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Re: [amsat-bb] High Speed Telemetry, SDR#, and RTS/SDR (Scott)
by Burns Fisher 11 Dec '17

11 Dec '17

All of the FM Foxes have high speed telemetry capability, but it has never been used on AO-91. We did turn it on with AO-85 a few times, but that was because this was the first Fox satellite and we wanted to test it. AO-91 has no need for it. Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D both have VGA-quality cameras aboard, and high speed mode will be used to downlink pictures. In other words, I don't know what you heard, but it was not high speed data. Good reason it did not decode :-) 73, Burns W2BFJ On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 3:42 PM, Fred Castello <fredcastello(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Is anyone using this particular combination with the Fox 1 Telemetry > Analysis Tool? Today on one of my good passes with AO-91 I believe it was > transmitting high speed telemetry and it seemed no matter what combination > I used, I could not get the tool to decode the high speed telemetry. I > have no problem with the low speed Data Under Voice with this combination. > I have always assumed that the high speed telemetry is on the same > frequency as voice and low speed DUV. I would appreciate any thoughts > anyone has as usual. > Best Regards, > Fred – KF4FC

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Re: [amsat-bb] Behavior on FM Satellites
by Roy Dean 11 Dec '17

11 Dec '17

Original email does indeed show call sign. Not sure why the quoted message doesn't. -Roy K3RLD > Scott via AMSAT-BB? Not seeing a call sign.

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The Unofficial AMSAT D-STAR net.
by Ted 11 Dec '17

11 Dec '17

Nice chat tonight....kudos to Endaf (keep it 'unofficial') 73, Ted K7TRK -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Endaf Buckley Sent: Saturday, December 9, 2017 7:53 PM To: AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] The Unofficial AMSAT D-STAR net. The Unofficial AMSAT D-STAR net Monday at 03:30 UTC on Reflector 9C. This is not affiliated with AMSAT and is just an informal round table type net discussing all things satellite and more. _______________________________________________ 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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Re: [amsat-bb] Rocket Lab Launch Tomorrow
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 11 Dec '17

11 Dec '17

-----Original Message----- From: Wendy and Terry Osborne Sent: Monday, December 11, 2017 3:08 PM To: Selwyn Cathcart Cc: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Rocket Lab Launch Tomorrow Hi Selwyn, They shifted the streaming to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx52QKgF_HM&feature=youtu.be But they have closed the link down (for today?). Launch scrubbed for today. See: https://twitter.com/RocketLab Cheers, Terry -----Original Message----- From: Selwyn Cathcart Sent: Monday, December 11, 2017 12:09 PM To: osbornes(a)paradise.net.nz Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Rocket Lab Launch Tomorrow Hi Terry, Is the streaming link below correct - not a valid URL at this end?? Ta Selwyn -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of B J Sent: Friday, December 8, 2017 02:52 PM To: Wendy and Terry Osborne Cc: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Rocket Lab Launch Tomorrow On 12/7/17, Wendy and Terry Osborne <osbornes(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote: > Hi Launch Watchers, > > Rocket Lab’s second test launch will be streamed from about 01:15 UTC > tomorrow 8th December. > You can catch it here: http://www.rocketlab.co.nz/livestream > > Weather looks good so far. <snip> Are there any updates? It's now after 0150 UTC and there's no video stream yet. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL _______________________________________________ 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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Re: [amsat-bb] Rocket Lab Launch Tomorrow
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 11 Dec '17

11 Dec '17

-----Original Message----- From: Wendy and Terry Osborne Sent: Monday, December 11, 2017 2:45 PM To: B J Cc: amsat-bb Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Rocket Lab Launch Tomorrow Launch attempt scrubbed for today. Weather and orbital traffic problems. See: https://twitter.com/RocketLab 73, Terry ZL2BAC -----Original Message----- From: B J Sent: Monday, December 11, 2017 2:19 PM To: Wendy and Terry Osborne Cc: amsat-bb Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Rocket Lab Launch Tomorrow The video feed is active right now but there's no picture yet. It appears that lift-off is scheduled for 0200 UTC today. Go Electron! Go Rocket Lab! 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ CO96NG On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 2:45 AM, Wendy and Terry Osborne < osbornes(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote: > Hi Launch Watchers, > > Rocket Lab’s second test launch will be streamed from about 01:15 UTC > tomorrow 8th December. > You can catch it here: http://www.rocketlab.co.nz/livestream > > Weather looks good so far. > > 73, > Terry Osborne ZL2BAC > _______________________________________________ > 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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ 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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Re: [amsat-bb] Rocket Lab Launch Tomorrow
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 11 Dec '17

11 Dec '17

Hi Selwyn, They shifted the streaming to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx52QKgF_HM&feature=youtu.be But they have closed the link down (for today?). Launch scrubbed for today. See: https://twitter.com/RocketLab Cheers, Terry -----Original Message----- From: Selwyn Cathcart Sent: Monday, December 11, 2017 12:09 PM To: osbornes(a)paradise.net.nz Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Rocket Lab Launch Tomorrow Hi Terry, Is the streaming link below correct - not a valid URL at this end?? Ta Selwyn -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of B J Sent: Friday, December 8, 2017 02:52 PM To: Wendy and Terry Osborne Cc: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Rocket Lab Launch Tomorrow On 12/7/17, Wendy and Terry Osborne <osbornes(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote: > Hi Launch Watchers, > > Rocket Lab’s second test launch will be streamed from about 01:15 UTC > tomorrow 8th December. > You can catch it here: http://www.rocketlab.co.nz/livestream > > Weather looks good so far. <snip> Are there any updates? It's now after 0150 UTC and there's no video stream yet. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL _______________________________________________ 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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Rocket Lab Launch Tomorrow
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 11 Dec '17

11 Dec '17

Hi Launch Watchers, Rocket Lab’s second test launch will be streamed from about 01:15 UTC tomorrow 8th December. You can catch it here: http://www.rocketlab.co.nz/livestream Weather looks good so far. 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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High Speed Telemetry, SDR#, and RTS/SDR
by Fred Castello 11 Dec '17

11 Dec '17

Is anyone using this particular combination with the Fox 1 Telemetry Analysis Tool? Today on one of my good passes with AO-91 I believe it was transmitting high speed telemetry and it seemed no matter what combination I used, I could not get the tool to decode the high speed telemetry. I have no problem with the low speed Data Under Voice with this combination. I have always assumed that the high speed telemetry is on the same frequency as voice and low speed DUV. I would appreciate any thoughts anyone has as usual. Best Regards, Fred – KF4FC

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AMSAT Awards Update
by Bruce 10 Dec '17

10 Dec '17

We have a good list of recipients this time for the AMSAT Awards. This will also be the last update for 2017. With the new satellites this year and a crop of new ones coming in 2018 there will be a lot of operating going on. AMSAT Satellite Communicators Award for making their first satellite QSO Perikles Monioudis, HB9IQB Tae-Ryon Kim, DS5DNO Lawrence Witker, KE8BHX Adam Zabrowski, W8OOO Robert Twigg, KE8GDD Dan Howard, VA3MA ------ AMSAT Communications Achievement Award Ed Poccia, KC2LM, #579 ------ AMSAT Sexagesimal Award Adrian Liggins, VA3NNA, $180 Mac Cody, AE5PH, #181 ------ AMSAT Century Club Award George Carr, WA5KBH, #53 ------ AMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award Carlo Morandi, IK4JQQ, #93 Mac Cody, AE5PH, #94 ------ 73...bruce To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com/awards.html Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes

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Re: [amsat-bb] Behavior on FM Satellites
by Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL 10 Dec '17

10 Dec '17

Funny, With years of continuous building of single channel satellites, I would have thought everyone would have gotten used to it by now. >ducking< KB7ADL

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Behavior on FM Satellites
by Ron sieloff 10 Dec '17

10 Dec '17

I haven’t been on the birds in a week or so, so I know I haven’t been causing grief. Thank goodness. I am new to satellites. I thought your email was very informative and educational. As a newbie, I have been just happy successfully copying a rapid fire call sign in my head and being a newbie, not paying attention to the grids (as frankly I need most of them anyway). Your note will help me think about the grids more and give an ear to the rare ones. Only running 5w and normally just getting trampled on by the higher power guys. Have also noted a few that do hog the satellite by ending a QSO with a new QC and repeating it over and over during the pass. They dont even give others the chance to call them. I do agree we could do more to share the birds a bit better than we do. Thanks again and best wishes for Christmas Ron NU8N

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FUNcube-1 (AO-73) mode switch
by wouter weggelaar 10 Dec '17

10 Dec '17

Hi all, AO-73 / FUNcube-1 is now in amateur mode for the weekend with the transponder on! Plan as normal is to switch back to auto switching mode on Sun pm UTC 73s Wouter PA3WEG and the FUNcube team.

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Re: [amsat-bb] Help with Yaesu FT-736r
by Steve Nordahl 10 Dec '17

10 Dec '17

Looks like my effort to get Robert KD4ZGW in AL back on the birds is paying off. Robert tells me that the Xggcomms CAT Cable I sent him works perfectly on his FT-736R and SatPC32. So give a listen as he should be roaming the birds ASAP..!! Steve NS3L

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Antietam Elementary School, Woodbridge, VA
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 10 Dec '17

10 Dec '17

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Antietam Elementary School, Woodbridge, VA on 11 Dec. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:30 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and KM4TAY. The contact should be audible over the state of Viginia and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. We are the Mustangs of Antietam Elementary school. We are a public school located in Prince William County, Virginia, just south of Washington, DC. We are a newly recognized IB-PYP school with 670 students from PK-5th grade. We have 30 classrooms and 60 staff members. Our mission is to encourage our diverse learners to be cooperative, courageous, open-minded and reflective thinkers through a standards-based, world class education focused on academic excellence. During their school experiences, Antietam students engage in learning activities which foster collaboration among peers, families and faculty; cultivate a mindset of inquiry at an international level; and, inspire service in their local and global community. We have many clubs here at our school which our students enjoy. Among them is our ham radio club called Ham-tietam with about 30 student members. We are an active and creative school with many students excited about our contact with the International Space Station. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What time zone are you in when you are in space, or do you just have to keep switching the clock every time you enter a different time zone? 2. Has the ISS ever been hit by an asteroid? 3. What's your favorite part of being in space? 4. Who or what inspired you to go into space? 5. Do you ever get tired of the food you have to eat in space? 6. What kind of games or things do you do in space besides exercise that keep you occupied? 7. When you take off from the Earth, how high do you have to be for the boosters to fall off? 8. What is it like when you are first in space and when you finally get back to Earth? 9. How can you get different types of communication in space? Do satellites go around the whole Earth? 10. Do you get tired of sleeping on the wall? 11. How long did it take you to get to space? 12. How long did it take to build the ISS? 13. Can you see snow from space? 14. What do you like to do best with no gravity? 15. How many miles does the space station travel in a day? 16. Where do you keep your food, how do you keep It cold, and does it float everywhere? 17. How many years can you be an astronaut? 18. Do you get to see the sun rise and set? 19. How do you know when it's day time or night time? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. Summa-Aldapeta, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, direct via EG2SMA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Joe Acaba KE5DAR Contact is a go for: Tue 2017-12-12 13:01 UTC 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 Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Shirokawa Elementary School, Seiyo, Japan
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 10 Dec '17

10 Dec '17

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Shirokawa Elementary School, Seiyo, Japan on 11 Dec. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:06 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and 8J5SS. The contact should be audible over Japan and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. On April 1st 2016, four local elementary schools merged to become Seiyo City Shirokawa Elementary School. Due to a low birthrate and an aging population, the number of children is declining. For these children, our aim is to prepare an even better educational environment. There are 98 students enrolled at the school.The school is on a slightly elevated hill. To commemorate the opening of our school and new beginnings, we will carry out the gShirokawa Elementary School ARISS School Contact Project.h There is no school radio club. This project will give students the chance to dream and romanticize about space through the school contact. We hope for our children to learn in detail about the earth and space, while giving them a sense of pride and joy at being born and raised in our hometown. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What is the difference between life in space and life on Earth? 2. Is Earth beautiful from space? 3. Do you feel scared in space? 4. When you come back to Earth, what do you want to do first? 5. What exams did you take to become an astronaut? 6. What do you like best about being an astronaut? 7. What star do you like the best? 8. What is the temperature in space? 9. Do you have morning, noon and night on the ISS? 10. Does the Earth really look blue from space? 11. How did you feel while traveling in the rocket? 12. Why did you want to be an astronaut? 13. Which country's time zone is used in space? 14. How long does it take to get from Earth to the ISS? 15. Do you grow plants or rear animals on the ISS? 16. Have you ever worked on the outside of the ISS? What did you do? 17. If there is a problem with the ISS, what do you do? 18. Who is the astronaut you respect the most? 19. How do you feel in the weightlessness of space? 20. What mission are you most proud of? 21. Can you see a solar eclipse or a full moon from the ISS? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. Antietam Elementary School, Woodbridge, VA, direct via KM4TAY The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-12-11 18:30 UTC 2. Summa-Aldapeta, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, direct via EG2SMA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Joe Acaba KE5DAR Contact is a go for: Tue 2017-12-12 13:01 UTC 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 Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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The Unofficial AMSAT D-STAR net.
by Endaf Buckley 10 Dec '17

10 Dec '17

The Unofficial AMSAT D-STAR net Monday at 03:30 UTC on Reflector 9C. This is not affiliated with AMSAT and is just an informal round table type net discussing all things satellite and more.

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ANS-344 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by JoAnne K9JKM 10 Dec '17

10 Dec '17

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-344 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans In this edition: * November/December 2017 Apogee View Column Posted on the AMSAT Web * New Video: AO-91 Integration and Testing Before Launch * Special Membership Offer Continues for RadFxSat/AO-91 Launch * Donate to AMSAT Tax-Free From Your IRA * AMSAT Keplerian Elements Updated with AO-91 NORAD Tracking Number * New Distance Record via AO-91 5,955 km * Satellite Activity From Azores Islands on Christmas * December 20 Launch for HA-1 CubeSat with FM transponder and SSTV * Information for Requesting UT1FG/MM QSL Cards * English Edition of AMSAT-EA Newsletter * New Cuban Movie Features Ham Radio Contact With MIR * 2017 Open Source Cubesat Workshop Talks Posted On-line * Spaceflight Prepares to Launch Eleven Spacecraft on India's PSLV-C40 * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-344.01 ANS-344 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 344.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE December 10, 2017 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-344.01 November/December 2017 Apogee View Column Posted on the AMSAT Web The November/December 2017 edition of Apogee View, a comprehensive bimonthly update of AMSAT's activities written by AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, has been posted on the AMSAT website. https://www.amsat.org/apogeeview/ [ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- New Video: AO-91 Integration and Testing Before Launch AMSAT VP of Engineering, Jerry Buxton, NØJY has released a video report on YouTube, "The Good and the Bad with AO-91". During the 12 minute video Jerry describes what's right and what went a little wrong with AO-91: She hears very well, but she had a heck of a time learning to talk. Watch on-line at: https://youtu.be/no4pHx02lSI [ANS thanks AMSAT VP of Engineering, Jerry Buxton, NØJY for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Membership Offer Continues for RadFxSat/AO-91 Launch AO-91 is open to all and works great! Now is a good time to join AMSAT and receive a free digital copy of "Getting Started with Amateur Satellites"! Visit https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-membership/ and help AMSAT Keep Amateur Radio in Space. AMSAT is making our "Getting Started With Amateur Satellites" book available for a limited time as a download with any paid new or renewal membership purchased via the AMSAT Store. This offer is only available with purchases completed online, and for only a limited time. A perennial favorite, Getting Started is updated every year with the latest amateur satellite information, and is the premier primer of satellite operation. The 182 page book is presented in PDF format, in full color, and covers all aspects of making your first contacts on a ham radio satellite. Please take advantage of this offer today by visiting the AMSAT store at https://www.amsat.org/shop/ and selecting any membership option. While there, check out our other items, including the M2 LEOpack antenna system, Arrow antennas, AMSAT shirts, and other swag. Thank you, and see you soon on AO-91! [ANS thanks Paul N8HM for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Donate to AMSAT Tax-Free From Your IRA Are you over 70-1/2 years of age and need to meet your IRA's Required Minimum Distribution for 2017? Consider making a donation to AMSAT! Under the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015, individuals over 70-1/2 years of age may make direct transfers of up to $100,000 per year from a traditional IRA to an eligible charity without increasing their taxable income. Consult your tax advisor or accountant to make certain you are eligible. AMSAT is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational and scientific organization whose purpose is to design, construct, launch, and operate satellites in space and to provide the support needed to encourage amateurs to utilize these resources. AMSAT's federal tax ID is 52-0888529. [ANS thanks the AMSAT Board of Directors for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Keplerian Elements Updated with AO-91 NORAD Tracking Number AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, Ray Hoad, WA5QGD advises that the AO-91 (FOX-1B) object number has now been updated as NORAD CAT ID 43017 based on the results of detailed orbit analysis by Nico Janssen, PA0DLO. This is expected to be the last change of object number. Ray thanks to all who have labored to finally come to this conclusion. to this point. The AMSAT Keplerian elements have added AO-91 and EcAMSat (NORAD CAT ID 43019) to the AMSAT-NA TLE distribution. The following satellites have de-orbited and have been removed from the AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution: NORAD CAT ID 40949 - GomX-3 NORAD CAT ID 41477 - NODES 1 NORAD CAT ID 41478 - NODES 2 NORAD CAT ID 41931 - TANCREDO NORAD CAT ID 42770 - INFLATESAIL Visit http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/keps to subscribe to weekly e-mail delivery of the AMSAT-NA TLE distribution [ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- New Distance Record via AO-91 5,955 km Satellite operators are continuing to push AO-91's footprint to the limit. Joel Diaz, EB1AO, and Mike Diehl, W8LID, completed a 5,955 km QSO via the satellite this morning. The maximum elevation of the pass was just 0.9° for Mike and the QSO was made at 0.5° on his end. Who will be the first to complete a 6,000 km QSO? The theoretical maximum range is 6,072 km. Visit the AMSAT Distance Record page for a complete list of all satellite records: https://www.amsat.org/satellite-distance-records/ [ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Activity From Azores Islands on Christmas Pedro, CU2ZG says he will be active on satellites from grid square HM58 on Christmas. His equipment will include an Alaskan Arrow antenna, Yaesu FT-817ND, Yaesu FT-857D, Kenwood TS-2000 and a Wouxun KG-UV9DPlus. Most of the operation will be done using the TS-2000. Expected operating days are December 23 and 24, plus December 25 during the afternoon/evening hours. Pedro says this will be a family holiday and skeds will be accepted depending on his availability. His exact location will be HM58qm, at the CU7BC QTH (check QRZ.com) Watch his twitter account (@pdsousa) for updates. [ANS thanks Pedro, CU2ZG for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- December 20 Launch for HA-1 CubeSat with FM transponder and SSTV The IARU has announced frequency coordination has been completed for HA-1, a 2U CubeSat developed by the Teenagers Amateur Radio Center of Activity in Huaian, China. HA-1 is planned for launch on December 20. HA-1 will be mainly used for teenagers in Huaian to carry out activities related with amateur radio and aerospace science education. The cubesat is equipped with amateur radio repeater and SSTV(Slow Scan Television) component, which is to validate still image transmission in narrowband voice channel. There is an SSTV beacon, which puts Date/Time/Location information/temp- erature etc on a SSTV picture. Amateurs worldwide can also use HA-1 to test SSTV via the cubesat. Uplink: 145.930 MHz FM Downlink: 436.950 MHz FM Telemetry: 437.350 MHz 9k6 BPSK [ANS thanks the IARU for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Information for Requesting UT1FG/MM QSL Cards John, K8YSE, posted a message on the amsat-bb on behalf of Yuri, UT1FG/MM currently at sea aboard the MV Seahorse, "Yuri has asked that anyone who has not received confirmations from this year and previous year's operations to prepare logsheets so that he can mail them out when he arrives in New Orleans." John has posted an Excel Spreadsheet for you to enter your log data plus an example of a completed log sheet at: http://www.papays.com/sat/ut1fgqsl.html John's web page includes instructions to prepare your logsheet of QSO's that Yuri can print, verify, sign and mail from one of his destination ports. E-mail your logsheet to John at the address he lists in his instructions. John will send an acknowledgement email when he receives your request. This way you will know that Yuri will have your logsheet. Marinetraffic.com anticipates a December 15-16 arrival in New Orleans. John requests you send your logsheet QSL request as soon as possible so Yuri will have time to get them ready for mailing. Yuri's current ship, Seahorse, is a relatively new ship and is wider than previous vessels he has captained so it cannot go through the locks in the Great Lakes. On this voyage he will be more restricted as to possible destinations than he was last season. John concluded, "Yuri has been very busy with his duties and has had little time for anything else. He sends his regards to all." [ANS thanks John Papay, K8YSE for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- English Edition of AMSAT-EA Newsletter Spain's amateur satellite group AMSAT-EA have released an English language edition of their December newsletter It covers the recently launched RADFXSAT (FOX-1B) FM transponder CubeSat and the HA-1 FM / SSTV CubeSat due to launch in December. There is an article on the satellite tracking software Orbitron and Robert KE4AL describes his experiences operating satellites during a DXpedition to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Island. The translation was made by Fernando EC1AME. Download the newsletter from http://tinyurl.com/ANS-344-AMSATEA-News AMSAT-EA https://www.amsat-ea.org/ https://twitter.com/AmsatSpain [ANS thanks Southgate and AMSAT-EA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- New Cuban Movie Features Ham Radio Contact With MIR The Havana, Cuba Film Festival begins on December 7. One of the movies features a cuban amateur radio operator talking to the MIR space station. Posted on tiff.net: "As the Soviet Union crumbles in 1991, an amateur radio operator in Cuba makes unexpected contact with stranded cosmo- naut Sergei Krikalev as he observes the dissolution of his nation from orbit, in Cuban director Ernesto Daranas Serrano's comedic yet poignant reflection on how big events can impact ordinary lives." Check the videos and pictures here (google translation available on the site) http://ea1uro.com/radio/peliculacubana/ [ANS thanks the Southgate Amateur Radio News site for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2017 Open Source Cubesat Workshop Talks Posted On-line The Open Source Cubesat Workshop which was held on November 23-24 at the European Space Operations Center (ESOC/ESA), Darmstadt, Germany co-organized by Libre Space Foundation, the Librecube initiative and ESA/ESOC Cybernetics Team (https://oscw.space) have posted a YouTube playlist of the presentations and talks at: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-344OpenSourceCubesat [ANS thanks the Libre Space Foundation for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Spaceflight Prepares to Launch Eleven Spacecraft on India's PSLV-C40 by SpaceDaily.com Staff Writers Seattle WA (SPX) Dec 05, 2017 http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Spaceflight_Prepares_to_Launch_ Eleven_Spacecraft_on_Indias_PSLV_C40_999.html http://tinyurl.com/ANS-344-SpaceflightPSLVLaunch Spaceflight, a satellite rideshare and mission management provider, has announced it will be launching 11 spacecraft in early January from India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). Spacecraft include Finland's ICEYE-X1 SAR microsatellite, Planetary Resources' Arkyd-6 6U asteroid prospecting demonstration cubesat, four Spire Global Lemur-2 cubesats, Astro Digital's Landmapper-BC3, AMSAT's Fox-1D cubesat, and others. Spaceflight performed the cubesat integration at its Seattle Inte- gration Facility and is in the process of shipping the spacecraft to India for the PSLV-C40 mission. The PSLV rocket is scheduled to lift off from India's Satish Dhawan Space Center in early January 2018 with the Cartosat-2ER navigation satellite, in addition to Space- flight's rideshare customers. "PSLV-C40 is a perfect example of how our flexible, full-service rideshare model is enabling new commercial space businesses to exist while expanding into new markets," said Curt Blake, president of Spaceflight. "This mission brings new customers from outside the industry into space while continuing partnerships with existing customers for their ongoing satellite constellations." One first-time customer on the mission is Finland's ICEYE with the country's first commercial satellite, ICEYE-X1. ICEYE developed its own synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) sensor technologies suitable for satellites under 100kg in weight, making it one of the bigger payloads on the PSLV-C40 mission. This is ICEYE's first proof-of-concept microsatellite mission with a SAR sensor as its payload and also the world's first SAR satel- lite in this size, enabling radar imaging of the Earth through clouds and even in total darkness. Potential use-cases for the data are monitoring sea ice movements or marine oil spills, and preven- tion of illegal fishing. "Working together with Spaceflight to schedule and make this launch a reality has been an outstanding experience for ICEYE, and it has given us the necessary opportunities for scaling up operations for our constellation of micro-SAR satellites as planned," said Rafal Modrzewski, CEO and co-founder at ICEYE. Spaceflight offers customers the most options for getting to space, working with nearly every global launch vehicle provider, including the Falcon 9, PSLV, Antares, Cygnus, Electron, Soyuz and others. Much like buying an airline ticket that is valid on multiple airlines, Spaceflight can ensure organizations have flexibility to move vehicles if changes or delays occur. Additionally, the smallsat rideshare service model helps organizations reach a desired orbit at a much lower cost than buying their own launch vehicle. Spaceflight has negotiated the launch of more than 120 satellites on behalf of its customers and has contracts to deploy nearly 200 more through 2018. The company plans to coordinate and deploy its largest launch to date in 2018 with its first dedicated rideshare mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9. [ANS thanks SpaceDaily.com for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + Did you know you can help AMSAT by logging into your Amazon account using http://smile.amazon.com/ch/52-0888529 to designate AMSAT-NA as the organization of your choice. When shopping on-line you must use the URL http://smile.amazon.com for AMSAT to receive the donation from your purchases. + 2017: FUNcube Status and New Developments - Wouter Weggelaar, PA3WEG walks us through the whole FUNcube family of spacecraft at the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium in Milton Keynes, October 15th 2017. Watch on-line at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELFoLtm44Kc&feature=share + While waiting for the next satellite pass have a listen at http://www.livemeteors.com/ to hear meteor pings as they happen. The pings are a bit more frequent during the popular meteor showers. + Hackaday posted an article showing how to build your own azimuth- elevation rotor: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-344-HackadayRotor (via Bernhard, VA6BMJ) + Wyatt, AC0RA plans to be active from the Carnival Sunshine cruise between December 9-16. He will use the callsign C6AWD/MM. He will operate in semiduplex mode with his FT817 and Arrow antenna. More info at the callsign listing for C6AWD on qrz.com + The 3Y0Z DXpedition Team on Bouvet Island is asking the amateur radio community to help with flying costs. See the details on the web: http://www.bouvetdx.org/news-and-updates/ + European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, IZØJPA, is compiling TimeLapseADay videos and is sharing them on-line. These can be found on his playlist posted on YouTube: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-344TimeLapseADay + The December 2017 issue of SatMagazine has been posted at: http://www.satmagazine.com/ Vytenis Buzas LY1ZY features in this issue, see pages 76-77. + Read about new analysis of the famous Hubble Deep Field images and watch a video scan across the Deep Field. Each of those blobs and dots is a galaxy. See: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-344-UniverseToday --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. And, with that consider that bowling is more advantageous than golf since you rarely lose a bowling ball. 73, This week's ANS Editor, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM k9jkm at amsat dot org

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HC8LUT
by alex weimer 07 Dec '17

07 Dec '17

Station HC8LUT was on AO7 again at 2106 Z time with a strong signal... JACK KC7MG

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HC8LUT
by alex weimer 07 Dec '17

07 Dec '17

HC8LUT was on AO-7 again at 2106 Z with a strong signal. JACK KC7MG

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November/December 2017 Apogee View Posted
by Paul Stoetzer 07 Dec '17

07 Dec '17

The November/December 2017 edition of Apogee View, a comprehensive bimonthly update of AMSAT's activities written by AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, has been posted on the AMSAT website. https://www.amsat.org/apogeeview/

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Re: [amsat-bb] R PI I gate
by Nick Pugh 07 Dec '17

07 Dec '17

I want to use a R Pi as a I Gate can someone point me to software the does this and how to configure it? nick Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn

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Re: [amsat-bb] A video about AO-91
by Day, Wayne 07 Dec '17

07 Dec '17

Very informative video, Jerry. It's always interesting to get the behind-the-scenes information and happenings that are so necessary. Of course, it's all the behind-the-scenes work that makes the final result look so good! 73 Wayne N5WD AMSAT #3053 Back in the AMSAT family once again

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A video about AO-91
by Jerry Buxton 07 Dec '17

07 Dec '17

I did a little video yesterday. If you are interested in knowing a bit about AO-91's receive capability and some of the fun we had getting her to the launch pad, here is the URL. https://youtu.be/no4pHx02lSI -- Jerry Buxton, NØJY

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ISS SSTV
by Andreas Kellner 07 Dec '17

07 Dec '17

Received 2 beautiful clear pictures (12/12 and 1/12) from ISS SSTV on a 62 degree pass over east coast Australia. Very strong signal .. never heard the ISS that strong ? Transmitting in the typical 3 min on / 3 min off schedule. Does anybody know if they issue certificates again on this SSTV cycle ? Thanks, Andreas - VK4TH

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Re: [amsat-bb] R PI I gate
by Roy Dean 07 Dec '17

07 Dec '17

http://tech-software.net/satgate/satgate.htm https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf/blob/master/doc/Raspberry-Pi-SDR-IGate.p… Be sure to use "SATGATE 15" command in your .conf file to avoid "black hole" situation. I want to use a R Pi as a I Gate can someone point me to software the does > this and how to configure it? nick

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Re: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV
by John Brier 06 Dec '17

06 Dec '17

I see your point. I'm not sure but I look forward to better answers. 73, John Brier KG4AKV On Dec 6, 2017 6:16 PM, "Greg D" <ko6th.greg(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, but doesn't linear stay linear (but perhaps in a different > direction)? And linear in any direction should be a match for circular, in > either direction, with a constant 6db loss. At least that's the theory. > In practice, theory and practice can be different... > > The first picture was in the first half of the pass, and the second about > equally spaced on the second half (nice, since the rotor had to do a 180 > spin right in the middle). The second picture on that pass came through > without any issues. > > Greg KO6TH > > John Brier wrote: > > In the Extra class license manual I have it says signals can switch > polarity when they come through the ionosphere. > > On Dec 6, 2017 6:02 PM, "Greg D" <ko6th.greg(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > S9 the entire pass just now on my Oscar-ish array, without the preamp. > 2m antenna is a 2x8 element circular polarized beam, and about 60' of > old RG-something-thick (either 8 or 214) to the rig. Full Az/El > rotisserie. 2 great images (4/12 and 5/12), though I had to switch > polarization about halfway through the first one. Odd, since I thought > the ISS antennas were linear... > > Greg KO6TH > > > Koos van den Hout wrote: > > On 12/06/2017 10:27 PM, Mike Seguin wrote: > >> Got two good images from the ISS just now. VERY loud signals from > them.... > > The signals are loud here too. I just received a full image which > > started at 7 degrees above the horizon and ended at the horizon. It's > > clearly showing decoding errors, but at the best reception my FT-857D > > gave it an S5. See https://twitter.com/khoos/status/938525407426629632 > > > > And that's on a vertical on top of the house. I wonder what an Az/El > > rotor on a high spot can do! > > > > Koos van den Hout PE4KH > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > >

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ISS SSTV
by Mike Seguin 06 Dec '17

06 Dec '17

Got two good images from the ISS just now. VERY loud signals from them.... -- 73, Mike, N1JEZ "A closed mouth gathers no feet"

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One Nice Decode on 21:10 Pass in Houston EL29
by Tom Matthews 06 Dec '17

06 Dec '17

Very strong signal on 18 degree pass with mag mount antenna on mobile rig. Copied image 6 of 12. 73, Tom K5SAF

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Re: [amsat-bb] UT1FG/MM QSL's
by Angelo Glorioso 06 Dec '17

06 Dec '17

Hello John, I am not sure if my email when to junk. Since Yuri is coming to New Orleans, I can help with free LMR 400 and connectors if he still needs it?? 73 de Angelo / N5UXT in New Orleans. On 12/5/2017 2:16 PM, Angelo Glorioso wrote: Hello John, I have been reading the thread about UT1FG. Does he still need coax??? I have a roll of LMR 400 that we can cut to his liking. I have the connectors to. Let me know. Angelo / N5UXT IN NEW ORLEANS. Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> ________________________________ From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org><mailto:[email protected]> on behalf of John Papay <john(a)papays.com><mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 1:10:25 PM To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [amsat-bb] UT1FG/MM QSL's Yuri has asked that anyone who has not received confirmations from this year and previous year's operations to prepare logsheets so that he can mail them out when he arrives in New Orleans. Marinetraffic.com anticipates a 15 or 16Dec arrival but get these to me now so that he has time to get them ready for mailing. Instructions are at papays.com/sat There are no changes from the original procedure. The Seahorse is a relatively new ship and is wider than previous vessels so it cannot go through the locks in the Great Lakes. So he will be more restricted as to possible destinations than he was last season. He has been very busy with his duties and has had little time for anything else. He sends his regards to all. 73, John K8YSE --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.avast… _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org<mailto:[email protected]>. 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://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amsat.…

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Good ISS SSTC reception
by Simon Brown 06 Dec '17

06 Dec '17

Two cracking images http://www.sdr-radio.com/Blog/PostId/23/iss-images-dec-6-2017-1503-utc Simon Brown, G4ELI www.dxgalaxy.com <http://www.dxgalaxy.com/> www.sdr-radio.com <http://www.sdr-radio.com/> www.sdr-satellites.com <http://www.sdr-satellites.com>

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AO-85 SSTV
by skristof＠etczone.com 06 Dec '17

06 Dec '17

Sorry I couldn't make out the details due to my minimal receiving station, but I just want to let whoever sent the Red Beans and Rice recipe via AO-85 that it was received in grid EM79ji. Steve AI9IN Oldenburg IN EM79ji

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-12-06 06:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 06 Dec '17

06 Dec '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-12-06 06:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Shirokawa Elementary School, Seiyo, Japan, direct via 8J5SS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli (***) Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-12-11 11:06:25 UTC 70 deg (***) Antietam Elementary School, Woodbridge, VA, direct via KM4TAY The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP (***) Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-12-11 18:30:10 UTC 36 deg (***) Summa-Aldapeta, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, direct via EG2SMA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Joe Acaba KE5DAR Contact is a go for: Tue 2017-12-12 13:01:28 UTC 84 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** 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 http://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? 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 **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 124 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 100 **************************************************************************** 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. 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 2017-12-06 06:30 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. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1196. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1145. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://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: Arkansas, Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2017-12-05 07:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 52 on orbit Randy Bresnik Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Sergey Ryazanskiy Exp. 53 on orbit Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP Alexander Misurkin Joe Acaba KE5DAR **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ISS SSTV delayed a day due to Cygnus release...
by John Brier 05 Dec '17

05 Dec '17

https://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/2017/11/mai-75-in-december.html **UPDATE Dec 5** Looks like they had to do some rescheduling related to changes in the Cygnus release. Below is the new schedule: Dec 6, 2017 Test Setup and activation – 15:25-16:25UTC Dec 7, 2017 Test Power off – 18:10-18:20 UTC Power on – 13:40-13:50 UTC Power off – 17:30-17:40 UTC Dec 8, 2017 Power on – 14:05-14:15 UTC Power off and stow – 17:45-17:55UTC 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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AO-85 in Gpredict
by radiomb 05 Dec '17

05 Dec '17

Hello, Seeing the posts I downloaded Gpredict to give it a try. I could not find AO-85 (FOX-1A) in satellites listed. Even AO-91 is in the current list. Can it be under some other name? I found a way to add a bird but looks like a pain to update. Easy way? And if AO-91 is in the list why was AO-85 left out?TNX 73 Mike K4MIA

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UT1FG/MM QSL's
by John Papay 05 Dec '17

05 Dec '17

Yuri has asked that anyone who has not received confirmations from this year and previous year's operations to prepare logsheets so that he can mail them out when he arrives in New Orleans. Marinetraffic.com anticipates a 15 or 16Dec arrival but get these to me now so that he has time to get them ready for mailing. Instructions are at papays.com/sat There are no changes from the original procedure. The Seahorse is a relatively new ship and is wider than previous vessels so it cannot go through the locks in the Great Lakes. So he will be more restricted as to possible destinations than he was last season. He has been very busy with his duties and has had little time for anything else. He sends his regards to all. 73, John K8YSE --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-12-05 07:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 05 Dec '17

05 Dec '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-12-05 07:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering (EETAC), Castelldefels, Spain, direct via EG3UPC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP Contact was successful: Mon 2017-12-04 15:10:12 UTC 43 deg (***) Watch for live stream at http://tv.upc.edu/continguts/els-astronautes-de-estacio-espacial-internacio… Antietam Elementary School, Woodbridge, VA, direct via KM4TAY The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP (***) Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-12-11 18:30:10 UTC 36 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** 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 http://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? 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 **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 124 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 100 **************************************************************************** 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. 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 2017-12-05 07:00 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. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1196. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1145. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://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: Arkansas, Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2017-12-05 07:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 52 on orbit Randy Bresnik Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Sergey Ryazanskiy Exp. 53 on orbit Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP Alexander Misurkin Joe Acaba KE5DAR **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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5K0T sat logs fixed
by Kevin M 05 Dec '17

05 Dec '17

Just heard from the 5K0T QSL manager regarding the sat logs... "Was a wrong set time in the pc. I corrected all Sats log. I´ll upload the log to LoTW next year, after it be clear. Also upload fast the OQRS and Direct asked QSL." Should be good to go... of course, your mileage may vary. =^) If you have any more problems, suggest you check with their QSL manager. 73, N4UFO

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Question - Icom IC910-H full duplex operation using the Data jack inputs
by N6RFM1 gmail 04 Dec '17

04 Dec '17

I have an IC-910H question maybe someone can help with? Would like to set up mine for full duplex to work Falconsast-3 using the Data jacks for TX/RX data jacks for I/O but cannot seem to get the TX input side working. I do get RX data out of the radio no problem, so issue seems isolated to TX input side of the Data jacks. In brief, I made a cable so that the output of an UZ7HO sound modem will pass audio into the Data jack input. The cable ohms out OK, but I do not seem to be getting the data/audio into the radio via either Data jack. I have set the audio going into the data jacks at ~ 0.4 V p-p. I am aware that when the rig is in Satellite mode, the Data jacks act in reverse. To troubleshoot further, I have tried Split mode. As I understand, this should leverage the Main Data jack only? With the radio in split FM mode only, even if I feed a 1k2 tone to the Main or Sub Data jack input and key the radio (by pushing the front panel TX button), I cannot hear modulation on a second radio set up to monitor the IC-910H TX frequency. Have also tried all sorts of combinations for the Main and Sub Data inputs, but no joy. Is it required to assert PTT from the Data jack itself? BYW, I already have 1K2 packet set up for the sound modem using the ACC jack. Works FB. I'd just like to use the Data jacks for 9K2. Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot further? I will try an even lower audio input level (as suggested by N8MH), but the TX light is bright with 0.4 V input suggesting that the automatic limiter may not be the problem? Hopefully, I have missed something very simple. Direct email replies OK too. Thanks, Bob N6RFM n6rfm at gmail.com

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Re: [amsat-bb] satellite status not working???
by Roy Dean 04 Dec '17

04 Dec '17

I just tried AO-99, no problems. This is the AMSAT status page? ( https://www.amsat.org/status/index.php) > I have tried to put information in the satellite status page like I have > done before, but now for some reason I keep getting the > "missing information" page?Anyone else having this problem?? Perry WB8OTH py41 > at att.net > <http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb>sent from my Apple > Macbook Pro

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[Video] ISS SSTV! December 2017 Pass Simulations - 9 USA passes
by John Brier 04 Dec '17

04 Dec '17

https://youtu.be/6fVJn2CR6Vc The ISS will be sending Slow Scan TV images on December 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th (not 24/7! Watch video for details or see schedule below). I made a quick video screen capture of Orbitron satellite tracker so you can see if you'll be in range of the ISS when it's sending the images. There will be nine passes over the United States. See video description for relevant links. 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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satellite status not working???
by Perry Yantis 04 Dec '17

04 Dec '17

I have tried to put information in the satellite status page like I have done before, but now for some reason I keep getting the "missing information" page?Anyone else having this problem?? Perry WB8OTH py41(a)att.net sent from my Apple Macbook Pro

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Two FT-817s for cross band SSB duplex
by Richard Ferryman 03 Dec '17

03 Dec '17

As there are no recent full duplex rigs available to run full duplex cross band SSB I am considering using my two FT-817s with SatPC32 for this mode. Are there any problems that I need to watch out for? Any tips welcome. Dick G4BBH --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com

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AO-91 12-3-17
by Ted 03 Dec '17

03 Dec '17

21:30 pass comment: What a shame folks won't wait for a station to finish a qso before jamming..with your call And whoever was responsible for the rude profanity (either a rebroadcast or live) stay away As Damon used to say, "what a goat rope." 73, Ted K7TRK p.s. for the station perpetually calling 'CQ'..you don't need to do that.ever

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Re: [amsat-bb] AO-85 in GPredict
by Alan 03 Dec '17

03 Dec '17

Mike, For reasons which have to do with AO-85 being launched on a NRO mission, there are permanent restrictions on the dissemination of its Keps. The only place you can download them is the AMSAT list. It is called nasabare.txt, though your program may call it something different such as "Amateur (amsat.org)." I don't use GPredict so can't give you details, but the issue exists no matter what program you are using. 73, Alan WA4SCA <-----Original Message----- <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of <radiomb <Sent: Friday, December 01, 2017 21:55 PM <To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 in Gpredict < < <Hello, Seeing the posts I downloaded Gpredict to give it a try. I could not find <AO-85 (FOX-1A) in satellites listed. Even AO-91 is in the current list. Can it be <under some other name? I found a way to add a bird but looks like a pain to <update. Easy way? And if AO-91 is in the list why was AO-85 left out?TNX 73 <Mike K4MIA <_______________________________________________ <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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Great Group
by radiomb 03 Dec '17

03 Dec '17

Thanks for all the information on Gpredict. This is a great group. This is my 50th year as a ham, started at age 15. Have done almost everything in ham radio except EME (maybe some day). Made a few contacts on AO-51 a few years back. But now want to set up a permanent station and do a lot more. Hope to have an auto tracking system by this time next year. It is a challenging, rewarding, and educational part of the hobby. Greg, I am using windows and will update with your information. I am sure I will have many more questions. Hope to see some of you at Orlando next year. TNX again.73 Mike K4MIA

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ANS-337 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletin
by Lee McLamb 03 Dec '17

03 Dec '17

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-337 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * ISS Global Testing SSTV December 5-6 Prior to MAI-75 Over Moscow * Soyuz Launch Anomaly Results in Loss of D-Star ONE Cubesat * AMSAT-SM Supports ARISS With New Donationn * IARU Frequency Coordination for China's Juvenile 3U Cubesats * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-337.01 ANS-337 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 337.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE December 3, 2017 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-337.01 ISS Global Testing SSTV December 5-6 Prior to MAI-75 Over Moscow http://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/ published an update to the December MAI-75 SSTV testing schedule: **UPDATE - Nov 28** Seems the system will be put through some extended testing from December 5 starting around 15:00 UTC and running until 09:00 UTC on December 6. Test images will be used during this period. This will provide near global coverage if all works well. The MAI-75 schedule over Moscow remains unchanged at this point. The times correlate to a small number of passes each day in range of Moscow. Dec 6, 2017 Setup and power on – 13:40-14:20 UTC Power off – 17:05-17:15 UTC Dec 7, 2017 Power on – 13:45-13:55 UTC Power off – 17:30-17:40 UTC Dec 8, 2017 Power on – 14:05-14:15 UTC Power off and stow – 17:00-17:10 UTC [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Soyuz Launch Anomaly Results in Loss of D-Star ONE Cubesat A new Russian weather observatory and the first prototype for Telesat’s planned network of 100-plus broadband communications satellites in low Earth orbit were among 19 spacecraft lost after a Fregat rocket stage ran into trouble soon after liftoff aboard a Soyuz booster Tuesday. The Fregat rocket pack was supposed to place the 19 satellites into four different orbits Tuesday in a four-hour flight sequence following launch on a Soyuz rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, a new spaceport in the Amur region of Russia’s Far East. A report published by Russia’s Interfax news agency Tuesday quoted a Russian space industry source who attributed the apparent failure to human error. The source said a mistake uploaded to the Fregat’s flight computer caused the upper stage to be in the wrong orientation for the main engine’s first burn, which was scheduled to last 77 seconds to reach a temporary parking orbit a few hundred miles above Earth. Billed as the first German commercial CubeSat, the D-Star One spacecraft had four communications modules on-board, two of which were to be used by the amateur radio community. Developed by German Orbital Systems in Berlin in cooperation with the Czech company iSky Technology, officials hope to build follow-on satellites to construct a low Earth orbit communications network. [ANS thanks SpaceFlightNow for the above information --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT-SM Supports ARISS With New Donation AMSAT-SM is proud to announce a donation to ARISS (via AMSAT-NA) of $285. We hope that this small donation will help ARISS further work with amateur radio from ISS. AMSAT-SM is the Swedish section of AMSAT with approximately 220 members. One of their objectives is to inform Swedish hams about the fun with amateur satellites! Not many SM hams are active via satellite at the moment. With the help from our Swedish webpage and HF-net we hope that more Swedish hams should be using amateur satellites. The AMSAT-SM annual meeting is held every spring. Some weeks on Sundays we have a HF-net on 80 meters with lots of news about satellites and space. [ANS thanks AMSAT-SM for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- IARU Frequency Coordination for China's Juvenile 3U Cubesats The IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination Status pages, hosted by AMSAT-UK as a service to the world wide Amateur Satel- lite Community, report on an updated coordination for the Juvenile project from China. Juvenile is a 3U CubeSat project led by China Soong Ching Ling Youth Science and Culture Center for school education and amateur radio. The amateur radio station onboard will provide telecommand, tele- metry and FM repeater functions: 1. A VHF uplink and UHF downlink data control board with loop back function, which can act as an FM repeater. 2. A VHF uplink and UHF downlink 9k6 BPSK data control back up board, with a trigger to take a photo from a camera, and transmit SSTV image through NBFM modulation. 3. A 2.4 GHz band with 2 MHZ bandwidth multiple frequency up and down link communication experiment. Planning a launch from Jiuquan Space Center into a 500km Sun Synchronous Orbit. The IARU reports a November 30 revised coordination has been provided. Frequency coordination for Juvenile 1B, 1D and 1F Uplink 435.290 MHz FM Downlink 145.840 MHz FM Telemetry 145.930 MHz 9K6 BPSK Frequency coordination for Juvenile 1A, 1C, 1E and 1G Uplink 145.965 MHz FM Downlink 436.250 MHz FM Telemetry 437.475 MHz 9K6 BPSK Source: http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/ (frequencies which have been coordinated) [ANS thanks the IARU for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, HC8. A group of operators are QRV as HC8LUT from San Cristobal Island, IOTA SA-004, until December 8. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using all modes and satellites. QSL via IK2DUW. (via ARLD048 DX News) + Year-Long NASA On The Air Event Kicks off on December 11 The Amateur Radio clubs at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) centers around the US have invited the Amateur Radio community to join the NASA On The Air (NOTA) special event. NOTA gets under way in December 2017 and continues through December 2018. https://nasaontheair.wordpress.com/ + Astronaut Joe Acaba made an historic contact with the Maria Montessori Institute Educational Unit in San Cristobal, Venezuela: the first-ever educational ham radio contact in that country’s history. Video posted at: https://twitter.com/ISS_Research/status/935901182811238400 (via ARISS) + Hackaday article shows how AMSAT teamed up with students from Rochester Institute of Technology to create a Maximum Power Point Tracker, attached to a Fox-1B CubeSat. https://hackaday.com/2017/11/27/amsat-mppt-goes-to-infinity-and-beyond/ /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KT4TZ kt4tz at amsat dot org

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-12-03 03:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 03 Dec '17

03 Dec '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-12-03 03:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering (EETAC), Castelldefels, Spain, direct via EG3UPC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-12-04 15:10:12 UTC 43 deg Watch for live stream at http://tv.upc.edu/continguts/els-astronautes-de-estacio-espacial-internacio… (***) **************************************************************************** ** 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 http://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? 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 **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 124 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 100 **************************************************************************** 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. 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 2017-12-03 03:30 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. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1195. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1144. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://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: Arkansas, Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2017-12-01 06:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 52 on orbit Randy Bresnik Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Sergey Ryazanskiy Exp. 53 on orbit Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP Alexander Misurkin Joe Acaba KE5DAR **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Help with Yaesu FT-736r
by KD4ZGW 03 Dec '17

03 Dec '17

Can anyone help me get my Yaesu FT-736R to run on SatPC32? I bought a cable that will link the radio to the pc (via USB). But all it does is automatically puts the radio in "CAT mode" and doesn't change frequencies, when I shut it down, my radio is locked up and have to power cycle to get it out of CAT mode. What settings do I need to change in SatPC32? I have been working on this for months to figure it out, I want to get back on birds. I am getting a little frustrated with this radio. Thanks for any advice 73 de Rob KD4ZGW

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VUCC Awards/Endorsements for November 2017
by John Papay 03 Dec '17

03 Dec '17

Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period November 1, 2017 through December 1, 2017. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! CALL 1Nov17 1Dec17 WC7V 1157 1158 N8HM 980 1000 K4FEG 818 841 KG5CCI 616 777 N4UFO 675 700 N9IP 542 574 W5RKN 511 554 NJ4Y 516 550 W7QL 252 275 KA9P 175 212 VE7CEW 127 200 KE4AL 100 175 N4YHC 100 175 G0ABI 105 115 HP2VX 108 (NEW VUCC) KB2ESY 101 (NEW VUCC) PT9BM, who was at 100 grids on November 1, 2017, was not on the list dated December 1, 2017. This list was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings for November 1st and December 1st, 2017. It's a visual comparison so omissions are possible. Apologies if your call was not mentioned. Thanks to all those who are roving to grids that are rarely on the birds. They are doing most of the work! 73, John K8YSE --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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5K0T logged sat times
by Kevin M 02 Dec '17

02 Dec '17

I have checked the 5K0T clublog and see that I have 2 QSOs there (wasn't sure he got my call on the first pass, was at LOS), but when I go to enter the times to make a QSL request, it says the times are not correct. So I e-mailed the QSL manager and he sent me back the log entries from Ham Radio Deluxe. He shows the times exactly two hours ahead of what I have. So I have checked my tracking programs and I show no passes at the times his logs show, rather my times show as correct. Has anyone else that made a QSO with 5K0T tried to enter their times in Clublog to see if they are correct?? If you were successful, which pass was it? My passes were 2017-11-22 2029 and 2055z. So I e-mailed him back to tell him I think maybe there is a problem with either the computer that the log was recorded on or with the HRD program, etc., and his reply was simply, 'I use UTC times'. I made up some screen shots of my Orbitron for both his times and my times and sent them to him, but whether he will get the attachments is yet to be seen. It would just be good to know (for confidence level) if anyone else encounters the same problem. (Or am I just royally messed up and not seeing it.) Thanks in advance, feel free to reply on or off list. 73, Kevin N4UFO ------------------------------------------------------------------"Control is the need of the fearful mind. Trust is the need of the courageous heart."

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AO73 mode change
by Graham Shirville 02 Dec '17

02 Dec '17

Hi All, Just to confirm that AO73/FUNcube-1 is now in transponder mode for the weekend! Sorry for the delay.... 73 Graham G3VZV

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Upcoming ARISS contact with School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering (EETAC), Castelldefels, Spain
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 02 Dec '17

02 Dec '17

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering (EETAC), Castelldefels, Spain on 04 Dec. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:10 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and EG3UPC. The contact should be audible over Spain and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering (EETAC) is a higher education school of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Barcelona TECH that offers Bachelor's degrees, Master's degrees and several Doctoral programs in the fields of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering. The School is renowned for its strong commitment with educational innovation and quality. This commitment is strengthened through a wide research activity strongly related with the industry, aiming at transferring the results to our Society. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Why isn't the ISS farther away from Earth? 2. Is there a protocol that must be followed in case of finding extra- terrestrial life? 3. How do you measure your weight in the space? 4. Did you watch "The Martian" movie starred by Matt Damon? If it's so, do you think the story might be true in Mars in the distant future? 5. How long does it take to put on the spacesuit? 6. How much energy do you produce with the solar panels and how do you use that energy? 7. How and how often do you receive supplies from the Earth? 8. Do you think that in the near future ordinary citizens will be able to travel to space? 9. Do you think nowadays, women have the same possibilities as men in the space explorer? 10. Is up there anyone playing any music nowadays? Or just Chris Hadfield used to do that? 11. What time zone do you use in the ISS? 12. How did you feel the first time you slept on the ISS? 13. How do you feel about the image of astronauts shown on TV or cinema compared to your real life? 14. Which was your reaction when you were selected? 15. Can you explain any funny situation that happened there? 16. What are the skills that you need to be there? 17. After several time in the space, do you have another perspective of the life? 18. Is your hair growing as much as it does on Earth? 19. Do you have to sleep fewer hours if you are in space? Why? 20. Could you tell us if you would have accepted to do a space trip with the technology that had been used on the first moon landing? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): TBD 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 Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Saturday Dec 2nd Samson AL Passes EM61
by Greg Lane 02 Dec '17

02 Dec '17

I hope to make at least the first one AO-85. Times are Central. Greg N4KGL AO-85 will be visible from Samson, on Saturday, December 2 10:29:59 AM Starting in the NNW (328°) Ending in the SSE (161°) at 10:44:43 AM Maximum elevation: 63.6°° AO-91 will be visible from Samson, on Saturday, December 2 11:44:28 AM Starting in the SE (138°) Ending in the N (4°) at 11:58:24 AM Maximum elevation: 26.4°° http://issdetector.com

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AO-91 Keps now available from CelesTrak
by Alan 01 Dec '17

01 Dec '17

Since AO-91 was not part of a classified launch, the Keps are now available in the amateur.txt file. It is listed as FOX-1B (AO-91). If you are using SatPC32, you can show it as AS-91 by adding this line to the AmsatNames.txt file: 43017 17073E AO-91 73s, Alan WA4SCA

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Re: [amsat-bb] AOS predictor for PC? (Simple Window Graphic!)
by Robert Bruninga 01 Dec '17

01 Dec '17

> What is the 'gold standard' for AOS predictions on a PC (no phones, pls)? To me, it is this tiny 4k graphic that was displayed at the bottom of every APRStk screen 20 years ago. It was everything I wanted in a tracking program: http://aprs.org/AMSAT/APRSTK-bar.png Please look at it. It’s a horizontal graphic only an inch tall but wide. The horizontal axis is in increments of ten minutes out to 3 hours. The vertical is 0 to 90 degrees elevation. Every pass then in the next 3 hours shows as a hump. So in an instant, you can see what satellites are coming up, when, and how high. That is all you need to know whether a pass is worth taking or not. The deep blue one in the background was AO40 at the time that would be in view for many hours... All the others are LEO's. I'd keep this on my PC always running all the time. And one can differentiate by colors. One for AX.25, one for voice, one for linear, one for bleep sats and so on. This particular screen shot shows the humps filled in. But with so many sateliltes now, the hump should just be a solid line so you can see under them. If someone would write this in modern code instead of DOSbasic, I'd buy it! Bob, Wb4aPR

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AOS predictor for PC?
by Ted 01 Dec '17

01 Dec '17

Hello, What is the 'gold standard' for AOS predictions on a PC (no phones, pls)? Clearly, after playing with WinAos for an hour, that is not the program ! Hints appreciated 73, Ted K7TRK

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-12-01 06:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 01 Dec '17

01 Dec '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-12-01 06:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: S.G.B. De La Salle, Rome, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Luigi Nono, Mira, Italy, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Contact was successful: Thu 2017-11-30 08:04:20 UTC 73 deg (***) Watch for live stream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ari-riviera-del-brenta-live Bishop Hendricken High School and its sister school, St. Mary Academy - Bay View, Warwick, RI, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli Contact was successful: Thu 2017-11-30 17:02:09 UTC 61 deg (***) Watch for live stream of this event at tinyurl.com/ISSchat2017 or https://livestream.com/accounts/9685187/events/7946215 starting at 16:35 UTC (***) School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering (EETAC), Castelldefels, Spain, direct via EG3UPC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-12-04 15:10:12 UTC 43 deg **************************************************************************** ** 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 http://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? 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 **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Francesco IKØWGF with 132 (***) Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 124 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 100 **************************************************************************** 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. 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 2017-12-01 06:00 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. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1195. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1144. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://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: Arkansas, Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2017-12-01 06:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 52 on orbit Randy Bresnik Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Sergey Ryazanskiy Exp. 53 on orbit Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP Alexander Misurkin Joe Acaba KE5DAR **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming Rocket Lab Launch
by B J 01 Dec '17

01 Dec '17

The window for it opens 2017-12-08: http://parabolicarc.com/2017/11/29/rocket-lab-electron-launch-window-set-op… While on the subject of scheduling launches: http://parabolicarc.com/2017/11/29/falcon-heavy-debut-slips-january/ Meanwhile, there have been a number of launch failures this year, the most recent being a Russian rocket: http://parabolicarc.com/2017/11/28/soyuz/ 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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AMSAT @ Superstition Superfest in Mesa AZ (2 December 2017)
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 01 Dec '17

01 Dec '17

Hi! I will have an AMSAT table at the Superstition Amateur Radio Club's Superstition Superfest on Saturday, 2 December 2017, in Mesa AZ. The hamfest will be in the south parking lot of Mesa Community College, along the east side of Dobson Road between Southern Avenue and US-60 exit 177. More information about the hamfest is available at: https://www.superstitionsuperfest.org/ WD9EWK will be on various satellite passes during the hamfest. If you hear WD9EWK on a pass, please feel free to call and be a part of the demonstrations. After the hamfest, all QSOs with WD9EWK from the hamfest will be uploaded to Logbook of the World. QSL cards are available on request; please e-mail me with the QSO details if you would like to receive a QSL card. The hamfest is in grid DM43. Thanks in advance, and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

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Fwd: [keps] Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for 11-30-2017
by Paul Stoetzer 01 Dec '17

01 Dec '17

For those using AMSAT keps to track AO-91, please note that the satellite has been identified as object number 43017. The previous distribution used 43016. This may cause some odd behavior with certain tracking apps when updating keps. You may need to delete and re-add AO-91. 73, Paul, N8HM ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ray Hoad <ray.hoad(a)mypbmail.com> Date: Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 8:05 PM Subject: [keps] Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for 11-30-2017 To: KEPS <keps(a)amsat.org> As promised, AO-91 (FOX-1B) is now NORAD CAT ID 43017. This should be the last change of object number. Thanks to all who have labored to finally come to this point. Also I have added EcAMSat (NORAD CAT ID 43019) to this week's AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution. EcAMSat was developed through a partnership between NASA's Ames Research Center and Standford University School of medicine and has only a data downlink on 437.095 MHz. See the following AMSAT News Service Bulletin ANS-330 link for more information. Thanks to Nico Janssen, PA0DLO for satellite ID. http://www.amsat.org/pipermail/ans/2017/000998.html Ray Hoad, WA5QGD Orbital Elements Manager _______________________________________________ Via the Keps mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/keps

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K8BL Rover Q's --> LoTW
by R.T.Liddy 30 Nov '17

30 Nov '17

Gridders, The Rover QSO's from my trip 11/20-11/28/17 have beenuploaded to LoTW. Let me know by e-mail with details ifone of yours appears to be missing. 73, Bob K8BL

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AMSAT-OSCAR 91 identified
by Nico Janssen 30 Nov '17

30 Nov '17

All, Detailed doppler measurements show that AMSAT-OSCAR 91 (AO 91) is object 43017, 2017-073E. There is a small frequency drift on the downlink of OSCAR 91. During ascending passes, i.e. early afternoon passes from south to north, with the satellite in full sunlight, the downlink shows a frequency drift of about -19 Hz per minute. 73, Nico PA0DLO

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Live Stream Bishop Hendricken High School ARISS Contact
by Bob 30 Nov '17

30 Nov '17

Rhode Island is livestreaming an ARISS contact now (11:40 AM EST). Questions will be around 12_04 PM You can listen to the livestream feed here: https://livestream.com/ accounts/9685187/events/7946215 73, Bob, WB4SON

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HC8LUT first pass
by Fernando Ramirez 30 Nov '17

30 Nov '17

Good morning! Just received word from Alejandro, HC8LUT Dxpedition Manager, and he informed that the satellite antennas are up and ready. They will try the AO-7 pass that starts at 20:16z. Best of luck to them and our fellow chasers. Please be mindful of your uplink power! 73 Fernando, NP4JV

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HM58 Christmas operation
by pedro＠dutrasousa.name 30 Nov '17

30 Nov '17

Hi All, As usual I'll be in HM58 this Christmas and fully equipped. I'll have an Alaskan Arrow, Yaesu FT-817ND, Yaesu FT-857D, Kenwood TS-2000 and a Wouxun KG-UV9DPlus. Most of the operation will be done using the TS-2000. Expected operating days are December 23 and 24, plus 25 afternoon/evening. Being a family holiday, skeds are accepted depending on availability. The exact location is HM58qm, at CU7BC QTH (check QRZ.com), same place as last year. I'll keep everyone posted on my twitter account (@pdsousa). 73, Pedro CU2ZG -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-11-30 01:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 30 Nov '17

30 Nov '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-11-30 01:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: S.G.B. De La Salle, Rome, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Luigi Nono, Mira, Italy, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-11-30 08:04:20 UTC 73 deg Watch for live stream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ari-riviera-del-brenta-live Bishop Hendricken High School and its sister school, St. Mary Academy - Bay View, Warwick, RI, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-11-30 17:02:09 UTC 61 deg Watch for live stream of this event at tinyurl.com/ISSchat2017 or https://livestream.com/accounts/9685187/events/7946215 starting at 16:35 UTC (***) School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering (EETAC), Castelldefels, Spain, direct via EG3UPC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-12-04 15:10:12 UTC 43 deg **************************************************************************** ** 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 http://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? 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 **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Francesco IKØWGF with 131 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 124 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 100 **************************************************************************** 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. 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 2017-11-30 01:30 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. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1192. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1142. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://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: Arkansas, Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2017-11-29 05:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 52 on orbit Randy Bresnik Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Sergey Ryazanskiy Exp. 53 on orbit Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP Alexander Misurkin Joe Acaba KE5DAR **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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For sale: Garmin GPS 76S
by Clayton Coleman 29 Nov '17

29 Nov '17

I have a Garmin GPS 76S for sale. I have a serial cable and cigarette power cable for it. No box, no manual. It's a good model for satellite roving because it's got a decent sized screen and displays the current location in Maidenhead Grid format. Battery life is also good (4 x AA.) $70 shipped. 73 Clayton W5PFG

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Satellite Tracker
by Fred Castello 29 Nov '17

29 Nov '17

I saw your request for a rotor control unit on the mailing list. I was in your shoes a year ago or so and chose to go with the ERC-M USB unit: http://schmidt-alba.de/eshop/product_info.php?products_id=18 <http://schmidt-alba.de/eshop/product_info.php?products_id=18> It is a kit that went together VERY easily and I can’t over compliment the company and the support offered by its founder and CEO. I would also suggest that you read the reviews at eHam.net: http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/8210 <http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/8210> All 5/5, really hard to beat. I also want to state that I have no connection with the company at all. I am sure there are other products out there that are fine, but I can tell you for sure that this product will work great and if you ever need support, you will get A-! support. Good luck and Best Wishes, Fred - KF4FC

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Bishop Hendricken High School and its sister school, St. Mary Academy - Bay View, Warwick, RI
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 29 Nov '17

29 Nov '17

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Bishop Hendricken High School and its sister school, St. Mary Academy - Bay View, Warwick, RI on 30 Nov. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:02 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between IR0ISS and IK1SLD. The contact should be audible over Italy and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. 16 students from Bishop Hendricken and its sister school, St. Mary Academy - Bay View, have been chosen to participate in the "Rhode Island Space Chat #2" after submitting questions based on the study of the ISS mission. Hendricken will be the first high school in Rhode Island to host the ARISS event scheduled to take place in the school's Dr. Daniel S. Harrop Theater in front of a crowd of 350 science and technology students as well as school administrators and local dignitaries. Founded in 1874, St. Mary Academy - Bay View, located in Riverside, Rhode Island, is an independent Catholic school serving a diverse population with more than 600 girls and young women enrolled in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. There are opportunities for students to apply knowledge from their science, technology, engineering, art, and math coursework during internships at local companies. Bay View students and alumnae frequently distinguish themselves through accomplishments in STEAM fields. In 2017, the Academy's Robotics Team won the Rhode Island championship in the FIRST® LEGO® League Robotics competition and went on to receive a 3rd place at the World Championship. Bishop Hendricken High School, named for the Most Rev. Thomas F. Hendricken, first Bishop of Providence, opened its doors to 350 students in 1959. This premiere, all-boys Catholic college preparatory high school is located on 34 acres of land in Warwick, Rhode Island. With current enrollment at 940, the school offers five academic levels including a special 8th grade Honors Institute and an Options Program for students with mild to moderate developmental disabilities. Bishop Hendricken has a rich tradition of attracting gifted scholars, artists and athletes. The school boasts over 500 National Merit and Commended Scholars and is the current home of the reigning U.S. National Academic Decathlon Champions and Rhode Island State Champions from 2011-2017. Students pride themselves on providing over 42,000 hours of community service annually as they live out Hendricken's mission to bring each member of their community into a closer relationship with God - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - through the development of the total person - heart, mind, body and soul. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How has your experience in space affected your personal faith or beliefs? 2. How does zero gravity impact the sound of a stringed instrument like a guitar? 3. Does cell growth become stunted, accelerated, or simply remain constant in microgravity? 4. How is vaccine drug discovery improved in your microgravity environment versus a pharmaceutical research lab on Earth? 5. What results from space station research have yielded the greatest impact on Earth? 6. How does long exposure to microgravity impact an astronaut's eyesight and eye health? 7. Do adrenaline rushes in microgravity cause you to mentally process things differently? 8. Since your body is better supported in zero gravity, do you expend less energy and therefore eat less? 9. How do you combat loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength (sarcopenia) while in orbit? 10. If space tourism begins to take space travel out of the hands of \ government, are there major concerns to opening it up to the private sector? 11. With the human race on the cusp of interplanetary travel, what new fields of study and skill sets will astronauts need? 12. How do planets and stars look differently from your vantage point? 13. How much is the human aging process impacted after a nine month trip to Mars? 14. With global challenges like poverty and disasters, why is it important to spend money on space travel? 15. What earthbound activities do you miss the most while in orbit? 16. When you aren't in space, what are your outside interests and hobbies? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering (EETAC), Castelldefels, Spain, direct via EG3UPC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-12-04 15:10 UTC 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 Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-11-29 05:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 29 Nov '17

29 Nov '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-11-29 05:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Huntley Centennial Public School, Carp, ON, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli Contact was successful: Tue 2017-11-28 18:46:37 UTC 50 deg (***) S.G.B. De La Salle, Rome, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Luigi Nono, Mira, Italy, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-11-30 08:04:20 UTC 73 deg Watch for live stream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ari-riviera-del-brenta-live Bishop Hendricken High School and its sister school, St. Mary Academy - Bay View, Warwick, RI, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-11-30 17:02:09 UTC 61 deg School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering (EETAC), Castelldefels, Spain, direct via EG3UPC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-12-04 15:10:12 UTC 43 deg **************************************************************************** ** 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 http://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? 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 **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Francesco IKØWGF with 131 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 124 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 100 **************************************************************************** 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. 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 2017-11-29 05:00 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. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1192. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1142. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://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: Arkansas, Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2017-11-29 05:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 52 on orbit Randy Bresnik Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Sergey Ryazanskiy Exp. 53 on orbit Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP Alexander Misurkin Joe Acaba KE5DAR **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS contact with S.G.B. De La Salle, Rome, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Luigi Nono, Mira, Italy
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 29 Nov '17

29 Nov '17

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at S.G.B. De La Salle, Rome, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Luigi Nono, Mira, Italy on 30 Nov. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:04 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ. The contact should be audible over the west coast of the U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in Italian. S.G.B. De La Salle School started its educational activity for male students of the primary school in 1937, by initiative of the Friars belonging to Congregazione of San Giovanni Battista de La Salle, following his pedagogic principles. In 1963, the school hosted also the secondary level school and some years later the school was opened also to female students. The number of students in Rome is about 400 and the school is located not far from S. Peter Basilica and the Vatican Museum. The school belongs to a school network which is present, all over the world, in 82 countries. The Comprehensive town of Mira "Luigi Nono" was born September 1, 2013, and consists of three types of schools: nursery school, primary and secondary levels, dislocate in school buildings of Mira, Mira Porte and Gambarare. The number of pupils in these institution are about 1630. Mira is a large town situated along the banks of the River Brenta and near Venice, popular for many of the fifteenth century villas located throughout the area. With other neighboring towns form the urban area called "Riviera del Brenta". Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. L'intensità delle emozioni che si provano nello spazio potrebbero essere così forti da rinunciare alla terra per sempre? 2. Sono uno sportivo, volevo sapere che tipo di preparazione fisica e allenamento dovete fare prima di partire per una missione. 3. Il tempo sulla terra è scandito dalla crescita dei fanciulli, delle piante, del cambio delle stagioni. Nello spazio come si percepisce il trascorre del tempo? 4. Ho saputo che fate molti esperimenti nello spazio, come la crescita delle piante, mi dici qual è il tuo esperimento preferito? 5. Sulla terra un importate sentimento umano è la paura, come è vissuto tale sentimento nello spazio? 6. Volevo sapere cosa succede se uno di voi si ammala durante una missione? C'è qualcosa che vi immunizza dalle malattie? 7. Come suddividete il tempo lavorativo e il tempo dello svago nella stazione spaziale? 8. Durante le tue missioni ti è mai capitato di avere un guasto all'astronave, o un problema tecnico? Come lo avete risolto? 9. Dallo spazio, avete mai visto svilupparsi fenomeni naturali-metereologici importanti? 10. Se avete problemi e doveste rientrare sulla Terra, come fate? 11. Come sono regolati i rapporti giuridici all'interno della stazione spaziale? 12. Quanto tempo ci vuole per far sì che il tuo corpo si abitui nuovamente al cibo e alla vita sulla terra? 13. Quali esperimenti fate e che sostanze chimiche usate nella stazione spaziale? 14. Ho letto che qualche giorno fa hai osservato un asteroide infuocato sfrecciare sui cieli dell'Africa. Ma se un giorno un asteroide puntasse diritto sulla terra, come potremmo difenderci? 15. Qual è il vostro primo pensiero quando scatta l'allarme d'emergenza? 16. Come funziona l'alimentazione e la pulizia personale? Translated: 1. Is the intensity of the emotions that you experience in space might be so strong that you give up the land forever? 2. I make sports, which kind of body training you have to undertake in preparation for a mission? 3. Time on Earth is marked by the growth of children, plants, and change of seasons. In the space how do you perceive the passage of time? 4. I know that you make many experiments in the space, like growing plants, can you tell me which experiment is your preferred one? 5. On the ground, an important human feeling is fear, how has that sense felt in space? 6. I would like to know what happens if an astronaut became ill during a mission. Do you take anything that make you immune from infections? 7. How do you split the working time and leisure time in the space station? 8. Have you ever experienced any fault or any technical problem to the ISS during your mission? How do you repaired it? 9. From space, have you ever seen the development of important natural- weather phenomena? 10. Should you need to come back to the earth, for any reason, how do you do? 11. How are the legal relations within the space station regulated? 12. How long you need to restore completely and to get again confidence with the food and the life on the earth? 13. What experiments do you make and what chemicals are used in the space station? 14. I read that some days ago you have observed an asteroid flying over Africa. If an asteroid one day should fly towards the earth, how we could defend from it? 15. What is your first thought when it comes to emergency alarm? 16. How foods are prepared and how do you wash yourself and your clothes? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. Bishop Hendricken High School and its sister school, St. Mary Academy - Bay View, Warwick, RI, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-11-30 17:02 UTC 2. School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering (EETAC), Castelldefels, Spain, direct via EG3UPC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-12-04 15:10 UTC 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 Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Yaesu G5400 G5500 G550
by alex weimer 28 Nov '17

28 Nov '17

Still looking for a Yaesu AZ/El rotor or the G550 Elevation rotor in excellent shape. If anyone has one to sell please email me at my QRZ.COM email address Thank You JACK KC7MG

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D-Star One launch failure
by Day, Wayne 28 Nov '17

28 Nov '17

The Russian Meteor M2-1 satellite, a Canadian Telestar experimental satellite and 17 other secondary payloads, including the D-Star One satellite which would have been the first amateur radio satellite utilizing the D-Star digital voice and data format, have apparently been lost with the failure of the Fregat rocket stage launched aboard a Soyuz booster from the new Vostochny Cosmodrome. Russian controllers say they were unable to contact the Meteor M2-1 after it was supposed to separate from the Fregat upper stage. Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, says that they are analyzing the situation. >From Spacefight Now: "Billed as the first German commercial CubeSat, the D-Star One spacecraft had four communications modules on-board, two of which were to be used by the amateur radio community. Developed by German Orbital Systems in Berlin in cooperation with the Czech company iSky Technology, officials hope to build follow-on satellites to construct a low Earth orbit communications network." Hopefully, we'll get another chance to utilize D-Star communications with a satellite repeater some time in the future. 73 Wayne N5WD

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1800 UTC 11/28 AO-91 Pass Recording
by Mike Thompson 28 Nov '17

28 Nov '17

Something went goofy with my recorder again, and I was not able to record the last AO-91 pass. I know I worked a bunch of guys, and aside from the few who mentioned me on Twitter, I don't have any call signs. Can anyone send me their recordings of the last pass? Thank you. AE0MT.

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ISS SSTV Global Testing December 5-6
by JoAnne K9JKM 28 Nov '17

28 Nov '17

http://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/ published an update to the December MAI-75 SSTV testing schedule (originally scheduled over Moscow and adjacent areas): **UPDATE - Nov 28** Seems the system will be put through some extended testing from December 5 starting around 15:00 UTC and running until 09:00 UTC on December 6. Test images will be used during this period. This will provide near global coverage if all works well. 145.800 MHz. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-11-28 07:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 28 Nov '17

28 Nov '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-11-28 07:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Ashbury College, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Joe Acaba KE5DAR Contact was successful: Mon 2017-11-27 18:39:58 UTC 47 deg (***) Huntley Centennial Public School, Carp, ON, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli Contact is a go for: Tue 2017-11-28 18:46:37 UTC 50 deg S.G.B. De La Salle, Rome, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Luigi Nono, Mira, Italy, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-11-30 08:04:20 UTC 73 deg Watch for live stream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ari-riviera-del-brenta-live (***) Bishop Hendricken High School and its sister school, St. Mary Academy - Bay View, Warwick, RI, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-11-30 17:02:09 UTC 61 deg School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering (EETAC), Castelldefels, Spain, direct via EG3UPC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP (***) Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-12-04 15:10:12 UTC 43 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** 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 http://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? 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 **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Francesco IKØWGF with 131 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 124 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 100 **************************************************************************** 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. 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 2017-11-28 07:00 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. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1191. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1141. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://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: Arkansas, Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2017-11-28 07:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 52 on orbit Randy Bresnik Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Sergey Ryazanskiy Exp. 53 on orbit Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP Alexander Misurkin Joe Acaba KE5DAR **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Speaking of Hackaday
by Jerry Buxton 28 Nov '17

28 Nov '17

The Fox-1 MPPT is also in the Hackaday news... https://hackaday.com/2017/11/27/amsat-mppt-goes-to-infinity-and-beyond/ -- Jerry Buxton, NØJY

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SDR receivers for sale!
by Stefan Wagener 28 Nov '17

28 Nov '17

Offer as a bundle three SDR receivers together: 1. Airpsy Mini 2. N3 SDR receiver 3. RTL-SDR receiver (V3): RTL2832U R820T2 TCXO+Bias T +HF All three units together for $100 shipped (within US and Canada). Please contact me offline at: my callsign @ gmail.com Thanks, Stefan VE4NSA

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Question regarding Yaesu G-5500 AZ/EL Rotor
by Bernie and Cheryl 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

Dear Folks: I am looking into getting a satellite tracker box to connect my computer to my G-5500 rotor so I don't have to manually track satellites any more. I get the impression that I would hook the tracker box into the back of the rotor control box (where the 8 pin DIN female connector is). However, the manual for the 5500 states as follows: "If the optional GS-232 Computer Control Interfaces Unit is installed, the RS-232C cable from the computer routes through this grommet ..." This implies that I need to buy something else from Yaesu and install it in the control box in order to utilize a tracker box. But, I've never heard of anyone doing that. So, has someone out there hooked up a 5500, and did you have to buy an optional unit for the Yaesu rotor control box? Thanks for your help. 73 de Bernie, KF0QS

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SO-50 Troubles
by Mike Thompson 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

Good morning Ladies and Gent's. Tried working SO-50 last night after a few successful contacts on AO-91, and I was having a hard time hitting the bird. I am using a pair of HT's (FT-60 on RX, VX-8 on TX), each connected to their respective elements of my arrow antenna. TX tone was enabled, and I was hearing the bird just fine, but couldn't seem to make it in. Did anyone by chance hear my call sign? I know it's likely far to vague for anyone to give any real suggestions, but I was a bit frustrated with my 2nd recent unsuccessful attempt at working stations on SO-50. Thank you. Mike, AE0MT.

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Low-cost Satellite Positioner Article on Hackaday
by B J 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

https://hackaday.com/2017/11/26/start-tracking-satellites-with-this-low-cos… Complete instructions are found in the URL the article refers to. I find Hackaday to be a terrific site for projects and ideas for things relating to computing and amateur radio. I first heard about it through listening to the Soldersmoke podcasts. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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AO-85 Frequencies
by Mike Thompson 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

Good Morning Ladies and Gent's. I have seen a few different frequency pairs listed for AO-85, and as I understand it, the actual frequency tends to vary, but can anyone give me a pair of frequencies to start with to get into AO-85? I understand the uplink will need to shift +-10kHz, but shifting on either side of what center frequency? Thank you. Mike, AE0MT.

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Huntley Centennial Public School, Carp, ON, Canada
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Huntley Centennial Public School, Carp, ON, Canada on 28 Nov. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:46 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between IR0ISS and IK1SLD. The contact should be audible over Italy and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The language is expected to be English. Story about the school not available at this time. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What is the most interesting research you are doing? 2. How do you talk to your family and friends in outer space? 3. What do you eat and how do you cook in space? 4. How long does it take to get to space station? 5. What do you do to prepare for the re-entry into Earth's atmosphere and gravity effects? 6. How is the space station controlled? 7. How long can people stay in space and what is the record? 8. What is the temperature outside of space station and how do you stay warm both on board and when doing a spacewalk? 9. How is air produced on space station and how often do you bring supplies on board? 10. What is the training process to become an astronaut? 11. Have you ever regretted being in space? 12. Since the toilet is made for zero gravity, how do you train to use it on earth? 13. Does your view of the world change after your return from space? 14. What does it feel like returning to earth after being in space? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. S.G.B. De La Salle, Rome, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Luigi Nono, Mira, Italy, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-11-30 08:04 UTC 2. Bishop Hendricken High School and its sister school, St. Mary Academy - Bay View, Warwick, RI, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-11-30 17:02 UTC 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 Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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"Reverse" bias-tee ??
by Scott 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

Hi everyone. The schematic makes me think "yes", but I wanted to check before making a purchase. Normally a bias-tee is used to inject a DC voltage onto your coax to power a pre-amp. Since some pre-amps aren't powered off the coax, but rather from a separate pair of pins, I was wondering if you can use a bias-tee AT THE PRE-AMP to extract the DC voltage off our coax for connection to those external power pins on the pre-amp? Running a separate cable to power the pre-amp is not the end of the world, but it would be convenient if I could turn on the bias voltage available on the Airspy or RTL-SDR and then extract it up at the antenna to power a pre-amp. Thanks for any recommendations! -Scott, K4KDR

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Unofficial AMSAT D-STAR net.
by Endaf Buckley 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

The Unofficial AMSAT D-STAR net Monday at 03:30 UTC on Reflector 9C. This is not affiliated with AMSAT and is just an informal round table type net discussing all things satellite and more. 73 de N6UTC.

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TNC3S High-Speed dual port Packet-Controller - FS -
by Stefan Wagener 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

Have a very nice TNC3S high speed dual port packet-controller for sale. Unit has the 1200 and 9600 boards built in. See: http://www.symek.com/g/tnc3s.html for more information and user manuals. Asking $100 shipped within US and Canada or best offer. Photos on request. If interested, contact me off the BB. My callsign @ gmail.com Thanks, Stefan VE4NSA

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11/25 AO-91 recording
by Mike Thompson 26 Nov '17

26 Nov '17

My audio recorder stopped working mid way through this afternoon’s AO-91 pass over the US. By any chance, did anyone happen to record my contacts? AE0MT in EN34 with a VE7? station, and I think a N2 station. Thanks for your help everyone.

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AO73/FUNcube-1 Operations
by Graham Shirville 26 Nov '17

26 Nov '17

Hi All, Just to advise that AO73/FUNcube-1 is now in autonomous mode. For operational reasons the switch back to amateur mode for next weekend may not take place until “first thing” (UTC) on Saturday 3rd Dec. Have a great FUN week! 73 Graham G3VZV

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SatPC32 12.8c help!
by Ted 26 Nov '17

26 Nov '17

Hi, I had not started the program in over a year, and yesterday when I decided to get it functioning again, I get a constant error screen that says: "Ungultige Gleitkommaoperation" the screen just keeps repeating..and the tabs are greyed out I'd rather not delete and reinstall if possible Any help appreciated 73, Ted K7TRK

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AO 91 Pass over India and South east asis
by Nitin Muttin 26 Nov '17

26 Nov '17

Worked 9V1SV at Singapore and vu2pep during the 1815 UTC pass . Great signals from the satellite. I was using a ICOM W32 with a rubber duck antenna. Many stations in India were able to hear the downlink on handheld radios. Thanks AMSAT NA for such a great satellite. 73 Nitin [VU3TYG]

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Observations on AO-91 AFC
by Matthew Stevens 26 Nov '17

26 Nov '17

I’ve done a bit of study on the Fox series AFC. I never really knew much about it up until this point, but with all the discussion on the amsat-bb about AO-91’s AFC function, and the alleged lack of uplink Doppler tuning needed – I figured I should educate myself a bit more. I also wanted to test it out some. My observations (which I’ve outlined in another BB post http://www.amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2017-November/065569.html), making hundreds of QSOs on AO-85 using various antennas, radios, and power settings have been that there is definite need to tune the uplink frequency for Doppler shift. My initial experiences working passes on AO-91 from a few minutes after commissioning, using an HT and whip, then an HT and Elk, then and HT and arrow, did nothing to change my mind about tuning for the AO-91 uplink. However, even though I already made a bunch of QSOs on AO91, I didn’t really have enough data to make any kind of real conclusion about the AFC on AO-91. So, I figured I’d try some experiments and post them here! >> Today was the first pass I had worked on AO-91 with anything other than a 0.05-5w Kenwood D72 HT for a radio. I broke out my Icom 821H for a 90 degree lunchtime pass, turned up the power to the full ~35w, and used my handheld arrow II antenna. Having already heard the absolute zoo that has been daytime AO-91 passes, I was curious first to hear how it went using more power (as far as being able to get in over the dead carriers and multiple hetrodyning uplinks), and second, how the AFC functioned with a lot of high-power users. What I found: The AFC *does* seem to work! However, there are some usage caveats that I have to note. When there is a single signal coming into the bird, it seems to compensate fine for being off frequency (within reason). I didn’t try too wide of a tuning range, since compared to some stations I heard today I didn’t have enough power to be way off (more on that in a minute). But I did try +/- about 5khz, and it seemed to compensate just fine if I was the only signal coming in. That’s the rub however. There was virtually no time today where I was the only signal coming into the bird! And when there was a bunch of different signals, basically, the strongest uplink was the one that determined the AFC tuning. You can hear that happening in the recording which I’ll link to below. There was more than one instance where I began to transmit over a carrier or other signal that I was hearing (being careful not to transmit over any actual audible callers or QSOs in progress). You can hear my audio go from poor to crystal clear as the AFC (apparently) adjusted to my carrier – and I did not adjust my transmit frequency at the time. I assume that my signal was stronger than the others, and the AFC “picked” mine. You can also hear a signal from XE3ARV, who had by far the strongest signal I heard during the pass. Because his uplink signal was so much stronger than anyone or anything else, it sounded like the AFC adjusted to whatever his uplink frequency was. If I, or anyone else was transmitting at the time, you can hear it IMMEDIATELY go from the other clear (or scratchy) signal (depending on what state the AFC tuning was in at the time), to a crystal clear downlink from XE3ARV. Another observation of note was the downlink signal from 5K0T. At the beginning of the pass you can hear a very clear signal from their obviously strong uplink. As the pass progressed, the audio quality on their downlink deteriorated a lot. The only reason I can see for this is that they may have not been adjusting for Doppler during the pass, and were possibly 10khz or more from the correct uplink frequency (perhaps transmitting at 435.240 the entire pass?). I can’t confirm this as I wasn’t there to see what was happening on their end, but that is one possible explanation to why their signal sounded like it did at the end of the pass. This hypothesis also is supported by having heard another station on a much quieter, early morning pass the other day who I know was transmitting 30khz off frequency. His audio sounded very similar to 5K0T at the time. Yet another observation is that when there are a lot of users on the pass, it seems to be beneficial to adjust for Doppler. There were several times during today’s pass where I did tune my radio to the correct, Doppler adjusted uplink frequency. If there was a high level of QRM, tuning for Doppler seemed to help my signal be received by the satellite, as opposed to tuning +/- 5khz from the Doppler adjusted value. Here is my recording: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1c8XYCoxFCKCyR4dtfwJCyM9tjfo1mLKd TL;DR observations: 1. AFC does work within some limitations. 2. With multiple strong signals into the bird, the strongest “wins” as far as determining the AFC adjustment. This makes other signals tuned to other frequencies sound “staticky” 3. Transmitting very far off frequency makes your downlink audio sound bad. 4. Adjusting for Doppler seems to help your signal capture the sats receiver better than other users who are operating at a similar power level to you. Conclusion so far: In practice, AFC is good for correcting minor Doppler tuning errors. However, unless there is only one user transmitting into the sat at a point in time, it does not eliminate the need to tune your uplink for Doppler. I would be curious to hear other observations and interpretations from AO-91 passes. I think it’s helpful to support observations with recordings, so others can listen and draw their own conclusions about your interpretation of what has occurred. Also, these are just my initial impressions from operating passes…and these are subject to change over time :-) 73, Matthew nj4y

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Ashbury College, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 26 Nov '17

26 Nov '17

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Ashbury College, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 27 Nov. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:39 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VK4KHZ. The contact should be audible over Australia and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Ashbury College is an independent academic institution in the heart of Canada's Capital. From grades 4 to 12, students are prepared for post-secondary education, all while cultivating a strong sense of community engagement, and independent learning. We are part of the International Baccalaureate program and have a deep involvement in the Round Square initiative as well as additional science and math programs. We as a school believe that our participation in the ARISS communication session with the International Space Station would provide valuable and relevant information to our students, as well as reflect our roots in Internationalism, and STEM. The students attending the broadcast will be all of the grade 9 and 10 students, as well as students in the Space and Science course and Kinesiology course. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1) Microgravity has shown to cause a decrease in muscle mass which can impact muscle strength, endurance, contraction, and other key muscular activities. What are some ways that you prevent muscular atrophy in zero gravity and how do you prepare for this prior to space flight? 2) How do you adjust to a sleep cycle on the ISS (the sun sets 16 times)? How do you re-adjust to a sleep cycle when you return to Earth? 3) What do you miss most about Earth while on the ISS? 4) Funding excepted, what are the obstacles to adding an artificial gravity module to the ISS, considering the potential benefits astronauts could receive from it during long-term space missions? 5) What was the application process like to become an astronaut? What set you apart from your peers? 6) How do the plants grown on the ISS differ from those on Earth? Are there any sustaining food sources? 7) What type of projects/research do you do in outer space and what is your favourite experiment to work on the ISS? 8) In space, the loss of bone mass is found to be up to 10x the amount of osteoporosis. On earth, one of the ways we prevent bone loss is by increasing resistance training, however, there is no resistance in zero gravity. How do you prepare for and cope with this bone loss in a micro- gravitational environment before, during and after space flight, especially when you are up there for longer periods of time (i.e. 6 months)? Does this affect things like healing bone fractures? 9) What do you do for fun? 10) What is the most frustrating/exciting part of being an astronaut? 11) What were your first thoughts when arriving at the ISS? Any fear or just excitement? 12) How will things be different with the new space station planned to orbit the moon compared to the International Space Station? 13) How do you bathe? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. Huntley Centennial Public School, Carp, ON, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli Contact is a go for: Tue 2017-11-28 18:46 UTC 2. S.G.B. De La Salle, Rome, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Luigi Nono, Mira, Italy, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-11-30 08:04 UTC 3. Bishop Hendricken High School and its sister school, St. Mary Academy - Bay View, Warwick, RI, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-11-30 17:02 UTC 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 Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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ANS-330 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by E.Mike McCardel 26 Nov '17

26 Nov '17

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-330 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * AO-91 Commissioned - Declared Open for Amateur Use! * Fox-1B/AO-91 Facts * Special AMSAT Membership Offer Celebrating RadFxSat/AO-91 Launch/Commissioning * FUNcube-1 Celebrates 4th Anniversary * Video of Launches of the Currently Orbiting FUNcube Satellites * EcAMSat Deployed From ISS - 1200 baud Telemetry & QSL Card for Reports * MAI-75 SSTV Over Moscow from ISS Planned for December 6-8 * UT1FG/MM Now Active * Support AMSAT on Cyber Monday * Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for 11-21-2017, Object Comment * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-330.01 ANS-330 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 330.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. November 26, 2017 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-330.01 AO-91 Commissioned - Declared Open for Amateur Use! At 06:50 UTC November 23, 2017 @AMSAT Engineering officially commissioned AO-91 (RadFxSat/Fox-1B) Satellite. AMSAT VP of Engineering, Jery Buxton N0JY turned over operation to Mark Hammond N8MH and AMSAT Operations in a QSO on the AO-91 repeater during the pass over the Eastern U.S. N8MH responded and declared AO-91 open for amateur use! [ANS thanks AO-91 Ops Team for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fox-1B/AO-91 Facts Name(s): AO-91 Fox-1B (RadFxSat) NASA catalog number: TBD Launch: Not Earlier Than 21 Sept 2017 NASA ElaNa XIV Mission JPSS-1 Delta II, Vandenberg AFB, CA Orbit: LEO (Low Earth Orbit) Inclination: 97.6908 (Assuming it is Object 43016) Eccentricity: 0259769 (Assuming it is Object 43016) Period: Approx. 95 minutes Estimated orbital lifetime: 5+ years Size: 10 x 10 x 10 cm (4 inch cube) Weight: 1.3 kg (~3 pounds) Transmit power: 400 mW (Minimum) Downlink: 145.960 MHz FM voice AFSK digital data up to 9600 bps Uplink: 435.250 MHz FM voice (67.0 Hz CTCSS tone) >From a communications standpoint Fox-1B has two major changes from AO-85. First, it will fly with a more sophisticated power control system which utilizes a Maximum Power Point Tracker to insure optimum charging of the batteries under all illuminations. This will be largely transparent to the typical user but will significantly increase the available battery life. Second, the detection of the 67.0 Hz tone has been enhanced, which will also help accommodate ground stations whose CTCSS tones may be slightly off frequency. The combination will make accessing the satellite easier and also decrease the likelihood of dropouts. Doppler Shift Correction for Fox-1B Correcting for Doppler shift will involve the same techniques as for AO-85, with slightly different frequencies to prevent mutual spacecraft interference: Receive Frequency Transmit Frequency (67.0 Hz Tone) Satellite Position 145.960 MHz 435.240 MHz (Mem #1) AOS 145.960 MHz 435.245 MHz (Mem #2) Approaching 145.960 MHz 435.250 MHz (Mem #3) Passing 145.960 MHz 435.255 MHz (Mem #4) Departing 145.960 MHz 435.260 MHz (Mem #5) LOS Note that the AFC on the receiver may be working hinting that making the above adjustments may not be necessary. AMSAT VP of Engineering Jerry Buxton N0JY states "... in ground testing with Fox-1A. We could be +/- 10 kHz and not even know it (that's how it was tested, one guy programmed the wrong frequency in his HT)." He adds the caveat, "One station on the uplink is not the same situation as real life though." Fox-1B Telemetry Subaudible Telemetry Except for a different downlink frequency, the low speed subaudible telemetry will be the same as for AO-85. It will be supported by the same FoxTelem software released for AO-85. High Speed AFSK telemetry There are no experiments on Fox-1B which will require the use of high speed telemetry. [ANS thanks "Getting Started With Amateur Satellites 2107" By G. Gould Smith WA4SXM and Friends and other sources for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Special AMSAT Membership Offer Celebrating RadFxSat/AO-91 Launch/Commissioning As part of the preparations for the launch of RadFxSat on November 10th and the successful commissioning of AO-91 (RadFx/Fox-1B)opening it for Amateur use on November 23, AMSAT is making our “Getting Started With Amateur Satellites” book available for a limited time as a download with any paid new or renewal membership purchased via the AMSAT Store. This offer is only available with purchases completed online, and for only a limited time. A perennial favorite, Getting Started is updated every year with the latest amateur satellite information, and is the premier primer of satellite operation. The 182 page book is presented in PDF format, in full color, and covers all aspects of making your first contacts on a ham radio satellite. Please take advantage of this offer today by visiting the AMSAT store at https://www.amsat.org/shop/ and selecting any membership option. While there, check out our other items, including the M2 LEOpack antenna system, Arrow antennas, AMSAT shirts, and other swag. Thank you, and hear you soon on RadFxSat! --------------------------------------------------------------------- FUNcube-1 Celebrates 4th Anniversary November 21st 2017, marked the fourth aniversary for FUNcube-1 in orbit. FUNcube-1 was launched at 07:10 UTC on November 21st 2013 and its first signals were received immediately after deployment over the Indian Ocean by amateurs in South Africa. Since then it has been operating continuously in either its education mode or, with the transponder active, in amateur mode when in eclipse and at weekends. The spacecraft has spent the four years in space orbiting the earth at between 640 and 580 km and has now travelled around the earth more than 20,000 times. That represents a distance travelled of approaching 500 million miles. Up to now, each of the orbits has been spilt approximately 65% in sunlight and 35% in eclipse. This has resulted in the temperatures inside the small spacecraft varying by about 25o C during each orbit. During the recent AMSAT Colloquium, Wouter, PA3WEG, during his presentation about the FUNcube project mentioned that the power available from the solar panels has been slowly increasing since launch. This observation led the team to do some further investigations as to the cause. Although the launch was into a nominally Sun Synchronous orbit, over time this has drifted and the spacecraft is now entering a period when it will be in the sun for longer periods during each orbit. The exact details are still being determined, but it seems likely that, starting from January 2018, there will be periods when the spacecraft will be in the sun for all, or almost all, of its orbits. Of course, this means that the on-board temperatures will be much higher than we have previously experienced in flight, although we have some test records from pre-flight thermal air testing that were undertaken after integration. The key will be to discover what the equilibrium temperature will be internally. For comparison, AO85 has already "enjoyed" periods of full sun and its internal temperatures have reached up to around 55o C. So the next few months will be quite an exciting time for the team! We remain extremely grateful to everyone is using the spacecraft for both its educational and amateur missions. Of course we are also very very grateful to those who are downloading the telemetry and uploading the data to the Data Warehouse. It continues to provide a unique record of "life on board" a 1U CubeSat in space. FUNcube-1 / AO-73 details TLM down link freq 145.935 MHz BPSK Transponder: Nominal Uplink 435.150 - 435.130 MHz LSB (Inverting) The passband may be up to 15kHz higher depending on on-board temps. Low temperature gives higher freqs! Downlink 145.950 - 145.970 MHz USB Please use a maximium uplink power of 5 watts to a 7 dBi gain antenna. More power is not needed to use the transponder! Currently operating full power TLM beacon (300 mW) when in sunlight, and Transponder, plus low power (30mW) TLM beacon when in eclipse. Normally switches to Transponder over weekends and holidays [ANS thanks Funcube.org for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Video of Launches of the Currently Orbiting FUNcube Satellites Wouter Weggelar, PA3WEG, released a composite video showing all currently orbiting FUNcube family satellites being launched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLevT3C5v6c&feature=youtu.be [ANS thanks Wouter PA3WEG and AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- EcAMSat Deployed From ISS - 1200 baud Telemetry & QSL Card for Reports The E. coli AntiMicrobial Satellite (EcAMSat) mission will investigate space microgravity effects on the antibiotic resistance of E. coli, a bacterial pathogen responsible for urinary tract infection in humans and animals. EcAMSat is being developed through a partnership between NASA’s Ames Research Center and the Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. A.C. Matin is the Stanford University Principal Investigator. EcAMSAT was deployed from the ISS on November 20, 2017. EcAMSat will investigate spaceflight effects on bacterial antibiotic resistance and its genetic basis. Bacterial antibiotic resistance may pose a danger to astronauts in microgravity, where the immune response is weakened. Scientists believe that the results of this experiment could help design effective countermeasures to protect astronauts’ health during long-duration human space missions. Operating at 437.100 MHz FM, the EcAMSat beacon sends an AX.25 packet every 5 seconds, similar to the format of the GeneSat-1, PharmaSat, O/OREOS, and SporeSat beacons; the packet contains data about the spacecraft systems operation. A tracking screen, mission information, and mission status are dis- played on the EcAMSat Mission Dashboard: http://ecamsat.engr.scu.edu/ Links to beacon decoding and packet uploading instructions are also included on the Dashboard. An example of the EcAMSat QSL card is displayed at: https://yc3bvg.blogspot.com/2017/11/ecamsat-qsl-cards.html [ANS thanks the EcAMSat Team and NASA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- MAI-75 SSTV Over Moscow from ISS Planned for December 6-8 The MAI-75 folks have scheduled some SSTV activity during specific periods each day from Dec 6-8. The times correlate to a small number of passes each day in range of Moscow. Dec 6, 2017 Setup and power on - 13:40-14:20 UTC Power off - 17:05-17:15 UTC Dec 7, 2017 Power on - 13:45-13:55 UTC Power off - 17:30-17:40 UTC Dec 8, 2017 Power on - 14:05-14:15 UTC Power off and stow - 17:00-17:10 UTC See: https://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/ [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- UT1FG/MM Now Active Yuri, UT1FG/MM, is back to sea on the Vessel Seahorse. It is currently sailing from Algiers to Morocco where it will load cargo. The plan is to sail to a USA port in the Gulf to be determined. There are quite a few ships named Seahorse. The MMSI number is 538007572. Yuri is using the Elk antenna but only has RG58 coax feeding it. Even so he reports working K3SZH on AO-7 today. If he doesn't find coax in Morocco, perhaps we can get some coax to him when he arrives in a USA port. So he is likely to do better on a Mode B satellite rather than one with a UHF downlink. He has keps for AO-91, AO-85 and CAS-4B. Please wait for a while before sending your logsheets. He will likely be able to mail qsl's when he docks in the USA. [ANS thanks John K8YSE for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Support AMSAT on Cyber Monday With Cyber Monday approaching, please keep AMSAT in mind while making purchases on Amazon.com through AmazonSmile. AmazonSmile is a simple way to support your favorite non-profit organizations, including AMSAT. To get started, go to https://smile.amazon.com and designate AMSAT as the recipient of a percentage of your purchases by selecting “Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation.” After selecting AMSAT, and when making purchases at Amazon, be sure to navigate to https://smile.amazon.com. [ANS thanks AMSAT Office for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for 11-21-2017, Object Comment Due to Thanksgiving being on Thursday, the AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for this week will be today, November 21, 2017. Next week we will continue with the normal TLE distribution on each Thursday of the week. Note that, per comments below, AO-91 is most likely object 43016. It appears that AO-91 is in the group of cubesats launched on 11-18- 17 that include objects 43016, 43017, and 43018. The object 43015 that we were using for AO-91 has separated enough to be confirmed as Buccaneer RRM by 18th Space Control Squadron at Vandenburg AFB, CA. One of 18 SPCS many missions is launch analysis. Therefore, based analysis (by Nico Janssen, (PA0DLO) and discussion by Alan Biddle (WA4SCA), Jerry Buxton (N0JY), Nico Janssen (PA0DLO), Paul Stoetzer (N8HM) and myself AO-91 is most likely object 43016. Note that these objects are still very close together and one more change could be needed. The process of identification is one of waiting for a group of objects to separate enough to isolate the one you are interested in and positively identify it's signal as matching a certain TLE set. Simple, right! For comparison, Buccaneer (object 43015, not AO-91) is now at least 26 seconds from objects 43016, 43017, and 43018. Objects 43016, 43017, and 43018 are still about 2 seconds apart. (Analysis by Nico,PA0DLO) [ANS thanks Ray Hoad for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News + A Successful contact was made between I.C. Villasanta, Villasanta Italy and College Pierre de Fermat, Toulouse, France and Astronaut Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA using Callsign NA1SS. The contact began Wed 2017-11-22 08:43:37 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridge via K6DUE. ARISS Mentor was Gianpietro IZ2GOJ backed up by Joseph F6ICS. Quantity of questions answered: 18 Quantity of people in attendance: approximatelt 200 Quantity of media present: local newspapers + A Successful contact was made between I.C. “Pascoli Forgione”, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy and Astronaut Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA using Callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2017-11-15 11:36 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridge via K6DUE. ARISS Mentor was Francesco IKØWGF. + A Successful contact was made between Carmelita Manara, Milano, Italy and Astronaut Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA using Callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2017-11-15 11:36 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridge via K6DUE. ARISS Mentor was Gianpietro IZ2GOJ. Quantity of questions answered: 23 Quantity of people in attendance: 270 Quantity of media present: Newspaper and TV Additional information: Raoul Nespoli (Paolo's brother) was a guest at Milano. + A Successful contact was made between TX-801st Air Force JROTC at Burleson High, Burleson, Texas, USA and Astronaut Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA using Callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2017-11-13 14:50 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridge via W6SRJ. ARISS Mentor was Keith W5IU. Quantity of questions answered: All 19 Quantity of people in attendance: 225 Quantity of media present: local newspaper + A Successful contact was made between Liceo Scientifico “Valdemaro Vecchi”, Trani, Italy and Astronaut Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA using Callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2017-11-11 11:16 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridge via VK4KHZ. ARISS Mentor was Francesco IKØWGF. Quantity of questions answered: 14 Quantity of people in attendance: about 200 Quantity of media present: none reported + A Successful contact was made between I.I.S.S. “T.Fiore-C.Sylos”, Terlizzi, Italy and Astronaut Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA using Callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2017-11-11 11:16 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridge via VK4KHZ. ARISS Mentor was Francesco IKØWGF. Quantity of questions answered: 14 Quantity of people in attendance: about 200 Quantity of media present: none reported + A Successful contact was made between Liceo Statale “Ilaria Alpi”, Rutigliano, Italy from the University of Bari and Astronaut Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA using Callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2017-11-11 11:16 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridge via VK4KHZ. ARISS Mentor was Francesco IKØWGF]. Quantity of questions answered: 14 Quantity of people in attendance: about 200 Quantity of media present: none reported + A Successful contact was made between South Florida Science Center and Aquarium, West Palm Beach, FL, USA and Astronaut Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA using Callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2017-11-06 16:17 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was Direct via WS4FSC. ARISS Mentors were Steve W1HQL and Ryan W4NTR. Quantity of questions answered: All 12. Quantity of people in attendance: 100 Quantity of media present: TV and newspaper + A Successful contact was made between Istituto di Istruzione Superiore “Leonardo Da Vinci”, Lanusei, Italy and Astronaut Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA using Callsign OR4ISS. The contact began 2017-11-04 10:12 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via ISØBWM and incorporated Ham TV. ARISS Mentor was Francesco IKØWGF. + A Successful contact was made between Liceo Artistico Melotti, Lomazzo, Italy and Astronaut Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA using Callsign IR0ISS. The contact began 2017-11-03 09:27 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridge via IQ5LI. ARISS Mentor was [NAME, Gianpietro IZ2GOJ. Quantity of questions answered: 15 Quantity of people in attendance: 300 Quantity of media present: Local TV and newspapers + A Successful contact was made between Liceo Scientifico ‘Francesco Cecioni”, Livorno, Italy and Astronaut Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA using Callsign IR0ISS. The contact began 2017-11-03 09:27 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via IQ5LI and incorporated Ham TV. ARISS Mentor was Francesco IKØWGF. Quantity of questions answered: 15 Quantity of people in attendance: 300 Quantity of media present: Local TV and newspapers. + A Successful contact was made between Asociación Civil Instituto Maria Montessori, San Cristóbel, Venezuela and Joe Acaba KE5DAR using Callsign IR0ISS. The contact began 2017-10-31 18:23 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via YY2CMR. ARISS Mentor was Brian VE6JBJ. Quantity of questions answered: 15 Quantity of people in attendance: 650 Quantity of media present: 44 press media representatives, regional, national, and international Additional information: It was wonderful. The signal was 9+40dB. + A Successful contact was made between Primaria e Secondaria di primo grado Istituto comprensivo Via XVI settembre, Civitavecchia, Italy and Astronaut Joe Acaba KE5DAR using Callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2017-10-30 11:20 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via IK0WGF and incorporated Ham TV. ARISS Mentor was Francesco IKØWGF. Quantity of questions answered: 16 Quantity of people in attendance: About 200 Quantity of media present: Video streaming was on BATC.TV Additional information: https://youtu.be/nhWL4xLroKU Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-11-22 07:00 UTC I.C. Villasanta, Villasanta Italy and College Pierre de Fermat, Toulouse, France, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-11-22 08:43:37 UTC 45 deg K6DUE Ashbury College, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Joe Acaba KE5DAR Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-11-27 18:39:58 UTC Huntley Centennial Public School, Carp, ON, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli Contact is a go for: Tue 2017-11-28 18:46:37 UTC S.G.B. De La Salle, Rome, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Luigi Nono, Mira, Italy, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-11-30 08:04:20 UTC Bishop Hendricken High School and its sister school, St. Mary Academy - Bay View, Warwick, RI, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-11-30 17:02:09 UTC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-11-30 17:02:09 UTC [ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + EagleSat-1 Requests Help Listening for Beacon RadFxSat-1/Fox-1B AO-91's P-POD mate on the ELaNa XIV, EagleSat-1: their team is having trouble hearing their beacon on 437.645MHz. The beacon transmission timing is 1 minute. Please send reception reports to Deborah Jackson (jacksd40 at my.erau.edu) and Steven Buck (bucks2 at my.erau.edu) ... via [ANS thanks Jerry N0JY for the above information] + RSGB Space Posters Several of @theRSGB posters promoting Amateur Radio feature Space Communications. PDF Posters are available for free download from http://tinyurl.com/ANS330-RSGB-Posters [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] + New URL for Farnham WebSDR The SUWS LF/VHF/UHF/uW WebSDR based at Farnham near London has a new URL: http://farnham-sdr.com/ The antennas on 2m and 70cm are optimized for Satellite and High Altitude Balloon reception. [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, EMike McCardel, AA8EM aa8em at amsat dot org

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N2YO tracking of AO-91
by Kevin M 25 Nov '17

25 Nov '17

After observing discrepancies between tracking on the N2YO website and actual observation, I asked some questions and figured out that there may be some initial confusion lingering over which object is which. I'm told that catalog ID 43016 is most accurate and after checking, it does agree with my observations. So for anyone that has N2YO bookmarked to track AO-91, here is the link to what I believe is the correct tracking: http://www.n2yo.com/?s=43016 I know N2YO has things labelled differently, but I have sent him a message to check on it. Just wanted to let folks know in case they are also having similar problems. N2YO is a great resource, in my opinion, and I've been using it for tracking the birds going on 5 years now. My thanks to N2YO! 73, Kevin N4UFO

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Re: [amsat-bb] NO-84 via APRS
by Roy Dean 25 Nov '17

25 Nov '17

Both: http://aprs.org/psat.html > All: Does NO-84 accept APRS digi-peating via APRSAT or is it strictly > ARISS? Tony -K2MO

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HRD inverted satellite problem
by Ted 25 Nov '17

25 Nov '17

Hi Michael, I discussed this topic several months ago, on email, with Mike Carper, the owner of the HRD program. Mike told me he was committed to 'fixing' that portion of the program. I just forwarded your post to him and asked him to weigh in on this bbs. In the meantime, tell the person you talked to that the HRD Sat portion simply DOES NOT WORK, especially on linear birds. It will get by on most FM birds, at least in the past. (it got me my VUCC mostly on AO-51) If you intend to get back to the person at HRD, tell them the best illustration of the problem in THEIR software can be shown by picking any satellite pass: start up HRD's sat program side by side with SatPC32 (you really don't even need a radio connection). Then look at the numbers for alt, elv distance, etc. They will not even be close. Since we know SatPC32 is the current 'gold standard', we can conclude that something in HRD is not right or not calculating properly. Simple as that. HRD cannot keep blaming someone else. The sat portion simply does not work. I hope Mike joins this bbs and stands by his commitment, as expressed to me, to fix his great software, which clearly has the best graphics of any sat program in the marketplace. 73, Ted K7TRK -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of mvivona--- via AMSAT-BB Sent: Friday, November 24, 2017 11:43 AM To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] HRD inverted satellite problem Hi All, HRD (Ham Radio Deluxe) has just sent me an email wanting me to buy the latest license for ver-6. I replied to them that I would love to if they have fixed the know long standing issue with Doppler control of inverting satellites. I received a prompt reply with the typical "never heard if this" attitude without actually saying it. He wants to know what my station setup is. Radio, Windows version, connection, etc. I wonder if one of you fine gentlemen can give a knowledgeable description of the exact circumstance and issues.It has been several years since I tried and failed with HRD and I don't actually remember the particular circumstances, and, so I don't have to go all through loading everything back on my computer and working through all the scenarios to find the problem. thanks in advance. Michael VivonaKC4ZVA EL98 _______________________________________________ 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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-11-24 21:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 24 Nov '17

24 Nov '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-11-24 21:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Ashbury College, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Joe Acaba KE5DAR Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-11-27 18:39:58 UTC 47 deg Huntley Centennial Public School, Carp, ON, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli Contact is a go for: Tue 2017-11-28 18:46:37 UTC 50 deg S.G.B. De La Salle, Rome, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Luigi Nono, Mira, Italy, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-11-30 08:04:20 UTC 73 deg Bishop Hendricken High School and its sister school, St. Mary Academy - Bay View, Warwick, RI, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-11-30 17:02:09 UTC 61 deg **************************************************************************** ** 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 http://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? 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 **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Francesco IKØWGF with 131 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 124 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 100 **************************************************************************** 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. 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 2017-11-23 05:30 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. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1190. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1140. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://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: Arkansas, Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2017-11-23 05:30 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 52 on orbit Randy Bresnik Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Sergey Ryazanskiy Exp. 53 on orbit Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP Alexander Misurkin Joe Acaba KE5DAR **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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AO91 on LOTW
by John Geiger 24 Nov '17

24 Nov '17

Made my first AO91 QSOs today. Sounds like an excellent satellite! Congrats to all involved for the successful launch and activation. I worked Gabe AL6D (congrats on new call) for a new grid. However, on TQSL you cannot choose AO91 for the satellite used. Has anyone heard from the ARRL as to when AO91 will be added? 73 John AF5CC

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NO-84 via APRS
by Tony 24 Nov '17

24 Nov '17

All: Does NO-84 accept APRS digi-peating via APRSAT or is it strictly ARISS? Tony -K2MO

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AO-91: *No* uplink frequency changes needed for Doppler shift
by John Klingelhoeffer 24 Nov '17

24 Nov '17

I am puzzled why I am seeing announcements going out from apparently several sources indicating user UHF uplinks need to be changed to adjust for Doppler shift near to their own AOS and LOS. I'm seeing this posted from the AMSAT-UK website as well as other places. The FOX1-B UHF receiver has automatic frequency control (AFC) that will slew the uplink users signal to the middle of the IF filter and the discriminator if s/he is anywhere within about +/- 10 kHz of the nominal uplink frequency. From what I remember, the worst case UHF Doppler shift was about +/- 8.5 kHz. There should be *NO* need at all to 'predistort' the uplink transmission frequency to correct for uplink Doppler shift - that was the whole purpose of going through the complexity of adding AFC to the receiver I designed. The AFC was certainly working fine during testing. Just use the posted nominal uplink center frequency - that's all. This, by the way, is true for 1-A as well. Only one of 1-Cliff or 1-D has the AFC knowingly disabled. I guess we will see how that 'experiment' works when they get out of the barn. 73 John... WB4LNM AMSAT FOX RF Design Team

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