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CHIRP Datafile
by Clint Bradford 07 Jul '20

07 Jul '20

There is one on the SHACK AIDS page at … http://www.work-sat.com A little old … might still have ’85 on it … Clint K6LCS

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SO-50 carrier frequency shift
by Roy Dean 07 Jul '20

07 Jul '20

> > On the SO-50 1900Z pass I noticed the carrier was shifting down about 4 kHz > randomly. > Has this been noticed lately? > Ron W5RKN https://network.satnogs.org/observations/2506933/ Not much to go on, but it sure does look like the carrier is ~4kHz low right at the start of the observation. I'll look at some other observations..... --Roy K3RLD

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SO-50 carrier frequency shift
by Ronald Parsons 07 Jul '20

07 Jul '20

On the SO-50 1900Z pass I noticed the carrier was shifting down about 4 kHz randomly. Has this been noticed lately? Ron W5RKN

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G5500 control switch
by 73 Bob W7LRD 07 Jul '20

07 Jul '20

My G5500 control unit down switch failed. I bought a switch from Yaesu. They said the paddle for the switch is not available. I removed the switch (still wired), and the paddle has a rivet holding it to the switch. Removing the paddle is problem. So- does anyone have the complete switch with paddle in their junque box?? If not I can always jury rig a spdt momentary switch. I thought I'd try a bit of begging first! Any help out there? 73 Bob W7LRD

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GridMaster Award
by Bruce 07 Jul '20

07 Jul '20

Congratulations to Kevin, N4UFO, for earning AMSAT GridMaster Award #12. -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards AMSAT Board Member 2016-2020 ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-07-06 16:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 06 Jul '20

06 Jul '20

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-07-06 16:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Don Bosco Haacht Technisch en Beroepsonderwijs, Haacht, Belgium, Multi-point telebridge via AB1OC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Chris Cassidy KF5KDR Contact is go for: Fri 2020-07-10 10:49:51 UTC 27 deg ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. ************************************************* 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 2020-07-06 16:00 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 2020-06-16 16:00 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 1390. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1323. 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 SpaceX-Demo2 now on orbit Bob Behnken KE5GGX Doug Hurley **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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W2JV
by Peter 05 Jul '20

05 Jul '20

Hi Just checking W2JV

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Re: [amsat-bb] Board of directors meetings
by Clint Bradford 05 Jul '20

05 Jul '20

Last time I read their bylaws, “monthly” meetings were not required. Clint Bradford K6LCS > > Can someone please explain why there are no monthly board meeting being > held.?? > > Rick > WA9JBQ > > -- > Rick Wyrwas >

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Fwd: [atgp] Mt. Washington Portable needed 18 July!
by Robert Bruninga 05 Jul '20

05 Jul '20

We still need a rover with a kenwood D710 or D72 (can digipeat 1200/9600) on 18 July Saturday to drive to top of Mt Washington to close the link along the 2000 mile Appalachian Golden Packet Event. It lasts from aboutj 11 Am for 4 hours. There are 15 mountains in the chain and MT washington is critical in the link from Maine to Ga.. See http://aprs.org/at-golden-packet.html Bob, WB4APR ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: tiim via groups.io <timdapice=yahoo.com(a)groups.io> Date: Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 2:37 PM Subject: [atgp] Mt. Washington UNMANNED #atgp20 To: <main(a)atgp.groups.io> ATGP FYI: As of July 4th, Mt. Washington is unmanned. I tried contacting two local APRS hams to no avail. _._,_._,_ ------------------------------ Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#3213) <https://atgp.groups.io/g/main/message/3213> | Reply To Group <[email protected]?subject=Re:%20%5Batgp%5D%20Mt.%20Washington%20UNMANNED%20%23atgp20> | Reply To Sender <[email protected]?subject=Private:%20Re:%20%5Batgp%5D%20Mt.%20Washington%20UNMANNED%20%23atgp20> | Mute This Topic <https://groups.io/mt/75302611/1749714> | New Topic <https://atgp.groups.io/g/main/post> Mute #atgp20 <https://groups.io/g/atgp/mutehashtag/atgp20> Your Subscription <https://atgp.groups.io/g/main/editsub/1749714> | Contact Group Owner <main+owner(a)atgp.groups.io> | Unsubscribe <https://atgp.groups.io/g/main/leave/4443415/997113080/xyzzy> [ bruninga(a)usna.edu] _._,_._,_

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Board of directors meetings
by Rick Wyrwas 05 Jul '20

05 Jul '20

Can someone please explain why there are no monthly board meeting being held.?? Rick WA9JBQ -- Rick Wyrwas

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