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ARISS Press Conference
by Clint Bradford 10 Mar '21

10 Mar '21

That was an extraordinary press conference ... Watch the ISS' EVA this Saturday ... close to 1500UTC - and watch for cable removal and replacement. More later. Clint PS Contrary to popular rumor, it is a little more involved than a jumper available at Ham Radio Outlet ... (g)

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EM22/32 Today
by Bob Liddy (K8BL) 10 Mar '21

10 Mar '21

Gridders, Planning to do EM22/32 line today if no rain.SO-50 2352Z, CAS-4A 2401Z, AO-27 2416Z CUL, Bob K8BL

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Re: SATPC32 Question
by Bob Liddy (K8BL) 10 Mar '21

10 Mar '21

Tim, Putting in the Lat/Lon directly in Observer rather than having SATPCcalculate it did the trick!! Now shows EM32 OK. BTW, the WINAOS did it properly by only entering the 6 character Grid,but the "Observer" setup on the main map didn't change the crosshairuntil the actual Lat/Lon was entered and stored. Good to know. TNX AGN & 73, Bob K8BL On Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 12:23:04 PM CST, Bob Liddy (K8BL) <k8bl(a)ameritech.net> wrote: Hi Tim, I just put in the 6 character Grid and let SATPC calculate thecoordinates. Can't remember what I did before. I'll try doingthe actual Lat/Lon and see what happens. TNX, Bob K8BL On Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 12:03:28 PM CST, Timothy Tapio <timothytapio1(a)gmail.com> wrote: Did you use the grid square or your actual coordinates? I ended up using my GPS and then put the lat/lon in by hand and it worked much better... 73 de Tim K4SHF On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 9:50 AM Bob Liddy (K8BL) <k8bl(a)ameritech.net> wrote: I'm trying to get the crosshair of my present location shownproperly on the SATPC32 Map. When I was in EM54, I movedit successfully from my home QTH EN91. Now that I'm in EM32again, it doesn't want to move there. I updated "Observer" for themain map and also for WinAOS. I closed SATPC numerous times,but it still stays in EM54. Perhaps, it's an OCD thing. The calculationwork out OK for the passes when compared to AMSATDroid-Free,so it's completely usable. Having the crosshair correct is helpful whenwatching when the footprint begins/ends (AOS/LOS). TNX, Bob K8BL SATPC32 v.12.8c ----------------------------------------------------------- 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! View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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SATPC32 Question
by Bob Liddy (K8BL) 10 Mar '21

10 Mar '21

I'm trying to get the crosshair of my present location shownproperly on the SATPC32 Map. When I was in EM54, I movedit successfully from my home QTH EN91. Now that I'm in EM32again, it doesn't want to move there. I updated "Observer" for themain map and also for WinAOS. I closed SATPC numerous times,but it still stays in EM54. Perhaps, it's an OCD thing. The calculationwork out OK for the passes when compared to AMSATDroid-Free,so it's completely usable. Having the crosshair correct is helpful whenwatching when the footprint begins/ends (AOS/LOS). TNX, Bob K8BL SATPC32 v.12.8c

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Re Mars & Other Space Comms
by Mike Lucas 09 Mar '21

09 Mar '21

I haven't seen anything regarding how the communications operations are done to the Mars lander etc as well as some of the flights to/from ISS etc. Is there a list of frequencies or are they Confidential to prevent jamming etc? Are they encrypted? How do the comms to the Mars rover work? Are the signals relayed via satellites to/from earth? Is it even possible for us to hear the signals with our LEO setups? With all the upcoming space related activity it seems there will be some exciting opportunities for us to at minimum to listen to some of it. Thanks! Mike N7ASZ

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EM54 03-07-21
by Bob Liddy (K8BL) 09 Mar '21

09 Mar '21

Gridders, The following stations are in the K8BL log from todayon RS-44 and AO-7 in EM54, Mississippi. If there are anycorrections/omissions, e-mail me the particulars and I'll checkmy recording again. The log will be uploaded to LoTW latertoday (no e-QSL). Use K8BL only, NO /P. TNX/73, Bob K8BL KB6LTY, N1JEZ, N7ZO, K0JM, N6AJ, KN2K, NA1SA, N0CRT,WA6RLR, XE1TD, NM5U, N7UJJ, WA2NDV, AA9JS, W5RKN,W4ALF, W5ERX, XE1H, VE1VOX, N8RO, KS1G, WB9RAS,N7ZO, VE4MM, WA4ADG, KJ4M, W0SAT

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ARISS News Release No. 21-17
by David Jordan 09 Mar '21

09 Mar '21

ARISS News Release No. 21-17 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISS Press Conference on Columbus Radio System March 10, 2021 at 1900 UTC (1400 Eastern Standard Time) March 9, 2021—The ARISS team will conduct a 45-minute press conference formedia this Wednesday March 10 at 1900 UTC (1400 Eastern Standard Time). Thispress conference will focus on the ARISS Radio system mounted in the Columbusmodule. As a reminder, the ARISS team has been working very closely with NASA and ESAto identify potential causes of an ARISS radio anomaly first observed after theEVA (spacewalk) conducted on January 27. No transmissions or receptionshave been heard from this radio since the EVA. During the spacewalk,cabling was installed to support the commissioning of the Bartolomeo attachedpayload capability mounted on Columbus. Part of this effort rerouted theARISS antenna cable through one of the Bartolomeo cables. The press conference will provide insight into some of the cabletroubleshooting that has occurred. It will also discuss the EVA(spacewalk) planned for Saturday March 13 where astronauts Michael Hopkins andVictor Glover will complete the connection of payload cables on the newBartolomeo platform. While at the Bartolomeo platform, the astronauts plan toreroute the ARISS cabling back to its original configuration prior to theJanuary 27 EVA. Interested media can attend the upcoming press conference using the following GoTomeeting credentials: ARISS Press Conference: ColumbusModule Hardware Status Wed, Mar 10, 2021 1900-1945 UTC/2:00PM - 2:45 PM (EST) Please join from your computer,tablet or smartphone. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/229563437 You can also dial in using yourphone. United States: +1 (646) 749-3129 Access Code: 229-563-437 More phone numbers: Australia: +61 2 8355 1050 , Austria: +43 7 2081 5427 ,Belgium: +32 27 00 6378 Brazil: +55 21 3500-3941 , Bulgaria: +359 2 9060605 ,Canada: +1 (647) 497-9391 Chile: +56 2 3214 9680 , Colombia: +57 1 600 9953 , CzechRepublic: +420 2 55 71 95 02 Denmark: +45 32 72 03 82 , Finland: +358 923 17 0568 ,France: +33 170 950 594 Germany: +49 721 9881 4161 , Greece: +30 21 0 300 2583 ,Hungary: +36 1 933 3699 Ireland: +353 15 360 728 , Israel: +972 3 376 3070 ,Italy: +39 0 230 57 81 42 Luxembourg: +352 34 2080 9219 , Malaysia: +60 3 7724 4059 ,Mexico: +52 55 3687 7278 Netherlands: +31 207 941 377 , New Zealand: +64 9 2806302 , Norway: +47 21 93 37 51 Panama: +507 308 4334 , Peru: +51 1 642 9424 ,Romania: +40 31 780 1158 South Africa: +27 11 259 4924 , Spain: +34 932 75 2004 ,Sweden: +46 853 527 836 Switzerland: +41 225 4599 78 , Turkey: +90 212 900 4807 ,United Kingdom: +44 330 221 0088 -------------------------------------------- Frank H. Bauer,KA3HDO ARISS-USA ExecutiveDirector ARISS InternationalChair ISS Ham RadioProgram Manager & PI e-mail: ka3hdo(a)gmail.com NASAe-mail: Frank.Bauer(a)nasa.gov Cell Phone: 301-873-0890 Work Phone: 410-321-1513 ARISS – Celebrating 20 Years of Continuous Amateur Radio Operations onthe ISS About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that support the International Space Station(ISS). In the United States, sponsorsare the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio RelayLeague (ARRL), the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, and NASA’s SpaceCommunications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promoteexploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematicstopics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew membersaboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students,educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org . MediaContact: DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISSPR Likeus on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Search on Amateur Radio on the ISS and@ARISS_status.

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ARISS News Release No. 21-16
by David Jordan 09 Mar '21

09 Mar '21

ARISS News Release No. 21-16 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISSContact is Scheduled for Students at Avoca State School,Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia March9, 2021—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is thegroup that puts together special amateur radio contacts between students aroundthe globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the International Space Station (ISS). This will be a direct contact via amateur radio between students at Avoca State School,Bundaberg, Australia, and Astronaut Mike Hopkins, amateur radio call sign KF5LJG. Students will take turns asking their questions. English is the language expected to be used during the contact. The downlinkfrequency for this contact is 145.800 MHZ. Amateur radio operators, using the BundabergAmateur Radio Club (BARC) call sign, VK4BW and the club’s equipment, will operatethe ham radio ground station for this contact. The ARISS radio contact isscheduled for March 11, 2021 at 5:56 pm AEST (Bundaberg, Australia), (07:56 UTC, 2:56am EST, 1:56 am CST, 12:56 am MST and March 10, 11:56 pm PST). Avoca State School(about 300 students) is a member of the West Bundaberg Cluster of schoolsserving communities in nearby Avoca, Millbank, Branyan and the surrounding rural/residentialareas. Prior to this ARISS contact, students’ science curriculum contained acourse of study on rocket propulsion. Student activities included model rocketconstruction and launching of these models using a pneumatic energy source. Theschool has partnered with members of BARC who will be key in assisting thestudents with this ARISS contact. In recent years, the BARC invited youngpeople to participate in a high-altitude balloon launch carrying an amateurradio repeater enabling contacts between hams throughout Queensland andNorthern New South Wales. Astime allows, students will ask these questions: 1. Have any experiments in the ISSproduced evidence of other life forms in space? 2. How long is a typical mission on theISS? 3. How long did you have to train to becomean astronaut? 4. When people built the ISS, how didthey send it up into space? 5. Why don’t meteors hit the spacestation? 6. What is your favourite thing aboutbeing an astronaut? 7. If you could make a time capsule torepresent your stay on the ISS, what would you put in it? 8. Would walking on the moon be thesame as space walking outside of the ISS? 9. Once you return to Earth, whatprocess do you have to follow? 10. How do you get oxygen to breathe inthe Space Station? 11. Why is the Space Station split intodifferent sections for different nations? 12. What do you struggle with most onthe Space Station? 13. What do you do for recreation inyour spare time on the ISS? 14. What types of experiments are youcurrently running and how does zero gravity affect them? 15. What kind of food do you eat inspace? 16. How many people can be in the SpaceStation at the one time? 17. What is your main job on theInternational Space Station? 18. What job would you have if youweren’t an astronaut? 19. Do astronauts play pranks on eachother and what’s the best prank you’ve seen or done? 20. What is your favourite thing tolook at on Earth from the International Space Station? 21. How long from take-off does it taketo reach the International Space Station? 22. Do you need more sleep-in spacethan you do on Earth? 23. The space station is exposed toextreme heat and cold. How is the temperature regulated? 24. How have Science experiments on thespace station affected life back on Earth? ARISS – Celebrating 20 Years of Continuous Amateur Radio Operations onthe ISS About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that support the International Space Station(ISS). In the United States, sponsorsare the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio RelayLeague (ARRL), the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, and NASA’s SpaceCommunications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promoteexploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematicstopics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew membersaboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students,educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org . MediaContact: DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISSPR Likeus on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Search on Amateur Radio on the ISS and@ARISS_status.

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ARISS Press Conference on Columbus Radio System
by ka3hdo＠gmail.com 08 Mar '21

08 Mar '21

March 8, 2021-The ARISS team will conduct a 45-minute press conference for media this Wednesday March 10 at 1900 UTC (1400 Eastern Standard Time). This press conference will focus on the ARISS Radio system mounted in the Columbus module. As a reminder, the ARISS team has been working very closely with NASA and ESA to identify potential causes of an ARISS radio anomaly first observed after the EVA (spacewalk) conducted on January 27. No transmissions or receptions have been heard from this radio since the EVA. During the spacewalk, cabling was installed to support the commissioning of the Bartolomeo attached payload capability mounted on Columbus. Part of this effort rerouted the ARISS antenna cable through one of the Bartolomeo cables. The press conference will provide insight into some of the cable troubleshooting that has occurred. It will also discuss the EVA (spacewalk) planned for Saturday March 13 where astronauts Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover will complete the connection of payload cables on the new Bartolomeo platform. While at the Bartolomeo platform, the astronauts plan to reroute the ARISS cabling back to its original configuration prior to the January 27 EVA. Interested media can attend the upcoming press conference using the following GoTo meeting credentials: ARISS Press Conference: Columbus Module Hardware Status Wed, Mar 10, 2021 1900-1945 UTC/2:00 PM - 2:45 PM (EST) Please join from your computer, tablet or smartphone. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/229563437 You can also dial in using your phone. United States: +1 (646) 749-3129 <tel:+16467493129,,229563437> Access Code: 229-563-437 More phone numbers: Australia: +61 2 8355 1050 <tel:+61283551050,,229563437> , Austria: +43 7 2081 5427 <tel:+43720815427,,229563437> , Belgium: +32 27 00 6378 <tel:+3227006378,,229563437> Brazil: +55 21 3500-3941 <tel:+552135003941,,229563437> , Bulgaria: +359 2 906 0605 <tel:+35929060605,,229563437> ,Canada: +1 (647) 497-9391 <tel:+16474979391,,229563437> Chile: +56 2 3214 9680 <tel:+56232149680,,229563437> , Colombia: +57 1 600 9953 <tel:+5716009953,,229563437> , Czech Republic: +420 2 55 71 95 02 <tel:+420255719502,,229563437> Denmark: +45 32 72 03 82 <tel:+4532720382,,229563437> , Finland: +358 923 17 0568 <tel:+358923170568,,229563437> , France: +33 170 950 594 <tel:+33170950594,,229563437> Germany: +49 721 9881 4161 <tel:+4972198814161,,229563437> , Greece: +30 21 0 300 2583 <tel:+302103002583,,229563437> , Hungary: +36 1 933 3699 <tel:+3619333699,,229563437> Ireland: +353 15 360 728 <tel:+35315360728,,229563437> , Israel: +972 3 376 3070 <tel:+97233763070,,229563437> , Italy: +39 0 230 57 81 42 <tel:+390230578142,,229563437> Luxembourg: +352 34 2080 9219 <tel:+3523420809219,,229563437> , Malaysia: +60 3 7724 4059 <tel:+60377244059,,229563437> , Mexico: +52 55 3687 7278 <tel:+525536877278,,229563437> Netherlands: +31 207 941 377 <tel:+31207941377,,229563437> , New Zealand: +64 9 280 6302 <tel:+6492806302,,229563437> , Norway: +47 21 93 37 51 <tel:+4721933751,,229563437> Panama: +507 308 4334 <tel:+5073084334,,229563437> , Peru: +51 1 642 9424 <tel:+5116429424,,229563437> , Romania: +40 31 780 1158 <tel:+40317801158,,229563437> South Africa: +27 11 259 4924 <tel:+27112594924,,229563437> , Spain: +34 932 75 2004 <tel:+34932752004,,229563437> , Sweden: +46 853 527 836 <tel:+46853527836,,229563437> Switzerland: +41 225 4599 78 <tel:+41225459978,,229563437> , Turkey: +90 212 900 4807 <tel:+902129004807,,229563437> , United Kingdom: +44 330 221 0088 <tel:+443302210088,,229563437> -------------------------------------------- Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO ARISS-USA Executive Director ARISS International Chair ISS Ham Radio Program Manager & PI e-mail: ka3hdo(a)gmail.com <mailto:[email protected]> NASA e-mail: Frank.Bauer(a)nasa.gov <mailto:[email protected]> Cell Phone: 301-873-0890 Work Phone: 410-321-1513

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SpaceX and Ham Radio
by Keith E. Brandt, WD9GET 08 Mar '21

08 Mar '21

This is a bit off-topic, but does anyone know if SpaceX has an Amateur Radio Club? Or, is anyone on this group work at SpaceX in Hawthorne? Or even someone from the Hawthorne area? I'm going to be visiting the SpaceX facility in the not-to-distant future and would like to chat with someone about radio in the area. Please contact me off list at my callsign at amsat.org. 73, Keith -- Keith E Brandt, WD9GET *This message transmitted with 100% recycled DHMO-free electrons xb

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