framework, Australian Curriculum and South Australian Certificate of Education, and that our learning programs will equip all students to engage in future employment and civic life both locally and globally. All Educators at Kingston Community School have a responsibility to ensure that all young people have the level of literacy and numeracy that enables them to engage with, and succeed in, the world beyond the school gate. At Kingston Community School we foster a STEM approach, critical thinking, problem solving, creativity & curiosity, communication, teamwork, innovation & entrepreneurship and adaptability. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What is the most challenging thing about living on the ISS? 2. How did you prepare and train for your mission and does that include preparing for no gravity? 3. What is the effect on your body of no gravity? 4. What experiments are you currently doing at the moment and why do you do them in space? 5. Are you able to grow any fresh foods in the Space Station and if so, can you eat them? 6. What sorts of meals do you eat and how do you prepare them? 7. What happens to all your rubbish and waste up in the space station? 8. Is solar power the only energy source used to power the space station? 9. Are the astronauts onboard in control of the ISS like a pilot, or does it fly itself? What keeps it in orbit? 10. How fast is the ISS moving and how far above Earth are you? 11. Has the Space Station ever been damaged or hit my asteroids or an object in space? 12. What happens if an astronaut gets sick while up in the space station? 13. How do you get air when you're in space? 14. What is the hardest thing about doing a spacewalk? 15. What impact does the lack of gravity have on your body? 16. When we do science experiments to make sure things are fair, we sometimes have to measure liquids or weigh things. With no gravity how do you do this in space? 17. What is it like when you re: enter the earth's atmosphere and gravity hits? 18. How many parachutes do the capsules have? 19. What sort of rehabilitation do you need to have after you arrive back on Earth? 20. Has NASA explored if artificial gravity could be created in space? 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): 1. Galileo STEM Academy, Eagle, ID, direct via W7GSA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV Contact is go for: Tue 2019-09-03 16:05 UTC 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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