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Re: Live Status Page
by Clint Bradford 19 Oct '23

19 Oct '23

Thank you. I am sure it is me vs Verizon and/or Germany ... Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 19, 2023, at 16:31, Joseph B. Fitzgerald via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > I checked the server log and the status page seems to be working just fine. Remarkably 4 stations have reported hearing AO-92 ...

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Re: Live Status Page
by Joseph B. Fitzgerald 19 Oct '23

19 Oct '23

I checked the server log and the status page seems to be working just fine. Remarkably 4 stations have reported hearing AO-92 in the last 24 hours. ________________________________________ From: Clint Bradford via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2023 10:01 AM To: AMSAT BB Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Live Status Page Cannot access Live Staus page. Is something amiss - or is it whatever German servers are not letting me access? Clint Sent from my iPhone ----------------------------------------------------------- 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. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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AO-92 is back
by Alan 19 Oct '23

19 Oct '23

From KO4MA: "Apparently AO-92 resurrected itself yesterday. Reports and FoxTLM data would be appreciated. Feel free to use repeater while illuminated. @AMSAT" 73, Alan WA4SCA

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Re: Live Status Page
by Paul Stoetzer 19 Oct '23

19 Oct '23

Working here at the AMSAT Board Meeting in Dallas. 73, Paul, N8HM/5 On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 9:02 AM Clint Bradford via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > Cannot access Live Staus page. Is something amiss - or is it whatever > German servers are not letting me access? > > Clint > Sent from my iPhone > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at > https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at > https://mailman.amsat.org >

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Live Status Page
by Clint Bradford 19 Oct '23

19 Oct '23

Cannot access Live Staus page. Is something amiss - or is it whatever German servers are not letting me access? Clint Sent from my iPhone

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-10-19 02:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 19 Oct '23

19 Oct '23

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-10-19 02:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Valley Stream South High School, Valley Stream, NY, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ The ARISS mentor is AB1OC Contact was successful: Tue 2023-10-17 12:25:03 UTC 38 deg (***) Congratulations to the Valley Stream South High School students, Andreas, and mentor AB1OC! (***) Watch for livestream at https://youtube.com/live/g74NbsTEvVw?feature=share St Peter in Thanet CE Junior School, Broadstairs, Kent, United Kingdom, direct via GB4SPT The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Loral O’Hara KI5TOM The ARISS mentor is MØXTD Contact was successful: Wed 2023-10-18 09:57:49 UTC 89 deg (***) Congratulations to the St Peter in Thanet CE Junior School students, Loral, and mentor MØXTD! (***) A. L. Burruss Elementary School, Marietta, GA, direct via K4RGK The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL The ARISS mentor is K4RGK Contact is go for: Tue 2023-10-24 16:14:50 UTC 74 deg Watch for Livestream at www.youtube.com/channel/UCuI4sKDBpERtEFs9bFrRMFA/live (***) The crossband repeater continues to be active. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never 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 2023-10-19 02:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2023-10-19 02:00 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ####################################################################################################################################### Comments on making general contacts I have been seeing a lot of traffic on Facebook and I suspect on other social media sites with people asking why they are not hearing the crew make general contacts. First off the crew is very busy on the ISS and they simply may not have the time to just pick up the microphone and talk. Also, one needs to be aware of their normal daily schedule. I have listed below the constraints that we at ARISS have to follow in order to schedule the school contacts. Hopefully this will help you better schedule your opportunities. Typical daily schedule Wakeup to Workday start= 1.5 hours Workday start to Workday end=12 hours Workday end to Sleep= 2 hours Sleep to wakeup= 8.5 hours The crew's usual waking period is 0730 - 1930 UTC. The most common times to find a crew member making casual periods are about one hour after waking and before sleeping, when they have personal time. They're usually free most of the weekend, as well. SSTV events are not that often. So please check out https://www.ariss.org/ for the latest information or watch for the ARISS announcements. And don’t forget that the packet system is active. As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2023 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 10, 2023 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. (***) Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 5 2023 at 7 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2023.eventbrite.com (***) Find more information and proposal instructions, visit the ARISS-USA website at: https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/ Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 216 Francesco IKØWGF with 150 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 150 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 115 Steve VE3TBD with 105 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1670. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1577. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** SpaceX Crew-7 on orbit Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ Satoshi Furukawa Konstantin Borisov Exp. 70 on orbit Oleg Kononenko Nikolay Chub Loral O’Hara KI5TOM **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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TEVEL-6
by david.greenberg 17 Oct '23

17 Oct '23

Hello All, TEVEL-6 FM transponder has been activated, starting from today, 17.10.23 20:31U for 72 hours.73,David 4X1DGנשלח מה-Galaxy שלי

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Paccomm Spirit-2 and AEA DSP 2232 (Available)
by Gregory Beat 17 Oct '23

17 Oct '23

In the 1990s, these two modems were prized by linear satellite AMSAT operators (not cheap either), for their “ground stations”. Both controllers are currently for sale on eBay by “tubegurl” (Oregon), at very LOW prices. Appears to be a large (radio estate). — Paccomm owner, Gwen Reedy, W1BEL (sk), developed the Spirit-2 (initially called Sprint-2) capable of 38.4k receive and 9.6k for satellite mode or packet backbone https://slatsatn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/PacComm-Sprit-2-d27c4f3a46c… Mark Hammond, W8MH could tell you about the Spirit-2 (he owns one). AEA DSP-2232 Multi-Mode DSP Controller Another 1990s favorite with multiple capabilities. http://old.timewave.com/products/dsp2232.html DSP-2232 Operator’s Manual at Repeater Builders TIP https://www.repeater-builder.com/aea/pk232/dsp2232-manual.pdf Timewave has latest firmware: Ver. 7.032 (Dec. 1, 1993) EPROMs — greg, w9gb chicago

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Re: Eggbeaters.
by Clint Bradford 17 Oct '23

17 Oct '23

But for field/portable FM voice sat work, 5W TX power and a $15 tape measure beam out-performs my multi-hundred-dollar m2 eggbeaters ... Clint K6LCS In Vienna right now Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 17, 2023, at 09:19, William Herzberg via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > Good day. > I've been using eggbeaters for years. > You shouldn't have any problems reaching the birds with them. > I was getting into both analog and FM birds. > I've been using a Kenwood TS-2000x ...

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Eggbeaters.
by William Herzberg 17 Oct '23

17 Oct '23

Good day.I've been using eggbeaters for years.You shouldn't have any problems reaching the birds with them.I was getting into both analog and FM birds.I've been using a Kenwood TS-2000x.For a while, I used my 2m Eggbeater for both uplink and downlink, by using a duplexer I had.I was able to hear my own signals coming back down from the birds.My 2 meter signals had a very low swr, but my swr on 70 cm was through the roof.But I still got enough signal up to the birds to be usable, even though I was heating up the coax.But I did eventually get a 70 cm Eggbeater.That brought my 70 cm swr down.And it made it easier to get into the birds.A 2m and 70cm preamp probably wouldn't be a bad idea. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

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Re: ANS-009 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by David G0MRF 17 Oct '23

17 Oct '23

Hi Zach. About a year ago the battery on AO-73 began to drop in Voltage from its nominal 8.3V at full charge down to 7.8 ish. It's unclear if this is due to a 9 year old battery with reduced capacity, or a hardware fault. - Voltage reference etc etc. Although we have designed in many strategies for dealing with power issues, the one we ideally need in this situation does not exist in the firmware. To prevent the battery discharging to a dangerously low voltage during eclipse, we have enabled a mode where the transmitter is on in sunlight, but when it enters eclipse it changes to "receive only" . i.e The transmitter is off, but the RX is on and telemetry is collected and stored by the processor for use in Whole Orbit Data. Ideally we need Transponder on in sunlight.....receive only in eclipse. But that's not an available option. The transponder can be commanded on, but to avoid further degradation of the power system, we would need to manually command it off before it enters eclipse, or take a big risk. If we're feeling brave, perhaps we can look at some transponder operation over a holiday period and use the opportunity to assess the battery / EPS status. 73 David G0MRF. - See you in Dallas (?) On Monday, 16 October 2023 at 22:05:27 UTC, Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: On 1/8/22 18:00, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > + With the recent re-enabling of the AO-73 transponder, Paul Stoetzer, > N8HM, has issued the 59th 73 on 73 Award to JA1OJA. This award was > completed using CW only. N8HM notes, "AO-73 is a fantastic satellite, > but it can be a challenge due to the transponder's frequency drift. With > the recent technical issues, we don't know how long it will be > available. Get on and make some QSOs so that more operators can receive > this award!" More information about the award can be found at > https://amsat-uk.org/funcube/73-on-73-award/ > <https://amsat-uk.org/funcube/73-on-73-award/> Hello Paul, Any idea if AO-73's transponder will ever be re-enabled? I've search the -bb and looked at funcube.org.uk. Nothing forthcoming from those outlets. Was there a hardware failure? Thanks, --- Zach N0ZGO ----------------------------------------------------------- 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. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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DFW AMSAT net move and invite.
by Thomas Schuessler 17 Oct '23

17 Oct '23

I have been running two separate AMSAT nets here in the Dallas/Fort Worth, TX area for a number of years now. The Wednesday night "West" net, has been hosted on the Arlington, TX ARC 2 Meter machine at 9PM local, for decades. That repeater however has been having issues over the past few months. As a result, and with permission, we are moving it to the Arlington ARC 70 Cm machine, 444.200 PL 100 repeater. This box has as good a coverage as their 2 Meter one. An invite to any AMSAT members/leadership in the area for the Symposium, to join us this Wednesday deveining at 9PM on the 444.200 (100 PL) machine for the DFW AMSAT info net-West. We would love to have you join us. Should be easy access from the area of the Symposium hotel. The other net, DFW "East" , is on most Tuesdays, except the 1st, on the Dallas ARC 146.88 repeater, PL 110.9 repeater and the W5FC-R Echolink node 37247. Time for the "East" net is Tuesday's at 8P Central time. Both nets provide a great place to exchange information and answer questions about Amateur satellites. Hope yo will keep both nets in mind when in the DFW area. 73 and see you at the Symposium, Tom Schuessler, N5HYP

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ANS-009 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Paul Stoetzer 16 Oct '23

16 Oct '23

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-009 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at] amsat.org You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/ In this edition: * The ARRL Foundation Grants an Award for the ARISS *STAR* Keith Pugh Memoriam Project * EASAT-2 and Hades Satellites with FM Repeaters Scheduled for Launch on January 13th * Changes to AMSAT TLE Distribution for January 6, 2022 * ARISS News * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events * Satellite Shorts From All Over ANS-009 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins To: All RADIO AMATEURS From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation 712 H Street NE, Suite 1653 Washington, DC 20002 DATE 2022 Jan 09 The ARRL Foundation Grants an Award for the ARISS *STAR* Keith Pugh Memoriam Project ARISS‐USA is known for engaging students in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) subjects by arranging live question-and-answer sessions via amateur radio (ham radio) between K‐12 students and astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS). In the last two decades, over 1,400 contacts have connected more than one million youth using amateur radio, with millions more watching and learning. ARISS is constantly pursuing educational opportunities that inspire student interest and outcomes. ARISS-USA is pleased to announce that the ARRL Foundation awarded funding for the first year of a two-year project called the “ARISS *STAR* Keith Pugh Memoriam Project” with *STAR* being the acronym for Space Telerobotics using Amateur Radio. The ARRL Foundation very generously provided $47,533. The project honors the memory of highly-respected Keith Pugh, whose call sign was W5IU (Silent Key, May 2019). He was an expert supporter of ARISS for many years, a star ARISS Technical Mentor assisting schools with their ARISS contacts, finding educators who might be interested in learning about ARISS, and going to schools to lead youth in a variety of lessons about wireless radio technology. ARISS *STAR* (short for ARISS *STAR* Keith Pugh Memoriam Project), is a brand-new education program that will enable US junior high and high school education groups to remotely control robots through digital APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) commands using amateur radio. Year 1 focuses on systems development and initial validation of *ARISS* STAR, and Year 2 focuses on evaluation and final validation. Systems development and evaluation will be led by university staff and students who will undertake hands-on-wireless and telerobotics lesson development, learn about Amateur Radio, and support the development of the *STAR* engineering hardware and software. Next, youth teams will be selected to experiment and critique *STAR* telerobotics scenarios along closed courses and radio lessons. Some participating students will want to prepare for, and earn, their amateur radio licenses, using ham radio to learn and practice concepts in radio technology and radio communications. Overarching goals for *STAR* are to improve and sustain ARISS STEAM educational outcomes with youth. Robotics is gaining popularity among youth and adults alike. Telerobotics adds a wireless accent to robotic control. *STAR*, therefore, gives ARISS a new educational dimension to attract the attention of more education groups and their students and educators—outreach that promises to attract new audiences. The ARRL Foundation was established in 1973 by ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio ®, and advances the art, science and societal benefits of the Amateur Radio Service by awarding financial grants and scholarships to individuals and organizations in support of their charitable, educational and scientific efforts. ARISS-USA Executive Director Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, praised the ARRL Foundation, saying, “ARISS team member, Keith Pugh, W5IU, poured his energy into inspiring, engaging and educating youth in space and in amateur radio endeavors. What a better way to honor Keith than through the ARISS *STAR* initiative. We thank the ARRL Foundation for their vision to move this initiative forward. Maybe someday one of our ARISS *STAR* students will use their telerobotics skills to control scientific rovers on the Moon or Mars!” [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ The 2022 AMSAT President's Club coins have arrived! To commemorate the 50th anniversary of its launch on October 15, 1972, this year's coin features an image of AMSAT-OSCAR 6. Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ EASAT-2 and Hades Satellites with FM Repeaters Scheduled for Launch on January 13th I just wanted to confirm with you all that the launch of EASAT-2 and Hades satellites is scheduled for this January, 13, 15.25 UTC on SpaceX TR-3 flight, as it has been confirmed to us by Alba Orbital. As it has been noted in older posts, both satellites offer voice communications in FM and data retransmission in FSK or AFSK up to 2400 bps, such as AX.25 or APRS frames. They also transmit voice beacons in FM with the callsigns AM5SAT and AM6SAT, as well as CW, and, in the case of Hades, SSTV live images too. We thank you in advance for trying to receive their signals and of course for trying to use the repeater. EASAT-2 one will be automatically active 30 minutes after the launch although it would be a priority for us trying to have some telemetry frames first to check if all is working properly. I tell you a bit more about the satellites: EASAT-2 has been designed and built jointly by AMSAT-EA and students from the European University of Degrees in Aerospace Engineering in Aircraft and in Telecommunication Systems Engineering, with contributions from ICAI in the communications part, and it incorporates as an experimental load a basalt material from Lanzarote, similar to lunar basalts, provided by the CSIC research group on meteorites and planetary geosciences at the Institute of Geosciences, IGEO (CSIC-UCM) and that could be used as a construction material on the Moon. This project was promoted and has the collaboration of the ETSICCP (UPM). The UNESCO world geopark of Lanzarote and the Chinijo archipelago has been used for different investigations as an analogue of the Moon and Mars, also including the training of ESA astronauts. The selected basalt material meets the requirements to be used as a simulant of the existing basalt on the Moon. The purpose of the experiment is to determine its evolution in space based on periodic measurements of some of its properties. Although the experiment is limited and constitutes the first phase of this type of study, it represents an important milestone as it is the first of its kind to be introduced on such a small satellite. As for Hades, its payload consists of a miniature camera module that outputs the captured images as an audio signal in SSTV mode. The SSTV formats it uses are compatible with Robot36, Robot72, MP73 and MP115. The design of the cam module is based on the one used in the successful mission of the PSAT2 satellite, an amateur radio satellite of the United States Naval Academy and the Brno University of Technology. This camera has been operational since June 25, 2019: (http: // www.aprs.org/psat2.html). The camera chip is the Omnivision OV2640, which provides a resolution of up to 2M pixels and compressed JPEG output. The resolution is limited by the internal memory of the CPU (MCU) that controls the camera to 320x240 (typical) or 640x480 maximum. The MCU selected for the control is the STM32F446RET6, which has the smallest possible footprint with connection to a DCMI peripheral, necessary for the connection with the camera. Images can be stored in 2MB serial flash memory. The complete SSTV encoder has managed to be implemented on a 4 layer PCB with dimensions of only 38x38mm. The MCU can be fully controlled from ground stations. The firmware allows the sending of live camera images, images previously saved in flash memory, or images encoded in ROM. It also provides PSK telemetry and imaging advance scheduling with current status (event counters, temperature, voltage, light conditions, etc.) and a brief summary. The described module has been developed and manufactured in the Department of Radioelectronics of the Brno University of Technology in the Czech Republic. Both hardware and firmware designs with the source codes will be available on Github under the MIT license (https://github.com/alpov/SatCam). As noted, initially only the EASAT-2 repeater is active. Hades one will be activated by remote control a few days after launch. The frequencies coordinated with IARU for both satellites are as follows: EASAT-2 145.875 MHz uplink, Modes: FM voice (no subtone) and FSK 50 bps, AFSK, AX.25, APRS 1200/2400 bps 436.666 MHz downlink, Modes: FM voice, CW, FSK 50 bps, FM voice beacon with AM5SAT callsign HADES 145.925 MHz uplink, Modes: FM voice (no subtone) and FSK 50 bps, AFSK, AX.25, APRS 1200/2400 bps 436.888 MHz downlink, Modes: FM voice, CW FSK 50 bps, SSTV Robot 36, FM voice beacon with callsign AM6SAT The description of the transmissions can be found in the following document. https://www.amsat-ea.org/app/download/12530621/AMSAT+EA+-+EASAT-2+and+HADES… AMSAT-EA appreciates the receipt of telemetry, voice beacons and SSTV images. A paper QSL will be sent to those who submit their transmissions. It can be done through the following link: http://data.amsat-ea.org [ANS thanks Felix Paez, AMSAT-EA Mission Manager, for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows, and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Changes to AMSAT TLE Distribution for January 6, 2022 CAMSAT XW-3(CAS-9) is designated Hope-OSCAR 113, HO-113: HO-113 - Cat ID 50446 (Formerly known as XW-3 (CAS-9)) Drew Glasbrenner, AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator, announced the following OSCAR assignment in AMSAT News Service Bulletin ANS-002 dated January 2, 2022: "At the request of CAMSAT and the XW-3 (CAS-9) team, AMSAT hereby designates XW-3 (CAS-9) as Hope-OSCAR 113 (HO-113). We congratulate the owners and operators of HO-113, thank them for their contribution to the amateur satellite community, and wish them continued success on this and future projects." Also thanks to Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, for his timely name changing of CAMSAT's new satellite to HO-113 in last week's AMSAT NA webpage TLE distribution of Object Cat ID 50446. [ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News No scheduled contacts reported. The next mode change to voice cross band repeater is expected to occur in early January, 2022. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html [ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors, for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an Amateur Radio package, including two-way communication capability, to be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit. Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Upcoming Satellite Operations Events: 4A90, MEXICO (Special Event). Members of the Federacion Mexicana de Radio Experimentadores (FMRE)[Mexican Society]are celebrating their 90th anniversary during January, February and March 2022 promoting each of the 31 States and Mexico City with the following 32 different special event callsigns and 4A90FMRE: January 1st-15th: 4A90COL, 4A90CMX, 4A90EMX, 4A90GTO, 4A90HGO, 4A90JAL and 4A90MIC January 16-30th: 4A90MOR, 4A90NAY, 4A90PUE, 4A90QRO, 4A90TLX and 4A90VER January 31st-February 14th: 4A90AGS, 4A90BAC, 4A90BCS, 4A90COA, 4A90CHH and 4A90DGO February 15th-March 1st: 4A90NLE, 4A90SLP, 4A90SIN, 4A90SON, 4A90TAM March 2nd-16th: 4A90CAM, 4A90CHI, 4A90GRO, 4A90OAX, 4A90QUI, 4A90TAB and 4A90YUC Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8/FT4 and the satellites. Awards are available (see QRZ.com for details). For more details on the event, see: http://fmre90.puebladx.org [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events. Events with a confirmed AMSAT presence: HamCation 2022 - The ARRL National Convention Friday, February 11th, 2022 to Sunday, February 13, 2022 Central Florida Fairgrounds and Expo Park 4603 West Colonial Drive Orlando, Florida 32808 https://www.hamcation.com/ Hamvention 2022 Friday May 20, 2022 to Sunday May 22, 2022 Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center 210 Fairground Road Xenia, Ohio 45385 https://hamvention.org/ 2022 Rocky Mountain ARRL Division Convention Friday, October 7th, 2022 to Sunday, October 9th, 2022 Event Center at Archer 3921 Archer Pkwy Cheyenne, Wyoming 82007 https://wyhamcon.org/site Clint Bradford, K6LCS reports: Part of the “job description” for volunteer AMSAT Ambassadors is to “spread the gospel” of working satellites to clubs and conventions. PS 2022 is starting off with a bang! Presentations set for clubs in … Tennessee South Bay CA New York British Columbia Ontario Canada Victoria BC Sonoma CA Tampa FL Texas Nevada Think a 90-minute lively, informative, and fun “How to Work the Easy Satellites” Zoom presentation would be appropriate for your convention or club? Always included are overviews of the ARRL, AMSAT, and ARISS. And pre-presentation questions are solicited and welcome. Send an email or call! Clint Bradford K6LCS AMSAT Ambassador, ARRL instructor http://www.work-sat.com 909-999-SATS (7287) [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, and Clint Bradford, K6LCS, for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition? Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff from our Zazzle store! 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Satellite Shorts From All Over + A new distance record has been claimed on AO-109. ES4RM in KO49al completed a SSB QSO with F4DXV in JN04iu on 22-Dec-2021 at 15:24 UTC - a distance of 2,445 km. With a reported total power output of 8 mW, SSB QSOs over a decent range are quite a challenge. Can anyone do better? + With the recent re-enabling of the AO-73 transponder, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, has issued the 59th 73 on 73 Award to JA1OJA. This award was completed using CW only. N8HM notes, "AO-73 is a fantastic satellite, but it can be a challenge due to the transponder's frequency drift. With the recent technical issues, we don't know how long it will be available. Get on and make some QSOs so that more operators can receive this award!" More information about the award can be found at https://amsat-uk.org/funcube/73-on-73-award/ + John Brier, KG4AKV, has posted a video regarding HO-113 and some of the issues with working it successfully. The video can be found at https://youtu.be/NglO_WJ2hhc + NASA reports that the James Webb Space Telescope has successfully deployed its sunshade and the full primary mirror. + Abstract Submission for the 2022 CubeSat Developer's Workshop is still open! The deadline is January 14th, 2022! More information about the 2022 CubeSat Developer's Workshop, to be held ar Cal Poly on April 26-28, 2022, can be found at https://www.cubesatdw.org/ + Version 1.11 of the HO-113 (XW-3) User's Manual, mainly adding the test mode telemetry data format. is now available at https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/XW-3_Manual_1.11… --------------------------------------------------------------------- Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/ In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to: * Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization). * 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 student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. * Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms. Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information. 73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! This week's ANS Editor, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM n8hm at amsat dot org

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-10-16 21:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 16 Oct '23

16 Oct '23

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-10-16 21:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Valley Stream South High School, Valley Stream, NY, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ The ARISS mentor is AB1OC Contact is go for: Tue 2023-10-17 12:25:03 UTC 38 deg Watch for livestream at https://youtube.com/live/g74NbsTEvVw?feature=share St Peter in Thanet CE Junior School, Broadstairs, Kent, United Kingdom, direct via GB4SPT The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Loral O’Hara KI5TOM The ARISS mentor is MØXTD Contact is go for: Wed 2023-10-18 09:57:49 UTC 89 deg A. L. Burruss Elementary School, Marietta, GA, direct via K4RGK The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL (***) The ARISS mentor is K4RGK Contact is go for: Tue 2023-10-24 16:14:50 UTC 74 deg (***) The crossband repeater continues to be active. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never 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 2023-10-16 21:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2023-10-13 23:30 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ####################################################################################################################################### Comments on making general contacts I have been seeing a lot of traffic on Facebook and I suspect on other social media sites with people asking why they are not hearing the crew make general contacts. First off the crew is very busy on the ISS and they simply may not have the time to just pick up the microphone and talk. Also, one needs to be aware of their normal daily schedule. I have listed below the constraints that we at ARISS have to follow in order to schedule the school contacts. Hopefully this will help you better schedule your opportunities. Typical daily schedule Wakeup to Workday start= 1.5 hours Workday start to Workday end=12 hours Workday end to Sleep= 2 hours Sleep to wakeup= 8.5 hours The crew's usual waking period is 0730 - 1930 UTC. The most common times to find a crew member making casual periods are about one hour after waking and before sleeping, when they have personal time. They're usually free most of the weekend, as well. SSTV events are not that often. So please check out https://www.ariss.org/ for the latest information or watch for the ARISS announcements. And don’t forget that the packet system is active. As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2023 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 10, 2023 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. (***) Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 5 2023 at 7 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2023.eventbrite.com (***) Find more information and proposal instructions, visit the ARISS-USA website at: https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/ Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 216 Francesco IKØWGF with 150 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 150 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 115 Steve VE3TBD with 105 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1668. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1575. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** SpaceX Crew-7 on orbit Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ Satoshi Furukawa Konstantin Borisov Exp. 70 on orbit Oleg Kononenko Nikolay Chub Loral O’Hara KI5TOM **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ARISS News Release No. 23-56
by David Jordan 15 Oct '23

15 Oct '23

ARISS News Release No.23-56 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE UPDATED COPY (Theastronaut and the live streaming URL have been updated) ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at St Peter in Thanet CE Junior School, Broadstairs,Kent, United Kingdom October15, 2023—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboardthe International Space Station (ISS) and students at St Peter Junior School inBroadstairs, UK. ARISS conducts 60-80 ofthese special amateur radio contacts each year between students around theglobe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboard the ISS. St Peter is a three form entry junior school located inBroadstairs, a small seaside town on the South East coast of England. St Peter’s students(ages 7 – 11) have been taking part in activities in ‘Mission Zero’ where they writea program to display a personalized image on an Astro Pi computer on board theISS to remind the astronauts of home. Students have also been taking part inthe FUNcube project (tracking an active LEO Satellite - FUNcube-1/AO-73), andparticipating in a community stargazing event assisted by members of RamsgateStargazers. The school’s science club has also engaged students inspace-related activities that include learning the difficulties of traveling tospace, designing and launching rockets (using water and air), and living on theISS (and designing solutions that may help overcome these difficulties). Members of the Hilderstone Radio Society(G0HRS) have been fundamentalin advising and supporting the school during these activities and during thisARISS contact. This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio and students will take turns asking their questionsof Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, amateur radio call sign KI5WSL. The downlink frequency for thiscontact is 145.800 MHz and may be heard by listeners that are within theISS-footprint that also encompasses the relay ground station. The amateur radio ground station for this contactis in Broadstairs, UK. Amateur radio operators using call sign GB4SPT, willoperate the ground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection. TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for October 18, 2023 at 10:57:49 am BST (UK) (9:57:49UTC, 5:57 am EDT, 4:57 am CDT, 3:57 am MDT,2:57 am PDT). Thepublic is invited to watch the live stream at: https://live.ariss.org _______________________________ Astime allows, students will ask these questions: 1.Is it hot or cold in space, and if it’s hot how do you keep cool and if it’scold how do you keep warm in your spacesuit? 2.Is it really true that girls are better suited to space than boys? 3.How do you tell if it's night or day on the international space station? 4.Would you be happy to live in space for the rest of your life if you were toldto? 5.What are your thoughts about space travel in the future for mankind? 6.In the future will we be able to take holidays to the international spacestation? 7.Do you think living organisms will ever be found in space, and if so what couldthey be? 8.Do you get dizzy in space when you are not moving? Or does the lack of gravitymean that you do not get dizzy? 9.Does the ISS shake when a Soyuz spacecraft docks? 10.I know we can measure gravity, but what is gravity? 11.What is the furthest distance a human has travelled away from Planet Earth? 12.What would happen if you played on a swing in space? 13.What is the most amazing thing you have seen on earth from the space station? 14.How do fires behave in space? 15.Have you seen any comets? 16.How much work do you have to do on the space station each day, and what do youdo in your spare time? 17.My brother and I love space, my brother especially loves the moon. We wouldlove to be able to explore space one day. What advice can you give us, to helpour dreams come true? 18.What did you study in school to become an astronaut? 19.How does the space station renew the oxygen inside the station? 20.What is different about growing plants in space and do you think we'll be ableto grow food for long term space missions? 21.Will there be a point soon when you can watch Netflix or use your mobile phonein Space - as you are near the satellites that operate the signals? About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that support the International Space Station(ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the American Radio Relay League(ARRL), Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), Radio Amateur SatelliteCorporation (AMSAT), NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program (SCaN)and the ISS National Lab—Space Station Explorers. The primary goal of ARISS isto promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, andmathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts viaamateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before andduring these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities takepart in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see http://www.ariss.org . MediaContact: DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISSPR Findus on social media at: Twitter:ARISS_Intl Facebook:facebook.com/ARISSIntl Instagram:ariss_intl Mastodon:[email protected] Checkout ARISS on Youtube.com.

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ARISS News Release No. 23-56
by David Jordan 15 Oct '23

15 Oct '23

ARISS News Release No.23-56 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at St Peter in Thanet CE Junior School, Broadstairs,Kent, United Kingdom October15, 2023—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboardthe International Space Station (ISS) and students at St Peter Junior School inBroadstairs, UK. ARISS conducts 60-80 ofthese special amateur radio contacts each year between students around theglobe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboard the ISS. St Peter is a three form entry junior school located inBroadstairs, a small seaside town on the South East coast of England. St Peter’s students(ages 7 – 11) have been taking part in activities in ‘Mission Zero’ where they writea program to display a personalized image on an Astro Pi computer on board theISS to remind the astronauts of home. Students have also been taking part inthe FUNcube project (tracking an active LEO Satellite - FUNcube-1/AO-73), andparticipating in a community stargazing event assisted by members of RamsgateStargazers. The school’s science club has also engaged students in space-relatedactivities that include learning the difficulties of traveling to space,designing and launching rockets (using water and air), and living on the ISS(and designing solutions that may help overcome these difficulties). Members of the Hilderstone Radio Society(G0HRS) have been fundamentalin advising and supporting the school during these activities and during thisARISS contact. This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio and students will take turns asking their questionsof Astronaut Loral O’Hara, amateur radio call sign KI5TOM. The downlinkfrequency for this contact is 145.800 MHz and may be heard by listeners thatare within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the relay ground station. The amateur radio ground station for this contactis in Broadstairs, UK. Amateur radio operators using call sign GB4SPT, willoperate the ground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection. TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for October 18, 2023 at 10:57:49 am BST (UK) (9:57:49UTC, 5:57 am EDT, 4:57 am CDT, 3:57 am MDT,2:57 am PDT). Thepublic is invited to watch the live stream at: https://youtube.com/live/g74NbsTEvVw?feature=share _______________________________ Astime allows, students will ask these questions: 1.Is it hot or cold in space, and if it’s hot how do you keep cool and if it’scold how do you keep warm in your spacesuit? 2.Is it really true that girls are better suited to space than boys? 3.How do you tell if it's night or day on the international space station? 4.Would you be happy to live in space for the rest of your life if you were toldto? 5.What are your thoughts about space travel in the future for mankind? 6.In the future will we be able to take holidays to the international spacestation? 7.Do you think living organisms will ever be found in space, and if so what couldthey be? 8.Do you get dizzy in space when you are not moving? Or does the lack of gravitymean that you do not get dizzy? 9.Does the ISS shake when a Soyuz spacecraft docks? 10.I know we can measure gravity, but what is gravity? 11.What is the furthest distance a human has travelled away from Planet Earth? 12.What would happen if you played on a swing in space? 13.What is the most amazing thing you have seen on earth from the space station? 14.How do fires behave in space? 15.Have you seen any comets? 16.How much work do you have to do on the space station each day, and what do youdo in your spare time? 17.My brother and I love space, my brother especially loves the moon. We wouldlove to be able to explore space one day. What advice can you give us, to helpour dreams come true? 18.What did you study in school to become an astronaut? 19.How does the space station renew the oxygen inside the station? 20.What is different about growing plants in space and do you think we'll be ableto grow food for long term space missions? 21.Will there be a point soon when you can watch Netflix or use your mobile phonein Space - as you are near the satellites that operate the signals? About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that support the International Space Station(ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the American Radio Relay League(ARRL), Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), Radio Amateur SatelliteCorporation (AMSAT), NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program (SCaN)and the ISS National Lab—Space Station Explorers. The primary goal of ARISS isto promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, andmathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts viaamateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before andduring these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities takepart in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see http://www.ariss.org . MediaContact: DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISSPR Findus on social media at: Twitter:ARISS_Intl Facebook:facebook.com/ARISSIntl Instagram:ariss_intl Mastodon:[email protected] Checkout ARISS on Youtube.com.

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ANS-288 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Paul Stoetzer 15 Oct '23

15 Oct '23

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-288 In this edition: * Estonia’s ESTCube-2 Digipeater in Orbit * 2023 AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting Next Weekend * AMSAT-UK Colloquium Ongoing * Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for September 15, 2023 * ARISS News * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events * Satellite Shorts From All Over The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at] amsat.org You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/ ANS-260 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins To: All RADIO AMATEURS From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation 712 H Street NE, Suite 1653 Washington, DC 20002 DATE 2023 October 15 Estonia’s ESTCube-2 Digipeater in Orbit ESTCube-2 is a 3U Cubesat largely designed and built by undergraduate students at the University of Tartu, Estonia. It was launched into sun-synchronous orbit as an auxiliary payload on the European Space Agency (ESA) Vega flight VV23 from the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou on October 8 at 01:36 UTC. Among ESTCube-2's several missions, it will conduct in-orbit signal strength mapping in the 2m and 70cm amateur bands, using periodical full band received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measurements in order to check how polluted these two radio amateur bands are in low Earth orbit. In addition, a cross-band AX.25 digipeater mode will be used to allow amateur radio operators to use satellite for two-way digital communication. 9600 bps G3RUH AX.25 data uplink will be in 2m amateur band and transmission of digipeated packet in 70cm amateur radio band. Transmission speed and modulation will be the same as for uplink. [Similar to the now re-entered FalconSat-3.] There are plans to include periodic short audio announcements (similar to FOX-1) to indicate that the digipeater is active. The high-speed communications system is a COTS transmitter system called HiSPiCO from IQ Technologies. It is used when downloading preselected Earth observation scientific camera full-resolution images using the 2.4 GHz amateur radio band. (See https://www.iq-spacecom.com/products/hispico for details.) Data will be downlinked using QPSK modulated up-to 1 Mbps data-rate signal. Software tools (e.g. GNU Radio, web browser- based) will be published before the satellite launch, in order to enable reception of high speed downlink by the amateur radio community. The optional multi-station radio frequency ranging experiment will be used to determine satellite distance to Earth in order to improve accuracy of satellite orbit determination. For the experiment, the 70cm radio amateur band will be used in conjunction with four or more amateur ground stations using SDR-based equipment that can provide stable and accurate frequency and time measurements. The satellite downlink will be listened to from several ground stations at the same time. To educate the next generation of radio amateurs, the satellite will transmit analog messages from space using an NBFM signal containing pre-recorded audio greetings. This activity will infrequently take place according to a schedule published publicly to schools and the AMSAT/HAM community. The transmitted signal will be received by participating Estonian secondary and high schools, using their own built radio antennas and SDR-based receiver systems. This activity is targeted primarily to promote amateur radio and satellite communication (and in general STEM fields) among the younger generation. The Primary transceiver, shared with the amateur payloads, is using the 70 cm amateur radio band for uplink and downlink purposes. It will be used as the housekeeping beacon for a simple overview of the satellite status and as the main transceiver for receiving tele-commands and firmware upgrades. As well transmitting mission data, like telemetry from each subsystem (< 256 bytes per subsystem) and payload data, e.g. compressed, low resolution image thumbnails (~100 KiB), in AX.25 data packet format with 9600 baud data-rate with G3RUH modulated signal. The spacecraft will have experimental capability to change data-rate up-to 38600 baud using 2GFSK (or 4GFSK for testing) different modulation schemes. During the mission, it is planned to transmit a housekeeping telemetry beacon periodically (~1 KiB), typically once per minute, containing telemetry, health data packets from every subsystem. The 70 cm amateur radio band downlink will be used to send Plasma brake tether experiment [link] and housekeeping data of the payload module such as temperature measurements, information about the attitude of satellite, energy production etc. (< 256 bytes). After performing measurements of a material science experiment on corrosion resistant coating, the 70cm amateur radio band downlink will be used to transmit a very small amount of acquired sensor data (~ 200 B per day). The satellite will measure the electrical continuity of the coating material to determine its lifespan after exposure to atomic oxygen in LEO. Proposing UHF 9k6 using GFSK/G3RUH modulation or 38k4 GFSK/4GFSK or, alternatively, FM voice downlinks, and on S Band downlink DQPSK modulation with 1 Mbps data-rate, downlinks on 435.800 MHz and 2425.000 MHz have been coordinated by the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). The Vega C VV23 launch plan was to put ESTCube-2 into a 555km Sun-Sychronous Orbit (SSO). Actual orbit parameters have yet to be confirmed. More info is at https://www.estcube.eu/projekt/ESTCube-2 and https://www.estcube.eu/blogi/Raadio [ANS thanks IARU, ESA, and the University of Tartu for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Join us for the 41st Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting October 20-21, 2023 – Dallas, TX More Information at: https://tinyurl.com/41st-AMSAT-Symposium +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ 2023 AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting Next Weekend Although the deadline for the banquet and Sunday morning Members' Breakfast has passed, there's still time to join us for the 41st AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting next weekend. A livestream of the Symposium Presentations and Annual General Meeting will be available on AMSAT's YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/amsatna For more information, visit https://www.amsat.org/41st-amsat-annual-space-symposium-and-annual-general-… Schedule (Times CDT) Thursday, October 19, 2023 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM AMSAT Board Meeting 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Pre-Registration Check-in Friday, October 20, 2023 8:00 – 12:00 Noon AMSAT Board Meeting (Closed Session) 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Registration 1:00 PM – 1:15 PM AMSAT Symposium Kickoff, President’s Welcome 1:15 PM – 5:00 PM Paper Sessions 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Informal Dinner on your own 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM AMSAT Reception and Auction, Cash Bar Available Saturday October 21, 2023 8:00 AM – 11:45 AM Registration 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM AMSAT Symposium Welcome 8:15AM – 12:00 Noon Paper Sessions 1:00 PM – 3:15 PM Paper Sessions 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM AMSAT Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Attitude Adjustment (Social), Cash Bar 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM AMSAT Banquet, Cash Bar Sunday October 22, 2023 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM AMSAT Member Breakfast [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ The 2023 AMSAT President's Club coins are here now! To commemorate the 40th anniversary of its launch on June 16, 1983, this year's coin features an image of AMSAT-OSCAR 10. Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT-UK Colloquium Ongoing Although the first day of the AMSAT-UK Colloquium has concluded at the time of publication, a livestream of Sunday's presentations is available. Volunteers from the British Amateur Television Club (BATC) are providing a live stream of the presentations from the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium which takes place as part of the RSGB Convention on October 14-15. BATC volunteers have been recording and streaming the Colloquium for over 11 years. Watch the AMSAT-UK Colloquium presentations on Sunday from 09:30-15:15 BST (GMT +1) at https://batc.org.uk/live/amsatuk2023 The AMSAT-UK talks are in Lecture Room 5 and PDF’s of the talk schedule can be downloaded from the RSGB site at https://rsgb.org/main/rsgb-2023-convention/2023-convention-lectures/ Further information on the BATC is available at http://batc.org.uk/ Individual videos of Colloquium presentations will also be available on AMSAT-UK's YouTube page (https://www.youtube.com/user/AMSATUK) over the coming weeks. [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Need new satellite antennas? Purchase an M2 LEO-Pack from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for October 13, 2023 Two Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps in the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical model of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs. Weekly updates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. TLE bulletin files are updated Thursday evenings around 2300 UTC, or more frequently if new high interest satellites are launched. More information may be found at https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/ The following satellites have been removed from this week's AMSAT-NA TLE distribution: AstroBioCubsat NORAD Cat ID 53107 Probably defunct, USSF no longer providing element sets. Aurorasat NORAD Cat ID 56312 Decayed from orbit on or about 9 October 2023 Lightcube NORAD Cat ID 56314 Decayed from orbit on or about 12 October 2023 [ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition? Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff from our Zazzle store! 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ARISS News Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide. Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Valley Stream South High School, Valley Stream, NY, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled crewmember is Andreas Mogensen, KG5GCZ The ARISS mentor is AB1OC Contact is go for: Tue 2023-10-17 12:25:03 UTC 38 deg Watch for livestream at https://youtube.com/live/g74NbsTEvVw?feature=share St Peter in Thanet CE Junior School, Broadstairs, Kent, United Kingdom, direct via GB4SPT The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled crewmember is Loral O’Hara, KI5TOM The ARISS mentor is MØXTD Contact is go for: Wed 2023-10-18 09:57:49 UTC 89 deg Contact is go for: Wed 2023-10-18 09:57:49 UTC 89 deg Comments on making general contacts I have been seeing a lot of traffic on Facebook and I suspect on other social media sites with people asking why they are not hearing the crew make general contacts. First off the crew is very busy on the ISS and they simply may not have the time to just pick up the microphone and talk. Also, one needs to be aware of their normal daily schedule. I have listed below the constraints that we at ARISS have to follow in order to schedule the school contacts. Hopefully this will help you better schedule your opportunities. Typical daily schedule Wakeup to Workday start= 1.5 hours Workday start to Workday end=12 hours Workday end to Sleep= 2 hours Sleep to wakeup= 8.5 hours The crew's usual waking period is 0730 - 1930 UTC. The most common times to find a crew member making casual periods are about one hour after waking and before sleeping, when they have personal time. They're usually free most of the weekend, as well. SSTV events are not that often. So please check out https://www.ariss.org/ for the latest information or watch for the ARISS announcements. And don’t forget that the packet system is active. As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. ARISS Radio Status Columbus Module radios: IORS (Kenwood D710GA) – STATUS - Configured. Default mode is for cross band repeater (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} & 437.800 MHz down). * Powering off for USOS EVA on Oct 19. OFF TBD. ON TBD. * Powering off for ROS EVA on Oct 25. OFF TBD . ON TBD. * Powering off for USOS EVA on Oct 30. OFF TBD. ON TBD. * Powering off for TBD on TBD. OFF TBD . ON TBD. * Capable of supporting USOS scheduled voice contacts, packet and voice repeater ops. Service Module radios: IORS (Kenwood D710GA) – STATUS - Configured. Default mode is fo packet operations (145.825 MHz up & down) * Powering off for TBD on TBD. OFF TBD . ON TBD. * Capable of supporting ROS scheduled voice contacts, packet, SSTV and voice repeater ops. SSTV (Kenwood D710) – STATUS - OFF. Default mode is for scheduled SSTV operations (145.800 MHz down) * Next planned operation date(s) TBD. * Specifically configured for SSTV ops. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html [ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations Adrian, N8AJM, will be QRV from EM85 (TN) 16th – 20th October. This will be LEO/MEO. Details are available at hams.at [ANS thanks Ian Parsons, K5ZM, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events. + 41st AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting October 20-21, 2023 Sheraton DFW Airport Hotel 4440 W John Carpenter Fwy, Irving, TX 75063 AMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford, K6LCS, says, "Think a 75-minute presentation on "working the easy satellites" would be appropriate for your club or event? Let me know by emailing me at k6lcsclint (at) gmail (dot) com or calling me at 909-999-SATS (7287)!" Clint has NEVER given the exact same show twice: EACH of the 150+ presentations so far has been customized/tailored to their audiences. [ANS thanks Clint Bradford, K6LCS, and AMSAT for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + The first PCBs for AMSAT-UK's next FUNcube satellite arrived this past week. This satellite will provide a Mode U/v linear transponder, an FM transponder with an uplink at 1267 MHz and downlink on 2 meters (Mode L/v), and an experimental QPSK downlink at about 20 kbps. (Thanks to G0MRF for this information) + ITU‑R WP5A meeting #30 could not achieve consensus on the measures needed to protect the RNSS in the 23cm band. (Relating to WRC-23 AI 9.1b) Link to the IARU report on WP5A meeting is at the end of https://www.iaru-r1.org/2023/itu-r-wp5a-meeting-30-could-not-achieve-consen… (Thanks to AMSAT-UK and the IARU for this information) + VU2JO has created a post detailing tips and tricks for working LEO satellites. The blog post is available at https://johnsonfrancis.org/techworld/tips-and-tricks-for-working-leo-satell… (Thanks to VU2JO for this information) + The Psyche mission to all-metal asteroid Psyche successfully lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on October 13, 2023 on a Falcon Heavy. This was NASA's first user of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. https://spacenews.com/nasa-launches-psyche-mission-to-metal-world/ (Thanks to SpaceNews.com for this information) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/ In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to: * Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization). * 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 student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. * Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms. Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information. 73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! This week's ANS Editor, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM n8hm [at] amsat.org

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FT818 and M2 Eggbeaters
by Erik Eitel 14 Oct '23

14 Oct '23

I’ve been using my dual Yaesu FT818 setup and Arrow antenna with great success on the FM and linear satellites. As the temperature in the northeast US begins to plummet I have put some thought into how to operate for the winter. I have purchased an M2 Sat Pack Eggbeater antenna and I am wondering if anyone has had success using a 6 watt FT818 with it? Again, I have no problem with 6 watts and an Arrow antenna, but curious what the results might be with the eggbeaters. I know some don’t care for the Eggbeater style antenna but I have talked to many who have had great success, just not sure if I can duplicate that with 6 watts. Thanks for the help. 73 Erik K2ERK - FN20

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ARISS News Release No. 23-55
by David Jordan 14 Oct '23

14 Oct '23

ARISS News Release No.23-55 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at Valley Stream South High School, Valley Stream, NewYork, USA October14, 2023—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboardthe International Space Station (ISS) and students at the Valley Stream SouthHigh School located in Valley Stream, NY. ARISS conducts 60-80 of these special amateur radio contacts each yearbetween students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboardthe ISS. Valley Stream South High School is a suburban, public middleschool and high school which serves about 1,260 students, grades 7 through 12.Students are following an Earth Science ARISS Lesson Plan that covers topicsthat include: astronomy and satellites, physics of rocket launches and orbitalmechanics, and how amateur radio communications are used on the ISS. Members ofthe Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club (LIMARC) and Valley Stream South HighSchool’s Falcon Report Club will assist with the telebridge preparation and ARISScontact. This will be a telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask theirquestions of Astronaut Andreas Mogensen, amateur radio call sign KG5GCZ. Thedownlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHz and may be heard bylisteners that are within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses thetelebridge station. The ARISS amateur radio ground station(telebridge station) for this contact is in Casale Monferrato, Italy. Theamateur radio volunteer team at the station will use the callsign IK1SLD, toestablish and maintain the ISS connection. TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for October 17, 2023 at 8:25 am EDT (NY) (12:25:03 UTC,7:25 am CDT, 6:25 am MDT, 5:25 am PDT). Thepublic is invited to watch the live stream at: https://youtube.com/live/g74NbsTEvVw?feature=share _______________________________ Astime allows, students will ask these questions: 1.What influenced you to become an astronaut? 2.I understand that to become an astronaut, one of the requirements is to get adegree in the STEM field. Can you further explain other requirements that youneed to become an astronaut for students that would like to become one? 3.What training was required to become an astronaut? 4.What characteristics do you think NASA is looking for in future astronauts nowand in the future? 5.Can you further explain the space community that you live in on the ISS? 6.Can you further explain how you prepared for microgravity in space in yourtraining? 7.How does microgravity affect you? 8.What is the duration of time that you are permitted to be in space on the ISS? 9.What do you enjoy the most about being on the ISS? 10.Can you describe your daily activities? 11.How are you able to maintain homeostasis of your body systems while in space? 12.How are you able to maintain a productive, positive daily outlook being 400kmaway from Earth? 13.What strengths do you have that are important to the functioning of the crew onthe ISS? 14.What are the challenges do you experience working on ISS that are differentthan working on Earth? 15.What was your most exciting mission in space? 16.Are there any upcoming missions that you are excited about? 17.What potential do you think agriculture has aboard the ISS as a source oflong-term food supply? 18.There is exciting research on the ISS, what research are you involved in, andcan you explain how the researchers on Earth coordinate with those in space? About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that support the International Space Station(ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the American Radio Relay League(ARRL), Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), Radio Amateur SatelliteCorporation (AMSAT), NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program (SCaN)and the ISS National Lab—Space Station Explorers. The primary goal of ARISS isto promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, andmathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts viaamateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before andduring these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities takepart in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see http://www.ariss.org . MediaContact: DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISSPR Findus on social media at: Twitter:ARISS_Intl Facebook:facebook.com/ARISSIntl Instagram:ariss_intl Mastodon:[email protected] Checkout ARISS on Youtube.com.

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TEVEL-7
by david.greenberg 14 Oct '23

14 Oct '23

Hello All, TEVEL-7 FM transponder has been activated, starting from today, 14.10.23 08:57U for 72 hours.73,David 4X1DGנשלח מה-Galaxy שלי

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TEVEL-2
by david.greenberg 14 Oct '23

14 Oct '23

Hello All, TEVEL-2 FM transponder has been activated, starting from today, 14.10.23 08:25U for 72 hours.73,David 4X1DGנשלח מה-Galaxy שלי

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-10-13 23:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 13 Oct '23

13 Oct '23

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-10-13 23:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Covenant Christian Academy, West Peabody, MA, direct via N1DQF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Loral O’Hara KI5TOM The ARISS mentor is AB1OC Contact was successful: Fri 2023-10-13 13:47:58 UTC 41 deg (***) Congratulations to the Covenant Christian Academy students, Loral, and mentor AB1OC! (***) This was Loral’s first ever ARISS contact. (***) Watch for Livestream at https://vimeo.com/event/3761617 Valley Stream South High School, Valley Stream, NY, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ The ARISS mentor is AB1OC Contact is go for: Tue 2023-10-17 12:25:03 UTC 38 deg Watch for livestream at https://youtube.com/live/g74NbsTEvVw?feature=share St Peter in Thanet CE Junior School, Broadstairs, Kent, United Kingdom, direct via GB4SPT The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Loral O’Hara KI5TOM The ARISS mentor is MØXTD Contact is go for: Wed 2023-10-18 09:57:49 UTC 89 deg The crossband repeater continues to be active. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never 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 2023-10-13 23:30 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. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2023-10-13 23:30 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ####################################################################################################################################### Comments on making general contacts I have been seeing a lot of traffic on Facebook and I suspect on other social media sites with people asking why they are not hearing the crew make general contacts. First off the crew is very busy on the ISS and they simply may not have the time to just pick up the microphone and talk. Also, one needs to be aware of their normal daily schedule. I have listed below the constraints that we at ARISS have to follow in order to schedule the school contacts. Hopefully this will help you better schedule your opportunities. Typical daily schedule Wakeup to Workday start= 1.5 hours Workday start to Workday end=12 hours Workday end to Sleep= 2 hours Sleep to wakeup= 8.5 hours The crew's usual waking period is 0730 - 1930 UTC. The most common times to find a crew member making casual periods are about one hour after waking and before sleeping, when they have personal time. They're usually free most of the weekend, as well. SSTV events are not that often. So please check out https://www.ariss.org/ for the latest information or watch for the ARISS announcements. And don’t forget that the packet system is active. As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2023 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 10, 2023 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. (***) Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 5 2023 at 7 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2023.eventbrite.com (***) Find more information and proposal instructions, visit the ARISS-USA website at: https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/ Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 216 Francesco IKØWGF with 150 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 150 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 115 Steve VE3TBD with 105 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1668. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1575. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** SpaceX Crew-7 on orbit Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ Satoshi Furukawa Konstantin Borisov Exp. 70 on orbit Oleg Kononenko Nikolay Chub Loral O’Hara KI5TOM **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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AMSAT-UK Colloquium streaming live this weekend
by M5AKA 13 Oct '23

13 Oct '23

The talks at this year’s AMSAT-UK Colloquium are being streamed live this weekend. Video URL and talk schedule are at https://amsat-uk.org/2023/10/11/batc-to-webstream-amsat-uk-colloquium/ 73 Trevor M5AKA

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Re: Reports
by Mark Johns, K0JM 13 Oct '23

13 Oct '23

Not sure what you mean. It's in 15 minute blocks, and there is a pull-down if you need to change to select a different block. Or if it just hasn't updated in a while, simply reload the page. -- Mark D. Johns, KØJM AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 10:21 AM samuel galet via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > How do you adjust the time on the Amsat live Oscar satellite status page > to respect the real time. > > Thanks > > 73 de VE2LJV Samuel Galet > > > Sent from my Galaxy > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at > https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at > https://mailman.amsat.org

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Re: Reports
by Clint Bradford 13 Oct '23

13 Oct '23

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Reports
by samuel galet 13 Oct '23

13 Oct '23

How do you adjust the time on the Amsat live Oscar satellite status page to respect the real time. Thanks 73 de VE2LJV Samuel Galet Sent from my Galaxy

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Re: Could this be AO-7?
by Will Ruef 12 Oct '23

12 Oct '23

Matei,The bird was definitely in mode A when I worked it around 00:00 utc (10/12). It was in really good shape too, my SSB signal was booming back down on 10 meters off the transponder. There is a really chirpy CW beacon on 29.502 that is usually on when it is in mode A. I am wondering if that is what you heard. It sometimes sends some dits and sometimes is just stuck on in a constant carrier. I usually listen for it if I'm not sure what mode AO-7 is in.73,Will, KN6QVA On Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 04:17:59 AM PDT, Matei Conovici via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: Hello, I was listening on 29.500 USB during an AO-7 pass this morning hoping to maybe catch some telemetry (no VHF/UHF equipment here). Instead, I got this unkeyed carrier which lasted while the satellite was higher than 20 degrees or so, and it appears to have some Doppler. Could this be coming from AO-7? Is telemetry dead? This is the first time I'm trying to get at satellites, so bear with me please if I ask silly questions :) Received on an IC-7300 w/ vertical antenna. It was faint but audible. Could not see anything on the waterfall on 29.400-29.500. Spectrum in audacity showing a shift in frequency: https://imgur.com/a/oOa2HyI Thank you for any hints, 73 de YO3GEK! Matei Conovici ----------------------------------------------------------- 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. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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Re: Could this be AO-7?
by Zach Metzinger 12 Oct '23

12 Oct '23

On 10/12/23 06:17, Matei Conovici via AMSAT-BB wrote: > I was listening on 29.500 USB during an AO-7 pass this morning hoping > to maybe catch some telemetry (no VHF/UHF equipment here). Instead, I > got this unkeyed carrier which lasted while the satellite was higher > than 20 degrees or so, and it appears to have some Doppler. Could this > be coming from AO-7? Is telemetry dead? This is the first time I'm > trying to get at satellites, so bear with me please if I ask silly > questions :) Hello Matei, I have never heard telemetry from AO-7, which I attribute to it no longer having code loaded/running on its IHU. I don't think it has been actively commanded for some years now -- it just came back to life a while back when one of the shorted batteries went open-circuit and allowed the satellite to power up on its solar panels. I have worked stations through AO-7, however. It is currently in a state where it alternates between mode A and mode B every 24-ish hours or so. I've only worked mode B (UHF/VHF), not mode A (VHF/HF). If you visit https://amsat.org/status you'll see reports from stations which have heard it (or not). Note that a RTL-SDR dongle can be used to receive UHF/VHF, if you're looking for a quick/cheap/dirty method to listen on the higher bands. Good luck and hope to work you on AO-7 some day! 73, --- Zach N0ZGO

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Could this be AO-7?
by Matei Conovici 12 Oct '23

12 Oct '23

Hello, I was listening on 29.500 USB during an AO-7 pass this morning hoping to maybe catch some telemetry (no VHF/UHF equipment here). Instead, I got this unkeyed carrier which lasted while the satellite was higher than 20 degrees or so, and it appears to have some Doppler. Could this be coming from AO-7? Is telemetry dead? This is the first time I'm trying to get at satellites, so bear with me please if I ask silly questions :) Received on an IC-7300 w/ vertical antenna. It was faint but audible. Could not see anything on the waterfall on 29.400-29.500. Spectrum in audacity showing a shift in frequency: https://imgur.com/a/oOa2HyI Thank you for any hints, 73 de YO3GEK! Matei Conovici

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-10-11 22:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 12 Oct '23

12 Oct '23

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-10-11 22:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Sekolah Kebangsaan Wangsa Maju Seksyen 2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, direct via 9M2RPN The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ The ARISS mentor is 7M3TJZ Contact was successful: Wed 2023-10-11 11:12:42 UTC 78 deg (***) Congratulations to the Sekolah Kebangsaan Wangsa Maju Seksyen 2 students, Andreas, and mentor 7M3TJZ! (***) Watch for livestream at: Face book: https://facebook.com/events/s/live-communication-iss-2023-9m/65758893950650… Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/live/YLMFcozC-2o?feature=shared Covenant Christian Academy, West Peabody, MA, direct via N1DQF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Loral O’Hara KI5TOM The ARISS mentor is AB1OC Contact is go for: Fri 2023-10-13 13:47:58 UTC 41 deg Watch for Livestream at https://vimeo.com/event/3761617 Valley Stream South High School, Valley Stream, NY, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ The ARISS mentor is AB1OC Contact is go for: Tue 2023-10-17 12:25:03 UTC 38 deg Watch for livestream at https://youtube.com/live/g74NbsTEvVw?feature=share St Peter in Thanet CE Junior School, Broadstairs, Kent, United Kingdom, direct via GB4SPT The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Loral O’Hara KI5TOM The ARISS mentor is MØXTD Contact is go for: Wed 2023-10-18 09:57:49 UTC 89 deg Contact is go for: Wed 2023-10-18 09:57:49 UTC 89 deg (***) The crossband repeater continues to be active. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never 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 2023-10-11 22:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2023-10-11 22:00 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ####################################################################################################################################### Comments on making general contacts I have been seeing a lot of traffic on Facebook and I suspect on other social media sites with people asking why they are not hearing the crew make general contacts. First off the crew is very busy on the ISS and they simply may not have the time to just pick up the microphone and talk. Also, one needs to be aware of their normal daily schedule. I have listed below the constraints that we at ARISS have to follow in order to schedule the school contacts. Hopefully this will help you better schedule your opportunities. Typical daily schedule Wakeup to Workday start= 1.5 hours Workday start to Workday end=12 hours Workday end to Sleep= 2 hours Sleep to wakeup= 8.5 hours The crew's usual waking period is 0730 - 1930 UTC. The most common times to find a crew member making casual periods are about one hour after waking and before sleeping, when they have personal time. They're usually free most of the weekend, as well. SSTV events are not that often. So please check out https://www.ariss.org/ for the latest information or watch for the ARISS announcements. And don’t forget that the packet system is active. As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2023 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 10, 2023 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. (***) Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 5 2023 at 7 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2023.eventbrite.com (***) Find more information and proposal instructions, visit the ARISS-USA website at: https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/ Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 216 Francesco IKØWGF with 150 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 150 (***) Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 115 Steve VE3TBD with 105 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1667. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1574. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** SpaceX Crew-7 on orbit Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ Satoshi Furukawa Konstantin Borisov Exp. 70 on orbit Oleg Kononenko Nikolay Chub Loral O’Hara KI5TOM **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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LO-87/LUSAT Reenter
by Amsat Argentina 10 Oct '23

10 Oct '23

Our LUSEX (LU Satellite EXperiment) may reenter about Oct-20 17hs, she is now only at 300 Km height and descending. LUSEX #41557 carried a U/V linear transponder at piggyback of Satellogic Nusat-1, was launched May-2016 from Taiyuan, China orbiting at 500 Km. height. Was a development of LU1CGB, Adrian and William, PE1RAH, using similar transponder as VO-52. Images & reports at http://lusex.org.ar tracking http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=lusex Farewell LUSEX ! and thanks for your service... 73, LU7AA, AMSAT Argentina http://amsat.org.ar info(a)amsat.org.ar

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TEVEL-3
by david.greenberg 10 Oct '23

10 Oct '23

Hello All, TEVEL-3 FM transponder has been activated, starting from today, 10.10.23 19:12U for 72 hours.73,David 4X1DGנשלח מה-Galaxy שלי

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ARISS News Release No. 23-53
by David Jordan 10 Oct '23

10 Oct '23

ARISS News Release No.23-53 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at Sekolah Kebangsaan Wangsa Maju Seksyen 2, KualaLumpur, Malaysia October10, 2023—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboardthe International Space Station (ISS) and students at the Sekolah KebangsaanWangsa Maju Seksyen 2 in Kuala Lumpur. ARISS conducts 60-80 of these special amateur radio contacts each yearbetween students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboardthe ISS. Sekolah Kebangsaan Wangsa Maju Seksyen 2 is a national schoollocated at Wangsa Maju, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It has a total of 44 teachersand 468 students ages 7 to 12 years. This school has an Integrated SpecialEducation Program in addition to its mainstream education syllabus and is alsoa school under the School Transformation Programme 2025 (TS25). This ARISScontact coincides with their National Space Challenge 2023, an annual eventinstituted in 2007, the year the first Malaysian went to the ISS. This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask their questions ofAstronaut Andreas Mogensen, amateur radio call sign KG5GCZ. The downlinkfrequency for this contact is 145.800 MHz and may be heard by listeners thatare within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the relay ground station. The amateur radio ground station for this contactis in Wangsa Maju, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Amateur radio operators using callsign 9M2RPN, will operate the ground station to establish and maintain the ISSconnection. TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for October 11, 2023 at 7:12:42 pm MYT (Malaysia)(11:12:42 UTC, 7:12 am EDT, 6:12 am CDT,5:12 am MDT, 4:12 am PDT). _______________________________ Live streaming of the contact can be viewed at https://facebook.com/events/s/live-communication-iss-2023-9m/65758893950650… ? and https://www.youtube.com/live/YLMFcozC-2o?feature=shared Astime allows, students will ask these questions: 1.Do you feel dizzy when you’re floating a lot? 2.How do you feel when you launch to space? 3.What are some of the experiments you do in ISS? 4.What time do you sleep in the ISS? 5.How do you keep fit up there? 6.What was the best food you ate in ISS? 7.Do you bring pets or toys to space? 8.How many sunrises and sunsets do you experience up there? 9.How long have you been in ISS? 10.How long does it take to travel from earth to ISS? 11.How do you keep entertaining yourself up there? 12.Doyou notice any alien spaceship up there? 13.How to become an astronaut like you? 14.What was the best advice for students if they want to become an astronaut? About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that support the International Space Station(ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the American Radio Relay League(ARRL), Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), Radio Amateur SatelliteCorporation (AMSAT), NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program (SCaN)and the ISS National Lab—Space Station Explorers. The primary goal of ARISS isto promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, andmathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts viaamateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before andduring these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities takepart in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see http://www.ariss.org . MediaContact: DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISSPR Findus on social media at: Twitter:ARISS_Intl Facebook:facebook.com/ARISSIntl Instagram:ariss_intl Mastodon:[email protected] Checkout ARISS on Youtube.com.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-10-10 16:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 10 Oct '23

10 Oct '23

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-10-10 16:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Belgian Defence (KSOO), Koninklijke School voor Onderofficieren, Sint-Truiden, Belgium, direct via ON4BAF AND telebridge to IEPSCF Colfontaine, Colfontaine, Belgium The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL The ARISS mentor is ON6TI Contact was successful: Tue 2023-10-10 11:36:29 UTC 78 deg (***) Congratulations to the Belgian Defence and IEPSCF Colfontaine students, Jassmin, and mentor ON6TI! (***) Sekolah Kebangsaan Wangsa Maju Seksyen 2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, direct via 9M2RPN The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ The ARISS mentor is 7M3TJZ Contact is go for: Wed 2023-10-11 11:12:42 UTC 78 deg Watch for livestream at: (***) Face book: https://facebook.com/events/s/live-communication-iss-2023-9m/65758893950650… Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/live/YLMFcozC-2o?feature=shared Covenant Christian Academy, West Peabody, MA, direct via N1DQF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Loral O’Hara KI5TOM The ARISS mentor is AB1OC Contact is go for: Fri 2023-10-13 13:47:58 UTC 41 deg Watch for Livestream at https://vimeo.com/event/3761617 Valley Stream South High School, Valley Stream, NY, telebridge via IK1SLD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS (***) The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ (***) The ARISS mentor is AB1OC Contact is go for: Tue 2023-10-17 12:25:03 UTC 38 deg (***) Watch for livestream at https://youtube.com/live/g74NbsTEvVw?feature=share (***) St Peter in Thanet CE Junior School, Broadstairs, Kent, United Kingdom, direct via GB4SPT The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Loral O’Hara KI5TOM (***) The ARISS mentor is MØXTD Contact is go for: Wed 2023-10-18 09:57:49 UTC 89 deg (***) The crossband repeater continues to be active. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never 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 2023-10-10 16:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2023-10-10 16:00 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ####################################################################################################################################### Comments on making general contacts I have been seeing a lot of traffic on Facebook and I suspect on other social media sites with people asking why they are not hearing the crew make general contacts. First off the crew is very busy on the ISS and they simply may not have the time to just pick up the microphone and talk. Also, one needs to be aware of their normal daily schedule. I have listed below the constraints that we at ARISS have to follow in order to schedule the school contacts. Hopefully this will help you better schedule your opportunities. Typical daily schedule Wakeup to Workday start= 1.5 hours Workday start to Workday end=12 hours Workday end to Sleep= 2 hours Sleep to wakeup= 8.5 hours The crew's usual waking period is 0730 - 1930 UTC. The most common times to find a crew member making casual periods are about one hour after waking and before sleeping, when they have personal time. They're usually free most of the weekend, as well. SSTV events are not that often. So please check out https://www.ariss.org/ for the latest information or watch for the ARISS announcements. And don’t forget that the packet system is active. As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2023 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 10, 2023 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. (***) Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 5 2023 at 7 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2023.eventbrite.com (***) Find more information and proposal instructions, visit the ARISS-USA website at: https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/ Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 216 Francesco IKØWGF with 150 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 149 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 115 Steve VE3TBD with 105 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1666. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1573. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** SpaceX Crew-7 on orbit Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ Satoshi Furukawa Konstantin Borisov Exp. 70 on orbit Oleg Kononenko Nikolay Chub Loral O’Hara KI5TOM **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Re: ARISS repeater wideband or narrowband?
by Dave Taylor 10 Oct '23

10 Oct '23

It is wideband. Dave Taylor, W8AAS USA ARISS Delegate (AMSAT) > On Oct 10, 2023, at 8:16 AM, Steve Kristoff via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > I poked around the internet and couldn't find the answer to this. Is the ARISS voice repeater wideband or narrowband FM? > Steve AI9IN > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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ARISS repeater wideband or narrowband?
by Steve Kristoff 10 Oct '23

10 Oct '23

I poked around the internet and couldn't find the answer to this. Is the ARISS voice repeater wideband or narrowband FM? Steve AI9IN

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Re: LVB Tracker Indicates 255° out from G-5500 control
by K4IDC 09 Oct '23

09 Oct '23

Thank you very much, Mike. No, I hadn't calibrated the LVB Tracker to the G-5500 control box. I looked around the web for the LVB documentation but had no success. I was really surprised to not find any documentation or even mention of the LVB Tracker on the AMSAT web page. Regardless, thank you for your help. I think this will enable me to get the array going. Thanks, Robin Midgett K4IDC On Sun, Oct 8, 2023 at 10:30 PM Mike <wb8cxo(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Robin, did you calibrate your LVBTracker to your G-5500 control box? > > Attached a document that might help. There's two ways to do the > calibration. Use the front panel pushbuttons or text commands sent to the > tracker via it's serial interface. > > Mike, WB8CXO > On 10/8/2023 9:54 PM, K4IDC via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > This evening I connected my new to me LVB tracker to the G-5500 control > box (also new to me) for the first time..all seems well except that the > azimuth reading between the G-5500 control & the LVB tracker are 255° > apart. I know the array is pointed west, the G-5500 box indicates west, but > for a reason I'm not aware of presently the LVB Tracker shows +15°. > Any thoughts? > > Thanks, > Robin Midgett K4IDC > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list athttps://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org > >

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LVB Tracker Indicates 255° out from G-5500 control
by K4IDC 09 Oct '23

09 Oct '23

This evening I connected my new to me LVB tracker to the G-5500 control box (also new to me) for the first time..all seems well except that the azimuth reading between the G-5500 control & the LVB tracker are 255° apart. I know the array is pointed west, the G-5500 box indicates west, but for a reason I'm not aware of presently the LVB Tracker shows +15°. Any thoughts? Thanks, Robin Midgett K4IDC

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ANS-282 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin
by Mark Johns, K0JM 09 Oct '23

09 Oct '23

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-282 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free news and information service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at] amsat.org You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/ In this edition: * ARISS SSTV Event Reported in Error ANS-282 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin To: All RADIO AMATEURS From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation 712 H Street NE, Suite 1653 Washington, DC 20002 DATE: 2023 Oct 09 ARISS SSTV Event Reported in Error The announcement in yesterday's AMSAT News Service bulletins concerning an upcoming Slow-Scan Television (SSTV) event transmitted from the International Space Station (ISS) was incorrect. This SSTV activity is a verification test with new hardware uploaded to ISS. This activity was never meant to be an operational SSTV event as some sources have speculated. ARISS International encouraged informing the ham community of the test and encouraged amateurs to post to the SSTV Gallery at https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php, only so that the verification test can be fully evaluated. Official ARISS participation certificates will not be issued for this activity, because it is only a verification test. It should be noted that third-party certificates mentioned in the ANS article are not official ARISS awards. Further, the Oct 16-20 dates, described in the ANS article for the SSTV test are not correct because specific dates for this test have not yet been selected or placed in the ISS crew schedule. The ARISS team is working to fit the SSTV event in the crew schedule. Separate U.S. and Russian EVAs to be performed in October will necessitate suspension of amateur radio activity, as always. Further, ARISS school contacts planned in that time period, as well as the normal science investigations that are part of the crew schedule, make it difficult to establish a definite timeline in advance. The Service Module radio system will be down until the SSTV verification test is completed. That means that the 145.825 MHz packet digipeater from the Service Module radio is off for now. Amateurs interested in ARISS activity should consult the official status page at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html Those interested in receiving SSTV images from the ISS should monitor the ARISS SSTV blog at https://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/ ANS regrets the publication of incorrect information in the previous bulletin and apologizes for the error. [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------- Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/ In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to: * Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization). * 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 student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. * Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms. Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information. 73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! This issue's ANS Editor, Mark Johns, KØJM k0jm at amsat dot org

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ARISS News Release No. 23-52
by David Jordan 08 Oct '23

08 Oct '23

ARISS News Release No.23-52 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at Belgian Defence (KSOO), Koninklijke School voorOnderofficieren, Sint-Truiden, Belgium, and IEPS ofColfontaine, Colfontaine, Belgium October8, 2023—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboardthe International Space Station (ISS) and students at two schools in two citiesin Belgium, Sint-Truiden and Colfontaine. ARISS conducts 60-80 of these special amateur radio contacts each yearbetween students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboardthe ISS. The Royal School for Non-Commissioned Officers (KSOO/ERSO),situated in Sint-Truiden, in the east of Belgium, is Belgium’s main militarytraining establishment for non-commissioned officers (NCOs) and serves as amilitary training institution dedicated to educating and training NCOs withinthe Belgian Armed Forces. IEPS of Colfontaine is located about 50 miles west ofSint-Truiden. IEPS is a lifelong learning school for students ages 15 and olderand provides training courses in the fields of mining, beauty care, the hotelindustry, IT, construction, industrial design and HVAC technology. KSOO/ERSO is providing ham radio equipment for a direct ARISScontact using their radio club’s callsign (ON4BAF). Members of the radio club of the Union ofBelgian Radioamateurs (UBA), represented by its local section RST Radio Sectionof the city of Sint-Truiden will coordinate this contact while alsoestablishing a telebridge with students at IEPS of Colfontaine. This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask their questions ofAstronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, amateur radio call sign KI5WSL. The downlinkfrequency for this contact is 145.800 MHz and may be heard by listeners thatare within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the relay ground station. The amateur radio ground station for this contactis near Sint-Truiden, Belgium. Amateur radio operators using call sign ON4BAF, will operate the ground station to establishand maintain the ISS connection and provide a telebridge contact with students atIEPS of Colfontaine, Belgium. TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for October 10, 2023 at 1:36:20 pm CEST (Belgium)(11:36:29 UTC, 7:36 am EDT, 6:36 am CDT,5:36 am MDT, 4:36 am PDT). _______________________________ Astime allows, students will ask these questions: 1.How can you tell time? Does day and night exist in the space station? 2.What was your motivation to become an astronaut? 3.Which kind of pollution (air pollution, plastics in the sea...) is visible fromspace? 4.How does the ISS maintain its orbit? 5.How did it feel when you took off? 6.How did you feel the first time you realized you were in space? 7.What convinced you to go to space? 8.How does the ISS protect its crew from electromagnetic radiation from space? 9.In February 2018 Elon Musk launched a Tesla (car) in space. Have you alreadybeen able to spot it in space? 10.What are the requirements to be an astronaut? 11.Who does the laundry on board of the ISS? 12.What was the most impressive or breathtaking sight you have witnessed in space? 13.Do you ever change course and how fast can the spaceship change its course? 14.What are the means of survival in the ship? 15. How manyof you can exit the ISS to do work outside? Is there a minimum and/or amaximum? 16.Can you describe the psychological and emotional impact of living in a confinedspace for an extended period? 17.How many hours of sleep do you have daily? And is that sleep the same as inyour bed at home? 18.Are your clothes comfortable? 19.How is the inside temperature of ISS managed in space? 20.Is there a smell in space? About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that support the International Space Station(ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the American Radio Relay League(ARRL), Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), Radio Amateur SatelliteCorporation (AMSAT), NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program (SCaN)and the ISS National Lab—Space Station Explorers. The primary goal of ARISS isto promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, andmathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts viaamateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before andduring these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities takepart in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see http://www.ariss.org . MediaContact: DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISSPR Findus on social media at: Twitter:ARISS_Intl Facebook:facebook.com/ARISSIntl Instagram:ariss_intl Mastodon:[email protected] Checkout ARISS on Youtube.com.

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Fwd: MaxRad diplexer...retuning?
by K4IDC 08 Oct '23

08 Oct '23

Wondering if anyone on the list has tried to improve the tuning on the old MaxRad MDF-15/450 diplexer. I have two of them that give acceptable results when viewed with a NanoVNA & a trusted 50 ohm load, but the results could clearly be better. I want to put one at the tower for my VHF/UHF satellite array, run one feedline to the shack & use the second one to split the 2m & 70cm signals back out to go into the radio. Inserting two of them into the chain only makes the overall response worse, so the desire to improve the tuning is greater. These things are seemingly well built; all metal enclosure with the lid soldered in place, so accessing the internals will be a bit of a chore. It occurs to me that having the lid off may influence the results. I thought I'd ask here before attempting surgery. Sweeps attached... Anyone? Thanks, Robin Midgett K4IDC

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ANS-281 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for Oct. 8
by Mark Johns, K0JM 08 Oct '23

08 Oct '23

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-281 In this edition: * Symposium Registration Deadlines Drawing Near * ARISS SSTV Event Rescheduled to October 16-20, 2023 * Amateurs Participate in Annular Solar Eclipse Event on October 14 * NEXUS (FO-99) Operation Schedule and JAMSAT DXpedition * Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution * VUCC Satellite Standing October 2023 * ARISS News * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events * Satellite Shorts From All Over The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at] amsat.org You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/ ANS-281 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins To: All RADIO AMATEURS From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation 712 H Street NE, Suite 1653 Washington, DC 20002 DATE 2023 Oct 08 Symposium Registration Deadlines Drawing Near Persons planning to attend the 41st Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, October 20-21, 2023 – Dallas, TX should be aware of the upcoming deadlines. + The deadline for Symposium registrations with tickets to the Saturday evening banquet or the Sunday morning members breakfast is Friday, October 13th. MEALS CANNOT BE ORDERED AFTER THAT DATE. + The deadline for the guaranteed group rate has passed but you can call the hotel at 972-929-8400 then press #1. Request “Rodriguez” Reservation Coordinator and ask for rate RADIO AMATEUR SATELLITE. A room at that rate might still be available depending on availability. The rate for a standard room with two Queen beds is $137.00 plus state and local taxes of 15%. Rooms may be available for check-in on Wednesday, October 18 and check out Sunday, October 22. The Sheraton DFW Airport is located adjacent to the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and provides complimentary, scheduled shuttle to and from the airport. Complimentary parking is available for those who drive to the Symposium. The hotel address and phone number is: Sheraton DFW Airport Hotel 4440 W John Carpenter Fwy. Irving, TX 75063 972-929-8400 + The deadline for submitting proposals for presentations at the Symposium is NOW. If you have been entertaining submitting a paper at the Symposium, contact Dan Schultz, N8FGV, AMSAT Symposium Proceedings Editor, immediately at n8fgv [at] amsat [dot] org. We, at AMSAT, are excited to be able to host our 41st annual Symposium this year. We hope that you can join us in celebrating Amateur Radio in Space. Schedule Thursday, October 19, 2023 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM AMSAT Board Meeting 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Pre-Registration Check-in Friday, October 20, 2023 8:00 – 12:00 Noon AMSAT Board Meeting (Closed Session) 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Registration 1:00 PM – 1:15 PM AMSAT Symposium Kickoff, President’s Welcome 1:15 PM – 5:00 PM Paper Sessions 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Informal Dinner on your own 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM AMSAT Reception and Auction, Cash Bar Available Saturday October 21, 2023 8:00 AM – 11:45 AM Registration 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM AMSAT Symposium Welcome 8:15 AM – 12:00 Noon Paper Sessions 1:00 PM – 3:15 PM Paper Sessions 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM AMSAT Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Attitude Adjustment (Social), Cash Bar 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM AMSAT Banquet, Cash Bar Sunday October 22, 2023 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM AMSAT Member Breakfast [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Hungary Lil' Buckaroo? Make Your Reservation for the Symposium Banquet Today! (Deadline is is Friday, October 14) It's a Belt Bustin' Texas Style Barbecue with Smoked BBQ Sliced Brisket and Roasted BBQ Chicken BBQ Baked Beans, Southern Style Potato Salad, Roasted Corn Salad Greens, Corn Bread, Pecan Pie and all the fixin's! More Info At: https://tinyurl.com/AMSAT2023 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ARISS SSTV Event Rescheduled to October 16-20, 2023 The transmission of images via the SSTV protocol as part of the experiment “About Gagarin from Space” from the International Space Station is postponed to October 16-20, 2023 due to technical problems. Images will be transmitted from the International Space Station via the SSTV protocol as part of the “About Gagarin from Space” experiment. The topic of the program is the first artificial Earth satellite, amateur radio satellites, school satellites. SSTV images will be transmitted on 145.800 MHz using a Kenwood TM-D710 transceiver. They are expected to use the PD-120 SSTV format. The “Russia ISS SSTV” diploma is awarded to radio amateurs (observers) for receiving SSTV (slow-scan television) broadcasts from aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the space experiment (SE) “About Gagarin from Space.” To receive the “Russia ISS SSTV” Diploma, one must receive and decode three images transmitted over a radio channel from on board the ISS using the SSTV protocol only on the days of the experiment. Each image must be at least 90% complete and of acceptable quality. Information on earning the certificate is available at https://r4uab.ru/diplom-iss-sstv/. AMSAT Argentina is also offering a diploma for reception of ISS SSTV images. Learn more at http://amsat.org.ar/?f=9. [ANS thanks Ignacio Granados Vega, TI3IES, and R4UAB.ru for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ The 2023 AMSAT President's Club coins are here now! To commemorate the 40th anniversary of its launch on June 16, 1983, this year's coin features an image of AMSAT-OSCAR 10. Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Amateurs Participate in Annular Solar Eclipse Event on October 14 An annular solar eclipse will make its appearance in the skies over parts of North America on October 14, creating a singular spectacle for those in its path — and a rare opportunity for amateurs to contribute to scientific research. The dazzling celestial event will allow millions of people to witness “the awe and the wonder of seeing a beautiful ring of fire eclipse,” said Peg Luce, acting director of the Heliophysics Division at NASA headquarters. The “ring of fire” nickname comes from the appearance of annular solar eclipses, which are like total solar eclipses, except the moon is at the farthest point in its orbit from Earth, so it can’t completely block the sun. Instead, the sun’s fiery light surrounds the moon’s shadow, creating the so-called ring of fire. The annular solar eclipse will begin in the United States at 16:13 UTC (9:13 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time) and pass from the Oregon coast to Texas’ Gulf Coast, appearing in Oregon, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and Texas. The lunar shadow will also be visible in parts of California, Idaho, Colorado and Arizona. After leaving the U.S., the eclipse will cross Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Panama and Colombia before ending off South America’s Atlantic coast at Natal, Brazil. Weather permitting, a cresecent-shaped partial solar eclipse, where only part of the sun is covered by the moon, will be visible October 14 in all 49 continental US states, including Alaska, according to NASA. Use the agency’s interactive eclipse map to check when the eclipse will pass over your area: https://bit.ly/3rCbSz1 For those unable to see the eclipse, NASA will share a live stream beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET on eclipse day, sharing views from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Kirbyville, Texas, and White Sands, New Mexico, according to Kelly Korreck, eclipse program manager at NASA. “The next annular eclipse seen in this part of the country is actually going to be in 2046,” Korreck said. “It’s going to be a long stretch before we will see this phenomenon again, so we’re really encouraging folks to go out there and observe safely.” It’s never safe to look directly at the sun without using specialized protection, and there is no phase of an annular eclipse that is safe to view with the naked eye because the sun’s light is never completely blocked. To view the annular eclipse, wear certified eclipse glasses or use a handheld solar viewer. Sunglasses won’t work in place of eclipse glasses or solar viewers, which are thousands of times darker and held to an international standard, ISO 12312-2. A Solar Eclipse QSO Party (SEQP) will be held from 1200 - 2200 UTC, and participants may use any band or mode (except WARC bands). Researchers will take the submitted logs and work to derive meaningful observations from the data. All radio amateurs need to do is operate using any mode and any band for all or part of the day, then upload their logs. Participation can be from anywhere; you don't need to be near the path of the eclipse to contribute valuable data. For SEQP contest and rules, visit www.hamsci.org/contest-info. For information on the Gladstone Signal Spotting Challenge using CW, WSPR, and FST4W, go to https://www.hamsci.org/contest-info. ARRL members can find out more about the SEQP by reading "The Solar Eclipse QSO Party: A Fun Way to Support Radio Science" in the September/October 2023 issue of On the Air magazine. [ANS thanks CNN.com and ARRL for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows, and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ NEXUS (FO-99) Operation Schedule and JAMSAT DXpedition The October operating schedule for JAMSAT FO-99 is available at https://www.jamsat.or.jp/?p=2341. However, There is an error in the values shown in the table due to the altitude drop of the satellite. Please use the displayed time as a guide and check “Satellite Tracking” on the JAMSAT website for exact transit times. [ANS thanks Y.Ohtani, JH4DHX/3, of the JAMSAT NEXUS operations team for the above information] JAMSAT also reports that the VK9QO Cocos (Keeling) Island DXpedition coming up in November will include satellite operation on QO-100, IO-117, and RS-44. Unfortunately, there are not likely to be mutual windows when any satellite footprints include the island and North America. However, some amateurs in Hawaii may enjoy brief opportunities for this DX on IO-117. [ANS thanks Mikio Mouri, JA3GEP/VK9QO, and JAMSAT for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition? Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff from our Zazzle store! 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for Oct. 6 Two Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps in the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical model of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs. Weekly updates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. Elements in the TLE bulletin files are updated daily. TLE bulletin files are updated to add or remove satellites as necessary Thursday evenings around 2300 UTC, or more frequently if new high interest satellites are launched. More information may be found at https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/ The following satellites have been removed from this week's AMSAT-NA TLE distribution: Grizu 263a NORAD Cat ID 51025 Decayed from orbit on or about 01 October 2023 PICSAT NORAD Cat ID 43132 Decayed from orbit on or about 01 October 2023 NUSAT-2 Norad Cat ID 41588 Decayed fromorbit on or about 02 October 2023 Suchai 1 NORAD Cat ID 42788 Decayed from orbit on or about 05 October 2023 [ANS thanks AMSAT Orbital Elements page for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- VUCC Satellite Standing October 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------ VUCC Satellite Award/Endorsement Change Summary for September 01, 2023 to October 01, 2023. ------------------------------------------------------------ AA5PK 1350 1382 N8RO 1342 1356 W5CBF 841 1201 KF7R 1027 1050 N0JE 1000 1025 DF2ET 950 1000 N3GS 932 980 K6FW 825 951 CO6CBF 841 900 XE1L 639 860 EA2AA 800 825 W8LR 783 801 OZ9AAR 700 800 N6UK 707 777 K0JM 601 702 KE8FZT 625 700 N9FN 569 700 KB1HY 521 604 VA7LM 400 600 N8MR 557 581 NM3B 566 572 JL1SAM 410 511 A65BR 455 477 IW7DOL 101 474 HB9GWJ 412 450 KO9A 423 424 N3CAL 352 412 AB1OC 400 407 AG7NR 300 350 F6EQD 130 311 M0SKM 118 300 W1LE New 300 N6PAZ 262 290 CT1ETE New 283 AD2DD 175 261 N9XG 151 252 JR0GAS 140 250 ZS2BK 213 244 JA6SZV 205 207 KH6WI 155 203 JQ1TIV New 201 W6AER 126 201 IK7EOT New 171 K6VHF New 151 JF3MKC 103 150 N7GR 113 141 DJ7NT 100 133 W8XCT New 127 VU2YQ New 125 K9JKM New 114 K2HAT New 103 K2PLL New 102 N6UTC (DM05) New 101 XE1BRX New 100 ------------------------------------------------------------ Congratulations to the new VUCC holders. XE1BRX is first VUCC Satellite holder from DL90 CT1ETE is first VUCC Satellite holder from IN51 IK7EOT is first VUCC Satellite holder from JN80 VU2YQ is first VUCC Satellite holder from MK65 [ANS thanks Jon Goering, N7AZ, for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS NEWS Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide. RECENTLY COMPLETED CONTACTS: 149 Secondary School, Baku, Azerbaijan, direct via 4K6EH The ISS callsign was OR4ISS The rewmember was Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ The ARISS mentor was SP3QFE Contact was successful: Fri 2023-10-06 08:29:20 UTC 32 degrees elevation Congratulations to the 149 Secondary School students, Andreas, and mentor SP3QFE! Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, direct via EI1ISS The ISS callsign was OR4ISS The crewmember was Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL The ARISS mentor was EI8BP Contact was successful: Fri 2023-10-06 13:11:32 UTC 49 deg Congratulations to the Technological University Dublin students, Jasmin, and mentor EI8BP! Watch for Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E8wZd2gBoo or https://www.youtube.com/@tudublin/ UPCOMING CONTACTS: Belgian Defence (KSOO), Koninklijke School voor Onderofficieren, Sint-Truiden, Belgium, direct via ON4BAF AND telebridge to IEPSCF Colfontaine, Colfontaine, Belgium The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled crewmember is Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL The ARISS mentor is ON6TI Contact is go for: Tue 2023-10-10 11:36:29 UTC 78 deg Sekolah Kebangsaan Wangsa Maju Seksyen 2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, direct via 9M2RPN The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled crewmember is Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ The ARISS mentor is 7M3TJZ Contact is go for: Wed 2023-10-11 11:12:42 UTC 78 deg Covenant Christian Academy, West Peabody, MA, direct via N1DQF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled crewmember is Loral O’Hara KI5TOM The ARISS mentor is AB1OC Contact is go for: Fri 2023-10-13 13:51:42 UTC 39 deg (***) Watch for Livestream at https://vimeo.com/event/3761617 (***) The crossband repeater continues to be active (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} & 437.800 MHz down). If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. The packet system is also active (145.825 MHz up & down). As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. 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. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html [ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations JW7XK (Svalbard Island) will be activated around October 11th to 16th by Halvard Eriksen, LA7XK, on RS-44 and Greencube IO-117 packet satellite. (ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and DX News for the above information) ****** Jonathan, N4AKV, will be QRV ‘from the EM93/EM94 line and the FM03/FM04 line’ on the afternoon of 13th October and all day on the 14th. This will be a LEO/MEO operation. Check hams.at for passes/times. ****** Alex, N7AGF, says he’ll be in DN02 for the solar eclipse on 14th October. -Ed: this is really all I know at the moment. Best suggestion is to watch his X account or keep an eye on hams.at for additional info. ****** Adrian, N8AJM, will be QRV from EM85 (TN) 16th – 20th October. This will be LEO/MEO. Details are available at hams.at A growing number of satellite rovers are currently engaged in sharing their grid square activations on https://hams.at. By visiting the website, you gain easy access to comprehensive information about the operators responsible for activating specific grid squares. Additionally, you have the ability to assess the match score between yourself and a particular rover for a given pass, while also being able to identify the upcoming satellite passes that are accessible from your location. [ANS thanks Ian Parsons, K5ZM, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events. + ARRL Minnesota State Convention Saturday, October 14 Hennepin Technical College 9000 Brooklyn Blvd. Brooklyn Park, Minnesota http://mnconvention.org + 41st AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting October 20-21, 2023 Sheraton DFW Airport Hotel 4440 W John Carpenter Fwy, Irving, TX 75063 https://tinyurl.com/AMSAT2023 + ARRL Pacific Division Convention Friday, October 20 - Sunday, October 22 San Ramon Marriott 2600 Bishop Drive San Ramon, CA 94583 https://www.pacificon.org AMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford, K6LCS, has spoken to these clubs recently … + Gallatin Ham Radio Club, Montana + London Bridge ARC, Arizona + Sevir Amateur Radio Society, Tennessee + GOTA HAMS, Southern California + Daytona Beach ARA, Florida This month, he'll be informally visiting with hams in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands during a personal trip. Think a 75-minute presentation on "working the easy satellites" would be appropriate for your club or event in November or December? Send email to Clint at k6lcsclint (at) gmail (dot) com [ANS thanks the AMSAT Events page and Clint Bradford, K6LCS, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + The International Telecommunications Union has released a 'Handbook on Small Satellites.' The guide was developed in response to the United Nations agency's Resolution ITU-R 68 on “Improving the dissemination of knowledge concerning the applicable regulatory procedures for small satellites, including nanosatellites and picosatellites.” It includes a section (5.4) on what types of satellites should qualify for use of amateur radio frequencies. See https://www.itu.int/hub/publication/r-hdb-65-2023/ (ANS thanks the ITU for the above information) + The Federal Communications Commission has fined Dish Network $150,000 for failing to properly remove a satellite from geostationary orbit, the U.S. regulator said Oct. 2 in a first for its space debris enforcement action. The settlement includes an admission of liability from Dish for leaving EchoStar-7 at 122 kilometers above its operational geostationary arc, less than halfway to where the satellite broadcaster had agreed. (ANS thanks SpaceNews for the above information) + NASA announced on Friday (Sept. 29) that it will extend operations for New Horizons until the spacecraft exits the Kuiper Belt, which is expected in 2028 or 2029. New Horizons launched in January 2006, on a mission to provide the first-ever up-close looks at Pluto, the Kuiper Belt's most famous resident. NASA extended the mission to include a flyby of another Kuiper Belt object (KBO) — the 21-mile-wide (34 kilometers) Arrokoth. Additional extensions are possible. New Horizons has enough nuclear fuel remaining to continue flying through at least 2040, mission team members have said. (ANS thanks Space.com for the above information) + NASA delayed the launch of the Psyche asteroid mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy by a week to October 12. The spacecraft will explore the metal-rich asteroid 16 Psyche that orbits between Mars and Jupiter. (ANS thanks The Parabolic Arc for the above information) + Amazon has officially joined the race to build massive constellations of satellites that can blanket the globe in internet connectivity — a move that puts the tech company in direct competition with SpaceX and its Starlink system. The first two prototype satellites for Amazon’s network, called Project Kuiper, launched aboard a United Launch Alliance rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Friday, Oct. 6. + It was a bad week for small satellite launchers with multiple failures: Galactic Energy’s Ceres-1 suffered its first failure in 10 launches on September 21. The failure lowered the solid-fuel booster’s reliability to 90 percent. Galactic Energy has not revealed the cause of the failure. The failure came two days after a Rocket Lab Electron booster fell back to Earth after its second stage failed to ignite properly. It was the fourth failure in 40 launches for the orbital rocket, whose reliability fell to 90 percent as a result. (ANS thanks The Parabolic Arc for the above information) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/ In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to: * Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization). * 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 student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. * Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms. Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information. 73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! This week's ANS Editor, Mark Johns, KØJM k0jm [at] amsat.org

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Re: AMSAT Ambassador News
by Clint Bradford 07 Oct '23

07 Oct '23

Interesting coincidence - Just read a social media post from a fellow ham who recently contacted those SAME countries I listed that I will be visiting this month ... Of the billions of posts sent through the 'Net this week - these are the only two with those four written ... Clint K6LCS Sent from my iPhone

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Re: AO-91 and Max Valier Sat
by Clint Bradford 07 Oct '23

07 Oct '23

Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 6, 2023, at 08:42, Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > Hello all, > > While listening to this morning's AO-91 pass, I noticed CW-modulated noise in the background. So did one or more operators on AO-91, who thought that the station was trying to send CW through AO-91. > > Switching over to CW mode, I copied: "manfred es christ fuchs 73 de ii3mv max valier sat manfred es christa fuchs 73 de ii3mv max" > > This turns out to be the Max Valier satellite, launched in 2017, which (unfortunately) uses Amateur Radio spectrum for a scientific downlink and does not provide any communication resources in return. > > AO-91's downlink is close enough to Max Valier's that, with Doppler correction, may make it into your receiver's FM discriminator and show up as CW-modulated noise when AO-91's signal fades. > > Hopefully, this note will inform other stations that one should not assume intentional or unintentional interference without verifying the origin of the signal received. > > 73, > > --- Zach > N0ZGO > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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Oct 20-22 AMSAT at Pacificon.org in San Ramon, CA?
by Grant Bowman 07 Oct '23

07 Oct '23

Greetings, though we realize this conflicts with your https://www.amsat.org Dallas, TX event Oct 20-21, we are looking for someone to host a nonprofit booth or possibly do an AMSAT presentation during the annual ARRL Pacific Division Convention. https://www.pacificon.org We have extensive activities taking place all weekend as detailed on our website including operating W1AW/6 with an antenna tower, licensing, forums, vendors, etc. AMSAT has attended in the past. PACIFICON℠ 2023 October 20-22, 2023 San Ramon Marriott 2600 Bishop Drive San Ramon, CA 94583 Is someone in the area willing to participate? This would mean a lot to me since my grandfather, Stanley Benson (K6CBK), was on the founding board of directors of the 1961 OSCAR-I project, a predecessor project to AMSAT, launched from California lasting 22 days in orbit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSCAR_1 73, Grant K6CBK

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-10-07 01:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 07 Oct '23

07 Oct '23

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-10-07 01:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: 149 Secondary School, Baku, Azerbaijan, direct via 4K6EH The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ The ARISS mentor is SP3QFE Contact was successful: Fri 2023-10-06 08:29:20 UTC 32 deg (***) Congratulations to the 149 Secondary School students, Andreas, and mentor SP3QFE! (***) Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, direct via EI1ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL The ARISS mentor is EI8BP Contact was successful: Fri 2023-10-06 13:11:32 UTC 49 deg (***) Congratulations to the Technological University Dublin students, Jasmin, and mentor EI8BP! (***) Watch for Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E8wZd2gBoo or https://www.youtube.com/@tudublin/ Belgian Defence (KSOO), Koninklijke School voor Onderofficieren, Sint-Truiden, Belgium, direct via ON4BAF AND telebridge to IEPSCF Colfontaine, Colfontaine, Belgium The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL The ARISS mentor is ON6TI Contact is go for: Tue 2023-10-10 11:36:29 UTC 78 deg Sekolah Kebangsaan Wangsa Maju Seksyen 2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, direct via 9M2RPN The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ The ARISS mentor is 7M3TJZ Contact is go for: Wed 2023-10-11 11:12:42 UTC 78 deg Covenant Christian Academy, West Peabody, MA, direct via N1DQF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Loral O’Hara KI5TOM The ARISS mentor is AB1OC Contact is go for: Fri 2023-10-13 13:47:58 UTC 41 deg Watch for Livestream at https://vimeo.com/event/3761617 The ISS Fan Club has announced that there is an upcoming SSTV event from 2023-10-03 14:40 UTC to 2023-10-05 18:15 UTC. Check out this webpage for full details: https://issfanclub.eu/2023/09/29/about-gagarin-from-space-ariss-sstv-3-5-oc… The crossband repeater continues to be active. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never 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 2023-10-07 01:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2023-10-07 01:00 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ####################################################################################################################################### Comments on making general contacts I have been seeing a lot of traffic on Facebook and I suspect on other social media sites with people asking why they are not hearing the crew make general contacts. First off the crew is very busy on the ISS and they simply may not have the time to just pick up the microphone and talk. Also, one needs to be aware of their normal daily schedule. I have listed below the constraints that we at ARISS have to follow in order to schedule the school contacts. Hopefully this will help you better schedule your opportunities. Typical daily schedule Wakeup to Workday start= 1.5 hours Workday start to Workday end=12 hours Workday end to Sleep= 2 hours Sleep to wakeup= 8.5 hours The crew's usual waking period is 0730 - 1930 UTC. The most common times to find a crew member making casual periods are about one hour after waking and before sleeping, when they have personal time. They're usually free most of the weekend, as well. SSTV events are not that often. So please check out https://www.ariss.org/ for the latest information or watch for the ARISS announcements. And don’t forget that the packet system is active. As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2023 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 10, 2023 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. (***) Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 5 2023 at 7 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2023.eventbrite.com (***) Find more information and proposal instructions, visit the ARISS-USA website at: https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/ Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 216 Francesco IKØWGF with 150 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 149 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 115 Steve VE3TBD with 105 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1664. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1572. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** SpaceX Crew-7 on orbit Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ Satoshi Furukawa Konstantin Borisov Exp. 70 on orbit Oleg Kononenko Nikolay Chub Loral O’Hara KI5TOM **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ESTCube-2 launch
by Tõnis Eenmäe 06 Oct '23

06 Oct '23

Hello AMSAT-BB readers, in few hours, ESA launcher rocket Vega will send to space several satellites, ESTCube-2 among them. ESTCube-2 is a three-unit cubesat built by students of Estonian universities with international partners, coordinator of the project is been Tartu Observatory of Tartu University. The satellite is a successor of ESTCube-1 satellite and has similar primary mission - to test electric solar sail technology in the space. This time, main focus is devoted to using a charged tether to act as a plasma brake, to bring satellite back to the atmosphere much faster than it would happen naturally. ESTCube-2 has also few payloads for amateur radio community. It has functionality as an AX.25 digipeater, from time to time sending audio greetings to all of the listeners (main auditorium: schoolkids), measuring RF noise in orbit and taking images of Earth and sending full-size image data over 2.4 GHz radio. However, most of HAM-related payloads are to be expected to work not before commissioning period. Till that, satellite is sending periodically housekeeping telemetry data about it's subsystems with interval of one minute. Few days after the launch, transmission period will be set a bit longer. Over the Europe it is also possible to receive more regular responses for telecommands. That satellite will separate from launcher at 01:36:25Z on October 7, 2023 and after waiting for 45 minutes, should start sending it's beacon data. RF transmissions will occur on the frequency of 435800 kHz +- Doppler shift, transmitted signal has 9600 bps GFSK (G3RUH) modulation to send AX.25 UI packets. A bit more data together with description of housekeeping beacon data formats and preliminary (as of October 6, 2023) TLE-s can be found at: https://www.estcube.eu/blogi/Raadio There will be a small award for first radio amateur receiving ESTCube-2 data and sending it to us to address (please add your callsign/name and coordinates/WWL, too): es5ec(a)estcube.eu. With best wishes, Tõnis Eenmäe, ES5TF

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TEVEL-5
by david.greenberg 06 Oct '23

06 Oct '23

Hello All, TEVEL-5 FM transponder has been activated, starting from today, 06.10.23 19:37U for 72 hours.73,David 4X1DGנשלח מה-Galaxy שלי

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TEVEL-2
by david.greenberg 06 Oct '23

06 Oct '23

Hello All, TEVEL-2 FM transponder has been activated, starting from today, 06.10.23 19:34U for 72 hours.73,David 4X1DGנשלח מה-Galaxy שלי

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Re: AO-91 and Max Valier Sat
by Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL 06 Oct '23

06 Oct '23

At 03:42 PM 10/6/2023 +0000, Zach Metzinger wrote: >Hello all, > >While listening to this morning's AO-91 pass, I noticed CW-modulated noise >in the background. So did one or more operators on AO-91, who thought that >the station was trying to send CW through AO-91. > >Switching over to CW mode, I copied: "manfred es christ fuchs 73 de ii3mv >max valier sat manfred es christa fuchs 73 de ii3mv max" > >This turns out to be the Max Valier satellite, launched in 2017, which >(unfortunately) uses Amateur Radio spectrum for a scientific downlink and >does not provide any communication resources in return. > >AO-91's downlink is close enough to Max Valier's that, with Doppler >correction, may make it into your receiver's FM discriminator and show up >as CW-modulated noise when AO-91's signal fades. > >Hopefully, this note will inform other stations that one should not assume >intentional or unintentional interference without verifying the origin of >the signal received. > >73, > >--- Zach This happens more than you think. One neat feature of InstantTrack you can see what satellites are co-visible to each other. It was always fun do try and make cross satellite contacts. Easiest to do on linear satellites where the downlink of one is in the uplink of another. KB7ADL

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Re: AO-91 and Max Valier Sat
by Jean Marc Momple 06 Oct '23

06 Oct '23

Zach, Thanks for the info. I wish to share that during the past decade I had same kind of issue trying to decode some genuine coordinated birds and received signals from other birds who uses radio Ham frequencies without even bothering about IARU coordinations. Guys like Daniel (EA4GPZ), and others did write a lot about some abusing our spectrum for commercial ventures without giving a minimum to the HAM community, we are taken for a ride by some. The IARU coordination team is doing a great job, I therefore appeal to all national HAM associations to make the required pressure on their regulators to ensure that all birds using HAM frequencires are coordinated by IARU as a prerequisite before being deployed. My one cent input. 73 Jean Marc (3B8DU) > On Oct 6, 2023, at 7:42 PM, Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > Hello all, > > While listening to this morning's AO-91 pass, I noticed CW-modulated noise in the background. So did one or more operators on AO-91, who thought that the station was trying to send CW through AO-91. > > Switching over to CW mode, I copied: "manfred es christ fuchs 73 de ii3mv max valier sat manfred es christa fuchs 73 de ii3mv max" > > This turns out to be the Max Valier satellite, launched in 2017, which (unfortunately) uses Amateur Radio spectrum for a scientific downlink and does not provide any communication resources in return. > > AO-91's downlink is close enough to Max Valier's that, with Doppler correction, may make it into your receiver's FM discriminator and show up as CW-modulated noise when AO-91's signal fades. > > Hopefully, this note will inform other stations that one should not assume intentional or unintentional interference without verifying the origin of the signal received. > > 73, > > --- ZachEA4N0ZGO > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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Re: AO-91 and Max Valier Sat
by JOHN GEIGER 06 Oct '23

06 Oct '23

I have heard the MV satellite on AO91 downwind several times on the past. Sometimes their footprints just line up. Wonder if they would send an SWL card for a reception report.73 John AF5CC Sent using Zoho Mail ---- On Fri, 06 Oct 2023 10:42:22 -0500 amsat-bb(a)amsat.org wrote ----Hello all, While listening to this morning's AO-91 pass, I noticed CW-modulated noise in the background. So did one or more operators on AO-91, who thought that the station was trying to send CW through AO-91. Switching over to CW mode, I copied: "manfred es christ fuchs 73 de ii3mv max valier sat manfred es christa fuchs 73 de ii3mv max" This turns out to be the Max Valier satellite, launched in 2017, which (unfortunately) uses Amateur Radio spectrum for a scientific downlink and does not provide any communication resources in return. AO-91's downlink is close enough to Max Valier's that, with Doppler correction, may make it into your receiver's FM discriminator and show up as CW-modulated noise when AO-91's signal fades. Hopefully, this note will inform other stations that one should not assume intentional or unintentional interference without verifying the origin of the signal received. 73, --- Zach N0ZGO ----------------------------------------------------------- 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. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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AO-91 and Max Valier Sat
by Zach Metzinger 06 Oct '23

06 Oct '23

Hello all, While listening to this morning's AO-91 pass, I noticed CW-modulated noise in the background. So did one or more operators on AO-91, who thought that the station was trying to send CW through AO-91. Switching over to CW mode, I copied: "manfred es christ fuchs 73 de ii3mv max valier sat manfred es christa fuchs 73 de ii3mv max" This turns out to be the Max Valier satellite, launched in 2017, which (unfortunately) uses Amateur Radio spectrum for a scientific downlink and does not provide any communication resources in return. AO-91's downlink is close enough to Max Valier's that, with Doppler correction, may make it into your receiver's FM discriminator and show up as CW-modulated noise when AO-91's signal fades. Hopefully, this note will inform other stations that one should not assume intentional or unintentional interference without verifying the origin of the signal received. 73, --- Zach N0ZGO

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Re: ITU Handbook on Small Satellites
by ji1izr/Masahiro Sanada 06 Oct '23

06 Oct '23

Hello, Nico PA0DLO, de ji1izr/Masahiro. Thank you for your helpful information. This is very important information for me, too. ********************************** Masahiro Sanada JI1IZR PM95pi Hiratsuka-city Kanagawa,Japan ji1izr_1975(a)nifty.com ji1izr(a)jarl.com ji1izr(a)jamsat.or.jp blog in English: https://ji1izr.cocolog-nifty.com/ blog in Japanese: https://ji1izr.air-nifty.com/ **********************************

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Re: ITU Handbook on Small Satellites
by Paulo PV8DX 06 Oct '23

06 Oct '23

HI Nico, Thanks Excellent contribution. Some doubts resolved. I believe! 73 de Paulo PV8DX Em sex., 6 de out. de 2023 às 08:37, Nico Janssen via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> escreveu: > > Sometimes we see discussions on whether or not a satellite > can be called an "amateur satelite". > > This is what the 2023 edition of the ITU Handbook on Small Satellites says: > > "5.4 Amateur-satellite missions > > Amateur-satellite missions use satellites “self-training and > communication”, with no pecuniary interest and > could be categorised under three broad types: > • Amateur missions that allow for two-way communications including > transponders and repeaters > among others. > • Amateur missions that might provide useful technology for future > amateur missions. > • Amateur‐educational missions where there is an amateur interest, not > necessarily involving two‐ > way communications, exposing students in Science, Technology, > Engineering and Mathematics > (STEM) projects with the aim to encourage these students to enter a > career in a STEM topic. > > Key points are that the mission must be related to radio technique, and > that the mission will not offer a > pecuniary interest. The mission must relate in some way to the > advancement and understanding of the technical > and operational aspects of radio and satellite systems and are relevant > to the amateur and amateur-satellite > services. This excludes more general science payloads within missions > like earth-observation, biology, wildlife > tracking, geology, etc. which should be operated under other > radiocommunication services because they are > not related to radio technique. Furthermore, any mission that proposes > any sort of pecuniary (monetary or > financial) return is specifically excluded from amateur and > amateur-satellite service bands. > > Radio technique means having a reasonable possibility of application to > radio communication systems > operated in the amateur satellite service. Missions that are classified > as amateur-educational might study > aspects within the following topics: > • Radiocommunication modulation methods and transmission protocols > • Attitude determination and control systems > • Command and control procedures > • Radio receivers, transmitters and transponders > • Satellite antennas systems > • Sensors to study spacecraft performance > • Power controls and supplies for use in space > • Spacecraft computers, memory, operating systems, programs and related > items > • Radiation effects on electronic components > • Radio wave propagation > • Meteor trail reflection and other sporadic propagation mechanisms > • Measurements of the orbital environment > • Solar panel technologies > • Software Defined Radios > • Radiation tolerant electronics > • In-orbit spacecraft software updates. > > Technology developed and information acquired by missions studying the > above topic have direct relevance > to the advancement of the amateur-satellite service. > > Satellite missions that are purely amateur include: > • Linear transponders or FM repeaters for voice or data communications > • Digital voice repeaters > • Transmission of images using appropriate analogue or digital standards > • Amateur Packet Reporting System (APRS) transmissions > • Microwave beacons > • Digital Store-and-forward bulletin boards and global messaging systems. > > Transmission of telemetry alone and without additional mission > components is generally an insufficient reason > for a mission to be considered for operation within frequency bands > allocated to the amateur-satellite service." > > 73, > Nico PA0DLO > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at > https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at > https://mailman.amsat.org -- *73 Paulo PV8DX* LABRE/ARRL member ITU 12 - GRID FJ92pt https://www.labre-rr.org/radioamadorismonaescola.html <http://www.labre-rr.org> pv8dx(a)labre-rr.org pv8dx(a)arrl.net

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ITU Handbook on Small Satellites
by Nico Janssen 06 Oct '23

06 Oct '23

Sometimes we see discussions on whether or not a satellite can be called an "amateur satelite". This is what the 2023 edition of the ITU Handbook on Small Satellites says: "5.4 Amateur-satellite missions Amateur-satellite missions use satellites “self-training and communication”, with no pecuniary interest and could be categorised under three broad types: • Amateur missions that allow for two-way communications including transponders and repeaters among others. • Amateur missions that might provide useful technology for future amateur missions. • Amateur‐educational missions where there is an amateur interest, not necessarily involving two‐ way communications, exposing students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) projects with the aim to encourage these students to enter a career in a STEM topic. Key points are that the mission must be related to radio technique, and that the mission will not offer a pecuniary interest. The mission must relate in some way to the advancement and understanding of the technical and operational aspects of radio and satellite systems and are relevant to the amateur and amateur-satellite services. This excludes more general science payloads within missions like earth-observation, biology, wildlife tracking, geology, etc. which should be operated under other radiocommunication services because they are not related to radio technique. Furthermore, any mission that proposes any sort of pecuniary (monetary or financial) return is specifically excluded from amateur and amateur-satellite service bands. Radio technique means having a reasonable possibility of application to radio communication systems operated in the amateur satellite service. Missions that are classified as amateur-educational might study aspects within the following topics: • Radiocommunication modulation methods and transmission protocols • Attitude determination and control systems • Command and control procedures • Radio receivers, transmitters and transponders • Satellite antennas systems • Sensors to study spacecraft performance • Power controls and supplies for use in space • Spacecraft computers, memory, operating systems, programs and related items • Radiation effects on electronic components • Radio wave propagation • Meteor trail reflection and other sporadic propagation mechanisms • Measurements of the orbital environment • Solar panel technologies • Software Defined Radios • Radiation tolerant electronics • In-orbit spacecraft software updates. Technology developed and information acquired by missions studying the above topic have direct relevance to the advancement of the amateur-satellite service. Satellite missions that are purely amateur include: • Linear transponders or FM repeaters for voice or data communications • Digital voice repeaters • Transmission of images using appropriate analogue or digital standards • Amateur Packet Reporting System (APRS) transmissions • Microwave beacons • Digital Store-and-forward bulletin boards and global messaging systems. Transmission of telemetry alone and without additional mission components is generally an insufficient reason for a mission to be considered for operation within frequency bands allocated to the amateur-satellite service." 73, Nico PA0DLO

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TEVEL-7
by david.greenberg 06 Oct '23

06 Oct '23

Hello All, TEVEL-7 FM transponder has been activated, starting from today, 06.10.23 08:00U for 72 hours.73,David 4X1DGנשלח מה-Galaxy שלי

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AMSAT Ambassador News
by Clint Bradford 05 Oct '23

05 Oct '23

AMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford K6LCS has spoken to these clubs recently … Gallatin Ham Radio Club, Montana London Bridge ARC, Arizona Sevir Amateur Radio Society, Tennessee GOTA HAMS, Southern California Daytona Beach ARA, Florida This month, he'll be informally visiting with hams in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands during a personal trip. An email received after a recent presentation ... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hi Clint, Thank you for the well-done presentation this evening. After the Zoom session had ended, my members would not go home: They just wanted to keep talking about your presentation. Again, well done and thank you. 73 Phil N2EDX VP Daytona Beach ARA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Think a 75-minute presentation on "working the easy satellites" would be appropriate for your club or event in November or December? Send email to Clint at k6lcsclint (at) gmail (dot) com /end/

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Check Yo Software!
by Will Brozovic 05 Oct '23

05 Oct '23

Here is a quick video from Scott Manley addressing the recent URD (Unscheduled Rapid Descent) of Roscosmos' Luna 25 lander. About five lunar spacecraft have failed over the past few years due to software errors. I'd love to chat with anyone who has more insight to these incidents, they are quite interesting and I'd like to learn more. https://youtu.be/TJ_a4NCIImk?si=0KlRDYIRiLUBWUe4 -Will Brozovic AMSAT Flight Software

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Re: ICOM 9100 setting for BPSK 1200 satellite telemetry
by David G0MRF 04 Oct '23

04 Oct '23

Set the radio to USB, as you would do for normal audio QSOs Make sure the audio from the radio is fed to the dashboard software. You should see it in the waterfall display.Find the satellite and manually tune Doppler to see if you can get decodes and get familiar with the sound. When that works, then try the Doppler tracking. It should sound / look like this when on frequency. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFfBKQGXwtg using audio or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0RuhPoJgZU using an SDR 73 David On Wednesday, 4 October 2023 at 17:46:44 UTC, Dr. Shakeel -ur-Rehman via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: I am trying to get telemetry from funcube -1 AO 73 satellite.i have taken real time pass but only beacon sounds are received.I have installed USB audio driver for ICOM 9100.I have set CI-v to 19200 .I have correctly configured ICOM 9100 for Doppler setting in satpc32.AO 73 satellite dashboard is set for capture from sound card. Dashboard Input is set to USB audio driver. I am unable to find problem why AO 73 satellite telemetry is not being received by its dashboard software.I have taken many high elevation angle passes more than 70degree but telemetry i is not being received. Anyone please help may be ICOM BPSK 1200 mode is not set but I don't know because display on the ICOM screen doesn't Show BPSK written. Only USB main bandLsb sub band is written on the screen of ICOM.Which mode is used for BPSK demodulation.how to know that ICOM is sending the satellite Signal to dashboard software. Where to set bpsk baud rate of 1200 in ICOM. Any help I am depressed I have taken five to six passes of Real time during Day time.i have asked amsat UK and they also confirmed that the AO 73 is transmitting telemetry in Day passes. Please guide which other satellite can be tried for telemetry download and which software can be used for their telemetry decoding. Very thankful for help RegardsShakeelAP2sur ----------------------------------------------------------- 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. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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ICOM 9100 setting for BPSK 1200 satellite telemetry
by Dr. Shakeel -ur-Rehman 04 Oct '23

04 Oct '23

I am trying to get telemetry from funcube -1 AO 73 satellite.i have taken real time pass but only beacon sounds are received.I have installed USB audio driver for ICOM 9100.I have set CI-v to 19200 .I have correctly configured ICOM 9100 for Doppler setting in satpc32.AO 73 satellite dashboard is set for capture from sound card. Dashboard Input is set to USB audio driver. I am unable to find problem why AO 73 satellite telemetry is not being received by its dashboard software.I have taken many high elevation angle passes more than 70degree but telemetry i is not being received. Anyone please help may be ICOM BPSK 1200 mode is not set but I don't know because display on the ICOM screen doesn't Show BPSK written. Only USB main bandLsb sub band is written on the screen of ICOM.Which mode is used for BPSK demodulation.how to know that ICOM is sending the satellite Signal to dashboard software. Where to set bpsk baud rate of 1200 in ICOM. Any help I am depressed I have taken five to six passes of Real time during Day time.i have asked amsat UK and they also confirmed that the AO 73 is transmitting telemetry in Day passes. Please guide which other satellite can be tried for telemetry download and which software can be used for their telemetry decoding. Very thankful for help RegardsShakeelAP2sur

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ARISS News Release No. 23-51
by David Jordan 04 Oct '23

04 Oct '23

ARISS News Release No.23-51 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland October4, 2023—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboardthe International Space Station (ISS) and students at the TechnologicalUniversity in Dublin, Ireland. ARISSconducts 60-80 of these special amateur radio contacts each year betweenstudents around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboard theISS. Technological University Dublin is a large technologicaluniversity with more than 28,000 students across its five campuses. TU Dublinis a leader in STEM disciplines (with 18% of their students enrolled in STEMand 25% in apprenticeships) and also provides studies in business, media,culinary arts, and the creative and performing arts. In 2022, TU Dublinprovided 300 students between the ages of 8 and 11 years the opportunity toparticipate in a special STEM program, composed of five, space-themed workshops(STEM Try Five program). The school also collaborated with Dublin Institute ofAdvanced Studies, the Dunsink Observatory and the Irish Rocketry Association inorder to provide a series of space-centered student activities. With this ARISScontact, the school also hopes to rejuvenate the hobby of radio experimentation,to highlight the relevance of radio communication and its very importantapplications in day-to-day life. Membersof two amateur radio organizations, North DublinRadio, and the Irish Radio Transmitter Society, are supporting the school forthis ARISS contact by providing technical expertise, equipment, and ham radioactivities. This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask their questions ofAstronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, amateur radio call sign KI5WSL. The downlinkfrequency for this contact is 145.800 MHz and may be heard by listeners thatare within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the relay ground station. The amateur radio ground station for this contactis in Dublin, Ireland. Amateur radio operators using call sign EI1ISS, willoperate the ground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection. TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for October 6, 2023 at 2:11:32 pm IST (Ireland)(13:11:32 UTC, 9:11 am EDT, 8:11 am CDT, 7:11 am MDT, 6:11am PDT). Thepublic is invited to watch the live stream at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E8wZd2gBoo _______________________________ Astime allows, students will ask these questions: 1.How long does it take to train to become an astronaut? 2.How does it feel to take off into space? 3.How do you contact your family? 4.Does the International Space Station break down often? 5.Do you feel stress or anxiety when you are in outer space? 6.How do you know when it is morning and night time? 7.Do you dream differently in space? 8.How does returning from space affect your body? 9.How do you get a haircut in space? 10.What skills do you need to go into space? 11.How do you keep your food fresh? 12.Is it difficult to move in zero gravity? 13.What is the scariest part of being an astronaut? 14.Could you bring your pet with you to the Space Station? 15.Is it difficult to wear your space suit? 16.What made you want to become an astronaut? 17.What is, in your opinion, the best and worst food on the space station? 18.What do you do in your free time? 19.During launch, where does the first stage end up? 20.How long does a typical EVA last? About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that support the International Space Station(ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the American Radio Relay League(ARRL), Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), Radio Amateur SatelliteCorporation (AMSAT), NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program (SCaN)and the ISS National Lab—Space Station Explorers. The primary goal of ARISS isto promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, andmathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts viaamateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before andduring these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities takepart in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see http://www.ariss.org . MediaContact: DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISSPR Findus on social media at: Twitter:ARISS_Intl Facebook:facebook.com/ARISSIntl Instagram:ariss_intl Mastodon:[email protected] Checkout ARISS on Youtube.com.

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ARISS News Release No. 23-50
by David Jordan 04 Oct '23

04 Oct '23

ARISS News Release No.23-50 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at 149 Secondary School, Baku, Azerbaijan October4, 2023—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboardthe International Space Station (ISS) and students at the 149 Secondary School locatedin Baku, Azerbaijan. ARISS conducts60-80 of these special amateur radio contacts each year between students aroundthe globe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboard the ISS. The Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Azercosmos, is sponsoringthis ARISS contact. Participants will include secondary students at №149 andstudents from nearby schools, in grades 8 through 11. This ARISScontact coincides with two major space events - the International AstronauticalCongress in Baku in October 2023 and the annual celebration of World Space Weekin early October 2023. Students at №149 have also been participating inregional competitions in the category of exact and technical sciences demonstratingtheir scientific curiosity and interest in STEAM studies. HAM operators from the Azerbaijan Central Radio Club (4K0HQ) andthe Ganja Collective Radio Club (4K2GG) are supporting the school during this ARISScontact. This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask their questions of Astronaut Andreas Mogensen, amateurradio call sign KG5GCZ. The downlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHzand may be heard by listeners that are within the ISS-footprint that alsoencompasses the relay ground station. The amateur radio ground station for this contactis in Baku, Azerbaijan. Amateur radio operators using call sign 4K6EH, willoperate the ground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection. TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for October 6, 2023 at 12:29 pm AZT (Azerbaijan)(8:29:20 UTC, 4:29 am EDT, 3:29 am CDT, 2:29 am MDT, 1:29am PDT). : _______________________________ Astime allows, students will ask these questions: 1.How do astronauts stay physically and mentally healthy on the ISS? 2.What experiments are you working on aboard the ISS? 3.What's the biggest challenge of living in space? 4.Have you seen any unique phenomena in space? 5.How do astronauts communicate and work as a team on the ISS? 6.What inspired you to become an astronaut? 7.What's your most memorable moment looking at Earth from space? 8.What skills do astronauts need? 9.How do you manage time and routines in space? 10.What experiments or discoveries would you like to see on the ISS? 11.What do you do in case of an emergency on the ISS? 12.What are your long-term goals for space exploration? 13.How do astronauts sleep in space and do they dream? 14.How do astronauts keep in touch with their families in space? 15.How are astronauts protected against space debris and collisions? 16.How do you keep track of time in space when there is no natural cycle of dayand night? 17.How does the ISS facilitate international cooperation between space agencies? About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that support the International Space Station(ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the American Radio Relay League(ARRL), Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), Radio Amateur SatelliteCorporation (AMSAT), NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program (SCaN)and the ISS National Lab—Space Station Explorers. The primary goal of ARISS isto promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, andmathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts viaamateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before andduring these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities takepart in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see http://www.ariss.org . MediaContact: DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISSPR Findus on social media at: Twitter:ARISS_Intl Facebook:facebook.com/ARISSIntl Instagram:ariss_intl Mastodon:[email protected] Checkout ARISS on Youtube.com.

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Re: ISS SSTV
by Ignacio Granados Vega 04 Oct '23

04 Oct '23

Credits: R4UAB website, 4 October 2023 The transfer of SSTV images from the ISS is postponed to October 16-20, 2023 Attention! The transmission of images via the SSTV protocol as part of the experiment “About Gagarin from Space” from the International Space Station is postponed to October 16-20, 2023 due to technical problems. https://issfanclub.eu/2023/10/04/about-gagarin-from-space-sstv-from-the-iss… El mar, 3 oct 2023 a las 14:01, John Magliacane via AMSAT-BB (< amsat-bb(a)amsat.org>) escribió: > No copy in New Jersey, either. > > The ARISS SSTV Images website is calling the October 3-5 SSTV transmission > schedule a Verification Test, and that since this is a test of replacement > of failed components of the system, there may be unexpected outages or > issues. > > > See: > https://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/2023/10/verification-test-oct-3-5.html > > > 73 de John, KD2BD > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at > https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at > https://mailman.amsat.org -- ========================================== *Ignacio Granados Vega - TI3IES* Cartago, Costa Rica ========================================== *Cuidemos el medio ambiente. Por favor no imprima este correo si no es necesario.*

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Fw: Re: ISS SSTV not heard in Alaska 4-Oct-2023 0230Z
by William Herzberg 04 Oct '23

04 Oct '23

AA8WH Bill, at a Civil Air Patrol meetingAt Willow Run Airport, in Southeastern Michigan.I observed the ISS on a near-overhead pass at around 2330 last night.I had my 2 meter radio tuned to the 2 m, 145.800 Mhz downlink frequency. Heard nothing throughout the pass.Maybe it was over ridden by something in the space station.Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "John Antonuk - AL7ID via AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> To: "Jack Blake" <jblake8061(a)gmail.com>, "AMSAT-BB(a)AMSAT.ORG" <AMSAT-BB(a)AMSAT.ORG> Cc: Sent: Wed, Oct 4, 2023 at 12:15 AM Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: ISS SSTV not heard in Alaska 4-Oct-2023 0230Z I think that means the packet radio is being used for SSTV 73, John Antonuk AL7ID(a)yahoo.com On Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 08:12:07 PM AKDT, Jack Blake <jblake8061(a)gmail.com> wrote: Check ariss.org, ISS status and you'll see the radio used for the SSTV is misconfigured whatever that means. The paket aprs has been down for several days now. Hope they get that radio reconfigured or shut down the FM transponder and use that radio for the SSTV.Jack L. Blake On Tue, Oct 3, 2023 at 10:40 PM John Antonuk - AL7ID via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: Still nothing. 73, John Antonuk AL7ID(a)yahoo.com On Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 05:01:44 PM AKDT, John Antonuk - AL7ID via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: no sstv but I did hit the FM repeater... 73, John Antonuk AL7ID(a)yahoo.com On Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 03:29:29 PM AKDT, John Antonuk - AL7ID <al7id(a)yahoo.com> wrote: ISS SSTV not heard in Alaska 3-Oct-2023 2323Z 73, John Antonuk AL7ID(a)yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------------------- 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. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org ----------------------------------------------------------- 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. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org ----------------------------------------------------------- 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. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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Re: ISS SSTV not heard in Alaska 4-Oct-2023 0230Z
by John Antonuk - AL7ID 04 Oct '23

04 Oct '23

I think that means the packet radio is being used for SSTV 73, John Antonuk AL7ID(a)yahoo.com On Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 08:12:07 PM AKDT, Jack Blake <jblake8061(a)gmail.com> wrote: Check ariss.org, ISS status and you'll see the radio used for the SSTV is misconfigured whatever that means. The paket aprs has been down for several days now. Hope they get that radio reconfigured or shut down the FM transponder and use that radio for the SSTV.Jack L. Blake On Tue, Oct 3, 2023 at 10:40 PM John Antonuk - AL7ID via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: Still nothing. 73, John Antonuk AL7ID(a)yahoo.com On Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 05:01:44 PM AKDT, John Antonuk - AL7ID via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: no sstv but I did hit the FM repeater... 73, John Antonuk AL7ID(a)yahoo.com On Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 03:29:29 PM AKDT, John Antonuk - AL7ID <al7id(a)yahoo.com> wrote: ISS SSTV not heard in Alaska 3-Oct-2023 2323Z 73, John Antonuk AL7ID(a)yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------------------- 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. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org ----------------------------------------------------------- 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. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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Remember YOUR First Time?
by Clint Bradford 04 Oct '23

04 Oct '23

I'm in San Diego on business this week, my wife's back home in Jurupa Valley, and we are both watching the same pass of the International Space Station. I grabbed two families out of a restaurant here and walked out to the parking lot and showed them all the ISS ... While my wife was talking to a fellow school board cabinet member, and the picture is their family seeing the ISS streak across the sky for their first time. Sent from my iPhone

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Re: ISS SSTV not heard in Alaska 4-Oct-2023 0230Z
by John Antonuk - AL7ID 04 Oct '23

04 Oct '23

Still nothing. 73, John Antonuk AL7ID(a)yahoo.com On Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 05:01:44 PM AKDT, John Antonuk - AL7ID via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: no sstv but I did hit the FM repeater... 73, John Antonuk AL7ID(a)yahoo.com On Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 03:29:29 PM AKDT, John Antonuk - AL7ID <al7id(a)yahoo.com> wrote: ISS SSTV not heard in Alaska 3-Oct-2023 2323Z 73, John Antonuk AL7ID(a)yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------------------- 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. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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ISS SSTV not heard in Alaska 3-Oct-2023 2323Z
by John Antonuk - AL7ID 04 Oct '23

04 Oct '23

ISS SSTV not heard in Alaska 3-Oct-2023 2323Z 73, John Antonuk AL7ID(a)yahoo.com

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Re: ISS SSTV
by Terry Moorby 03 Oct '23

03 Oct '23

Nothing heard in Ottawa, Canada --- FN25 Terry, VE3DIJ On Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 05:49:56 p.m. EDT, Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: At 09:28 PM 10/3/2023 +0000, clintbradford(a)mac.com wrote: >Keep checking - AND report what you hear, and what you don't hear, at the >AMSAT live Oscar status page! > > > ><https://www.amsat.org/status/index.php>AMSAT OSCAR Satellite Status ><https://www.amsat.org/status/index.php>amsat.org Just wondering. If it's an antenna on the station they don't use very often, it could be something up with that antenna. I put my station on automatic, I'll see it decoded any SSTV when I get home in an hour. KB7ADL ----------------------------------------------------------- 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. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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Re: ISS SSTV
by Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL 03 Oct '23

03 Oct '23

At 09:28 PM 10/3/2023 +0000, clintbradford(a)mac.com wrote: >Keep checking - AND report what you hear, and what you don't hear, at the >AMSAT live Oscar status page! > > > ><https://www.amsat.org/status/index.php>AMSAT OSCAR Satellite Status ><https://www.amsat.org/status/index.php>amsat.org Just wondering. If it's an antenna on the station they don't use very often, it could be something up with that antenna. I put my station on automatic, I'll see it decoded any SSTV when I get home in an hour. KB7ADL

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Re: ISS SSTV
by Clint Bradford 03 Oct '23

03 Oct '23

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Re: ISS SSTV
by John Magliacane 03 Oct '23

03 Oct '23

No copy in New Jersey, either. The ARISS SSTV Images website is calling the October 3-5 SSTV transmission schedule a Verification Test, and that since this is a test of replacement of failed components of the system, there may be unexpected outages or issues. See: https://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/2023/10/verification-test-oct-3-5.html 73 de John, KD2BD

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Re: ISS SSTV
by Steve Kristoff 03 Oct '23

03 Oct '23

I tried during a pass around 1700 UTC. I'm at grid EM79. Didn''t hear anything. No sound, no picture. Steve AI9IN From: "Argiris - SV1TBV via AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> To: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 3, 2023 3:15:13 PM Subject: [AMSAT-BB] ISS SSTV Hi, has anyone received SSTV from the ISS today? I was not successful... Can anyone confirm it is on these days as announced? Argiris [SV1TBV] ----------------------------------------------------------- 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. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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TEVEL-3
by david.greenberg 03 Oct '23

03 Oct '23

Hello All, TEVEL-3 FM transponder has been activated, starting from today, 03.10.23 19:16U for 72 hours.73,David 4X1DGנשלח מה-Galaxy שלי

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ISS SSTV
by Argiris - SV1TBV 03 Oct '23

03 Oct '23

Hi, has anyone received SSTV from the ISS today? I was not successful... Can anyone confirm it is on these days as announced?Argiris [SV1TBV]

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-10-03 16:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 03 Oct '23

03 Oct '23

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-10-03 16:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: 149 Secondary School, Baku, Azerbaijan, direct via 4K6EH The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ The ARISS mentor is SP3QFE Contact is go for: Fri 2023-10-06 08:29:20 UTC 32 deg Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, direct via EI1ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL The ARISS mentor is EI8BP Contact is go for: Fri 2023-10-06 13:11:32 UTC 49 deg Watch for Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E8wZd2gBoo or https://www.youtube.com/@tudublin/ Belgian Defence (KSOO), Koninklijke School voor Onderofficieren, Sint-Truiden, Belgium, direct via ON4BAF AND telebridge to IEPSCF Colfontaine, Colfontaine, Belgium The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL The ARISS mentor is ON6TI Contact is go for: Tue 2023-10-10 11:36:29 UTC 78 deg Sekolah Kebangsaan Wangsa Maju Seksyen 2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, direct via 9M2RPN The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ The ARISS mentor is 7M3TJZ Contact is go for: Wed 2023-10-11 11:12:42 UTC 78 deg Covenant Christian Academy, West Peabody, MA, direct via N1DQF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Loral O’Hara KI5TOM The ARISS mentor is AB1OC Contact is go for: Fri 2023-10-13 13:51:42 UTC 39 deg (***) Watch for Livestream at https://vimeo.com/event/3761617 (***) The ISS Fan Club has announced that there is an upcoming SSTV event from 2023-10-03 14:40 UTC to 2023-10-05 18:15 UTC. Check out this webpage for full details: https://issfanclub.eu/2023/09/29/about-gagarin-from-space-ariss-sstv-3-5-oc… The crossband repeater continues to be active. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never 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 2023-10-03 16:30 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. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2023-09-29 21:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ####################################################################################################################################### Comments on making general contacts I have been seeing a lot of traffic on Facebook and I suspect on other social media sites with people asking why they are not hearing the crew make general contacts. First off the crew is very busy on the ISS and they simply may not have the time to just pick up the microphone and talk. Also, one needs to be aware of their normal daily schedule. I have listed below the constraints that we at ARISS have to follow in order to schedule the school contacts. Hopefully this will help you better schedule your opportunities. Typical daily schedule Wakeup to Workday start= 1.5 hours Workday start to Workday end=12 hours Workday end to Sleep= 2 hours Sleep to wakeup= 8.5 hours The crew's usual waking period is 0730 - 1930 UTC. The most common times to find a crew member making casual periods are about one hour after waking and before sleeping, when they have personal time. They're usually free most of the weekend, as well. SSTV events are not that often. So please check out https://www.ariss.org/ for the latest information or watch for the ARISS announcements. And don’t forget that the packet system is active. As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2023 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 10, 2023 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. (***) Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 5 2023 at 7 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2023.eventbrite.com (***) Find more information and proposal instructions, visit the ARISS-USA website at: https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/ Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 216 Francesco IKØWGF with 150 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 149 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 115 Steve VE3TBD with 105 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1662. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1570. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** SpaceX Crew-7 on orbit Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ Satoshi Furukawa Konstantin Borisov Exp. 70 on orbit Oleg Kononenko Nikolay Chub Loral O’Hara KI5TOM **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-10-03 08:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 03 Oct '23

03 Oct '23

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-10-03 08:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: 149 Secondary School, Baku, Azerbaijan, direct via 4K6EH The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ The ARISS mentor is SP3QFE Contact is go for: Fri 2023-10-06 08:29:20 UTC 32 deg Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, direct via EI1ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL The ARISS mentor is EI8BP Contact is go for: Fri 2023-10-06 13:11:32 UTC 49 deg Watch for Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E8wZd2gBoo or https://www.youtube.com/@tudublin/ Belgian Defence (KSOO), Koninklijke School voor Onderofficieren, Sint-Truiden, Belgium, direct via ON4BAF AND telebridge to IEPSCF Colfontaine, Colfontaine, Belgium (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL The ARISS mentor is ON6TI Contact is go for: Tue 2023-10-10 11:36:29 UTC 78 deg (***) Sekolah Kebangsaan Wangsa Maju Seksyen 2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, direct via 9M2RPN The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ The ARISS mentor is 7M3TJZ Contact is go for: Wed 2023-10-11 11:12:42 UTC 78 deg (***) Covenant Christian Academy, West Peabody, MA, direct via N1DQF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Loral O’Hara KI5TOM (***) The ARISS mentor is AB1OC Contact is go for: Tue 2023-10-10 14:39:25 UTC 57 deg (***) Watch for Livestream at https://covenantchristianacademy.org/ The ISS Fan Club has announced that there is an upcoming SSTV event from 2023-10-03 14:40 UTC to 2023-10-05 18:15 UTC. Check out this webpage for full details: https://issfanclub.eu/2023/09/29/about-gagarin-from-space-ariss-sstv-3-5-oc… The crossband repeater continues to be active. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never 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 2023-10-03 08:30 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. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2023-09-29 21:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ####################################################################################################################################### Comments on making general contacts I have been seeing a lot of traffic on Facebook and I suspect on other social media sites with people asking why they are not hearing the crew make general contacts. First off the crew is very busy on the ISS and they simply may not have the time to just pick up the microphone and talk. Also, one needs to be aware of their normal daily schedule. I have listed below the constraints that we at ARISS have to follow in order to schedule the school contacts. Hopefully this will help you better schedule your opportunities. Typical daily schedule Wakeup to Workday start= 1.5 hours Workday start to Workday end=12 hours Workday end to Sleep= 2 hours Sleep to wakeup= 8.5 hours The crew's usual waking period is 0730 - 1930 UTC. The most common times to find a crew member making casual periods are about one hour after waking and before sleeping, when they have personal time. They're usually free most of the weekend, as well. SSTV events are not that often. So please check out https://www.ariss.org/ for the latest information or watch for the ARISS announcements. And don’t forget that the packet system is active. As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2023 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 10, 2023 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. (***) Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 5 2023 at 7 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2023.eventbrite.com (***) Find more information and proposal instructions, visit the ARISS-USA website at: https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/ Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 216 Francesco IKØWGF with 150 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 149 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 115 Steve VE3TBD with 105 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1662. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1570. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** SpaceX Crew-7 on orbit Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ Satoshi Furukawa Konstantin Borisov Exp. 70 on orbit Oleg Kononenko Nikolay Chub Loral O’Hara KI5TOM **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Re: INSPIRE-Sat7 on satellite status page
by michael sartoretti 03 Oct '23

03 Oct '23

You can have a look here for now. http://www.csntechnologies.net/satStatus?cat=56211 mike On Sun, Oct 1, 2023 at 6:07 AM David Spoelstra via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > And if someone is going to fix the AMSAT Status page, would they please > remove TEVEL-1 and TEVEL-8 (or at least disable Uplink and Downlink > Active)? The owner/operator has stated on this mail list that those two > birds cannot be activated for technical reasons. That will stop some of the > incorrect spots because those two birds overlap with other TEVELs > (especially TEVEL-7 and TEVEL-8 are on top of each other at times). > -David, N9KT > > > On Sun, Oct 1, 2023 at 4:26 AM Kristijan Conkas via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Further to recent successful INSPIRE-Sat7 activations I was wondering if >> it would be possible to add it to the AMSAT live satellite status page ( >> https://www.amsat.org/status/index.php) so that going forward its status >> could be reported? >> >> While I'm at it, maybe to also add some validation to prevent submissions >> with times set in future, as this seems to be one very common issue. >> Remembering a station's call sign and grid would also go a long way to >> making reporting simpler. >> >> 73 >> Kristijan, M0NKC >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> >> 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. >> Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at >> https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ >> >> View archives of this mailing list at >> https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org >> Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at >> https://mailman.amsat.org > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at > https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at > https://mailman.amsat.org

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Re: IO-117 Question
by Kc2syf 02 Oct '23

02 Oct '23

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Re: IO-117 Question
by JoAnne Maenpaa 02 Oct '23

02 Oct '23

Hi Bernie, There's couple of active groups on facebook with discussion and news abot GreenCube operating. Look for these groups: GREENCUBE (IO-117) Satellite Users <https://www.facebook.com/groups/greencubesatellite/> CSN Technologies S.A.T. <https://www.facebook.com/groups/2661007767499917/> Icom IC-9700 Users <https://www.facebook.com/groups/IC9700/> These contain much more information than what could be typed in an e-mail. On 10/2/2023 5:34 PM, Bernie and Cheryl via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Dear Folks: > > Although I was active on some of the digital satellites many years > ago, I've not taken advantage of the more modern digital birds. I am > interested in using IO-117 and have reviewed some of the online > materials. > > I am wondering if anyone can recommend a good article (was there in > the AMSAT Journal? - if so, I missed it) or some other source of > info. I've got the RF and tracking parts of satellite operation > without difficulty, but am unsure of the software. So that's where I > need to focus. > > Thanks, in advance, for any help you can give me. > > 73 de Bernie, KF0QS > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at > https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at > https://mailman.amsat.org -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM joanne.k9jkm(a)gmail.com BM DMR TG 98006

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IO-117 Question
by Bernie and Cheryl 02 Oct '23

02 Oct '23

Dear Folks: Although I was active on some of the digital satellites many years ago, I've not taken advantage of the more modern digital birds. I am interested in using IO-117 and have reviewed some of the online materials. I am wondering if anyone can recommend a good article (was there in the AMSAT Journal? - if so, I missed it) or some other source of info. I've got the RF and tracking parts of satellite operation without difficulty, but am unsure of the software. So that's where I need to focus. Thanks, in advance, for any help you can give me. 73 de Bernie, KF0QS

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-10-02 22:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 02 Oct '23

02 Oct '23

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-10-02 22:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: 149 Secondary School, Baku, Azerbaijan, direct via 4K6EH The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ The ARISS mentor is SP3QFE Contact is go for: Fri 2023-10-06 08:29:20 UTC 32 deg Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, direct via EI1ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL The ARISS mentor is EI8BP Contact is go for: Fri 2023-10-06 13:11:32 UTC 49 deg Watch for Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E8wZd2gBoo or https://www.youtube.com/@tudublin/ Belgian Defence (KSOO), Koninklijke School voor Onderofficieren, Sint-Truiden, Belgium, direct via ON4ALV & ON4AWM/Telebridge AND IEPSCF Colfontaine, Colfontaine, Belgium The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL (***) The ARISS mentor is ON6TI Contact is go for: Tue 2023-10-10 11:39:24 UTC 78 deg (***) Sekolah Kebangsaan Wangsa Maju Seksyen 2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, direct via 9M2RPN The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ (***) The ARISS mentor is 7M3TJZ Contact is go for: Wed 2023-10-11 11:16:18 UTC 68 deg (***) Covenant Christian Academy, West Peabody, MA, direct via N1DQF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Loral O’Hara KI5TOM (***) The ARISS mentor is AB1OC Contact is go for: Tue 2023-10-10 14:39:25 UTC 57 deg (***) Watch for Livestream at https://covenantchristianacademy.org/ The ISS Fan Club has announced that there is an upcoming SSTV event from 2023-10-03 14:40 UTC to 2023-10-05 18:15 UTC. Check out this webpage for full details: https://issfanclub.eu/2023/09/29/about-gagarin-from-space-ariss-sstv-3-5-oc… The crossband repeater continues to be active. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never 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 2023-10-02 22:30 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. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2023-09-29 21:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ####################################################################################################################################### Comments on making general contacts I have been seeing a lot of traffic on Facebook and I suspect on other social media sites with people asking why they are not hearing the crew make general contacts. First off the crew is very busy on the ISS and they simply may not have the time to just pick up the microphone and talk. Also, one needs to be aware of their normal daily schedule. I have listed below the constraints that we at ARISS have to follow in order to schedule the school contacts. Hopefully this will help you better schedule your opportunities. Typical daily schedule Wakeup to Workday start= 1.5 hours Workday start to Workday end=12 hours Workday end to Sleep= 2 hours Sleep to wakeup= 8.5 hours The crew's usual waking period is 0730 - 1930 UTC. The most common times to find a crew member making casual periods are about one hour after waking and before sleeping, when they have personal time. They're usually free most of the weekend, as well. SSTV events are not that often. So please check out https://www.ariss.org/ for the latest information or watch for the ARISS announcements. And don’t forget that the packet system is active. As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2023 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 10, 2023 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. (***) Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 5 2023 at 7 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2023.eventbrite.com (***) Find more information and proposal instructions, visit the ARISS-USA website at: https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/ Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 216 Francesco IKØWGF with 150 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 149 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 115 Steve VE3TBD with 105 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1662. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1570. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** SpaceX Crew-7 on orbit Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ Satoshi Furukawa Konstantin Borisov Exp. 70 on orbit Oleg Kononenko Nikolay Chub Loral O’Hara KI5TOM **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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TEVEL-6
by david.greenberg 02 Oct '23

02 Oct '23

Hello All, TEVEL-6 FM transponder has been activated, starting from today, 02.10.23 18:28U for 72 hours.73,David 4X1DGנשלח מה-Galaxy שלי

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VUCC Satellite Standing October 2023
by Jon Goering 01 Oct '23

01 Oct '23

------------------------------------------------------------ VUCC Satellite Award/Endorsement Change Summary for September 01, 2023 to October 01, 2023. ------------------------------------------------------------ AA5PK 1350 1382 N8RO 1342 1356 W5CBF 841 1201 KF7R 1027 1050 N0JE 1000 1025 DF2ET 950 1000 N3GS 932 980 K6FW 825 951 CO6CBF 841 900 XE1L 639 860 EA2AA 800 825 W8LR 783 801 OZ9AAR 700 800 N6UK 707 777 K0JM 601 702 KE8FZT 625 700 N9FN 569 700 KB1HY 521 604 VA7LM 400 600 N8MR 557 581 NM3B 566 572 JL1SAM 410 511 A65BR 455 477 IW7DOL 101 474 HB9GWJ 412 450 KO9A 423 424 N3CAL 352 412 AB1OC 400 407 AG7NR 300 350 F6EQD 130 311 M0SKM 118 300 W1LE New 300 N6PAZ 262 290 CT1ETE New 283 AD2DD 175 261 N9XG 151 252 JR0GAS 140 250 ZS2BK 213 244 JA6SZV 205 207 KH6WI 155 203 JQ1TIV New 201 W6AER 126 201 IK7EOT New 171 K6VHF New 151 JF3MKC 103 150 N7GR 113 141 DJ7NT 100 133 W8XCT New 127 VU2YQ New 125 K9JKM New 114 K2HAT New 103 K2PLL New 102 N6UTC (DM05) New 101 XE1BRX New 100 ------------------------------------------------------------ Congratulations to the new VUCC holders. XE1BRX is first VUCC Satellite holder from DL90 CT1ETE is first VUCC Satellite holder from IN51 IK7EOT is first VUCC Satellite holder from JN80 VU2YQ is first VUCC Satellite holder from MK65 73 Jon N7AZ

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Re: INSPIRE-Sat7 on satellite status page
by David Spoelstra 01 Oct '23

01 Oct '23

And if someone is going to fix the AMSAT Status page, would they please remove TEVEL-1 and TEVEL-8 (or at least disable Uplink and Downlink Active)? The owner/operator has stated on this mail list that those two birds cannot be activated for technical reasons. That will stop some of the incorrect spots because those two birds overlap with other TEVELs (especially TEVEL-7 and TEVEL-8 are on top of each other at times). -David, N9KT On Sun, Oct 1, 2023 at 4:26 AM Kristijan Conkas via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > Further to recent successful INSPIRE-Sat7 activations I was wondering if > it would be possible to add it to the AMSAT live satellite status page ( > https://www.amsat.org/status/index.php) so that going forward its status > could be reported? > > While I'm at it, maybe to also add some validation to prevent submissions > with times set in future, as this seems to be one very common issue. > Remembering a station's call sign and grid would also go a long way to > making reporting simpler. > > 73 > Kristijan, M0NKC > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at > https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at > https://mailman.amsat.org

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INSPIRE-Sat7 on satellite status page
by Kristijan Conkas 01 Oct '23

01 Oct '23

Hi all, Further to recent successful INSPIRE-Sat7 activations I was wondering if it would be possible to add it to the AMSAT live satellite status page ( https://www.amsat.org/status/index.php) so that going forward its status could be reported? While I'm at it, maybe to also add some validation to prevent submissions with times set in future, as this seems to be one very common issue. Remembering a station's call sign and grid would also go a long way to making reporting simpler. 73 Kristijan, M0NKC

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ANS-274 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins For October 1, 2023
by Frank Karnauskas (N1UW) 01 Oct '23

01 Oct '23

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-274 In this edition: * Apogee View * Twigggs/Pugh Planning 30 ThinSat Launch for Schools * Window for Educational/ARISS Contact Proposals Now Open * SSTV Event Scheduled for ARISS on October 3, 2023 * ARISS News * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events * Satellite Shorts From All Over The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, 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 [dot] org. You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/ ANS-274 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins To: All RADIO AMATEURS From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation 712 H Street NE, Suite 1653 Washington, DC 20002 DATE 2023 OCT 01 Apogee View The end of my summer is marked by a trek up north to “the Friendliest Hamfest in the World” - the Huntsville Hamfest, and this year was no exception. I had the pleasure of spending Saturday at the AMSAT booth, assisting the volunteers to answer questions and share the excitement of amateur radio in space. Tim Cunningham, N8DEU, an AMSAT Ambassador, has represented AMSAT at the Huntsville Hamfest for as long as I can remember and has been doing a fabulous job. In addition, it was great working and getting the chance to catch up with Peter Spinnelli, N4YOT, Barry Baines, WD4ASW, Jim McCullers, WA4CWI, and Dr. Alan Biddle, WA4SCA. The following Monday, we got a shout-out on the nationally syndicated radio show, The Rick and Bubba Show. This should not be a surprise as Bill “Bubba” Bussey not only holds the amateur radio call sign, KJ4JJ, but he is also an AMSAT member. With less than two months to go, our team, led by Zach Metzinger, N0ZGO, and Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, are at a full sprint in planning for the 41st AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, to be held Friday, October 20th through Saturday, October 21st. This year, we will be in Dallas, Texas, at the Sheraton DFW Airport adjacent to the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. The Space Symposium will kick off at 1:00 PM on Friday and break at 5:00 PM for dinner on your own, followed by a Friday Night Social and Auction, starting at 7:00 PM. The symposium presentations will begin Saturday at 8:00 AM and end at 3:15 PM, with an hour break in between for lunch. I look forward to presentations as they give us a glimpse into what everyone is working on within the AMSAT community. Saturday afternoon, we will hold our annual general meeting with our members to report on our progress for the year. Then, we will cap off the symposium Saturday night with our banquet. For those still around Sunday morning, we will have an AMSAT member breakfast to share one last meal before returning home. Our board of directors holds an in-person meeting before each AMSAT Symposium, and this year is no exception. While the agenda has not been finalized yet, our directors will meet all day Thursday and the first half of Friday to elect officers for the coming year, receive reports from AMSAT Officers, be brought up-to-date on the various programs and projects our volunteers are working on, and discuss new proposals as we continue to create new pathways for amateur radio in space. The Board of Directors Meeting is open to all AMSAT members, so if you arrive early, you are welcome to join us. I am excited about this year’s AMSAT Space Symposium and look forward to meeting with all of our members. Please attend if you have the opportunity. Until next time, keep reaching for the stars as we continue our path Onward and Upward! [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT President for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Hungary Lil' Buckaroo? Make Your Reservation for the Symposium Banquet Today! It's a Belt Bustin' Texas Style Barbecue with Smoked BBQ Sliced Brisket and Roasted BBQ Chicken BBQ Baked Beans, Southern Style Potato Salad, Roasted Corn Salad Greens, Corn Bread, Pecan Pie and all the fixin's! More Info At: https://tinyurl.com/AMSAT2023 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Twigggs/Pugh Planning 30 ThinSat Launch for Schools Bob Twiggs, KE6QMD, and Nick Pugh, K5QXJ will be partnering with the University of Louisiana and other organizations to apply for a NASA grant to fly a 3 U satellite with approximately 30 small thin sats. This program is designed so high schools and universities with minimal satellite experience can have an opportunity to place satellites in low earth orbit (LEO). This program anticipates schools with budgets of less than $500 to get to space. Bob and Nick will be presenting this initiative at the 41st Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting to be held at the Sheraton DFW Hotel on October 20-21, 2023. See https://amsat.org for more information on the Symposium. If anyone knows of a school who would like to be part of this program, please contact Nick directly at rjtwiggs [at] gmail [dot]com. They are asking for anyone of this list who has experience in obtaining a FCC license for sub 1U satellites. [ANS thanks Nick Pugh, K5QXJ, for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Window for Educational/ARISS Contact Proposals Now Open The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 10, 2023. Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 5 2023 at 7 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2023.eventbrite.com Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations' volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio. Please direct any questions to education(a)ariss-usa.org. [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Need new satellite antennas? Purchase M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ SSTV Event Scheduled for ARISS on October 3, 2023 R4UAB reports that from October 3, 2023 to October 5, 2023 images will be transmitted from the International Space Station via the SSTV protocol as part of the “About Gagarin from Space” experiment. The topic of the program is the first artificial Earth satellite, amateur radio satellites, school satellites. SSTV images will be transmitted on 145.800 MHz using a Kenwood TM-D710 transceiver. They are expected to use the PD-120 SSTV format. The scheduled start of transmission is October 03, 2023 at approximately 14:40 UTC. The end of transmission is scheduled at October 05, 2023 at approximately 18:15 UTC. The date and time may change. The “Russia ISS SSTV” diploma is awarded to radio amateurs (observers) for receiving SSTV (slow-scan television) broadcasts from aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the space experiment (SE) “About Gagarin from Space.” To receive the “Russia ISS SSTV” Diploma, one must receive and decode three images transmitted over a radio channel from on board the ISS using the SSTV protocol only on the days of the SE . Each image must be at least 90% complete and of acceptable quality. Information on earning the certificate is available at https://r4uab.ru/diplom-iss-sstv/. AMSAT Argentina is also offering a diploma for reception of ISS SSTV images. Learn more at http://amsat.org.ar/?f=9. [ANS thanks AMSAT Argentina and R4UAB for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition? Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff from our Zazzle store! 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ARISS NEWS Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide. Completed Contacts + Southwest State University (SWSU), Kursk, Russia, direct via UB3WCL. The ISS callsign was RSØISS. The crewmember was Sergey Prokopyev. The ARISS mentor was RV3DR. Contact was successful on September 21, 2023. + Escuela Preparatoria La Salle, Torreon Coah, Mexico, telebridge via IK1SLD. The ISS callsign was OR4ISS. The scheduled crewmember was Jasmin Moghbeli, KI5WSL. The ARISS mentor was VE3TBD. Contact was successful on September 22, 2023. (This was the first ARISS contact with Mexico.) + Colegio Educación del Talento, Yerba Buena, Tucumán, Argentina, direct via LU5KHF. The ISS callsign was NA1SS. The scheduled crewmember was Andreas Mogensen, KG5GCZ, or Jasmin Moghbeli, KI5WSL. The ARISS mentor was VE6JBJ. Contact was successful on September 25, 2023. + MAEI "School No. 16 of Blagoveshchensk, Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via RKØJ. The ISS callsign was RSØISS. The crewmember was Oleg Kononenko. The ARISS mentor was RV3DR. Contact was successful on September 28, 2023. Upcoming Contacts + 149 Secondary School, Baku, Azerbaijan, direct via 4K6EH. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS. The scheduled crewmember is Andreas Mogensen, KG5GCZ. The ARISS mentor is SP3QFE. Contact is go for Friday, October 6, 2023- at 08:31:05 UTC. + Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, direct via EI1ISS. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS. The scheduled crewmember is Jasmin Moghbeli, KI5WSL. The ARISS mentor is EI8BP. Contact is go for Friday, October 6, 2023 at 13:13:17 UTC. The crossband repeater continues to be active (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} & 437.800 MHz down). If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. The packet system is also active (145.825 MHz up & down). As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. 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. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html [ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ The 2023 AMSAT President's Club coins are here now! To commemorate the 40th anniversary of its launch on June 16, 1983, this year's coin features an image of AMSAT-OSCAR 10. Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Upcoming Satellite Operations A growing number of satellite rovers are currently engaged in sharing their grid square activations on https://hams.at. By visiting the website, you gain easy access to comprehensive information about the operators responsible for activating specific grid squares. Additionally, you have the ability to assess the match score between yourself and a particular rover for a given pass, while also being able to identify the upcoming satellite passes that are accessible from your location. [ANS thanks Ian Parsons, K5ZM, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events. + ARRL Minnesota State Convention October 14, 2023 Hennepin Technical College 9000 Brooklyn Blvd. Brooklyn Park, Minnesota More information at http://mnconvention.org. + 2023 AMSAT-UK Colloquium & RSGB Convention October 14-15, 2023 Kents Hill Park Conference Centre Milton Keynes MK7 6BZ, United Kingdom More information at https://amsat-uk.org/. + 41st AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting October 20-21, 2023 Sheraton DFW Airport Hotel 4440 W John Carpenter Fwy, Irving, TX 75063 More information at https://launch.amsat.org/event-5363188. [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + Fredric Raab, KK6NOW, will present the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator in his presentation entitled: "Adopt a Satellite: Using SatNOGS in the Classroom" at the SmallSat Education Conference, Kennedy Space Center, 28-39 October 2023. More information at www.smallsateducation.org. [ANS thanks Fredric Raab, KK6NOW, for the above information.] + WSJT-X has released a beta version with full duplex, ideal for use on RS-44, AO-109, and other linear satellites. It also includes many other useful satellite operating features. Download at https://sourceforge.net/projects/wsjt-x-improv [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/ In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to: * Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization). * 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 student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. * Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms. Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information. 73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! This week's ANS Editor, Frank Karnauskas, N1UW n1uw [at] amsat [dot] org

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ISS-SSTV Oct 3-5
by Amsat Argentina 30 Sep '23

30 Sep '23

ARISS announces that from Oct3 to Oct5 plans to emit SSTV from the ISS, mode PD-120 on 145.800 MHz. Oportunity to start or complete de ISS-SSTV Diploma granted by AMSAT-LU, bases on http://amsat.org.ar?f=9 . Date/time could change see/translate https://r4uab.ru/2023/09/29/s-borta-mks-s-03-oktyabrya-2023-goda-po-05-okty… ISS Passes in local time: http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=iss 73, LU7AA, AMSAT Argentina

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-09-29 21:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 29 Sep '23

29 Sep '23

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-09-29 21:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: MAEI "School No. 16 of Blagoveshchensk named after Hero of the Soviet Union, pilot-cosmonaut A.A. Leonov", Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via RKØJ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Oleg Kononenko The ARISS mentor is RV3DR Contact was successful for Thu 2023-09-28 08:42 UTC (***) Congratulations to the School No. 16 students, Oleg, and mentor RV3DR! (***) 149 Secondary School, Baku, Azerbaijan, direct via 4K6EH The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ The ARISS mentor is SP3QFE Contact is go for: Fri 2023-10-06 08:29:20 UTC 32 deg Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, direct via EI1ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL The ARISS mentor is EI8BP Contact is go for: Fri 2023-10-06 13:11:32 UTC 49 deg Watch for Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E8wZd2gBoo or https://www.youtube.com/@tudublin/ (***) The ISS Fan Club has announced that there is an upcoming SSTV event from 2023-10-03 14:40 UTC to 2023-10-05 18:15 UTC. Check out this webpage for full details: https://issfanclub.eu/2023/09/29/about-gagarin-from-space-ariss-sstv-3-5-oc… (***) The crossband repeater continues to be active. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never 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 2023-09-29 21:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2023-09-29 21:00 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ####################################################################################################################################### Comments on making general contacts I have been seeing a lot of traffic on Facebook and I suspect on other social media sites with people asking why they are not hearing the crew make general contacts. First off the crew is very busy on the ISS and they simply may not have the time to just pick up the microphone and talk. Also, one needs to be aware of their normal daily schedule. I have listed below the constraints that we at ARISS have to follow in order to schedule the school contacts. Hopefully this will help you better schedule your opportunities. Typical daily schedule Wakeup to Workday start= 1.5 hours Workday start to Workday end=12 hours Workday end to Sleep= 2 hours Sleep to wakeup= 8.5 hours The crew's usual waking period is 0730 - 1930 UTC. The most common times to find a crew member making casual periods are about one hour after waking and before sleeping, when they have personal time. They're usually free most of the weekend, as well. SSTV events are not that often. So please check out https://www.ariss.org/ for the latest information or watch for the ARISS announcements. And don’t forget that the packet system is active. As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2023 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 10, 2023 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. (***) Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 5 2023 at 7 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2023.eventbrite.com (***) Find more information and proposal instructions, visit the ARISS-USA website at: https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/ Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 216 (***) Francesco IKØWGF with 150 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 149 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 115 Steve VE3TBD with 105 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1662. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1570. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** SpaceX Crew-7 on orbit Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ Satoshi Furukawa Konstantin Borisov Exp. 70 on orbit Oleg Kononenko Nikolay Chub Loral O’Hara KI5TOM **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Re: AO-7 status?
by Zach Metzinger 29 Sep '23

29 Sep '23

On 9/28/23 17:19, Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB wrote: > After some success with RS-44, I wanted to try my hand at this old gal. > However, AO-7 appears to be off-the-air today: I checked the usual Mode > B and then Mode A (10m) as well. The status page also lists a lot of > stations which haven't heard her today. Looks like she's back in action today! I was, at least partially, successful in working K2PLL via CW on the 21:00 pass today, which only peaked about 21deg at my QTH. I was able to hear K2PLL on SSB, but not work him on that mode. RX via "plumber's delight" 2m j-pole, no preamp, TX via my 3-D printed Lindenblad design from the Sept/Oct 2020 Journal. More motivation to get the Az rotator and short Yagis in the attic actually pointing. :-) 73, --- Zach N0ZGO

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TEVEL-2
by david.greenberg 29 Sep '23

29 Sep '23

Hello All, TEVEL-2 FM transponder has been activated, starting from today, 29.09.23 19:34U for 72 hours.73,David 4X1DGנשלח מה-Galaxy שלי

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TEVEL-7
by david.greenberg 29 Sep '23

29 Sep '23

Hello All, TEVEL-7 FM transponder has been activated, starting from today, 29.09.23 18:33U for 72 hours.73,David 4X1DGנשלח מה-Galaxy שלי

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TEVEL-5
by david.greenberg 29 Sep '23

29 Sep '23

Hello All, TEVEL-5 FM transponder has been activated, starting from today, 29.09.23 18:19U for 72 hours.73,David 4X1DGנשלח מה-Galaxy שלי

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Re: AO-7 status?
by Jim McCullers 28 Sep '23

28 Sep '23

It was 4:30 Central time with plenty of sun so possibly batteries were depleted and charging. 73 Jim McCullers WA4CWI Only working in the daylight. I was last on mode B about 3 days ago. 73, John Antonuk AL7ID(a)yahoo.com <mailto:[email protected]> On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 02:19:07 PM AKDT, Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hello all, After some success with RS-44, I wanted to try my hand at this old gal. However, AO-7 appears to be off-the-air today: I checked the usual Mode B and then Mode A (10m) as well. The status page also lists a lot of stations which haven't heard her today. Anyone have news to share? 73, --- Zach N0ZGO ----------------------------------------------------------- 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. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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Re: AO-7 status?
by John Antonuk - AL7ID 28 Sep '23

28 Sep '23

Only working in the daylight. I was last on mode B about 3 days ago. 73, John Antonuk AL7ID(a)yahoo.com On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 02:19:07 PM AKDT, Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: Hello all, After some success with RS-44, I wanted to try my hand at this old gal. However, AO-7 appears to be off-the-air today: I checked the usual Mode B and then Mode A (10m) as well. The status page also lists a lot of stations which haven't heard her today. Anyone have news to share? 73, --- Zach N0ZGO ----------------------------------------------------------- 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. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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AO-7 status?
by Zach Metzinger 28 Sep '23

28 Sep '23

Hello all, After some success with RS-44, I wanted to try my hand at this old gal. However, AO-7 appears to be off-the-air today: I checked the usual Mode B and then Mode A (10m) as well. The status page also lists a lot of stations which haven't heard her today. Anyone have news to share? 73, --- Zach N0ZGO

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-09-28 02:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 28 Sep '23

28 Sep '23

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-09-28 02:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: MAEI "School No. 16 of Blagoveshchensk named after Hero of the Soviet Union, pilot-cosmonaut A.A. Leonov", Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via RKØJ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Oleg Kononenko The ARISS mentor is RV3DR Contact is go for Thu 2023-09-28 08:42 UTC (***) 149 Secondary School, Baku, Azerbaijan, direct via 4K6EH The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ The ARISS mentor is SP3QFE Contact is go for: Fri 2023-10-06 08:29:20 UTC 32 deg Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, direct via EI1ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL The ARISS mentor is EI8BP Contact is go for: Fri 2023-10-06 13:11:32 UTC 49 deg Watch for Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E8wZd2gBoo or https://www.youtube.com/@tudublin/ (***) The crossband repeater continues to be active. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never 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 2023-09-28 02:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2023-09-25 23:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ####################################################################################################################################### Comments on making general contacts I have been seeing a lot of traffic on Facebook and I suspect on other social media sites with people asking why they are not hearing the crew make general contacts. First off the crew is very busy on the ISS and they simply may not have the time to just pick up the microphone and talk. Also, one needs to be aware of their normal daily schedule. I have listed below the constraints that we at ARISS have to follow in order to schedule the school contacts. Hopefully this will help you better schedule your opportunities. Typical daily schedule Wakeup to Workday start= 1.5 hours Workday start to Workday end=12 hours Workday end to Sleep= 2 hours Sleep to wakeup= 8.5 hours The crew's usual waking period is 0730 - 1930 UTC. The most common times to find a crew member making casual periods are about one hour after waking and before sleeping, when they have personal time. They're usually free most of the weekend, as well. SSTV events are not that often. So please check out https://www.ariss.org/ for the latest information or watch for the ARISS announcements. And don’t forget that the packet system is active. As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2023 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 10, 2023 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. (***) Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 5 2023 at 7 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2023.eventbrite.com (***) Find more information and proposal instructions, visit the ARISS-USA website at: https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/ Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 215 Francesco IKØWGF with 150 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 149 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 115 Steve VE3TBD with 105 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1661. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1569. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** SpaceX Crew-7 on orbit Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ Satoshi Furukawa Konstantin Borisov Exp. 70 on orbit Oleg Kononenko Nikolay Chub Loral O’Hara KI5TOM **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-09-27 19:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 27 Sep '23

27 Sep '23

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-09-27 19:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Oleg Kononenko The ARISS mentor is RV3DR Contact is go for Thu 2023-09-28 08:45 UTC 149 Secondary School, Baku, Azerbaijan, direct via 4K6EH The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ The ARISS mentor is SP3QFE Contact is go for: Fri 2023-10-06 08:29:20 UTC 32 deg (***) Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, direct via EI1ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL The ARISS mentor is EI8BP Contact is go for: Fri 2023-10-06 13:11:32 UTC 49 deg (***) Exp. 68 now back on earth. (***) Congratulations on a job well done! (***) Sergey Prokopyev Francisco Rubio Dimitri Petelin Exp. 70 on orbit (***) Welcome aboard! (***) Oleg Kononenko Nikolay Chub Loral O’Hara KI5TOM The crossband repeater continues to be active. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never 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 2023-09-27 19:30 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. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2023-09-25 23:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ####################################################################################################################################### Comments on making general contacts I have been seeing a lot of traffic on Facebook and I suspect on other social media sites with people asking why they are not hearing the crew make general contacts. First off the crew is very busy on the ISS and they simply may not have the time to just pick up the microphone and talk. Also, one needs to be aware of their normal daily schedule. I have listed below the constraints that we at ARISS have to follow in order to schedule the school contacts. Hopefully this will help you better schedule your opportunities. Typical daily schedule Wakeup to Workday start= 1.5 hours Workday start to Workday end=12 hours Workday end to Sleep= 2 hours Sleep to wakeup= 8.5 hours The crew's usual waking period is 0730 - 1930 UTC. The most common times to find a crew member making casual periods are about one hour after waking and before sleeping, when they have personal time. They're usually free most of the weekend, as well. SSTV events are not that often. So please check out https://www.ariss.org/ for the latest information or watch for the ARISS announcements. And don’t forget that the packet system is active. As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2023 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 10, 2023 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. (***) Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 5 2023 at 7 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2023.eventbrite.com (***) Find more information and proposal instructions, visit the ARISS-USA website at: https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/ Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 215 Francesco IKØWGF with 150 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 149 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 115 Steve VE3TBD with 105 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1661. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1569. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 68 now back on earth. (***) Congratulations on a job well done! (***) Sergey Prokopyev Francisco Rubio Dimitri Petelin SpaceX Crew-7 on orbit Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ Satoshi Furukawa Konstantin Borisov Exp. 70 on orbit (***) Welcome aboard! (***) Oleg Kononenko Nikolay Chub Loral O’Hara KI5TOM **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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free s band
by Bob Johnson 26 Sep '23

26 Sep '23

Grettings- Free to good home a box of misc S band down converters and a nice signal source. Just pay shipping probably a large or medium flat rate box. Left over from AO-40 (sobsob) days. Been just sitting around the shack too long. 73 Bob W7LRD

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