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Satpc32 and ICOM 9700
by Peter 13 May '20

13 May '20

I'm confused, the address for my radio is A2h but the choices inside Satpc32are nothing like that. What am I missing? Also, how can you confirm the program and radio are communicating? How can I force the program to do something to the radio and thus show me that they arein contact with one another? I've turned on CAT and it goes plus without anerror but that's not enough THanksPeterW2PP

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Airdrie Space Science Club, Airdrie, AB, Canada
by David Jordan 12 May '20

12 May '20

AnInternational Space Station school contact has been planned withparticipants at AirdrieSpace Science Club, Airdrie, AB, Canada on15May.The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:10UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10minutes before this time. The duration of the contact isapproximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be aMulti-Point Telebridge between NA1SS and ZS6JON.Amulti-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on thetelebridge from their own home. Thecontact should be audible over portionsof South Africa and adjacent areas.Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHzdownlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Theevent will be live streamed at https://youtu.be/2mflSlShPHA . Story: Forthe past 10 years, the Airdrie Space Science Club has provided youthaged 10-14 the chance to build and launch model rockets, look at theuniverse during astronomy evenings, and participate in special eventssuch as ARISS contacts, and high-altitude balloon launches. Participantswill ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1.How has seeing Earth from its orbit affected you, in your frame ofreference whenmoving around the ISS, or inyour perspective of humanity as a whole? 2.What happens if you vomit in the space station? How do you clean itup? 3.How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected you while you are in space? 4.What will be your first meal when you get back to Earth? 5.What does it feel like when the rocket lifts off? 6.What does the space station smell like? 7.Was training to be astronaut harder or easier than training to be anavy seal? 8.What experiment that you've done had the most unexpected results?What was the expectedand actual outcomeof said experiment? 9.How successful is your 3-D printer on the station? 10.We are a model rocket building club. Did you ever build modelrockets when you wereyoung? 11.What does microgravity feel like on your body? 12.Does the Earth look any clearer or less polluted now compared to whenyou flew in2009 and with Canadian ChrisHadfield in 2013? 13.Do you play any games while you are on the ISS? 14.What kind of music do you listen to? PLEASECHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: VisitARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on theInternational Space Station (ARISS). Toreceive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Nextplanned event(s): TBD AboutARISS AmateurRadio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperativeventure of international amateur radio societies and the spaceagencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In theUnited States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation(AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Laband National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primarygoal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduledcontacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS andstudents in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radiocontacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn aboutspace, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information,see www.ariss.org. Thankyou & 73, David – AA4KN

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-05-12 21:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 12 May '20

12 May '20

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-05-12 21:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Airdrie Space Science Club, Airdrie, AB, Canada, Multi-point telebridge via ZS6JON The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Chris Cassidy KF5KDR Contact is go for: Fri 2020-05-15 15:10:28 UTC 55 deg via ZS6JON Watch for live stream at: https://youtu.be/2mflSlShPHA (***) A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. ************************************************* Looking for some stay at home activities related to science and for when you are not playing on your radio? Check out these links: >From ARISS Vice Chair Oliver Amend DG6BCE: ESA Astronauts to offer inspiration during isolation in #SpaceConnectsUs https://www.esa.int/Newsroom/Astronauts_to_offer_inspiration_during_isolati… Celestron, the telescope, microscope, and sports optics folks, now has something called #STEMINYOURBACKYARD that you can find on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter. By the way, I don't work for Celestron or have any business dealings with them and this is just something I saw. Apparently there are 10 free STEM activities covering Astronomy, Nature and Wildlife, and The Microscopic World. Check out: https://www.celestron.com/blogs/news/discover-stem-in-your-backyard NASA has a STEM page with fun activities to do at home. Check out https://www.nasa.gov/stem ************************************************* ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No additional schools (***) Cancelled: No additional schools (***) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements here also. 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 https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) 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 2020-05-12 21:00 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. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2020-04-30 17:30 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://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 https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. Message to US Educators ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The Proposal Window of February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 has now closed. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. 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 (STEAM) 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. ******************************************************************************** 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: https://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) https://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 https://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: Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 138 Sergey RV3DR with 133 Gaston ON4WF with 123 **************************************************************************** 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 1388. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1321. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. https://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: https://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 https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 62 now on orbit Chris Cassidy KF5KDR Anatoli Ivanishin Ivan Vagner **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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A BIG thank you to Kevin, WA7WF
by Chris Busch 12 May '20

12 May '20

A BIG shout out and thank you to Kevin, WA7WF for the tremendous help in resolving my LVB tracker to rotor control problem so I could get back on the birds after a long absence. Kevin has spent two weeks, over a dozen email exchanges and even sent me a preprogrammed PIC with the latest FW to help me solve the issue (which turned out to be an RS232 ground loop). Elmering at it’s best! Thank you again Kevin. 73 Chris K4CKB

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Texas Potato Masher II
by Russ Ramirez 12 May '20

12 May '20

The directions at Jerry's (WB5RMQ) website http://wb5rmg.somenet.net/k5oe/Texas_Potato_Masher_2.html are pretty clear, but I'm wondering if anyone has a PDF of the AMSAT Journal from 1999, January-February issue? Apparently the original article was published in this issue. Russ K0WFS

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HuskySat-1 transponder is open
by Andrew Glasbrenner 11 May '20

11 May '20

Good morning friends, After a week of testing, the transponder on HuskySat-1 is enabled and open for use and testing. It's fairly sensitive, and 5-10 watts is plenty most of the time. There are some fades due to satellite orientation, and some passes are definitely better than others. The operations and engineering teams are also watching a few anomalies. Please keep an eye on the beacon during transponder ops, for those with spectrum scopes. Strong signals may impact the beacon strength. HuskySat-1 is the Husky Satellite Lab at University of Washington's first cubesat, and the first mission with AMSAT's linear transponder module (LTM-1), a V/u transponder and integrated telemetry beacon and command receiver. UW recently completed their Part 5 operations and have graciously let AMSAT's Part 97 transponder operations commence. This transponder module is available for use in educational cubesat missions willing to enable the transponder for worldwide use. Contact myself or VP Engineering Jerry Buxton for additional details. Reports and observations are welcome to the list. Congratulations to Husky Satellite Lab, and to the entire AMSAT Engineering team for keeping amateur radio in space. Thanks to Dr. Mark Hammond, N8MH for commissioning and operations support. 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT VP Operations HuskySat-1 V/u inverting transponder, 145.910 to 145.940 uplink, 435.810 to 435.840 downlink, telemetry beacon 1200 baud BPSK at 435.800

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RS-44 on LOTW?
by Bernie and Cheryl 10 May '20

10 May '20

Dear Folks: I have been uploading my QSO's to LOTW fairly quickly. I have noticed that none of my RS-44 QSOs show up. Is this happening for everyone? If not, what am I doing wrong? Thanks, in advance, for any help you can give me. 73 de Bernie, KF0QS

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Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 15, Issue 154
by Stephan Greene 10 May '20

10 May '20

No CTCSS (we weren't that sophisticated in 1992-3), no significant drift. Currently is being commanded on manually for 1 minute at a time. High-elevation passes over US East Coast are good candidates for now. I have no info if plans or feasibility of more. I'm impressed it's working at all! 73 Steve KS1G > From: Jean Marc Momple <jean.marc.momple(a)gmail.com> > To: saguaroastro <saguaroastro(a)cox.net> > Cc: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Bcc: > Date: Sun, 10 May 2020 19:24:51 +0400 > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-27 > Good Morning (evening my side Hi!), > > Had a good pass with high elevation but could not receive the beacon nor > myself on AO-27. > > Has the frequencies drift a lot or do we need to have a CTCSS tone? > > 73 > > > Jean Marc (3B8DU) >

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RS-
by Ray Soifer 10 May '20

10 May '20

Not only is there lots of activity on RS-44, but quite a bit of it is on CW. Feels like FO-29 in its prime. 73 Ray W2RS

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ARISS News Release (ANR) No. 20-04
by David Jordan 10 May '20

10 May '20

ARISSNews Release No. 20-04 DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISSPR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISSto Attempt Second Test of New MultipointTelebridge Contact via Amateur Radio May10, 2020—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)is announcing a second test of its new distance-learning ARISS radiocontacts with astronauts. ARISS is the group that puts togetherspecial amateur radio contacts between students around the globe andastronauts with ham radio licenses on the InternationalSpace Station (ISS). Thiswill be the second test of thenew-style radio contact, called MultipointTelebridge Contact via Amateur Radio.The concept was developed for distance learning when schools closedworldwide dueto COVID-19. The virus eliminated all opportunities for ARISS radiocontacts at education organizations. A new ARISStelebridge radio ground station will be used this time, this operatedby John Sygo, amateur radio call sign ZS6JON, near Johannesburg,South Africa. Thenew concept requires three things. The ARISS telebridge radio groundstation--a satellite ham radio station with special equipment that anARISS team member uses for teleconferencing, the ham astronaut on theISS using the ARISS ham radio station, and students at their homes.The telebridge radio operator links to the astronaut at the ARISSradio mic, and each youth ties in from home via their telephones.Their families can listen along with faculty and the public fromhome.Each student takes a turn asking their question of the astronaut. Theyouth taking part in ARISS’s second test belong to the AirdrieSpace Science Club in Airdrie, AB, Canada The radio contact isscheduled for May 15 at 15:10 UTC. ISS Commander Chris Cassidy,amateur radio call sign KF5KDR, will support the ARISS radio contact.Prior to COVID, the students had participated in space and radiocommunications lessons such as balloon launches with ham radiopayloads and building model rockets to launch. Brian Jackson, amateurradio call sign VE6JBJ, is one of the five club leaders. He related,“Duringthis pandemic, our opportunities to develop kids’ interest in spacehas been interrupted. This ARISS contact gets them looking backup, towards the sky, and imagining themselves as an astronaut oneday.” ARISSinvites the public to view the livestream of the upcoming ARISS radiotest at: https://youtu.be/2mflSlShPHA. Duringthe contact, youth will ask as many of the following questions astime allows: 1.How has seeing Earth from its orbit affected you, in your frame ofreference when moving around the ISS,or in your perspective of humanity as a whole? 2.What happens if you vomit in the space station? How do you clean itup? 3.How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected you while you are in space? 4.What will be your first meal when you get back to Earth? 5.What does it feel like when the rocket lifts off? 6.What does the space station smell like? 7.Was training to be an astronaut harder or easier than training to bea navy seal? 8.What experiment that you've done had the most unexpected results?What was the expected and actualoutcome of said experiment? 9.How successful is your 3-D printer on the station? 10.We are a model rocket building club. Did you ever build modelrockets when you were young? 11.What does microgravity feel like on your body? 12.Does the Earth look any clearer or less polluted now compared to whenyou flew in 2009 and with CanadianChris Hadfield in 2013? 13.Do you play any games while you are on the ISS? 14.What kind of music do you listen to? AboutARISS: AmateurRadio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperativeventure of international amateur radio societies and the spaceagencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In theUnited States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation(AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Laband National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primarygoal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology,engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics by organizing scheduledcontacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS andstudents. Before and during these radio contacts, students,educators, parents, and communities learn about space, spacetechnologies, and amateur radio. For more information, seewww.ariss.org. Likeus on Facebook at Amateur Radio On The ISS (ARISS) Likeus on Instagram at ariss_int Followus on Twitter at ARISS_status MediaContact: DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISSPR

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