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Telecon Sans Frontiers
by Daniel Schultz 09 Sep '19

09 Sep '19

This web site was forwarded by the Goddard Amateur Radio Club mail reflector. The group "Telecon Sans Frontiers" (Telecom Without Borders) is providing emergency satellite communications to the Bahamas. No mention of anyone using amateur radio or amateur radio satellites to support this. Discuss..... https://www.tsfi.org/en/our-missions/fields-of-interventions/disaster-respo… Dan Schultz N8FGV

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-09-09 19:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 09 Sep '19

09 Sep '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-09-09 19:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Templestowe College, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, telebridge via VK6MJ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV (***) Contact is go for: Wed 2019-09-18 08:06:32 UTC 42 deg (***) Boys and Girls Club, Ft. Meade, MD., telebridge via VK4KHZ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA (***) Contact is go for: Fri 2019-09-20 19:58:23 UTC 54 deg (***) AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium Sat 2019-10-12 to Sun 2019-10-13 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 2019-09-09 19:00 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 2019-09-03 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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rotor computer interface
by Mike Seguin 09 Sep '19

09 Sep '19

What are folks using now to control a G5400B rotor system with SatPC32? I have my trusty SatTracker 688 from WA8SME, but that is no longer available. -- 73, Mike, N1JEZ "A closed mouth gathers no feet"

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IC-706 with SatPC32
by jeff griffin 08 Sep '19

08 Sep '19

I'm working with an author of a logging program. What he is trying to do is integrate his logging program with SatPC32. One of his test radio's that he is using is an old first edition IC-706. He is having a problem getting his copy of SatPC32 to work with the IC-706. I'm pretty sure that the original 706 will work but honestly have never have done it myself, or seen it done. I can take a educated guess myself, but I would li9ke to hear from someone who actually has done this setup. Did anyone on one here do this? If so can they send me the SatPC32 radio setup info, and any pertinent 706 menu items that have to be set? Thanks in advance. 73 Jeff kb2m

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Re: [amsat-bb] How to digipeat? (one digi call)
by Robert Bruninga 08 Sep '19

08 Sep '19

Slight correction: > UNPROTO CQ VIA <satellite-callsign> such as CQ VIA ARISS, RS0ISS, PSAT, LU7AA-1, etc. Can be confusing. The digipeater path <satellite callsign> should only have one callsign in it. Either the desired digipeating satellite's call, or the generic ARISS or APRSAT. There is no value to putting in more than one, it only makes the packet longer and will never get executed. * *Unless you are trying for a LIVE -dual HOP experiment. Then both satellites have to be in view and you must get the sequence in the right order as to which one is closer. Etc. The probability is so low, it is not worth burdening the 99.999% of your packets with two hops when 0.0001 might be successful. So far, in 4 years I have still not seen a single successful dual hop. Bob -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org> On Behalf Of JoAnne Maenpaa via AMSAT-BB Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2019 10:55 AM To: 'AMSAT-BB' <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] How to digipeat? I thought I'd toss out a few more hints to help folks trying to figure out how to get UISS to speak satellite packet. This is pretty much UISS specific detail. Make sure you have your station setup the way Scott and Hans have discussed. Setup your TNC with the MYCALL command. When you setup UISS the call sign you enter during setup will be your MYCALL parameter. Most of 145.825 MHz digipeater satellites use the AX.25 UI protocol You setup this protocol with the command: UNPROTO CQ VIA <satellite-callsign> such as CQ VIA ARISS, RS0ISS, PSAT, LU7AA-1, etc. You can enter these parameters in UISS in the top-left of the screen in the "To" and "Via" windows. Set "To:" as CQ and "Via" as the call sign of the satellite you are working. In the UISS 'Tx Text' window (the top text windows) enter: =Lat/Long-Message-to-digipeat -or- in my case near Chicago I use: =4211.29N/08827.08W-Greetings :-) You need the = and - in your message string. The dash displays your icon as the house on the map. To transmit your packet to the satellite click on the UISS Text/Data button and this should then trigger your transmitter. Folks use vari- ous combinations of PTT controls or VOX to trigger their transmitter - use whatever works for you. The shorter your message the better chance you have of getting digi- peated if lots of stations are causing packet collisions. Additional terrestrial packet routes such as WIDE1-1, WIDE2-1, etc. are not useful for space digipeating. Your target is the APRS satel- lite on 145.825 not the terrestrials on 144.390. The satellite digi- peats to us earthlings (and the SatGates) listening on 145.825. You aren't trying to tell every APRS station on 144.390 within hundreds of miles where you are driving. Adding all the WIDE strings also has the effect of making your packet longer, decreasing your success of getting digipeated on a busy pass. A lot of UISS setups document using AGWPE for your packet modem. This is a tried and true packet engine. Many of found that the UZ7HO soft- ware packet modem gives better performance especially when receiving. Your software packet modem will expect to receive the entire packet transmission with no errors - the correct checksum for it to be dis- played on your computer. Often you hear "good sounding" packets but if you aren't receiving the whole kahuna with correct checksum you won't get the message displayed. The same generally applies to the SatGate stations listening to the activity and gating it on to the web. The UISS program will require settings to be changed to operate with UZ7HO Soundmodem: In UISS top menu select Setup -> UISS -> LAN Click 'Enable LAN Mode' In LAN setup click on 'Enable LAN Mode' Host 127.0.0.1 AGWPort 8000 UISS may ask you to restart, go ahead and restart UISS. For normal operation start the UZ7HO Soundmodem first. Then start UISS. When both programs are running UISS will show it has connected with the Soundmodem: Connected to server 127.0.0.1 Port1 with Soundcard Ch: A; -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org _______________________________________________ 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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How to digipeat?
by Hans BX2ABT 08 Sep '19

08 Sep '19

Hello all, Apparently my mail about BugSat-1 raised some interest into that bird's digipeater. But that still leaves me with the following question (and I hope I don't sound too obtuse): how do you digipeat? I've tried to understand it by googling it over the past year or so, but I still don't get it much. Most tutorials explain about setting it up, but with HTs. I am running a home station only, with the rig connected to a PC. From what I understand you need to use the program UISS then. I got as far as this: I installed UISS (under Wine) and got it connected to Direwolf. Right now I can work the Falconsat-3 BBS using PacSat Ground Station and while running that program I see the same messages that Direwolf displays also appearing in UISS. So far, so good, but then what? I press either F5, F6, or F7, but nothing happens. Yes, my rig burps out some data for a split second, but I can't find myself back on APRS.fi. So what am I doing wrong? Any parameters to adjust? Or are digipeats not stored for the next iGate to put it on the internet? Again, I hope I don't sound too witless, but I've never really understood APRS, apart from terrestrial position reporting and even that was kind of hard with all the paths and whatnot. Hope you nice people on this list can drop some pointers. 73 de Hans P.S. I've got some nasty local interference on 145.825 MHz and that makes receiving the ISS and other birds almost impossible. I was lucky to get two frames in from IO-86 the other day, because that was due south, with the QRM coming from the north-east. Getting a signal up shouldn't be much of a problem, though.

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ANS-251 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Paul Stoetzer 08 Sep '19

08 Sep '19

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-251 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information 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://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 dot org. In this edition: * AMSAT Board of Directors Election Ballots Due September 15 * 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium Preliminary Schedule Now Available * 2019 AMSAT Symposium Early-Bird Registration Ends September 15 * DM02 Satellite Expedition Sunday, September 22 - N6O/MM * VUCC Awards & Endorsements for August 2019 * How to Support AMSAT * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Satellite Shorts from All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-251.01 ANS-251 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 251.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. September 8, 2019 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-251.01 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Don't miss the 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium October 18-20 in Arlington, VA. https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Board of Directors Election Ballots Due September 15 Votes must be received no later than Sunday, September 15, 2019 in order to be counted in the 2019 AMSAT Board of Directors Election. AMSAT members should have received ballots by mail. Members who have not yet received their ballot must contact ElectionBuddy via email to amsat(a)electionbuddy.com [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium Preliminary Schedule Now Available A preliminary schedule of events for the 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium has been posted to the AMSAT website. It can be accessed at https://www.amsat.org/symposium-schedule/ [ANS thanks the 2019 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 AMSAT Symposium Early-Bird Registration Ends September 15 An early-bird registration rate for the 37th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting, Friday through Sunday, October 18-20, 2019, in Arlington, Virginia, is available through September 15, 2019 per the following schedule: Early Registration Through September 15, 2019 ......... $60 Registration September 16, 2019 – October 11, 2019 .... $65 Registration at the Door .............................. $70 You can complete your registration on-line via the AMSAT Store: https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/ This year, all registrants will receive a digital copy of the Proceed- ings on a thumb drive. Attendees may purchase a hard copy for $25.00. Non-attendees may put their name on a waiting list for a hard copy, if there are any left over. The digital version of the Proceedings will be made available on the online store shortly after the Symposium concludes. Student Registration is 50% off and does not include the Proceedings. [ANS thanks the 2019 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Symposium Papers Due September 23rd! Final copies of papers must 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 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- DM02 Satellite Expedition Sunday, September 22 - N6O/MM Alex, N7AGF, and Ron, AD0DX, are planning to activate DM02 on Sunday, September 22, 2019 on FM and Linear satellites. It's a 5 or 6 hour boat trip to anchor off San Clemente Island. We will be on the water for 22 hours and operating around 10 hours beginning around 3:00 AM PDT (1000Z) on Sunday, September 22 The cost of the boat is $2500 and we would appreciate contributions to help offset this cost. In the 24 hours after posting to Twitter we have received around $1300 which Alex and I are very thankful for. The island has Verizon and AT&T and Alex has a Garmin InReach so we should be able to tweet passes. The plan is to make as many passes as possible once we start operating around 3:00 AM PDT. We may skip some of the low western passes. We will be using N6O/mm and we have a qrz.com page with all the details: https://www.qrz.com/db/N6O If you need the grid please give us a call! Of course this is dependent on the weather, but the captain says it has been a good September so far. If you are able to contribute financially we really appreciate the help to offset some of our costs. Details to contribute are on the N6O QRZ.com webpage. [ANS thanks Ron, AD0DX, and Alex, N7AGF, for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ 2019 marks AMSAT’s 50th Anniversary of Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. To help celebrate, we are sponsoring the AMSAT 50th Anniversary Awards Program. Full details are available at https://www.amsat.org/amsat-50th-anniversary-awards-program/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- VUCC Awards & Endorsements for August 2019 Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period August 1, 2019 through September 1, 2019. Congrat- ulations to all those who made the list this month! CALL 01Aug 01Sep K8YSE 1884 1926 KO4MA 1673 1694 WA4NVM 1536 1544 N8RO 1068 1070 K8TL 982 1012 N6UK 626 675 N9IP 625 635 KE4AL 556 602 NS3L 505 526 W7QL 401 451 K9UO 425 450 PV8DX 360 373 AC9E 300 352 AD0HJ 282 300 PS8ET 275 274 N7EGY 200 250 W0NBC 106 137 KC9UQR 113 132 AI9IN 100 125 N7AME 100 125 N4QX 100 106 AA0MZ New 102 KI0G New 102 DL4ZAB New 101 KD8RTT New 101 WD9EWK (DM54) New 101 W7BMD New 100 If you find errors or omissions. please contact me off-list at <mycall>@<mycall>.com and I'll revise the announcement. This list was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings for the two months. It's a visual comparison so omissions are possible. Apologies if your call was not mentioned. Thanks to all those who are roving to grids that are rarely on the birds. They are doing most of the work! [ANS thanks Ron Parsons, W5RKN, for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Purchase AMSAT gear on our Zazzle storefront. 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- How to Support AMSAT AMSAT relies on the support of our members and the amateur radio community to Keep Amateur Radio in Space. How can you help? * Join AMSAT Both you and AMSAT will benefit when you join. 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Search for "Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation" https://smile.amazon.com/ref=smi_ext_twt_dshb_smi * Volunteer for AMSAT AMSAT relies on volunteers for nearly all of our activities. If you have an idea for how to help, please let us know, Details on volunteering can be found at https://www.amsat.org/volunteer-for-amsat/ [ANS thanks the AMSAT office for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades on ISS. The upgrades are necessary to enable students to continue to talk to astronauts in space via Amateur Radio. We have reached a great milestone with $33,580 raised or about 17% towards our goal. This would not have been possible without your outstanding generosity!! For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit: https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations +Canyon Tour (DM35, DM36, DM37, DM45, DM46) September 7-16, 2019 RJ, WY7AA, will be traveling from WY to Vegas and then off to the Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon and back to Vegas. He will certainly be activating DM35,36,37,45, and 46, and who knows what else he will throw in on his way there and back. Watch RJ’s Twitter feed for details. https://twitter.com/WY7AA +AM1SAT (All Grids in Spain) September 9-15, 2019 AMSAT-EA will be transmitting its special call AM1SAT via all active satellites from September 9th to September 15th as part of the V RadioHam Fair IberRadio 2019 activities. IberRadio is the biggest event for the ham community in Southwest Europe and will open doors September 14th and 15th . Learn more about IberRadio at http://www.iberradio.es. AM1SAT call sign will be active from a minimum of 14 different grids during that time to help satellite operators to collect as much EA locators as possible. As part of this activity and in order to promote the participation, AMSAT-EA is sponsoring the AM1SAT Special Award in two categories: SILVER and GOLD More info available at https://www.amsat-ea.org/ +DN11/DN12 + DN03 - September 17, 2019 Casey, KI7UNJ, is heading to the DN11/DN12 line, September 17th. Look for him on SO-50, AO-92, and AO-91, between 1657z and 1812z. On the way back, Casey will make a quick stop in DN03 to catch the 2043z PO-101 pass. Watch Casey’s Twitter feed for further updates https://twitter.com/KI7UNJ +DM02 - September 22, 2019 Ron, AD0DX, and Alex, N7AGF, are chartering a boat to the ultra-rare DM02 grid square. They will use the special event call sign November 6 Ocean/Maritime Mobile. Expected window of operation is from 1000z to 1900z, Sunday, September 22nd. More information is available on QRZ https://www.qrz.com/db/N6O to include how you can help support this monumental operation. Ron and Alex are expected to have cellular service out there, so keep an eye on their Twitter feeds https://twitter.com/ad0dx and https://twitter.com/N7AGF Remember to check out W3ZM On the Road for additional upcoming activations! https://www.amsat.org/events/was-w3zm/ [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur radio package, including two-way communication capability, to be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit. Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts from All Over +AMSAT Argentina reports that the digipeater on BugSat-1 / Tita is active at 9K6 AFSK, call=LU7AA, also a ?DX? command should give stations heard. Passes & Frequencies at http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=tita Pwr is 2W. (Via LU7AA, AMSAT Argentina) +A Japanese cargo spacecraft loaded with more than four tons of supplies,spare parts and experiment hardware is scheduled to launch from theTanegashima Space Center in southern Japan to the Inter- national Space Station at 5:33 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 10 (6:33 a.m. Sept. 11 in Japan). Live coverage of the launch and capture will air on NASA Television and the agency’s website. (Via NASA, https://tinyurl.com/ANS-251-NASA) +Having trouble uploading satellite QSOs to ARRL's Logboook of the World? See AMSAT's guide at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-251-LoTW +Looking for information about satellite frequencies or operating status? The AMSAT website has you covered! https://www.amsat.org/two-way-satellites/ +It's going to be an exciting fall for Amateur Radio in Space! The 50th Anniversary Space Symposium will take place in October and the launches of both RadFxSat-2 / Fox-1E and HuskySat-1 carrying an AMSAT V/u transponder are expected to occur. --------------------------------------------------------------------- /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 additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of six post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM n8hm at amsat dot org

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BugSat-1 (Tita) and its digipeater
by Amsat Argentina 07 Sep '19

07 Sep '19

Hello Hans, Thanks for decoding TITA Tlm. Tita digi is active at 9K6 AFSK, call=LU7AA, also a ?DX? command should give stations heard. Passes & Frequencies at http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=tita Pwr is 2W. Good Luck ! 73, LU7AA, AMSAT Argentina http://amsat.org.ar

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simple 70cm/2M dipole/SATPC32
by RG 06 Sep '19

06 Sep '19

I was wondering if anyone has plans for a simple 2M/70CM wire dipole.I want something easy that will hold up outdoors.It would be for receive only for full duplex.If wire dipoles are out as I dont see them, a simple one from easy to make materials.The wire would be easy as the install is easier for me.Also I can't seem to get my ICoM 706 to work on SATPC32 for TX only.Works fine when set to same address for TX/RX.Thanks Rich marzo7088(a)yahoo.com

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Re: [amsat-bb] BugSat-1 (Tita) and its digipeater
by Amsat Argentina 06 Sep '19

06 Sep '19

Hello Hans, Thanks for decoding TITA Tlm. Tita digi is active at 9K6 AFSK, call=LU7AA, also a ?DX? command should give stations heard. Passes & Frequencies at http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=tita Pwr is 2W. Good Luck ! 73, LU7AA, AMSAT Argentina http://amsat.org.ar

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