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Re: [amsat-bb] CN grid trip
by Fernando Ramirez 24 May '17

24 May '17

Looking forward to work you. Have a safe trip! Fernando, NP4JV On May 23, 2017 7:31 PM, "Wyatt Dirks" <dirkswyatt10(a)gmail.com> wrote: This Memorial day weekend I'm going to be traveling to Portland for some tourism and to activate some grids in CN land. I fly into Portland early Friday morning and back out early Monday morning. Currently looking at heading to CN76/77 Friday then south to cn90-93 for Saturday. Since this is such a quick trip I'll do my best to operate passes that cover the lower 48 but at times it won't be possible. Listen on ao7 and when in mode B I'll try to use it otherwise all other active voice Sats will be in play. Follow me on Twitter @wyattac0ra for updates. 73 Wyatt Ac0ra _______________________________________________ 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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CN grid trip
by Wyatt Dirks 24 May '17

24 May '17

This Memorial day weekend I'm going to be traveling to Portland for some tourism and to activate some grids in CN land. I fly into Portland early Friday morning and back out early Monday morning. Currently looking at heading to CN76/77 Friday then south to cn90-93 for Saturday. Since this is such a quick trip I'll do my best to operate passes that cover the lower 48 but at times it won't be possible. Listen on ao7 and when in mode B I'll try to use it otherwise all other active voice Sats will be in play. Follow me on Twitter @wyattac0ra for updates. 73 Wyatt Ac0ra

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(no subject)
by Jose Elias Diaz 23 May '17

23 May '17

Hi i´ll be on FO29 pass 01:54 UTC from IN52PE, Good Windows to NA 2º max elevation. Frecuency TX 145930 EB1AO

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SatPC32 and Windows 10 Query
by Jack Strother 23 May '17

23 May '17

Hello All, I apologize in advance if this query is duncile, However I cannot seem to get the DDE service to talk to the rotor ( Yeasu GS-232 ) interface. I can manually send data to the LVB tracker, but the program will not send data to the port via the Yeasu GS-232 interface. I have the same issue with HRD as well, however PstRotor software works fine. I am running on a Windows 10 Note book.. Any help appreciated!! I have been through the manual, help files and the like. I am about ready to toss it all out the window.. (Pun intended !!) TIA KD9ERA B.J. Strother Granger, IN

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Delaware, etc. Activation
by R.T.Liddy 23 May '17

23 May '17

Gridders, I've had the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel on my Bucket List for many years and have decided to get it crossed-off this week. As a key part of the Trip, I'll be activating Delaware and several skinny Coastal Grids on Satellites. A number of folks have mentioned that they still need DE confirmed for their SAT-WAS. It'll be a quick trip with driving over 1200 miles in 3 days with numerous stops for passes and 2 overnights. I'll leave early on Wed 5/24 and head for Delaware in hopes of getting there early afternoon for several passes into the late evening. Thu 5/25 has me heading down the DelMarVa Peninsula to cross the Bridge by early evening when I'll be in the Norfolk Area. Fri 5/26 has me on the road for the Home QTH. My hope is to activate Grid Lines wherever possible to cut down the traveling. The plan is to do FM29/28/27/26/16 in that order on FO29, SO50, AO7 and the XW's. I have no set operating schedule as of now and will be relying on my phone's AMSAT-Droid for the Pass info. The Q's will all go into LoTW after I return home and will be posted as simply K8BL as in the past for US contacts. 73, Bob K8BL ( Twitter @K8blBOB , Info on QRZ.com )

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Item Numbers for QB50 Sats
by ingejack＠cox.net 22 May '17

22 May '17

Can anyone verify the item numbers for SPACECUBE and X-CUBESAT ?? The TLE's are published by Celestrak however their is no distinction for the Item numbers of which is which !! Thanks for any help JACK KC7MG

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Re: [amsat-bb] Bob KO6TZ SK
by Bill Dillon 22 May '17

22 May '17

Sad news indeed, I'll miss Bob's friendly voice on the Sats. 73 Bill, KG5FQX On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 2:51 PM, Mike Rupprecht <mail(a)mike-rupprecht.de> wrote: > It’s terrible to hear the sad news about Bob, KO6TZ and I express my > sincere > sympathy to his family. > He was a good supporter of our Satblog and was very interested in > collecting > telemetry from amateur radio satellites. > Over the years we were in close contact. > > I'm very gratefull having received his support. > > Mike > DK3WN > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von E > Pentecost > Gesendet: 21 May 2017 18:02 > An: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Betreff: [amsat-bb] Bob KO6TZ SK > > I regret to inform the Amateur Satellite Community: Bob Vislay, KO6TZ, > died > yesterday, 20 May 2017, from a heart attack. > > Those of you who are active on the birds know Bob. To me, I have also lost > a long time friend. > > May he R.I.P. > > Gene Pentecost W4IMT > _______________________________________________ > 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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Wyoming - 5/27
by dtabor＠estesvalley.net 22 May '17

22 May '17

Plan another trip across the lower tier of Wyoming (aka I-80) on Saturday. If I leave home ~1200 UTC, I should be in DN71 ~ 1400 UTC and will be QRV for FM, linear and packet. Will be going thru DN71 thru DN31 on this trip. I'll do what I can to accommodate requests for grids given traffic and satellite availability. Contact me off-list to coordinate (n6ua(a)amsat.org). 73, Doug, N6UA

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-05-22 17:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 22 May '17

22 May '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-05-22 17:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Saint Joseph School, Ronkonkoma, NY, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Jack Fisher K2FSH Contact was successful: Mon 2017-05-22 12:35:43 UTC 87 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** Congratulations to the crew at W6SRJ! Today was contact #100 for them. **************************************************************************** ** 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. **************************************************************************** *** 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Francesco IKØWGF with 119 **************************************************************************** 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 2017-05-22 17:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. 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 1140. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1099. (***) 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 2017-05-22 17:00 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. 50 on orbit Peggy Whitson Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Oleg Novitskiy Exp. 51 on orbit Jack Fisher K2FSH Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Bob KO6TZ SK
by Allen F. Mattis 22 May '17

22 May '17

I had many satellite contacts with Bob KO6TZ over the years. My first satellite contact with Bob was on March 13, 2009 and my last satellite contact with him was on March 17, 2017. During that 8 year period we had contacts on SO-50, AO-51 and SO-67. I will miss him.

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Free BUD for the taking in the DFW area
by Zach Metzinger 21 May '17

21 May '17

If anyone is serious about acquiring this dish, I can put you in touch with the poster. https://talk.dallasmakerspace.org/t/free-10-satellite-dish/21178/3 --- Zach N0ZGO

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Re: [amsat-bb] Bob KO6TZ SK
by Clayton Coleman 21 May '17

21 May '17

Sad news about KO6TZ. I worked Bob again the other day. We've logged many, many contacts especially since the launch of the XW-2 transponder satellites. It was not uncommon to talk to Bob via a series of XW-2 series passes for 30 minutes. 73 Clayton W5PFG

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BOB KO6TZ SK
by ingejack＠cox.net 21 May '17

21 May '17

I am totally in shock to hear Bob passed away. We were on The XW Sats most mornings calling ourselves the Breakfast Clubbers. Not only did we lose a fellow ham but also a great friend I will definitely miss him JACK KC7MG

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Bob KO6TZ SK
by E Pentecost 21 May '17

21 May '17

I regret to inform the Amateur Satellite Community: Bob Vislay, KO6TZ, died yesterday, 20 May 2017, from a heart attack. Those of you who are active on the birds know Bob. To me, I have also lost a long time friend. May he R.I.P. Gene Pentecost W4IMT

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ANS-141 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Joe Spier 21 May '17

21 May '17

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-141 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: * AMSAT Forum Streamed Live at Hamvention 2017 * AMSAT-NA to Assume Control of FalconSat-3 Soon * CQ Hall of Fame List - ARISS and AMSAT * AMSAT-DL Announces Launch Date for Es’hail-2 With the P4-A GEO Rideshare * AMSAT-SA Space Symposium 27 May * Work the AMSAT Hamvention Demo Station! * QB50 ISS CubeSat Deployments May 23-25 * AMSAT Events SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-141.01 ANS-141 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 141.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE May 21, 2017 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-141.01 --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Forum Streamed Live at Hamvention 2017 The DARA/Hamvention went totally digital and Live Streamed the AMSAT Forum. A copy of the forum may be viewed here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/k8ud-coy-ameritech-net Search either DARALIVE or AMSAT. "AMSAT Status Report" Barry Baines, WD4ASW, AMSAT-NA President, highlighted recent activities within AMSAT and discussed some of the challenges, accomplishments, projects, and late breaking news. "AMSAT Engineering Program" Jerry Buxton, N0JY, AMSAT-NA Vice President Engineering , spoke about the exciting new engineering developments that the ASCENT Program is working on as well as the latest updates on the Fox-1 project CubeSats. "AMSAT Satellite Operations" Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT-NA Vice President Operations , surveyed the current operational amateur satellites, as well as what's planned for launch in the next year. "NxtGen Crystal Radio” Joe Spier, K6WAO, AMSAT-NA Vice President Educational Relations , discussed the development of the NxtGen Crystal Radio, an educational ground station for classrooms to be used to teach Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). "ARISS Report 2017" Tim Bosma, W6MU, standing in for Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT-NA Vice President for Human Spaceflight, discussed the 20th Anniversary of ARISS, ARISS engineering developments & operation on the International Space Station. Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT-NA Vice President for Human Spaceflight has been awarded Amateur of the Year. [ANS thanks 2017 AMSAT Hamvention Team for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT-NA to Assume Control of FalconSat-3 Soon US Air Force Academy satellite was launched in 2007 on Atlas 5 to 560 km, 35.4 degrees orbit, and now is at 468-481km orbit, which is several years before decay. The Satellite operates as an amateur V/u store and forward Pacsat at 9k6 (or faster) and will sustain 1w operation. The AMSAT command team is preparing to assume control once the final agreements are completed. FalconSat-3 is in a low inclination orbit presenting opportunities for equatorial and tropical stations. More details soon. [ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT-NA Vice-President, Operations for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- CQ Hall of Fame List - ARISS and AMSAT CQ NEWS RELEASE (Announcing: 2017 Inductees, CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame) (Xenia, Ohio - May 19, 2017) - The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame has 18 new members for 2017, CQ magazine announced today. This brings to 310 the total number of members inducted since the hall's establishment in 2001. The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame honors those individuals, whether licensed hams or not, who have made significant contributions to amateur radio; and those amateurs who have made significant contributions either to amateur radio, to their professional careers or to some other aspect of life on our planet. The 2017 inductees (listed alphabetically) are: * King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, HS1A (SK) * John Brosnahan, W0UN (SK) - President of Alpha Power, NOAA physicist and instrumental in design and construction of the HAARP facility in Alaska. * Garrett Brown, W3AFF - Inventor of the Steadicam, which earned him both Oscar and Emmy awards for filmmaking technology * Britton Chance, W2IBK (SK) - Pioneer in magnetic imaging; MIT professor, team leader in MIT Radiation Lab developing WWII radar; * John Crockett, W3KH - Repeater coordination pioneer; developed Southeastern Repeater Assn (SERA) Universal Coordination System; managed SCHEART system of linked repeaters in hospitals; VP Engineering for SC Educational TV network * Julius T. Freeman, KB2OFY (SK) - Tuskegee Airman and Congressional Gold Medal recipient; frequent speaker at schools and civic organizations * Limor Fried, AC2SN - Founder of Adafruit Industries, major supplier of open-source electronics to the Maker community; honored by President Obama in 2016 as a "Champion of Change" and by the Internet of Things Institute as one of the 25 most influential women in the IoT industry * Robin Haighton, VE3FRH (SK) - Founding member of Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS), former president of AMSAT-NA * David Honess, M6DNT - Developed AstroPi project, which sent two Raspberry Pi computers to the International Space Station as plat- forms for students on Earth to write and run their own computer code in space; honored for this work with the Sir Arthur Clarke Award, presented by the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation and the British Interplanetary Society * Pete Kemp, KZ1Z (SK) - Author and educator, directly responsible for licensing over 700 new hams * Kristen McIntyre, K6WX - Apple software engineer and inventor (her name is on 22 granted or pending patents), promoter of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) subjects for girls through various talks and YouTube presentations * Pat McPherson, WW9E (SK) - Founder and longtime coordinator of SATERN (Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network) * Andy Nguyen, VK3YT - Pico-ballooner, pioneered round-the-world microballoon flights carrying amateur radio * Tim Peake, KG5BVI - UK astronaut very active in ARISS program during time on International Space Station; coordinated ISS end of the AstroPi project (see David Honess, above) * Mike Santana, WB6TEB (SK) - Two-way radio engineer, designed Clegg FM-76 220-MHz transceiver and President line of CB rigs, favorites for conversion to 10 meters * Allan Steinfeld, W2TN, ex-KL7HIR (SK) - Longtime Race Director of the New York City Marathon, considered one of the fathers of the modern running movement * Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR - Pioneer of software defined radio (SDR) and founder of FlexRadio Two new members each are also being inducted into the CQ DX and Contest Halls of Fame at the respective Dayton DX and Contest dinners. Their names will be announced separately. [ANS thanks CQ Hall of Fame for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT-DL Announces Launch Date for Es’hail-2 With the P4-A GEO Rideshare According to the Es'hailSat corporate website, the launch of P4-A / Es'hail-2 is now scheduled for 2018. Further information will be announced when available. Meanwhile AMSAT-DL is preparation the ground-station equipment which will be installed at the Es'hailSat Satellite Control Center in Qatar, at QARS HQ in Doha and at AMSAT-DL HQ in Bochum. Es’hail-2 details are published on their web page: https://eshailsat.qa/en/satellites/index/#tab-16 Es’hail-2 will also provide the first Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) geostationary communication capability that connects users across the visible globe in one single hop and in real-time. It will allow also the AMSAT community to validate and demonstrate their DVB standard. [ANS thanks AMSAT-DL and Es’hail-2 for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT-SA Space Symposium 27 May The AMSAT-SA Space symposium on 27 May 2017 promises to be one of the most exciting events on this year's calendar. Learn how you can operate on the new geostationary satellite to be launched later this year giving South Africans 24-hour communication with a simple put together ground station. Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, has done the work and will share it with you. Denel Spaceteq will share details about their work on the EO-Sat1 satellite being built for SANSA to become part of the African earth observation satellite network. Anton Janovsky will show you and demonstrate how to build a SDR with a Raspberry Pi. Find out how the Kletskous project has progressed including a demonstration of the transponder and other sub-systems plus many more interesting discussions and demonstrations. There are awesome attendance prizes to be won including two Pi Top laptops, 2 Raspberry Pi starter kits and 2 Raspberry Pi dummy kits, a MFJ artificial ground and a MFJ world receiver. Full program and registration details are available on www.amsatsa.org.za or request details by sending an e-mail to admin(a)amsatsa.org.za [ANS thanks the SARL weekly news in English for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Work the AMSAT Hamvention Demo Station! As previously announced, AMSAT will have it's traditional presence at Hamvention this year, including a satellite demo station. This year, the demo station will operate under the AMSAT club callsign W3ZM/8. We intend to be on all passes of voice satellites between 12:00 UTC and 21:00 UTC on Friday, May 19th and Saturday, May 20th and between 12:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC on Sunday, May 21st. We may also try the NO-84 and ISS packet digipeaters using a Kenwood TH-D7A(G) HT. The callsign for packet will be just W3ZM. Please call us using APRS messages on packet. Hamvention is located in the six digit gridsquare is EM89aq. As a reward for working the AMSAT demo station during the first Hamvention at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Xenia, Ohio, individuals working us will receive a digital certificate upon request. Please email n8hm(a)amsat.org with your QSO details to receive a certificate. [ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, AMSAT-NA Secretary for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- QB50 ISS CubeSat Deployments May 23-25 The second phase of QB50 CubeSats should be deployed from the International Space Station over three days from May 23-25, 2017. Built by university students and research organisations from 23 c ountries around the world, the QB50 constellation aims to study the lower thermosphere 200-380 km above the Earth. 11 QB50 CubeSats were deployed in the first phase and a further 17 will be deployed in the second phase. The beacons should be activated about 30 minutes after deployment. The QB50 CubeSats have downlinks between 435.7 and 438 MHz and reports from radio amateurs are most welcome. Beacon data received can be uploaded to a dedicated QB50 webpage at https://upload.qb50.eu/ LilacSat-2 (ON02CN), which deploys at 0815 GMT on Tuesday, May 23, is carrying a FM to Codec2-BPSK Digital Voice transponder, an APRS digipeater and camera. Further information at https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/19/lilacsat-1-cubesat-iss/ Two of the ISS QB50 CubeSats deployed in the first phase, ON01FR 437.020 MHz and ON05FR 436.880 MHz, carry V/U FM transponders. The uplink frequency for both is 145.860 MHz with 210.7 Hz CTCSS, see http://site.amsat-f.org/2017/05/12/qb50-document-de-description-des- telemesures-des-satellites-on01fr-on05fr/ List of QB50 CubeSats with Beacon format and frequency information https://upload.qb50.eu/listCubeSat/ Keplerian Two Line Elements (TLEs) ‘Keps’ for new satellites launched in past 30 days http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt QB50 project https://www.qb50.eu/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/QB50Mission On the deployment days radio amateurs and QB50 teams will be on the #CubeSat IRC channel. Join the deployment chat at http://irc.lc/freenode/cubesat Don’t have a suitable 435-438 MHz receiver? Try listening online with the SUWS WebSDR located near London http://websdr.suws.org.uk/ On June 19, 2014 two precursor QB50 CubeSats were launched, QB50p1 and QB50p2, which carried amateur radio transponders https://amsat-uk.org/2014/06/19/successful-launch-of-amateur-radio-satellit… [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Events Information about AMSAT activities at other important events around the country. Examples of these events are radio club meetings where AMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working amateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations, forums, and/or demonstrations). *21 May 2017, HamVention in the Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center, Dayton, Ohio *Friday and Saturday, 9-10 June 2017, HAM-COM in Irving TX *Saturday, 10 June 2017 – Prescott Hamfest in Prescott AZ *Tuesday, 20 June 2017 – presentation for Superstition Amateur Radio Club in Mesa AZ [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA 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 at Hamvention 2017, Joe Spier, K6WAO k6wao at amsat dot org

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Clifton labs
by jeffory broughton 21 May '17

21 May '17

Need it if you still have it for my 910. Wb8rjy jeff broughton

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Copied all 9 new active QB50's
by Roland Zurmely 20 May '17

20 May '17

<http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/QBISS.htm> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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QB50 CubeSats Deploy May 23-25 + CQ Mag Honors Britons
by M5AKA 20 May '17

20 May '17

Phase 2 of QB50 ISS CubeSat Deployments May 23-25 https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/20/qb50-iss-cubesats-phase-2/ CQ Magazine honours Britons involved in Astro Pi project https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/19/cq-mag-honors-astro-pi-britons/ Join AMSAT-UK https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/19/join-amsat-uk-11/ LilacSat-1 CubeSat with FM-Codec2 transponder and APRS to deploy from ISS https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/19/lilacsat-1-cubesat-iss/ Nexø II Rocket – Alexandru Csete OZ9AEC describes the video system which uses the Raspberry Pi https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/16/nexo-ii-rocket-onboard-video/ JY1SAT with SSB/CW transonder and Slow Scan Digital Video (SSDV) applies for frequency coordination https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/16/jy1sat-frequency-coordination/ AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium Milton Keynes Oct 14-15 – Call for Speakers https://amsat-uk.org/2017/02/03/international-space-colloquium-first-call-f… Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ----

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Misc items for sale
by Clayton Coleman 20 May '17

20 May '17

AMSAT Broadband Preamp - $15 includes USPS Priority Mail Clifton Labs Z10000 Amplifier (buffer amp) - $25 includes USPS Priority Mail (2) SatTracker 688 (USB Interface for Yaesu Rotors) - one is built and one is a kit unassembled. Both for $35 shipped USPS Priority Mail as a package deal, not interested in separating. MFJ-1272BYV TNC/mic switch made for Kantronics TNC and radios with 8 pin mic. $20 shipped USPS Priority Mail. PayPal only. Prices firm. Ship to continental US only at these prices - will ship International for additional cost to buyer. 73 Clayton W5PFG

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FM repeaters on any of the first phase QB50 sats?
by Todd Deckard 19 May '17

19 May '17

Greetings, I understand there are FM repeaters on two of the QB50 payloads slated for future deployment? Are there FM repeaters on any of SOMP 2 HAVELSAT Columbia (QBUS 4) SGSat (KySat 3) CXBN 2 IceCube (Earth 1) PHOENIX X-CubeSat qbee ALTair 1 SHARC LINK ZA-AeroSat 1 CSUNSat 1 UPSat SpaceCube Hoopoe

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streaming from Dayton
by Jim White 19 May '17

19 May '17

Does anyone know if the AMSAT talks will be streamed live from Dayton?

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CSUNSat1 CW heard #2
by Mineo Wakita 18 May '17

18 May '17

14:07-14:17UTC, 18 May 2017, Ele 35 W-N-NE, 437.400MHz CW, every 3 minutes http://www.dropbox.com/s/lzj2yy7xetfdbw1/70518cs3.png?dl=0 http://www.dropbox.com/s/pndihqq84i9lvnx/70518cs3.wav?dl=0 JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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ISS Digipeater
by ingejack＠cox.net 18 May '17

18 May '17

While listening for the packet digipeater on the ISS during the 1435 utc pass over the west coast. I heard 2 bursts of some type of signal that was not coming from the ISS, I imagine that it was a beacon from one of the recently released satellites BUT WHICH ONE ??? This was the 2nd time I have heard the signals in 2 days JACK-KC7MG

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Re: [amsat-bb] nitinol
by Nick Pugh 18 May '17

18 May '17

thanks nick From: Jerry Buxton [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2017 7:06 AM To: Nick Pugh <quadpugh(a)bellsouth.net> Cc: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] nitinol Hi Nick, I have a source for wire, I can check for strip there - what dimensions? Jerry N0JY

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CSUNSat1 CW heard
by Mineo Wakita 18 May '17

18 May '17

437.400MHz CW, every 3 minutes JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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Cubesats deployed from the ISS
by Nico Janssen 18 May '17

18 May '17

All, Today six cubesats were launched into low Earth orbit from the ISS. At 08:24:59 UTC these QB50 series cubesats were deployed: SOMP 2, HAVELSAT and Columbia (QBUS 4). At 11:54:59 UTC these cubesats were deployed: SGSat (KySat 3), CXBN 2 and IceCube (Earth 1). 73, Nico PA0DLO

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nitinol
by Nick Pugh 18 May '17

18 May '17

Hello AMSAT-ers The sat team at the University is of Louisiana is looking for a source to buy Nitinol strip to make antennas for their bird. If you have a source, please pass it along. If you have some surplus, we are an equal opportunity exploiter. Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School

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Upcomng ARISS contact with Saint Joseph School, Ronkonkoma, NY
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 18 May '17

18 May '17

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Saint Joseph School, Ronkonkoma, NY on 22 May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 12:35 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 English. St. Joseph School is a Nursery through 8th grade private Catholic school operating within the Rockville Centre Diocese. It is located in the town of Ronkonkoma, NY in Suffolk County, Long Island. The school follows a Christian based curriculum with a strong STEM component, developed around the NYS Common Core Curriculum. The philosophy of St. Joseph School is to provide for the education, growth and development of the whole child, while meeting the needs of the individual within a Christian atmosphere centered in Christ. The student body is made up of 209 students from all over Suffolk County. There are 35 faculty members consisting of teachers, aides, and administrative staff who uphold the school mission to educate children spiritually, physically, and socially while promoting academic excellence. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. If you could go back in time and say something to your pre-astronaut self, what would it be? 2. Do you perceive time going slower or faster in space or is it about the same as it is on Earth? 3. When in space do you miss the everyday sounds on earth and what do you do to compensate on the ISS? 4. Do you think there is room for fear and doubt while aboard the ISS? 5. You are one of very few people who have had the chance to experience what it is like in outer space. Other than talking, how would you explain your experience using another mode, (such as art or music?) 6. How important are EVAs for astronauts in having an understanding about living and maneuvering in an environment such as Mars. 7. How has your experience affected your beliefs? Has it increased your faith? 8. If you could be the first person to achieve anything in terms of space exploration, what would it be? 9. What have you witnessed from your perspective of Earth, and how has that impacted you personally? 10. If technology on the ISS was available 20 years ago, where do you think the space program would be today? 11. Have you ever needed to use Amateur radio to compensate for a problem in the primary communication system? 12. From what you have learned, what advice would you give to the planners of the Mars Mission, which could put humans in space for a year and a half? 13. How does spending time with astronauts with different cultural differences impact your daily life on the ISS? 14. Now that you've been in space, is there anything you wish to have or wish to be invented that would make living on the ISS better? 15. What discoveries in the space program have helped people on Earth the most? 16. Do the astronauts ever argue with each other, and if so, what about? 17. How does your view of the Earth impact your perspective of humanity? 18. What is the most extraordinary thing you have seen out the window so far? 19. What other things would you want on the ISS to improve quality of life and the ability to study space? 20. If you could live in space for an extended period of time, do you think it would be hard to get back to earth life, and what would you have the most difficulties with? 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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New Cubesats Predictions on Pass
by Pedro Converso 17 May '17

17 May '17

http://amsat.org.ar/pass now includes all new Cubesats deployed from ISS. Selecting ARISS & 'Next Option' provides Sats & frequencies + Doppler correction. Congratulations and thanks to all designers for launch and availability. Good Luck on copy. 73, lu7abf, Pedro

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qbee ON01SE copied in Brazil
by Roland Zurmely 17 May '17

17 May '17

qbee, X-cubesat, Phoenix and Columbia copied: <http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/QBISS.htm#c> 73 de Roland.

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Office Closed
by Martha 17 May '17

17 May '17

The AMSAT Office will be closed from Thursday, May 18th - Monday, May 22nd. See you in Xenia! -- 73- Martha

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Re: [amsat-bb] Nomination for DXpedition'er of the Year.
by Ronald G. Parsons 17 May '17

17 May '17

For what it's worth. I'd like to second this nomination. Talking to Gabe in person is very convincing that he loves this activity. He obviously has fun doing it and would do it even if all of the beneficiaries of his roaming were anonymous. I love following him aprs.fi and and find him sneaking another breakfast at Tin Hortons. Keep it up, Gabe. Signed (anonymously), Ron W5RKN -----Original Message----- From: "Grant Zehr" <grant(a)dzehr.com> To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] Nomination for DXpedition'er of the Year. Message-ID: <00ef01d2ce74$4184dc00$c48e9400$(a)dzehr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I'd like to nominate Gabe Zeifman NJ7H for Satellite Dxpedition of the Year. Or maybe Dxpedition Operator, whichever is better. Gabe just returned from Europe after activating nine DXCC entities, including some that are really difficult from North America, and making a serious effort to work as many US stations as possible. And I mean a real effort. He was up at all hours and standing outside with his portable stations working those of us back home. Fortunately, AO-7 kept working (more or less) and many of us got to work 'new ones'. And on top of all that, Gabe has already uploaded contact data to LOTW so DXCC and VUCC credit is there waiting. I was able to work 3 new countries and some very rare grids. Thanks, Gabe! That will be a hard act for anyone to follow. 73 Grant Zehr AA9LC

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Phoenix and X-Cubesat copied !
by Roland Zurmely 17 May '17

17 May '17

<http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/QBISS.htm#b> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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ISS
by skristof＠etczone.com 17 May '17

17 May '17

Same experience as others for the pass just a few minutes ago. No packets heard or digipeated from ISS. Steve AI9IN EM79ji

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Issues with ISS digipeater this morning?
by Jeff Moore 17 May '17

17 May '17

ISS has a much higher orbit than the other sats ~250 miles vs ~150 miles or so for other LEO sats IIRC! Jeff Moore -- KE7ACY On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 7:31 PM, Douglas Tabor <dtabor(a)estesvalley.net> wrote: > Having just joined (last 2 weeks) the APRS world with my TH-D72, I’ve > heard a lot of ISS packets coming down, but was unable to make contacts > until I got the Arrow pointed at the ISS. NO-84 on the other hand, I’ve > been able to contact using the stock rubber-duck on my TH-D72. Something > ain’t quite right here. > > 73, > > Doug, N6UA > _______________________________________________ > 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] Issues with ISS digipeater this morning?
by Douglas Tabor 17 May '17

17 May '17

Having just joined (last 2 weeks) the APRS world with my TH-D72, I’ve heard a lot of ISS packets coming down, but was unable to make contacts until I got the Arrow pointed at the ISS. NO-84 on the other hand, I’ve been able to contact using the stock rubber-duck on my TH-D72. Something ain’t quite right here. 73, Doug, N6UA

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ARISS News Release No. 17-06
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 17 May '17

17 May '17

ARISS NEWS RELEASE no. 17-06 May 16, 2016 David Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org Dayton Hamvention and ARISS Team Up The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station team (ARISS) is extremely happy to share news about major support of ARISS from the Hamvention, and at its busiest time. at convention time! This is the second year Hamvention has worked with ARISS, and General Chairman Ron Cramer, KD8ENJ, wrote, "I am glad it was a success for you last year." Hamvention decided once again to feature the ARISS Challenge Coins by holding a special drawing just prior to the convention's big prize drawings on the final day. ARISS donated two of its handsome coins positioned side by side in a beautiful display, showing off each of the coin's sides. Jim Nies, WX8F, Prize Chairman said, "Of course, we'd be delighted to support efforts this year. We will hold a special prize drawing just like last year." This commemorative coin is the premium received by donors who give $100 or more to ARISS. Hamvention also selected ARISS Chair Frank Bauer for its Amateur of the Year award, due in part to his technical achievements on GPS reception experiments (quoted in many aerospace papers, for years) with AMSAT's Phase 3D. Hamvention also cited his ARISS and SAREX work. Bauer thanked Hamvention for supportting ARISS and noted that support from groups such as theirs can result in much bigger sponsors being far more likely to donate funds and in-kind resources to ARISS. He commented, "The ARISS Team kicked off its fund-raising campaign at Hamvention 2016--ARISS needs funding for the very high cost of replacing our aging ISS radio system (one of the radios failed in October 2016) and to help defray costs of continuing ARISS operations. Having Hamvention team up with ARISS again in 2017 is a major boost, motivating the ARISS hardware team to work that much harder. Many hams enjoy ARISS's digipeating and APRS capabilities, and hope a lot of attendees stop by the ARISS booth to see a model of our newest power supply that will be going through space-certification testing." This week Hamvention featured the upcoming special ARISS prize drawing on its front web page post, announcing that it will be working with ARISS. Groups and individuals wanting to support ARISS can go to the AMSAT Website www.amsat.org and donate directly using the "ARISS Donate" button. Or go to the ARRL-hosted site www.ariss.org and find the "Donate" tab, which links to the AMSAT button. For large contribution, donors can contact Bauer at ka3hdo(a)verizon.net. About ARISS 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. For specific ARISS information, please go to: www.ariss.org Also, join us on Facebook: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Follow us on Twitter: ARISS_status Contact: David Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Re: [amsat-bb] Cubesats deployed from the ISS
by Mineo Wakita 17 May '17

17 May '17

http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/QBISS.htm http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/satelite/qb50sch.png http://ukamsat.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/qb50-iss-cubesats-deployment-and… http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/qb50sat2.htm#qb50update http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/70417qb5.png http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/70516qb5.png JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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EM99 May 18-21
by Matthew Stevens 16 May '17

16 May '17

I'll be in EM99, West Virginia for a couple of days this weekend if anyone needs it. Once again this is not a dedicated sat trip, so limited passes on sked only. I should have some operating time Thursday evening, probably on Friday and Saturday evenings also. I'd really like to work some EU passes on FO29 and AO7 if possible, as I'll be much closer than I normally am from EL98! Might be some opportunities for new DXCC for myself, as well as a new grid and state for EU stations. You can email me direct if you're interested in a sked, and I'll try my best to make it happen! 73 - Matthew kk4fem Sent from my iPhone

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FS: Icom 9100 HF/VHF/UHF satellite radio
by John Geiger 16 May '17

16 May '17

I have for sale an Icom 9100 HF/VHF/UHF satellite radio. This model does 100 watts on HF, 6 meters and 2 meters, and 75 watts on 70cm. It does full duplex for the satellites and will do dual receive between HF/6 and 2 or 70cm, or between 2m and 70cm. 1.2GHZ can be added with an optional module. It has IF DSP so no narrow filters are needed, a CW memory keyer, built in TCXO, and many other features, you can read more about it at: - http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hamhf/5091.html - The 9100 I am selling has the optional 3khz and 6khz roofing filters installed, as well as the D-STAR board. - It is in pretty good physical condition with some scratches on the top and bottom of the case, and some scuffing on the one side of the case. It comes with the hand mic, power cord, manual, and original box. - New this would go for $2670 with the options it has. I am asking $1800 plus shipping for it and can take paypal/check/MO. Pictures are available on request. - 73 John AF5CC

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FN08 Please
by John KI4RO 16 May '17

16 May '17

On Friday night at 2033z? 73 John KI4RO

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Columbia ON04US heard over Brazil
by Roland Zurmely 16 May '17

16 May '17

At 3 orbits after ejection from ISS: <http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/QBISS.htm> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ | | Livre de vírus. www.avast.com. |

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Nomination for DXpedition'er of the Year.
by Grant Zehr 16 May '17

16 May '17

I'd like to nominate Gabe Zeifman NJ7H for Satellite Dxpedition of the Year. Or maybe Dxpedition Operator, whichever is better. Gabe just returned from Europe after activating nine DXCC entities, including some that are really difficult from North America, and making a serious effort to work as many US stations as possible. And I mean a real effort. He was up at all hours and standing outside with his portable stations working those of us back home. Fortunately, AO-7 kept working (more or less) and many of us got to work 'new ones'. And on top of all that, Gabe has already uploaded contact data to LOTW so DXCC and VUCC credit is there waiting. I was able to work 3 new countries and some very rare grids. Thanks, Gabe! That will be a hard act for anyone to follow. 73 Grant Zehr AA9LC

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En Route Satellite Pass Opportunities - Driving to FN29
by Ken Alexander 16 May '17

16 May '17

Following is a schedule for my northbound trip on Friday and Saturday, May 19 & 20th. If you need any of these grids then work out some passes at the listed times and get them to me before Friday. Times are estimated. If I get busy handing out FN06 in North Bay then it may delay my arrival in FN07; that kind of thing. I did build in some wiggle room but you never know if it will be enough. Try and look for passes up to a half hour either side of those times just to be safe. *Friday May 19, 2017 UTC* Leave home 1100 FN05ia - Bracebridge ON 1300 FN06hg - North Bay ON 1500 FN07dm - New Liskeard ON 1700 FN08wn - Amos QC 2000 *Saturday May 20, 2017 UTC* Leave Amos 1100 FN18eo - La Morandiere QC 1200 FN19vm - Desmaraisville QC 1300 I'm already working out some schedules for NP4JV for FN19. I was looking for passes that would cover Arizona but at least a few of them should be OK for other areas as well. If not then see if you can find something for suitable. Saturday May 20th. Based on FN19vm (Desmaraisville QC) XW-2D 13:31 XW-2A 13:36 XW-2B 13:38 SO-50 13:41 FO-29 14:07

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YAESU FT-847 with FC[20 Auto Tuber and Desk Mike for sale
by Douglas Phelps 16 May '17

16 May '17

I am selling my YAESU FT-847 Full Duplex Trabsceiver on eBay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/192188912290? Works perfectly, looks new, and I made over 200 satellite contacts with it. I love this rig. I am only selling it because I have bought an IC-910 and want to get a dedicated HF transceiver. If any one wants to pick this radio up at Dayton, I will refund $130, in cash, making the cost $1300 which still includes the FC-20 auto tuner and Desk Mike. nI really hope someone form ANSAT will buy this excellent transceiver which has held its value for decades.

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Issues with ISS digipeater this morning?
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 16 May '17

16 May '17

Hi! On my way to the office this morning, I stopped for an overhead ISS pass at a nearby city park. The 1437 UTC pass over central Arizona had a maximum elevation of 75 degrees, which should have had a lot of traffic from stations along the west coast, southwestern USA, Texas, and probably some in Mexico before my LOS. Instead, I heard only a couple of RS0ISS beacons, and I was only able to get one packet retransmitted by the ISS when it was over my head at 1442 UTC. The ariss.net web site has very few retransmitted packets listed, and more of the RS0ISS ID beacons picked up by various gateways. On Twitter, Mark KK6OTJ in southern California mentioned a similar observation from that pass. He heard a couple of packets, and nothing else. Has something happened to the VHF radio and/or antenna on the Columbus module? Or could the CubeSats that were deployed earlier today have something to do with the lack of digipeated packets from the ISS in the past few hours? 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

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ISS Packet Digipeater
by ingejack＠cox.net 16 May '17

16 May '17

I also had the same problem as Patrick WD9EWK on the 2 meter digipeater. I heard a few packets but could not get into the digipeater. on a later pass which was only 7 degrees over my location I heard the digipeater but could not get into it. JACK-KC7MG

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Re: [amsat-bb] Rocket Lab Test Launch
by Ross Whenmouth 16 May '17

16 May '17

Hi, I have had a look at the ZL radio spectrum license register, and I did not find any S-band allocations for Rocket Lab, but I did find 4x "interesting" 400 MHz frequencies - 400.3 MHz, 400.7 MHz, 401.1 MHz and 401.6 MHz, with emission mode 150KF1DWT and EIRP of -6 dBW. The licence indicates that these frequencies are a "meteorological aid". I have no idea what sort of meteorological aid they may be though - weather balloon channels? wind profiling radar? (surely not with only 250 mW EIRP?) or something else? 73 ZL2WRW Ross Whenmouth

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-05-16 07:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 16 May '17

16 May '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-05-16 07:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Virginia Reinhardt Elementary School, Rockwall, TX, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact was successful: Mon 2017-05-15 15:28:09 UTC 71 deg (***) Saint Joseph School, Ronkonkoma, NY, telebridge via W6SRJ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Jack Fisher K2FSH (***) Congract is a go for: Mon 2017-05-22 12:35:43 UTC 87 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. **************************************************************************** *** 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Francesco IKØWGF with 119 **************************************************************************** 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 2017-05-16 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 1139. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1098. (***) 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 2017-05-16 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. 50 on orbit Peggy Whitson Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Oleg Novitskiy Exp. 51 on orbit Jack Fisher K2FSH Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Rocket Lab Test Launch
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 16 May '17

16 May '17

Hi Rocket Launch Watchers, The first test launch from Rocket Lab is due some time in the 10 days starting from Monday 22nd May at 9:00 NZST (21:00 on 21 May UTC). The orbit is elliptical, perigee 300KM, apogee 500KM at 83 degrees inclination. The payload is a set of instruments to evaluate the rocket performance. The downlink is broadband data on S Band. Frequency unknown. The Internet access from the launch site is not very good so I don’t think there will be a live streaming. Their twitter feed: https://twitter.com/RocketLabUSA is the best place for updates. 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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FN29/39 + FO20/30 Schedule
by Ken Alexander 16 May '17

16 May '17

This is going to be a very busy weekend. I have identified 19 candidate passes just for Saturday night May 20th when I arrive in Chibougamau. I'll activate FN29 from 1903 through to 0300. Don't be too disappointed if I start late or quit early due to exhaustion! -- On Sunday May 21st I will start at the FN29/39 boundary at 1045 UTC and hope to be on for 11 passes that conclude at 1326. -- From there, I move to the FO20/30 boundary, where I have 8 passes lined up from 1446 to 2144 UTC. -- Finally, I will sit on the FO20/FN29 boundary for 9 passes from 2227 until 0430. Schedules as follows: Chibougamau Saturday Evening FN29 20.05.2017 UKUBE-1 19:03 20.05.2017 AO-85 19:19 20.05.2017 AO-07 20:31 20.05.2017 AO-85 21:01 20.05.2017 XW-2D 21:07 20.05.2017 XW-2B 21:14 20.05.2017 XW-2C 21:27 20.05.2017 XW-2F 21:32 20.05.2017 AO-73 22:18 20.05.2017 XW-2A 22:38 20.05.2017 XW-2D 22:40 20.05.2017 XW-2B 22:48 20.05.2017 XW-2C 23:02 20.05.2017 XW-2F 23:06 20.05.2017 AO-73 23:51 21.05.2017 XW-2A 00:12 21.05.2017 FO-29 01:10 21.05.2017 AO-73 01:27 21.05.2017 FO-29 02:54 Sunday May 21 at FN29/39 21.05.2017 SO-50 10:45 21.05.2017 AO-85 11:17 21.05.2017 FO-29 11:31 21.05.2017 XW-2D 11:42 21.05.2017 XW-2B 11:50 21.05.2017 XW-2C 12:03 21.05.2017 AO-07 12:12 21.05.2017 SO-50 12:26 21.05.2017 AO-85 12:59 21.05.2017 XW-2A 13:01 21.05.2017 FO-29 13:12 Sunday May 21 at FO20/30 21.05.2017 AO-73 14:46 21.05.2017 FO-29 14:57 21.05.2017 AO-07 15:55 21.05.2017 EO-79 15:56 alternate 21.05.2017 AO-07 17:39 21.05.2017 UKUBE-1 17:43 alternate 21.05.2017 AO-85 18:04 21.05.2017 UKUBE-1 19:19 21.05.2017 AO-07 19:30 21.05.2017 AO-85 19:44 alternate 21.05.2017 AO-07 21:26 alternate = alternate pass, in case AO-7 gets flipped Sunday May 21 at FN29/FO20 21.05.2017 XW-2D 22:27 21.05.2017 XW-2B 22:35 21.05.2017 XW-2C 22:49 21.05.2017 XW-2F 22:52 21.05.2017 XW-2A 23:36 22.05.2017 AO-73 00:09 22.05.2017 FO-29 01:59 22.05.2017 FO-29 03:44 22.05.2017 SO-50 04:24 I will spend the night in Amos QC (FN08) on my way up, and in New Liskeard ON (FN07) on my trip home. Let me know if you need either of these grids and we will set something up for the evenings. Also note that I will also be passing through FN05, FN06, FN18 and FN19 on the way up on Friday/Saturday, and on my way home on Monday/Tuesday. Get in touch with me if you need any of these grids. I can give you an estimate of when I should be passing through areas where I know I can set up. I would prefer it if you would do the calculations and send me a short list of proposed passes. I have a busy week ahead of me and don't have a lot of time to sit at my computer and go through "what-ifs". These will be quick stop-and-go activations. I'm not waiting around. That said, those of you who have worked with me before know that I am very accommodating! Finally, follow me on Twitter at @ve3hls for last minute changes and updates. 73, Ken VE3HLS

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Work the AMSAT Hamvention Demo Station!
by Paul Stoetzer 15 May '17

15 May '17

As previously announced, AMSAT will have it's traditional presence at Hamvention this year, including a satellite demo station. This year, the demo station will operate under the AMSAT club callsign W3ZM/8. We intend to be on all passes of voice satellites between 12:00 UTC and 21:00 UTC on Friday, May 19th and Saturday, May 20th and between 12:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC on Sunday, May 21st. We may also try the NO-84 and ISS packet digipeaters using a Kenwood TH-D7A(G) HT. The callsign for packet will be just W3ZM. Please call us using APRS messages on packet. Hamvention is located in the six digit gridsquare is EM89aq. As a reward for working the AMSAT demo station during the first Hamvention at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Xenia, Ohio, individuals working us will receive a digital certificate upon request. Please email n8hm(a)amsat.org with your QSO details to receive a certificate. 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Secretary Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT-NA)

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TAPR / AMSAT Banquet at the Dayton Hamvention
by Mark Thompson 14 May '17

14 May '17

2017 Dayton Hamvention TAPR/AMSAT Banquet Friday, May 19, 2017 Presentation Topic: “The World of Low Cost Software Defined Radio” Speaker: Carl Laufer, Creator and author of RTL-SDR Blog, “The Hobbyist Guide to RTL-SDR” book and supplier of the RTL-SDR dongle. Schedule: 6:30 pm Doors Open with cash bar 7:00 pm Buffet Dinner Served Location: Kohler Presidential Banquet Center 4572 Presidential Way Kettering, OH 45429 Tickets: $35 each & may be purchased from on-line AMSAT store. Ticket purchase deadline is Tuesday, May 16th. Tickets must be purchased in advance & will not be sold at AMSAT booth. There will be no tickets to pick up at the AMSAT booth. Tickets purchased on-line will on check-in list at the door. More Information about the TAPR / ASMAT Banquet & Registration at: http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=190

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TAPR Digital Forum Agenda at Dayton Hamvention
by Mark Thompson 14 May '17

14 May '17

2017 Dayton Hamvention TAPR Digital Forum Agenda Friday, May 19, 2017 9:15 - 10:45 am Forum Room #1 Moderator: Scotty Cowling, WA2DFI 9:15 – 9:20AM Introduction by Steve Bible, N7HPR, TAPR President 9:20 – 9:25AM Write for QST/QEX by Kai Siwiak KE4PT, QEX Editor 9:25 – 9:50AM “Low Cost, Open Source Spectrum Monitoring” by Michael Ossmann, AD0NR and Dominic Spill 9:50 – 10:20AM "Advanced SDR Algorithms for Noise Blanking and Noise Reduction" by Warren Pratt, NR0V 10:20 – 10:45AM “Introduction to RTL-SDR: Ultra cheap software defined radio" by Carl Laufer More Information about TAPR Events at the Hamvention at: http://www.tapr.org/dayton

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Re: [amsat-bb] KA6UCM
by HUGH EMPEY 14 May '17

14 May '17

Thanks, Mike. I think you are correct. These old aircraft carrier ears just don't hear too good any more even with the hearing aid. . 73'.Ed WA7ETH

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KA6UCM
by wa7eth＠frontier.com 14 May '17

14 May '17

Has anyone worked this station? I worked him on XW-2A this evening at 0246Z. I cannot find any information on this call sign in either QRZ or the FCC database. His name is Peter and he is in CM97. Perhaps I copied the call sign incorrectly, but I do not think so. Thanks..73'.... Ed WA7ETH

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ANS-134 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 14 May '17

14 May '17

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-134 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: * Top 10 Reasons to Come to Dayton * Canadian Grid Expedition Announcement * Asia Islands on the Air Satellite Activation * South Korea Air Force Academy Proposes FM Repeater K2Sat to IARU * Lloyd V. Berkner Space Policy Internships * Vector Space Completes First Test Flight SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-134.01 ANS-134 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 134.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE May 14, 2017 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-134.01 Top 10 Reasons to Come to Dayton 10. Rub shoulders with 25,000 of your best friends at the largest hamfest in the United States, including most of the AMSAT Directors and senior officers. See the latest equipment from Icom, Yaesu, Kenwood, Flex, Alinco, M2, Arrow, and many other manufacturers of amateur radio equipment and accessories. Take advantage of discounted pricing you won't find anywhere else. 9. Find out how to organize a contact with the astronauts on the International Space Station for your local school or youth group from our Education and ARISS experts. 8. Pickup the latest AMSAT golf shirts, T-shirts, and hats. Get your copy of the updated "Amateur Satellite Frequency Guide" (laminated frequency chart) and Gould Smith's just revised "Getting Started with Amateur Satellites" (book printed in color). We'll also have assembled wide-band preamps and antennas that are great for portable operation. 7. See demonstrations of SatPC32 and MacDoppler satellite tracking software, and get your operational questions answered. Meet Don Agro, author of MacDoppler (Friday & Saturday, 2-3 p.m.). See a demonstration of the LVB Tracker, a computer interface to the Yaesu azimuth-elevation rotors. Talk with Mike Young, who has built more LVB Trackers than anyone else. Assembled LVB Trackers will be available. 6. Hear Carl Laufer talk about “The World of Low Cost Software Defined Radio” at the AMSAT Banquet on Friday evening. Carl is the creator and author of the extremely popular RTL-SDR Blog, author of the book, “The Hobbyist Guide to RTL-SDR,” and supplier of the RTL-SDR dongle. 5. Hear the latest on the *five* Fox satellites, Phase 5, the International Space Station, other current and future satellites, education news, and an AMSAT update at the AMSAT Forum Saturday, from 10:45 to 12:15. 4. Get one-on-one guidance on setting up your satellite station and making contacts at our "Beginner's Corner". Witness live demonstrations of contacts through satellites AO-7, AO-73, AO-85, FO-29, SO-50, XW-2A, XW-2B, XW-2C, XW-2D and XW-2F using handheld antennas. 3. Meet and interact with some of the Engineering Team members working on the Fox-1 satellites and our new Five and Dime AMSAT ground terminal. 2. Get satellite station and operating tips from some of the best satellite operators in the country, including John Papay K8YSE (1,591 grids confirmed), Drew Glasbrenner KO4MA (1,510 grids), Doug Papay KD8CAO (1,200 grids), and Paul Stoetzer (904 grids). 1. Receive an updated "Amateur Satellite Frequency Guide" (laminated frequency chart) when you join or renew your AMSAT membership at Dayton, and take advantage of special pricing on the SatPC32 satellite tracking software. [ANS thanks Steve, N9IP, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Canadian Grid Expedition Announcement Ken, VE3HLS reports he plans for the activation of four never-activated on satellites grids (as far as he can tell) grids are coming together. The expedition takes place next weekend, May 20th and 21st 2017; a long weekend up here in Canada. He will be driving up from his home QTH in FN03 and will arrive in Chibougamau QC on the afternoon of Saturday May 20th. There are several favorable passes on Saturday evening and hw hopes to spend a few hours handing out FN29 to get warmed up. Sunday the 21st looks like a bonanza of great passes! The trouble will be deciding when to break so he can move to a different location. The plan at this time is to set up on the FN29/39 boundary in the morning and operate there for a few hours. Then he will move to FO20/30 and then FO20/FN29. More information about operating schedules will be posted on amsat-bb as he gets closer to departure date. He will also post information on his QRZ page at https://qrz.com/db/VE3HLS [ANS thanks Ken, VE3HLS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Asia Islands on the Air Satellite Activation Operators Makoto/JI5RPT and Toru/JI5USJ will be active as homecall/1 from Shikine Island (North Izu Island) between 0000z, May 20th and 0000z, May 21st. Activity will be on 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 meters using CW, RTTY and PSK31. There will also be satellite operations. Please note: In case of heavy rain or other conditions, the operation schedule may vary. For QSL info, please check QRZ.com for details. [ANS thanks the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1314 for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- South Korea Air Force Academy Proposes FM Repeater K2Sat to IARU The Republic of Korea Air Force Academy has submitted a coordination request to the IARU for the K2Sat satellite, a 3U CubeSat Mission. The K2Sat's primary mission is to demonstrate satellite imaging and transfer, to also test voice repeating capability. The followings are the payloads: 1. On-board camera 2. On-board voice repeater proposing a V/U FM voice transceiver 3. 9k6 BSPK AX25 downlink for data and telemetry and planning a 2 Mbit QPSK downlink on S Band. The launch is planned for a 500/600km SSO orbit in 2018. [ANS thanks the IARU for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lloyd V. Berkner Space Policy Internships The Space Studies Board is seeking applicants for the Lloyd V. Berkner Space Policy Internships for autumn 2017. The goal of the program is to provide promising undergraduate and graduate students with the opportunity to work in the area of civil space research policy in the nation's capital. Established in 1958, the Space Studies Board is the principal advisory group providing independent scientific and programmatic advice to NASA and other government agencies on all aspects of civil space research and associated ground-based activities. Interns typically undertake one or more short-term research projects designed to assist with or to enhance ongoing study projects. Applicants must be registered students (undergraduate or graduate) at a U.S. university or college who have completed their junior year. Applicants should have long-term career goals in space science research, applications or policy. Applications are due June 2, 2017. For more information and a full list of eligibility requirements, visit http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/SSB_052239. Please direct questions about this internship to Dr. David H. Smith at dhsmith(a)nas.edu. [ANS thanks NASA Education Express for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Vector Space Completes First Test Flight Vector Space has conducted a crucial test of their Vector-R rocket that the company hopes will expand the small satellite launch market via small-scale launchers. As SpaceX has disrupted the large scale market, so does Vector Space hope their new rocket system can disrupt the small scale market by eliminating the need for ride-share requirements small satellites currently face while significantly lowering the cost to small satellite customers. The first test flight, conducted on 3 May from the Mojave Desert in California, used a single-engine scaled-down model of the three-engine Vector-R rocket and allowed the company to test aspects of launch operations – including its infrastructure-lite launch architecture approach – for their rocket as well as portions of its 3D-printed components and pressure-fed engine design. The suborbital test flight launched from the Friends of Amateur Rocketry site in California’s Mojave Desert at 12:00 PDT (19:00 GMT) on 3 May and reached a maximum altitude of 1,370 m (4,500 ft). The second test flight, expected in July, will radically shift launch operations to a never-before-used location – the U.S. state of Georgia – and will highlight what Vector Space says is an innovative solution to various launch market needs with an ability to launch from locations outside the standard U.S. Ranges. This Georgia test will occur from Camden County – the state’s southern-most county, which borders Florida’s north-eastern most boundary. Following completion of the Vector-R test flight series, Vector Space plans to introduce the Vector-R rocket for commercial launch operations in 2018. From there, the company currently has 12 commercial launches for the Vector-R planned in 2019, with an eventual eye toward ramping up operations to 100 launches of the Vector-R later in its operational life. [ANS thanks NASASpaceFlight.com 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, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org

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QB50 CubeSats deploy from ISS next week
by M5AKA 13 May '17

13 May '17

QB50 CubeSats deploy from ISS next week https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/12/qb50-cubesats-iss-deployment/ UBSEDS24 around-the-world Balloon with SSDV successfully launched https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/05/ubseds24-2nd-attempt/ Amateur Radio Satellite Operation in Algeria https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/02/algeria-satellite-activation/ AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium Milton Keynes Oct 14-15 – Call for Speakers https://amsat-uk.org/2017/02/03/international-space-colloquium-first-call-f… Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ----

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amsat.org.ar online
by Pedro Converso 13 May '17

13 May '17

Web http://amsat.org.ar restored and operational again. Pass Predictions at http://amsat.org.ar/pass 73, lu7abf, Pedro

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Virginia Reinhardt Elementary School, Rockwall, TX
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 13 May '17

13 May '17

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Virginia Reinhardt Elementary School, Rockwall, TX on 15 May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:28 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 English. Reinhardt, the third elementary school in Rockwall ISD, was built in 1984 and quickly established a tradition of educational excellence and leadership. Reinhardt consistently achieves the highest state rating for student performance as they educate kindergarten through sixth grade students. The school was named in honor of veteran Rockwall teacher, Virginia Anderson Reinhardt. As in past generations, Reinhardt "Rocket" students strive to become young people that act on quality principles for the betterment of their community. The school currently has 565 students and 50 employees. A few distinction designations include; academic achievement in science, top 25% closing performance gaps and postsecondary readiness. The mission statement of Virginia Reinhardt Elementary School is "to ensure that all Reinhardt children have access to a quality education that enables them to achieve their potential and fully participate in social, economic and educational opportunities now and in the future. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Where do you put on clothes since your space is so tiny? 2. What do you do if you get sick? 3. Have many space explorations have you made outside the ISS and what did you do? 4. Have you ever had an emergency situation in space? 5. What happens when you cry in space? 6. How do your recycling systems work on the ISS? 7. How do you control the ISS? 8. Who is responsible for controlling the ISS? 9. What kinds of research do you conduct aboard the ISS? 10. What is your favorite experiment that you have done? 11. Why did you choose to be an astronaut? 12. What health requirements do you have to meet to be an astronaut? 13. What do you do in your spare time while onboard the ISS? 14. What is the hardest part about being an astronaut? 15. You go through a lot of training for your journey, was there anything you were not prepared for? 16. Do preservatives on food have the same effect in space as they do on Earth? 17. How does zero gravity affect your digestion? 18. How do the language barriers affect your work on the ISS? 19. When you are back on earth, what will you miss about 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): 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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LILACSAT
by ingejack＠cox.net 13 May '17

13 May '17

Strange occurrence this morning on Lilacsat,, At 1410 I tuned the satellite and distinctly heard the beacon ,, Then I tuned to the downlink frequency and heard my downlink signal very clear and strong for about 30 seconds after which it completely disappeared and I no longer had contact with the Satellite. Does the Sat shut off after a certain period or was this some fluke of the satellite ?? No other stations were present but my downlink signal was definitely heard !! JACK KC7MG

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ERC-M with Orbitron & WispDDE
by Vincenzo Mone 13 May '17

13 May '17

Hi folks, Is there anybody that uses Orbitron with WispDDE and the ERC -M? I have mounted and set ( Thanks to Rene ) it to use with the Yaesu G-5500 Azimuth/Elevation Rotors. I have interfacedi it with the Orbitron and WispDDE softwares but get a couple of issues: - When the satellites reach the LOS, the rotators remains in the last pointing position and does not move to the parking position as set in the WispDDE rotator settings.. - When i click on another satellite, the rotators moves to the Azimuth position even if the satellite is not visible from my Qth. Please anybody can tell me if I am making something wrong? Thanks for any help that will be really appreciated. 73's de Enzo IK8OZV ************************************ ****** GSM +39 328 7110193 ****** ***** SMS +39 328 7110193 ****** ************************************

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Map Borders for GcmWin
by Martin A Schuette 12 May '17

12 May '17

Dear fellow bird chasers, While digging on the internet, I managed to discover better map border files for use on GcmWin. I initially found them using the Wayback Machine, using the link provided on the GcmWin website. However, I've found a more convenient link on the website for MicroCAM, http://www.csiss.org/map-projections/microcam/ . Select the link mwdbpoly.zip. In this zip file are several different map options you can use - I use PCANPROV, PBORDER, PUSA48, PALASKA, PMEXICO, and PISLAND. You apply these files the same way you select the default map, in by going to Options, then properties, then to the borders tab. You may want to experiment with the line width and alpha settings. Note: these borders are from 1995, and as such, are missing Nunavut, South Sudan, Serbia, Montenegro, and any other border changes since then. 73, Marty Schuette, N9EAT AMSAT #40076

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Polyitan-1
by John Mac 12 May '17

12 May '17

Hi all... Just had a pass of Polyitan-1 and did nor see any transmission, is this Sat operational ?, it has been in recent days. John

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Grid Expedition Update FN29/39 + FO20/30
by Ken Alexander 12 May '17

12 May '17

Plans for the activation of these four never-activated (as far as I can tell) grids are coming together. The expedition takes place next weekend, May 20th and 21st 2017; a long weekend up here in Canada. I will be driving up from my home QTH in FN03 and will arrive in Chibougamau QC on the afternoon of Saturday May 20th. There are several favourable passes on Saturday evening and I hope to spend a few hours handing out FN29 to get warmed up. Sunday the 21st looks like a bonanza of great passes! The trouble will be deciding when to break so I can move to a different location. The plan at this time is to set up on the FN29/39 boundary in the morning and operate there for a few hours. Then I will move to FO20/30 and then FO20/FN29. More information about operating schedules will be posted here as we get closer to departure date. I will also post information on my QRZ page at https://qrz.com/db/VE3HLS Hope to work you on the 21st! 73, Ken VE3HLS

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Outernet Feed APRS at Dayton?
by Robert Bruninga 11 May '17

11 May '17

Does anyone going to Dayton have a Raspberry Pi with the OUTERNET satellite feed on it? Outernet is a satellite downlink receivable anywhere in the world* from 3 GEO sateliltes that carries an APRS and an AMSAT channel on it. I wanted to demo it at Dayton, but I just checked mine and apparently the cover blew off and the electroncs have been sitting in the rain for a few months.. All it is, is a RaspberryPi, an SDR dongle and a patch antenna and that becomes a WiFi hot spot that can serve the live data to anyone in range with any WiFi device. See http://aprs.org/outnet.html I want to talk about it during the APRS Forum on Friday. Need something to demo Bob

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Call for Papers - Digital Communications Conference
by Ford, Steve, WB8IMY 11 May '17

11 May '17

Technical papers are solicited for presentation at the 36th Annual ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference, to be held September 15-17 in St Louis, Missouri at the Holiday Inn Airport West in Earth City. Papers will also be published in the Conference Proceedings. Authors do not need to attend the conference to have their papers included in the Proceedings. The submission deadline is July 31, 2017. Submit papers to via e-mail to maty(a)arrl.org<mailto:[email protected]>, or via post to Maty Weinberg, KB1EIB, ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111. Papers will be published exactly as submitted, and authors will retain all rights.

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SATPC32 compatibility with the Icon IC-275H
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 11 May '17

11 May '17

I have a school that I'm mentoring that needs to know if SATPC32 can be used to control an Icom IC-275H. Has anyone had experience with doing this and can confirm it will work? Thanks, Dave, AA4KN ARISS mentor --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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SatPC32 on Win7
by KC2TN 11 May '17

11 May '17

I'm trying to get Satpc32 working on Win7. I have ver 12.8c loaded and it works fine for tracking but so far I have not been able to get the rotor interface working. I have an LVB Tracker and it's on Com 5. I can manually move the antennas with the SDX server window but NOT from witing the program. I found and old (from 2010) message from W7IN detailing the exact same problem I'm having and a response from Erich. My problem as defined by Larry: >> I have a Windows 7 Inspiron desktop. I just installed the SatPC32 for >> GS-232. When I start SatPC32, it does not automatically also start SDX >> as on my other computer. I can start SDX manually and can use the >> "manual input" thing on SDX to speak with the GS232, reading current >> position etc. But when I click up R+ SatPC32 has no contol over SDX and >> the rotors do not move when I tell them to--like selecting "park." What >> to do? Other features in SatPC32 seem to be working. >> >> Larry W7IN >From Erich: >From the list in menu "Rotor Setup" choose the item "Yaesu GS-232". >> Save the change with the upper "Save" button and restart SatPC32. > > The program stores path and filename of ServerSDX.Exe in the aux. file > "RotorServer.SQF" in the SatPC32 data folder. The path of the data > folder is > shown in a foot line of menu "Satellites". RotorServer.SQF can be opened > with Notepad. > > It should now contain the following line: > > C:\Program Files\SatPC32\SDX\ServerSDX > > Does the program now start ServerSDX? > > If not, try whether it works better when you start SatPC32 with the > option > "Run as Administrator" (Right click on the file name and choose that > option). > > 73s, Erich, DK1TB I've tried ALL the suggestions, even as Administrator but still no joy. Perhaps over the last 7 years the program has changed the location and format of some of the config/ SQF files??? It seems when I update the Rotor Setup settings the RotorServer.SQF file in the SatPC32 folder is NOT being updated. C:\Users\KC2TN\AppData\Roaming\SatPC32 is the location of the RotorServer.SQF file Any ideas? Anyone? Tnx, Joe - KC2TN

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Packet software
by Bob Cutter 10 May '17

10 May '17

Several years ago I was working packet on ISS but I cannot recall the software I used. Any help? 73, Bob KI0G

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Solar RFI?
by Robert Bruninga 09 May '17

09 May '17

RFI from Solar? With solar now cheaper than coal, solar is exploding in to neighborhoods with favorable progressive policies. But, they can produce lots of RFI with significant impact on Hams operating HF. With 16 kW of solar on my roof, I feel in a good position to be proactive in documenting the overall impact of solar on HF operations. We’ve seen QST articles on the very high RFI levels from solar systems that use microinverters and optimizers located at every single panel on the roof which are a nightmare to filter, while string inverters are easy to filter at the one location on the ground. My thoughts are to come up with a standard test that Hams near solar installations can do to document any RFI. Although none of us will have standard calibrated antennas or receivers, we can at least make comparative measurements to background noise levels. Either with the array on and off or between day and night at a fixed distance from the array. I believe the part 15 limits for unintentional radiators is for 100 uV/m at a distance of 30 meters (100 feet). On a 1 meter portable antenna I calculate that is equivalent to 36uV or within a dB of S9. That’s a lot of noise (if I did that right)… And if it was a full size dipole say on 20m, then the allowable noise would be 20 over S9 (again, if I did that right) Wow. If anyone wants to submit measurements Ill collect them. My suggestion is to take a portable HF rig (FT-817 or TH-F6 or TH-D74) and an approximate 1m whip antenna and report at 100 feet from the array, the S readings with the array on and with it off (or day vs night). I welcome more expertise in this area. Although this is not an AMSAT issue, this is the only email group I’m on that might have people with those easy portable HF radios. Bob, WB4APR

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share a room Dayton
by Nick Pugh 09 May '17

09 May '17

Hello Amsat-ers I got the last reservation for 2 queen beds at the Fairborn motel and would like to split the room expenses. Please reply if you are interested Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-05-09 07:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 09 May '17

09 May '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-05-09 07:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Ecole College Park School, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Jack Fisher K2FSH Contact was successful: Mon 2017-05-08 18:19:40 UTC 59 deg (***) Virginia Reinhardt Elementary School, Rockwall, TX, telebridge via W6SRJ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG (***) Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-05-15 15:28:09 UTC 71 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. **************************************************************************** *** 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Francesco IKØWGF with 119 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additi onal 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 2017-05-09 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 1138. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1097. (***) 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 2017-05-09 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. 50 on orbit Peggy Whitson Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Oleg Novitskiy Exp. 51 on orbit (***) Jack Fisher K2FSH Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Dowkey microwave 62-110
by Nestor Punales 08 May '17

08 May '17

Hello to all, I am thinking on using the Dowkey Microwave 62-110 relay switch on my 2 meter crossed elements yagi to switch polarization, I was wondering if anyone else here have done something similar. Any input would be much appreciated! Nestor K6JTT DM12kr

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Re: [amsat-bb] [amsat-fox] K3IO email problems
by RT 08 May '17

08 May '17

Tom, And FYI to all, Verizon had been sending out notices of their decision to stop email, they are doing it region by region, some may have not seen the change yet. FIOS here has not done it yet. I believe Verizon is the parent of both verizon and AOL, no sense doing verizon email when aol was doing it I did the DSL AOL migration, nothing was lost, all folders transferred, it was quick and no problems encountered. Nothing at all is changed. Also you keep your verzon email address, I even use my legacy bellatlantic. But you need to do it before the cut off. It may be too late Tom, but suggest contact Verizon support, if not done already, they may still have your folders stored somewhere.. 73 ES GL Ron N3AEA -----Original Message----- From: Tom Clark <tom.k3io(a)gmail.com> To: AMSAT BoD <bod(a)amsat.org>; senior-officers <senior-officers(a)amsat.org>; Rick HamblyW2GPS <rick(a)cnssys.com>; Brian Gaffney <beg(a)verizon.net>; Brian Gaffney <beg(a)bellatlantic.net>; Jean Clark <jeanmgclark(a)hotmail.com>; Mollie Palmer <molliegp11(a)gmail.com>; John Glover <jngglover(a)att.net>; 'Ma, Chopo (GSFC-698.0)' (GSFC-698.0)' <chopo.ma-1(a)nasa.gov>; 'Ed Himwich' <Ed.Himwich(a)nasa.gov>; 'Arthut Niell' <aniell(a)haystack.mit.edu>; Alan Whitney <awhitney(a)haystack.mit.edu>; Alan Rogers <aeer(a)haystack.mit.edu>; AMSAT/MSS Mission <phase4(a)amsat.org>; AMSAT ASCENT Program <ascent(a)amsat.org>; amsat-fox <amsat-fox(a)alum.wpi.edu>; Bob McGwier <rwmcgwier(a)gmail.com>; Sharon McGwier <smmcgwier(a)gmail.com>; Martha Saragovitz <martha(a)amsat.org>; Bdale Garbee <bdale(a)gag.com>; amsat-bb <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org>; gerrie Checkon <gcheckon(a)gmail.com>; Kate Hutton <k6htn(a)arrl.net> Cc: Tom Clark <tom.k3io(a)gmail.com> Sent: Mon, May 8, 2017 4:40 am Subject: [amsat-fox] K3IO email problems Sometime in April, my old "K3IO(a)VERIZON.NET" email address went extinct due to Verizon making a unilateral decision to get out of the email business. They had an ill-conceived (and IMHO quite user hostle) scheme to hand over all their responsibilities to AOL.COM. As a result, all my old Verizon email archives were lost and I am no longer getting any mail thru the Verizon hose. As of immediately, use "TOM.K3IO(a)GMAIL.COM" for any future mail, and also please resend anything of importance to me from April. 73 de Tom, K3IO

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Dinner Tickets For Dayton
by Martha 08 May '17

08 May '17

If you are planning to attend the AMSAT-TAPR dinner in Dayton, you must purchase your tickets online at the AMSAT store (amsat.org) . We will not be selling tickets at Dayton -- 73- Martha

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Icom 9100 data on receive port
by shakeel -ur-rehman 08 May '17

08 May '17

Hi All I am ICOM 9100 user and I have read that it has many control commands which can be used command icom 9100. How to execute that control commands. can I execute it through windows hyperterminal. I have tried to run local radio AM band on icom 9100. I am interested to read the data on receive port of the icom 9100 and put it in my text file. anyone can help the steps which i need to accompish thi task. I have connected Icom 9100 through USB cable. and com3 and com4 are being shown in the control panel of my windows system. any help will be appreciated please. Regards shakeel

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K3IO email problems
by Tom Clark 08 May '17

08 May '17

Sometime in April, my old "K3IO(a)VERIZON.NET" email address went extinct due to Verizon making a unilateral decision to get out of the email business. They had an ill-conceived (and IMHO quite user hostle) scheme to hand over all their responsibilities to AOL.COM. As a result, all my old Verizon email archives were lost and I am no longer getting any mail thru the Verizon hose. As of immediately, use "TOM.K3IO(a)GMAIL.COM <mailto:[email protected]>" for any future mail, and also please resend anything of importance to me from April. 73 de Tom, K3IO

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Operations from EM97
by Tucker McGuire 07 May '17

07 May '17

Greetings space bird enthusiasts, I will be in EM97 this coming weekend May 13 afternoon until May 14th morning. Planning to operate as many passes on all satellites as time allows while I'm there. Been practicing operating the mode B linear transponder satellites only recently, so bear with me if you try and work me on those satellites. Cheers & 73, Tucker W4FS

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DM02 Resked
by Mike Diehl 07 May '17

07 May '17

Just got confirmation of rescheduling the DM02 trip. We have been rescheduled to the first weekend of June. Let's keep our fingers crossed that the weather is spectacular. At the very least it should be a little warmer out there. So long as we don't run into 15' waves again we will be good to go. 73, Mike Diehl AI6GS

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Lapan IO86
by PY5LF 07 May '17

07 May '17

Hi I short video of my first time on Lapan 2 IO86. Signal very good! https://youtu.be/nvBuLloQtXY 73

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Field case recommendations for FT-817ND?
by Ken M 07 May '17

07 May '17

Hello all, Any thoughts on field cases for FT-817ND radios? - Protective but slim. I'd rather have a slimmer case, and put the whole thing in the pack of my choice, than have a manpack specifically designed for the FT-817ND. - Because I will have two FT-817ND's at times, I want two cases, so I can easily bring just one radio if I'm doing QRP, or two radios if I'm doing satellite. - It might be convenient if the case will hold a second device like an auto-tuner for HF, or a tablet or small device for digital modes. - Able to operate the radio while it's in the case. I've looked at a few: - The Yaesu vinyl case looks a bit flimsy and is expensive for what it is (but not bulky, so might be the best choice I've seen). - The products from PortableZero are too heavy-duty and bulky for my needs. - The HamSource pack is too bulky and overkill (if I were to carry two of them). I suppose I'd like something that resembles the Yaesu case, possibly with a second tuner/device pocket, but made from a heavier duty nylon pack-cloth, or padded in some way. Thanks & 73, Ken - VA7KBM

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ANS-127 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 07 May '17

07 May '17

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-127 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: * AMSAT at the Dayton Hamvention -- Call for volunteers * Hamvention Instructor's Forum to Feature Space Weather and AMSAT-NA * 2017 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Notice * RadFxSat/Fox-1B Launch Moves Left * UBSEDS24 Balloon with SSDV – 2nd Launch Attempt, 8 May * AMSAT Sweden Celebrates 35 Years * Ciaran Morgan, M0XTD, and ARISS-UK Team Awarded the Louis Varney Cup SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-127.01 ANS-127 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 127.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE May 7, 2017 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-127.01 AMSAT at the Dayton Hamvention -- Call for volunteers The Dayton Hamvention is less than two weeks away, May 19-21! If you’ve been waiting to volunteer until you’d firmed up your plans, we need to hear from you ASAP! If you're an experienced satellite operator, we can use you and your experience. If you've never operated a satellite before, we can use your help too. Whether you're available for only a couple of hours or if you can spend the entire weekend with us, your help would be greatly appreciated. Please send an e-mail to Steve, n9ip(a)amsat.org if you can help. Thank you! [ANS thanks Steve, N9IP, Dayton Team Leader, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamvention Instructor's Forum to Feature Space Weather and AMSAT-NA Carole Perry, WB2MGP, who may be Amateur Radio's premier supporter of youth, will moderate her 30th Hamvention Youth Forum later this month, when Hamvention® convenes for the first time at its new venue in Xenia, Ohio, May 19-21. The Youth Forum is set for Saturday, May 20, 9:15 AM until noon, in Room 2. She's lined up nine young presenters who will speak on a variety of topics of interest to radio amateurs of all ages. The Youth Forum is open to all. AMSAT-NA will donate Gould Smith's just revised "Getting Started with Amateur Satellites" (book printed in color) to the Youth Forum presenters. Carole will also conduct her Hamvention Instructors' Forum on Friday, May 19, 10:30-11:30 AM, in Room 3. "Space Weather Woman" Dr. Tamitha Skov will speak on "Teaching Space Weather" and AMSAT-NA Vice President, Educational Relations, Joe Spier, K6WAO, will present "NxtGen Crystal Radio". Joe will have 10 kits consisting of RTL-SDRs, pre-amps, connectors, cables, 2M EZ-Lindenblad antennas, FoxTelem software, and instructions to create a FOX Telemetry Ground Station for educators at the Instructors' Forum on Friday. [ANS thanks the Hamvention 2017 Team, the ARRL Letter for May 4th, and Carole Perry, WB2MGP for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2017 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Notice It's time to submit nominations for the upcoming AMSAT-NA Board of Directors election. Four directors' terms expire this year: Barry Baines, WD4ASW, Jerry Buxton, N0JY, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, and Bob McGwier, N4HY. In addition, up to two Alternates may be elected for one year terms. A valid nomination requires either one Member Society or five current individual members in good standing to nominate an AMSAT-NA member for Director. Written nominations, consisting of the nominee's name and call, and the nominating individual's names, calls and individual signatures should be mailed to: AMSAT-NA, 10605 Concord St, #304 Kensington, MD 20895-2526. In addition to traditional submissions of written nominations, which is the preferred method, the intent to nominate someone may be made by electronic means. These include e-mail, fax, or electronic image of a petition. Electronic petitions should be sent to martha(a)amsat.org or faxed to (301)822-4371. No matter what means is used, petitions MUST arrive no later than June 15th at the AMSAT-NA office. If the nomination is a traditional written nomination, no other action is required. If it is other than this, i.e. electronic, a verifying traditional written petition MUST be received at the AMSAT-NA office at the above address within 7 days following the close of nominations on June 15th. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WITHOUT THIS SECOND, WRITTEN VERIFICATION ARE NOT VALID UNDER THE EXISTING AMSAT-NA BYLAWS. [ANS thanks Paul, N8HM, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- RadFxSat/Fox-1B Launch Moves Left In the world of secondary payloads we're all used to launches moving to the right as issues with the primary payload and launch vehicles or their schedules often occur. But what is a move to the left? The RadFxSat/Fox-1B launch had been recently announced as NET September 23, 2017. Today, the primary payload JPSS-1 moved to the left and we can now announce a new launch date of NET September 21, 2017 for RadFxSat and all of the other ELaNa XIV mission payloads. That's "only" two whole days earlier, true, but with all of our Fox-1 launches having been on a steady march to the right since (and including, at the time) AO-85/Fox-1A was launched, we'll take what we can get! [ANS Jerry, N0JY, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- UBSEDS24 Balloon with SSDV – 2nd Launch Attempt, 8 May Richard Meadows M0SBU reports there will be a second attempt to launch the Raspberry Pi Zero equipped 434 MHz balloon UBSEDS24 early Monday morning. On the UKHAS Google Group Richard writes: There’s going to be another attempt to launch this flight from Bristol this Monday, May 8 between 0500 and 0530 BST [0400-0430 GMT]. This is weather permitting, but the forecast looks okay at the moment. This launch is using a 1.9m envelope and longer payload train, and so there’s a NOTAM in place. This tracker has a Raspberry Pi Zero V1.3 attached, which transmits images when solar power is available. It’s a different design to our launch last August; in this case the tracker will continue to operate even if the pi fails. For the curious the ‘pi status’ telemetry values are: 0 = off, 1 = on, 2 = PITS started, 3 = SSDV started). There will hopefully be a cutdown mounted between the balloon and the tracker. We’ll be testing the 434 MHz uplink to this whilst it’s still in range of Bristol; if it returns over the UK at a convenient time and place we will attempt to trigger the cutdown. The tracker has several transmissions: – 434.635 MHz USB Telemetry – Contestia 16/1000 with pips and RSID, transmitting telemetry. Once per minute below 8km altitude and every two minutes otherwise. – 434.637.5 MHz SSDV – Two modes: (1) While balloon over UK and English channel GMSK at 12 ksymbol/s. 4×4 interleaved, R=1/2 convolutional K=5, HDLC framing, whitened etc. as per the AX5043 manual. Concatenated with RS(255,223) to mop up some burst errors. (2) Outside UK 300 baud RTTY, 850 Hz shift, 8N2. If you are listening to the RTTY, remember to turn off the ‘RxID’ button on the top right of dl-fldigi. Rather than the usual JPEG SSDV, this is transmitting Better Portable Graphics (BPG) images. This is experimental, and ssdv.habhub.org doesn’t support it just yet. Hence receivers should upload to http://ssdv.bristol-seds.co.uk instead, please read the instructions on this site. You’ll need dl-fldigi release 3.2, as explained on the site. James Coxon M6JCX has made the dl-fldigi release available at: https://github.com/jamescoxon/dl-fldigi/releases/tag/3.2 The flight is expected to head south towards France. Many thanks to everyone who attempts to track this. Track the balloon online at https://tracker.habhub.org/ Listen to the balloon online with the SUWS WebSDR link at https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/balloons/ UBSEDS http://www.bristol-seds.co.uk/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Sweden Celebrates 35 Years AMSAT-SM (Sweden) has been active in 35 years 2017. AMSAT-SM was founded April 24:th 1982 by a group of swedish hams. The first AMSAT-SM president was SM5IXE Thomas Johansson. One AMSAT-SM's 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 of their Swedish webpage and HF-net it is hoped 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. Today AMSAT-SM has aprox. 200 members and we have an active news feed via web, Twitter and Youtube. So, we are still alive and kicking! http://www.amsat.se/english-info/ https://twitter.com/amsat_sm https://www.youtube.com/AMSATSM [ANS thanks Lars, SM0TGU, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ciaran Morgan, M0XTD, and ARISS-UK Team Awarded the Louis Varney Cup Ciaran Morgan, M0XTD, and the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) UK Team were awarded the Louis Varney Cup on April 22 at the RSGB 90th Annual General Meeting in Cardiff, Wales. RSGB recognized Morgan and the ARISS- UK team for advances in space communications. Accepting the trophy were Graham Shirville, G3VZV; Noel Matthews, G8GTZ, and John Cariss, G7ACD. The award’s namesake, Louis Varney, G5RV, was the inventor of the world-famous G5RV antenna and an RSGB member for 74 years. Varney died in 2000. Morgan and the ARISS-UK team have also been fundraising on behalf of ARISS. [ANS thanks ARRL 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, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org

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Can QSO's be manually input to LOTW?
by Kevin M 06 May '17

06 May '17

I might share a trick that I use for satellite logging using TQSL. Instead of creating a new file each time you can click on: File > Edit Existing ADIF File... > then open a previously created file. What file? Well instead of just using a single file for ALL satellite contacts, I have a file for each bird. That way, after a pass, I merely open the file for the corresponding satellite, then I click the >>| button that takes me to the end of the file. I click ADD QSO and then I enter the callsign, change the time and date and save. By having one file for each satellite, when I add a new QSO, I don't have to re-enter the bands, prop mode, satellite, etc. It may not be as easy for everyone, but for me it makes logging after a pass, extremely simple. Just a note, this method is for home logging only... for rover ops, I have to keep separate files for each location. But those details for another time. also, I archive my files at the end of every year to keep size down. 73, Kevin N4UFO

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MJ MU MD on Sat
by Gabriel Zeifman 06 May '17

06 May '17

Hello fellow bird talker sky tracking peoples, I have arrived in Jersey! I will be on the 0142Z pass of FO-29 as my first North America bound pass. Tomorrow (May 7) I will be on whatever AO-7 (if it somehow manages to be in mode B or C) and FO-29 passes that will work for NA and other passes for EU. On the 8th (around 1100Z) I will be heading to Guernsey, and on the 10th to Isle of Man, with similar goals from all three. I should have a great horizon to the west from all these places, sea cliffs over the ocean. See everyone on the birds! 73, Gabe NJ7H

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-05-06 06:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 06 May '17

06 May '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-05-06 06:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Collège Georges Brassens, Saint-Venant, France, Collège René Cassin de Lillers, Lillers, France, and Lycée Polyvalent Anatole France, Lillers, France, direct via TM1ØISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact was successful: Fri 2017-05-05 09:58:56 UTC 39 deg (***) Ecole College Park School, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Jack Fisher K2FSH Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-05-08 18:19:40 UTC via W6SRJ **************************************************************************** ** 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. **** *************************************************************************** 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Francesco IKØWGF with 119 **************************************************************************** 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 2017-05-06 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 1137. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1096. (***) 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 2017-05-06 06:30 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. 49 on orbit Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Andrei Borisenko Sergey Ryzhikov Exp. 50 on orbit Peggy Whitson Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Oleg Novitskiy **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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EL94/95 May 6th
by Matthew Stevens 06 May '17

06 May '17

I'm considering a trip to EL94 and 95 this Saturday, depending on my work schedule. If I go I'd be getting down there around 1500z, and can stay for a few hours, working anything that goes overhead. If anyone is interested give me a heads up. It's a 5+ hour drive each way. Still not certain at this point, I'll update on twitter.com/kk4fem. Just wanted to give anyone that needs those grids advance warning just in case. 73 - Matthew kk4fem Sent from my iPhone

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AO-85 Question
by R.T.Liddy 05 May '17

05 May '17

I've seen some commentary about the best freqs to use for AO-85. What should I program for UP & Down for that Satellite? TNX, Bob K8BL

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Ecole College Park School, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 05 May '17

05 May '17

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Ecole College Park School, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada on 08 May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:19 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 English. École College Park School is a dual-stream Kindergarten to grade 8 English and French Immersion School in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Saskatoon is Saskatchewan's largest city and has more sunshine than any other major city in Canada. We have been told that, but we do not always believe it! We have the best school in Canada! Our school is lucky to have students from all over the world. We take great pride in our highly multicultural school community. We have approximately 500 students from Canada and around the world. Over 35 different languages are spoken in our school. Most of the countries that are partners in the Space Station Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA), are represented in our school. Our school offers students many extracurricular activities. We have a Space Club, track program, skipping club, chess club, math club and a circus club. You should see us on stilts and unicycles juggling in the hallways. We are good! Last year our school won a "Stand up" rally from the Family channel. We won it because our school does a great job of making students feel incredibly welcome, accepted, and kids try to stand up to bullying. Our school was on the Family Channel through November 2016. It was very cool to see ourselves on TV. Our school prides itself on giving back to the community. Our Me to We Club empowers students to make positive changes in our school, community and world. We raise money for the local food bank, Ronald McDonald house and Christmas hampers for our school families in need. Our iGen program sees students working with and learning from Elders. iGen is the place for a student to grow and develop his/her interests while learning to care and share with others. There is a mutual sharing of values and the two generations serve and support one another. This year marks our schools 50th anniversary and we will celebrate it by hosting a Pow wow and celebrating our cultural diversity. What a great way to celebrate our 50th school anniversary with a link up to the ISS. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Who or what was your inspiration to be an astronaut? 2. What is your favorite meal in space? 3. How long did you train to be prepared for your ISS mission? 4. What advice would you give to aspiring astronauts? 5. What subjects do I need to focus on in school if I want to be an astronaut? 6. What has been your favorite part of the ISS mission so far? 7. What do you do if you and someone on your ISS crew need "space" from one another? 8. How do you stay connected to your family while you are on the ISS? 9. How do you go to the bathroom in Space? 10. What is your role on the ISS? 11. Besides your family, what do you miss most about being on Earth? 12. Have you ever seen any alien lifeform? 13. How do you handle an astronaut getting sick or hurt on the ISS 14. How would you deal with something happening to the ISS structure? 15. How much free time do you get while on the ISS? 16. What do you not like about being on the ISS? 17. What words would you use to describe leaving the earth's atmosphere? 18. How would you deal with a fire on the ISS? 19. What personal item did you bring to Space? 20. Do you prefer Star Wars or Star Trek? 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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WD9EWK AZ/NM road trip on 5-6 May 2017
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 05 May '17

05 May '17

Hi! IF all goes well tomorrow afternoon, I will leave Phoenix for southern Arizona, but with a detour to the rarely-heard grid DM53. If things go really well, I hope to park on the DM52/DM53 line along US-70, about 20 miles northwest of Safford AZ, for the two AO-85 passes starting around 0045 UTC. I may also be able to work other passes. Since US-70 passes through a lot of my home grid (DM43), and much of that on the San Carlos Indian Reservation, I won't make any stops until I reach DM53. US-70 cuts through the southwest corner of DM53 only for a couple of miles, connecting the southeast corner of DM43 with the northwest corner of DM52. Saturday morning will be the Cochise Amateur Radio Association's annual spring hamfest in Sierra Vista AZ, in grid DM41. I'll be on the air working various satellite passes for demonstrations. After the hamfest, my target is the DM52/DM62 grid boundary along I-10 west of Deming NM. Among other passes I'd like to work from the DM52/DM62 boundary would be the Saturday evening AO-85 passes, and other satellites that pass by around that time. I will not be able to stay out there for late night passes or anything on Sunday, as I need to return home sometime late Saturday evening - or maybe very early on Sunday morning, but don't tell my dog. :-) All QSOs from anywhere I operate will end up in Logbook of the World. QSL cards will also be available on request - please e-mail me with the QSO details. I will squawk WD9EWK-9 to the terrestrial APRS network as I drive around Arizona and New Mexico, and this should appear on sites like aprs.fi: http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 When I work the digipeaters on either the ISS or NO-84, I will use WD9EWK without the "-9" as my call sign. Updates over the next couple of days will be available on my @WD9EWK Twitter account. You don't need to be a Twitter user to see those updates; just visit this link: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK Thanks, and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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Re: [amsat-bb] Can QSO's be manually input to LOTW?
by Graham 05 May '17

05 May '17

Thank you everyone for the suggestion of using TQSL. I was hoping that there was way to do this directly on the ARRL lotw web site but alas it seems not. cheers, Graham ve3gtc On 2017-05-04 01:26, Sean Kutzko wrote: > The TQSL software has an ADIF file creator. I use it all the time for uploading satellite QSOs from multiple locations. Input QSO data, sign it with you station location, and upload. Easy. > > Sean KX9X > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 3, 2017, at 8:53 PM, Graham <planophore(a)aei.ca> wrote: >> >> I am currently not using a computer based logging program and I am not interested in collecting awards or QSL's. >> >> However, I know that others are. >> >> Is it possible to manually enter QSO details into LOTW? >> >> cheers, Graham ve3gtc >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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Vision and Voyages for Planetary Science in the Decade 2013-2022
by Arthur Feller, W4ART 04 May '17

04 May '17

Interesting read. Free PDF available. https://www.nap.edu/catalog/13117/vision-and-voyages-for-planetary-science-… <https://www.nap.edu/catalog/13117/vision-and-voyages-for-planetary-science-…> Enjoy!! 73, art….. W4ART Arlington VA To thrive in life, you need three bones: a wish bone, a back bone, and a funny bone. - Reba McEntire http://afeller.us <http://afeller.us/>

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Fox Delta ST2 Rotor Controller problem
by Paul Baldock 04 May '17

04 May '17

I have a new ST2. It worked fine for a couple of weeks. Now the display displays very strange messages, such as the word "warning" . From day to day these odd messages change. Through all of this the unit continues to perform correctly via RS232 including maintaining calibration factors. The display will change from one power up to the next even without RF being present so it is not RF getting into the unit. According to Dinesh of Fox Delta I must reprogram the PIC (or buy a new preprogrammed one) to get it back to the factory default. I have a feeling this is not the issue as it still works fine via RS232. Has any body else experienced this? - Paul KW7Y

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North Texas AMSAT participation at Ham-Com in Irving / Moon Day in Dallas
by Tom Schuessler 04 May '17

04 May '17

Hello all, Looking for volunteers from anywhere but especially North Texas to help at the AMSAT booth/demos at Ham-Com at the Irving Convention Center this coming June 9 and 10. Please contact Keith Pugh, W5IU or myself for more information. If nothing else make sure you stop by and say hi. Also looking for AMSAT participation with the Dallas Amateur Radio Club at an annual STEM event called "Moon Day" at the Frontiers of Flight Museum, Love Field, Dallas, TX. This year's event will be July 22nd . DARC has an inside table with demonstrations of Amateur Radio and interesting technology. See http://www.flightmuseum.com/moon-day/ for information on the event. Since it is a space themed technology event, AMSAT satellite demos and contacts fit in quite nicely. I had an outdoor setup on the Museum grounds last year and made quite a number of contacts and got some young people on the air. This is a great outreach of Amateur Radio to the general public. Unfortunately, I will be out of town this year and cannot participate. As a result, I am putting a call out to others to team up with the DARC folks to demonstrate how we develop and use space technology for communications. For more information you can contact me off list at n5hyp(a)arrl.net and I will put you in touch with Tom General, KE5ICX of the Dallas Amateur Radio Club. I have one firm commitment so far to help but there is a need for several others to help fill the day. Tom Schuessler N5HYP

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Can QSO's be manually input to LOTW?
by Graham 04 May '17

04 May '17

I am currently not using a computer based logging program and I am not interested in collecting awards or QSL's. However, I know that others are. Is it possible to manually enter QSO details into LOTW? cheers, Graham ve3gtc

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AO-85 23:52Z EN83
by Ruth 03 May '17

03 May '17

I am hoping to be on the 23:52Z pass of AO-85 this evening (May 3rd) from EN83 if anyone needs the grid square. I’ve only made a few QSOs on AO-85 so I’m still learning how it works. 73, Ruth KM4LAO

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Collège Georges Brassens, Saint-Venant, France, Collège René Cassin de Lillers, Lillers, France, and Lycée Polyvalent Anatole France, Lillers, France
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 03 May '17

03 May '17

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Collège Georges Brassens, Saint-Venant, France, Collège René Cassin de Lillers, Lillers, France, and Lycée Polyvalent Anatole France, Lillers, France on 05 May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:58 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and TM10ISS. The contact should be audible over France and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in French with portions translated into Englsh. Collège Georges Brassens The village of Saint Venant is located in the Pas-de-Calais, at 40 Km west of Lille. The college Georges Brassens includes 435 pupils supervised by 32 teachers. These students are between 11 and 15 years of age. In 2015, 91% of the students obtained their diplomas, 61% of which were awarded, which enabled the college to obtain a distinction. Scientific projects are regularly conducted at the college: balloon probes, BIA project ... They allow students to develop their scientific culture and discover many trades. These projects also provide a link with the general and technological high school of Lillers where the same projects are continued. Collège René Cassin The city of Lillers is only 8 Km distant from St Venant. The college René-Cassin, located on the edge of the town of Lillers, is a semi-rural college. It accommodates 382 pupils from 10 to 15 years of socio-professional origins very varied from a part of the city and the neighboring villages and hamlets. The college wants to open up to its environment and offer its students the opportunity to enrich themselves through activities that will allow a cultural and scientific opening in connection with the continuity towards high school. Lycée Polyvalent Anatole France The Lycée Anatole France is located in the downtown of Lillers and is well known in the Pas-de-Calais department as it is regularly ranked among the first high schools of the department for his success in the baccalauréat. It accommodates 940 students from 15 years to 20 years. Since 8 years, the secondary school participates, with the classes of second and the CSRAL, to scientific projects like the launch of a stratospheric balloon or to a parabolic flight in 2014. For 8 years, a preparation for the certificate of initiation to the Aeronautics (BIA) is open to pupils of 10th Grade. A preparation for the amateur radio licence is also proposed since this year to students of 11th Grade. All these activities allowing them to discover the universe of aviation (BIA), the effects of The zero-gravity (parabolic flight), the stratosphere and space (ISS orbital station) is to bring students back into contact with the space station. The high school will have a radioclub with a station able to make contacts via satellites. School exchange program with Denver, Colorado: The Lycee Anatole France is partner with the STEM High School, a semi-public school with a four-year curriculum that was founded in 2011. they are ranked eleventh in the ranking of 342 schools in Colorado. their enrollment includes 1600 high school students, with 25% ethnic diversity. Their students are selected by lottery each year. STEM provides a high-quality academic standard with an infusion of STEM (science, technology, technical education and mathematics) present in all subjects taught. they also focus on teaching business, as well as personal responsibility, teamwork and the ability to solve problems with creativity. The school is located in the suburbs of Denver, Colorado, USA and have many connections with high-tech companies in the Denver area. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Vos expériences ont-elles pour but une future colonisation de l'espace? 2. Parmi les clichés pris depuis l'ISS, quelle photo préférez-vous ? 3. Est-ce que l'alternance jour/nuit plus courte a une influence sur certaines de vos activités ou sur votre organisme ? 4. Due to the constant free fall of the ISS around the earth's orbit, do you continue to feel the physical symptoms of the free fall, and if so, how do you adapt to this feeling? 5. Votre alimentation a t'elle des conséquences sur votre santé? 6. Maximilien (13): De combien avez-vous grandi depuis votre départ ? 7. En raison de l'apesanteur, est ce que tu as souvent des vertiges ou la sensation d'être désorienté ? 8. How much social interaction do you have on a given day with earth or with other ISS astronauts? 9. Avez vous ressenti une certaine atrophie musculaire pendant votre séjour? 10. Les sensations ressenties lors de votre sortie dans l'espace et lors de vos déplacements dans la station sont-elles les mêmes que lors des entrainements en piscine ? 11. Qu'est ce que tu as ressenti lorsque tu as vu la terre pour la première fois depuis l'ISS? 12. Who inspired you to become an astronaut? 13. Quels sont les êtres vivants qui ont été apportés pour vos expériences? 14. Pensez-vous repartir en mission dans l'espace? 15. Quelle est ton activité préférée à bord de l'ISS lors de ton temps libre ? 16. Do you see items entering the earth's atmosphere or burning upon entering? What does it look like? 17. Quelles ont été vos sensations lors du décollage de la fusée Soyouz? 18: Où avez vous prévu d'atterrir ? 19: Est ce qu'il y a un endroit ou un phénomène sur terre que tu n'as pas encore photographié et que tu souhaites avoir tout particulièrement ? 20: Sous quelle forme préférez-vous déguster vos aliments? Translated: 1. Are your experiments aiming at a future colonization of space? 2. Among the pictures taken from the ISS, Which photos do you prefer? 3. Does the shorter day / night alternation affect some of your activities or your organism? 4. Due to the constant free fall of the ISS around the earth's orbit, do you continue to feel the physical symptoms of the free fall, and if so, how do you adapt to this feeling? 5. Does Your Diet Affect Your Health? 6. How much have you grown since you left? 7. Due to weightlessness, do you often feel dizzy or feel disoriented? 8. How much social interaction do you have on a given day with earth or with other ISS astronauts? 9. Have you experienced any muscular atrophy during your stay? 10. Are the sensations felt when you are out in space and when you are moving in the station the same as during swimming training? 11. What did you feel when you saw the earth for the first time from the ISS? 12. Who inspired you to become an astronaut? 13. What are the living beings that have been brought in for your experiments? 14. Do you think you will be going back to space? 15. What is your favorite activity aboard the ISS during your free time? 16. Do you see items entering the earth's atmosphere or burning upon entering? What does it look like? 17. What were your feelings during the takeoff of the Soyuz rocket? 18: Where do you plan to land? 19: Is there a place or phenomenon on earth that you have not photographed yet and want to have especially? 20: In what form do you prefer to taste your food? 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. Ecole College Park School, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Jack Fisher K2FSH Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-05-08 18:19 UTC via W6SRJ 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 2017-05-02 06:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 02 May '17

02 May '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-05-02 06:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Collège Georges Brassens, Saint-Venant, France, Collège René Cassin de Lillers, Lillers, France, and Lycée Polyvalent Anatole France, Lillers, France, direct via TM1ØISS (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Fri 2017-05-05 09:58:56 UTC 39 deg (***) Ecole College Park School, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, telebridge via W6SRJ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Jack Fisher K2FSH (***) Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-05-08 18:19:40 UTC via W6SRJ (***) **************************************************************************** ** 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. **************************************************************************** *** 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Francesco IKØWGF with 119 **************************************************************************** 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 2017-05-02 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 1134. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1095. 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 2017-04-29 23:00 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. 49 on orbit Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Andrei Borisenko Sergey Ryzhikov Exp. 50 on orbit Peggy Whitson Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Oleg Novitskiy **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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VUCC Awards/Endorsements for April 2017
by John Papay 02 May '17

02 May '17

Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period March 30, 2017 through April 1, 2017. There was no update on March 31st. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! CALL GRIDS KB1RVT 1493 WC7V 1101 W5PFG 1039 N8HM 904 AA5PK 825 N9IP 481 W5RKN 400 W4FS 374 KK4FEM 353 K5ND 276 AI6GS 211 W7QL 211 NS3L 200 VE7CEW 127 MI6GTY 110 (NEW VUCC) FG8OJ 100 (NEW VUCC) This list was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings for March 30th and April 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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AO85 2 May 0053Z AA9FL( ??)
by Philip Jenkins 02 May '17

02 May '17

I think I almost worked AA9FL(??), but since I didn't get/confirm your grid square, it doesn't count :-) (And not sure of your call, since I wanted to get familiar with this particular sat before I start recording.) This was my* first* attempt at AO-85, and didn't hear myself until about 10 deg before LOS. I also noticed I'm getting some desense when I transmit (using D72A into Arrow antenna) I might try the 2 May 0225Z pass, but that one is only 16 degrees from EM85tm. Philip N4HF

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