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CY9C Update
by Paul Stoetzer 25 Aug '16

25 Aug '16

Just saw this on Twitter from WW2DX. Go get them! Even if you don't normally chase grids or DX, please do get on and work them! As Drew said on a previous post, we want to get them a lot of QSOs so they'll see it as worth the effort on future trips. @WW2DX 5m5 minutes ago Victoria, Subd. A, Nova Scotia Hey @AMSAT @AmsatUK #cy9c will attempt every pass today!! Looking forward to the pileup :) #hamradio #dx #amsat 73, Paul, N8HM

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Canadian maritime expedition & LoTW
by Stephen E. Belter 25 Aug '16

25 Aug '16

We’re only a few days from home; had a wonderful time exploring New England and the Canadian Maritime provinces. During our trip, I took the opportunity to practice operating portable. My thanks to K8YSE, N8HM, and W5PFG for their advice and encouragement. The current count is 20 grids activated, some rare and some not so: GO10, GO11, GO21, GN07, GN08, GN09, GN18, GN19, GN38, FN02, FN03, FN23, FN34, FN41, FN43, FN46, FN67, FN75, FN76, and FN96. 215 total QSOs. Thank you to everyone for their patience and for allowing me to monopolize many satellite passes. If I didn’t hear you, my apologies. I don’t hear well (i.e., hearing aids) and I don’t hear well (i.e., pointing the antenna and tuning the radio). I still need lots of practice and I need to work on my equipment. All of my contacts have been uploaded to LoTW. If we made contact and you aren’t getting a confirmation via LoTW, please contact me so that we can discover my mistakes. Hopefully we can do this again on my next trip. Best way to hear about any operating plans are to follow me on Twitter @sbelter. 73, Steve N9IP -- Steve Belter, seb(a)wintek.com

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Gravity Gradient?
by Robert Bruninga 25 Aug '16

25 Aug '16

My understanding of Gravity Gradient is that a small spacecraft with a long boom and tip mass will align in an UP/Down attitude. But it is bi-stable so either end can be up and be stable. What about a small satellite with TWO booms (dipole wires) in opposite directions with small tip masses, it will be just as stable as before but I may even get by with half the mass on each end. More or less. When I mean “stable” I mean roughly up down, anything within +/- 40 degrees is still a vertical HF antenna…. Besides faraday rotation will rotate the received pattern every whichaway anyway. I disagree with an opinion I have received that says “gravity gradient” wont work with dual opposite end tip masses. Says one has to be bigger and it cannot be in the middle. I disagree. Any professionals have an opinion? Bob, Wb4aPR

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ISS vs NO-84 digi
by E.Mike McCardel 24 Aug '16

24 Aug '16

I just had the ISS and NO84 both in my footprint for 4 minutes ~2228-2232 UTC. I was driving and only had my VX-8 with a rubber duck. I CB usually hear the ISS and occasionally capture its packets. With NO-84 I can sometimes hear the packets but not capture them with the HT. What I am wondering is with a better setup and time to work them: A. could I Digipeat both of them at the same time? B. Would they Digipeat each other? C. Could I digi through them both D. How Would be able to tell ? 73, EMike EMike McCardel, AA8EM Rotating Editor AMSAT News Service Sent from my iPhone

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Correction time activation TM38CDXC
by f5gva-1＠wanadoo.fr 24 Aug '16

24 Aug '16

Hi all >From 1 to 15 September 2016, I activate the special call TM38CDXC for 38 th Convention of Clipperton DX Club. Sorry for this mistake (not 3 to 25 september) QRV AO-07 in mode B, FO-29, SO-50, AO-73, AO-85, and satellites XW The activation will be done on my free time. Activation will take place since my QRA (JN18IT) and the club radio F6KOP (JN18PN) I hope to contact you The QSL will be sent automatically by the bureau. 73, good DX Claude F5GVA Satellite amateur radio station http://f5gva.pagesperso-orange.fr/

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3CAT2 telemetry decoded
by Dani EA4GPZ 24 Aug '16

24 Aug '16

Hi all, Using a recording of Scott K4KDR, I've been able to decode telemetry of the 3CAT2 satellite, which transmits 9k6 AX.25 BPSK telemetry in 145.970MHz. To my knowledge, this is the first time that an Amateur decodes signals from this satellite. More info: http://destevez.net/2016/08/decoding-packets-from-3cat2/ 73, Dani EA4GPZ.

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Arianespace Launch Webcast Wednesday August 24
by JoAnne Maenpaa 24 Aug '16

24 Aug '16

Big rocket launches send a thrill up my leg and one is scheduled for today, August 24, when Arianespace flight VA232 will orbit the Intelsat 33e and Intelsat 36 satellites. A webcast will be available 15 minutes prior to launch: http://www.arianespace.com/ (then click "Live this Launch") Arianespace says liftoff is planned on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 as early as possible within the following launch window: . Between 06:55 p.m. and 07:40 p.m., Kourou time . Between 05:55 p.m. and 06:40 p.m., Washington D.C. time . Between 09:55 p.m. and 10:40 p.m., Universal Time (UTC) . Between 11:55 p.m. and 12:40 a.m., Paris time. Tune in and watch the giant rumble in the Amazon jungle! -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org

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Put your portable AMSAT Field Day Solar panels to work!
by Robert Bruninga 24 Aug '16

24 Aug '16

If you have spare solar panels, put them on the air! I finally connected the extra solar panels on my junk hauling Van not only for the very rare (1%) use in providing power at Ham Field events, but more importantly for capturing the extra 500W (99% of the time) into my house. http://aprs.org/Energy/solar/boat/VanPanels509xX.jpg Once you have a Solar NET-METER account, then every solar panel you have lying around can contribute to your daily energy needs. This includes panels on my van (shown), or on an RV if you have one. In the photo above, you can see my 6’ cube Ham radio Comm shelter (trailer) overgrown with vines, but it is operational and ready to go. The other panel you see is going on its roof. See shelter photo on: http://aprs.org/FD-Prius-Power.html This way, you can justify buying large panels for these other vehicles because now they are contributing 100% 0f the time, not just the 1% of the time you might be using the actual vehicle. Large 250W panels are now under $200 from sunelec.com (sales) Connect them to a 500W or so Chinese grid-tie inverter (under $150 on Ebay). But again, this only works if you have a net meter account OR if you generate less power than the absolute minimum that your house draws at ANY TIME during the day. If your meter goes backwards (without a net meter) it will still count UPWARDS and you will pay the utility for the excess you gave them. The economics of solar comes from net metering and 24/7/365 production. If you have to store your energy in a battery, the battery costs will be 2/3rds of your investment. Just using solar panels to trickle charge backup batteries has no economic value. The solar panels are producing nothing when the batteries are full. And you are wasting your solar investment. But hooked to grid tie, you get full retail value for every watt you produce. Thus, my recommendation (if you haven’t gone solar already) is to contract for the SMALLEST Solar system you can get estimates for. When they are done, you are official, permitted, inspected and certified and have a net meter. From then on, ANY extra solar you feed to your grid-tie gets retail value to you 24/7/365. Solar is here to stay and amortized, costs less than half the utility. See http://aprs.org/solar-now.html Its perfect for Ham Radio support. Bob, WB4APR

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[Video] Jogging while Listening to the ISS! (Kopernik reception)
by John Brier 24 Aug '16

24 Aug '16

https://youtu.be/vpnCQ3-Xai0 I wasn't really able to listen to the ISS while jogging, but this video does include both jogging and the ISS. Please Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/SpaceComms1?sub_confirmation=1 This was inspired by Casey Neistat's vlogging style. If you haven't watched any of his videos, check em out. This is my reception of Astronaut Jeff Williams talking with summer camp students at the Kopernik Observatory and Science Center in Vestal, New York on Thursday, August 18th, 2016. I received this in Raleigh, North Carolina on top of an old landfill turned into a park. Last week’s video (My First SO-50 Contact! And 18 QSL Cards from 2000!): https://youtu.be/S2lHDKqTYXg Questions: 1. We are building robots here at camp, what sort of robots do you use and how do they help you? 2. Has anything broken on the Space Station and how did you fix it? 3. What interest or activities did you have when you were young that helped you in qualifying for your current position? 4. How long have you been at the space station? 5. How long did it take you to get used to being in microgravity and what are some effects from microgravity you have noticed? 6. Do you have Internet up in the space? 7. What's the weather like in space? 8. How do you sleep without floating all over? 9. What did you have to study in school to become an astronaut? 10. Do you have children? If so how do you communicate with them when you are away? 11. Are you working on any research or science projects on the Space Station? 12. I heard training to be an astronaut can be very difficult. What was the toughest aspect of training in your opinion? 13. Have you ever seen a UFO? 14. What do you eat when you are in space? How do you pack food to take into space? Does it all need to be freeze dried like astronaut ice cream? 15. What do you and the other astronauts do for fun during your downtime? 16. At what age did you first become interested in space? 17. What languages do you speak? 18. What is your day like in space? 19. (Something about the upcoming space walk) 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-08-24 02:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 24 Aug '16

24 Aug '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-08-24 02:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis IN, direct via N9DR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kate Rubins KG5FYJ Contact was successful: Tue 2016-08-23 15:09:15 UTC 42 deg (***) Lewis and Clark National Historic Park, Astoria, OR, direct via KF7TCG The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS (***) Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-09-03 18:21:03 UTC 42 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz. **************************************************************************** *** All ARISS contacts are made via the Ericsson radio unless otherwise noted. **************************************************************************** *** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 121 Francesco IKØWGF with 117 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-08-24 02:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1081. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1046. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2016-08-24 02:30 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 47 on orbit Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Aleksey Ovchinin Exp. 48 on orbit Anatoly Ivanishin Kate Rubins KG5FYJ Takuya Onishi KF5LKS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS contact with The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis IN
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis IN on 23 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:09 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and N9DR. The contact should be audible over portions of the mid U.S. and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Founded in 1925, the Children's Museum of Indianapolis creates immersive, interdisciplinary experiences that promote inquiry-based family learning across the arts, sciences, and humanities. The museum is a 473,000 square foot, five-level facility that houses 11 permanent exhibit galleries, two traveling exhibit spaces, a children's theater, a planetarium, a public library, a preschool, and a collection of more than 115,000 artifacts and objects. Most recently, the Children's Museum opened Beyond Spaceship Earth, and immersive exhibit focused on human space travel. Beyond Spaceship Earth features three components: a recreation of portions of the inside of the International Space Station (ISS); a one-of-a-kind, immersive space object experience called the Schaefer Planetarium & Space Object Theater; and an Astronaut Wall of Fame, which will pay tribute to more than 30 astronauts with ties to Indiana. Hosting more than one million visitors each year, the museum has received numerous accolades, including being named one of the top 3 science centers in the country by Family Fun magazine. The museum has been ranked as the number one children's museum by Forbes.com. Through a variety of free and discounted admission programs for underserved populations, as well as its community outreach efforts targeting local neighborhood residents and urban public schools, the Museum ensures that its visitor population is diverse. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How do astronauts get the water they need? 2. What experiments are you conducting on the ISS? 3. Do you have any free time while on the ISS and if so, what do you do? 4. How many personal items do you bring with you to outer space and what types of items do you bring? 5. Do you have plants on the ISS and if so, how do you grow them. What type of food do you eat? 6. How does lack of gravity affect the body? 7. I know you have astronauts from different countries. How do you communicate with each other? 8. What do you do with all of your trash while you are in space? 9. How long do you train before you are ready for a mission? 10. What is it like to sleep in space? 11. What is it like to do an EVA? 12. What is the most difficult task for you to do in space? 13. What happens if you need spare parts to fix something on the space station. 14. What happens to your body while you are in space? 15. What is the biggest lesson you have learned while being in space? 16. Without the ability to get fresh air into the space station, what does the ISS smell like? 17. What advice would you give to kids who want to be an astronaut? 18. What is your least favorite thing to do in space and why? 19. What is your favorite part of being an astronaut on the ISS? 20. What is your favorite food on the ISS? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): TBD About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Upcoming Foxes (Re: RadFxSat Launch Vehicle Assembly
by Peter Laws 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 11:59 AM, Jerry Buxton <n0jy(a)amsat.org> wrote: > Officially (per launch manifests) vs. Internally: > Fox-1 | (Fox-1A) > Fox-1C | (Fox-1Cliff, it was named Cliff after the launch was secured) > Fox-1D | (Fox-1D) > RadFxSat | (Fox-1B) > RadFxSat-2 | (Fox-1E) Some of the stuff I dug up on amsat.org is a few years old, so see if what I gathered is correct (only Fox names/OSCAR numbers used): AO-85 - U/v (FM) - active Fox-1B - U/v (FM) - 2017Q1 Fox-1Cliff - U/v|L/v (FM) - 2016Q4 Fox-1D - U/v|L/v (FM) - 2016Q4 Fox-1E - V/u (linear) - ??? Is this accurate? -- Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train!

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CY9C Update - Planned to be QRV tomorrow (8/24)
by Paul Stoetzer 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

>From @WW2DX on Twitter: "Sats will be tomorrow, wind is too fierce currently. Antennas built today." 73, Paul, N8HM

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NF measurements
by Zach Metzinger 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

Hello all, I'd like to find someone in the DFW area who has access to or know someone who has a HP 8970? I lack the facilities to do NF measurements on a 2m LNA I've built, and I'd like to see how close I got to predicted. (A spectrum analyzer + ENR head + NF personality would also work) Thanks, --- Zach N0ZGO

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special call TM38CDXC
by f5gva-1＠wanadoo.fr 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

Hi all >From 3 to 25 September 2016, I activate the special call TM38CDXC for 38 th Convention of Clipperton DX Club. QRV AO-07 in mode B, FO-29, SO-50, AO-73, AO-85, and satellites XW The activation will be done on my free time. Activation will take place since my QRA (JN18IT) and the club radio F6KOP (JN18PN) I hope to contact you The QSL will be sent automatically by the bureau. 73, good DX Claude F5GVA Satellite amateur radio station http://f5gva.pagesperso-orange.fr/

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-08-23 07:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-08-23 07:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis IN, direct via N9DR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kate Rubins KG5FYJ Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-08-23 15:09:15 UTC 42 deg Lewis and Clark National Historic Park, Astoria, OR, direct via KF7TCG The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kate Rubins KG5FYJ (***) Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-09-03 18:21:03 UTC 42 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz. **************************************************************************** *** All ARISS contacts are made via the Ericsson radio unless otherwise noted. **************************************************************************** *** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 121 Francesco IKØWGF with 117 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-08-23 07:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1080. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1045. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2016-08-21 06:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 47 on orbit Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Aleksey Ovchinin Exp. 48 on orbit Anatoly Ivanishin Kate Rubins KG5FYJ Takuya Onishi KF5LKS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Grid Expedition to EO91 (Moosonee, ON)
by Ken Alexander 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

I'm happy to announce a grid expedition to Moosonee, ON, which is in EO91. I will be arriving early afternoon on Friday September 23rd and leaving late afternoon Monday September 26th. That gives me four days to put EO91 on the air via satellite. Moosonee is a Cree village located on the Moose River, which empties into James Bay, about 15 km downstream. It's someplace I have always wanted to visit and when I'm not on the air I will be wandering through the town, photographing things of interest. By land, Moosonee is only accessible by train; The Polar Bear Express that runs from Cochrane, ON. It's also accessible by air at much greater expense. I will be driving to Cochrane and taking a few days to get there, which will enable me to activate other grids along the way, such as FN06, FN07, FN08, EN98 and EN99. Why not EO90? There's nothing there! There appear to be two roads into EO90 from the south, but I'm not taking my Volkswagen on them. Cochrane is at the bottom edge of EN99, so it would be a very long day's drive on unknown roads to even set foot in EO90 and return to Cochrane. Plus, as far as I can tell, there are no gas stations, food stops, accommodations or cellphone service along the way. If you break down you are well and truly screwed until someone finds you. Maybe some other time. The Polar Bear Express has "flag stops" in EO90, where by prearrangement they will drop you off at the side of the track at one of several predetermined locations. Some of them are at power dams on the Abitibi River, where they are not set up to accommodate unexpected guests. Other flag stops are in the middle of nowhere, and have probably been set up decades ago to pick up and drop off prospectors and trappers. The only part of the trip that is carved in stone at the moment are the days in Moosonee (EO91) itself. I'll start working out an on-air schedule based on what SatPC32 can tell me. Times will change slightly as we get closer to the date. Things are more fluid regarding the days before the train trip to Moosonee, but I have allowed about 3 or 4 days to get to Cochrane, which ought to be sufficient to operate a little from most of the grids I mentioned. Updates will appear on Twitter. More verbose notifications will appear here. Regards, Ken VE3HLS

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High side current sensor chips?
by Robert Bruninga 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

What are people using on their cubesats (etc) for current sensors? The MAX-471 we have been using since 2001 (PCSAT) in all our designs are now obsolete. We want a chip with internal shunt and up to say 2 amps or so. Bob, WB4APR

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NO84 APRS
by John Marranca, Jr 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

I have been interested in the PSAT NO84 satellite. The downlink of 145.825 is mentioned in many places. Is the uplink ALSO 145.825 MHz???

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CY9C Update
by K4FEG 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

Hello All: Fresh from *Pat, N2IEN*, a status report on the *CY9C* operations from *Sable Island*. I am sure most of you know that they have had high winds & sustained antenna systems damage, here is Pat's update this morning: /To: W2JV// //Subject: CY9C // //// //Pete--an update on LEO. We've had some setbacks. First, there were logistical issues getting people to this uninhabited Island and dealing with setting up under difficult conditions. Then last night a storm hit. Took out our EME array and knocked down the partially assembled sat yagis. Our G5500 suffered some damage. Not sure of its status; we're about to get some high winds again so we put it away. Soon as wx clears we'll test it. If it's toast, we might be able to use the G5500 from the EME setup. Worse comes to worse, I'll use the Arrow. Please pass this info on to AMSAT members. // //Thanks! // //73 Pat N2IEN / This may or may not result in limited satellite operations. /*Stay Tuned folks,*//* *//*73*//* *//*K4FEG*/

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Re High side current sensor chips?
by David G0MRF 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

Hi Bob. We have used numerous INA194 chips from Texas Instruments. They run from the supply that's being monitored. Can send the circuit and layout image if you wish David G0MRF What are people using on their cubesats (etc) for current sensors? The MAX-471 we have been using since 2001 (PCSAT) in all our designs are now obsolete. We want a chip with internal shunt and up to say 2 amps or so. Bob, WB4APR

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Fw: CY9C
by W2JV 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

Update from CY9C: Pete--an update on LEO. We've had some setbacks. First, there were logistical issues getting people to this uninhabited Island and dealing with setting up under difficult conditions. Then last night a storm hit. Took out our EME array and knocked down the partially assembled sat yagis. Our G5500 suffered some damage. Not sure of its status; we're about to get some high winds again so we put it away. Soon as WX clears we'll test it. If it's toast, we might be able to use the G5500 from the EME setup. Worse comes to worse, I'll use the Arrow. Thanks! 73 Pat N2IEN 73’s Peter W2JV

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unsubscribe
by Don Pittman 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

Please unsubscribe this email address from the list thank you. Donald Pittman WB8ZOM

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Re: [amsat-bb] EsHail Microwave transponder satellite_ 2.4 Ghz / 10.5 Ghz dual-band feed
by Daniel Cussen 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

I have documented the new combined feed for EsHail from Germany. Coverage is not available in North America but for everyone else .... http://www.batc.org.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=101 There is a DIY version (prototype) here: http://remco.org/index.php/2016/06/03/eshail2-dual-band-dish-feed/ Dan EI9FHB

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FUNcube-1 Mode change
by Graham Shirville 21 Aug '16

21 Aug '16

Hi All, I can report that FUNcube-1 is now autonomously switching between sunlight and eclipse operation. Full time transponder operation should resume next weekend. 73 Graham G3VZV

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FCC Part 97 Regulations on transmission of music
by Tony Stone 21 Aug '16

21 Aug '16

I have edited out all non music related parts. Part 97 : Sec. 97.113 Prohibited transmissions (a) No amateur station shall transmit: (4) Music using a phone emission except as specifically provided elsewhere in this section; communications intended to facilitate a criminal act; messages encoded for the purpose of obscuring their meaning, except as otherwise provided herein; obscene or indecent words or language; or false or deceptive messages, signals or identification. (c) No station shall retransmit programs or signals emanating from any type of radio station other than an amateur station, except propagation and weather forecast information intended for use by the general public and originated from United States Government stations, and communications, including incidental music, originating on United States Government frequencies between a manned spacecraft and its associated Earth stations. Prior approval for manned spacecraft communications retransmissions must be obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Such retransmissions must be for the exclusive use of amateur radio operators. Propagation, weather forecasts, and manned spacecraft communications retransmissions may not be conducted on a regular basis, but only occasionally, as an incident of normal amateur radio communications. [58 FR 43072, Aug. 13, 1993; 58 FR 47219, Sept. 8, 1993, as amended at 71 FR 25982, May 3, 2006; 71 FR 66462, Nov. 15, 2006; 75 FR 46857, Aug. 4, 2010] Tony Stone w4tas(a)gte.net

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Amateur Radio BIRDS CubeSat Constellation
by David G0MRF 21 Aug '16

21 Aug '16

Hi Steve. It's certainly one of the 3 or 4 types of content that is prohibited in the UK. I can't imagine that the Japanese would allow it either. Probably OK as a file transfer, but not as analog FM on amateur radio spectrum. Hopefully if this is declared as one of the mission objectives in the frequency coordination request the applicants would have been advised against it and the application put on hold. On the other hand.....Imagine the payment due to the performers of the music if the fee assessment is based on 'total audience in the broadcast area' !! Could make the cost of the satellite seem insignificant. Regards David G0MRF Saw this in today's AMSAT newsletter: " A particularly interesting mission of BIRDS project is the SNG mission that exchanges music via a digi-singer. It is an outreach-oriented mission. First, music in MIDI format is uploaded from ground. Then the MIDI file is processed on-board using a vocal synthesizer. Finally, the processed music is sent back to Earth using UHF antenna as voice FM data. " Isn't music transmission prohibited in the United States amateur radio service? Steve AI9IN

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Amateur Radio BIRDS CubeSat Constellation
by skristof＠etczone.com 21 Aug '16

21 Aug '16

Saw this in today's AMSAT newsletter: " A particularly interesting mission of BIRDS project is the SNG mission that exchanges music via a digi-singer. It is an outreach-oriented mission. First, music in MIDI format is uploaded from ground. Then the MIDI file is processed on-board using a vocal synthesizer. Finally, the processed music is sent back to Earth using UHF antenna as voice FM data. " Isn't music transmission prohibited in the United States amateur radio service? Steve AI9IN

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-08-21 06:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 21 Aug '16

21 Aug '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-08-21 06:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Kopernik Observatory & Science Center, Vestal NY, direct via K2ZRO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Contact was successful: Thu 2016-08-18 16:24:42 UTC 29 deg (***) Daisen Elementary School, Saihaku-gun, Japan, direct via 8J4DISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS Contact was successful: Sat 2016-08-20 08:50:19 UTC 42 deg (***) The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis IN, direct via N9DR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kate Rubins KG5FYJ Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-08-23 15:09:15 UTC 42 deg **************************************************************************** ** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz. **************************************************************************** *** All ARISS contacts are made via the Ericsson radio unless otherwise noted. **************************************************************************** *** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 121 (***) Francesco IKØWGF with 117 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-08-21 06:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1080. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1045. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2016-08-21 06:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 47 on orbit Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Aleksey Ovchinin Exp. 48 on orbit Anatoly Ivanishin Kate Rubins KG5FYJ Takuya Onishi KF5LKS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ANS-234 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Joseph Spier 21 Aug '16

21 Aug '16

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-234 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * Call for 2016 AMSAT Space Symposium Papers * AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Ballots Due by September 15th * Happy 20th Birthday to FO-29! * 2016 AMSAT Space Symposium Registration Reminder * Amateur Radio BIRDS CubeSat Constellation * RadFxSat-2 (Fox-1E) Launch Scheduled for December 2017 * Graham Shirville G3VZV to be next BATC President * AMSAT Events * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-234.01 ANS-234 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 234.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE August 21, 2016 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-234.01 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for 2016 AMSAT Space Symposium Papers The 2016 AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting and Space Symposium will be held on the weekend of November 10- 14, 2016. Proposals for papers, symposium presentations, and poster presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community. We request a tentative title of your presentation as soon as possible, but no later than September 15th. The final copy must be submitted by October 15th for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv(a)amsat.org The 2016 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting will be held aboard the cruise ship Carnival Liberty departing from the port of Galveston,Texas on November 10, 2016 and returning to port on November 14, 2016. [ANS thanks 2016 AMSAT Space Symposium Committee for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Ballots Due by September 15th Ballots have been mailed to AMSAT-NA members in good standing, and must be returned to the AMSAT-NA office by September 15, 2016 in order to be counted. Those sent outside North America were sent by air mail. If you have not received your ballot package in a reasonable time for your QTH, please contact the AMSAT-NA office. Your completed ballot should be sent as promptly as possible, and those from outside North American preferably by air mail or other expedited means. This year there are five candidates: Tom Clark, K3IO Clayton Coleman, W5PFG Mark Hammond, N8MH Bruce Paige, KK5DO Paul Stoetzer, N8HM The three candidates receiving the highest number of votes will be seated as voting Board Members with two year terms. The two candidates receiving the next highest number of votes will be non-voting Alternate Board Members with terms of one year. Please vote for no more than three candidates. Please take the time to review the candidate statements that accompany the ballot and determine who you wish to see on the Board. Election of Board members is both an obligation as well as an opportunity by our membership to help shape the future direction of AMSAT-NA. [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Happy 20th Birthday to FO-29! Happy 20th Birthday to Fuji-OSCAR 29! FO-29, known as JAS-2 (Japan Amateur Satellite #2) prior to launch, was built by the Japan Amateur Radio League and launched on August 17, 1996 from Tanegashima Space Center on an H-II launch vehicle into a 1,323 km x 800 km orbit with an inclination of 98.5 degrees. In addition to a 100 kHz wide analog Mode V/u (JA) transponder, the satellite also includes a packet BBS and digitalker. While the packet BBS and digitalker are non-functional, the analog transponder continues to provide excellent service to the present day. With an apogee of 1,323 km, FO-29 provides satellite operators with excellent DX opportunities every few months when the passes over a certain area are at or near apogee. Intercontinental QSOs are regularly reported, including between Japan and Alaska as well as North America and Europe. Although the theoretical maximum range at apogee is 7,502 km, the excellent sensitivity of the transponder as well as it’s strong and solid 1 watt downlink signal allows that distance to be stretched when the conditions are suitable. The longest distance QSO made via FO-29’s analog transponder occurred on August 27, 2015 with an unscheduled 7,599.959 km contact between KG5CCI in Arkansas and F4CQA in France. The sensitivity of the transponder and Mode V/U configuration also allow for the effective use of minimal equipment. QSOs have been reported using a single Yaesu FT-817 transceiver and the stock rubber duck antenna. Taking advantage of the large footprint and ease of use, the K1N DXpedition to Navassa Island made a total of 29 QSOs during two passes of FO-29 on February 12, 2015 using a single Yaesu FT-817 along with an Arrow antenna, activating that extremely rare DX entity on satellite for the first time since 1978. To this day, FO-29 remains the most widely used linear transponder satellite and an ideal satellite for beginners looking to become active on the linear transponder satellites to try first. The FO-29 control station maintains a blog (in Japanese) at http://blog.goo.ne.jp/fo-29 The JARL also offers an award for confirmed QSOs with ten different stations via FO-29. http://www.amsat.org/?p=5417 [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA and Paul, N8HM for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 AMSAT Space Symposium Registration Reminder - Booking your Carnival Cruise does not register you for the AMSAT Symposium. There is a charge for each Symposium attendee of $40. This fee applies to those who will attend the technical presentations only and includes a copy of the printed Proceedings. Additional guests are entitled to attend all other events. The registration form is available from the AMSAT office or store website. Online Symposium registration: http://store.amsat.org/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=130 - Ground transportation options have been added to the FAQ page on the AMSAT Symposium web page. Carnival offers round-trip transportation from HOU airport to the cruise terminal at approximately $74 per person, IAH airport $94 per person. If you are traveling to the Board of Directors meeting, you may still utilize the Carnival transportation option for your return to the airport from the cruise terminal. However, you will need to obtain other transportation between the airport and the Galveston DoubleTree hotel. Cruise information may be found at: http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=3667 [ANS thanks 2016 AMSAT Space Symposium Committee for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Amateur Radio BIRDS CubeSat Constellation The BIRDS constellation, planned to deploy from the ISS in 2017, will consist of four 1U CubeSats (BIRD-B, BIRD-J, BIRD-G and BIRD-M). They are made of the exactly same design including the radio frequencies to be used and will be deployed together. The main mission of the constellation is to do experiments on radio communication with a CubeSat constellation via a network of UHF/VHF amateur radio ground stations all over the world. The challenge is to distinguish each satellite from the four satellites transmitting with the same frequency, hand over operation of a satellite from one ground station to another and assemble the satellite data, such as housekeeping telemetry, music and the Earth images, obtained at different ground stations. Amateur radio enthusiasts are asked to join the network to assist in the data downlink and reconstruction of the patchy satellite data into one meaningful data. Orbit information and operational plan of each satellite will be made available to the amateur radio community in the world. Software to decode the satellite data will be also made available. The respective amateur ground stations that can successfully decode the telemetry data, music and the Earth images, shall receive a QSL card from the BIRDS team. The data reconstructed by the effort of the amateur ground station network will be made public to share the sense of satisfaction and achievement. A particularly interesting mission of BIRDS project is the SNG mission that exchanges music via a digi-singer. It is an outreach-oriented mission. First, music in MIDI format is uploaded from ground. Then the MIDI file is processed on-board using a vocal synthesizer. Finally, the processed music is sent back to Earth using UHF antenna as voice FM data. During organized events on space utilization with schools or general public, music could be heard using a common hand-held receiver and hand-made Yagi antenna positioned to track the satellite at each given pass over the region. This has a tremendous effect on awareness of radio communication among school children and general public, especially in the countries participating in the BIRDS project, Japan, Ghana, Mongolia, Nigeria and Bangladesh. Proposing to use CW, 1k2 AFSK FM, audio FM and 9k6 GMSK downlinks. Planning a JAXA sponsored deployment from the ISS during 2017. BIRDS project information: http://birds.ele.kyutech.ac.jp/ http://birds.ele.kyutech.ac.jp/amateur.html http://birds.ele.kyutech.ac.jp/newsletter.html https://www.facebook.com/Joint-Global-Multi-Nation-Birds-BIRDS-project- 171403156542445/ Download the Paper – IAA-CU-15-01-16 Five-nations CubeSat constellation; An inexpensive test case for learning and capacity building https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289868265_IAA-CU-15-01-16_Five- nations_CubeSat_constellation_An_inexpensive_test_case_for_learning_and_capaci- _ty_building The IARU Satellite Frequency Coordination pages are hosted by AMSAT-UK at http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- RadFxSat-2 (Fox-1E) Launch Scheduled for December 2017 AMSAT has been informed that the launch for the NASA Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) XX mission carrying RadFxSat-2 (Fox-1E) has been scheduled for December 2017. In addition to RadFxSat-2, the ELaNa XX mission will carry 12 CubeSats constructed both by NASA and several universities around the United States. The mission will be launched by Virgin Galactic on their LauncherOne air launch to orbit system from Mojave, CA RadFxSat-2, like RadFxSat (Fox-1B), is a partnership opportunity between the Vanderbilt University Institute for Space and Defense Electronics and AMSAT and will carry a similar radiation effects experiment, studying new FinFET technology. RadFxSat-2 will be the fifth Fox-1 satellite built by AMSAT. Fox-1A, now AMSAT- OSCAR 85 (AO-85), was launched on October 8, 2015 and is fully operational, providing science data from it's onboard experiments and FM transponder service for the amateur radio community. Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D are scheduled for launch this fall and RadFxSat is scheduled to launch in early 2017. The RadFxSat-2 spacecraft bus will be built on the Fox-1 series but will feature a linear transponder “upgrade” to replace the standard FM transponder in Fox-1A through D. In addition, the uplink and downlink bands will be reversed from the previous Fox satellites in a Mode V/u (J) configuration using a 2 meter uplink and 70 cm downlink. The downlink will feature a 1200 bps BPSK telemetry channel to carry the Vanderbilt science data in addition to a 30 kHz wide transponder for amateur radio use. [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA and Paul, N8HM for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Graham Shirville G3VZV to be next BATC President The British Amateur Television Club (BATC) has announced that Graham Shirville, G3VZV, has been chosen to be the organization's next President. He first joined BATC in the early 1970’s, where he supported the development of the network of ATV repeaters in the UK for many years. More recently he has been closely involved with the development of the HamTV system on the ISS and with the schools contacts with Tim Peake during his Principia Mission. Graham has also been a driving force behind AMSAT-UK’s FUNcube satellite projects and was briefly shown working on the FUNcube-1 satellite in the RSGB Youth video Amateur Radio – a 21st Century Hobby. He provided the deployment mechanism for the Slow Scan Television (SSTV) satellite ARISSat-1/KEDR which was released from the International Space Station by cosmonauts Sergei Volkov RU3DIS and Alexander Samokutyaev. British Amateur Television Club http://www.batc.org.uk/ https://amsat-uk.org/2016/08/19/graham-shirville-g3vzv-batc-president/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Events Information about AMSAT activities at other important events around the country. Examples of these events are radio club meetings where AMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working amateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations, forums, and/or demonstrations). *Saturday, 3 September 2016 - Shelby Hamfest in Shelby, NC (ARRL North Carolina State Convention) - AMSAT Forum Only *Saturday and Sunday, 10-11 September 2016 Boxboro Hamfest in Boxborough, MA (ARRL New England Division Convention) *Friday, 23 September 2016 – presentation at Jet Propulsion Laboratory Amateur Radio Club in Pasadena CA *Friday and Saturday, 21-22 October 2016 – CopaFest 2016, south of Maricopa AZ *Saturday, 12 November 2016 – Oro Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest in Marana AZ *Saturday, 3 December 2016 – Superstition Superfest in Mesa AZ *Saturday, 14 January 2017 – Thunderbird Hamfest 2017 in Phoenix AZ *Saturday, 4 February 2017 – Palm Springs Hamfest in Palm Springs CA *Friday-Sunday, 10-12 February 2017 Orlando HamCation in Orlando, FL *Friday and Saturday, 17-18 February 2017 – Yuma Hamfest in Yuma AZ [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News Successful Contacts * Daisen Elementary School, Saihaku-gun, Japan, direct via 8J4DISS The ISS callsign was scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut was Takuya Onishi KF5LKS Contact was successful: Sat 2016-08-20 08:50:19 UTC 42 deg Signal was very clear and strong. 13 students prepared 26 questions. They got 15 answers. News papers : 4 TV : 5 Audience: 210 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHcoPW5Ex-I Oyama Elementary School is near the Oyama National Park in Tottori Prefecture. It is a small elementary school with a population of 76. This school contact will involve 13 students in the sixth grade (ages 11 and 12), who will interview astronaut Onishi. * Kopernik Observatory & Science Center, Vestal NY, direct via K2ZRO The ISS callsign was scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut was Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Contact was successful: Thu 2016-08-18 16:24:42 UTC 29 deg * A telebridge contact via IS1SLD with students attending Space Camp at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville AL, USA, was successful Thu 2016-08-11 14:48:24 UTC 83 deg. * A direct contact via OK2KET with the OK2KJT Radioclub, Valasska Polanka, Czech Republic, was successful Wed 2016-08-10 18:56:17 UTC 90 deg. Upcoming Contacts * The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis IN, direct via N9DR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kate Rubins KG5FYJ Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-08-23 15:09:15 UTC 42 deg Founded in 1925, the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis creates immersive, interdisciplinary experiences that promote inquiry-based family learning across the arts, sciences, and humanities. The museum is a 473,000 square foot, five-level facility that houses 11 permanent exhibit galleries, two traveling exhibit spaces, a children’s theater, a planetarium, a public library, a preschool, and a collection of more than 115,000 artifacts and objects. Most recently, the Children’s Museum opened Beyond Spaceship Earth, and immersive exhibit focused on human space travel. Beyond Spaceship Earth features three components: a recreation of portions of the inside of the International Space Station (ISS); a one-of-a-kind, immersive space object experience called the Schaefer Planetarium & Space Object Theater; and an Astronaut Wall of Fame, which will pay tribute to more than 30 astronauts with ties to Indiana. Hosting more than one million visitors each year, the museum has received numerous accolades, including being named one of the top 3 science centers in the country by Family Fun magazine. The museum has been ranked as the number one children’s museum by Forbes.com. Through a variety of free and discounted admission programs for under-served populations, as well as its community outreach efforts targeting local neighborhood residents and urban public schools, the Museum ensures that its visitor population is diverse. Watch http://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html for information about upcoming contacts as they are scheduled. [ANS thanks ARISS, Dave, AA4KN, and Charlie, AJ9N for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend - Satellite operation On the AMSAT-BB, Ken, GW1FKY reports: With reference to the question about satellite operation for this years "International Lighthouse /Lightship " events ( ILL ) dates Saturday 20 th and Sunday 21st august 2016. Over here in Wales ( United Kingdom ) the " Barry Amateur Radio Society " will be operating from a twin pair of lighthouses located at "NASH POINT" situated on the coast of the Bristol Channel - South Wales. We will be limited to operation during approx. 0700 -1600 hrs GMT only I regret to say. " In addition to operating on the HF and VHF bands I also plan to set up my portable satellite equipment for operation and contacts during suitable passes" Callsign /Lighthouse and details as follows GC6BRC - Lighthouse ( High ) Ref: UK0071: GC4BRS - Lighthouse ( Low ) Ref: UK0072 Locator Ref: IO81FJ QSL Manager : MW0DHF (Philip King) Weather is not looking to good - hopefully it will not deter our plans for operation. [ANS thanks Ken, GW1FKY and AMSAT-UK for the above information] YX0V DXpedition to Aves Island to Include Satellite Operations The YX0V DXpedition to Aves Island, scheduled for August 31, 2016 – September 10, 2016, will include satellite operations. Aves Island, a dependency of Venezuela located west of Dominica and Guadeloupe in the Caribbean Sea (grid FK85eq), is currently the 17th most wanted DXCC entity on the Club Log DXCC Most-Wanted List and was last on the air in 2007. It was active on satellite during the YV0D expedition in 2004, but only three QSOs were made before the DXpedition was cut short due to rain. Satellite plans are yet to be finalized. YX0V information can be found on their website at http://yx0v.com/, on Twitter at https://twitter.com/yx0v2016, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/yx0v2016/ [ANS thanks Paul, N8HM for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Joe Spier, K6WAO k6wao at amsat dot org

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Re: [amsat-bb] Tracking software feature?
by Clayton Coleman 21 Aug '16

21 Aug '16

Nova for Windows can do two satellites and two observers predictions for mutual visibility. I tested it out tonight. Quite helpful if you are checking footprints for AO-7 and FO-29 to DX. 73 Clayton W5PFG > From: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner(a)mindspring.com> > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2016 9:40 AM > Subject: [amsat-bb] Tracking software feature? > > Is anyone aware of a tracking program that will predict mutual windows between two points on all satellites in a group or file, rather than one at a time? I'm aware of and use SatPC32's excellent WinListen, but as far as I can tell that's only one at a time. > > > > Thanks, Drew KO4MA

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Re: [amsat-bb] National Radio Day
by R. S. 20 Aug '16

20 Aug '16

Hey Bob, I think I just made a contact with you on SO-50 about 20 mins ago. Ryan W6ZAR On Aug 20, 2016 8:10 AM, "KO6TZ Bob" <my.callsign(a)verizon.net> wrote: 20 August 2016 I would like to wish everyone a "Happy National Radio Day" KO6TZ BOB _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Re: [amsat-bb] Tracking software feature?
by Alex Diaz - XE1MEX 20 Aug '16

20 Aug '16

Hi Drew,Nova for Windows has a utility named "Listing Data for Two Observers" specifically what you want is named "Two Observers, Multiple Satellites Mutual". It does what you are looking for.73Alex, XE1MEX From: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner(a)mindspring.com> To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2016 9:40 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Tracking software feature? Is anyone aware of a tracking program that will predict mutual windows between two points on all satellites in a group or file, rather than one at a time? I'm aware of and use SatPC32's excellent WinListen, but as far as I can tell that's only one at a time. Thanks, Drew KO4MA _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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National Radio Day
by KO6TZ Bob 20 Aug '16

20 Aug '16

20 August 2016 I would like to wish everyone a "Happy National Radio Day" KO6TZ BOB

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Tracking software feature?
by Andrew Glasbrenner 20 Aug '16

20 Aug '16

Is anyone aware of a tracking program that will predict mutual windows between two points on all satellites in a group or file, rather than one at a time? I'm aware of and use SatPC32's excellent WinListen, but as far as I can tell that's only one at a time. Thanks, Drew KO4MA

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Re: [amsat-bb] Any recommendations on a good dual band HT whip??
by Scott Medbury 20 Aug '16

20 Aug '16

The best one I have ever used for satellite is the telescopic Pryme AL-800. Over 4000 contacts in 16 years. And numerous FM birds 73 ... Scott KD5FBA Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID On Aug 19, 2016 7:28 PM, Ted <k7trkradio(a)charter.net> wrote: > > Ditto Diamond SRH77CA...works fine > > 73, K7TRK > > -----Original Message----- > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg D > Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 3:22 PM > To: n4csitwo(a)bellsouth.net; amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Any recommendations on a good dual band HT whip?? > > Just curious, which ones have you looked at? I've been using the RH-77B > (from Diamond, I think) for years, but am blissfully unaware of its > characteristics. > > Greg KO6TH > > > n4csitwo(a)bellsouth.net wrote: > > I need to find a good 2M/70cm dual band HT whip currently on the market. > All the ones I've analyzed appear to be off frequency. Any suggestions are > appreciated. > > > > Dave, AA4KN > > > > > > --- > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > > Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the > official views of AMSAT-NA. > > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all > interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official > views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Dual-band HT Antenna
by Clint Bradford 20 Aug '16

20 Aug '16

>> ... what is good ... mine are off-freq ... In my only 30 or so years of playing and testing stuff, I have come to the conclusion if one sticks with the major manufacturers (Smiley, Comet, Diamond, Maldol) that testing antennas for use on their intended bands is a waste of time. With that said, snag yourself a Smiley 270 - available in Male BNC and Male or Female SMA. Out-performs HT antennas twice its price. Clint K6LCS

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ILLW / NPOTA this weekend
by Nestor Punales 20 Aug '16

20 Aug '16

Hello everyone, I just wanted to let everyone know that I be activating/participating on the International Lighthouse Lightships Weekend from the *Old Point Loma Lighthouse US0067 *and for The National Parks on The Air would be *Cabrillo National Monument MN09*. We would be active on HF and all satellite passes that I can get from that location from 10:00 am- 4:00 pm (local time) Saturday and Sunday. This would be my first time operating from that location and it's some military radio equipment on that location that I hope would not cause interference with the down link (fingers crossed). We will be using the special event callsign* W6L* you can look us up on QRZ.com. I hope to hear you and the bird... PS. It's anyone else going to be participating on this event from any other Lighthouse this weekend? Nestor, K6JTT, DM12.

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Any recommendations on a good dual band HT whip??
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 20 Aug '16

20 Aug '16

I need to find a good 2M/70cm dual band HT whip currently on the market. All the ones I've analyzed appear to be off frequency. Any suggestions are appreciated. Dave, AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Re: [amsat-bb] Satellite Operation - Nash Point - wales -UK
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

Reference my posting to the amsat -bbs and details about satellite and HF operation from NASH -Point, South Wales -UK. by the Barry Amateur Radio Society. Apologies I made a an error with one of the stated call signs. The correct call signs for the operation are " GC4BRS " and "GC6BRC". All of the other information is correct and as stated in posting to the bbs. Once again my apologies. Ken Eaton GW1FKY

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Re: [amsat-bb] AO-73/FUNcube
by Jim Heck G3WGM 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

Hi Folks I have just switched AO-73/FUNcube into full time transponder mode (Amateur Mode). As normal, plan to switch back to education mode on Sunday PM UTC See www.funcube.org.uk for details of the satellite. Have FUN! 73s Jim G3WGM

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Re: [amsat-bb] Intermittent loss of full-duplex with Arrow, built-in-duplexer and TH-D72a
by John Brier 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

I may have found the cause of the distortion, and another bit of helpful info: I got a copy of the audio of the pass from someone else and I'm comparing it to mine. When I am transmitting there are at least three places where I can hear other transmissions, clearly different FM transmissions of other people talking. At one point I even hear a roger beep like sound followed by another voice. That could just be a symptom of whatever is causing the desense though. Regarding this: On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 2:12 PM, James Duffey <jamesduffey(a)comcast.net> wrote: > If I had to guess, I would say that you have a feed line problem, either a short or open. > > Another option may be a poor connection or a short in the diplexer. - Duffey KK6MC > I have suspected the duplexer myself. There is only one connection from it to the radio. No adapters. The feedline from the duplexer has an SMA connector and screws right onto the SMA on the Kenwood TH-D72a. Still it could be the BNC connectors that go to the antenna. I asked the owner of Arrow antenna about the possibility of this issue being caused by the duplexer and he was not aware of that ever happening before. :-/ On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 2:12 PM, James Duffey <jamesduffey(a)comcast.net> wrote: > If I had to guess, I would say that you have a feed line problem, either a short or open. > > Another option may be a poor connection or a short in the diplexer. - Duffey KK6MC > > On Aug 19, 2016, at 11:48 AM, John Brier <johnbrier(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> For the third time I've lost the ability to hear myself on the >> downlink of SO-50 using this setup. This was on today's 1521 UTC SO-50 >> pass. >> >> In the past I had what appeared to be very similar behavior with a >> different arrow antenna, no duplexer and two radios. I troubleshot >> that issue to the screw in the gamma match coming lose which caused >> high SWR. >> >> In this case I tested the SWR with my MFJ-259B SWR analyzer and it was >> 1.1:1 and X=45-55 across almost the entire band. >> >> I actually was able to hear myself in the beginning of the pass and >> then it got worse until the point where I could not hear myself for >> the rest of the pass. >> >> Actually, in this case, unlike the other two times where I wasn't able >> to hear myself on the downlink I had another unusual behavior which >> was I *WAS* able to hear myself but it was extremely loud and >> distorted. This happened maybe twice in the middle of the pass and >> then after that I just couldn't hear myself when I transmitted. >> >> When I was able to hear myself very loud and distorted I felt it >> wasn't how I was getting into the bird, but somehow my radio was >> demodulating my 2 meter transmission. I confirmed with W4FS who was >> also on this pass that my audio never sounded odd. >> >> Very annoying and my only guess as to what could be causing this is >> some sort of external interference occasionally getting into my radio. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> 73, John Brier KG4AKV >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >

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Re: [amsat-bb] Intermittent loss of full-duplex with Arrow, built-in-duplexer and TH-D72a
by John Brier 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

I'm only running 5 watts. Just using my Kenwood TH-D72a HT. 73, John Brier KG4AKV On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 2:05 PM, R.T.Liddy <k8bl(a)ameritech.net> wrote: > John, > > How much power are you running? Are you overheating > the duplexer? > > GL/73, Bob K8BL > > > ________________________________ > From: John Brier <johnbrier(a)gmail.com> > To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 1:48 PM > Subject: [amsat-bb] Intermittent loss of full-duplex with Arrow, > built-in-duplexer and TH-D72a > > For the third time I've lost the ability to hear myself on the > downlink of SO-50 using this setup. This was on today's 1521 UTC SO-50 > pass. > > In the past I had what appeared to be very similar behavior with a > different arrow antenna, no duplexer and two radios. I troubleshot > that issue to the screw in the gamma match coming lose which caused > high SWR. > > In this case I tested the SWR with my MFJ-259B SWR analyzer and it was > 1.1:1 and X=45-55 across almost the entire band. > > I actually was able to hear myself in the beginning of the pass and > then it got worse until the point where I could not hear myself for > the rest of the pass. > > Actually, in this case, unlike the other two times where I wasn't able > to hear myself on the downlink I had another unusual behavior which > was I *WAS* able to hear myself but it was extremely loud and > distorted. This happened maybe twice in the middle of the pass and > then after that I just couldn't hear myself when I transmitted. > > When I was able to hear myself very loud and distorted I felt it > wasn't how I was getting into the bird, but somehow my radio was > demodulating my 2 meter transmission. I confirmed with W4FS who was > also on this pass that my audio never sounded odd. > > Very annoying and my only guess as to what could be causing this is > some sort of external interference occasionally getting into my radio. > > Any ideas? > > 73, John Brier KG4AKV > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > >

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Intermittent loss of full-duplex with Arrow, built-in-duplexer and TH-D72a
by John Brier 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

For the third time I've lost the ability to hear myself on the downlink of SO-50 using this setup. This was on today's 1521 UTC SO-50 pass. In the past I had what appeared to be very similar behavior with a different arrow antenna, no duplexer and two radios. I troubleshot that issue to the screw in the gamma match coming lose which caused high SWR. In this case I tested the SWR with my MFJ-259B SWR analyzer and it was 1.1:1 and X=45-55 across almost the entire band. I actually was able to hear myself in the beginning of the pass and then it got worse until the point where I could not hear myself for the rest of the pass. Actually, in this case, unlike the other two times where I wasn't able to hear myself on the downlink I had another unusual behavior which was I *WAS* able to hear myself but it was extremely loud and distorted. This happened maybe twice in the middle of the pass and then after that I just couldn't hear myself when I transmitted. When I was able to hear myself very loud and distorted I felt it wasn't how I was getting into the bird, but somehow my radio was demodulating my 2 meter transmission. I confirmed with W4FS who was also on this pass that my audio never sounded odd. Very annoying and my only guess as to what could be causing this is some sort of external interference occasionally getting into my radio. Any ideas? 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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Re: [amsat-bb] RHCP/LHCP
by Larry Koziel 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

Jerry, There are, unfortunately, two conventions for specifying the handedness of circular polarity. See the "Left/right handedness conventions" section of the Wikipedia article on Circular polarization at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_polarization#Left.2Fright_handedness…. I would certainly agree with you that in the context of radio antennas, that SV1BSX got it wrong and should have used the other other convention. Regards, Larry K8MU

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keps ftp?
by Mike Seguin 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

Anyone else having problems downloading keps from within SATPC32 from the Amsat ftp site? I'm getting a download failure. Celestrak is fine. Mike -- 73, Mike, N1JEZ "A closed mouth gathers no feet"

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RHCP/LHCP
by on4cjq＠telenet.be 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

Hello I came up on this two sites with the same pictures of feeding a cross yagi, but one says RHCP and the other one says LHCP: http://www.qsl.net/sv1bsx/antenna-pol/polarization.html : on the end off the page there are to pictures from a cross yagi, the last one LHCP and the previous one above it RHCP. The center conductor (+) is connected to the upperside at the rear dipole and on the left side at the front dipole. it is CCW when you look from behind, and the autor says RHCP. Now look at this one: http://www.dg7ybn.de/Building/xpol.htm : look at picture (2) by left hand circ pol. Assume you turn the antenna 45° clockwise and you will get the same picture as the one mentioned above(SV1BSX). This one also looks CCW from behind and the autor says LHCP. It is confusing when building home made antennas. I think both are LHCP... Best 73's Jerry,ON4CJQ

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NO-84 mystery solved
by Mark Lunday 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

On the 0340 UTC pass, I again could see someone in the passband, but it showed as 10 traces rather than one. At the end of the transmission, I heard a CW ID. So I emailed the operator. Turns out, he's transmitting PropNet PSK beacon signal, and it's falling in the passband of NO-84 uplink! Now it makes sense. And of course I could not decode his PSK31 signal, because it's sending data aligned with the PropNet algorithm! I still can't see my signal on the downlink. Maybe I need to try a different antenna.. Mark Lunday, WD4ELG Greensboro, NC FM06be wd4elg(a)arrl.net http://wd4elg.blogspot.com

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Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend
by W2JV 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

Hello: This weekend, Saturday and Sunday, the 20th and 21st, is International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend. We will use the W2GSB callsign, with QSL information listed on the GSBARC site. As usual, GSBARC will be setting up two HF radio stations and a satellite station at the Fire Island Lighthouse. . In addition, since we are at the Fire Island National Seashore, FN30, we will be operating as a National Parks on the Air ( NPOTA #SS07). station. We will have the capability to operate on all the available satellites, look forward to working you, beginning with SO-50, 14:08 U. 73’s Peter W2JV

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(no subject)
by Alvaro de Leon Romo 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

Starting tomorrow, the CY9C DXpedition will be QRV from St. Paul Island

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Re: [amsat-bb] VSPE 64-bit splitter
by Mark Johns 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

After some additional hours of messing around, I HAVE gotten the VSPE splitter to work. However, it is maxed out at 9600 baud. Anything faster and it will start to hiccup! In most instances for CI-V, that is fast enough anyway. -- Mark D. Johns, KØMDJ Decorah, Iowa USA EN43 ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain ----- Original Message ----- From: Daryl - K4RGK <k4rgk(a)arrl.net> To: Mark Johns <mjohns166(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 10:24 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] VSPE 64-bit splitter Mark, It has worked perfectly for me on a Win 7 64 bit system. In fact it has worked when two others I tried did not. I'm not at my shack QTH now but if you still have issues tomorrow I'd be happy to share my notes and config. Sounds like that may not help but from experience I must say Eterlogic VSPE is definitely up to the task. 73 Daryl K4RGK

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Re: [amsat-bb] ISS QSO with Kopernik Science Center
by n4csitwo 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

Thanks for the reports guys.Dave, AA4KN ARISS mentor for Kopernik contact Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -------- Original message --------From: John Brier <johnbrier(a)gmail.com> Date: 8/18/16 12:51 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Steve Kristoff <skristof(a)etczone.com> Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ISS QSO with Kopernik Science Center Same in NC FM05. max elevation 51 degrees. 73, John Brier KG4AKV On Aug 18, 2016 12:40 PM, <skristof(a)etczone.com> wrote: > Very good reception of ISS side of the QSO with Kopernik Center in New > York. Monitored in Batesville, Indiana, EM79jg. Max elevation 17 > degrees. Used a Baofeng UV82 HT and an Arrow Antenna. > > 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. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Web and e-mail slowdown during last 24 hours
by Joe Fitzgerald 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

Hello all. We had an anomaly on the web and mail server yesterday which affected web performance between 10:30 UTC and 17:10 UTC. Additionally, mail was slowed down between 10:30 UTC the 17th and 06:40 UTC today the 18th. I do not believe any mail was lost. 73 de KM1P Joe

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Can we do better?
by Robert McGwier 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

Can we do better than SSB voice with +10 dB SNR in 2500 Hz for a net data speed of 20* bits/second* and which requires 31 dB Eb/N0? In the AMSAT journal you are about to receive and at ARRL/TAPR DCC, Michelle Thompson, W5NYV and I answer this question to the best of our ability. Bob N4HY -- Bob McGwier Founder, Federated Wireless, Inc Founder and Technical Advisor, HawkEye 360, Inc Research Professor Virginia Tech Chief Scientist: The Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology Senior Member IEEE, Facebook: N4HYBob, ARS: N4HY Faculty Advisor Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Assn. (K4KDJ) Director of AMSAT

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DXpeditions with Satellite Ops - CY9C (8/19 - 8/29) & YX0V (8/31 - 9/10)
by Paul Stoetzer 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

The next several weeks should be very exciting for satellite users across North and South America as well as Europe. Starting tomorrow, the CY9C DXpedition will be QRV from St. Paul Island with great footprints across Europe and North America and it was announced last night that the YX0V DXpedition to Aves Island, scheduled for August 31st - September 10th, will include satellite operations as well ( http://www.amsat.org/?p=5436). The Caribbean location and flat island terrain should provide excellent footprints across North and South America. It's wonderful to see major DXpeditions incorporating satellite activity into their plans with K1N last year and now two back to back this year. Let's hope this trend continues. I would encourage all satellite operators to support these DXpeditions and make it clear in your comments that you are supporting them due to the inclusion of satellite operations. And please be respectful and courteous when they are on the satellites. Let's show them the best of the amateur satellite community with hope that future DXpeditions will see these examples and also incorporate satellite operations. 73, Paul, N8HM

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ISS QSO with Kopernik Science Center
by skristof＠etczone.com 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

Very good reception of ISS side of the QSO with Kopernik Center in New York. Monitored in Batesville, Indiana, EM79jg. Max elevation 17 degrees. Used a Baofeng UV82 HT and an Arrow Antenna. Steve AI9IN

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[Video] My First SO-50 Contact! And 18 QSL Cards From 2000!
by John Brier 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

https://youtu.be/S2lHDKqTYXg I made five contacts on this SO-50 pass on May 11th, 2015 in Cary, North Carolina. In the video you can see a picture of me when I was 16 in 2000 with my original Arrow II antenna, the same one I used in this video in 2015. Additionally, I show 18 unique QSL cards I collected in 2000 when I first got into satellites, while operating on AO-27, SO-35 and UO-14. Stations contacted on this pass: 1) K4FEG Tennessee 2) N2PPL New York 3) WI9I Illinois 4) W2HRO New Jersey 5) KD8ATF West Virginia QSL Cards from 2000: 01) K8KFJ 02) K6YK 03) VA3PKH 04) K5UIC 05) N1JEZ 06) KG4ENR 07) K5VAS 08) N1ORC 09) K8ZZU 10) KK5DO 11) W5BTS 12) WA2IWW 13) WA3SKQ 14) N9UUR 15) KB1EAA 16) KC8??? 17) WB2RXF 18) N7SFI Thanks for watching! 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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AMSAT website?
by skristof＠etczone.com 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

Anyone else having trouble getting on to the AMSAT website or is it just me? Steve AI9IN

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Logging and Recording Passes
by Gerald Payton 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

In studying videos on the internet and reading emails on the BB, I have noticed a frequent mention of "recording" passes, and eventually "uploading to LoTW." My questions are: What is the most common used way of audio recording: a digital handheld recorder or computer software of some kind? I will have a stationary station; not portable handheld. Is it common to keep a personal log and then upload it to LoTW? If so, what personal log program is commonly used? I normally do not use a logging program and certainly not familiar with LoTW. I looked at it on the ARRL website and it looked complicated. I really do not understand the process I listened to a AO-85 pass with my IC-2730A and a Comet GP-6 dual band base antenna, without any preamp, and was very good copy considering. That was encouraging. Any help will be appreciated . 73, Jerry AB5R

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Test
by Paul Stoetzer 17 Aug '16

17 Aug '16

The BB seems to have been down, so this is a test. Please ignore. 73, Paul, N8HM

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Test
by Paul Stoetzer 17 Aug '16

17 Aug '16

Test post. Please ignore!

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Happy 20th Birthday to FO-29!
by Paul Stoetzer 17 Aug '16

17 Aug '16

Today (UTC) is the 20th anniversary of the launch of FO-29. Congratulations to the Japan Amateur Radio League for the success and long life of this satellite. To commemorate FO-29's birthday, I have posted a short article about FO-29 on the AMSAT-NA website. http://www.amsat.org/?p=5417 On a personal note, FO-29 has provided me with many, many hundreds of hours of enjoyment since I made my first QSO via it's linear transponder nearly four years ago. I have made 1,601 QSOs (34% of my total) with 400 different stations in 511 grids, 41 grid fields, 48 states (Hawaii is out of range, but I'd love to work Delaware on it some time!), 7 Canadian call areas, 46 DXCCs, 14 CQ zones, and 4 continents - all using two Yaesu FT-817s, manual Doppler tuning, and an Arrow antenna from here in Washington, DC. The large majority of QSOs were made using 5 watts (as I only became "QRO" with a 30 watt amplifier last November). I always look forward to saying hello to my European satellite friends every couple of months when the apogee is over the Atlantic and trying to stretch the footprint to work new countries. Here's to hopefully many more years of service to the amateur satellite community! 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Secretary Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT-NA)

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International Lighhouse/Lightship Weekend - Satellite operation
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 17 Aug '16

17 Aug '16

Hi all, With reference to the question about satellite operation for this years "International Lighthouse /Lightship " events ( ILL ) dates Saturday 20 th and Sunday 21st august 2016. Over here in Wales ( United Kingdom ) the " Barry Amateur Radio Society " will be operating from a twin pair of lighthouses located at "NASH POINT " situated on the coast of the Bristol Channel - South Wales. We will be limited to operation during approx. 0700 -1600 hrs GMT only I regret to say. " In addition to operating on the HF and VHF bands I also plan to set up my portable satellite equipment for operation and contacts during suitable passes" Callsign /Lighthouse and details as follows GC4BRC - Lighthouse ( High ) Ref: UK0071: GC4BRS - Lighthouse ( Low ) Ref: UK0072 Locator Ref: IO81FJ QSL Manager : MW0DHF ( Philip King) Weather is not looking to good - hopefully it will not deter our plans for operation. Ken Eaton GW1FKY .

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-08-17 04:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 17 Aug '16

17 Aug '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-08-17 04:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Kopernik Observatory & Science Center, Vestal NY, direct via K2ZRO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-08-18 16:24:42 UTC 29 deg Daisen Elementary School, Saihaku-gun, Japan, direct via 8J4DISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-08-20 08:50:19 UTC 42 deg The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis IN, direct via N9DR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kate Rubins KG5FYJ(***) Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-08-23 15:09:15 UTC 42 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz. **************************************************************************** *** All ARISS contacts are made via the Ericsson radio unless otherwise noted. **************************************************************************** *** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 120 Francesco IKØWGF with 117 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-08-17 04:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1078. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1043. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2016-08-12 02:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 47 on orbit Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Aleksey Ovchinin Exp. 48 on orbit Anatoly Ivanishin Kate Rubins KG5FYJ Takuya Onishi KF5LKS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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No SSTV heard on 1633 UTC ISS pass over North America
by John Brier 16 Aug '16

16 Aug '16

Nothing heard on 1633 UTC pass over North America. I guess they already turned the SSTV off. Oh well. 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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Digital Sats
by Gerald Payton 16 Aug '16

16 Aug '16

I am not there yet, but wonder which TNC's (modems) are favored by user here? Thanks & 73

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LoTW
by Scott Medbury 16 Aug '16

16 Aug '16

In converting my old paper logs for uploading to LoTW going back up to 15 years, I have found that most who frequently got on UO-14, AO-27 and SO-35 have not uploaded their logs either for one reason or another. The same seems to apply to SO-50 and other more recent birds. I was VERY slow to convert mine until Frank, K4FEG showed me how easy it was. If any of you have worked me on any LEO bird back to 2000, send me details and I will expedite yours. I have notes on every pass of UO-14, AO-27, SO-35, SO-51, SO-50 that I have been active including every call that heard. 73 ... Scott KD5FBA kd5fba(a)arrl.net smedbury(a)windstream.net Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID

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Possible 3CAT2 captured audio corrected frequency
by Pedro Converso 16 Aug '16

16 Aug '16

Today Aug-16 at 00:31 LU-time, on orbit 5 of 3CAT2 over Buenos Aires, the following audio was captured on CW at 145.970 KHz. http://amsat.org.ar/3cat21608160031.wav Estimated 3CAT2 could be object 2016-051C #41733 , Keps: 3CAT2 1 41733U 16051C 16229.12954035 -.00000071 00000-0 00000+0 0 9998 2 41733 97.3730 144.9200 0012852 267.1508 210.2637 15.23558066 53 Passes available at http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm selecting 3CAT2. 73, LU7ABF, Pedro

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Possible 3CAT2 captured audio
by Pedro Converso 16 Aug '16

16 Aug '16

Today Aug-16 at 00:31 LU-time, on orbit 5 of 3CAT2 over Buenos Aires, the following audio was captured on CW at 145.826 KHz. http://amsat.org.ar/3cat21608160031.wav Estimated 3CAT2 could be object 2016-051C #41733 , Keps: 3CAT2 1 41733U 16051C 16229.12954035 -.00000071 00000-0 00000+0 0 9998 2 41733 97.3730 144.9200 0012852 267.1508 210.2637 15.23558066 53 Passes available at http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm selecting 3CAT2. 73, LU7ABF, Pedro

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Icom IC-910H
by David Bondy G4NRT 16 Aug '16

16 Aug '16

I am sure that over the years many people have used the Icom IC-910H for satellite communications. I am new to the world of satellites and have recently acquired a used IC-910H (no 23cm module) and I wondered whether anyone has made up a ‘cheat sheet’ which would help me get it all set-up for operating. If I could find a sheet for FM, one for SSB and perhaps one even for data then it would save me trying to re-invent the wheel! If anyone knows of any other good resources that i could consult then that would be great! Thanks in advance and 73, David ===================== David Bondy G4NRT The City of Rochester, Kent Locator: JO01fj

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Activation of IO-86 on 17 August
by P. Suryono Adisoemarta 16 Aug '16

16 Aug '16

Dear all, To commemorate the Independence of Indonesia on 17th of August, Voice Repeater (VR) on IO-86 Satellite will be activated with the following schedule:17 August 2016- 04:30 UTC for 20 minutes (only while above Indonesia)- 06:15 UTC for 2 hours (one complete orbit), might be accessible from south part of USA Mode: FMUplink: 145.880 MHz (tone: 88.5 Hz)Downlink: 435.880 MHz (+- doppler) All licensed amateurs are welcome to use and all reports / videos are appreciated. 73 de Suryono Adisoemarta - YD0NXX / N5SNNAMSAT-ID Technical Team

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Kopernik Observatory & Science Center, Vestal NY
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Kopernik Observatory & Science Center, Vestal NY on 18 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:24 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and K2ZRO The contact should be audible over the eastern U.S. and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The Kopernik Observatory & Science Center is a non-profit informal educational institution that promotes interdisciplinary education in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Through its classes, events and programs, Kopernik's multigenerational approach emphasizes experiential, engaged and active learning as a model of STEM education in our region. Founded in 1973, Kopernik has offered hundreds of thousands of students of all ages the opportunity to learn about their world and the universe surrounding them. Kopernik's resources include three permanent telescopes, a heliostat, weather station, three classrooms, computer lab, and amateur radio station. It also offers a robust outreach program in which its educators bring programs directly into the classroom. Kopernik offers a strong, STEM-based, summer camp experience for students between 1st and 12th grades. This summer one of its summer camps had 8th and 9th grade students design and build a weather balloon payload with 3 high-definition cameras and temperature monitoring instrumentation along with an Amateur Radio APRS tracking system. The balloon and payload was launched and reached an altitude of over 105,000 feet before the balloon burst and returned the payload to Earth. The payload was successfully recovered and allowing the students to examine the video, temperature data and tracking history. Kopernik has had three previous ARISS contacts (2010, 2013 and 2015). This year, Kopernik is offering 4th and 5th grade students attending its summer engineering camp the opportunity to participate in the 2016 ARISS contact. In preparation for the contact, the camp curriculum will include satellite orbits, satellite tracking, and radio communications. Students will ask the astronaut a wide range of questions about life on the ISS and the engineering involved in building and operating the ISS. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. We are building robots here at camp, what sort of robots do you use and how do they help you? 2. Has anything broken on the Space Station and how did you fix it? 3. What interest or activities did you have when you were young that helped you in qualifying for your current position? 4. How long have you been at the space station? 5. How long did it take you to get used to being in microgravity and what are some effects from microgravity you have noticed? 6. Do you have Internet up in the space? 7. What's the weather like in space? 8. How do you sleep without floating all over? 9. What did you have to study in school to become an astronaut? 10. Do you have children? If so how do you communicate with them when you are away? 11. Are you working on any research or science projects on the Space Station? 12. I heard training to be an astronaut can be very difficult. What was the toughest aspect of training in your opinion? 13. Have you ever seen a UFO? 14. What do you eat when you are in space? How do you pack food to take into space? Does it all need to be freeze dried like astronaut ice cream? 15. What do you and the other astronauts do for fun during your downtime? 16. At what age did you first become interested in space? 17. What languages do you speak? 18. What is your day like in space? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. Daisen Elementary School, Saihaku-gun, Japan, direct via 8J4DISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-08-20 08:50:19 UTC About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Only US East Coast ISS SSTV Pass for Tuesday is at 16:30 UTC / 12:30 EDT
by John Brier 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

https://youtu.be/QtpSw6LYn8U The Moscow Aviation Institute ISS SSTV event, otherwise known as MAI-75, which took place Monday [1] and will also run on Tuesday August 16th is scheduled to stop at 16:45 UTC. [2] That leaves only one opportunity for US and Canadian hams to receive the SSTV, during a single pass starting around 16:30 UTC, or 12:30 EDT. This assumes the Russians don't turn it off slightly before schedule, which is a possibility as it isn't started and stopped exactly per schedule. In the video above you can see the pass and some of the cities it covers. Note that even though it passes over a lot of cities, all but Miami will be below 50 degrees which will make reception harder. For the lowest elevations like Dallas with only 1 degree, you may only be able to receive it with a directional antenna like the Arrow II Satellite antenna or a base antenna with a very low radiation angle. Below you can see the exact pass timing for various cities and the max elevation. The cities are listed in order of max elevation. If you're in or near a city towards the top of the list you'll have a decent chance of receiving the ISS Slow Scan TV. Date Time Azimuth Elevation Downlink Uplink ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Miami: Rise: 2016/08/16 12:30:27 211.2 0.0 145.80334 144.48669 Max: 2016/08/16 12:35:43 127.6 51.2 145.79994 144.49006 Set: 2016/08/16 12:41:01 47.3 0.0 145.79666 144.49331 Raleigh: Rise: 2016/08/16 12:33:08 196.2 0.0 145.80308 144.48695 Max: 2016/08/16 12:38:01 128.9 19.8 145.79995 144.49005 Set: 2016/08/16 12:42:55 63.0 0.0 145.79691 144.49307 New York: Rise: 2016/08/16 12:34:50 197.1 0.0 145.80304 144.48698 Max: 2016/08/16 12:39:40 131.3 18.4 145.79995 144.49005 Set: 2016/08/16 12:44:31 67.0 0.0 145.79694 144.49303 Washington, DC: Rise: 2016/08/16 12:34:08 193.7 0.0 145.80300 144.48703 Max: 2016/08/16 12:38:53 129.7 16.9 145.79996 144.49004 Set: 2016/08/16 12:43:40 66.8 0.0 145.79698 144.49299 Atlanta: Rise: 2016/08/16 12:32:16 185.5 0.0 145.80285 144.48717 Max: 2016/08/16 12:36:48 126.2 13.4 145.79996 144.49004 Set: 2016/08/16 12:41:21 67.9 0.0 145.79713 144.49285 Montreal: Rise: 2016/08/16 12:36:17 187.4 0.0 145.80275 144.48727 Max: 2016/08/16 12:40:40 131.4 11.5 145.79996 144.49004 Set: 2016/08/16 12:45:04 76.3 0.0 145.79723 144.49275 Toronto: Rise: 2016/08/16 12:35:37 176.9 0.0 145.80248 144.48754 Max: 2016/08/16 12:39:35 128.1 8.1 145.79997 144.49003 Set: 2016/08/16 12:43:34 79.8 0.0 145.79749 144.49249 Chicago: Rise: 2016/08/16 12:35:31 154.3 0.0 145.80165 144.48836 Max: 2016/08/16 12:38:13 123.3 2.9 145.79996 144.49004 Set: 2016/08/16 12:40:54 92.8 0.0 145.79830 144.49168 Dallas: Rise: 2016/08/16 12:33:04 142.9 0.0 145.80119 144.48882 Max: 2016/08/16 12:35:02 120.8 1.4 145.79996 144.49004 Set: 2016/08/16 12:36:59 99.0 0.0 145.79877 144.49122 To find out exactly when the ISS will be passing over you or see the max elevation for your location use http://heavens-above.com or another website or mobile app to predict the pass. Here is a video I made that shows how to setup heavens-above.com to track the ISS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8lWQrtLQvE For more info on ISS Slow Scan TV see my "ISS SSTV Reception Hints" webpage: https://spacecomms.wordpress.com/iss-sstv-reception-hints/ 73, John Brier KG4AKV 1) https://amsat-uk.org/2016/08/10/iss-sstv-august/ 2) https://twitter.com/RF2Space/status/765197803199012864

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SSTV from ISS
by Roland Zurmely 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

Picture received in Brazil GH70un at 12:39 UTC: <http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/sstviss.htm#m> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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Re: [amsat-bb] Still cannot receive NO-84
by Mark Lunday 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

OK, I think I may have solved the mystery. I am seeing multi-channel PSK during the pass. Why someone would use multi-channel PSK is a mystery to me, but it looks like 9 channels. Anyone seen that before? Mark Lunday, WD4ELG Greensboro, NC FM06be wd4elg(a)arrl.net http://wd4elg.blogspot.com _____________________________________________ From: Mark Lunday [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 4:50 PM To: 'Mark Lunday'; 'amsat-bb(a)amsat.org' Subject: Still cannot receive NO-84 2046 UTC, the bird went directly overhead. I was in listen-only mode. All I saw was (for the first 5 minutes of the pass) a series of lines which showed Doppler, almost like a yard rake was dragging at an angle across the screen. What SHOULD I see? Mark Lunday, WD4ELG Greensboro, NC FM06be wd4elg(a)arrl.net http://wd4elg.blogspot.com

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Re: [amsat-bb] VSPE 64-bit splitter
by Mark Johns 14 Aug '16

14 Aug '16

blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; } Hi, Dave. Good QSO from this end, too. I've set it up exactly as you describe, and my properties look exactly like your screen shots (with the exception of different COM numbers), but it doesn't work. ACLog stops seeing data as soon as SatPC32 is started, and Icom Keyer won't work through it at all. And if SatPC32 is getting confused by the other programs, that doesn't appear to be as it should be, either. In other programs, such as XPort, a unique COM number is given to each additional program, and the isolation is complete. So if the rig is on COM33, SatPC32 might be on COM3, ACLog on COM4, Icom Keyer on COM5, etc. -- but they are all actually talking to COM33 in the hardware. I think VSPE may not be up to the task. But the only other programs out there sell for $100 and up! Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad On Saturday, August 13, 2016, 20:13, David W0DHB <dave(a)w0dhb.net> wrote: -- _filtered {panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} _filtered {font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;}a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:#0563C1;text-decoration:underline;}a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:#954F72;text-decoration:underline;}p.MsoPlainText, li.MsoPlainText, div.MsoPlainText {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;}span.PlainTextChar {}.MsoChpDefault {} _filtered {margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}div.WordSection1 {} Hi Mark Nice to QSO with you. I've been using VSPE 64bit splitters years. They are a little tricky to set up and get going. In this case I create a connector COM33 (Could also be a hardware port) And a splitter I set my rig to use COM33 for CAT All programs that you want to access the rig CAT should open COM3. Note that SATPC32 may not work properly if any other input on the splitter is send CAT data . Hope this helps. Dave W0DHB -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Johns via AMSAT-BB Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 15:18 To: yahoogroups <ic9100(a)yahoogroups.com> Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] VSPE 64-bit splitter I know that a number of folks are using virtual serial port splitters to allow both a logging program and SatPC32 to simultaneously talk to their rig via CAT or CI-V. I had such a system working quite nicely on my old Windows 7 32-bit computer, using a little freeware program called XPort. Recently I switched to a new Windows 10 64-bit computer. Since XPort is 32-bit only, I purchased the 64-bit version of VSPE from www.eterlogic.com. This program works fine creating a virtual serial port "pair" within the computer. When I try to set up a splitter, the first program to start (such as ACLog) talks with the rig fine on the virtual port. But as soon as I start another program on the splitter port (such as SatPC32), the first program stops exchanging data with the rig (IC-9100) and the second program has all the fun. SatPC32 seems to punch through and lock out any other programs. Eterlogic has not gotten back to me. If anyone has successfully set up a working splitter in 64-bit VSPE I'd like to know what your settings are. Thanks.-- Mark D. Johns, KØMDJ Decorah, Iowa USA EN43 ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Re: [amsat-bb] [Starcom-bb] VE2BMC & MORE!
by Lee Ernstrom 14 Aug '16

14 Aug '16

Jimmy, you would be extremely popular working meteor scatter -- reflecting your signal off the ionized trail of a burning meteor. Also, the target is much easier to hit than a satellite as a passive reflector. Check out pingjockey. Doc, WA7HQD On Aug 13, 2016 6:18 AM, "K4FEG" <k4feg(a)k4feg.com> wrote: > Hello All: > > below you will see the body of an email from *Jimmy, VE2BMC/KK6FAH*, > about his recent operations on SO-50 from his location in Canada. Jimmy is > an EME operator who through some encouragement fro W2HRO, decided to try > some satellite passes while back in Canada, with Jimmy's permission here is > the email: > > *"Hi Frank,* > > *I hope all I well! Actually, thanks to YOU for all your help and for > passing on the message to the community. Ironically, since I am new with > Satellite communications and have not been following the > corresponding mailing lists, etc., I really had no clue that so many people > would have an interest in trying to contact me in these grids. I > had brought my HT and Arrow antenna with me with the hope of making "one" > contact with my EME friend W2HRO and perhaps a few other QSO's if lucky as > time permits. What unfolded was completely unexpected and on top of that, I > got infected by the virus! Now I have 2 viruses to manage (EME and Sat). > That won't make my wife happy... Hi Hi* > > *Since all my relatives are all living in VE2 territory and they are > located at the edged where the grids meet (FN38, FN48 and FN37), at my next > trip I will be able to activate FN37 easily (only 25 minutes south from my > father near "Lac Bouchette"), spend more time in FN48 where my mother > lives, and even more time in FN38 where my brother lives. Should be much > fun. * > > *On a related note, as I am specialized in EME communications and after my > recent experience in VE2 territory with Satellite, the thought came to > me that since it is possible to do 2-way communications by bouncing RF off > the surface of the Moon, it should be possible and much easier to use > satellites as "passive reflector" (just like the moon) in order to make > QSO's. The obvious advantage is that this would not require for the > satellite to have any repeater or transponder on them, but their simple > presence in the sky is sufficient. * > > *This communication scheme would open a tremendous amount of possibilities > for Amateur QSO's. Have you ever heard of any people attempting this? I > have recently read a few articles on the matter on the net indicating that > it was possible and some had gotten clear signals using space stations (ISS > and MIR) as reflectors, but there does not seem to be any organized group > of people that have attempted this in an organized way to make QSO's.* > > *I am certainly interested in investigating this further and try. May be > some in the mailing list would have inputs or experiences to share on the > matter. Again, I have been able to make EME QSO's with very small stations > relatively speaking (~8000 watts EIRP) so satellite reflection should be > much easier and accessible to relatively small stations.* > > *Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you soon,* > > *73, Jimmy* > > > *KK6FAH" *If anyone has thoughts about some of Jimmy's interesting ideas > about "passive" satellite operations I think it would be a great discussion. > > I want to say a special thanks to Canada for all of the great "Canadien > DX" operations & for the hospitality provided to the "American Invasion" of > operators who have been active over the last two weeks. > *VE2BMC, Jimmy*: FN38 & FN48 operations (rare grids) > *N9IP/VE/VY/VO1&2*: GN38/GN19/GN18/GN07/GN08/GN09/ > GO10/GO11/GO21/FN96/FN86/FN75/FN76 > *(I MAY HAVE MISSED SOME) **NJ7H/FP/VO1/VY2: *GN16/GN17/GN27/GN37/FN86 > > *(I have probably missed some of Gabe's grids as well, I gotta sleep > sometime!) *And we now have *Ron, N8RO* out on his trip to Western > Canada, Ron has already been on the satellites during this trip, A reminder > that Ron is traveling from "point-to-point" he is not pulling a travel > trailer, so he has less opportunity for deviations during this trip. LISTEN > LISTEN LISTEN!! > > Lately it has been a good time to be on the satellites, DX, new operators, > aeronautical grid hopping, camping "rovers" & much, much more!! > EXCITING TIMES! > And one more thing: There is MUCH MORE to come this year!! > > I hope all are enjoying the satellites. > *Good Luck All & Good SatDX!!* > *73* > *K4FEG* > > _______________________________________________ > Starcom-bb bulletin board > Starcom-bb(a)star-com.net > http://lists.star-com.net/listinfo/starcom-bb > >

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ANS-227 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 14 Aug '16

14 Aug '16

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-227 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * Special Callsigns From Brazil During Olympic Games * Satellite DX News * Receive Pictures from Space – ISS SSTV August 15-16 * July/August AMSAT Journal in the Mail * AMSAT-SA Partnership Announced to Develop QB50 nSight-1 Groundstation * P4A Es'hailSat Geostationary Satellite Launch Re-Scheduled SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-227.01 ANS-227 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 227.01 From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD. August 14, 2016 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-227.01 Special Callsigns From Brazil During Olympic Games Members of the Liga de Amadores Brasileiros de Radio Emissao (LABRE) will be active with the special call ZV2016RIO from Rio de Janeiro between Aug. 5 and 21. QRV on 160-2m (except 30m) on CW, SSB, FM, PSK, and D-Star, as well as via satellites. QSL via PY1AA. Henrique/PP5NY operates with the call PX2016RIO in the context of the Olympic Games on HF (CW only). QSL via PP5NY (d/B), LoTW. The following special event calls will also be active while the Games run: ZV8R, ZV8I, ZV8O, ZV8D, ZV8E, ZV8J, ZV8A, and ZV8WN. QSOs count towards the award RIO 2016. QSL via bureau, ClubLog. See: http://www.labre-rr.org/olimpiadasrio2016.html [ANS thanks DXNL 2000 - August 3, 2016 DX Newsletter which is a free and weekly service of DARC Committee "DX and HF contesting". It is noted that this 2000th issue of the DX Newsletter reflects continuous coverage over 62 years. Congratulations, thank you, and 73] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite DX News CY9C ST. PAUL ISLAND DXPEDITION (Update, dated August 2nd). Randy, N0TG, reports on the upcoming CY9C operation for August 19-29th [edited]: The CY9C DXpedition team is very busy with last minute details and packing. All equipment will begin the journey to our take off point in Nova Scotia, August 13-14th. We plan to be partially on the air on 19th August and fully operational 20th August. The home page of our website has a link for those who desire to check the log. Log data will be posted LIVE. We will be using ClubLog and OQRS. Direct QSL via WA4DAN. Activating 60m for the first time from St. Paul is exciting for the team. And, while conditions will be a challenge for 160m, the team is energized to give it a serious effort. Also, be assured we will pay attention to the long and/or difficult propagation paths on all bands when conditions are workable. We look forward to working not only the more common bands CW/SSB/RTTY, but also 6m, 2m EME and Satellite. We appreciate the donations and support by many. Even now in these last days, support is most helpful and appreciated. Our sincere thanks to all interested and following this DXpedition. We look forward to working you. Thank you. The WEB site: http://www.CY9DXpedition.com (Update, dated August 2nd). Randy, N0TG, reports: First cargo ship- ment packed and ready to go. Shipment from NY to northern tip of Nova Scotia is scheduled for Aug 11th. Next shipment will be from Ohio/Indiana and will ship August 13th. Destination is the take off-point - Dingwall, Nova Scotia. Team members will arrive in Dingwall between August 14-17th. Early arrivals will begin preparation for final transport to the island. SATELLITE GRIDS ROAD TRIP. Ron, N8RO, reports that he "will start a road trip on Thursday, August 11th. The trip will head north to OK, KS, NE, SD, ND and SK. We will then head west on the Trans Canadian Highway to AB & BC. From BC we will go to WA, MT, WY, CO and then work our way home to TX on Friday, August 26th. While the trip is primarily a vacation, I will attempt to make satellite contacts, hopefully one or two a day, on XW-2C, AO-85, SO-50 and FO-29 along the way. Possible grid activations include: EM03/04, EN00/01, EN04/05, DN88/89, DO50/60, DO11/21, CO90, CN99, CN78/88, CN97/96, DN36/37, DN75/76, DN71 and DM95. I hope to contact many of you during this trip." [ANS thanks the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1277 for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Receive Pictures from Space – ISS SSTV August 15-16 The ARRL reports Slow-scan television (SSTV) transmissions will be made from the International Space Station (ISS) on August 15-16, 2016. The MAI-75 Experiment will transmit SSTV images on 145.800 MHz FM over the course of a few orbits as the space station passes over Moscow. Operators in Europe and South America will have the best chances to receive images. Operators along the US East Coast may have one chance on August 16. Thanks to Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO, ISS Ham Project Coordinator [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- July/August AMSAT Journal in the Mail The July/August 2016 issue of The AMSAT Journal has gone to press and should be arriving in member's mailboxes soon. In this issue: * Apogee View by Barry Baines, WD4ASW * Engineering Update by Jerry Buxton, N0JY * Member Footprints by Fernando Ramirez-Ferrer, NP4JV * AMSAT Field Day Results by Bruce Paige, KK5DO * Digital Microwave Communications in Amateur Radio Satellites by Michelle Thompson, W5NYV and Robert McGwier, N4HY * QRV from PJ2 by Michael Lipp, HB9WDF * Protecting Satellites and Ground Stations from EMP and CME by Joe Kornowski, KB6IGK * Aboard the Queen Mary, W6RO, on AO-7 by Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK * Big Science / Amateur Budget by Eric Nichols, KL7AJ * Goodbye to a Good Man and Former AMSAT President by Robert McGwier, N4HY [ANS thanks Paul, N8HM, for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT-SA Partnership Announced to Develop QB50 nSight-1 Groundstation SCS Space (a subsidiary of the privately owned South African SCS Aerospace group) partnered with AMSAT SA to assist with internationally distributed ground station facilities for their up and coming QB50 satellite, "nSight-1". The use of multiple ground stations will multiply the downloaded science and imagery (32 m resolution) data generated by the satellite. QB50 is a constellation of 50 CubeSats that will be launched into a low earth orbit to study the earth's lower thermosphere. QB50 will provide multi-point, in-situ measurements. Each satellite will carry one of three science sensors that will generate data that must be downloaded to the ground daily. This is a unique opportunity for Radio Amateurs in South Africa to participate in an interesting satellite project. To participate please send details of your station, such as transceiver and antennas available as well as your location to saamsat(a)intekom.co.za. The next step will be to participate in a briefing session that will be conducted on Skype in two weeks' time. More details on www.amsatsa.org.za. ----- AMSAT-SA SDR Development Conversation The next AMSAT SDR Conversation takes place on Wednesday 24 August. The second AMSAT SDR Conversation was held last Wednesday when a basic mind-map to develop a SDR transponder was proposed and discussed. During the next two weeks, the participants will populate the mind-map, which will be discussed at the next SDR Conversation on Wednesday 24 August. For more information and how to take part in the conversation, visit www.amsatsa.org.za. [ANS thanks the South African Radio League News for Sunday 14 August 2016 for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- P4A Es'hailSat Geostationary Satellite Launch Re-Scheduled AMSAT Deutschland reported that the P-4A transponder on the Es'hail-2 is re-scheduled for launch in Q3 2017. Peter Guelzow, DB2OS, wrote, "We have been informed by Es'hailSat Qatar Satellite company, that the launch of Es'hail-2 with the first P4-A geostationary amateur radio transponder is shifted to Q3/2017." [ANS thanks AMSAT-DL for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org

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VSPE 64-bit splitter
by Mark Johns 13 Aug '16

13 Aug '16

I know that a number of folks are using virtual serial port splitters to allow both a logging program and SatPC32 to simultaneously talk to their rig via CAT or CI-V. I had such a system working quite nicely on my old Windows 7 32-bit computer, using a little freeware program called XPort. Recently I switched to a new Windows 10 64-bit computer. Since XPort is 32-bit only, I purchased the 64-bit version of VSPE from www.eterlogic.com. This program works fine creating a virtual serial port "pair" within the computer. When I try to set up a splitter, the first program to start (such as ACLog) talks with the rig fine on the virtual port. But as soon as I start another program on the splitter port (such as SatPC32), the first program stops exchanging data with the rig (IC-9100) and the second program has all the fun. SatPC32 seems to punch through and lock out any other programs. Eterlogic has not gotten back to me. If anyone has successfully set up a working splitter in 64-bit VSPE I'd like to know what your settings are. Thanks.-- Mark D. Johns, KØMDJ Decorah, Iowa USA EN43 ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain

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Still cannot receive NO-84
by Mark Lunday 13 Aug '16

13 Aug '16

2046 UTC, the bird went directly overhead. I was in listen-only mode. All I saw was (for the first 5 minutes of the pass) a series of lines which showed Doppler, almost like a yard rake was dragging at an angle across the screen. What SHOULD I see? Mark Lunday, WD4ELG Greensboro, NC FM06be wd4elg(a)arrl.net http://wd4elg.blogspot.com

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FW: Logging and Recording Passes
by Stephen E. Belter 13 Aug '16

13 Aug '16

Jerry, For recording, common devices and techniques include: >(1) Digital handheld recorder, for example, a Sony ICD-PX820 with cable >and Y-adapter connected to the headphone jack (this is what I use) >(2) Smartphone >(3) Audio recording application on a personal computer >(4) Built-in recorder on a Software Defined Radio (SDR) application like >HDSDR, SDR#, or SDR-Console, either audio or IQ recording > >For logging, common approaches are: >(1) Computer logging program, for example, Amateur Contact Log (or >ACLog), see www.n3fjp.com (this is what I use). ACLog supports uploading >to LoTW. See the LoTW help page on the n3fjp.com site. >(2) Paper log, then transcribing it directly into LoTW on the ARRL >website. > >Getting LoTW setup isn’t trivial, but the rewards for doing so are >significant. For example, getting confirmation of a QSO in a few hours >(sometimes less) vs. a week or more to trade QSL cards and then having >those cards checked at a hamfest. > >Hope this helps. > >73, Steve N9IP >-- >Steve Belter, seb(a)wintek.com > > > >On 8/13/16, 2:33 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Gerald Payton" ><amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org on behalf of gp_ab5r(a)outlook.com> wrote: > >>In studying videos on the internet and reading emails on the BB, I have >>noticed a frequent mention of "recording" passes, and eventually >>"uploading to LoTW." >> >> >>My questions are: What is the most common used way of audio recording: >>a digital handheld recorder or computer software of some kind? I will >>have a stationary station; not portable handheld. >> >> >>Is it common to keep a personal log and then upload it to LoTW? If so, >>what personal log program is commonly used? >> >> >>I normally do not use a logging program and certainly not familiar with >>LoTW. I looked at it on the ARRL website and it looked complicated. I >>really do not understand the process >> >> >>I listened to a AO-85 pass with my IC-2730A and a Comet GP-6 dual band >>base antenna, without any preamp, and was very good copy considering. >>That was encouraging. >> >> >>Any help will be appreciated . >> >> >>73, >> >>Jerry AB5R >>_______________________________________________ >>Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >>to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >>Opinions expressed >>are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of >>AMSAT-NA. >>Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite >>program! >>Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >

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Circular Antennas
by Gerald Payton 13 Aug '16

13 Aug '16

Trying to get back into satellite radio from the early 2000s, I wonder what happened to circular helical antennas. Are they out of fashion now? 73, Jerry AB5R EM12kh

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For Sale Yaesu FT-847 Satellite Rig
by Mike Sprenger 13 Aug '16

13 Aug '16

Hi, Cleaning out some things, would rather see a fellow amsat-er enjoy this radio on the Satellites I have a Yaesu FT-847 which is an all mode (FM/CW/SSB) HF through 70cm (less 220) Rig. Its not had a lot of use since I got it, which means its got little wear. Asking $950 plus shipping to your QTH. I have the original box for this radio. There's a scratch on the top next to the speaker, but even so, it looks nice, given this, its not museum quality, but it sure will get you on the air if you like working the satellites and look nice in your station. Also, it has RS-232 and is a late enough model that the RS-232 is bi-directional, which means it works fine with SatPC32, where for instance, you tune the receive dial on the radio, and SATPC then reads the downlink, calculates doppler, then sets the uplink for you. Works nicely, with 100w on 6m and HF (plus Mode A on AO-7 = uplink on 2m down on 10M) and will power mast mount preamps on 2m/70cm via the coax. No Paypal - Cashiers Check or Money Order, then I'm glad to ship. The Radio Works - Selling As-Is because I'm not interested in being scammed and have someone send me a carcass back....expecting a refund, sorry I even have to say that... For serious enquiries, I'm more than willing to provide pictures. (I don't think pictures go through the amsat-bb, I can send pictures direct) Here's the info from Yaesu's website about the radio: http://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCatID=102&encProdI… 73 Mike W4UOO

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For Sale - Kenwood TM-455 70cm All-Mode
by Mike Sprenger 13 Aug '16

13 Aug '16

Hi, Cleaning out some things, would rather see a fellow amsat-er enjoy this radio on the Satellites I have a Kenwood TM-455 which is an all mode (FM/CW/SSB) 5/35w 70cm Rig. I've used it since around the RS- series days and the AO-13 days. This radio tunes around nicely like an HF rig. Asking $350 plus shipping to your QTH. I have the original box for this radio. There's a bit of wear on the top, looks nice, but its not museum quality, but it surewill get you on the air if you like working the satellites. No Paypal - Cashiers Check or Money Order, then I'm glad to ship. The Radio Works - Selling As-Is because I'm not interested in being scammed and have someone send me a carcass back....expecting a refund, sorry I even have to say that... For serious enquiries, I'm more than willing to provide pictures. (I don't think pictures go through the amsat-bb, I can send pictures direct) Here's the manual and info with a stock picture: http://www.rigpix.com/kenwood/tm255-455ae_manual.pdf http://www.rigpix.com/kenwood/tm455e.htm 73 Mike W4UOO --

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AO-73/FUNcube
by Jim Heck G3WGM 13 Aug '16

13 Aug '16

Hi Folks I have just switched AO-73/FUNcube into full time transponder mode (Amateur Mode). As normal, plan to switch back to education mode on Sunday PM UTC Have FUN! 73s Jim G3WGM

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Re: [amsat-bb] AO-85
by R. S. 12 Aug '16

12 Aug '16

I will keep trying. I really need to get another Radio to work it full duplex so I guess I can get something with a little more power for transmit. Really strange since I just work SO-50 this morning at a 17 degree pass but cannot work AO-85 at a 89 degree pass. BTW my I just got my vanity call this morning. I am now W6ZAR. Ryan W6ZAR On Aug 12, 2016 11:06 AM, <jerry.tuyls(a)telenet.be> wrote: > > Hello Ryan > > That is strange, even without pl-tone i can access the sat. Also correct the dwnlink, it sounds better(for me). > > Best 73's > > Jerry,ON4CJQ > > ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- > Van: "R. S." <rzar66(a)gmail.com> > Aan: AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org > Verzonden: Vrijdag 12 augustus 2016 19:36:13 > Onderwerp: [amsat-bb] AO-85 > > Hello all, > > I am having a difficult time getting into AO-85. The equipment I am using > is a Kenwood TH-F6A and an Arrow antenna. I have the PL tone set and am > 's > > adjusting for Doppler on the transmit side. The first 4 passes I have tried > have been 50 deg. or more over the horizon with one being 89 and still > can't get in. I can hear it very clear on the passes I have tried. Is there > anything I am missing? I have successfully made a contact on SO-50 but > AO-85 cannot hear me for whatever reason. I am a new ham and very new to > satellites. Thanks for you help. > > 73, > Ryan > KM6DNG > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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AO-85
by R. S. 12 Aug '16

12 Aug '16

Hello all, I am having a difficult time getting into AO-85. The equipment I am using is a Kenwood TH-F6A and an Arrow antenna. I have the PL tone set and am adjusting for Doppler on the transmit side. The first 4 passes I have tried have been 50 deg. or more over the horizon with one being 89 and still can't get in. I can hear it very clear on the passes I have tried. Is there anything I am missing? I have successfully made a contact on SO-50 but AO-85 cannot hear me for whatever reason. I am a new ham and very new to satellites. Thanks for you help. 73, Ryan KM6DNG

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IC-9100 and SatPC32ISS
by Mark Johns 12 Aug '16

12 Aug '16

I bought a new PC, now running Windows 10, and trying to get everything set up once again. It's always the little things that take so much time to figure out. Perhaps someone can help with this one: I have the entry for ISS packet repeater set up in Doppler.SQF as: ISS,145825,145825,FMD,FMD,NOR,0,0,Packet When I select ISS in SatPC32, it immediately changes the frequencies of both VFOs to 145.825 and puts the rig into FM with the Digital mode indicated. When I start SatPC32ISS (which uses the same Doppler.SQF file as SatPC32), it changes the frequencies of both VFOs to 145.825 and puts the rig into FM but NOT into the Digital mode. I have to do that manually on the rig. Any thoughts? -- Mark D. Johns, KØMDJ Decorah, Iowa USA EN43 ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain

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FUNCube-1 (AO-73) Telemetry via FO-29??
by Scott 12 Aug '16

12 Aug '16

While monitoring FO-29 for activity tonight, I saw what appeared to be the distinctive waveform of the telemetry stream from FUNCube-1. Is this common? Or even possible? It was certainly a first for me. I see that the telemetry frequency on FUNCube-1 falls inside of the uplink range for FO-29. The signal was a little too weak for me to decode with the FUNCube dashboard ground station app, but I made some screen shots if anyone is interested. My Tweet with pics is at: https://twitter.com/scott23192/status/763990419378057216 FUNCube-1 was over Alaska & FO-29 was flying North-to-South down the Eastern US. Would that put them in sight of each other? If this is what happened, then it's my first satellite-to-satellite reception, which I thought was pretty cool. Thanks! -Scott, K4KDR Montpelier, VA USA

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Help Please with Simplesat
by Joe 12 Aug '16

12 Aug '16

This program seems really interesting, but I can not get it to load all the birds, http://www.tomdoyle.org/SimpleSatLookDown/SimpleSatLookDown.html Like NO-84 etc. I find it amazing that a person that makes a program, has zero way to contact the person. Granted it IS a free program so I can't complain, it is just UG all I can see is the Celestrak info and that list does not include NO-84 Anyone Help? Joe WB9SBD -- Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com

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BIRDS CubeSat Constellation + ISS SSTV
by M5AKA 12 Aug '16

12 Aug '16

Amateur Radio BIRDS CubeSat Constellation https://amsat-uk.org/2016/08/11/ham-radio-birds-constellation/ Receive Pictures from Space – ISS SSTV August 15-16 - WebSDR's available https://amsat-uk.org/2016/08/10/iss-sstv-august/ Video of ISS HamTV talk at EMF https://amsat-uk.org/2016/08/08/iss-hamtv-emf-talk/ Video of $50SAT ham radio satellite talk https://amsat-uk.org/2016/08/08/50-dollar-sat-emf-talk/ 73 Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ----

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FUNcube Warehouse Testing
by David Johnson 12 Aug '16

12 Aug '16

Hi, Thanks to all who took the time to upload a few packets to the data server under development: | 16 | PA3WEG | | 98 | VK5GU | | 97 | KB1PVH | | 252 | WC7V | | 330 | K7WDO | | 138 | G3VHF | | 45 | AI9IN | | 20 | Scott_Chapman | Proved that we can: - detect the satellite from the stream, FC1 (EM/FM), UKube1, Nayif-1, we will be testing ESEO locally. - save raw hex frames - determine the user who uploaded the original packet - added users to existing uploads (for scoring) - detected users trying to upload the same packet more than once - detected if a packet was older than two weeks, our notional cut-off point, and rejected them - saw concurrent uploads without error Please reset the dashboard URL to http://data.funcube.org.uk 73 Dave, G4DPZ

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-08-12 02:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 12 Aug '16

12 Aug '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-08-12 02:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville AL, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kate Rubins KG5FYJ Contact was successful: Thu 2016-08-11 14:48:24 UTC 83 deg (***) Kopernik Observatory & Science Center, Vestal NY, direct via K2ZRO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-08-18 16:24:42 UTC 29 deg Daisen Elementary School, Saihaku-gun, Japan, direct via 8J4DISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-08-20 08:50:19 UTC 42 deg **************************************************************************** **ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz. **************************************************************************** *** All ARISS contacts are made via the Ericsson radio unless otherwise noted. **************************************************************************** *** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 120 Francesco IKØWGF with 117 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-08-12 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. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1078. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1043. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2016-08-12 02:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 47 on orbit Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Aleksey Ovchinin Exp. 48 on orbit Anatoly Ivanishin Kate Rubins KG5FYJ Takuya Onishi KF5LKS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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WD9EWK @ NPOTA HP45/TR13, Friday (12 August)
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 12 Aug '16

12 Aug '16

Hi! On Friday (12 August), I will work various passes from the grounds of the Tumacacori National Historic Park in southern Arizona. This park is also part of the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail, which runs through parts of Arizona and California. The location I plan on working from would be NPOTA sites HP45 and TR13, in grid DM41ln along the I-19 freeway between Tucson and the USA/Mexico border. I am hoping to work as many FM satellite passes as I can from Tumacacori. There is an AO-85 pass just after 1600 UTC that I might be able to work, if I get an early start. It takes almost 3 hours to drive from the Phoenix area to this park. Since this is a very high pass for Arizona, I may stop and work this pass from wherever I happen to be, if I am unable to make it all the way to Tumacacori in time. I should almost certainly make it to Tumacacori in time for passes later in the morning. I will also work the afternoon ISS and NO-84 passes if those digipeaters are on, using APRS messages from my TH-D72A HT. Please look for WD9EWK-9 on those passes. After this day-trip, I will upload my logs to Logbook of the World. All QSOs made from Tumacacori will contain both NPOTA site IDs. Please e-mail me directly with QSO details if you would like to receive a QSL card. Although the NPOTA program works only with LOTW, I am happy to send a QSL card if you request a card and your QSO details are in my log. Please look at my @WD9EWK Twitter feed - visible in a web browser at http://twitter.com/WD9EWK - for updates during the day. While on the road, I will use WD9EWK-9 as my APRS call. This should appear in various web sites, including http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 . 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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W9KE Simplesat
by Joe 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

Pretty neat program. But I cant get it to display the sat lists like he has, all it has available is the celestrak and nothing else, Anyone? Joe WB9SBD

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Upcoming ARISS contact with U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville AL
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville AL on 11 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 14:48 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between OR4ISS and IK1SLD The contact should be audible over Italy and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Since 1982, Space Camp® at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama has been inspiring people of all ages about space science, space flight, and space exploration. Among the 750,000 Space Camp graduates worldwide are five astronaut alumnae, including Dr. Kate Rubins, slated to launch on expedition 48/49 to the ISS this summer. Her presence on the space station provides an incredible opportunity for young people currently attending Space Camp to be able to talk to someone who was once in their shoes who went on to become an astronaut. It is also very likely that international students will be taking part in Space Camp during the link. These students will have a unique opportunity while visiting the United States to take part in an active exchange with the largest multi-national laboratory on-or off-the planet! In addition to Space Camp trainees, museum guests will have the opportunity to take part in the activity. As the original NASA visitor center, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center has been telling NASA's story since 1970. And with over 650,000 visitors annually, the Space and Rocket Center is Alabama's top tourism attraction. And depending on when the event falls in the summer, the USSRC may also bring in educators attending Space Academy for Educators, an immersive professional development program conducted throughout the summer months annually. In short, the USSRC hope to maximize both camp and museum guest participation to promote the scientific activities taking place on the ISS, as well as highlight the technology that allows such an exchange to take place. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What was your favorite subject in school? 2. What was your toughest subject in school? 3. Who were your heroes growing up? 4. What is something you learned at Space Camp you are using in space? 5. What advice would you give a student who wants to become an astronaut? 6. What advice would you give to someone at Space Camp this week? 7. Were you afraid when your rocket launched? 8. What was the hardest thing in astronaut training? 9. How often do you talk to your family? 10. Do you speak Russian with the Russian cosmonauts? 11. What does it smell like on the ISS? 12. What is the coolest thing that you have seen in space? 13. What is your favorite food to eat in space? 14. What medical research are you working on while you're on the Space Station? 15. What other cool research projects are you helping with? 16. As a researcher, do you think NASA's biological space research will one day lead to a cure for diseases like HIV or cancer? 17. Do you work with research projects from other countries? 18. What do you think is the biggest effect on an astronaut's body from long- term spaceflight? 19. How will research on the Space Station help us get ready to go to Mars? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. Kopernik Observatory & Science Center, Vestal NY, direct via K2ZRO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-08-18 16:24:42 UTC 2. Daisen Elementary School, Saihaku-gun, Japan, direct via 8J4DISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-08-20 08:50:19 UTC About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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New FUNcube warehouse testing. Volunteers required to spare a few packets
by David Johnson 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

Hi, I'm working on a new data capture mechanism to support Nayif-1 and ESEO and the current FC warehouse will eventually move across to it (without loss of scores) I wonder if you could spare a few FC1 & UKube-1 packets by changing the dashboard data URL: from http://data.funcube.org.uk to https://services.badgersoft.com/warehouse One pass will be fine. DON'T FORGET TO CHANGE iT BACK :-) your siteId and authKey remain the same. Alternatively, if you have a bin file to replay to the test URL that would also be useful. Let me know if you've submitted anything. Many thanks 73 Dave, G4DPZ FUNcube warehouse designer/developer

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Univ of Maryland and Johns Hopkins?
by Robert Bruninga 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

Is there any amateur satellite activity or interest at either the University of Maryland or John's Hopkins or other Maryland university? Bob, WB4APR

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-08-11 08:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-08-11 08:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: OK2KJT Radioclub, Valasska Polanka, Czech Republic, direct via OK2KET The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS Contact was successful: Wed 2016-08-10 18:56:17 UTC 90 deg (***) U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville AL, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kate Rubins KG5FYJ Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-08-11 14:48:24 UTC 83 deg Kopernik Observatory & Science Center, Vestal NY, direct via K2ZRO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-08-18 16:24:42 UTC 29 deg Daisen Elementary School, Saihaku-gun, Japan, direct via 8J4DISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-08-20 08:50:19 UTC 42 deg **************************************************************************** ** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz. **************************************************************************** *** All ARISS contacts are made via the Ericsson radio unless otherwise noted. **************************************************************************** *** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 120 Francesco IKØWGF with 117 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-08-11 08:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1077. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1042. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2016-08-11 08:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 47 on orbit Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Aleksey Ovchinin Exp. 48 on orbit Anatoly Ivanishin Kate Rubins KG5FYJ Takuya Onishi KF5LKS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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[Video] National Parks on The Air - Satellite Activation #2 - Blue Ridge Parkway
by John Brier 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

https://youtu.be/VCCfEDOBC_U Please Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/SpaceComms1?sub_confirmation=1 I did two passes from Blue Ridge Parkway PK01 EM85 at Craggy Gardens in North Carolina. This is the first one from Saturday July 16th. Confusingly, my first video (featured at the end of this video) is from the second pass on Sunday. I made 14 contacts in this video on Saturday and 10 on the Sunday pass in the other video (https://youtu.be/EyXZ59-t8BQ). Stations contacted: 01) K8YSE 02) N8HM 03) K4FEG 04) KM4ULB 05) W2JV 06) KI4RO 07) WI9I 08) WA5KBH 09) W4DTA 10) N4UFO 11) AA5PK 12) WU2M 13) K5ND 14) W1PA This was filmed on Saturday July 16th, 2016 on the Craggy Overlook Trail on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. Link to the other video featured at the end: https://youtu.be/EyXZ59-t8BQ Thanks for watching! 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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