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Office Closed
by Martha 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

The office will be closed Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week. I will be back in on Friday, June 24th -- 73- Martha

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Amsat at Friecrichshafen
by Rupert Hamblin 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

Hi All, I'm planning on attending the Hamfest at Friedrichshafen end of this week - was wondering what Amsat representation there'll be there, either on stands or presentations / talks...? Cheers RH / G0TKZ

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Doppler.sqf
by Keith McDonnell 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

Thank you to all who helped me out so fast! I now have a few copies of files. Thank you all so much. Best of health and happiness to all . 73, Keith

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Satpc32 Doppler.sqf
by Keith McDonnell 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

Hello to all. I messed up my Doppler.sqf file. I went my looking to download a copy, and the newest one is from 2015, which I found on the -uk website. Would someone be able to email me , off reflector , an up to date copy, with values that work for them? If Ao-85 is in there , that would be great too. I am using a ts-2000, in case there is a difference in frequency values amount rigs. (Which I assume there shouldn't be). Thank you everyone! 73, Keith Kg2ix(a)optonline.net

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AMSAT-UK Colloquium2016 Final Call for Speakers
by David Johnson 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

Hi, This is the final call for speakers for the AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2016 which will be held from Saturday, July 29 to Sunday, July 31, 2016 at the Holiday Inn, Guildford, GU2 7XZ, United Kingdom: https://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/ AMSAT-UK invites speakers, to cover topics about Amateur satellites, CubeSats, Nanosats, space and associated activities, for this event. They are also invited to submit papers for subsequent publishing on the AMSAT-UK web site or Oscar News. Those wishing to participate should contact Dave, G4DPZ, dave at g4dpz dot me dot uk 73 Dave, G4DPZ

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SDR testing:portable operation
by Norm n3ykf 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

Had the B210 in the driveway with the portable gear this am. Using one receiver, was able to hear myself on FO-29's downlink at 2 degrees elevation, through a bunch of houses and trees. 50 watts from the 857d as the (twoards the very end) uplink. No filtering other than what's in the preamps. Remained set up for AO-7. Battery caved in on laptop. End of fun. Using HDSDR as the client. Indoor tests revealed no problems using it as the downlink rx, either for VHF or UHF. Real field tests eliminate suprises. Will be testing the power supplies/sequencers/filtering/amp modules later this week. Plan on the 8640b as an exciter. Norm n3ykf

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Re: [amsat-bb] UNISAT-6 celebrates its second anniversary in orbit
by Andrew Glasbrenner 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

Congratulations on the continued success of your program. Has your organization considered an open comms mission for amateurs on any of your existing or future spacecraft? 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- >From: GAUSS TEAM <info(a)gaussteam.com> >Sent: Jun 20, 2016 12:50 PM >To: info(a)gaussteam.com >Subject: [amsat-bb] UNISAT-6 celebrates its second anniversary in orbit > >Dear All, > >We are glad to inform you that UniSat-6 has turned two! > >Our eighth satellite has been launched on the 19th of June 2014 and, after >two years, it continues to be fully operative and its onboard systems are >functioning well. >Such result let us collect a great amount of data and gave us the >opportunity to test our own technology in space, demonstrating the >reliability of our products and confirming the capabilities of the UniSat >platform. > >We are very thankful to everyone involved in the project and to the >radioamateurs for their feedback. > >For more information about our services <http://www.gaussteam.com/services/>and >products <http://www.gaussteam.com/products/>and for updated news >about the UniSat-6 >mission <http://www.gaussteam.com/unisat-6-mission/>, visit our website ><http://www.gaussteam.com/>. > >We are looking forward to the next mission: UniSat-7 is going to be >launched in 2017! Click here <http://www.gaussteam.com/satellites/unisat-7/>to >find out more. > >Best regards, > >the GAUSS Team >----- >*GAUSS Srl* >*Group of Astrodynamics for the Use of Space Systems* >Via Poggio Moiano 23 >00199 Roma - ITALY >+390697881440 > >website <http://www.gaussteam.com/> >facebook <https://www.facebook.com/GaussSrl?fref=ts> >twitter <https://twitter.com/gaussteam> >linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/company/gauss-srl> >_______________________________________________ >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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UNISAT-6 celebrates its second anniversary in orbit
by GAUSS TEAM 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

Dear All, We are glad to inform you that UniSat-6 has turned two! Our eighth satellite has been launched on the 19th of June 2014 and, after two years, it continues to be fully operative and its onboard systems are functioning well. Such result let us collect a great amount of data and gave us the opportunity to test our own technology in space, demonstrating the reliability of our products and confirming the capabilities of the UniSat platform. We are very thankful to everyone involved in the project and to the radioamateurs for their feedback. For more information about our services <http://www.gaussteam.com/services/>and products <http://www.gaussteam.com/products/>and for updated news about the UniSat-6 mission <http://www.gaussteam.com/unisat-6-mission/>, visit our website <http://www.gaussteam.com/>. We are looking forward to the next mission: UniSat-7 is going to be launched in 2017! Click here <http://www.gaussteam.com/satellites/unisat-7/>to find out more. Best regards, the GAUSS Team ----- *GAUSS Srl* *Group of Astrodynamics for the Use of Space Systems* Via Poggio Moiano 23 00199 Roma - ITALY +390697881440 website <http://www.gaussteam.com/> facebook <https://www.facebook.com/GaussSrl?fref=ts> twitter <https://twitter.com/gaussteam> linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/company/gauss-srl>

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Phase 4B
by Robert McGwier 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

Neglect the "First geosynchronous" article. I did not write it and it is like all mistakes, firmly in archives and not fixable. http://www.hume.vt.edu/geo/ 73s Bob -- 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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FW: SolarImpulse: New York to Sevilla
by Robert Bruninga 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

Solar Impulse is in the air for the first solar solo cross-atlantic flight. You can see the track and live cockpit images here: http://www.solarimpulse.com/leg-15-from-New_York-to-Sevilla Bob, WB4APR

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UKube-1
by David G0MRF 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

Hi. Thank you for the very nice video which clearly shows the frequency offset of the transponder. I believe the drop in signal that you saw several times during the pass occurs when the satellite's primary transmitter is active. Nice to see some signal coming through at this time. It appears to be several S-points down. Hope you completed the QSO with your friend in LU Regards David G0MRF Hi friends Here is my report about Ukube-1 ; https://youtu.be/bT5vkFT16wg Has was reported , sometimes the signal drops a lot , as you can see at end of this short video. 73

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2016 ARRL/TAPR DCC (Digital Communications Conference), St. Petersburg, FL, September 16 - 19, 2016
by Mark Thompson 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

2016 ARRL / TAPR DCC (Digital Communications Conference ) Hilton Saint Petersburg Bayfront Hotel Tampa, FL September 16 - 19, 2016 DCC Information at: www.tapr.org/dcc

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C6AGZ active from the Bahamas (FL06)
by Paul Stoetzer 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

KM4RTS is active today from Grand Bahama Island in the Bahamas as C6AGZ. I just worked him on the last pass of FO-29. If you need the grid (FL06) or country, he'll be on the following passes using two FT-817s and an Arrow. UKube-1: 1733Z FO-29: 1810Z AO-7: 2005Z (if in Mode B) SO-50: 2103Z Gabriel is a new ham. He's only been licensed since March and just started working the linear transponders with two FT-817s a few days ago, but he's doing a great job. QSL via LoTW or direct to his home call. 73, Paul, N8HM

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Re: [amsat-bb] LilacSat-2 APRS digipeater mode
by Rick Tejera 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

DOH! I may just add it in if they turn it on again. www.w7tbc.org 623-572-0713 623-203-4121 (cell) SaguaroAstro(a)cox.net -----Original Message----- From: Clayton Coleman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2016 10:48 AM To: Rick Tejera Cc: AMSAT-BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] LilacSat-2 APRS digipeater mode Yes, BJ1SI-1 would be your UNPROTO path. However, it was turned off by the orbit I mentioned. 73 Clayton W5PFG On Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Rick Tejera <saguaroastro(a)cox.net> wrote: > Clayton, > > By "just use BJ1SI-1 as your first repeater" do you set BJ1SI-1 in the > packet path? > > Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) > Saguaro Astronomy Club > www.saguaroastro.org > Thunderbird Radio Club > www.w7tbc.org > 623-572-0713 > 623-203-4121 (cell) > SaguaroAstro(a)cox.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Clayton > Coleman > Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2016 5:28 AM > To: AMSAT-BB > Subject: [amsat-bb] LilacSat-2 APRS digipeater mode > > BG2BHC sent out the following messages on Twitter this morning. I am > going to be on as W5PFG-1 via LilacSat-2 on 1230 UTC pass: > > > LilacSat-2 multi-mode APRS digipeater is ON now. The uplink is on > 144.350 and the downlink is on 437.200. @amsat @amsatuk > > For the real-time mode, just use BJ1SI-1 as your first repeater. @amsat > @amsatuk > > For the delayed mode, use BJ1SI-2 and minutes to be delayed in ASCII > as your 1st and 2nd repeater. Pad 0 for bytes unused. @amsat @amsatuk > > > 73, > Clayton > W5PFG > _______________________________________________ > 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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UKube-1 Transponder Schedule
by Bob 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

Now that the transponder is switched on will it be on 24/7 or does it shift to data 73 WB4SON

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Re: [amsat-bb] LilacSat-2 APRS digipeater mode
by Rick Tejera 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

Clayton, By "just use BJ1SI-1 as your first repeater" do you set BJ1SI-1 in the packet path? Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org Thunderbird Radio Club www.w7tbc.org 623-572-0713 623-203-4121 (cell) SaguaroAstro(a)cox.net -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Clayton Coleman Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2016 5:28 AM To: AMSAT-BB Subject: [amsat-bb] LilacSat-2 APRS digipeater mode BG2BHC sent out the following messages on Twitter this morning. I am going to be on as W5PFG-1 via LilacSat-2 on 1230 UTC pass: LilacSat-2 multi-mode APRS digipeater is ON now. The uplink is on 144.350 and the downlink is on 437.200. @amsat @amsatuk For the real-time mode, just use BJ1SI-1 as your first repeater. @amsat @amsatuk For the delayed mode, use BJ1SI-2 and minutes to be delayed in ASCII as your 1st and 2nd repeater. Pad 0 for bytes unused. @amsat @amsatuk 73, Clayton W5PFG _______________________________________________ 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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EM96 activation on FO-29 in about an hour
by Kevin M 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

I will run up to EM96 this afternoon to operate FO-29 on the 1812z pass.If anyone needs this grid, look for me in the lower part of the passband around 835-840. C6AGZ will also be on the pass from Freeport Bahamas (FL06) and will be in the upper part of the passband around 860-870. Gabe is going to a whole lot more effort on his outing, so I certainly don't want to get in his way... hopefully this way we will not cause problems for each other or any stations trying to work us. 73 and see you on the birds! Kevin N4UFO

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LilacSat-2 APRS digipeater mode
by Clayton Coleman 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

BG2BHC sent out the following messages on Twitter this morning. I am going to be on as W5PFG-1 via LilacSat-2 on 1230 UTC pass: LilacSat-2 multi-mode APRS digipeater is ON now. The uplink is on 144.350 and the downlink is on 437.200. @amsat @amsatuk For the real-time mode, just use BJ1SI-1 as your first repeater. @amsat @amsatuk For the delayed mode, use BJ1SI-2 and minutes to be delayed in ASCII as your 1st and 2nd repeater. Pad 0 for bytes unused. @amsat @amsatuk 73, Clayton W5PFG

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North Texas "Moon Day" for AMSAT, ARISS and Amateur Radio.
by Tom Schuessler 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

Greetings to all AMSAT friends in North and Central Texas. July 16th, 2016 will be the date for the annual "Moon Day" at the Frontiers of Flight Museum at Love Field in Dallas, TX, STEM event. Check out http://www.flightmuseum.com/moon-day-2016/ for more information. Moon Day is a large space exploration and science themed STEM event from 10a-5P that features numerous exhibitors, technology demonstrations, an ARISS contact with the ISS and AMSAT/Amateur Radio as key elements. Over 1500 attended last year's event including many Boy/Girl Scouts and other young people and families. This year's event might be even bigger. AS last year, AMSAT members from North Texas, along with the Dallas Amateur Radio Club, will have a shared display space with STEM activities for people to learn about satellites, orbital mechanics and the exciting possibilities of personal communications through Amateur Radio and Amateur Radio satellites. Aside from the indoor space, we want to be able to offer multiple opportunities for satellite pass demos on the outside of the building as well. Keith Pugh, W5IU will be the ARISS Mentor/coordinator for the scheduled ARISS contact and has a support team for that but we need other Amateur Satellite enthusiasts to help man the display space and also to run the pass demos outside the facility. I have communicated with the event coordinator asking them to provide us an approved outside space and published promotion and "Carrots" to get people out there. Being summer and most likely hot. I also asked if we could have some sort of tent or easy-up to block the sun from the operating point. SO WHAT WE NEED are people to man the inside display table, where you will get to explain some of the basics of Amateur Radio satellites, orbits, footprints and cubesat to hundreds of inquisitive young people. We also need some experienced satellite and Amateur Radio operators who will be willing to handle the heat outside and get people involved with this fun aspect of our hobby. (With enough of us we can do shifts). There is quite a good list of pass opportunities between 10a and 5p so you would not be bored. Please let me or Keith, W5IU know if you can join us and help with a great public outreach for Amateur Radio and AMSAT. 73 Tom Schuessler, N5HYP

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ANS-171 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Joseph Spier 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-171 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: * 2016 Candidates for the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Announced * May/June 2016 Issue of The AMSAT Journal Sent To Press * Amateur Radio Geostationary Satellite Phase 4B Information * ISRO PSLV-C34 will Launch 20 Satellites from Space Centre at Andhra Pradesh June 22 * Data Modes on Ham Radio Satellites * LibreCube Initiative Invites Comments on CubeSat PC Board Standardization * Special Calls From Brazil on the Satellites * Special Event Station K1D to Operate Satellites on Field Day 2016 * ARISS Delivers the Excitement of Space Exploration to UK Students * NASA Astronaut Scott Tingle Earns Amateur Radio License, KG5NZA * AMSAT Events * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-171.01 ANS-171 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 171.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE June 19, 2016 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-171.01 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 Candidates for the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Announced The 2016 candidates, in alphabetical order by last names are: Tom Clark, K3IO Clayton Coleman, W5PFG Mark Hammond, N8MH Bruce Paige, KK5DO Paul Stoetzer, N8HM This year AMSAT-NA will be electing three voting members of the Board of Directors. These will go to the three candidates receiving the highest number of votes. In addition, there will be two alternates chosen, based on the next highest number of votes received. Ballots will be mailed to the AMSAT-NA membership by July 15, 2016 and must be received at the AMSAT office by September 15, 2016 in order to be counted. Those sent outside North America will go by air mail. If you have not received your ballot package in a reasonable time for your location, please contact the AMSAT office. Completed ballots should be returned as promptly as possible, and those from outside North America preferably by air mail. Election of Board members is both an obligation as well as an opportunity by our membership to help shape the future direction of AMSAT. Please take the time to review the candidate statements that will accompany the ballot and determine who you wish to see on the Board. You have the option to vote for up to three candidates. [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA Secretary, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- May/June 2016 Issue of The AMSAT Journal Sent To Press The May/June 2016 issue of The AMSAT Journal has gone to press and should be arriving in member's mailboxes soon. In this issue: *Dateline Dayton - Notes from Hamvention 2016 - Joe Kornowski, KB6IGK and Keith Baker, KB1SF/VA3KSF *Tom Clark, K3IO, Receives ARRL President's Award *GNU Radio Companion Protoype for a Dual Analog/Digtal Transponder System for the AMSAT GEO Mission - Dr. William C. Headley, KM4KAL, Dr. Robert McGwier, N4HY, and Dr. Tom Clark, K3IO *Orbital Debrief - Paul Stoetzer, N8HM *Member Footprints - John Smith, KI4RO *An Arduino Controlled GPS Corrected VFO - Gene Marcus, W3PM/GM4YRE *On the Grids - Melvin C. Vye, W8MV *AMSAT Activites at Greater Houston Hamfest 2016 - Allen F. Mattis, N5AVF and Andy MacAllister, W5ACM *GOTA Station Demos Satellites to Over 400 Students - Richard Siff, WA4BUE [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA Secretary, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Amateur Radio Geostationary Satellite Phase 4B Information At website hosted by the Hume Center for National Security and Technology at Virginia Tech lists the relevant information available for the Phase 4B HEO Satellite. The beginning parts of the brochure state: Hands on, Minds on; RF and Security Research at Virginia Tech: • On-orbit learning laboratory to develop new capabilities in satellite communications and amateur radio • Digital protocols to enable push-to-talk, WiFi, streaming video, etc. • Onboard processing - geolocation, co-channel, machine learning • App development and real time experimentation • Beam steering and coordinated collection • User authentication and prioritization • Open cryptography AMSAT Phase4B Project Program Specifications: • SDR-based 5 & 10 GHz amateur satellite payload being designed to take advantage of a geosynchronous launch opportunity • Rideshare opportunity on the US Air Force Remote Sensing Program Office Wide Field of View (WFOV) geosynchronous satellite being designed by Millennium Space Systems • Software-defined radio (SDR) payload from Rincon Research Corporation Dr. McGwier has promised upcoming articles for the AMSAT Journal and QST. see the full description at: http://www.hume.vt.edu/geo/ [ANS thanks Bob McGwier, N4HY, and the Hume Center for National Security and Technology at Virginia Tech, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ISRO PSLV-C34 will Launch 20 Satellites from Space Centre at Andhra Pradesh June 22 The Indian Space Agency has announced that it would be launching twenty satellites from its Sriharikota barrier Island base off the southeast coast on June 22. According to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will lift off from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh with 20 satellites at 9.25 am that day. While the rocket’s main cargo will be India’s 725.5 kg Cartosat-2 series satellite for earth observation, the other 19 satellites weighing around 560 kg are from Canada, Germany, Indonesia and the United States as well as one satellite each from Sathyabama University, Chennai, and the College of Engineering, Pune, said the Indiatoday.in report. The satellites will be launched from the second launch pad with a total payload of 1,288 kg. The whole mission will take approximately 26 minutes for its completion. The images sent by the Cartosat satellite will be useful for cartographic, urban, rural, coastal land use, water distribution and other applications. The Cartosat series of satellites was originated in India and is a part of Indian Remote Sensing Program. According to Indiatoday.in, the Swayam satellite weighing 1kg from Pune will provide point-to-point messaging services to the HAM radio community. HAM Radio, or Amateur Radio, is a popular service that brings people, electronics and communication together. People use ham radio to talk across town, around the world, or even into space, all without the Internet or mobile phones. The 1.5 kg Sathyabamasat from Sathyabama University will collect data on greenhouse gases. Satellite Uplink Downlink Beacon Mode ------------ ------- -------- ------- --------------- BEESAT-4 . 435.950 435.950 4800bps GMSK,CW BIROS . 437.525 . 4800bps GMSK LAPAN-A3 435.880 145.880 145.825 FM,APRS Max Valier . 145.860 145.960 CW Sathyabamasat . 145.980 . 2400bps BPSK Swayam COEP . 437.025 437.025 1200bps BPSK,CW Venta-1 . . 437.325 CW ------------ ------- -------- ------- --------------- see http://www.newsgram.com/in-a-single-mission-on-june-22-isro-will-launch-20- satellites-from-space-centre-at-andhra-pradesh/ https://amsat-uk.org/2016/05/25/amateur-satellite-launch-from-india/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and newsgram.com for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Data Modes on Ham Radio Satellites Tony Bombardiere, K2MO has released a video showing operation of PSK31, PSK63, and Hellshreiber on the amateur radio satellites. He demonstrates WinPSK and IZ8BLY’s Hellschreiber which both have satellite capabilities. Essentially, the applications make it easy for the operator to monitor digital signals on the satellites downlink while simultaneously transmitting on the satellites uplink; it’s accomplished by utilizing the sound cards full-duplex operation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaaHy02g9cM https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/17/data-modes-on-ham-radio-satellites/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and Tony Bombardiere, K2MO, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- LibreCube Initiative Invites Comments on CubeSat PC Board Standardization On June 16 Cubesat.org announced on their cubesat(a)cubesat.org e-mail list that the LibreCube Initiative, a community-driven initiative to provide open source solutions for space and earth exploration, is seeking input to formalize the mechanical specification of the stacked PC/104 circuit boards utilized in most CubeSat designs. The LibreSat project invites inline comments into the draft document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vEx4Wg5NjpI21a7JNdPjHnXPRjmNMTzArlYTK1sg 1Ng/edit?usp=sharing You may also discuss about it in the forum: http://librecube.net/forums/topic/librecube-board-specification/ When finalized, this specification shall become binding for future LibreCube open source CubeSat projects, but may be useful to other members of the CubeSat community as well. More information about the LibreCube project can be found on their web page: http://www.librecube.net The e-mail contact provided on the announcement is: Email: artur.scholz(a)librecube.net [ANS thanks CubeSat.org and LibreCube.net for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Calls From Brazil on the Satellites The Brazilian Amateur Radio Satellite Community of ARSATC, is celebrating its first "birthday" on the air with the calls ZV8SAT, ZX9SAT, ZV1SAT, and ZV2SAT until the end of the month. They will be QRV on the Satellites; QSL for all calls via PT9BM and LoTW. More information is on-line at: http://www.arsatc.org/home.html [ANS thanks the DXNL 1993 - June 15, 2016 DX Newsletter for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Event Station K1D to Operate Satellites on Field Day 2016 Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and running through 2059 UTC Sunday. Field Day 2016 is June 25-26. In an effort to encourage more kids and their families to get involved in the hobby, the kids at Ham Radio (dot) World are working to put an all-kids Special Event ARRL Field Day station on the air in 2016. This station will have the special event call sign of K1D and it will be set-up, operated, and put away by kids who are ham radio operators. Kids of all ages and their parents (both licensed hams and non-hams alike) are encouraged to come out and participate in this exciting event. New hams and even non-hams can experience the excitement of talking to people around the world with the Get On the Air (GOTA) station, which will have the callsign K4G. Both stations will operate from grid EL99IA in Deland, Florida, USA. The kids will be on the HF bands and on the Amateur Radio satellites. K1D will be joined by AMSAT’s Vice-President Operations, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, who will be a kid-for-a-day to help get the kids on the linear satellites. Look for them and give them a shout! The K1D Special Event Field Day station will be built by the kids prior to the Field Day activities. The kids have built a solar power solution–from scratch–to use to power their K1D Special Event Field Day station. Kyocera Solar and West Mountain Radio have graciously donated parts to this solar power supply – THANK YOU! They also plan on using a Genasun MPPT Charge Controller to manage charging the battery. Emmett of Radiowavz.com is providing a Sentinel Expedition Hex Beam for K1D. Finally, the kids have built their own W7FG True Ladder Line antenna with parts provided by TrueLadderLine.com and are building additional antennas to use for Field Day. Keep watching Ham Radio (dot) World for videos of the kids as they build their Special Event Station. Join WX4TVJ (Zechariah), who was licensed at 12 years old, AE4FH (Faith Hannah), who was licensed at 10 years old, KM4IPF (Hope), who was licensed at 8 years old, & 7 year old Grace (KM4TXT)for Field Day 2016. Listen for them on the air and give them a break by making K1D one of your 2016 Field Day contacts. For helping to encourage youth in amateur radio, stations who work K1D and/or K4G during the 2016 ARRL Field Day will be eligible for a special K1D/K4G Commemorative QSL card. More information at http://hamradio.world/ [ANS thanks James, WX4TV for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS Delivers the Excitement of Space Exploration to UK Students Two stories shared in UK media capture the excitement and reward of the UK’s ARISS ham radio operations team’s efforts in connection with Tim Peake’s Principia Mission. Carole Cadwalladr, a writer from The Guardian (a UK national newspaper) was present for the ARISS contact on May 9 at The King’s School, Ottery St. Mary in Devon, UK. In the Sunday, May 29 edition, she posted a story that beautifully captures the spirit of space adventure and how the ARISS program brings that excitement to students, their educators, and their communities in profound ways. The story is at: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/may/29/tim-peake-ground-control- revive-science-interest-schools-space TXFactor produced a documentary about the ARISS program’s interface with Tim Peake’s Principia Mission. The documentary describes the process UK schools undertook to apply for a scheduled radio interview with Peake, and preparations for the contact opportunity by the King’s School in Devon. It details the station set up by the ARISS UK Operations team which accomplished successful radio contacts between 10 UK schools during Peake's Principia endeavor. Seven of these ten contacts included the reception of HamTV signals both at the school (using a mobile based ATV reception facility) and a 3.8m dish located at the Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station. Watch the video on YouTube at: http://www.txfactor.co.uk/txf011.shtml [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- NASA Astronaut Scott Tingle Earns Amateur Radio License, KG5NZA NASA Astronaut Scott Tingle Earns Amateur Radio License. He is now the owner of call sign KG5NZA and will support ARISS on upcoming ISS Expeditions 53 and 54. NASA Astronaut Scott D. Tingle has just earned his Amateur Radio license, passing his exam on June 3, 2016. The FCC issued the call sign, KG5NZA, to him on June 8. In January, as he began some NASA training in Russia he requested the license study material. He had heard about ARISS during his astronaut training, and in January, decided to study on his own. The astronaut training program runs for at least two years, is intense, and heavily loaded with all types of required studies, and Amateur Radio is optional. Tingle earned his technician license and plans to use it to support ARISS during his scheduled time on the International Space Station as part of the Expedition 53 crew. Launch is tentatively planned for fall of 2017. His stay continues into Expedition 54. Tingle graduated from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, in 1988 with a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in fluid mechanics and propulsion. A captain in the United States Navy, he has served as a combat pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan and has earned copious awards and commendations. He was selected for the astronaut program in 2009 as one of 14 members of NASA Astronaut Group 20, and graduated in 2011. ARISS Chair Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, said, "The ARISS Team is excited to see continuing great interest among the Astronauts and Astronaut Candidates who are looking forward to supporting Amateur Radio activities through the ARISS platform." 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), and the 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, go to: www.ariss.org www.amsat.org www.arrl.org Also, join us on Facebook: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Follow us on Twitter: ARISS_status [ANS thanks Dave Jordan, AA4KN and ARISS 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). *Wednesday, 6 July 2016 – Chehalis Valley Amateur Radio Society meeting in Chehalis WA *Saturday, 13 August 2016 – KL7KC Hamfest in Fairbanks AK [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News Sucessful Contacts * A telebridge contact via VK4KHZ with students at Briargreen Public School, Nepean, ON, Canada was successful Mon 2016-06-13 at 15:19:15 UTC 31 deg. Astronaut Timothy Peake, KG5BVI answered 15 questions for an audience of 250 students along with parents and visitors. Briargreen is an amazing K-6 open-concept school nestled in a suburban community of west Ottawa in Ontario, Canada. It is a caring community of diverse students, teachers and parents, who love to share both our in-class and out-of-class experiences with each other. Some of our noteworthy special events include our Kindergarten Chinese New Year parade, Terry Fox Run activities and junior community games days. Our learning community has some of the most wonderful students in the world! Visit our website at briargreenps.ocdsb.ca/Pages/home.aspx * Glenmore State High School, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign was scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut was Tim Kopra KE5UDN A telebridge contact via W6SRJ with students at Glenmore State High School, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia was successful Mon 2016-06-06 08:39:31 UTC 31 deg. The audience assembled in the school’s 500 seat sports stadium. All seats were filled with an additional 100 persons standing as astronaut Tim Kopra, KE5UDN provided answers to questions from students. Glenmore High School is a modern, progressive secondary school providing quality education for students from years 7 to 12. Since its establishment in 1975 Glenmore High School has earned a reputation for high quality educational programs and services which develop a passion in students for learning and life. Glenmore SHS runs an extension Science/Math program named “SCOPE” where students enroll and work through year levels at an accelerated rate, which allows them to finish traditional schooling early and conduct further studies at our local university, to which we are partnered (Central Queensland University), during their final year of schooling. Students in the “SCOPE- Science” program are encouraged to participate in our schools astronomy club and robotics club as an extra curricula activity. The schools astronomy club works with local primary schools, teaching about space and running viewing evenings. * Bouze Island Elementary and Junior High School, Homeji, Japan, direct via 8N3B The ISS callsign was scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut was Timothy Peake KG5BVI A direct contact via 8N3B with students at Bouze Island Elementary and Junior High School, Homeji, Japan, was successful Sat 2016-06-04 08:31:09 UTC 74 deg. Astronaut Timothy Peake KG5BVI answered 16 questions for students and an audience of 500. Watch a video of the interview at http://www.ariss.jp/bouze/bouze.wmv Bouze Island is one of the Ieshima small Islands which are located in the Seto Inland sea of Hyogo Prefecture in Japan. There are about 1400 people on the island and are part of the marine products industry. They live with simplicity and are friendly. But the students of this Island have not had a chance for scientific experience as part of their school education because of their remote location. There are 140 persons in the elementary school and 100 persons in the junior high school. Upcoming Contacts * Chuvash Republic, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Contact is a go for Sun 2016-06-19 09:30 UTC 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 AMSAT Argentina Balloon Flight with Crossband Repeater AMSAT Argentina plans a high altitude balloon launch carrying a crossband repeater from Las Heras in the Mendoza province on July 9, 2016. Launch is currently planned for 10:00 AM local time, depending on weather conditions. AMSAT Argentina will also present news of their satellite plans. NEA-1 Repeater Information -------------------------- Uplink: 145.725 Mhz FM (123.0 Hz CTCSS) Downlink: 436.725 Mhz FM APRS information will be relayed via: http://aprs.fi/?call lu7aa-1 BALLOON NEA - 1 [ANS thanks AMSAT Argentina 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] Only Half of the CubeSats Deployed into Space Work
by Daniel Schultz 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

------ Original Message ------ Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 14:16:19 -0400 From: Robert McGwier <rwmcgwier(a)gmail.com> >Space is a mean nasty place. Hard Vacuum, very energetic particles >slamming you, micrometeorites and space junk clobbering, computers >GUARANTEED to get into a failure mode, with probability 1. And then what >do you do? Most don't know. Only experience tells you how not to have a >dead computer or one acting in a stupid way and how to fix it. Without naming any names, many years ago I had some limited involvement with a group that was going to build a satellite. Their transmitter was based on one of the Motorola RF chips intended for the cordless telephone or baby monitor market. They copied one of the example circuits from the manufacturer's data sheet and designed it into their satellite, with no workbench prototype to see if it actually works. There were no environmental tests, no thermal vacuum test, no extended range temperature test, no "day in the life" test, no vibration test. The satellite was delivered to the launch authority, which successfully placed it into orbit, and it was never heard from after launch, just another piece of space debris from day one. They were not interested in hearing any advice from anybody, because they were the smartest students at one of the best schools in the country, they had nothing to learn from anybody. That is how you design for failure. ------ Original Message ------ Received: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 04:01:31 AM EDT From: "Graham Shirville" <g.shirville(a)btinternet.com> > > Can we, collectively, come up with a better name than "Hobbyists" that > he shows in slide 3? In professor Swartwout's data base, AMSAT is not classified in the "Hobbyists" category, he places us under the "Commercial" category. His use of "Hobbyists" refers to people and organizations who are building their first satellite with no prior experience and little access to previous knowledge. Many of these organizations give up after one failure and are replaced by another first-timer group, so that the failure rate among the "Hobbyists" group of CubeSats is pretty much guaranteed to remain high. ------ Original Message ------ Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:16:13 -0500 From: "Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE" <kevin(a)eaglecreekobservatory.org> To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> >Of course a few LEO Linear birds like the old RS-12/13 would be nice too! I >don't know how many hundreds of qsos I had on 2/10 using RS-12. When reminiscing about the Radio Sputnik satellites, keep in mind that these were hosted payloads on a larger satellite, and they received a copious amount of electrical power from the primary satellite. This is a sweet deal if you can get it, but with the tiny little CubeSat form factors that we are forced to use today, it will be difficult to match the performance that you remember from the "good old days" of RS-12/13. 73, Dan Schultz N8FGV

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ic-910H
by James Brown 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

Just picked up a Icom IC910H. I have worked my way thru the setup and have a few questions for someone with this rig! Also have a nice FT847 with accessories that I will list this coming week.It works fine. used it on FO 29 mostly. Jim KI6WJ

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Simulate past passes in MacDoppler w/o changing OS date/time?
by John Brier 18 Jun '16

18 Jun '16

I just setup MacDoppler last night and got it to do basically what I wanted but I can't figure out if it's possible to simulate past/future passes beyond the 6 hour +/- changes you can make with the slider. I can get beyond that limit if I change the system date/time but I'd prefer not to have to do that to get what I want. I did see you can get predictions for anytime but what I'm interested in is not just that, but watching the map from the past passes. Is there a way to do that? 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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News report indicates June 22 for PSLV-34 launch
by M5AKA 18 Jun '16

18 Jun '16

Data modes on ham radio satellites https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/17/data-modes-on-ham-radio-satellites/ Amateur Radio – A golden age of opportunity - features ARISS https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/14/ham-radio-golden-age/ MAI-75 ISS SSTV Video https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/13/mai-75-iss-sstv-video/ GB1SS: schools speaking to Tim Peake https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/13/gb1ss-schools-speaking-to-tim-peake/ Newspaper: ISRO PSLV-C34 will Launch 20 Satellites from Space Centre at Andhra Pradesh June 22 http://www.newsgram.com/in-a-single-mission-on-june-22-isro-will-launch-20-… ISRO PSLV-C34 launch frequencies https://amsat-uk.org/2016/05/25/amateur-satellite-launch-from-india/ UKube-1 SSB/CW transponder has been active the last few days https://amsat-uk.org/satellites/communications/ukube-1/ This year's AMSAT-UK Colloquium takes place July 29-31 at the Holiday Inn, Guildford and is open to all https://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/ 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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Anybody know LOTW valid Satellite Name for UKUBE-1/FUNcube-2
by Bob 18 Jun '16

18 Jun '16

The LOTW online FAQ doesn't have a satellite name listed for UKUBE-1/FUNcube-2 yet. Nor does it appear in the config.xml file for the latest TQSL release (2.2.2). Does anybody know if there is a LOTW acceptable name yet? I have submitted a LOTW support ticket, but perhaps such requests need to come from official sources? 73, Bob, WB4SON

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CQ CQ ZS, V51, East Africa via AO-7
by Eduardo PY2RN 18 Jun '16

18 Jun '16

Any station available for a QSO via AO-7? AOS here will be at 17:04UTC I will calling around 145.950 (If AO-7 available in mode B) Tks & 73 Eduardo PY2RN

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-06-18 07:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 18 Jun '16

18 Jun '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-06-18 07:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Chuvash Republic, Russia, direct via TBD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Skripochka RN3FU (***) Contact is a go for Sun 2016-06-19 09:30 UTC (***) **************************************************************************** ** 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. **************************************************************************** *** 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 119 Francesco IKØWGF with 116 **************************************************************************** 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 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-06-18 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 1063. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1028. 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 2016-06-14 04:30 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. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Exp. 47 on orbit Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Aleksey Ovchinin **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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DL99 on Monday, 20 June
by Glenn Miller - AA5PK 18 Jun '16

18 Jun '16

I plan to operate from Amistad National Recreation Area (RCØ1) in DL99 on Monday, 20 June. Two FO-29 passes -- First at my AOS of ~1720Z and a second at ~1903Z. Monday promises to be the coolest day for the rest of the month with a high of just 96 predicted. I'll upload to LoTW (as "AA5PK") and hardcopy QSL to anyone by email request. 73 Glenn / AA5PK

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RTL-SDR downlink
by bruisedreed＠juno.com 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

Hello all! Been lurking a while here and just wanted to say hi and thanks to everyone. Just started working the birds. VERY limited success so far on the linear transponders. Limited budget leads me to either have to run in half duplex (obviously not preferred) or come up with another low cost receiving option. I bought an RTL-SDR to see if it could be any help. I have to say I really like this little receiver. It’s a little buggy figuring things out but it receives really pretty well…UNTIL I try to receive CW and SSB on the transponders. I have no problem receiving FM repeaters and simplex and have monitored a few SO50 passes with it no problem, but for some reason I’m not hearing the same signals I can hear on the receiver of my FT100 with the EXACT same antenna. I A/B them and have nothing on the SDR. Is anyone using one of these? I am probably missing something simple. When I started receiving HF I couldn’t make it work until I figured out I had to change the sampeling in the setup to direct from quadrature…only learned that through a forum and I assume something like that will make the thing come to life. Lack of documentation on some of these things is kind of a pain. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer and my apologies to anyone I have frustrated working half duplex! I will figure out what I’m doing! ____________________________________________________________ Los Angeles Post This Father and Son Took the Same Photo 28 Years in a Row, Last One is ... http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/5762b832d809e38323b6ast03vuc

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FUNcube-1 weekend operations
by Graham Shirville 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

Hi all, Just report that FUNcube-1 now has the transponder continuously operational for the weekend. 73 Graham G3VZV

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"Only Half of the CubeSats Deployed into Space Work"
by M5AKA 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

ARRL story quotes NASA engineer Joe Pellegrino as saying "Only Half of the CubeSats Deployed into Space Work" - is the failure rate really that high?http://www.arrl.org/news/view/stmsat-1-youngsters-told-only-half-of-th… I've certainly noticed that a number of ISS deployed CubeSats using amateur frequencies which were subject to delays in the initial launch and then more delays before actual deployment have failed but it certainly didn't seem to be as high as 50% But most ISS CubeSat deployments are not on amateur frequencies e.g. over 100 Planet Labs Dove CubeSats have been deployed. Was the NASA engineer saying that half of Planet Labs satellites failed to work? 73 Trevor M5AKA

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Re: [amsat-bb] Only Half of the CubeSats Deployed into Space Work
by Daniel Schultz 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

I just attended a talk on Tuesday by professor Michael Swartwout of Saint Louis University. He maintains a database of all known Cubesats at: https://sites.google.com/a/slu.edu/swartwout/home/cubesat-database According to his most recent data, about 25% of recent Cubesats are dead on arrival in orbit, and another 12% fail early in the mission. 50% of Cubesats are classified as fully or partially successful. He attributes this mostly to inexperienced organizations building their first satellite with little understanding of the space environment and little or no environmental testing before launch. A certain amount of first timer "we know everything" arrogance also factors into that statistic. Satellites in space definitely don't work the same as satellites on the workbench. Many of these "one and done" organizations quit building satellites after their first failure, those organizations that launch multiple Cubesats have much better success rates. Experience does count for something. Even for tiny little Cubesats, there is a set of "best practices" that you need to pay attention to when building your satellite. If it is your organization's first satellite, you need to be mindful of what you don't know and try to learn from the experience of others. Slides from an earlier presentation by Professor Swartwout are at: http://nepp.nasa.gov/workshops/eeesmallmissions/talks/11%20-%20THU/1300%20-… I expect that this year's presentation will be posted online in a few days. Dan Schultz N8FGV ------------Original Message------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:54:05 +0000 (UTC) From: M5AKA <m5aka(a)yahoo.co.uk> To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] "Only Half of the CubeSats Deployed into Space Work" Message-ID: <528856269.7643560.1466103245274.JavaMail.yahoo(a)mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 ARRL story quotes NASA engineer Joe Pellegrino as saying "Only Half of the CubeSats Deployed into Space Work" - is the failure rate really that high?http://www.arrl.org/news/view/stmsat-1-youngsters-told-only-half-of-th… esats-deployed-into-space-work I've certainly noticed that a number of ISS deployed CubeSats using amateur frequencies which were subject to delays in the initial launch and then more delays before actual deployment have failed but it certainly didn't seem to be as high as 50% But most ISS CubeSat deployments are not on amateur frequencies e.g. over 100 Planet Labs Dove CubeSats have been deployed. Was the NASA engineer saying that half of Planet Labs satellites failed to work? 73 Trevor M5AKA

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Re: [amsat-bb] RTL-SDR downlink
by Greg Van Scott 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

Thanks for all the comments and suggestions. I figured a bunch had to have tried the same thing as me! I have noted pretty much all of the drawbacks already mentioned (poor supression of strong signals…uplink wiping out downlink receiver etc.) Thankfully I am not in an RF rich environment, so I am going to continue to mess around and try some options. I have to say, for a modest investment there are a lot of really good applications for this little receiver. Nice way to experiment anyway. Mine has the upconverter in it so I have HF/VHF/UHF. Really handy little tool. If nothing else I can have a visual on where the signals are during a satellite pass or can decode telemetry. Thanks for all the input. This is what I love about amateur radio! Lots of really smart people out there that are willing to lend a hand. Greg WZ2N

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[Video] Seven SO-50 Contacts in 90 Seconds
by John Brier 16 Jun '16

16 Jun '16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcTbx-4IwV0 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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Field day power from BEV?
by Greg D 16 Jun '16

16 Jun '16

Hi folks, Every year there's always someone with an off-the-wall question about the Field Day rules. Not hearing one yet, it might as well be my turn... There are different station classifications based on your power source. What class is a station that gets its power from a Battery Electric Vehicle (one with battery only, no gas engine), for example, if I run my rig from the car's 12v Accessory outlet? Class-C covers a currently-traditional (ICE) car, one with a combustion engine driven generator (alternator) backing up the car's battery. My car has no such generator, just a really big battery (57kw). If I park the car and run a 12v cable to the operating position at a nearby picnic bench, and keep to 5 watts or less, am I Class A Battery? What if higher than 5 watts? Puzzled, Greg KO6TH

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SatPC32
by Brad Hyde 16 Jun '16

16 Jun '16

Hello all, I was wondering if anyone else has tried to download SatPC32 under Windows 10? I have been trying for 2 days now. Windows 10 says I don't have permission. So, I activate the administrator account and try it that way. Same issue. So, I go into Windows security and give the administrator all privileges. Still won't work. Keeps telling me I don't have permission to install software for other users. I am not impressed with W10 at this point.. Thanks for any advice. Brad W5BK

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Is anyone using a phased array antenna to receive low earth orbit satellites?
by Douglas Quagliana 16 Jun '16

16 Jun '16

All, Is anyone using a phased array of antennas to receive low earth orbit satellites (for example, the LA2QAA 435-jpole phased array that appeared in the AMSAT Journal a few years ago). In particular I would like to know - what antenna elements you used for the array (j-pole, vertical, or something else) - the number of antenna elements in your phased array - what coax relays/coax switches you used for phasing (brand/model/signal losses?) - details of the computer controlled steering (or did you manually steer)? - what band(s) (2m, 70cm, other)? - which satellite(s) you were trying to receive and -your overall experience with how well the phased array worked (or didn't work) for receiving low earth orbit satellites. If there is enough interest and/or enough replies then I'll write it up for an AMSAT Journal article. 73, Douglas KA2UPW/5

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Re: [amsat-bb] Largest cross-yagi ever? on 10 meter or CB
by Robert Bruninga 15 Jun '16

15 Jun '16

Based on N2OTO's photos, and assuming the Gondola is 6 feet high, the elements of the beam appear to me to be 8 feet on a side. That makes it a big 10 meter or CB antenna! OOPS, I see now he already figured that out. Nevermind... Bob > Forward from -Rupert, n2oto > > I photographed it about a month ago. You can see some great pictures > if you are interested at: > > http://www.qsl.net/n2oto > > I believe it is used for US NAVY MARS ops. > > Some countries use 27 MHz for maritime coms.

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Largest cross-yagi ever?
by Scott 15 Jun '16

15 Jun '16

So today I’m driving through rural Virginia near my home and as I come around a corner, the sky is FULL of a very low-flying white blimp. In years past the Goodyear blimp as well as the one from Met-Life have flown over, so while it was neat to see a blimp, it wasn’t the first time. Anyway, I pulled over to take a closer look because this one was different. You could clearly see U.S. Navy markings but what really stuck out was that on top of the blimp, running its full length, was what appeared to be a cross-yagi antenna approximately equal to the inflated size of the blimp itself. This thing was HUGE! Obviously it could have been anything, but it sure looked like an antenna to me. My iPhone would not have taken a picture with enough zoom to show any detail, but I got a good look through binoculars. By chance has anyone seen this type of structure on a blimp or have any insight on its use? If you can imagine the inflated diameter of a full-size blimp, that was the length of the radials. As for length, as I mentioned it ran the full length of the spine of the blimp itself. Quite a site! -Scott, K4KDR Montpelier, VA USA

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SatPC32- Auto Sat Change?
by Allen Burrell 15 Jun '16

15 Jun '16

I have successfully implemented control of my Yaesu G-450/G-550 rotors via ERC using SatPC32. I can now track satellites across the sky as I await arrival of transverters to work with my Flex-3000/1500 combo. I have not been able to get the Auto Sat Change feature to work, however. I have set up prior.SQF with a list of prioritized satellites, and set Auto Sat Change to “A+”. When a satellite becomes available, the lettered box highlights, but no changing of satellite to the active one occurs on the screen. Only after I click on the highlighted letter box does it activate the available satellite, allowing rotor control, and later, I hope, frequency tracking. What am I overlooking? Thanks for any help. Al, KI7RM

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Practice tracking ES'hail 2
by Remco 15 Jun '16

15 Jun '16

?? There is nothing to 'track'? Just point your dish towards the appropriate geostationary slot, like millions of broadcast viewers do. To fine tune check the 25.5 - 26 degr beacon entries at: http://frequencyplansatellites.altervista.org/Beacon-Telemetry_Europe-Afric… MiddleEast.html

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Re: [amsat-bb] SatPC32- Auto Sat Change?
by PE0SAT | Amateur Radio 15 Jun '16

15 Jun '16

Hi Allen, Check and double check the prior.sqf. I use it with success but have run into problems where for example there is a dash number in the Satellite name and the priority number. So first start with just a couple and not more then nine. Maybe share you prior.sqf file to see if there is an error in it. 73 Jan PE0SAT On 15-06-2016 08:33, Allen Burrell wrote: > I have successfully implemented control of my Yaesu G-450/G-550 > rotors via ERC using SatPC32. I can now track satellites across the > sky as I await arrival of transverters to work with my Flex-3000/1500 > combo. I have not been able to get the Auto Sat Change feature to > work, however. I have set up prior.SQF with a list of prioritized > satellites, and set Auto Sat Change to “A+”. When a satellite becomes > available, the lettered box highlights, but no changing of satellite > to the active one occurs on the screen. Only after I click on the > highlighted letter box does it activate the available satellite, > allowing rotor control, and later, I hope, frequency tracking. What am > I overlooking? Thanks for any help. Al, KI7RM > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- With regards PE0SAT Internet web-page http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/ DK3WN SatBlog http://www.dk3wn.info/p/ irc://chat.freenode.net #Cubesat

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W5PFG/p EL18 & EL19
by Clayton Coleman 15 Jun '16

15 Jun '16

I have had a few requests for EL18 and EL19 gridsquares. Tonight, I will work three passes from the gridline near Edna, Texas: XW-2A 00:02 SO-50 00:20 SO-50 02:02 (All times UTC, 6/16/2016) 73 Clayton W5PFG

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Re: [amsat-bb] Nova for Windows
by Pedro Converso 15 Jun '16

15 Jun '16

Hello Jim, I don't used Nova for windows, but if what is required is updated Keps in Amsat Format, you can get them in http://amsat.org.ar/sat.htm , just click on the satellite you want keps and click on Keps, you can copy/paste necessary keps. Other alternative is http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm , where you have updated keps and predictions in real time for useful amateur satellites. 73, lu7abf, Pedro Converso On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 10:08 PM, <jim(a)beeson.cc> wrote: > > > > Thanks all for the reply. I used it several years ago - AO-40 era - and I have been dormant since then. I want to use it now for predictions for the two new FM birds, AO-85 & SO-50. I have version 2.2C which I believe is the latest. I know you can make > "extra" sats but I don't appear to be savvy enough to convert the 2-line code to what Nova needs. And then I will want to pull in the latest K-elements as well. Help please!! > > > ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- > > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Nova for Windows > > From: "Ken Swaggart" <k.swaggart(a)charter.net> > > Date: Sun, June 12, 2016 10:26 pm > > To: jim(a)beeson.cc > > "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >> I've used it for a number of years and am very happy with it. I do not use > >> it for controlling the rotor or radio, just for visualizing and predicting > >> the passes, so can't comment on those features. Currently using it with > >> Windows 10. > >> > >> 73, > >> Ken, W7KKE > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> > > From: jim(a)beeson.cc > >> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2016 6:56 PM > >> To: amsat-bb > >> Subject: [amsat-bb] Nova for Windows > >> > >> Does anyone use Nova for Windows (by Northern Lights Software Associates) > >> for satellite tracking? > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > >> expressed > >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > >> AMSAT-NA. > >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >

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Re: [amsat-bb] P4A - Es'hail-2
by David G0MRF 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

Hi Rupert. There was a big discussion on the BB about a week ago. There maybe some good tips there. Mails are available at http://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/ S Band uplink will need a little work but X-Band is available 'off the shelf' I've attached an article on a suitable LNB, its performance and how it can be modified to make it's stability a little less temperature dependant. 73 David G0MRF Rupert Hamblin rupert.hamblin at gmail.com Hi Guys, Just read some interesting info from the Amsat-DL FB site about uplink / downlink frequencies for the P4A satellite due to launch end of the year / early next year. My quick query was around what sort of station (transceiver / receiver / transmitter) will be needed to work this satellite, will this be with off the shelf kit or will up / downconverters be needed...? Also the X & S Band LNB needed to support this sat, are these freely commercially available..? Thanks for any tips / help here... Cheers RH / G0TKZ

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P4A - Es'hail-2
by Rupert Hamblin 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

Hi Guys, Just read some interesting info from the Amsat-DL FB site about uplink / downlink frequencies for the P4A satellite due to launch end of the year / early next year. My quick query was around what sort of station (transceiver / receiver / transmitter) will be needed to work this satellite, will this be with off the shelf kit or will up / downconverters be needed...? Also the X & S Band LNB needed to support this sat, are these freely commercially available..? Thanks for any tips / help here... Cheers RH / G0TKZ

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-06-14 04:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-06-14 04:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Briargreen Public School, Nepean, ON, Canada, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact was successful: Mon 2016-06-13 15:19:15 UTC 31 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. **************************************************************************** *** 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 119 Francesco IKØWGF with 116 **************************************************************************** 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 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-06-14 04:30 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 1063. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1028. (***) 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 2016-06-14 04:30 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. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Exp. 47 on orbit Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Aleksey Ovchinin **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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The meaning of "Es'hail"
by Nico Janssen 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

Recently we see many postings about the new satellite called "Es'hail 2". Maybe you also wondered what the meaning is of "Es'hail". I asked two 'friendly Arabic speaking colleagues' to fill me in. It appears the satellite is named after a star, that we know as Canopus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canopus In Arabic, Canopus is Sohail. But in the section 'Middle East' on the Wiki page you see that there are many variants for this name, including Sohayl, Soheil, Suhayl, Suheyl, etc. Actually the name of our satellite is 'The Canopus', or in Arabic 'El Sohail'. In Arabic they tend to merge the two words, so it would become 'ElSohail'. Since Arabs find it hard to pronounce the combination of l and s, they drop the l. So it becomes 'ESohail'. An apostrophe is added to emphasize the S: 'ES'ohail'. And since the o (or u) will be pronounced anyway, almost 'automatically', it may be dropped. So that is how we get 'ES'hail', or even 'Es'hail'. As for the pronunciation of this satellite's name, probably 'eSohayl' is best, with a short and soft e at the beginning. So now at least we know what we are talking about :-) 73, Nico PA0DLO

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FS: Yaesu FT100D HF/VHF/UHF all mode radio
by John Geiger 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

I have for sale a Yaesu FT100D HF/VHF/UHF all mode transceiver. It does 100 watts on HF and 6m, 50 watts on 2m, and 20 watts on 70cm. It has a bilt in memory keyer, AF DSP providing noise reduction, bandpass filtering, and an autonotch, 500hz CW filter, TCXO, SWR meter, CTCSS encode and decode, and quite a few other features. Lots of great features in a mobile sized package. This would make a great 1/2 of a full duplex satellite station. This radio is in very good condition, with no real bad marks or signs of use on it. It comes with a power cord, manual, box, and an almost new MH-48 hand mic. This is not the original mic for the FT100D, so the up/down buttons don't work on it, but it gives very good audio reports and the other buttons work fine on it. I am asking $525 shipped in the US for the FT100D and can take paypal/check/MO. 73 John AF5CC

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ARISS News Release No. 16-05
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

ARISS NEWS RELEASE no. 16-05 Sunday, June 12, 2016 David Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org NASA Astronaut Scott Tingle Earns Amateur Radio License and is Now Owner of Call Sign KG5NZA will support ARISS on upcoming ISS Expeditions 53 and 54 NASA Astronaut Scott D. Tingle has just earned his Amateur Radio license, passing his exam on June 3, 2016. The FCC issued the call sign, KG5NZA, to him on June 8. In January, as he began some NASA training in Russia he requested the license study material. He had heard about ARISS during his astronaut training, and in January, decided to study on his own. The astronaut training program runs for at least two years, is intense, and heavily loaded with all types of required studies, and Amateur Radio is optional. Tingle earned his technician license and plans to use it to support ARISS during his scheduled time on the International Space Station as part of the Expedition 53 crew. Launch is tentatively planned for fall of 2017. His stay continues into Expedition 54. Tingle graduated from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, in 1988 with a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in fluid mechanics and propulsion. A captain in the United States Navy, he has served as a combat pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan and has earned copious awards and commendations. He was selected for the astronaut program in 2009 as one of 14 members of NASA Astronaut Group 20, and graduated in 2011. ARISS Chair Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, said, "The ARISS Team is excited to see continuing great interest among the Astronauts and Astronaut Candidates who are looking forward to supporting Amateur Radio activities through the ARISS platform." 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), and the 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, go to: www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org , and www.arrl.org . Also, join us on Facebook: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) / Follow us on Twitter: ARISS_status Contact: David Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR , aa4kn(a)amsat.org --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Nova for Windows
by jim＠beeson.cc 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

Does anyone use Nova for Windows (by Northern Lights Software Associates) for satellite tracking?

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Satellite operation using SDR
by Eduardo PY2RN 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

I have drawn some diagrams which I twitted before, but since interest is growing on using SDR for SAT I have included few more diagrams and consolidated in just one document, I think the link is working, if not let me know I can send the file individually. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2wc2KHr8WW2MFlkR3M3azFBcW8/view?usp=shari… 73 EDu PY2RN

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ANS-164 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 12 Jun '16

12 Jun '16

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-164 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: * 2016 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nomination Deadline This Week * ARRL Network Maintenance Set for Sunday, June 12 * 38 Years of Satellite Contacts Nets Satellite WAS for K8BL * Special Event Station K1D to Operate Satellites on Field Day 2016 * K6R Expedition to Santa Rosa Island and CM93 * Download Planetary Society's LightSail-2 Morse Beacon as a Ringtone SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-164.01 ANS-164 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 164.01 From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD. June 12, 2016 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-164.01 2016 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nomination Deadline This Week It's time to submit nominations for the upcoming AMSAT-NA Board of Directors election. Three director's terms expire this year: Tom Clark, K3IO, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM, and Lou McFadin, W5DID. In addition, up to two Alternates may be elected for one year terms. A valid nomination requires either one Member Society or five current individual members in good standing to nominate an AMSAT-NA member for Director. Written nominations, consisting of the nominee's name and call, and the nominating individual's names, calls and individual signatures should be mailed to: AMSAT-NA, 10605 Concord St, #304 Kensington, MD 20895-2526. In addition to traditional submissions of written nominations, which is the preferred method, the intent to nominate someone may be made by electronic means. These include e-mail, Fax, or electronic image of a petition. Electronic petitions should be sent to MARTHA at AMSAT.ORG or Faxed to (301)822-4371. No matter what means is used, petitions MUST arrive no later than June 15th at the AMSAT-NA office. If the nomination is a traditional written nomination, no other action is required. If it is other than this, i.e. electronic, a verifying traditional written petition MUST be received at the AMSAT-NA office at the above address within 7 days following the close of nominations on June 15th. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WITHOUT THIS SECOND, WRITTEN VERIFICATION ARE NOT VALID UNDER THE EXISTING AMSAT-NA BYLAWS. [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA Secretary, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL Network Maintenance Set for Sunday, June 12 The ARRL IT Department will conduct network maintenance on Sunday, June 12, to improve reliability and security. The work will occur between 1100 UTC and 2300 UTC. During this period some or all systems may be temporarily unavailable, including the website. Among services that will be affected are the ARRL Store, the National Parks on the Air (NPOTA) page, Logbook of The World (LoTW), the DXCC page, and the ARRL VEC page. E-mail also will be offline, but all messages will be queued for later delivery. Telephone service to ARRL Headquarters also may be affected. ARRL apologizes for any inconvenience. [ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- 38 Years of Satellite Contacts Nets Satellite WAS for K8BL Congratulations are in order to Bob Liddy, K8BL, for achieving Worked All States via satellite and earning WAS Satellite Award #341. The con- tacts for his award spanned 38 years. Bob's oldest satellite QSL card was from W7LSV in Oregon, 10/13/78 for an Oscar 8 Mode A CW contact. Bob's last state contacted was North Dakota W0N for a contact with Wyatt, AC0RA, via SO50 FM on 11/13/15. An AMSAT member since 1979, Bob wrote via the amsat-bb, "Earlier this year, I was going through my paper QSL's getting ready to make some submissions for various ARRL Awards at the Dayton Hamvention. Sorting through the cards, I made a stack of Satellite QSL's. I started to notice that I had quite a few States confirmed and wondered if I was finally close to WAS even though I wasn't really int he hunt very seriously. Would you believe I had them ALL worked but was only missing a QSL from Vermont?!! Happily, it was Nick, KB1RVT who I KNEW was always good for a confirmation which he quickly returned confirming our contact via SO-50 FM on 1/4/16. 50 Paper QSL's, 38 Years!! WHEW!! Thanks to all who helped." [ANS thanks -and, congratulates - Bob Liddy, K8BL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Event Station K1D to Operate Satellites on Field Day 2016 Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and running through 2059 UTC Sunday. Field Day 2016 is June 25-26. In an effort to encourage more kids and their families to get involved in the hobby, the kids at Ham Radio (dot) World are working to put an all-kids Special Event ARRL Field Day station on the air in 2016. This station will have the special event call sign of K1D and it will be set-up, operated, and put away by kids who are ham radio operators. Kids of all ages and their parents (both licensed hams and non-hams alike) are encouraged to come out and participate in this exciting event. New hams and even non-hams can experience the excitement of talking to people around the world with the Get On the Air (GOTA) station, which will have the callsign K4G. Both stations will operate from grid EL99IA in Deland, Florida, USA. The kids will be on the HF bands and on the Amateur Radio satellites. K1D will be joined by AMSAT’s Vice-President Operations, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, who will be a kid-for-a-day to help get the kids on the linear satellites. Look for them and give them a shout! The K1D Special Event Field Day station will be built by the kids prior to the Field Day activities. The kids have built a solar power solution–from scratch–to use to power their K1D Special Event Field Day station. Kyocera Solar and West Mountain Radio have graciously donated parts to this solar power supply – THANK YOU! They also plan on using a Genasun MPPT Charge Controller to manage charging the battery. Emmett of Radiowavz.com is providing a Sentinel Expedition Hex Beam for K1D. Finally, the kids have built their own W7FG True Ladder Line antenna with parts provided by TrueLadderLine.com and are building additional antennas to use for Field Day. Keep watching Ham Radio (dot) World for videos of the kids as they build their Special Event Station. Join WX4TVJ (Zechariah), who was licensed at 12 years old, AE4FH (Faith Hannah), who was licensed at 10 years old, KM4IPF (Hope), who was licensed at 8 years old, & 7 year old Grace (KM4TXT)for Field Day 2016. Listen for them on the air and give them a break by making K1D one of your 2016 Field Day contacts. For helping to encourage youth in amateur radio, stations who work K1D and/or K4G during the 2016 ARRL Field Day will be eligible for a special K1D/K4G Commemorative QSL card. More information at http://hamradio.world/ [ANS thanks James, WX4TV for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- K6R Expedition to Santa Rosa Island and CM93 The K6R Satellite Expedition to Santa Rosa Island and CM93 is a go for September 16th-18th, 2016. Permissions have been secured and arrangements made to get to the island, spend 2 nights camping, and operate on a number of Satellite passes – as well as some terrestrial and HF too. Updates will be on the K6R QRZ.com page at https://www.qrz.com/lookup/K6R and over the coming months FAQs, pictures, and more information will be added. [ANS thanks Wyatt, AC0RA & Dave, KG5CCI, for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Download Planetary Society's LightSail-2 Morse Beacon as a Ringtone On the Planetary Society's Blog Jason Davis wrote about reception of the morse code beacon from the upcoming LightSail-2 mission ... "Many off-the-shelf CubeSat software packages also have an option to transmit Morse code beacons, and for the LightSail 2 mission, we're activating this feature. Every 45 seconds, the spacecraft will transmit "L-S-2," and radio operators tuned in to the spacecraft's 437.325 megahertz frequency should be able to hear it." The Blog provides details of how to make the LightSail-2 morse code beacon into a ringtone on your phone: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/2016/20160609-lightsail-2-morse- code.html [ANS thanks the Planetary Society for the above information and wishes them success with their LightSail-2 mission] /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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WD9EWK @ DM34/35 line starting @ 0119 UTC tonight
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 12 Jun '16

12 Jun '16

Hi! I am going to work at least two passes from the DM34/DM35 grid boundary tonight: XW-2F @ 0119 UTC SO-50 @ 0200 UTC Weather permitting, I may also work the 0340 UTC SO-50 pass before heading to Flagstaff (DM45) for the night. Then the Sunset Crater Volcano and Wupatki National Monuments north of Flagstaff in the morning. Thanks for the QSOs on AO-85, FO-29, and the ISS during the Prescott Hamfest today! All QSOs are in Logbook of the World already. I will write more about this in a couple of days. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - south of Ash Fork, Arizona http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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Practice tracking ES'hail 2
by Nico Janssen 11 Jun '16

11 Jun '16

The new geostationary satellite ES'hail 2 will be placed over the equator at 26 degrees East. Those who would like to practice tracking that new geosat can do so by tracking its predecessor ES'hail 1, which is in almost the same location over the equator at 25.5 degrees East. TLEs for ES'hail 1, also known as Eutelsat 25B, object 39233, 2013-044A, are available through the usual sources, i.e. Space-Track.org, Celestrak, etc. Any tracking program should do. It will give you a feeling for what to expect and for the small variations of the satellite position over the day. And from the distance to the satellite you can calculate the delay times of the signals relayed by the satellite. 73, Nico PA0DLO

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AZ EL Rotator
by Ed Cunningham 11 Jun '16

11 Jun '16

Hi All, Being out in the summer sun in Phoenix AZ is not fun, I, like others, am looking for an inexpensive way to set up an AZ EL rotator. Being retired I have time to work on it, but being retired, the funds are limited. I have found several articles using servos, cnc motors, U110 rotators etc. Has anyone used successfully used a security rotator like a Pelco Pan Tilt head? I found one article on it and am looking for more information. It seems like a simple way to go if it can be done. Any information for or against would be appreciated. Thanks, Ed, N7EC edc2491(a)cox.net

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Today's op from Ham-com: June 11, 2016
by Clayton W5PFG 11 Jun '16

11 Jun '16

Today we plan to operate the following passes as demonstrations at Ham-Com 2016:* AO-73 at 15:28 UTC FO-29 at 16:51 UTC AO-85 at 17:19 UTC * Potentially more passes but these are scheduled with our team. Our grid is EM12 in Irving, Texas. 73 Clayton W5PFG

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Briargreen Public School, Nepean, ON, Canada
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 11 Jun '16

11 Jun '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Briargreen Public School, Nepean, ON, Canada on 13 June. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:19 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VK4KHZ. The contact should be audible over portions of Australia and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Briargreen is an amazing K-6 open-concept school nestled in a suburban community, of west Ottawa in Ontario, Canada. It is a caring community of diverse students, teachers and parents, who love to share both our in-class and out-of-class experiences with each other. Some of our noteworthy special events include our Kindergarten Chinese New Year parade, Terry Fox Run activities and junior community games days. Our learning community has some of the most wonderful students in the world! https://briargreenps.ocdsb.ca/Pages/home.aspx Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What types of things do you miss when you've been on the ISS for a long time? 2. The rocket launch stage is one of the most dangerous moments. What did you think about at that period? Are you scared? 3. What was the hardest part of your training experience that you had to go through before you went to space? 4. How do you handle being away from your family and friends for such a long time? 5. When you were a little kid, did you dream of being an astronaut, or did you decide when you were older? 6. How does it feel to be without gravity in space? 7. Do you feel like your sleep is affected in space? Are you more tired or awake while in space? 8. We'd like to know what happens if you are sick or get injured while in space or in a spaceship? 9. What is it like being in a micro-gravity environment and then coming back to earth? 10. What do you do in your spare time? 11. How much electricity does the space station use? 12. How do you communicate and how often do you communicate with your family down on earth? 13. How many hours do you have out of the station in outer space with your suit on? Is there an overall time limit for being out in space? 14. What was the most dangerous situation you have ever experienced in the ISS? 15. What made you want to go to the space station and stay in space for 6 months at a time instead of a shorter mission? 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. 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), and the 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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Question wrt Arduino and Satellite tracking
by Albert van Deursen 10 Jun '16

10 Jun '16

Hi, Just a quick question on Arduino and Satellite tracking. Was looking for an easy setup to demonstrate Amateur Satellite tracking using HRD (EasycommII for driving the rotator) ) via an Arduino Board for our HAM Club I came across an interesting program written by K9VUG (https://sites.google.com/site/k6vugdiary/home/satellite-tracking-system) and demonstrated on YouTube https://youtu.be/00SW1ExS2es. Unable to contact the author or other kind of feedback from the net I was wondering if any of you out there ever tried this setup. Any advice would be welcomed. 73 Albert PD0OXW

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Some earl;y Photos of PCSAT (NO44)
by Robert Bruninga 10 Jun '16

10 Jun '16

Finally after 15 years, I found some old photos of PCSAT and added them to the web page: http://aprs.org/pcsat.html KH6WZ asked about them so once I found them, there they are in the second paragraph. Amazing they are still on my current PC drive after 15 years. (though I had never found them before)… In the best-closeup one, you can see the difference between the space panels on the top and the plastic coated panels around the sides… hence the continuing operation only when the sun is shining on the best panels on top. (the other end is the NORTH seeking pole). Bob, WB4APR

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SSTV from ISS
by Roland Zurmely 10 Jun '16

10 Jun '16

SSTV pictures from ISS 10 june 2016, 13:49 and 15:28 UTC: http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/satelite/PY4ZBZ_Hist93.jpg http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/satelite/PY4ZBZ_Hist95.jpg 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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AO-73/FUNcube mode change
by Jim Heck 10 Jun '16

10 Jun '16

Hi Folks, I have just set AO-73/FUNcube into permanent transponder mode. Plan, as usual, is to switch it back to education mode on Sunday PM UTC. Enjoy the transponder and have a FUN weekend. 73s Jim G3WGM

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SSTV on 145.800- 17:40 UTC
by Nitin Muttin 10 Jun '16

10 Jun '16

Hearing SSTV transmission on 145.800 at 17.40 UTC. I was late to get the PC to boot and run MMSSTV. 73 Nitin [VU3TYG]

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ISS?
by skristof＠etczone.com 10 Jun '16

10 Jun '16

Did anybody hear any packet action on the last ISS pass (about 2109 UTC here)? I heard nothing and always wonder if it's me or them. Steve AI9IN

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Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 11, Issue 186
by Albert van Deursen 09 Jun '16

09 Jun '16

Hi Norm, Actual motors (servo's) are small hobby (as for demo purposes only). (Text says any servo should work) Set-up doesn't mention sensors. Have idd seen the K3NG code and set-up but seemed more complicated. Bit in a time squeeze as well (demo is next week..) Will further explore K3NG especially if my quest ends in a deep hole HI. Tx so far. 73 Albert PD0OXW -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org Sent: 10 June 2016 00:08 To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 11, Issue 186 Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to amsat-bb(a)amsat.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org You can reach the person managing the list at amsat-bb-owner(a)amsat.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest..."

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Re: [amsat-bb] Question wrt Arduino and Satellite tracking
by Bob Freeman 09 Jun '16

09 Jun '16

I agree with Norm's statement: "This is a very deep hole to explore. Still learning every day." But then again, this is part of why we do this. Starting with some code from Tom, W9KE, my better half and I generated Arduino code to drive a stepper system using the GS-232 protocol. Seems to work with SatPC32 and GPredict okay; I'll be interested in hearing if it works with HRD, or not. If you want to give it a try, look here: http://ki4sbl.dodropin.org/CNCTRK . Have fun - and keep digging! 73 Bob KI4SBL

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FO-29
by Robert Newcomb Jr. 09 Jun '16

09 Jun '16

I have focused my attention to FO-29 where I can work the satellite when it is 2 degrees above my horizon. On a good day I am able to make about three contacts on one pass. I am trying to work the satellite on all available passes to me. For anyone interested in making contact, I am available. Be patient and keep trying as conditions are always changing. 73's Bob WH6XM

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SSTV received from ISS "Inter-MAI-75"
by Roland Zurmely 09 Jun '16

09 Jun '16

SSTV pictures received at 14:44 UTC 09 June 2016 in Brazil: http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/satelite/PY4ZBZ_Hist91.jpg http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/satelite/PY4ZBZ_Hist92.jpg 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-06-09 05:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 09 Jun '16

09 Jun '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-06-09 05:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Briargreen Public School, Nepean, ON, Canada, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-06-13 15:19:15 UTC 31 deg Watch for possible HamTV operation (***) **************************************************************************** ** 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. **************************************************************************** *** 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 119 Francesco IKØWGF with 116 **************************************************************************** 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 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-06-09 05:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1062. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1027. 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 2016-06-07 07:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Exp. 47 on orbit Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Aleksey Ovchinin **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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WD9EWK from northern Arizona (DM34/35/45), 11-12 June 2016
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 09 Jun '16

09 Jun '16

Hi! After the Prescott Hamfest wraps up on Saturday, I plan on heading to Flagstaff in northern Arizona. This was my plan for last weekend, which I had to cancel abruptly. I won't be able to make it over to the Petrified Forest National Park along I-40 in eastern Arizona this weekend, but I do plan on visiting at least 2 sites for the ARRL's National Parks on the Air activity and a grid boundary in northern Arizona. After the hamfest, I am looking to work at least one, and *maybe* two, SO-50 passes from the DM34/DM35 grid boundary near Ash Fork in northern Arizona on Saturday evening. I have operated from this location in the past, along a county road running parallel to AZ-89 south of Ash Fork. The first of the two SO-50 passes Saturday evening is just before 0200 UTC, and there should still be daylight up there at that time. The later pass will probably be dark, except for any lighting I have on and around my car. After the DM34/DM35 stop, I may operate from other locations in grid DM35 and/or DM45 as I drive to Flagstaff for the night. On Sunday (12 June) morning, I plan on going north of Flagstaff to operate from the Sunset Crater Volcano and Wupatki National Monuments north of Flagstaff near US-89. Both monuments are in grid DM45, and are located next to each other. If time permits, I might try to stop at another NPOTA site like the Walnut Canyon National Monument east of Flagstaff, or the Montezuma Castle National Monument along I-17 between Phoenix and Flagstaff. At each NPOTA site, I would like to make contacts with at least 10 different stations to make my stop an "official" activation under ARRL's NPOTA rules. I am planning to start Sunday morning at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, hoping to work at least 10 different stations. Then I hope to repeat that at Wupatki, before heading back to Flagstaff and deciding on where I will go next. I will use my @WD9EWK Twitter feed to send out updates on my travels and operating Saturday evening and Sunday. If you don't use Twitter, you can see my tweets - some of which will have photos - in a web browser at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK My travels should also appear on APRS, using the call sign WD9EWK-9. There is good APRS coverage throughout most of northern Arizona, including where I plan on traveling. Among other web sites, my travels should be visible at: http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 I will upload my QSOs to Logbook of the World after this weekend. If you would like a QSL card for any QSOs made this weekend, please e-mail me with the QSO details. No need to first send me a QSL card or SASE. If you are in my log, I will gladly send you a QSL card. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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AMSAT @ Prescott (Arizona) Hamfest, 11 June 2016
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 09 Jun '16

09 Jun '16

Hi! I will have an AMSAT booth at the Prescott Hamfest in Prescott, Arizona, this Saturday, 11 June 2016. The hamfest will be at the Prescott campus of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, along Willow Creek Road and south of Pioneer Parkway in Prescott. The hamfest is jointly hosted by the Yavapai Amateur Radio Club and the Eagle Amateur Radio Club at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. More information about the hamfest is available at: http://www.w7yrc.org/prescott-hamfest/ The hamfest officially starts at noon (1900 UTC) on Friday, 10 June 2016, but I won't be up there until Saturday morning at 8am (1500 UTC). The hamfest is scheduled to run all day Saturday, until 5pm (0000 UTC). During the day, look for WD9EWK on various satellite passes demonstrating amateur satellite operating. If you hear WD9EWK, please feel free to call and be a part of the demonstrations. The hamfest site is in grid DM34. After the hamfest, all QSOs made with WD9EWK will be uploaded to Logbook of the World. QSL cards will be available on request - just e-mail me directly with the QSO details. No card or SASE required. If you are in the log, you will get a QSL card. During the hamfest, I will use my @WD9EWK Twitter feed to send out pictures and other news from the hamfest. If you don't use Twitter, you can see my tweets in a web browser at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK Thanks in advance, and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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[Video] Spacesuit MAI-75 Image! - Last Pass of April 2016 ISS SSTV Event - Video #4
by John Brier 08 Jun '16

08 Jun '16

https://youtu.be/TmZI_62mag4 If you liked this video please subscribe to me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SpaceComms1?sub_confirmation=1 To see the previous videos in this series go here: ISS SSTV April 2016 Video #1 - Monday Failure and Tuesday Success https://youtu.be/ieR-nmkjeSc Perfect ISS SSTV Images... Almost! - ISS SSTV April 2016 Video #2 https://youtu.be/JoFrVRfc4Ks Rare MAI-75 USA ISS SSTV Reception - April 2016 Video #3 https://youtu.be/cUnkrlRJJuw This is one of two rare MAI-75 passes over North America. The other is in Video #3 in this series (see link above). It's rare because the MAI-75 event only took place for a few hours of Thursday and Friday during the week long event, and almost all of the passes didn't go over North America, so getting it was really special. This was a great way to round out the April 2016 ISS SSTV week long event! I love this SuitSat image! Eventually I hope to make a time lapse of all the ISS SSTV images I received during this event, but my next video will be of an SO-50 pass where I made six contacts, five of which were back to back. 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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SatPC32 rotor preposition
by Jim White 08 Jun '16

08 Jun '16

Thanks to all who answered. We are trying the -2 elevation setting. Jim

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SatPC32 preposition antenna
by Jim White 08 Jun '16

08 Jun '16

Is it possible to have SatPC32 position the rotors to the AOS azimuth before the pass starts? We are loosing about 30 seconds of data while they rotate 180ish degrees from the LOS asimuth of the previous pass.

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Yaesu G5400B - First and next steps
by Franklyn A. Ballentine, Jr 08 Jun '16

08 Jun '16

Hi All, I just picked up a Yaesu G5400B Az\El from another ham who was using it for EME. This is my first rotator, so any hints and tips would be greatly appreciated. I have noticed some sticking in the control box, so I'm guessing DeOxit is in my future. The goal is to get this under computer control. What's the best way of doing this? Thanks, Frank B kb1qzh

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Satpc-32
by Doug 08 Jun '16

08 Jun '16

Quick question. Does dates run on Windows 10? Thanks Doug wd8z Sent from my iPhone

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Few additional VHF/UHF items for sale
by John Geiger 08 Jun '16

08 Jun '16

I have a few more VHF/UHF related items for sale. Here is what I have available: 1.A Hygain AR30 light duty TV type rotor with a couple of pieces of 3 conductor rotor cable with it. Asking $25 plus $15 shipping. 2. A Micronta 2m/70cm wattmeter and SWR meter. Has two settings for power-15 watts and 60 watts. Asking $25 plus $5 for shipping. 3. 3 RG8X coax jumpers with PL259s on each end. Each one is 3 feet long. Asking $5 each plus $2 for shipping. Buy all 3 for $16 shipped. 4. A Daiwa 2 position heavy duty coax switch, good thru the UHF range. Asking $20 plus $5 shipping. 5. Two N male to SO239 adaptors. One looks brand new, the other one has some coax seal residue on it but it works fine. Asking $9 shipped for both. I can take paypal/check/MO. 73 John AF5CC

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

08 Jun '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-06-08 06:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Briargreen Public School, Nepean, ON, Canada, telebridge via VK4KHZ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI (***) Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-06-13 15:19:15 UTC 31 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. **************************************************************************** *** 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 119 Francesco IKØWGF with 116 **************************************************************************** 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 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-06-08 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 1062. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1027. 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 2016-06-07 07:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Exp. 47 on orbit Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Aleksey Ovchinin **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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G5400 B
by Noel J Petit 08 Jun '16

08 Jun '16

You will need an interface from the computer to the control box. One that uses USB from the computer is the ERC-M <http://schmidt-alba.de/eshop/> It is a simple system and interfaces well with SATPC32 or WxTrack Another is the: <http://store.amsat.org/catalog/index.php?cPath=1_25> LVB tracker sold by AMSAT <http://store.amsat.org/catalog/index.php?cPath=1_25> If you have radios with CAT interfaces you can use SATPC32 or WxTrack to run the radios and the rotor tracker. All have their quirks but keep asking on this list and we will try to help. Noel Petit

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Optimal QTH? (Re: WAS-SAT 38 Years Later!
by Peter Laws 08 Jun '16

08 Jun '16

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 10:02 AM, R.T.Liddy <k8bl(a)ameritech.net> wrote: > SAT Operators, > I just received my WAS-Satellite Award #341 which ended upcovering 38 years of casual operating! Congrats! I am currently awaiting an Arrow from Arrow HQ and hope to start making contacts. Not sure I can wait 38 years, however. :-) I am in EM15, so shouldn't have much trouble even with LEOs, but has anyone calculated the "optimal" area for WAS QSOs? I would expect it's pretty close to where I am but footprint is a factor, too. Anyone figured it out? -- Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train!

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WAS-SAT 38 Years Later!
by R.T.Liddy 07 Jun '16

07 Jun '16

SAT Operators, I just received my WAS-Satellite Award #341 which ended upcovering 38 years of casual operating! Earlier this year, I was going through my paper QSL's getting readyto make some submissions for various ARRL Awards at the DaytonHamvention. Sorting through the Cards, I made a stack of SatelliteQSL's. I started to notice that I had quite a few States confirmed andwondered if I was finally close to WAS even though I wasn't really inthe hunt very seriously. Would you believe I had them ALL worked but was only missing a QSLfrom Vermont?!! Happily, it was Nick KB1RVT who I KNEW was alwaysgood for a confirmation which he quickly returned. Oldest QSL used - W7LSV in Oregon, 10/13/78 Oscar 8 Mode A CWLast State WKD - North Dakota W0N (Wyatt AC0RA) 11/13/15 SO50 FMLast QSL Rcvd - KB1RVT Nick in Vermont, 1/4/16 SO50 FM 50 States on SAT, 50 Paper QSL's, 38 Years!! WHEW!! Thanks to all who helped & 73, Bob K8BL (AMSAT since 1979)

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2m/70cm beams and accessories for sale-good for satellites
by John Geiger 07 Jun '16

07 Jun '16

I have for sale the following VHF/UHF antennas and accessories: 1. Cushcraft A148-10S 2 meter yagi. 10 elements on a 12 foot boom. About 4 months old, works fine. Sells new for $130 I am asking $85 shipped. 2. Diamond A430S15 15 element 70cm yagi on a 7 foot boom. Very easy to assemble, would make good roving antenna as well. Sells new for $90 plus shipping. I am asking $70 shipped. 3. MFJ 1762 3 element 6 meter yagi on a 6 foot boom. Weighs all of 2 pounds. Works nicely for a 3 element beam. Very easy to assemble/disassemble, would make a nice roving antenna. I had to modify how the one side of the director mounts to the boom, but still easy to take on and off. Sells new for $99.95 plus shipping, I am asking $60 shipped. 4. MFJ 2m/70cm diplexer with SO239 connectors on it. Used for 2 or 3 days only, works fine. These sell new for $30 plus shipping, I am asking $25 shipped. 5. Hygain (pre-mfj) CD-44 antenna rotor. Medium duty rotor, recently refurbished, with Ham IV style control box, and around 50 feet of 8 wire cable. Performs excellent. A new CD45 rotor sells for $430 plus the cable. I am asking $200 shipped. I also have the lower mast mounting bracket if you need that as well. All prices include shipping in the US. I can take paypal/check/MO. 73 John AF5CC

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Re: [amsat-bb] WAS-SAT 38 Years Later!
by Rick Tejera 07 Jun '16

07 Jun '16

Paul, it certainly would be more satisfying on LEO given the challenge. The mutual window has to be quite short, I'd imagine. Rick Tejera K7TEJSaguaroAstro(a)cox.net623-203-4121 -------- Original message -------- From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm(a)arrl.net> Date: 07/06/2016 10:18 (GMT-07:00) To: Rick Tejera <saguaroastro(a)cox.net> Cc: "R.T.Liddy" <k8bl(a)ameritech.net>, Amsat Bb <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] WAS-SAT 38 Years Later! I agree. However, it would be nice to do it on LEO as well. I know there have been Washington, DC to Hawaii QSOs on AO-7 in the past (though I'd likely go to a nice tall, quiet hill in Virginia within 50 miles for a sked). After a Hawaii QSO, then I'd like a QSO with Siberia on FO-29 or AO-7 to complete a LEO WAC! 73, Paul, N8HM On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 1:12 PM, Rick Tejera <saguaroastro(a)cox.net> wrote: > Hopefully the proposed phase 4 & HEO opportunities will come to fruition snd > make HI more reslistic. > > Rick Tejera K7TEJ > SaguaroAstro(a)cox.net > 623-203-4121 > > > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm(a)arrl.net> > Date: 07/06/2016 08:07 (GMT-07:00) > To: "R.T.Liddy" <k8bl(a)ameritech.net> > Cc: Amsat Bb <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] WAS-SAT 38 Years Later! > > Congrats, Bob! > > I'm sitting at both 49 states confirmed by paper QSL and 49 states > confirmed in my LoTW account. I just need someone in Hawaii who can > work down to the horizon to try an AO-7 sked (max elevations of no > more than 1.5 degrees on each side from within my WAS range). > > 73, > > Paul, N8HM > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 11:02 AM, R.T.Liddy <k8bl(a)ameritech.net> wrote: >> SAT Operators, >> I just received my WAS-Satellite Award #341 which ended upcovering 38 >> years of casual operating! >> Earlier this year, I was going through my paper QSL's getting readyto make >> some submissions for various ARRL Awards at the DaytonHamvention. Sorting >> through the Cards, I made a stack of SatelliteQSL's. I started to notice >> that I had quite a few States confirmed andwondered if I was finally close >> to WAS even though I wasn't really inthe hunt very seriously. >> Would you believe I had them ALL worked but was only missing a QSLfrom >> Vermont?!! Happily, it was Nick KB1RVT who I KNEW was alwaysgood for a >> confirmation which he quickly returned. >> Oldest QSL used - W7LSV in Oregon, 10/13/78 Oscar 8 Mode A CWLast State >> WKD - North Dakota W0N (Wyatt AC0RA) 11/13/15 SO50 FMLast QSL Rcvd - KB1RVT >> Nick in Vermont, 1/4/16 SO50 FM >> 50 States on SAT, 50 Paper QSL's, 38 Years!! WHEW!! >> Thanks to all who helped & 73, Bob K8BL (AMSAT since 1979) >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions >> expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of >> AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Re: [amsat-bb] WAS-SAT 38 Years Later!
by Rick Tejera 07 Jun '16

07 Jun '16

Hopefully the proposed phase 4 & HEO opportunities will come to fruition snd make HI more reslistic. Rick Tejera K7TEJSaguaroAstro(a)cox.net623-203-4121 -------- Original message -------- From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm(a)arrl.net> Date: 07/06/2016 08:07 (GMT-07:00) To: "R.T.Liddy" <k8bl(a)ameritech.net> Cc: Amsat Bb <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] WAS-SAT 38 Years Later! Congrats, Bob! I'm sitting at both 49 states confirmed by paper QSL and 49 states confirmed in my LoTW account. I just need someone in Hawaii who can work down to the horizon to try an AO-7 sked (max elevations of no more than 1.5 degrees on each side from within my WAS range). 73, Paul, N8HM On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 11:02 AM, R.T.Liddy <k8bl(a)ameritech.net> wrote: > SAT Operators, > I just received my WAS-Satellite Award #341 which ended upcovering 38 years of casual operating! > Earlier this year, I was going through my paper QSL's getting readyto make some submissions for various ARRL Awards at the DaytonHamvention. Sorting through the Cards, I made a stack of SatelliteQSL's. I started to notice that I had quite a few States confirmed andwondered if I was finally close to WAS even though I wasn't really inthe hunt very seriously. > Would you believe I had them ALL worked but was only missing a QSLfrom Vermont?!! Happily, it was Nick KB1RVT who I KNEW was alwaysgood for a confirmation which he quickly returned. > Oldest QSL used - W7LSV in Oregon, 10/13/78 Oscar 8 Mode A CWLast State WKD - North Dakota W0N (Wyatt AC0RA) 11/13/15 SO50 FMLast QSL Rcvd - KB1RVT Nick in Vermont, 1/4/16 SO50 FM > 50 States on SAT, 50 Paper QSL's, 38 Years!! WHEW!! > Thanks to all who helped & 73, Bob K8BL (AMSAT since 1979) > _______________________________________________ > 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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13 colonies sat ops
by Jeff Griffin 07 Jun '16

07 Jun '16

I have gotten some emails about level of participation. A pass or two a day is fine. There is also no need to be on every pass every day, but I am looking for experienced ops capable of making contacts every time there OTA. As the event progresses if your state is needed by someone to get the sweep, I'm sure they will let you know here on the SIG J We have 4 states so far.. 73 Jeff kb2m

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TX Factor Show features The King's School ARISS contact
by M5AKA 07 Jun '16

07 Jun '16

A special edition of the popular TX Factor Show features The King’s School ARISS contact with Tim Peake GB1SS. Watch the video at https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/07/tx-factor-kings-school-iss/ French schools to talk to ISS https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/04/french-schools-thomas-pesquet/ OSCAR News Issue 214 https://amsat-uk.org/2016/05/31/oscar-news-issue-214/ ARISS school contacts explained on radio show https://amsat-uk.org/2016/05/30/ariss-local-radio/ This year's AMSAT-UK Colloquium takes place July 29-31 at the Holiday Inn, Guildford and is open to all https://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/ 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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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-06-07 07:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 07 Jun '16

07 Jun '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-06-07 07:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Glenmore State High School, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact was successful: Mon 2016-06-06 08:39:31 UTC 31 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. **************************************************************************** *** 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 119 Francesco IKØWGF with 116 **************************************************************************** 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 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-06-07 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 1062. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1027. (***) 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 2016-06-07 07:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Exp. 47 on orbit Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Aleksey Ovchinin **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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DM90 on 6 June
by Glenn Miller - AA5PK 06 Jun '16

06 Jun '16

All FO-29 QSOs from today's operation have been uploaded to LoTW. If you need/want a hardcopy QSL, please email me and I'll get one in to mail to you. 73 Glenn / AA5PK

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AMSAT at Ham-Com in Irving this weekend June 10-11
by Clayton Coleman 06 Jun '16

06 Jun '16

Ham-Com, Texas’ largest amateur radio convention, will be held this weekend June 10-11, 2016 in Irving, Texas. AMSAT will have a large delegation of individuals ranging from engineers, casual operators, and fanatics, to those just getting started. We’ve expanded our booth this year, located in spaces 713-714 of the 3rd row from the inside swap area. Several operators will be available to perform demonstrations using portable equipment including a vintage pair of Icom IC-202/402’s owned by Glenn, AA5PK. Dave, KG5CCI, of long-distance AO-7 & FO-29 QSO fame will be there as well as members from the Fox and ARISS teams. Saturday from 18:00-18:50 UTC, an AMSAT Forum will be held in room 11 featuring a panel led by long-time AMSAT volunteer and ARISS mentor Keith, W5IU. For questions, email: w5pfg(a)amsat.org Event page: http://www.hamcom.org 73 Clayton W5PFG

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K6R Expedition to Santa Rosa Island and CM93
by David Swanson 06 Jun '16

06 Jun '16

Satellite Friends and Colleagues, Today we’re happy to announce the K6R Satellite Expedition to Santa Rosa Island and CM93 is a go for September 16th-18th, 2016. We have secured permissions and arranged to get to the island, spend 2 nights camping, and operate on a number of Satellite passes – as well as some terrestrial and HF too. We’ll be posting updates on the K6R QRZ.com page at https://www.qrz.com/lookup/K6R and over the coming months with FAQs, pictures, and more information. If anyone has any questions, feel free to hit us up. 73! Wyatt, AC0RA & Dave,KG5CCI

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-06-06 07:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 06 Jun '16

06 Jun '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-06-06 07:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Bouze Island Elementary and Junior High School, Homeji, Japan, direct via 8N3B The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact was successful: Sat 2016-06-04 08:31:09 UTC 74 deg (***) Glenmore State High School, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-06-06 08:39:31 UTC 31 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. **************************************************************************** *** 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 119 (***) Francesco IKØWGF with 116 **************************************************************************** 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 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-06-06 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 1061. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1026. (***) 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 2016-06-06 07:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Exp. 47 on orbit Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Aleksey Ovchinin **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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DM90 on 6 June 6
by Glenn Miller - AA5PK 06 Jun '16

06 Jun '16

Rather then unload my portable operations equipment from the car today, I'll use it to operate from DM90 tomorrow (6 June). One FO-29 pass starting at ~1752Z my AOS. LoTW for all QSOs. Hardcopy QSL by email request. 73 Glenn / AA5PK

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DM80/DM81 on 5 June
by Glenn Miller - AA5PK 06 Jun '16

06 Jun '16

Tomorrow (Sunday) I plan to operate portable from the DM80/DM81 grid line. I'll try AO-85 beginning at 1807Z followed by FO-29 at 1847Z. Uplink on FO-29 initially will be 145.930. 73 Glenn AA5PK

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Glenmore State High School, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 05 Jun '16

05 Jun '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Glenmore State High School, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia on 06 June. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:39 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ. The contact should be audible over the west coast of the U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Glenmore High School is a modern, progressive secondary school providing quality education for students from years 7 to 12. Since its establishment in 1975 Glenmore High School has earned a reputation for high quality educational programs and services which develop a passion in students for learning and life. Glenmore SHS runs an extension Science/Math program named "SCOPE" where student enrol and work through year levels at an accelerated rate, which allows them to finish traditional schooling early and conduct further studies at our local university, to which we are partnered (Central Queensland University), during their final year of schooling. Students in the "SCOPE- Science" program are encouraged to participate in our schools astronomy club and robotics club as an extra curricula activity. The schools astronomy club works with local primary schools, teaching about space and running viewing evenings. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Does the ISS have any close calls or collisions with space junk or meteorites and can you see meteorites entering the Earth's atmosphere and burning up from above? 2. What forces do you experience during the launch, when travelling from Earth to the ISS? 3. What levels of radiation are you exposed to on board the ISS? 4. Does eating space food have any long term effects on your digestive system? 5. What different scientists are involved with the ISS? 6. How do you go to the toilet and where does it go when you flush? 7. What sounds can you hear inside the ISS? 8. What are your favourite sites to view and photograph from space? 9. Does the recycled air and water on-board the space station smell and taste different to fresh air and water on Earth? 10. Do you ever play jokes or pranks on each other and if so what is the best joke or prank anyone has played on the ISS? 11. What are the dangers of living in space on the ISS? 12. How difficult is it to maintain contact with family and friends whilst on the space station? 13. What are the challenges for exercising in space? 14. If you could travel to any moon or planet in our solar system, where would it be and why? 15. What are some of the current experiments being conducted on the ISS? 16. What do you do in your typical day on board the ISS? 17. What effects does living in zero gravity have on the human body? 18. What is your education background and what do you need to become an astronaut? 19. Can you feel the cold of space even through your space suit when on spacewalks? 20. Where do you think the next man space mission should be to and why? 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), and the 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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My plans for 4-5 June - CANCELLED
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 05 Jun '16

05 Jun '16

Hi! As some (many?) of you may have already seen on Twitter, or figured out if you listened on some passes today, I had to cancel my plans for this weekend. I had arrived in Show Low AZ Friday evening, and then received a call from home about a family issue that forced me to turn around and drive right back to Phoenix. Things are now better at home, but I was not able to attend this morning's White Mountain Hamfest nor follow through on my plans to visit different NPOTA sites this afternoon and tomorrow. I apologize to those who were hoping to work me from those locations (and rarely heard grids). I don't know if or when I can make it out to Petrified Forest National Park again. It's about a 4-hour drive from Phoenix. My plans for next weekend will now include a Sunday stop in the Flagstaff area, so I can try to operate from NPOTA sites in that area - including Sunset Crater Volcano and Wupatki National Monuments north of Flagstaff. I still plan on attending the Prescott Hamfest next Saturday (11 June), which will be at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott campus. I'll write more about that hamfest, and more details about my post-hamfest plans, in the next few days. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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ANS-157 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Joseph Spier 05 Jun '16

05 Jun '16

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-157 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: * 2016 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Notice * French Schools to Talk to ISS * A Dozen Schools/Organizations Move Closer to Hosting a Ham Radio Contact with the ISS Crew * Amateur Satellite Launch from India * ÑUSAT-1 SSB/CW Transponder Satellite Launched * ZF2AE from Grand Cayman via Satellite * AMSAT Events * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-157.01 ANS-157 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 157.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE June 5, 2016 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-157.01 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Notice It's time to submit nominations for the upcoming AMSAT-NA Board of Directors election. Three director's terms expire this year: Tom Clark, K3IO, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM, and Lou McFadin, W5DID. In addition, up to two Alternates may be elected for one year terms. A valid nomination requires either one Member Society or five current individual members in good standing to nominate an AMSAT-NA member for Director. Written nominations, consisting of the nominee's name and call, and the nominating individual's names, calls and individual signatures should be mailed to: AMSAT-NA, 10605 Concord St, #304 Kensington, MD 20895-2526. In addition to traditional submissions of written nominations, which is the preferred method, the intent to nominate someone may be made by electronic means. These include e-mail, Fax, or electronic image of a petition. Electronic petitions should be sent to MARTHA at AMSAT.ORG or Faxed to (301)822-4371. No matter what means is used, petitions MUST arrive no later than June 15th at the AMSAT-NA office. If the nomination is a traditional written nomination, no other action is required. If it is other than this, i.e. electronic, a verifying traditional written petition MUST be received at the AMSAT-NA office at the above address within 7 days following the close of nominations on June 15th. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WITHOUT THIS SECOND, WRITTEN VERIFICATION ARE NOT VALID UNDER THE EXISTING AMSAT-NA BYLAWS. [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA Secretary, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- French Schools to Talk to ISS ARISS-F and AMSAT-F have announced the 13 French schools that have been selected for amateur radio contacts with ISS astronaut Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG. He is planned to launch to the International Space Station in November 2016. The 13 French schools selected represents 66% of planned ARISS contacts for Europe. AMSAT-F article in Google English http://tinyurl.com/ARISS-Thomas-Pesquet ARISS-F list of selected schools http://tinyurl.com/ARISS-F Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG on Twitter https://twitter.com/Thom_astro [ANS thanks ARISS-F and AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- A Dozen Schools/Organizations Move Closer to Hosting a Ham Radio Contact with the ISS Crew The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program has announced that 12 schools or organizations that submitted proposals to host an Amateur Radio contact with a member of the ISS crew have moved into the next stage of the selection process. Contacts would take place during the first half of 2017. The 12 semifinalists, in eight states, must now complete an acceptable equipment plan that demonstrates their ability to execute the ham radio contact. Once the ARISS technical team approves the equipment plan, the selected schools/organizations will be scheduled, matching their availability and flexibility with the scheduling opportunities that NASA can offer. The schools and organizations are: Blair Pointe Upper Elementary School, Peru, Indiana Brook Haven School, Sebastopol, California Greater Niagara Frontier Council BSA, Buffalo, New York McBride High School, Long Beach, California Palmetto Scholars Academy, North Charleston, South Carolina Rainbow Middle School, Rainbow City, Alabama SCaN/Glenn Research Center, Brook Park, Ohio Space Center Houston, Houston, Texas St Joseph School, Ronkonkoma, New York Student Space Technology Association, Knoxville, Tennessee Virginia Reinhardt Elementary School, Rockwall, Texas Warwick Valley Central School District, Warwick, New York The primary goal of the ARISS program is to engage young people in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) activities and raise their awareness of space exploration, space communications and related areas of study and career possibilities. [ANS thanks ARISS and the ARRL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Amateur Satellite Launch from India Mineo Wakita JE9PEL reports on the Indian ISRO PSLV-C34 amateur radio satellite launch planned for June 10, 2016 at 0355 UT into a 500 km 98 degree inclination orbit. Main Payload, Cartosat-2C, Earth Observing PSLV-XL(C-34), Satish Dharwan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India Satellite Uplink Downlink Beacon Mode ------------ ------- -------- ------- --------------- BEESAT-4 . 435.950 435.950 4800bps GMSK,CW BIROS . 437.525 . 4800bps GMSK LAPAN-A3 . . . Non-Amateur Max Valier . 145.860 145.960 CW Sathyabamasat . 145.980 . 2400bps BPSK Swayam COEP . 437.025 437.025 1200bps BPSK,CW Venta-1 . . 437.325 CW ------------ ------- -------- ------- --------------- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/be4lapan.htm Among the satellites being launched is Swayam-1 developed by students at the College of Engineering Pune (COEP). It will provide a text messaging facility using the COEPSAT protocol. see http://amsatindia.org/coep-satellite-swayam-project/ http://www.coep.org.in/csat/track-swayam/ UPDATE: Yono YD0NXX reports the Indonesian built LAPAN-A3 does not have an amateur radio payload. [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ÑUSAT-1 SSB/CW Transponder Satellite Launched ÑUSAT-1, carrying an amateur radio 435/145 MHz linear transponder and a 436 MHz telemetry beacon, was launched May 30, 2016 at 0317 UT on a CZ-4B rocket from Taiyuan. With ÑUSAT-1 on the launch was its sister satellite ÑUSAT-2 which has a 437 MHz beacon. UPDATE May 30, 2016 at 1300 UT: ÑUSAT-1 and ÑUSAT-1 launched and deployed successfully, signals reported from both telemetry beacons. Satellogic reports “All Systems: Nominal”. AMSAT-LU reports both satellites are sending strong TLM on 436.445/437.445 at 9K6/19K2 GFSK. During first few days they are being stabilized, after that the U/V linear transponder will be activated on ÑUSAT-1. A notice will be given on the AMSAT Bulletin Board (AMSAT-BB). As we quoted when the announcement of the launching of this experiment, Amsat Argentina has been working for several years to keep alive the dream of many Argentine amateurs to get back into Space with their own satellite as a follow- on of the legendary 1990’s LUSAT-1, reaping the benefits of Technological advancement of our days. We believe technical activities and developments of experiments in near space share the same goals: preserving the human group, enhancing their capabilities as well as disseminate and guiding the education and development of the activity, meanwhile contributing to Space available resources. Our agreement with Satellogic Enterprises, which already launched three low orbit satellites: Captain Beto, Manolito y Tita, two of which transmit telemetry and data currently in UHF identifying themselves with callsign LU7AA, allowed us to ride a linear analog amateur radio transponder and corresponding antenna aboard one of their next satellite, ÑUSAT-1 AMSAT-LU provides simultaneously, support for this mission and the ÑUSAT-2 mission, by operating one of the control stations at Tortuguitas, Prov. Of Bs.As. The experiment Amsat-LU developed, evolved from original design of our colleague and partner William, PE1RAH, while electronic adaptation, mechanical and software was made by the LU Satellite Experiment group, mounted on a 10 x 10 centimeters radiating plate, in which components of the power supply as well as a duplexer and dual band antenna where also incorporated. This set was installed on the Ñusat-1 bus, which supplies power and becomes part of several other experiments this satellite will make. The transponder receives UHF which is broadcasted in VHF, has a bandwidth of 30 kHz. with an output power of 250 mW. 435.935 ~ 435.965 are LSB/CW uplink passband 145.965 ~ 145.935 are USB/CW downlink passband 145.900 Basic CW Telemetry The launch will be from a Chinese launcher in a polar orbit at 500 km. height, with inclination of 97 degrees from Equator. see http://www.amsat.org.ar https://www.facebook.com/Amsat.LU http://lusex.org.ar http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-Argentia for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ZF2AE from Grand Cayman via Satellite Cayman Islands (EK99) - Adrian, AA5UK will be QRV as ZF2AE from Grand Cayman, IOTA NA-016 from June 27, 2016 - July 2, 2016. Activity is holiday style on 40 to 6 meters mostly RTTY/PSK, including satellite activity from grid EK99HI41RB. He will also be active in the DL DX RTTY contest in the Single Operator, Multiband, Single Radio category. QSL to home call, bureau, LOTW preferred. For pass updates, see @AA5UK on Twitter http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=3921 [ANS thanks JoAnne, K9JKM 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). *Friday and Saturday, 10-11 June 2016 – Ham-Com 2016 in Irving TX *Saturday, 11 June 2016 – Prescott Hamfest in Prescott AZ *Wednesday, 6 July 2016 – Chehalis Valley Amateur Radio Society meeting in Chehalis WA *Saturday, 13 August 2016 – KL7KC Hamfest in Fairbanks AK [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News Sucessful Contacts * Venta School, Carp, ON, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Contact was successful: Mon 2016-05-30 19:01:25 UTC 32 deg A telebridge contact via IK1SLD with students at Venta School,Carp, Ontario, Canada was successful 2016-05-30 19:01:25 UTC 32 deg. Astronaut Jeff Williams answered 12 questions for an audience of 150 students and teachers. Venta Preparatory School is a small co-ed day and boarding school from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 10, located just outside of Ottawa in Carp, Ontario. We foster and continually enhance an environment where each student can grow and achieve their highest potential. Upcoming Contacts * Bouze Island Elementary and Junior High School, Homeji, Japan, direct via 8N3B The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-06-04 08:31:09 UTC 74 deg Bouze Island is one of the Ieshima small Islands which are located in the Seto Inland sea of Hyogo Prefecture in Japan. There are about 1400 people on the island and are part of the marine products industry. They live with simplicity and are friendly. But the students of this Island have not had a chance for scientific experience as part of their school education because of their remote location. There are 140 persons in the elementary school and 100 persons in the junior high school. * Glenmore State High School, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-06-06 08:39:31 UTC 31 deg 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 N5AFV Reaches 57,000 Satellite Contacts George, WA5KBH reports on the AMSAT-BB that on the FO29 west pass on May 29 I had the privilege of being Allen's (N5AFV) 57,000th contact! Well done, My Good friend!!! And Hector (W5CBF) was his 57,001th! [ANS thanks George, WA5KBH 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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Museum Ships Weekend Event: operating from the USS Stewart/USS Cavalla, June 4
by Bill Dillon 04 Jun '16

04 Jun '16

As long as it's not poring rain (and we've had a lot of that Texas lately!), I will attempt to work the 12:20z and 14:00z passes of SO-50 tomorrow (June 4), as well as the 19:30z pass of AO-85 with my trusty Arrow and HT. I'll be on the USS Stewart (destroyer escort), and as the USS Cavalla (sub) is adjoining, you get MSWE credit for two ships for the contact. I'll be using our club call sign of KK5W, and I'm still in my home grid of EL29. 73 de Bill, KG5FQX

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Connecting 2 FT-857D's to SATPC32
by wa7eth＠frontier.com 04 Jun '16

04 Jun '16

What cables would be required to connect two FT-857D's to SATPC32? I stumbled on to a deal I could not refuse, so now I would like to use them for working satellites. Please contact off bulletin board at wa7eth(a)frontier.com - Thanks, Ed WA7ETH

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Bouze Island Elementary and Junior High School, Homeji, Japan
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 03 Jun '16

03 Jun '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Bouze Island Elementary and Junior High School, Homeji, Japan on 04 June. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:31 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and 8N3B. The contact should be audible over Japan and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in Japanese. Bouze Island is one of the Ieshima small Islands which are located in the Seto Inland sea of Hyogo Prefecture in Japan. There are about 1400 people on the island and are part of the marine products industry. They live with simplicity and are friendly. But the students of this Island have not had a chance for scientific experience as part of their school education because of their remote location. There are 140 persons in the elementary school and 100 persons in the junior high school. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What problems do you experience the most while you are in space? 2. What about zero gravity do you find convenient, surprising and impressive? 3. Have you been hurt or sick? What do you do? 4. Do you have morning, afternoon and night there? 5. Do you get your hair cut? How do you do that? 6. How do you brush your teeth? 7. One the ISS, is there free time for you? 8. In ISS, how many people are there? 9. In the ISS, what do you check? 10. Was it not scary to go to space? 11. In zero gravity, how do you sleep? 12. I heard that your height grows in the space, is that true? 13. How long did it take time to become an astronaut? 14. Why did you think that you wanted to become an astronaut? 15. Being in outer space, does cause bad eyesight? 16. Is life easier in space or on earth? 17. What do you do for the tooth powder when you brushed your teeth? 18. In the ISS, how much food is stored? 19. In the zero gravity, how is the bath? 20. How can you see the earth now? 21. Comparing the same food, does how to feel about taste change in the earth and space? 22. How does the restroom work in zero gravity? 23. How many times have you been to the space? 24. You are in the ISS, can you contact a family and a friend immediately? 25. How do you take a drink in zero gravity? 26. How does oxygen in the ISS form? How is carbon dioxide eliminated? 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. Glenmore State High School, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-06-06 08:39:31 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), and the 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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EsHail2 2.4GHz feed + 10 GHz LNB
by Remco 03 Jun '16

03 Jun '16

As promised I downloaded the pictures from my camera. This afternoon I made a new helix (v0.2) Some (preliminary) information + pictures are here: http://remco.org/index.php/2016/06/03/eshail2-dual-band-dish-feed 73, Remco PA3FYM

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