So last week, Fox 1E was opened up to, well, challenging use. Downlink
power is quite low so the encouragement is to use highly efficient modes
like FT4 or CW as SSB may prove difficult.
Since that announcement, I have not heard much from BB members, on whether
they have been able to make contacts, and if so, how much/little power was
needed to get through. The article on "Characterization" of the bird, and
the subsequent info on it's being opened for what use can be made of it, did
not address this topic. If one were to try it, I am sure they may feel it
would take a quite substantial uplink power to be heard back. B ut maybe
not so much power anyway.
I, and I am sure others, are interested in hearing from folks who have
attempted and failed, or succeeded in at least hearing themselves, or even
making a QSO, as to how much uplink power it did take.
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-08-18 17:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Carl Fuhlrott-Gymnasium, Wuppertal, Germany, direct via DN1CFG
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The scheduled astronaut is Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI (***)
Contact is go for: Mon 2021-08-23 07:54:53 UTC 81 deg (***)
Next mode change is expected to take place in late August 2021.
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html
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A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home.
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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. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/
The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19:
Postponed:
No new schools
Cancelled:
No new schools
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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 2021-08-18 17:00 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.rtfhttps://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
The successful school list has been updated as of 2021-08-11 17:00 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
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ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
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.
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.
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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)
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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/
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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 unless otherwise noted.
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All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.
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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.
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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/
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ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools:
Sergey RV3DR with 154
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 142
Francesco IKØWGF with 140
Gaston ON4WF with 123
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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 1464.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1394.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48.
Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed.
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The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands.
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QSL information may be found at:
https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS
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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
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Exp. 64 on orbit
Oleg Novitskiy
Pyotr Dubrov
Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP
SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit
Meghan McArthur (Behnken)
Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI
Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Gridders,
Day trip tmrw to Erie, PA, & FN01. Between required activities, I'll be jumping on Linear/FM SATs. I'll give as much advance notice as I can.
CUL/73, Bob K8BL
When the concept of AMSAT (worldwide) including ARISS, goes beyond a tool to collect grids and becomes an academy to show communications on and from Earth to Space, to children and adults, the fact that some equipment is faulty, it becomes something that only remains in the way, and you must continue to work with what works.
Ignacio - TI3IES
Aujourd'hui, il existe plus de 250 stations de radio Internet disponibles pour les consommateurs. Ces stations comprennent plusieurs services de radiodiffusion autorisés traditionnels, ainsi que plusieurs services spécialisés non disponibles ailleurs. Les stations de radio Internet uniquement ne sont pas soumises aux mêmes licences et réglementations telles que des stations de radio classiques utilisant des équipements et des signaux traditionnels. Certaines de ces stations Internet uniquement sont appuyées par la licence Creative Commons, qui permet à quiconque d'utiliser et de distribuer les matériaux gratuitement.
En tant qu'hôte de radio en aspiration, vous devrez enregistrer votre marque de commerce avec le Copyright américain. Les stations en ligne doivent afficher un avis de marque sur leurs pages d'accueil, sur la page Web auditeurs ou dans un autre lieu où toute personne intéressée à l'écoute de la station peut le découvrir. Votre marque vous aidera à faire en sorte que les auditeurs sauront où vous devez vous trouver si elles souhaitent écouter votre émission de radio Internet. La marque est également plus facile d'obtenir une indemnisation monétaire pour les personnes qui souhaitent écouter votre émission et utiliser votre matière copyright sans autorisation.
Avec la technologie d'aujourd'hui, il est devenu beaucoup plus facile de partager des fichiers audio et vidéo en direct sur Internet. Les stations Web offrent des stations de radio à la demande, ainsi que des programmes d'enregistrement et de lecture, ainsi que des émissions en direct. Beaucoup de gens sont attirés par la flexibilité des stations de radio Web en direct basées sur le Web, car elle élimine les exigences pour des émissions de studio en direct coûteuses, des frais de déplacement et des équipements d'enregistrement. Il existe de nombreux endroits pour commencer à chercher des stations de radio Web en direct en ligne, il peut donc être nécessaire de passer du temps à explorer vos options.
I was going to post awards at the end of June, then I received an
application, then another, then another. I am finally hitting the
brakes. Here are the latest award updates for the first half of the
year, plus a bit.
AMSAT Satellite Communicators Award for making their first satellite QSO
John Wedge, VA6WEG
Brandon Coon, KI5MJH
Davy Jacobs, ON8ZJ
Ryan Frederick, K7NZE
Peter Spinelli, N4YOT
John Hutchison, KI5NYZ
Allen Beard, K4WSD
David Johnston, WD6AOE
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AMSAT Communications Achievement Award
Martin Schuette, N9EAT, #633
Stephen DeVience, N8URE, #634
Dave Lane, KB0RFY, #635
Allen Beard, K4WSD, #636
Wes Baden, NA1ME, #637
Thomas Talley, K0CFI, #638
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AMSAT Sexagesimal Satellite Communications Achievement Award
Martin Schuette, N9EAT, #190
Stephen DeVience, N8URE, #191
Wes Baden, NA1ME, #192
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AMSAT Century Award
Martin Schuette, N9EAT, #57
Wes Baden, NA1ME, #58
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AMSAT South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award
Martin Schuette, N9EAT, #US236
Stephen DeVience, N8URE, #US237
Dave Lane, KB0RFY, #US238
Allen Beard, K4WSD, #US239
Wes Baden, NA1ME, #US240
Thomas Talley, K0CFI, #US241
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AMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award (1,000-4,000)
Ken Bodholt, KI7UXT #US104 upgraded to 4,000
Bernd Scholer, DL6IAN #US116 upgraded to 3,000
Michael Mark, VE4MM, #117 upgraded to 2,000
Stephen DeVience, N8URE, #US118
Larry Callahan, KF6JOQ, #US119
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AMSAT Rover Award
Rover Call
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#57 ND9M/MM
#58 LA9XGA
#59 WI7P
#60 KF6JOQ
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GridMaster Award
GridMaster Call
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#27 W9TWJ
#28 W5RKN
#29 KI7UXT
#30 K8YSE/7
#31 KB6LTY
#32 KC9ELU
To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org and click on
Services then Awards.
73...bruce
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Bruce Paige, KK5DO
AMSAT Director Contests and Awards
AMSAT Board Member 2016-2022
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
Hi All, trying to get back on after a while of not being active. Wondering
if there are any handheld preferences and or availability since my tried
and trusted W32a Icoms.I used them for a while but sold when I moved.
Someone mentioned the Kenwood TH D72 also. Just wondering if anything else
for portable. I am using my TS-2000 for linear. Thanks es 73 Joe KI4TZ
