February 2020 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Re: [amsat-bb] Rove to White Sands National Park in DM62
by cbs045＠charter.net 27 Feb '20

27 Feb '20

Hello Dan, The entire area around White Sands and the Holloman AFB have posted signs restricting use of UHF transmissions including frequencies used for amateur satellite uplinks. If you are planning to uplink on L mode, 1267.359, you should have no problem. Just trying to help you avoid an unexpected visit from Military Police. Good Luck and have fun. Brook Smith - N8OCX -----------------------------------------From: "Dan Eggert via AMSAT-BB" To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Cc: Sent: Wednesday February 26 2020 8:36:39PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Rove to White Sands National Park in DM62 Hi all, On Friday the 28th I will be at White Sands National Park in Grid DM62. You will hear me on the AO-91 passes at 17:13 and 1847 UTC, and the AO-92 passes at 17:26 and 19:02 UTC. Dan Eggert - AC9E Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ 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:

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Re: [amsat-bb] Upcoming SpaceX CRS-20 Launch
by Gregory Beat 26 Feb '20

26 Feb '20

The addition of the ARISS IORS payload entry and it’s prominence in Wikipedia’s CRS-20 page was my editing work, that I just finished last week. I serve as a “WikiGnome”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiGnome A WikiGnome is a wiki user who makes useful incremental edits without clamouring for attention. WikiGnomes work behind the scenes of a wiki, tying up little loose ends and making things run more smoothly. — greg, w9gb AMSAT-NA, AMSAT-UK == Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 06:13:44 -0500 From: <ka3hdo(a)gmail.com> To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming SpaceX CRS-20 Launch All, The spouse of ARISS Hardware team member Ed Krome, K9EK, pointed out that the ARISS next generation radio system (InterOperable Radio System--IORS) is prominently described as a primary payload (note: not secondary) on the SpaceX CRS-20 mission which will be launched no earlier than March 6 (ET). See the Wikipedia URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-20. The ARISS Team wants to express our heartfelt thanks to all of you that have contributed to helping us realize this major milestone. It should be noted that the ARISS hardware team is still very busy on IORS development and final certification. While certified for launch and stowage on ISS, are still in deep into the final certification of the IORS forflight operations. Also, our build of the second flight unit is in progress in Florida and San Diego. So while CRS-20 represents the launch of SN 1001-our first flight unit--it also represents the beginning of the "ARISS factory build" and certification of all 10 units. ARISS-helping AMSAT and all our partners keep Amateur Radio in Space! Note: November 13, 2020 will represent the 20th year of ARISS continuous amateur radio operation on ISS!! 73, Frank KA3HDO

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Rove to White Sands National Park in DM62
by Dan Eggert 26 Feb '20

26 Feb '20

Hi all, On Friday the 28th I will be at White Sands National Park in Grid DM62. You will hear me on the AO-91 passes at 17:13 and 1847 UTC, and the AO-92 passes at 17:26 and 19:02 UTC. Dan Eggert - AC9E Sent from my iPad

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Re: [amsat-bb] PSAT3 launch coming in Mid March
by Roy Dean 26 Feb '20

26 Feb '20

> > See: http://aprs.org/psat3.html This is my last, as I will retire in > June. Bob, WB4APR Bob, I'm hoping for good things, and very much look forward to this launch. Hope you are feeling well, too. --Roy K3RLD

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Re: [amsat-bb] Northrop Grumman Successfully Completes Historic First Docking of Mission Extension Vehicle with Intelsat 901 Satellite
by Roy Dean 26 Feb '20

26 Feb '20

> > The pictures are amazing: > https://news.northropgrumman.com/multimedia/photo/Space/space-systems/space… > 73, John Brier KG4AKV There are some off-color jokes to be made about that docking method. Ahem. Nice work by Northrup Grumman, though. That's an amazing achievement. --Roy K3RLD

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Northrop Grumman Successfully Completes Historic First Docking of Mission Extension Vehicle with Intelsat 901 Satellite
by John Brier 26 Feb '20

26 Feb '20

https://news.northropgrumman.com/news/releases/northrop-grumman-successfull… The pictures are amazing: https://news.northropgrumman.com/multimedia/photo/Space/space-systems/space… 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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Fwd: What happened to mode L/v on AO-92?
by Mark L. Hammond 26 Feb '20

26 Feb '20

Looks like a reset! So it goes back to U/v...blame the space particles ;) Mark N8MH On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 2:13 PM Ronald Parsons via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > Ron W5RKN > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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What happened to mode L/v on AO-92?
by Ronald Parsons 26 Feb '20

26 Feb '20

Ron W5RKN

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Othernet North America frequency change.
by KC9SGV 26 Feb '20

26 Feb '20

Hi All, If you are experimenting with GEOsatellite ops on Othernet in an effort to gain skills towards GEOX4, then be aware of the new frequency change. 12.1032 GHz, (also try 12.1028 GHz, as this works better for my Octagon 3 Green LNB), - as opposed to the old 11.904 GHz. Beam type now 164. Make the manual changes in the Custom tab, then go back to the Satellite tab, change the area to Custom, as opposed to North America. Then hit Apply. Reboot Skylark and the DreamCatcher receiver board. Othernet: https://othernet.is Bernard, KC9SGV Sent from my iPad

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Raspberry pi help
by James Brown 26 Feb '20

26 Feb '20

Hey Guys I want to convert my station to raspberry PI 3B computer configured as follows: Gpredict software IC-9700 transceiver G5500 rotorERC-M rotor control interface. Can anyone provide insight on a successful installation. Problem 1. ERC-M only supported by windows. 2. have not found a IC9700 config. for Gpredict.Any suggestions including a workable rotor interface. Jim KI6WJPS all works fine on windows but i want to switch to Raspberry!

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