- AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-09 21:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-09 21:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-03-10 19:07:08 UTC 58 deg (***) Live stream video for the event can be accessed at: http://realmedia.aero.und.edu/ndsgc.html (***) Booker T. Washington Senior High, Miami, Florida, direct via W4SVI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-03-14 15:48:48 UTC 52 deg Walter Jackson Elementary, Decatur, Alabama, direct via N8DEU The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-03-17 14:46:07 UTC 30 deg **************************************************************************** ** The next window to submit a proposal for an upcoming contact is now open. The window is open from 2016-02-15 to 2016-04-15 and would be for contacts between 2017-01-01 and 2017-06-30. Check out the ARISS website http://www.ariss.org/ or the ARRL website http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact for full details. **************************************************************************** ** 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 116 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 2016-03-09 20:00 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 1034. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 999. 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, North Dakota, Rhode Island, 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 2016-03-08 23:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

1 0

Satellite op AC0RA tops '15 ARRL August UHF contest
by Clayton Coleman 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

The results of the ARRL August 2015 UHF contest have been out for a while. This article, with short description of AC0RA/R's winning effort, is now posted online: http://www.arrl.org/files/file/ContestResults/2015/2015%20ARRL%20UHF%20Cont… or shortened URL: http://bit.ly/1U3M8lL Wyatt, AC0RA, is a life member of AMSAT and a very active portable operator here in the US on satellites. 73 Clayton W5PFG

1 0

W5PFG/P - EM24tq (Arkansas) March 14-18
by Clayton Coleman 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

Next week I'll be operating satellites from EM24 near Mena, Arkansas. Thanks to KG5CCI's recent operations, this grid is not as rare as it once was for many. I will casually operate satellite passes as convenient to my leisure schedule. If someone needs this grid confirmed via paper card or Logbook of the World, I'd be glad to schedule QSO's. Send any requests via email. I will post updates via Twitter @w5pfg during my trip. 73 Clayton W5PFG

1 0

Upcoming ARISS contact with North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota on 10 March. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 19:08 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. The University of North Dakota (UND) is located in Grand Forks, a vibrant eastern North Dakota college town of 53,000 located on the Red River of the North. Approximately 15,000 students are enrolled in over 225 fields of undergraduate and graduate study at UND. The beautiful 549-acre wooded campus is a unique blend of classic ivy-covered halls, high-tech complexes, and research centers. The University has earned an international reputation for its academic and research programs. In the early 1980s, John D. Odegard, the Dean of the College of Aerospace Sciences, invited Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, to come to UND to help organize a space education program within the college. Aldrin's contributions included recommending the appointment of Dr. David Webb, a member of the 1985-1986 Presidential Commission on Space, to design the space studies program and to serve as the first Chair of the Department. In 1986, Dr. David Webb initiated the founding of the Department of Space Studies as an integral part of the UND College of Aerospace Sciences. Today, the Department of Space Studies has approximately 25 M.S. students on campus and more than 100 students in the distance program. Nearly 700 Master of Science Degrees in Space Studies have been awarded since the program's inception in 1987. Space Studies graduates have careers in a variety of different space-related disciplines including government, business, science, law, medicine, education, military, and public relations. In fall of 2012, the 25th anniversary year of the Space Studies Department, the Ph.D. program in Aerospace Sciences was established in collaboration with the Department of Aviation. The Department of Space Studies is also headquarters to two state-wide NASA-funded programs: the ND NASA EPSCoR, which is aimed at enhancing NASA-relevant research capabilities in the state and the North Dakota Space Grant Consortium, which promotes STEM education at both K-12 and college levels in North Dakota through "hands on" projects and provides student summer internships at NASA centers, scholarships, and research fellowships. Leading up to the ARISS call, members of the Space Grant team and college student volunteers made several visits to classrooms to get students excited about the event. They worked with 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders at Emerado Elementary in Emerado, ND, 2nd graders at Highland Elementary in Crookston, MN, 3rd graders at Century Elementary in Grafton, ND, 4th graders at Century Elementary in Grand Forks, ND, and 5th graders at Discover Elementary in Grand Forks, ND. These hands-on activities included building and launching rockets, building and testing parachutes like the ones used on NASA's Orion capsule, designing and testing neutrally buoyant objects, and working in teams to discover and explore new planets like NASA's Kepler Space Telescope. These students along with a few more K-12 classrooms, and University of North Dakota students will be attending the event early March. The questions will come from students in kindergarten all the way through graduate school. Many of the students attending the event come from smaller rural communities, so it is truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to participate in such an event. Some families from the area will be attending as well, along with the winning 10th grade team from Space Grant's high altitude balloon competition last fall, as one of the prizes for the competition was a question slot for a member of the team. There are over 350 students, teachers, and chaperones currently registered for the event. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What do you do for fun on the space station? 2. What activities do you do to keep your muscles strong in micro-gravity? 3. Is it challenging to communicate with astronauts from other countries while working on the space station? 4. What kind of training does an astronaut have to go through and how was your experience? 5. Besides micro-gravity, what experimental conditions does the International Space Station provide that cannot be replicated here on Earth? 6. What was the hardest part of becoming an astronaut and what helped you get past this obstacle? 7. What advice would you give to students, such as myself, who wish to work for NASA one day? 8. What features of North Dakota, such as lakes, snow cover, or oil flares, can you see from the International Space Station? 9. Do you feel disconnected from the real-world whenever you hear about any major news story? If so, how do you find ways to reconnect? 10. We recently learned that astronauts make regular journal entries for research purposes. Do you find this exercise beneficial to your time on station? 11. What is your current interaction with medical professionals, regarding your health in space? 12. If you've seen or read "The Martian", how realistic was it compared to how things actually are on the space station? 13. Have you always wanted to go to space and become an astronaut? If so, what inspired you? 14. How often do you go on space walks and do you ever get scared? 15. What kind of experiments are you conducting on the space station? 16. We learned about Scott Kelley's year in space. How long have you been onboard and would you consider staying for a full year? 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. Booker T. Washington Senior High, Miami, Florida, direct via W4SVI ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-03-14 15:48:48 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

1 0

Audio for ARISS #1000 - Thursday
by John Spasojevich 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at the *North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota USA *on Thursday March 10th. AOS is anticipated at 1908 UTC The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ in Santa Rosa, California. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Audio from this contact will be fed into the: EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector Streaming Audio at: https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/ Audio on Echolink & web stream is generally transmitted around 20 minutes prior to the contact taking place so that you can hear some of the preparation that occurs. IRLP will begin just prior to the ground station call to the ISS. ** Contact times are approximate. If the ISS executes a reboost or other manoeuvre, the AOS (Acquisition Of Signal) time may alter by a few minutes ** 73, John AG9D ARISS Audio Distribution

1 0

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-08 23:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 08 Mar '16

08 Mar '16

Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Slovanské Gymnázium Olomouc, Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic, direct via OK2KYJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact was successful: Tue 2016-03-08 08:22:43 UTC 82 deg (***) Atlanta Science Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact was successful: Tue 2016-03-08 16:11:05 UTC 53 deg (***) Watch for live stream at http://atlantasciencefestival.org/ariss North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-03-10 19:08:55 UTC 56 deg Booker T. Washington Senior High, Miami, Florida, direct via W4SVI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI (***) Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-03-14 15:48:48 UTC 52 deg Walter Jackson Elementary, Decatur, Alabama, direct via N8DEU The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-03-17 14:46:07 UTC 30 deg **************************************************************************** ** The next window to submit a proposal for an upcoming contact is now open. The window is open from 2016-02-15 to 2016-04-15 and would be for contacts between 2017-01-01 and 2017-06-30. Check out the ARISS website http://www.ariss.org/ or the ARRL website http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact for full details. **************************************************************************** ** 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 116 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 2016-03-08 23:00 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 1034. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 999. (***) 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, North Dakota, Rhode Island, 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 2016-03-08 23:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

1 0

Amsat LVB Tracker - Orbitron
by David Maciel 08 Mar '16

08 Mar '16

Hello Group, who works the LVB Tracker AMSAT with Orbitron ..? I have some trouble setting with WispDDE, I would like some help screens to configure ..

1 0

Re: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 and FT-991
by Andrew Glasbrenner 08 Mar '16

08 Mar '16

I asked Erich, the author, a few weeks ago about this and the short answer is not yet. He has not secured the use of a 991 yet to develop the new addition to the software. 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- >From: Richard Ferryman <g4bbh(a)btinternet.com> >Sent: Mar 8, 2016 11:17 AM >To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org >Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 and FT-991 > >I just added an FT-991 to my collection of rigs. Does anyone know how or if I can control this transceiver from SatPC32..The command structure is quite different to my FT-817 and FT-897D. I do need doppler correction. >Dick G4BBH >_______________________________________________ >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

1 0

SatPC32 and FT-991
by Richard Ferryman 08 Mar '16

08 Mar '16

I just added an FT-991 to my collection of rigs. Does anyone know how or if I can control this transceiver from SatPC32..The command structure is quite different to my FT-817 and FT-897D. I do need doppler correction. Dick G4BBH

1 0

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-08 07:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 08 Mar '16

08 Mar '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-08 07:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Slovanské Gymnázium Olomouc, Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic, direct via OK2KYJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-08 08:22:43 UTC 82 deg Atlanta Science Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-08 16:11:05 UTC 53 deg Watch for live stream at http://atlantasciencefestival.org/ariss North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-03-10 19:08:55 UTC 56 deg Booker T. Washington Senior High, Miami, Florida, direct via W4SVI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI (***) Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-03-14 15:48:48 UTC 52 deg (***) Walter Jackson Elementary, Decatur, Alabama, direct via N8DEU The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN (***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-03-17 14:46:07 UTC 30 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** The next window to submit a proposal for an upcoming contact is now open. The window is open from 2016-02-15 to 2016-04-15 and would be for contacts between 2017-01-01 and 2017-06-30. Check out the ARISS website http://www.ariss.org/ or the ARRL website http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact for full details. **************************************************************************** ** 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 116 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 2016-03-08 07:30 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 1032. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 997. 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, North Dakota, Rhode Island, 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 2016-03-05 20:00 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 **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

1 0

Re: [amsat-bb] In addition to a Baefong UV-5R, what should one get to work SO-50?
by John Brier 07 Mar '16

07 Mar '16

This is great! Thanks Patrick. I only sent you an email directly to make sure you would notice it. :-) Definitely agree this should be public information. Thanks again, John KG4AKV On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) <amsat-bb(a)wd9ewk.net> wrote: > John, > > I saw your direct e-mail as well as this post on the -BB, but will > answer you in the public forum for the benefit of others as well. > > I have used a pair of the Baofeng HTs for working SO-50. I > have tried > two UV-5Rs, two UV-82s, and mixing one UV-5R and one UV-82. When > mixing the radios, same or different models, I swapped which radio > was used as the transmitter and receiver. I even posted a YouTube > video with audio from working one hamfest demonstration with the > UV-82/UV-5R combination in 2014: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cLx9h-vNRA > > I added photos and slides with text to the audio, in making the > video, as I did not have actial video of the demonstration. In > the video, I went with the UV-5R for the transmit radio, since it > has a two-way PTT that can directly key either VFO, and a speaker-mic > that could also key either VFO directly. This let me put 145.850 > MHz in both VFOs for working SO-50, using different PL tones in > each VFO for waking the satellite vs. talking through the FM repeater. > > A second UV-5R could work to make a full-duplex station for SO-50. > Many have used two UV-5Rs, or a UV-5R with another Baofeng (or other > low-priced Chinese-made HT) to make a full-duplex station. The price > is obviously low enough to do that, without breaking the bank. It > can be done, but there are almost as many that have had frustrations > with the two-Baofeng setup for satellite work as those who have had > success doing. > > If the budget for the second radio is more than the price of > a UV-5R or UV-82 type of radio, I'd recommend going to something > like one of the traditional ham manufacturers, or possibly Wouxun - > radios that generally have better receivers than the Baofengs, > no matter which Baofeng model you choose. The unfortunate facts about > many of the Chinese-made HTs - outside of possibly newer Wouxuns - > is quality control on the assembly line borders on the nonexistent. > One UV-5R might be working well and within the appropriate technical > requirements for use on the amateur bands, where the next unit off > the assembly line is horrid. There was a recent QST article that > addressed this point, based on ARRL testing of HTs at Dayton last > year. From my testing, I'd prefer to use a Wouxun KG-UV8D over > almost anything Baofeng (or the other HTs based on the UV-5R, sold > under a zillion different names), especially on the receive side. > Even better, in terms of a Chinese-made HT, would be a Wouxun > KG-UV9D - the one Chinese HT that seems to have a nice receiver > that finally starts to approach what comes from the traditional > ham manufacturers. The KG-UV8D and KG-UV9D will also work full-duplex > for AO-85, where the uplink is on 70cm, but both fail for full-duplex > using 2m uplinks (SO-50, LilacSat-2). > > I have not put any of my Baofeng or Wouxun HTs (or the others from > different Chinese brands) on test equipment. All of my testing is > from buying the radios, trying them out, and seeing what happens when > working the satellites. I have not tried the two-Baofeng combination > for AO-85 yet, as most of my Baofeng testing was done in 2014 when > we only had SO-50. I did more testing recently with Chinese-made > HTs, trying to clear up some misstatements online on whether or > not any of those HTs could be used to work AO-85 full-duplex. > > 73! > > > > > Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWk > http://www.wd9ewk.net/ > Twitter: @WD9EWK > > > >> Patrick in particular, I know you have done a lot of testing with the >> Chinese Radios, at least for AO-85, can you advise what this ham >> should get and which one to use for up/down to work SO-50 in addition >> to what they already have? I assume the purpose is to work >> full-duplex. >> >

1 0

Upcoming ARISS contact with Powys Secondary Schools, Mid Wales, UK
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 07 Mar '16

07 Mar '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Powys Secondary Schools, Mid Wales, UK on 05 Mar. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:53 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between GB1SS and GB4PCS. The contact should be audible over portions of the UK 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. Powys Combined Schools represent all secondary schools across the county of Powys in Wales. With students from over 90 primary schools and 12 secondary schools, we represent students from the age of 4 up to 18. As Powys Combined Schools, we have a pool of some 7,700 students aged 11-18 and a similar number of 4-11 year olds in the primary schools. Our goal is to leverage our existing relationships with the primaries in each secondary catchment area to organise a county wide event over the months leading up to the ARISS contact. During which time workshops, projects and activities aimed around STEM subjects would be run. Powys covers the historic counties of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, most of Brecknockshire (Breconshire), and a small part of Denbighshire - an area of 5,179 km² or 2,000 sq miles, making it the largest county in Wales by land area. Most of Powys is mountainous, with north-south transport being difficult. The majority of the Powys population lives in villages and small towns. The largest towns are Newtown, Ystradgynlais, Brecon, and Welshpool. Powys has the lowest population density of all the principal areas of Wales. Just under a third of the residents have Welsh linguistic skills: Welsh speakers are concentrated mainly in the rural areas both in and around Machynlleth, Llanfyllin and Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant (where William Morgan first translated the whole Bible into Welsh in 1588) in Montgomeryshire (Welsh: Sir Drefaldwyn), and the industrial area of Ystradgynlais in the extreme south-west of Brecknockshire (Welsh: Sir Frycheiniog). Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What training regime did you have to undertake in order to prepare for your mission to the space station? 2. What is your favourite study that you carrying out to show what life is like in space? 3. What objects in space can you see more clearly with your eyes in space? 4. Can you describe the automatic systems on board the ISS to keep you in your current orbit? 5. What research are you currently working on? 6. Do you ever feel sudden vertigo or claustrophobia whilst you are up in space? 7. Do you feel your senses are any different in space compared to being on the ground - for example is your sense of smell more acute? 8. On the Principia website, it says you are looking into a range of research areas including 'novel materials'. Can you describe a new material you are working on? 9. Can you describe what is meant by 'Fluid Physics' and describe any experiments you are conducting using 'Fluid Physics'? 10. On one of your video reports, we can see you watching the 6 Nations Rugby. How can you have a better picture in space compared to us here on earth? 11. What inspires you to keep up the demanding physical exercise routines in space? 12. How long do you expect it to take you to acclimatise when you return to the earths surface? 13. Of the objects you said that you can see with your eyes, what specific detail is better from space? 14. How do you assess your muscular strength in space? 15. Can you describe how you get into and leave the ISS without losing any air? 16. What is your favourite discovery you and the team have made during your time in space so far? 17. How long does it take to prepare for a spacewalk?? 18. Picking one 'novel material', can you describe how it would be used on earth? 19. Of all the experiments you are carrying out on the human body, which one has given you the biggest surprise in terms of results? 20. Which of the communication systems that you use on the ISS to talk to friends and family gives the clearest signal? 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. Slovanské Gymnázium Olomouc, Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic, direct via OK2KYJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-08 08:22:43 UTC 2. Atlanta Science Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-08 16:11:05 UTC 3. North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota, telebridge via W6SRJ the ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-03-10 19:08:55 UTC 56 deg 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

2 2

In addition to a Baefong UV-5R, what should one get to work SO-50?
by John Brier 07 Mar '16

07 Mar '16

I'm pretty active on the amateur radio forum on Reddit [1] and last night I posted about the upcoming ISS contacts this week [2). This morning someone must have been reminded of me by that post and they sent me this private message: "Hey quick question on working SO-50 and other birds - I have a Baofeng UV-5R right now and want to get a second for satellite work. What am I looking for in a second HT since I already have a cheap one and which would I use for TX/RX? Thanks!" Patrick in particular, I know you have done a lot of testing with the Chinese Radios, at least for AO-85, can you advise what this ham should get and which one to use for up/down to work SO-50 in addition to what they already have? I assume the purpose is to work full-duplex. 73, John KG4AKV 1) https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/ 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/49ajui/iss_school_contacts_t…

2 1

Open Systems Architecture and Modularity Survey - Thank you
by Brandon Shirley 07 Mar '16

07 Mar '16

I'd like to thank everyone who participated in the Open Systems Architecture and Modularity survey; the Open Systems Architecture and Modularity survey has now closed. I will notify the winners of this survey's drawing within 1 week. The winners of the overall survey set will be notified after the entire survey set closes. *** The next survey will start tomorrow. The next survey will be the Security Survey. *** V/R, Brandon Shirley b.l.s(a)aggiemail.usu.edu

1 0

Upcoming ARISS contact with Atlanta Science Festival, Atlanta, Georgia
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 07 Mar '16

07 Mar '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants Atlanta Science Festival, Atlanta, Georgia on 08 Mar. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:11 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 K6DUE. The contact should be audible over portions of the east 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. The Atlanta Science Festival, launched in 2014, is an annual, weeklong celebration of local science and technology. Approximately 45,000 curious people of all ages explore the science and technology unique to Atlanta and see how science is connected to all parts of our lives in a variety of hands on activities, facility tours, presentations, and performances throughout the metro Atlanta region. The ARISS radio contact will be a highlight of the 2016 Atlanta Science Festival, which enhances our objective to connect the public with STEM professionals and launch the dreams of thousands of young Atlantans toward careers in STEM and innovation. The students participating in our proposed ARISS contact event will be comprised of teachers and students from the 12 metro Atlanta region public school districts and local independent schools. The opportunity both to learn about space science and radio technology and to connect students in conversation with an astronaut in space would yield a powerful event that is both inspirational and educational. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What inspired you to become an astronaut? 2. What kinds of things are you hoping to discover on this mission? 3. How have you handled emergencies or unexpected events while working on the International Space Station? 4. What would you say is the most useful invention that you have had to use on the International Space Station? 5. While on the International Space Station, what is your favorite thing that you have seen so far? 6. When preparing your spacesuit for a spacewalk, do you attach different tools to it based on the assigned mission? 7. Have you ever seen anything that has made you think that there is possibly other life in outer space? 8. What was the greatest disappointment you had to face in space? 9. How long does it take to become and astronaut and what process do you have to go through? 10. What are your thoughts during your first ten seconds of flight? 11. How do you exercise while in space? 12. When in space, what do you do in your free time? 13. What type of gear to your need to remain safe in space? What protocols do you have in place if your gear malfunctions? 14. What are the risks of having space debris aimed at the space stations? How does it affect normal operations? 15. With problems such as poverty and global warming going on in the world, why do you feel that it is important to fund space exploration? 16. What did you do to mentally prepare for your trip to space? 17. On your first mission to space, how nervous were you? 18. What was the most difficult part of your astronaut training? 19. How does it feel when you complete a mission? 20. If space travel was open to the general public, what would be a pro and a con for public participants? 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. North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-03-10 19:08 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

1 0

attic antenna
by Pete Parisetti 07 Mar '16

07 Mar '16

Having read about some mighty satellite antenna installations in the attic - one in particular... - I wanted to run a few tests of my local conditions before going ahead with a similar project. I built a GP for 146 MHz using wire hangers (SWR flat across the entire 144 and 430 MHz bands....), placed it in my attic and fed it with 45' of Ecoflex 10. On a dry day, today I could hear the FO-29 beacon from about 10 degrees to about 10 degrees. I find this extraordinary. I don't know if ther roof slates will attenuate more when wet (this may be a urban legend...), but on a day like today I think the difference attic/outside is almost negligible. 73 Pete MM0TWX

2 1

Frequency Doubler?
by Robert Bruninga 07 Mar '16

07 Mar '16

Does anyone remember how to make a High level frequency doubler? I need some energy on 902 MHz, and wonder about just blasting some diodes with a 451 MHz transmitter? (followed of course by a filter)... Seems like a full wave rectifier would give a strong 2X frequency component? I wonder if 1N4005's would do? At 50W input the capacitance per diode is around 1 pF Bob, WB4APR

2 1

Must have been tropo this morning
by J. Boyd (JR2TTS) 07 Mar '16

07 Mar '16

I got unexpectedly good results on both FUNCube-1 and UKube-1 this morning here in JA during three separate passes between 0000 and 0400 UTC, that I suspect was helped out by tropospheric ducting. My QTH (PM85jl) is on the side of a mountain overlooking a valley, so there is no direction I can look where I can see the horizon other than a small sliver to the SSW. The mountain to the north wipes out the sky up to 40° elevation, and the hills east and west cover up to at least 20°. Despite this, I received 10 packets from AO-73 with my Diamond D-150 discone at 10m height, despite the bird being only being 11° maximum el, and a fantastic 70 packets during its next higher pass, where I heard the beacon loud and clear almost immediately after AOS, despite it being far down behind the mountain. I later got 26 packets from UKube-1 as it passed far to the west, with the last one having been received *after* LOS, something that had not happened to me before. With all of the terrestrial obstructions between me and the bird at that moment, I can only think that tropo had given it a boost. At 739th place in the rankings and rising fast, watch out world... -- J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B the2belo(a)msd.biglobe.ne.jp http://www.flickr.com/photos/the2belo/ http://www.qrz.com/db/JR2TTS Twitter: @Minus2_C

1 0

Long Beach CA presentation on 4 March & W6RO satellite activity on 5 March - report
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 06 Mar '16

06 Mar '16

Hi! I'm back home, after a quick two-day trip to southern California for a presentation and some sightseeing. Not as much radio operating on this trip compared to some of my other recent trips to California, but still a great time! I had agreed to give another satellite-related presentation to the Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach, after giving a presentation there in April 2015. Where my original presentation focused a lot on the history of amateur radio satellites, the presentation I gave on Friday (4 March) evening would focus more on current and upcoming projects. So I left home on Friday morning for the 6-hour drive from Phoenix to Long Beach, with two stops to work AO-85 passes at Palm Springs and Riverside, both in grid DM13 in southern California. Before the meeting, I had dinner with some hams who would be at the meeting later in the evening. Endaf KG6FIY, the ARALB president, along with Tom WA0POD and Jim AA6QI from Pasadena, met me at a restaurant near the meeting site. After dinner, we drove south to the meeting. Unlike with last year's presentation where I gave demonstrations of working FO-29 and SO-50, my options were limited to XW-2F and XW-2C passes that partially overlapped, about 30 minutes before the 7pm (0300 UTC) meeting time. With a nice crowd, I set up my portable station - FT-817ND, SDRplay SDR receiver with HDSDR on a Windows tablet, Elk log periodic - to work the two satellites. XW-2F came up first, and I made a quick contact with KJ6MSU in southern California. Unfortunately, no QSOs were logged on XW-2C. The crowd could see the transponder, along with the digital telemetry and CW beacons, on the tablet's screen. We also saw some strong adjacent signals just above the XW-2F transponder while working that satellite. There was a nice turnout for this meeting. I'm not used to groups here in Arizona having Friday evening meetings, but it works for the ARALB. After some club business, I gave my presentation. It is really nice to talk about the different satellite and satellite-related projects that are taking place now. It was also fun to answer the questions from the crowd. Since most of my recent California trips have included additional driving and operating from different places, and I have not done much sightseeing, I wanted to be more of a tourist this time. Endaf KG6FIY gave me some suggestions on what I could see and do on a Saturday, and I went with that. Before I met him to start the touristy stuff, I worked an SO-50 pass from a shopping center parking lot. Once I picked up Endaf, we first drove to the Griffith Observatory, overlooking downtown Los Angeles. It was a nice day to walk around with the clouds over the area, not too hot or cold. >From there, we took our time driving back through Los Angeles down to the Long Beach harbor and the Queen Mary. I have been to Long Beach in the past, and have driven near the Queen Mary, but have never been on the ship. Endaf had arranged for me to go on the ship, and visit the wireless room. Some insist on calling the room a "radio room", and signs on the ship refer to it by both names. At the room, I met David Akins N6HHR. David, a member of the ARALB, is the manager of the W6RO station on the Queen Mary. He invited Endaf and me to come in the room, sign a visitor's log, and then sign a radio operators' log. David verified that we held amateur licenses, so we could use the radios. Endaf began to work HF from one operating position, as I looked around the room and took pictures. Then, a surprising offer... David explained that the W6RO station included a satellite station - a Yaesu FT-847, 2m and 70cm Yagis, along with a Yaesu az/el rotator. Even though the FT-847 can also work HF and 6m, it is only used at W6RO for satellites, and had not been used in some time. It had been installed in the days of AO-13. David asked if there were any satellite passes that could be worked, and I saw an AO-7 pass just after 2.30pm (2230 UTC). With a half-hour to quickly get acquainted with the radio and rotator controller, I started reading the satellite section of the FT-847's operating manual. I also posted on Twitter and the AMSAT-BB my intent to work the AO-7 pass as W6RO. The satellite station is not computer controlled, but the FT-847 has the functionality to work satellites without the computer. The rotator controller could also be worked manually, moving it to follow the track I saw on my AmsatDroid Free tracking app. The pass had a maximum elevation of just over 70 degrees, making it a good pass to try from W6RO. I have never used an FT-847 to work satellites, but had figured the radio out sufficiently to give it a go. I had posted that I was going to try working below the center of the AO-7 transponder, but ended up working slightly above the center of the transponder. As I was trying to line myself up, I found that the SUB-TUNE knob on the FT-847 would only tune downward - even if turned it clockwise. This meant to adjust my uplink higher in SAT mode, I would have to disengage the SAT mode and swap VFOs briefly to use the large VFO knob to make the adjustment, then swap VFOs again and press the button to reengage SAT mode. After a few minutes, I was able to hear myself, and hear Dave KG5CCI answering my calls. Dave was the first station I put in the W6RO log. After some challenges with how I had to tune the uplink frequency, I was able to log two more stations before LOS - Larry WA6DIR in the Los Angeles area, followed by Bryan KL7CN/W6 near Sacramento in northern California. At W6RO, operators are asked to log QSOs and give out a QSO number. For my satellite QSOs, those numbers started with "I" followed by 3 digits. I did this, along with giving out the DM03 grid locator for Long Beach with each of these QSOs. The QSOs have been entered in the W6RO log, and the W6RO QSL manager will be able to properly confirm the QSOs I logged - including the notation that these were satellite QSOs. Please look up W6RO on QRZ.com for the address and other information. W6RO only handles paper QSLs, and does not use any of the electronic QSLing systems like LOTW or eQSL. While I was operating, Endaf was taking pictures and made a couple of short video clips. The pictures were being tweeted using his @endaf_99 Twitter feed. If you do not use Twitter, you can still see the pictures without having to sign up for a Twitter account at: https://twitter.com/endaf_99/media Endaf's two video clips are on YouTube, at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-cQ09H-Ll8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg2QFB3ubRQ I had also tweeted photos of the W6RO station and antennas, along with other photos from throughout the two days I spent in California, using my @WD9EWK Twitter feed. Just like with Endaf's Twitter feed, mine is also visible without first signing up for Twitter at: https://twitter.com/WD9EWK For just the photos I tweeted, use: https://twitter.com/WD9EWK/media After I put my QSOs in the W6RO log, and David verified everything looked OK, we left the ship. Endaf and I had dinner at his house, before I drove home. On the way home, I made a couple of stops to work some late-evening SO-50 passes. The first stop was at a rest area along I-10 in Yucaipa, in grid DM14. I logged 8 QSOs from this location on a pass just after 8.30pm (0430 UTC). Then back to the driving, and I went about 45 miles east to Thousand Palms, east of Palm Springs in DM13. After filling the car's fuel tank, I logged 4 more QSOs on the 10.10pm (0610 UTC) SO-50 pass, and then made the drive from the Palm Springs area to my driveway in just over 3.5 hours. Thanks to the Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach for their hospitality once again. In particular, the club president Endaf Buckley KG6FIY and the W6RO station manager on the Queen Mary, David Akins N6HHR. I hope the ARALB is able to put the W6RO satellite station on the air again, and often. :-) 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

1 0

ANS-066 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by E.Mike McCardel 06 Mar '16

06 Mar '16

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-066 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: * One Million Telemetry Packets Received by AO-85 Ground Network * ARISS Countdown to 1000th Contact * School SSTV CubeSat to deploy from ISS * First satellite QSO to Antartica * AMSAT's Fox-1E Likely to Get a Lift from NASA * AMSAT Events * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-066.01 ANS-066 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 066.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE March 06, 2016 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-066.01 --------------------------------------------------------------------- One Million Telemetry Packets Received by AO-85 Ground Network At 10:31:06 UTC on March 3rd 2016, the millionth telemetry packet from AO-85 was submitted by PB0AHX to AMSAT's Fox Internet Telemetry System (FITS). Led by Chris Thompson, G0KLA, AMSAT has built a worldwide network of ground stations that can effectively monitor spacecraft health as well as collect experiment data for our university partners. The FITS development team is international in nature, with contributors from the US, Canada and the UK. There is plenty of work to go around, if you are interested in helping please contact volunteer(a)amsat.org [ANS thanks AMSAT/NA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS Countdown to 1000th Contact The ARISS contact between Powys Secondary Schools, Mid Wales, UK, with Astronaut Timothy Peake KG5BVI was on Saturday represented the 997th successful ARISS contact in ARISS history. ARISS is posed to celebrate its 1000th contact as early as this week. Below is the list of currently scheduled events for ARISS. Each one will have to be successful for the numbering to be correct. As of right now, the March 10 contact with North Dakota (the first for that state) is in the prime slot to be the 1000th contact. School: Slovanské Gymnázium Olomouc, Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic (Kopra) #998 Tue 2016-03-08 08:22:43 UTC 82 deg School: Atlanta Science Festival, Atlanta, Georgia (Peake) #999 Tue 2016-03-08 16:11:05 UTC 53 deg via K6DUE School: North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota (Kopra) #1000 Thu 2016-03-10 19:08:55 UTC 56 deg via W6SRJ As stated above, if all of the above contacts are successful it looks as if the contact between Tim Kopra KE5UDN and North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC) in Grand Forks, North Dakota Thursday 2016- 03-10 19:08:55 UTC will be contact 1000. The contact will be telebridged via W6SRJ. Kopra will use the callsign NA1SS. In celebration of the 1000th contact NASA is producing videos touting the importance of amateur radio on the ISS. The first of these to be released can be viewed at https://youtu.be/bTOiiBd2dCo [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- School SSTV CubeSat to deploy from ISS A Slow Scan TV (SSTV) CubeSat developed by students at Saint Thomas More Cathedral School (STM) in Arlington, VA, is set to be deployed from the International Space Station on March 7 between 8-11am EST. STM is thought to be the first Elementary school to build their own satellite, even Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and First Grade students were involved in the project. The satellite, a 1U CubeSat called STMSat-1, will transmit a SSTV signal on 437.800 MHz. Middle School Students took the initiative to begin exploring how to receive data from the CubeSat and formed a Ham Radio Club. There, they learned the basics of operating a ham radio station and explored Slow Scan Television as an option for receiving images once the satellite is deployed. How Did 400 Grade School Students Built A Nano-Satellite? http://jewelbots.tumblr.com/post/134465599599/how-did-400-grade- school-students-built-a STMSat-1 https://twitter.com/STMSAT11 https://www.facebook.com/stmsat1/ http://www.stmsat-1.org/ Be advised that the deployment could be delayed or postponed depending on demands on the crew's time [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK* for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- First satellite QSO to Antartica On Feb-28 2016, first satellite QSO from Antartica to mainland Argentina thru SO-50. Photos & details (spanish) on https://www.lu4aa.org/wp/historico-primer-qso-desde-la-antartida/ [ANS thanks Pedro C0nverso for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT's Fox-1E Likely to Get a Lift from NASA NASA has accepted the Fox-1E cubesat - a joint effort between AMSAT and Vanderbilt University - to be part of its CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) program. The satellite, also known as RadFxSat-2, will carry a radiation effects experiment developed by Vanderbilt as well as a 30-kHz wide amateur radio linear transponder with an uplink on 2 meters and a downlink on 70 centimeters. This will be in place of the FM repeater carried by most amateur cubesats. The project received a #1 priority out of 20 accepted proposals and has been offered a launch date by NASA. This is the second collaboration between AMSAT and Vanderbilt. The first - RadFxSat/Fox-1B - is also part of NASA's CSLI program and is scheduled for launch next January. http://cqnewsroom.blogspot.com/2016/02/amsats-fox-1e-likely-to-get- lift-from.html [ANS thanks the CQ Newsroom for theabove information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Events Information about AMSAT activities at other important events around the country. Examples of these events are radio club meetings where AMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working amateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations, forums, and/or demonstrations). *Saturday and Sunday, 12-13 March 2016 - ScienceCity science fair, on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson AZ *Friday/Saturday, 18-19 March 2016 - presentation for the BVARC Houston Hamfest Fort Bend County Fairground demo on Saturday *Saturday, 19 March 2016 - Scottsdale Amateur Radio Club Spring Hamfest 2016 in Scottsdale AZ *Saturday, 26 March 2016 - Tucson Spring Hamfest in Tucson AZ *Friday through Sunday, 29 April-1 May 2016, ARRL Nevada State Convention in Las Vegas NV *Saturday, 7 May 2016 - Cochise Amateur Radio Association Hamfest in Sierra Vista AZ *Saturday, 14 May 2016 - Matanuska Amateur Radio Association Hamfest in Wasilla AK *Saturday, 4 June 2016 - White Mountain Hamfest in Show Low AZ [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News + A Successful contact was made between Gesamtschule Leverkusen Schlebusch, Leverkusen, Germany and Astronaut Timothy Peake KG5BV using Callsign OR4ISS. The contact began 03-01 16:45 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridged via VK5ZAI. ARISS Mentor was AA4KN. This was the 995th ARISS contact. + A Successful contact was made between National Urban Alliance for Effective Education (NUA), Syosset, New York and Astronaut Tim Kopra KE5UDN using Callsign NA1SS. The contact began [YEAR, Month, Date Time] UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was[direct/telebridge] via K6DUE. ARISS Mentor was KA3HDO. This was the 996th ARISS contact. + A Successful contact was made between Powys Secondary Schools, Mid Wales, UK, and Astronaut Timothy Peake KG5BVI using Callsign GB1SS. The contact began [YEAR, Month, Date Time] UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via GB4PCS. ARISS Mentor was KA3HDO. This was the 997th ARISS contact. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule Slovanské Gymnázium Olomouc, Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic, direct via OK2KYJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-08 08:22:43 UTC Atlanta Science Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-08 16:11:05 UTC Watch for live stream at http://atlantasciencefestival.org/ariss North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-03-10 19:08:55 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. [ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above information] Watch http://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html for information about upcoming contacts as they are scheduled. [ANS thanks ARISS, and Charlie, AJ9N for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over Russian Mayak Satellite Says Bright Enough to Rival Solar System Visible Objects Just something interesting that came across the wires this morning. Russian crowd funded project, apparently testing a solar sail/aerodynamic braking satellite: Once Mayak begins its sun-synchronous orbit above the Earth, the spacecraft will unfold a 16 square meter pyramid of reflectors that will reflect the Sun's rays, creating a man-made star visible from Earth and bright enough to rival any other solar system. http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Russian_Crowdfunded_Satellite_Set_t o_Become_the_Night_Skys_Brightest_Star_999.html [ANS thanks JoAnne, K9JKM 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

1 0

Upcoming ARISS contacts with Slovanské Gymnázium Olomouc, Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 06 Mar '16

06 Mar '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Slovanské Gymnázium Olomouc, Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic on 08 Mar. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:22 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and OK2KYJ. The contact should be audible over the Czech Republic 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. It will be the first ARISS event ever in the Czech Republic. There are three high schools from Olomouc taking part in the ARISS contact project. All of them have about the same study programmes and equipment common for the 21st century. Students are divided into three different study programmes lasting four, six, and eight years. All schools have invested into the latest technology, enable access to Wi-Fi throughout the schools for the students to access online learning and be competent with the use of computers and the internet in their lessons. They can also be proud of their libraries and other facilities such as study areas and canteens. All schools offer various after-school programmes and activities including the ones connected with the ARISS and ISS projects. Slovanske gymnazium (SG) has selected students aged 11 to 19, some of them studying the French bilingual programme and is of a very good standard concerning teaching programmes and students´ results which are believed to contribute to the ARISS project and make studying of Physics even more attractive to the students. It is possible to see some of their preparations and promotion of ARISS in a short video at www.sgo.cz Gymnazium Olomouc - Hejcin is renowned as one of the top high schools and the biggest school in the Czech Republic. Through a rigorous study program, students are challenged to succeed academically and prepared to excel at the university level. Some of the students study English bilingual programme - both Czech teachers and native English speaking teachers participate and cooperate in the teaching process. Gymnazium Cajkovskeho is a school for 11 to 19 year old selected students. The school offers Spanish bilingual programme and courses for international certificate German language. Students and teachers took part in many projects with well-respected results. The school also has a strong sports section. While taking part in the ARISS contact project, the school has been implying a stronger impact on Science. As the school has been on the waiting list for a radio contact for more than two years now, some of the students have reached the university by now, and took part in forming the UP Crowd. UP Crowd is a guild of students of scientific disciplines and other science enthusiasts from University of Palacky in Olomouc. They have been cooperating on the ARISS project with the 0K2KYJ radio club (see www.ok2kyj.cz) for the last year and half. Through their members they have an extensive connection with the famous scientists and astronomers in the Czech Republic. They had promoted ARISS-Olomouc project at many past events such as University popularization event of Physical kaleidoscope 2015, The Open day of Scientific faculty of UP, "The Night of the scientists" event at Scientific faculty of UP, high schools lectures for first and second grade students of elementary schools and high schools, Lecture event for kids (age 15 - 18) of Mensa Czech Republic. There is a website presenting information about the ISS and ARISS http://exfyz.upol.cz/didaktika/iss/ One of our partners ONYX has greatly contributed to the realization of such a project and tries to reach a wide audience of readers and followers at http://onyx.cz/clanek/587 and https://www.facebook.com/ONYX.engineering/posts We are planning to contact some famous scientists and astronomers to join the lectures planned before and after the actual radio connection, and hope to contribute to spread more interest in both astronautics and radio contact fields of science. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What is it like eating in zero gravity? 2. How can you relax on the ISS? Do you have time to watch movies? 3. Is the day/night cycle the same as on Earth? Are you on shifts? 4. What was the most difficult or strangest thing to get used to on the ISS? 5. Does your stay in space have any influence on your health and if so, how? 6. What do you miss most from gravity on Earth? 7. How do you deal with the isolation from your family? 8. Is it possible to catch a cold on the ISS or is it a completely sterile environment? 9. Can you use a 3D printer in the same way as on Earth? 10. How do you overcome weightlessness when back on Earth? 11. Does time pass slower or faster in your daily routine aboard the ISS compared to life on Earth? 12. Do you access the Internet in the same fashion as on Earth? 13. Do you have any musical instruments on the ISS? 14. Are you planning a stay of a small pet aboard the ISS? 15. Are there any special items that you carry with you all the time? 16. What do you think is the biggest problem for humans to go beyond low earth orbit? 17. How are you being filmed during a spacewalk? 18. Is it possible to compare life on ISS to somewhere on Earth? 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. Atlanta Science Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-08 16:11:05 UTC 53 deg Watch for live stream at http://atlantasciencefestival.org/ariss 2. North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-03-10 19:08:55 UTC 56 deg 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

1 0

Weekend successes
by Jeff A. Boyd 06 Mar '16

06 Mar '16

I decided to make this weekend into Telemetry Weekend. Setting up my FUNCube Dongle Pro+ and a laptop receiving from a Diamond D-150 Super Discone, I managed to do all of the following for the first time: 1. Received images from NOAA-15, -18, and -19: http://i.imgur.com/ZQpGLU4.jpg 2. Decoded a total of 27 packets from FUNCube-1, and for a short time was the sole data provider in the warehouse: http://i.imgur.com/H1zFlWa.png http://i.imgur.com/axGp9aB.png 3. I even managed to get telemetry from UKube-1 although I don't think it was complete: http://i.imgur.com/QzCM2rj.png All in all I'm pretty satisfied at what I managed to do, even though it didn't involve any QSOs. 73 -- J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B the2belo(a)msd.biglobe.ne.jp http://www.flickr.com/photos/the2belo/ http://www.qrz.com/db/JR2TTS Twitter: @Minus2_C

2 2

Adding a Position Indicator to TV Ant Rotator
by VU2POP 06 Mar '16

06 Mar '16

Hi Guys I just uploaded a video of my old project Adding a Position Indicator to TV Ant Rotator see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuZWFqNJDlM <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuZWFqNJDlM&feature=youtu.be> &feature=youtu.be Best 73 Pop VU2POP

1 0

FS: 10 meter beam for AO7 Mode A
by John Geiger 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

Here is a great, small sized Mode A receiving antenna! I have a MFJ 1890 2 element Moxon Yagi for sale. It is several months old and works great. Last year with one I worked 103 countries in one weekend with one and it was only 17 feet high. The boom length is around 5 feet and the elements are around 13 feet long. Easy to turn with a TV rotor. I am asking $80 shipped for it and can take paypal/check/MO. 73 John AF5CC

1 0

W6RO on 2235 UTC AO-7 pass today
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

Hi! I am on the Queen Mary right now, and hope to work the 2235 UTC AO-7 pass from the wireless room as W6RO. Please see my @WD9EWK Twitter feed for photos of the W6RO satellite station. One pass only, and QSLs go to W6RO - not me. Sorry for the last minute notice... 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK

1 0

Re: [amsat-bb] Frequency Doubler?
by Ross Whenmouth 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

Hi Bob, The 1N4005 diode will probably be far to slow for a 451 -> 902 MHz doubler as the intended use of the 1N4005 is as a line-frequency rectifier. The 1N4148 or 1N914 high speed signal diode should a better choice for UHF frequencies. A full wave rectifier is a good way to produce 2nd harmonic content - Charles Wenzel has authored a PDF on this subject that you may find helpful: http://www.techlib.com/files/diodedbl.pdf 73 ZL2WRW Ross Whenmouth

1 0

ARISS Contact Tuesday - Audio Available
by John Spasojevich 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at the Atlanta Science Festival, Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday March 8th. AOS is anticipated at 1611 UTC The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and K6DUE in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Audio from this contact will be fed into the: EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector Streaming Audio at: https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/ Audio on Echolink & web stream is generally transmitted around 20 minutes prior to the contact taking place so that you can hear some of the preparation that occurs. IRLP will begin just prior to the ground station call to the ISS. Please note that on Echolink there are automatic breaks of 1.5 seconds in the audio transmission. These occur every 2.5 minutes during the event. Breaks on IRLP are manual and occur approximately after every third question. Connected repeaters may time out. ** Contact times are approximate. If the ISS executes a reboost or other manoeuvre, the AOS (Acquisition Of Signal) time may alter by a few minutes ** 73, John AG9D ARISS Audio Distribution

1 0

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-05 20:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-05 20:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Powys Secondary Schools, Mid Wales, UK, direct via GB4PCS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact was successful: Sat 2016-03-05 10:53:39 UTC 60 deg (***) Slovanské Gymnázium Olomouc, Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic, direct via OK2KYJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-08 08:22:43 UTC 82 deg Atlanta Science Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-08 16:11:05 UTC 53 deg Watch for live stream at http://atlantasciencefestival.org/ariss North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-03-10 19:08:55 UTC 56 deg **************************************************************************** ** The next window to submit a proposal for an upcoming contact is now open. The window is open from 2016-02-15 to 2016-04-15 and would be for contacts between 2017-01-01 and 2017-06-30. Check out the ARISS website http://www.ariss.org/ or the ARRL website http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact for full details. ********************************** ******************************************** 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 116 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 2016-03-05 20:00 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 1032. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 997. (***) 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, North Dakota, Rhode Island, 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 2016-03-05 20:00 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 **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

1 0

Heard the ARISS contact this morning
by Koos van den Hout 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

I listened to the ARISS contact with England (Wales, to be precise) this morning. I followed the preparations via the principia live stream but I went outside with my arrow antenna for the contact itself. Elevation at my location was not too high (maximum of 46 degrees) which was a bit of a problem between the houses. I held up my arrow above my head for maximum reception but that got tiring real quick. So I heard the answers to about 3 or 4 questions. But it is still quite special to hear an astronaut talk live. On the principia live stream I followed the rest of the event. It's good to see the contact is much, much more than just 10 minutes of Q and A. There was a lot of explanation about the ISS, the work Tim Peake does, the influence of space on the human body. Including bits where the scientists say "we don't know why this happens, we're still researching it". The ARISS program and the Tim Peake mission must be a boost for STEM education and amateur radio. Koos PD4KH -- Camp Wireless, the site about wireless Internet | Koos van den Hout access at campsites http://www.camp-wireless.org/ | http://idefix.net/ PGP keyid 0xF0D7C263 | IPv6 enabled!

1 0

Re: [amsat-bb] DSA Amateur Radio Club Balloon Launch
by Richard Tejera 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

Cool, always good to have three beacons. My group, Arizona Near Space Research uses three beacons as well. How high did you get? Our last flight at the Yuma hamfest reached 99,600 feet. Good luck on your next flight. Please share your telemetry results once you finish reducing the data. Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.SaguaroAstro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org On March 5, 2016, at 11:02, Skyler F <electricity440(a)gmail.com> wrote: We used the other aprs beacon on board, the Edge of Space sciences had one too. On Saturday, March 5, 2016, Richard Tejera <Saguaroastro(a)cox.net> wrote: Congratulations on a successful flight. If your APRS beacon failed, how were you able to track and recover the payload? Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.SaguaroAstro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org On March 4, 2016, at 19:28, Skyler F <electricity440(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hi everyone again, Here is the follow up on my High School's Balloon launch, it was a success, and we had a lot of fun with the launch. Unfortunately APRS did not ever obtain a GPS lock. It only transmitted temperature, humidity, and pressure, with location at (0.000, 0,000), however we were asked to fly just our APRS on the next EOSS launch as part of the STEM outreach, so we will get the GPS portion of the APRS payload fixed up by then. Our other two payloads worked great, however. I created a webpage with all of the details of the launch right here amsatnet.info/#balloon Here is a youtube video of the launch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adDF-m4ecnA I am still analyzing the crazy amounts of data for our Field Mill payload, so that information is not up yet. I would like to thank the people who donated! This launch would not have been possible without their support. 73, Skyler KD0WHB _______________________________________________ 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 -- Skyler Fennell amsatnet.info KDØWHB electricity440(a)gmail.com

1 0

Re: [amsat-bb] DSA Amateur Radio Club Balloon Launch
by Richard Tejera 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

Congratulations on a successful flight. If your APRS beacon failed, how were you able to track and recover the payload? Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.SaguaroAstro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org On March 4, 2016, at 19:28, Skyler F <electricity440(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hi everyone again, Here is the follow up on my High School's Balloon launch, it was a success, and we had a lot of fun with the launch. Unfortunately APRS did not ever obtain a GPS lock. It only transmitted temperature, humidity, and pressure, with location at (0.000, 0,000), however we were asked to fly just our APRS on the next EOSS launch as part of the STEM outreach, so we will get the GPS portion of the APRS payload fixed up by then. Our other two payloads worked great, however. I created a webpage with all of the details of the launch right here amsatnet.info/#balloon Here is a youtube video of the launch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adDF-m4ecnA I am still analyzing the crazy amounts of data for our Field Mill payload, so that information is not up yet. I would like to thank the people who donated! This launch would not have been possible without their support. 73, Skyler KD0WHB _______________________________________________ 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

2 1

DSA Amateur Radio Club Balloon Launch
by Skyler F 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

Hi everyone again, Here is the follow up on my High School's Balloon launch, it was a success, and we had a lot of fun with the launch. Unfortunately APRS did not ever obtain a GPS lock. It only transmitted temperature, humidity, and pressure, with location at (0.000, 0,000), however we were asked to fly just our APRS on the next EOSS launch as part of the STEM outreach, so we will get the GPS portion of the APRS payload fixed up by then. Our other two payloads worked great, however. I created a webpage with all of the details of the launch right here amsatnet.info/#balloon Here is a youtube video of the launch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adDF-m4ecnA I am still analyzing the crazy amounts of data for our Field Mill payload, so that information is not up yet. I would like to thank the people who donated! This launch would not have been possible without their support. 73, Skyler KD0WHB

1 0

de N8WAC
by natewac＠aol.com 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

I just rx'd CAMSAT . I wasn't aware of what it was so I Googled it. I saw that I was asked to send a report. So here it is. Copied via Fldigi. a:.hzbwzexpabeEI*RE EH<AA>HHE<VE>UR RMR RUV RK6 R6V R U RRK UU4 RNU TI HS*N TTT TTI TTT TTT FRK VTT CAMSAT CAMSAT E EE*H*J1SB DEH XW2 XW2 AAA RTR RUN RMH RUV RK6 R6V RM4 RRK UU4 RNV TKV 6CR TTT TTT TFT TTT TTI TTT TTT TRK VTT CAMSAT CAMSAT T<AS>J1SB DFH XW2 XW<HM> AAA RTR RUR RE RUV RKN R6V Rx'd on 3/4/2016 UTC about 00:15 N8WAC

1 0

Quadrifilar Antenna at Orlando Hamcation
by John Papay 04 Mar '16

04 Mar '16

Salvatore Bologna of Helical Technologies in Rockledge Florida had his new quadrifilar uhf antenna at Orlando Hamcation. Sal wanted to test it on my satellite demo station to see how it performed against the Arrow antenna we were using. We set up an A/B switch on the UHF port of the IC910H so we could switch between their quadrifilar and the Arrow on a tripod. We tried it on FO-29 and SO-50 during two passes. The results were not surprising. The Arrow always did better but the quad did hear stations. They were just down a few db depending on the elevation. Their quad is housed in a pvc tube and was on a 10' pvc mast. It is very stealthy and that's a nice characteristic of the antenna. If you live in antenna restricted area, this antenna will pass for a vent pipe or as part of a flagpole. But there is no way this antenna can perform as well as a 7 el beam adjusted for proper polarity. But it does work and you can hear stations on FO-29. SO-50 is a much weaker bird and signals were weak on the quad. But you could hear stations and you could make contacts. There is a video of my demo station at Hamcation on youtube.com You can see Sal sitting in back of the radio, flipping the A/B antenna switch during the passes. The audio is not perfect so it may be hard to hear the difference between the antennas. They are working on a vhf version. Their website is helicomtech.com Antenna selection depends on many different factors. You write down your objectives and then consider your constraints when making your decision to purchase. Every case may be a little different. 73, John K8YSE

1 0

KG5CCI/P EM25 in Oklahoma for AO-7(B) March 6th, 2016
by Dave Swanson 04 Mar '16

04 Mar '16

Friends and Colleagues, This Sunday (March 6th, 2016) I'll be in Eastern Oklahoma operating from the top of 'Cavanal Hill' in grid EM25pb. The primary goal of this trip is to activate the state of Oklahoma on the AO-7(B) pass at my AOS of 17:58:26UTC for any interested European stations chasing their Oscar Century award. One of the most common requests I get from operators on the other side of the Atlantic is to go /P from Oklahoma, as it seems to be a rarely heard state on domestic Satellite passes, let alone passes with large DX footprints. The other big reason Oklahoma is rarely heard is that the distances involved make most of the state out of range to all but the highest passes of FO29 and AO7. With this in mind, the AO7 pass on Sunday provides a rare mutual footprint between Northeast OK and most of western Europe. The weather appears to be good, and I've got a spot I've operated successfully from before, so I'm going to try and return the favor to my DX friends, and get something on their list checked off. As a request to the community, can I ask that high power stations, or stations operating CW on AO7 please refrain from hitting the transponder from 1758 UTC until 1803 UTC on Sunday unless you're specifically chasing something. I do not run much power when operating /P, and AO7 is a finicky bird as it is, so I'd like to maximize the number of stations I can work in the 5 minute window I'll have. I plan on operating on top of the 'high spot' in the passband around 145.940, and I will be staying put and calling CQ to maximize the number of works who can work me. This location in Oklahoma is well outside my 200km range for awards, so I've got nothing to gain here except helping folks out. That said, I think everyone knows what I can do with an arrow on a mountain, and I would be really jazzed to hand out a rare Oscar Century Contact to a bunch of folks a long ways away. Thank you in advance for your consideration of this request :) For everyone else not 7000km away, I'll be active on all birds from both EM24 and EM25 in both Arkansas and Oklahoma most of the weekend. If there's a specific grid or state you're after, feel free to shoot me an email or tweet me @KG5CCI. Thanks, Good Luck, and 73! -Dave, KG5CCI

2 1

Is this the correct Doppler.SQL entry for NO-84?
by hdskullfire2 . 04 Mar '16

04 Mar '16

Wondering what others have in Doppler.SQL entrys for NO-84? As of now I have the following on a single line and I'm not sure this's all that's needed.. I'm using SATPC32 to track, IC-9100, and FLDIGI for PSK31. Initial results were I can hear the stable beacon and some psk signals (with hard drift). My doppler.SQF is this at the moment..."NO-84,435350,28120,FM,USB,NOR,0,0" I've not made any other entries anywhere else. One issue...My IC-9100 appears to be tuning Ok, but it ends up at 435.340/28.120 each time. not centered on 435.350 like the doppler.sqf file calls out. Any recommendations..?? Steve NS3L

2 1

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-04 16:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 04 Mar '16

04 Mar '16

Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Powys Secondary Schools, Mid Wales, UK, direct via GB4PCS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-03-05 10:53:39 UTC 60 deg Slovanské Gymnázium Olomouc, Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic, direct via OK2KYJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-08 08:22:43 UTC 82 deg Atlanta Science Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-08 16:11:05 UTC 53 deg Watch for live stream at http://atlantasciencefestival.org/ariss (***) North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-03-10 19:08:55 UTC 56 deg **************************************************************************** ** The next window to submit a proposal for an upcoming contact is now open. The window is open from 2016-02-15 to 2016-04-15 and would be for contacts between 2017-01-01 and 2017-06-30. Check out the ARISS website http://www.ariss.org/ or the ARRL website http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact for full details. **************************************************************************** ** 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 116 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 2016-03-04 18:30 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 1031. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 996. 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, North Dakota, Rhode Island, 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 2016-03-01 22:00 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 **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

1 0

[Video] Equipment I use for ISS reception
by John Brier 04 Mar '16

04 Mar '16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3JwOwjYIkM I made this run down of all the equipment I use before receiving an ISS contact with the University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH) on January 19th, 2016. Some of the equipment I go over: Arrow II Satellite Antenna Backpacker version of the above Arrow duplexer Kenwood TM-261A 25' of DX Engineering Coax Sennheiser HD-202 headphones Zoom H1 audio recorder Jam Audio Bluetooth speaker Kenwood TH-D72A Track: Watami - Tears: https://soundcloud.com/trouttraxx/tears 73, John KG4AKV

1 0

Odd behavior on AO-85?
by Eric Christensen 03 Mar '16

03 Mar '16

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Just tried working the AO-85 pass over Eastern U.S. and heard something... odd. It sounded like the satellite just turned off for a few seconds. I had a really strong signal and then no signal and no sound. I don't *think* it was my side. Did anyone else hear that? 73, Eric WG3K -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJW2IzfAAoJED4nr8JXHVrFnI8H/2rZDS3TRcX4ZKONmPp1CKho T4BMhMLoq6qHX+ZdiE18Rs/97MIWKL9vSE2lM3yp/ytUcROX1SrwhYsQrFyc4cux 1OTOYnpdSTgiRCZD0xWyNLZd4IUuU43at5uwJlBJY4wubwmmEzGhl01lxq+pS9Lp K8Q5W7NjcymOVSbWC7EsbOSxChTYFR7PnnVha3/A/gfqL676i9hXpFYP96snaiYx GvYN66RYsjThJqK9Yjzvd/96fXNiDCu/d4gzkOw3QSjYYADVklZefIybI+49U0oH S/vX6TfGmoAOrr6mc1PIHWJAjUmZtG9GuD9bQfZJFV+g/piR8OjoaSf1rQZAg3Y= =EoM2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

2 2

Re: [amsat-bb] AO-85 data
by skristof＠etczone.com 03 Mar '16

03 Mar '16

This is very likely the explanation for my lack of data decoding. If it's only sending two frames at a time, the likelihood of missing data during a transmission is much higher than when the satellite is sending dozens of frames in a transmission. Thank you. Steve AI9IN On 2016-03-03 13:18, David G0MRF wrote: > Hi Steve. > > It will send 2 frames every 2 minutes unless the transponder has been activated. > > When the transponder is activated you get data while it's in use and for about 30 seconds after the last person finishes speaking > > - Same story here in the UK. Lots of passes before dawn, but nobody transmitting- So that usually get me about 12 - 16 frames of data compared to 80 - 110 for a really nice pass. > > 73 > > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: skristof <skristof(a)etczone.com> > To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Sent: Thu, 3 Mar 2016 16:48 > Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 data > > I tried to catch the 1005 UTC pass of AO-85 this morning for data > collection. I figured with an 88 degree elevation I couldn't miss. It's > perfect for my eggbeater antenna. But, using HDSDR and Foxtelem, I only > saw about 3 or 4 short transmissions spread out over the whole pass. I > didn't decode any data. > > Does AO-85 only transmit slow DUV when there are voice transmissions? > Were the short transmissions that I saw the "fast data" stream? Was > anyone on voice on AO-85 this morning? > > Thanks for your help! > > Steve AI9IN > > EM79ji > > _______________________________________________ > 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 [1] Links: ------ [1] http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

1 0

SSTV CubeSat deploys Mar 7 + Goonhilly Video
by M5AKA 03 Mar '16

03 Mar '16

School SSTV CubeSat to deploy from ISS March 7 http://amsat-uk.org/2016/03/03/school-sstv-cubesat-to-deploy-from-iss/ Video of Tim Peake and Norwich School contact http://amsat-uk.org/2016/03/03/tim-peake-norwich-school-video/ ARISS contact planned for school in Mid Wales, UK , March 5 http://amsat-uk.org/2016/03/01/ariss-contact-planned-for-school-in-mid-wale… ARISS HamTV at Goonhilly in TX Factor Show http://amsat-uk.org/2016/02/27/hamtv-at-goonhilly-in-tx-factor-show/ News reports of Norwich school amateur radio contact with Tim Peake http://amsat-uk.org/2016/02/26/news-reports-norwich-school-tim-peake/ 73 Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ----

1 0

DM28, DM29, DM39 QSLs
by Lee Ernstrom 03 Mar '16

03 Mar '16

This morning I mailed out QSLs to everyone I worked in these three grids on February 22 and 23rd during my activation of Great Basin National Park. Preview of these QSLs can be seen on my QRZ.com page. I have also uploaded all these QSOs to LOTW, which is the only way one can receive credit for NP24 in DM29. Thanks to everyone for all the fun, especially to Frank, K4FEG. WA7HQD Lee (Doc) Ernstrom

1 0

kenwood thd72a
by Bruce 03 Mar '16

03 Mar '16

blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; } i have had a thd72a for maybe 4-5 years. i am on a road trip and decided to try a couple so-50 passes. i can only get it to tune 435.775, 435.800, 435.825. thus, i only heard the last 2-3 minutes of a 12 minute pass. i have not operated with an ht in 15 years. need a refresher course as the radio cannot tune in less than 25khz steps. i thought i had programmed it with the software when i bought it and slid a 12.5khz step in just cannot find it. 73...bruce Sent from My iPhone

2 1

AO-85 data
by skristof＠etczone.com 03 Mar '16

03 Mar '16

I tried to catch the 1005 UTC pass of AO-85 this morning for data collection. I figured with an 88 degree elevation I couldn't miss. It's perfect for my eggbeater antenna. But, using HDSDR and Foxtelem, I only saw about 3 or 4 short transmissions spread out over the whole pass. I didn't decode any data. Does AO-85 only transmit slow DUV when there are voice transmissions? Were the short transmissions that I saw the "fast data" stream? Was anyone on voice on AO-85 this morning? Thanks for your help! Steve AI9IN EM79ji

2 1

[Video] SO-50 and a giant pile of red clay
by John Brier 03 Mar '16

03 Mar '16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vAxufyAu0E This is from an SO-50 pass on 2016-01-30 at 2253 UTC These are all the stations I heard. Only listed when I *first* heard them and then again only if I called them or made contact with them. 1:05 NP4JV DM31 Arizona 1:10 W8UM EN82 University of Michigan 1:36 KA4H FM17 Virginia 1:56 AA0CW DM68 Colorado 2:06 AA9LC EN50 Illinois 2:39 KG4AKV calling NP4JV 2:45 NP4JV DM31 Arizona CONTACTED 3:16 KG4AKV calling KA4H 3:21 KA4H FM17 Virginia CONTACTED 3:40 W0DHB 3:44 KG4AKV calling W0DHB 3:56 AA0CW calling KG4AKV 4:06 AA0CW DM68 Colorado CONTACTED 4:09 W5ZZ 4:40 K4FEG EM55 Tennessee 5:05 NX9B EM66 5:25 K??IRC EN37 6:07 KX9X/5 EM42 Mississippi 6:10 W5PFG EM21 Texas 6:42 VFK92 7:33 J3/W8M 7:43 KG4AKV calling KX9X/5 7:49 KX9X EM42 Mississippi CONTACTED 73, John, KG4AKV

1 0

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-03 01:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 03 Mar '16

03 Mar '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-03 01:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Powys Secondary Schools, Mid Wales, UK, direct via GB4PCS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-03-05 10:53:39 UTC 60 deg (***) Slovanské Gymnázium Olomouc, Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic, direct via OK2KYJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI (***) Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-08 08:22:43 UTC 82 deg Atlanta Science Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN (***) Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-08 16:11:05 UTC 53 deg North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-03-10 19:08:55 UTC 56 deg Congratulations to Scott, Mikhail, and Sergey on your return to earth. (***) Job well done! (***) Exp. 43/44 Scott Kelly Back on earth (***) Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Back on earth (***) Exp. 45 Sergey Volkov RU3DIS Back on earth (***) **************************************************************************** ** The next window to submit a proposal for an upcoming contact is now open. The window is open from 2016-02-15 to 2016-04-15 and would be for contacts between 2017-01-01 and 2017-06-30. Check out the ARISS website http://www.ariss.org/ or the ARRL website http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact for full details. **************************************************************************** ** 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 116 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 2016-03-03 01:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1031. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 996. 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, North Dakota, Rhode Island, 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 2016-03-01 22:00 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 **************************************************************************** Congratulations to Scott, Mikhail, and Sergey on your return to earth. (***) Job well done! (***) Exp. 43/44 Scott Kelly Back on earth (***) Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Back on earth (***) Exp. 45 Sergey Volkov RU3DIS Back on earth (***) Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

1 0

Re: [amsat-bb] I wonder if this commercial quadrifilar helicoidal antenna any good?
by Rick Tejera 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

here is the link, Save you the google search: http://jcoppens.com/ant/qfh/calc.en.php 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: Ed Krome [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2016 8:11 AM To: Richard Tejera Cc: Eric Christensen; Andrew Glasbrenner; AMSAT Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] I wonder if this commercial quadrifilar helicoidal antenna any good? Google jcoppens.com I just built one cut to 140MHz. Works OK (with rather broad 2M preamp) on both weather sats and cubesats. Doesn't have great input return loss; tweaking wouldn't hurt but I'm not going to mess with it. Get it as high and clear as you can. Ed K9EK Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 2, 2016, at 12:13 AM, Richard Tejera <Saguaroastro(a)cox.net> wrote: > > I made one for 137mHz to decode the NOAA WX says. Easier than it looks. Cost was about $25. I found an online applet that calculates the dimensions and prints a drilling template > If your intersted,let me know and I'll dig up the url. (Bookmarked on another computer) > > Rick Tejera K7TEJ > Saguaro Astronomy Club > www.SaguaroAstro.org > Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club > www.w7tbc.org > > On March 1, 2016, at 08:56, Eric Christensen <eric(a)christensenplace.us> wrote: > > On 03/01/2016 10:11 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote: >> I have the UHF model. It lives on a magnet base stuck to the side of the AC air handler in my garage, and I hang my yard work hat on it. It was worse than a 2m 1/4 wave whip on receive on AO-51. > > Thanks, Drew (and everyone else that responded). I just need to figure > out how to get those M2 yagis up in the air, really. > > 73, > Eric WG3K > _______________________________________________ > 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

1 0

NO-84
by KO6TZ Bob 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

Good 10 meter band conditions for PSK-31 on NO-84 this morning. No one there. KO6TZ Bob W3ADO-5 beacon B 000 34 43 791 254 +13 W3ADO-5 beacon B 001 93 43 782 255 +14 W3ADO-5 beacon B 002 90 42 781 255 +15 W3ADO-5 beacon B 003 93 43 769 252 +16 W3ADO-5 beacon B 004 99 23 780 253 +17 W3ADO-5 beacon B 005 93 44 780 253 +17 W3ADO-5 beacon B 006 99 28 781 253 +17 W3ADO-5 beacon B 007 78 38 783 253 +17 W3ADO-5 beacon B 008 96 37 783 253 +18 W3ADO-5 beacon B 009 71 29 782 253 +18 W3ADO-5 beacon B 010 65 31 782 254 +18 W3ADO-5 beacon B 011 53 24 779 254 +18 W3ADO-5 beacon B 012 90 27 776 252 +19

2 2

Low elev. pass AO-07, Europe-USA sole at 18.03 today!
by Juan Antonio 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

I will be there to try some no elevation new stations. Juan Antonio EA4CYQ IM78cx --- El software de antivirus Avast ha analizado este correo electrónico en busca de virus. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

1 0

want to have some fun ?
by PA3GUO 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

For those that are bored with 1k2 from cubesats .. GRIFEX (437.485) is this week sending data at 19k2 (FM). Quite easy to decode using - 16 element horizontal yagi - SSB preamp + 10 meters Aircell coax - FUNCube dongle (the old one) - SDR# (on Windows 10) - UZ7HO soundmodem (on Windows 10) Remarkable to see how reliable & stable data download can be at higher speeds. With no new investment in equipment ! It may not be for many more days, so give it a try before it switches back to 9k6 (did you try that already?). Henk, PA3GUO

3 2

Very First HamTV School Reception with Audio - Norwich Schools
by John Brier 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raJBzfqi7Gs Daniel Cussen, EI9FHB asked me to try my hand at editing his and F6DZP's HamTV reception together. Since it was a recording after the fact I could use the audio from HamTV and not just the VHF audio. I also used video from the school where the students asked their questions. If anyone from ARISS UK or ARISS wants to use a version of this on an official site without my introduction at the beginning you can use this version instead: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8gae5nr4437u205/HamTV_Norwich_Schools_UK_edited_b… John, KG4AKV

1 0

Video of Goonhilly HAMTV and UK School contact preperation
by Daniel Cussen 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

TX factor release a video. It is split in two parts: Goonhilly HAMTV ground station https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afunOPeM6Z0&t=16s School contact preparation for Tim Peake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afunOPeM6Z0&t=16m45s

1 0

Re: [amsat-bb] I wonder if this commercial quadrifilar helicoidal antenna any good?
by Richard Tejera 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

I made one for 137mHz to decode the NOAA WX says. Easier than it looks. Cost was about $25. I found an online applet that calculates the dimensions and prints a drilling template If your intersted,let me know and I'll dig up the url. (Bookmarked on another computer) Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.SaguaroAstro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org On March 1, 2016, at 08:56, Eric Christensen <eric(a)christensenplace.us> wrote: On 03/01/2016 10:11 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote: > I have the UHF model. It lives on a magnet base stuck to the side of the AC air handler in my garage, and I hang my yard work hat on it. It was worse than a 2m 1/4 wave whip on receive on AO-51. Thanks, Drew (and everyone else that responded). I just need to figure out how to get those M2 yagis up in the air, really. 73, Eric WG3K _______________________________________________ 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

3 2

Re: [amsat-bb] I wonder if this commercial quadrifilar helicoidal antenna any good?
by Luc Leblanc 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

I have one homemade built unused and stored since a couple of years. I can send pics if someone is interrested. It cost me 50$ in materials. I can accept the best offer off BB Thank's > I made one for 137mHz to decode the NOAA WX says. Easier than it looks. Cost was about $25. I found an online applet that calculates the dimensions and prints a drilling template > If your intersted,let me know and I'll dig up the url. (Bookmarked on another computer) > > Rick Tejera K7TEJ > Saguaro Astronomy Club > www.SaguaroAstro.org > Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club > www.w7tbc.org > > On March 1, 2016, at 08:56, Eric Christensen <eric(a)christensenplace.us> wrote: > > On 03/01/2016 10:11 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote: > > I have the UHF model. It lives on a magnet base stuck to the side of the AC air handler in my garage, and I hang my yard work hat on it. It was worse than a 2m 1/4 wave whip on receive on AO-51. > > Thanks, Drew (and everyone else that responded). I just need to figure > out how to get those M2 yagis up in the air, really. > > 73, > Eric WG3K Luc Leblanc VE2DWE

1 0

Re: [amsat-bb] Free content from six satellites via Outernet (APRS (OUTNET))
by Robert Bruninga 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

APRS already has 3 LEO's in orbit and three more that are manifest. These extend the APRS uplink capability to everywhere on Earth and the LIVE feed from the satellites is available on http://ariss.net and http://pcsat.findu.com and the live feed everywhere else is on http://aprs.fi . So, in addition to all the HF IGates, and the VHF Igates and the Satellite Igates, there is worldwide uplink potential (that is "uplink" into the APRS network where then it gets parsed into the OUTERNET uplink). I am only talking about amateur radio content, nothing else meets our rules, but as a 2-way emergency communications capability with more than 2 million licensed amateur radio operators worldwide, it does have potential within our rules. And it lets OUTERENET support a low cost 2-way global communications at virtually no cost to them either. > OUTERNET has three UHF cubesats that should be complete by May. [in > addition to the GEO downlinks]. >> It is a 90kbps downlink with pre-determined content. And we don't have to stream the entire APRS global feed! Only packets with the PATH of "OUTNET" in them. So any ham, anywhere on earth, can route his packet via the APRS satellite, or HF, or VHF terrestrial network and then have it routed into the OUTERNET uplink by including "OUTNET" in his path, and it will get sent on the OUTERNET uplink stream and hence to the OUTERNET GEO downlink. Thus, a 2-way system for Amateur Radio and their Emergency response. The current APRS Satellite traffic is about 1000 packets per day and all are visibile on the above TWO satellite feeds. That works out to about one packet per minute or about 1 byte per second. 1 Baud would not be too much to ask of OUTERNET. Of course, if they turn it on for us, then the rate might increase TEN fold or in a few years, ONE HUDRED FOLD... To 100 baud. Or even one THOUSAND fold and the bit rate would be up to only 1 kbps or less than 1% of their traffic! Oh, and that is supporting thousands of two-way amateur and emergtency communicators globally anywhere on earth! Bob, WB4APR On 01/03/2016, Robert Bruninga <bruninga(a)usna.edu> wrote: >>> Global Ham channel? >>> >>> We should find someone to work with the OUTERNET folks to add an amateur >>> > radio channel to their downlink. Their satellites could provide > >>> connectivity to 99% of amateur radio operators on earth. In addition, >>> Ham > Radio can bring to OUTERNET an uplink capability that they >>> currently don't > have. And the uplink can be from the same remote >>> areas where there is no > service... _______________________________________________ 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

1 0

ARISS - Audio for Saturday's Contact
by John Spasojevich 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at the Powys Secondary Schools, Mid Wales, UK, Saturday March 5th. AOS is anticipated at 1053 UTC The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a direct between NA1SS and GB4PCS in Wales. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Audio from this contact will be fed into the: EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector Streaming Audio at: https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/ Watch the contact live at: https://principia.ariss.org/Live/ Audio on Echolink & web stream is generally transmitted around 20 minutes prior to the contact taking place so that you can hear some of the preparation that occurs. IRLP will begin just prior to the ground station call to the ISS. Please note that on Echolink there are automatic breaks of 1.5 seconds in the audio transmission. These occur every 2.5 minutes during the event. Breaks on IRLP are manual and occur approximately after every third question. ** Contact times are approximate. If the ISS executes a reboost or other manoeuvre, the AOS (Acquisition Of Signal) time may alter by a few minutes ** 73, John - AG9D ARISS Audio Distribution

1 0

Cruise With AMSAT
by Bruce 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Just a quick note, if you have placed your booking or are about to and... you have an American Express card, take a look at the AMEX offers. Either in the Apple app (might also be on android) or on Facebook. There is an offer, spend $250.00 in one transaction and get $75 back. Offer looks like it runs from now through April 15. When they have given back their allotment the offer will be deleted. The offer does not appear on my wife's account so I made a $10 deposit towards our total and maybe they will give her the offer. 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards AMSAT Board Alternate 2015-2016 ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat

1 0

I wonder if this commercial quadrifilar helicoidal antenna any good?
by Eric Christensen 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 I've been wanting to build a quadrifilar helicoidal antenna for a while. Unfortunately I just can't seem to find enough time to figure out what parts I need much less put the thing together. With that in mind, I wonder if this antenna is any good: http://www.antennas.us/store/p/396-UC-AMSAT-KITP-2-m-/-70-cm-Passive-Ama teur-Satellite-Antenna-Kit.html Anyone had any experience with it? 73, Eric WG3K -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJW1a00AAoJED4nr8JXHVrFKkkH/RwSa4Q2Cg+nxgpUMyXuEpYa v48RskhVXevF+f5w+6z1CnHgLFg5gR4fyt4FANKd60YyIfciF6i+0IvRgDZYstOW IypfSG1NJcPG3P6lkXH52zRmORew4rKyqtDIhfxEf3AEFt/j7syFT8KpSovu6V7V QLXMSuz1wWHQnhjjrecRKJUQ7/eSI2WDNsMn7SccfO6M6EzKi8oFoWornHwQMhTX G1m7cg6he0PXNvVcEH0DBXaI1AERW5hhILR3Xx2TvEK8+HVPZeT+Qy1yzX+E4yJW rJMm9aPyT99U6WcPQT8Zi1YAU3iHZqDT9HhtrWUYRzNo84E8ERQbdbIXWY9Fdxc= =ZD5F -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

4 4

LilacSat-2 FM Transponder
by Paul Stoetzer 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

I have noticed that LilacSat-2's FM transponder has been on nearly continuously for the past four days They may be keeping it active continuously during the holiday period in China. It's worth checking out if you haven't worked it yet. It's got a good signal and can be easier to track than SO-50 because the carrier stays active for a period when not receiving signals. The downlink antenna also uses circular polarization, so there is less fading when using linear antennas than on SO-50. Uplink: 144.350 MHz FM (No PL) Downlink: 437.200 MHz FM Keep in mind that this uplink frequency is not within the normal 145.800 - 146.000 MHz satellite subband on two meters, though this frequency is within the 144.300 - 144.500 MHz "New OSCAR subband" in the ARRL band plan and is allocated to the Amateur Satellite Service (as is the entirety of 144 - 146 MHz). On passes over the United States, quite a few packet signals can be heard through the transponder. If you use LoTW, the satellite name to use when uploading QSOs is 'CAS-3H.' 73, Paul, N8HM

3 5

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-01 22:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-01 22:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: National Urban Alliance for Effective Education (NUA), Syosset, New York, telebridge VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact was successful: Tue 2016-03-01 16:45:18 UTC 53 deg (***) Terrestrial training session from HERA facility with Wedgewood Elementary, Friendswood, TX, direct via KD5CAA (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be W5RRR (***) The scheduled astronaut is Tracy Caldwell-Dyson KF5DBF (***) Contact was successful 2016-03-01 14:15 UTC (***) Powys Secondary Schools, Mid Wales, UK, direct via GB4PCS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-03-05 10:55:19 UTC 59 deg Slovanské Gymnázium Olomouc, Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic, direct via OK2KYJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-08 08:22:43 UTC 82 deg Atlanta Science Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-08 16:11:05 UTC 53 deg North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-03-10 19:08:55 UTC 56 deg **************************************************************************** ** The next window to submit a proposal for an upcoming contact is now open. The window is open from 2016-02-15 to 2016-04-15 and would be for contacts between 2017-01-01 and 2017-06-30. Check out the ARISS website http://www.ariss.org/ or the ARRL website http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact for full details. **************************************************************************** ** 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 116 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 2016-03-01 22:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1031. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 996. (***) 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, North Dakota, Rhode Island, 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 2016-03-01 22:00 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. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

1 0

Satellite Activity - JA vs. NA
by Paul Stoetzer 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

I was browsing the AAR29 satellite logger site yesterday (http://aar29.free.fr/sat/indexlogin.html) and noticed that JO2ASQ reported working 24 different stations on a pass of AO-73 on February 28th and 28 on a pass on February 14th. 2016-02-14 00:01:00 JO2ASQ PM85MF JH4MGU JA3FWT JH4RNY JH1EMH JM1SBU JA9AOB JA3PXH JG6CDH JK3HFN JA3HEO JR8QFG JF1CQH JH1UVJ/4 JR0BUL JH3XCU/1 JF2IMU JA1VVH JE4KQH JM1FBF JI3OQO 7L3AEO (28 QSOS, CW&SSB) DE JO2ASQ/3 2016-02-28 01:18:00 JO2ASQ PM85MF JA3PXH JH1RYE JA1VDJ JH4MGU JE4KQH JA3HEO JL1SAM JM1SBU JK3HFN JG6CDH JA1SJV JA1VVH JH6TYD JA3HEO JA7KPI JH1EMH JN1VXL JO1LDY/1 7L3AEO JF2IMU/2 JA3FWT DS2BWU 24 QSOS (CW 22, SSB 2) DE JO2ASQ/2 That's absolutely incredible! I'd love to see a pass like that here in the United States - on any of the many linear transponder satellites we have passing all times of day these days - AO-7, FO-29, AO-73, XW-2A, XW-2C, and XW-2F all work great, but FO-29 passes are the only ones where there is really much activity heard. Let's use the satellites! 73, Paul, N8HM

2 1

N8RO/P Operations
by Ronald Oldham 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

During a short road trip next week I will activate the following grids in west Texas: Tuesday March 8, Ft. Davis, TX DM80, FO-29 at ~1951 UTC Wednesday March 9, Marfa, TX DM70, FO-29 at ~1857 UTC Wednesday March 9, Presidio, TX DL79, FO-29 at ~2042 UTC Thursday March 10, Terlingua, TX DL89, FO-29 at ~1946 UTC Saturday March 12, Iraan, TX DM91, FO-29 at ~1942 UTC If you need any of these grids or just want to say hello please give me a call. 73, Ron – N8RO

1 0

Re: [amsat-bb] DXCC & HamSats
by Kevin M 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Has anyone else experienced enhanced propagation on the birds???Sure... RS-12/13's primary mode was Mode K: 15m uplink and 10m downlink. I worked OK1DIG while the bird was over North America and he was no where in the footprint. In fact, there was a ham that worked DXCC on RS-12/13 alone, arranging Mode K skeds with hams in various countries. At the time, we called it 'skipping' into the bird since one station was using 'skip' propagation to hear and work the bird while the other station was in the footprint. That said, there are no more Mode K birds around...we barely have Mode A. BUT, if one was likely to be able to do any 'enhanced propagation' it would most likely need to be Mode A, since you would need 'enhancement' on both the uplink AND the downlink to complete a QSO. But that is going to be far rarer than the Mode K skipping and I just can't see Mode B of Mode J doing it since it would require some form of enhancement on UHF as well. For that to line up just right would be extremely rare. Maybe something equatorial, but still rare. 73, Kevin N4UFO

3 2

DXCC & HamSats
by Rupert Hamblin 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Hi All, I was interested to read the ARRL article on KO4MA receiving the DXCC award worked on satellites, which got me thinking. So here's my question... Taking into account today's available / workable amateur satellites - is it possible for an operator based in the UK/Europe or US, to work 100 different countries via satellite..? (Obviously taking into account the station setup..) Thanks for your feedback ! Cheers RH / G0TKZ

5 6

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-01 03:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-01 03:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Gesamtschule Leverkusen Schlebusch, Leverkusen, Germany, direct via DLØIL The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact was successful: Mon 2016-02-29 12:05:58 UTC 78 deg (***) National Urban Alliance for Effective Education (NUA), Syosset, New York, telebridge VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-01 16:45:18 UTC 53 deg Powys Secondary Schools, Mid Wales, UK, direct via GB4PCS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-03-05 10:55:19 UTC 59 deg Slovanské Gymnázium Olomouc, Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic. direct via OK2KYJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN (***) Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-08 08:22:43 UTC 82 deg (***) Atlanta Science Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, telebridge via K6DUE (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI (***) Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-08 16:11:05 UTC 53 deg (***) North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota, telebridge via W6SRJ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN (***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-03-10 19:08:55 UTC 56 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** The next window to submit a proposal for an upcoming contact is now open. The window is open from 2016-02-15 to 2016-04-15 and would be for contacts between 2017-01-01 and 2017-06-30. Check out the ARISS website http://www.ariss.org/ or the ARRL website http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact for full details. **************************************************************************** ** 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 116 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 2016-03-01 03:00 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 1030. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 995. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. 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, North Dakota, Rhode Island, 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 2016-03-01 03:00 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. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

1 0

Fw: important message
by Jerry Clement 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

Hello! New message, please read <SMTP_LINK?ha> Jerry Clement

1 0

First satellite QSO to Antartica
by Pedro Converso 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

On Feb-28 2016, first satellite QSO from Antartica to mainland Argentina thru SO-50. Photos & details (spanish) on https://www.lu4aa.org/wp/historico-primer-qso-desde-la-antartida/ 73, Amsat Argentina http://amsat.org.ar

2 1

ISS APRS Digipeated Verification
by David Haworth 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

I am adding the ISS APRS space communications to the Pine Mountain Observatory STEM workshop this summer. Using the Kenwood TM-D710G with a PC I can show that the packet sent to the ISS was digipeated through the ISS. I would like not having to use a PC with the radio. Therefore, not using a PC is there a TM-D710G setting that will show that the beacon was successfully digipeated through the ISS? QST February 2016 review of the Yaesu on page 52 “ Whenever my FTM-100DR transmitted a beacon and detected that it had been relayed by a digipeater, I hear a series of three descending tones." Has anyone used the Yaesu FTM-100DR APRS with the ISS and confirmed that it will tell you that the ISS digipeated the packet? http://aprs.fi <http://aprs.fi/> and http://ariss.net <http://ariss.net/> work fine if another station receives the packet and forwards it to the APRS Internet System. This depends upon another station which fine for a back up verification. 73, Clear and dark skies without RFI, David Haworth, WA9ONY http://www.stargazing.net/david <http://www.stargazing.net/david> davidahaworth(a)icloud.com

2 2

Charging Cubesat 7v NiCds from 4.8v solar panels
by Robert Bruninga 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

For charging 7v NiCd from 4.8v: We came up with a simple circuit to use the cheap DC/DC boost regulators to boost 4.8v solar panels to 7 volts for our NiCd charging. http://aprs.org/psat/Cubesat-solar-boost-charger-bob-a.doc You cannot just use the DC/DC boost regulator directly because it has a peak-starting-current which cannot be met with a solar panel. So we added a transistor load switch to hold off the load until after the regulator was started… Works like a champ at near 80% efficiency. I’m sure there are lots of circuits and parts, but this little circuit more or less worked the first time, so we are going with it. Bob, WB4APR

2 1

Upcoming ARISS contact with National Urban Alliance for Effective Education (NUA), Syosset, New York - update
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

The upcoming ARISS contact with the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education in Syosset, NY plans to live stream video of the contact at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FTsuvWdAtY. The streaming is scheduled to begin at 16:00 UTC. Dave, AA4KN ARISS PR --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

1 0

[Video] Tim Peake's Very First ARISS Contact and My Two Year Reception Anniversary!
by John Brier 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-Xm-P8KtFY Tim Peake was talking to students at the Frederick W. Hartnett Middle School in Blackstone, Massachusetts. If you liked this video, please subscribe to my YouTube channel Space Comms for more: https://www.youtube.com/c/SpaceComms1 John, KG4AKV in Raleigh, North Carolina FM05

1 0

Disregard the Help with the IC910H and SatPC32
by Douglas Phelps 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

I changed Laptops, chased down some manuals of obsolete r\equipment and got everything working. Wish I hadn;t spent 2 days with the wrong la[top. DougK9DLP

1 0

Help with SatPC32 ans an ICOM 910H
by Douglas Phelps 28 Feb '16

28 Feb '16

I had SatPC32 working just fine on a Windows XP computer. The tracking worked, the cat control worked (Yaesu 847). The XP computer no longer works and I am trying to migrate to Windows 10 and I cannot get SatPC32 to work with my IC-910H. Some things I have tried: Setting the 910H and SatPC32 for address $60. When I got the 910H, it was set to address $7C which was not a choice in SatPC32 so I changed it to $60. Both SatPC32 and the 910H are set for 9600 BAUD. On the antenna side, I have an fox Delta st3 which no longer has a manual but I don't think it is talking to SatPC32. I have tried both straight and crossover RS232 cacles (which one is correct?) I have spent 2 days trying every combination of everything I can think of. When I installed on XP, everything just worked. Any one with a 910H or Fox Delta ST3 have any suggestions? Thanks K9DLPDoug

1 0

FUNcube-1 Mode switched
by Graham Shirville 28 Feb '16

28 Feb '16

Hi All, Just to confirm that FUNcube-1 is now operating in Autonomous mode and will be switched back to Amateur Mode next Friday evening as usual. Good luck to everyone doing school demonstrations this week 73 Graham G3VZV

1 0

Fw: KO4MA - SAT DXCC!!
by R.T.Liddy 28 Feb '16

28 Feb '16

----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd(a)comcast.net> To: R.T.Liddy <k8bl(a)ameritech.net> Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2016 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] KO4MA - SAT DXCC!! ataboy Drew! Sure miss AO-40 (sobsob)73 Bob W7LRD From: "R.T.Liddy" <k8bl(a)ameritech.net> To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org>, "Starcom-BB" <starcom-bb(a)star-com.net> Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2016 9:43:29 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] KO4MA - SAT DXCC!! Congrats to Drew KO4MA on achieving SAT DXCC!! http://www.arrl.org/news/view/satellite-dxcc-nearly-20-years-in-the-making Way to go!!! 73, Bob K8BL _______________________________________________ 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

1 0

KO4MA - SAT DXCC!!
by R.T.Liddy 28 Feb '16

28 Feb '16

Congrats to Drew KO4MA on achieving SAT DXCC!! http://www.arrl.org/news/view/satellite-dxcc-nearly-20-years-in-the-making Way to go!!! 73, Bob K8BL

1 0

Balloon Launch
by Vincenzo Mone 28 Feb '16

28 Feb '16

Hi to the list, Apologize for the question. I see several times on the AMSAT list about the Launch Balloons. Anybody please can explain me about it? I mean do we have to receive something? If yes please what to hear and on which frequency? Thanks 73's de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 ********************************** ******* GSM +39 328 7110193 ******* ****** SMS +39 328 7110193 ****** **********************************

1 0

Upcoming ARISS contact with National Urban Alliance for Effective Education (NUA), Syosset, New York
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 28 Feb '16

28 Feb '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at National Urban Alliance for Effective Education (NUA), Syosset, New York on 01 Mar. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:45 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 VK5ZAI The contact should be audible over Australia and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The National Urban Alliance for Effective Education, the Lancaster ARC, and the SUNY Buffalo State Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium have teamed up to arrange a contact between the International Space Station and PS97 Harvey Austin School in the Buffalo, New York Public School System. Located about ten minutes from downtown, Buffalo PS97 contains three learning communities or "houses" that are organized by grade level: PreK-3, 4-6, and 7-8. The administration consists of Interim Principal Lisa Robinson, Assistant Principal Deanna Schmitt, and Dean of Students Dennis Lesniak. Harvey Austin School serves just over 600 students in grades Pre-K through 8. Average daily attendance is 91%, one percentage point above the district average. Students fall into the following categories: African-American: 89%, European-American: 7%, Multi-racial: 3% , Asian 1%. Students eligible for free/reduced price lunch: 94%. Students with Individualized Education Plans (IEPs): 20%. English Language Learners (ELL): 1 student. The teaching staff comprises 62 teachers. Of this total, 42 have had 5-14 years of classroom experience and 20 have had less than five years of experience. Two instructional coaches provide support to teachers. The Mission of PS97 Harvey Austin School states that as a learning community we must focus on math and literacy as the foundational skills necessary to be successful. We will also develop character and a culture of respect, responsibility, and reflection. We share high expectations that our students will apply these skills, not only in school, but in real life situations. Since our founding in 1989 at Columbia University's Teachers College with the College Board, the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education (NUA) has provided professional development, advocacy and organizational guidance that transform urban and suburban schools. We are passionate in striving toward a world in which barriers to high levels of learning borne of racism, sexism and economic disadvantage are eliminated for all children. Our approach is guided by the The Pedagogy of Confidence, the fearless expectation and support for the high intellectual performance of all students, especially those who are dependent on the school and community for the skills and support needed to attain high achievement. We uncover strengths of students and teachers and then build on those strengths. The Lancaster Amateur Radio Club (LARC) was founded in March 1987. LARC has grown from the original five founding members to a very active club with over 100 radio operators throughout the WNY region including all of Erie County, Grand Island, Tonawanda, Lockport, Batavia, and Dunkirk. We have members with all classes of licenses as well as activities in all aspects of the hobby. The SUNY Buffalo State Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium, apart of the Earth Sciences and Science Education program, provides students and visitors with viewings of stars, constellations, nebulae, galaxies, and planets all on one 24-foot diameter dome. Located in the Science Building, this 70-seat planetarium offers seasonal shows that are open to the campus community and the general public. The planetarium offers Astronomy and Earth Science programs to schools, scout groups, private groups, and others by presenting exciting, educational programs about astronomy, planetary science, Earth science, biology, chemistry, art, history, and much more. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. When did you receive your amateur radio license and from whom? 2. What are the other space agencies that collaborate on the ISS? 3. How is the ISS tracked by NASA? 4. What types of data collection do you do on yourself while onboard the ISS for human research? 5. Where are all the people right now on the ISS from? 6. What types of radio events are you involved in besides the ARISS events? 7. Do astronauts have training in diversity studies? 8. How does the ISS avoid space debris and other natural satellites while in orbit? 9. What are the biomedical markers NASA researchers are looking for while you are in spaceflight? 10. Do you share food with the other cultures onboard the ISS? If so, what type and what is your favorite? 11. What is the most difficult part and the simplest part of amateur radio operation? 12. What types of partnerships have you formed with people in other nations as a result of your NASA work? 13. How is data transmitted from the ISS to Earth? 14. What types of activities do you do in space to keep yourself healthy? 15. What type of communication challenges do you experience with the other nationalities onboard the ISS? 16. How would you use amateur radio on the ISS in other types of activities besides this one? 17. What is your opinion of the future of space exploration in collaboration with other nations? 18. Who determines the flight path of the ISS? 19. Why does NASA collect human data onboard the ISS? 20. Explain your meals in one day on the ISS. 21. Who controls the amateur radio transmissions from the ISS? 22. What types of space vehicles have you flown in? What nation where they from? 23. Who controls the flight of the ISS? 24. When you come back to Earth, does NASA keep all the human samples? If so, what do they do with them? 25. How does NASA assign your meals? 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. Powys Secondary Schools, Mid Wales, UK, direct via GB4PCS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-03-05 10:55 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

1 0

ANS-059 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 28 Feb '16

28 Feb '16

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-059 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: * eBay Donations for AMSAT * Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule * Satellite DXCC Nearly 20 Years in the Making * 2016 AMSAT Field Day * Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems to Support Atlas V CubeSat Rideshare Initiative * UK and Malta University Satellite Collaboration SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-059.01 ANS-059 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 059.01 From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD. February 28, 2016 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-059.01 eBay Donations for AMSAT Are you an eBay seller? One item, ten items, or a full-time business you can donate a percentage of your winning bid to AMSAT. To do so, do not list your item with the basic listing tool, select advanced tools. eBay will give you a warning message that it is for large volume sellers, however this is where the eBay for Charity tool is found. You can 'select another nonprofit you love' and search for either AMSAT or Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. Choose the percentage amount of the sale you would like to donate to AMSAT and boom. When your item sells and the winning bidder pays, eBay will deduct the percentage from your take and forward it to AMSAT. Sometimes we are getting rid of our old equipment, sometimes selling something new. In any case, won't you consider giving a piece of the pie to a new satellite and choose AMSAT for your eBay for Charity. [ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule Gesamtschule Leverkusen Schlebusch, Leverkusen, Germany, direct via DLØIL The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-02-29 12:05:58 UTC 78 deg National Urban Alliance for Effective Education (NUA), Syosset, New York, telebridge VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-01 16:45:18 UTC 53 deg Powys Secondary Schools, Mid Wales, UK, direct via GB4PCS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-03-05 10:55:19 UTC 59 deg ************************************************************************ The next window to submit a proposal for an upcoming contact is now open. The window is open from 2016-02-15 to 2016-04-15 and would be for contacts between 2017-01-01 and 2017-06-30. Check out the ARISS website http://www.ariss.org/ or the ARRL website http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact for full details. [ANS thanks Charlie, AJ9N, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite DXCC Nearly 20 Years in the Making It took nearly 20 years, but AMSAT Vice President of Operations Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, finally qualified for Satellite DXCC. Glasbrenner submitted the requisite number of QSLs for checking at the Orlando HamCation February 12-14, and ARRL Media and Public Relations Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, verified KO4MA’s achievement. “It's been a long process getting to satellite DXCC,” said Glasbrenner, who got into satellite operating around 1993, and was only on RS-12 (Mode K) for a long time. “This was the Russian satellite payload that used 15 meters up, and 10 meters down,” he explained. His activity stagnated for a long time during and after his college years, but in 1999 he got involved in working the LEO satellites, such as UO-14 and AO-27, “then FO-20 and FO-29 for a little more distance, and then on the perigee passes of AO-10, when it was still semi-usable,” he added. “When AO-40 was launched into a high-Earth orbit, I dove into Mode U/S with gusto,” Glasbrenner recounted. During the 3 years that AO-40 was active, he spent many late nights and early mornings looking for the next new one. “Eventually I was using a 3 foot solid dish with preamp and downconverter for the Mode S downlink, and this is when some of my most exciting contacts came.” Highlights included working VU2MKP at a few degrees of elevation to the east, right after the satellite came up, and working KH2GR in the other direction, “while the satellite was off-pointing and the spin fades were horrendous, and timing each call during peaks.” When AO-40 went silent, Glasbrenner said he was about a dozen short of DXCC, and he realized that he’d have to be proactive to finish up with just LEO satellites. Many of his new ones came from operators who went the extra mile to operate from places like the Caribbean and Greenland. “The absence of operational HEO satellites makes satellite DXCC nearly impossible for newer operators,” he said, “but I'm confident that continued membership and support of AMSAT by any operator interested in satellites will result in the successful return to high orbit by one of the several opportunities currently being pursued by the organization. Strike while the iron is hot!” Bernhard Dobler, DJ5MN, has been at the top of the DXCC-Satellite standings since 2000, and has 274 entities confirmed. {ANS thanks ARRL and Drew, KO4MA, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 AMSAT Field Day It's that time of year again; summer and Field Day! Each year the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) sponsors Field Day as a “picnic, a campout, practice for emergencies, an informal contest and, most of all, FUN!” The event takes place during a 24-hour period on the fourth weekend of June. For 2016 the event takes place during a 27-hour period from 1800 UTC on Saturday June 25, 2016 through 2100 UTC on Sunday June 26, 2016. Those who set up prior to 1800 UTC on June 25 can operate only 24 hours. The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) promotes its own version of Field Day for operation via the amateur satellites, held concurrently with the ARRL event. With the loss of AO-51, VO-52 and SO-67 this year it is going to be as challenging as last year. A few new satellites are up there to take some of the load. If you are considering ONLY the FM voice satellites like SO-50 for your AMSAT Field Day focus. Don't, unless you are simply hoping to make one contact for the ARRL rules bonus points. The congestion on FM LEO satellites is always so intense that we must continue to limit their use to one-QSO-per-FM-satellite. This includes the International Space Station. You will be allowed one QSO if the ISS is operating Voice. You will also be allowed one digital QSO with the ISS or any other digital, non-store-and-forward, packet satellite (if operational). It was suggested during past field days that a control station be allowed to coordinate contacts on the FM satellites. There is nothing in the rules that would prohibit this. This is nothing more than a single station working multiple QSO’s. If a station were to act as a control station and give QSO’s to every other field day station, the control station would still only be allowed to turn in one QSO per FM satellite while the other station would be able to submit one QSO. The format for the message exchange on the ISS or other digital packet satellite is an unproto packet to the other station (3-way exchange required) with all the same information as normally exchanged for ARRL Field Day, e.g.: W6NWG de KK5DO 2A STX KK5DO de W6NWG QSL 5A SDG W6NWG de KK5DO QSL If you have worked the satellites on Field Day in recent years, you may have noticed a lot of good contacts can be made on some of the less-populated, low- earth-orbit satellites like FO-29, AO-7, or AO-73. During Field Day the transponders come alive like 20 meters on a weekend. The good news is that the transponders on these satellites will support multiple simultaneous contacts. The bad news is that you can't use FM, just low duty-cycle modes like SSB and CW. THE 2016 AMSAT FIELD DAY RULES The AMSAT Field Day 2016 event is open to all Amateur Radio operators. Amateurs are to use the exchange as specified in ARRL rules for Field Day. The AMSAT competition is to encourage the use of all amateur satellites, both analog and digital. Note that no points will be credited for any contacts beyond the ONE allowed via each single-channel FM satellite. Operators are encouraged not to make any extra contacts via theses satellites (Ex: SO-50). CW contacts and digital contacts are worth three points as outlined below. 1. Analog Transponders ARRL rules apply, except: - Each phone, CW, and digital segment ON EACH SATELLITE TRANSPONDER is considered to be a separate band. - CW and digital (RTTY, PSK-31, etc.) contacts count THREE points each. - Stations are limited to one (1) completed QSO on any single channel FM satellite. If a satellite has multiple modes such as V/u and L/s modes both turned on, one contact each is allowed. If the PBBS is on - see Pacsats below, ISS (1 phone and 1 digital), Contacts with the ISS crew will count for one contact if they are active. PCSat (I, II, etc.) (1 digital), - The use of more than one transmitter at the same time on a single satellite transponder is prohibited. 2. Digital Transponders For the Pacsats (GO-32, etc.) or ‘Store and Forward’ hamsats, each satellite is considered a separate band. Do not post "CQ" messages. Simply upload ONE greeting message to each satellite and download as many greeting messages as possible from each satellite. The subject of the uploaded file should be posted as Field Day Greetings, addressed to ALL. The purpose of this portion of the competition is to demonstrate digital satellite communications to other Field Day participants and observers. Do not reply to the Field Day Greetings addressed to ALL. The following uploads and downloads count as three-point digital contacts. (a) Upload of a satellite Field Day Greetings file (one per satellite). (b) Download of Satellite Field Day Greetings files posted by other stations. Downloads of non-Field Day files or messages not addressed to ALL are not to be counted for the event. Save DIR listings and message files for later "proof of contact." Please note AMSAT uploaded messages do not count for QSO points under the ARRL rules. Satellite digipeat QSO's and APRS short-message contacts are worth three points each, but must be complete verified two-way exchanges. Remember, only one digipeat contact is allowed for the ISS and other satellites in this mode. The use of terrestrial gateway stations or internet gateways (i.e. EchoLink, IRLP, etc.) to uplink/downlink is not allowed. Sample Satellite Field Day Greetings File: Greetings from W5MSQ Field Day Satellite station near Katy, Texas, EL-29, with 20 participants, operating class 2A, in the AMSAT-Houston group with the Houston Amateur Television Society and the Houston QRP club. All the best and 73! Note that the message stated the call, name of the group, operating class, where they were located (the grid square would be helpful) and how many operators were in attendance. 3. Operating Class Stations operating portable and using emergency power (as per ARRL Field Day rules) are in a separate operating class from those at home connected to commercial power. On the report form simply check off Emergency or Commercial for the Power Source and be sure to specify your ARRL operating class (2A, 1C, etc.). AND FINALLY... The Satellite Summary Sheet should be used for submission of the AMSAT Field Day competition and be received by KK5DO (email or postal mail) by 11:59 P.M. CDT, Monday, July 11, 2016. The preferred method for submitting your log is via e- mail to kk5do(a)amsat.org or kk5do(a)arrl.net. You may also use the postal service but give plenty of time for your results to arrive by the submission date. Add photographs or other interesting information that can be used in an article for the Journal. You will receive an email back (within one or two days) from me when I receive your email submission. If you do not receive a confirmation message, then I have not received your submission. Try sending it again or send it to my other email address. If mailing your submission, the address is: Bruce Paige, KK5DO Director of Awards and Contests PO Box 310 Alief, TX 77411-0310. Certificates will be awarded to the first-place emergency power/portable station at the AMSAT General Meeting and Space Symposium in the fall of 2016. Certificates will also be awarded to the second and third place portable/emergency operation in addition to the first-place home station running on emergency power. A station submitting high, award-winning scores will be requested to send in dupe sheets for analog contacts and message listings for digital downloads. You may have multiple rig difficulties, antenna failures, computer glitches, generator disasters, tropical storms, and there may even be satellite problems, but the goal is to test your ability to operate in an emergency situation. Try different gear. Demonstrate satellite operations to hams that don't even know the HAMSATS exist. Test your equipment. Avoid making more than ONE contact via the FM-only voice HAMSATS or the ISS, and enjoy the event! Complete copies of the rules and recommended submission form can be found on the AMSAT web site. 2016 PDF Field Day Rules http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016fd.pdf 2016 MS-Word Field Day Rules http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016fd.docx [ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems to support Atlas V CubeSat Rideshare initiative Tyvak is responsible for identifying, obtaining, and integrating CubeSat customers on the ULA Atlas V launch vehicle system. Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with United Launch Alliance (ULA) to serve as the primary Auxiliary Payload Customer on CubeSat Rideshare Initiative efforts through Dec. 31, 2019. ULA's CubeSat Rideshare Initiative enables rideshare opportunities on its Atlas V launch vehicle and aims to tap into a growing market of small satellites with applications in education, scientific research, U.S. Government and commercial business. CubeSats are miniaturized satellites originally designed for use in conjunction with university educational projects and quickly becoming a dependable tool for advance missions. CubeSats are made of one or more units, called U's, measuring 10cm x 10cm x 10cm with a mass of 1.33 kilograms. Under this MOU, Tyvak will provide low-cost access to space for both commercial and U.S. Government CubeSat customers, as well as no-cost access to space for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) CubeSat customers for rideshares on ULA's Atlas V launch vehicles. Tyvak is responsible for identifying, obtaining, and integrating CubeSat customers on the ULA Atlas V launch vehicle system. In addition, as part of the agreement with ULA, Tyvak will provide for no cost up to three STEM CubeSat slots for each Atlas V 24U capacity launch opportunity for educational customers. "Tyvak is thrilled to have been selected for this opportunity with a world-class launch Provider like ULA," said Tyvak President and Chief Executive Officer Anthony Previte. "This MOU brings key opportunities to Tyvak and to the entire nanosatellite community." "As America's ride to space, ULA is transforming rideshares so that customers will now have predictable manifest slots for their payloads," said Tory Bruno, ULA president and CEO. "We are driving innovations like this program which will make space more affordable and accessible for all manner and size of payload customers." [ANS thanks SpaceDaily for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- UK and Malta University Satellite Collaboration The UK’s University of Birmingham, the University of Malta, the Malta Amateur Radio League (MARL) and the Italian Astrodynamics company, GAUSS Srl are collaborating on a project to send a PocketQube satellite with an amateur radio payload into space. The Times of Malta newspaper reports: The 5x5x5 cm device, referred to as a PocketQube pico-satellite, will be launched in 2018 into a sun-synchronous low earth orbit (LEO) and will be used to validate on-board equipment that will study the properties the Earth’s ionosphere. This project will pave the way for a swarm of eight such satellites that will spread over a large geographical area and hence gain better coverage of changeable ionospheric conditions which affect radio communications. The collaboration has brought together two Maltese post graduate engineering students – Darren Cachia in Malta and Jonathan Osairiis Camilleri (Ozzy), a Ph.D. student at the University of Birmingham – who have joined efforts and are developing the satellite platform and the scientific payload respectively. The mission is expected to last about 18 months and will relay information back to Earth that will be accessible to anyone owning a simple ham radio set. Information will be made available in due course to allow schools and interested individuals to participate using inexpensive equipment. [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org

1 0

ARISS Audio for Tuesday Contact
by John Spasojevich 27 Feb '16

27 Feb '16

Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education, Syosset, New York,, USA on Tuesday March 1. AOS is anticipated 1645 UTC The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VK5ZAI in Kingston SE, South Australia. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Audio from this contact will be fed into the: EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) Conference IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector Streaming Audio at: https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/ Audio on Echolink & web stream is generally transmitted around 20 minutes prior to the contact taking place so that you can hear some of the preparation that occurs. IRLP will begin just prior to the ground station call to the ISS. Please note that on Echolink and IRLP there are manual breaks which occur about every 2.5 minutes during the event. Connected repeaters may time out. ** Contact times are approximate. If the ISS executes a reboost or other maneuver, the AOS (Acquisition Of Signal) time may alter by a few minutes ** 73, John AG9D ARISS Audio Distribution

1 0

Argentina Balloon Launch Sat-Feb-27 14:00z
by Pedro Converso 27 Feb '16

27 Feb '16

On Feb-27 at 14:00z LUSEX Balloon Launch from Pehuajo, Argentina. Launch live video from 13:00z : https://www.youtube.com/c/AMSAT_Argentina/live Future LUSEX satellite UV antenna will be categorized, balloon also carries U/V voice repeater. Can be tracked live from http://aprs.fi?call=lu7aa-11 or http://lu7aa.org.ar/vor.asp Photos and detail (spanish) at http://amsat.org.ar/globo27.htm 73, lu7abf, Pedro

3 3

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-02-27 02:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 27 Feb '16

27 Feb '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-02-27 02:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Norwich Schools, Norwich/East Anglia, UK, direct via GB2CNS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact was successful: Fri 2016-02-26 14:40:43 UTC 30 deg (***) Gesamtschule Leverkusen Schlebusch, Leverkusen, Germany, direct via DLØIL The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-02-29 12:05:58 UTC 78 deg National Urban Alliance for Effective Education (NUA), Syosset, New York, telebridge VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-01 16:45:18 UTC 53 deg Powys Secondary Schools, Mid Wales, UK, direct via GB4PCS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-03-05 10:55:19 UTC 59 deg **************************************************************************** ** The next window to submit a proposal for an upcoming contact is now open. The window is open from 2016-02-15 to 2016-04-15 and would be for contacts between 2017-01-01 and 2017-06-30. Check out the ARISS website http://www.ariss.org/ or the ARRL website http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact for full details. ****************** ************************************************************ 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 116 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 2016-02-27 02:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1029. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 994. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. 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, North Dakota, Rhode Island, 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 2016-02-27 02:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

1 0

Video streaming test Balloon Launch
by Pedro Converso 26 Feb '16

26 Feb '16

Hello, There is a test of video streaming of tomorrow's 14:00z balloon launch from Amsat Argentina. Can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/c/AMSAT_Argentina/live 73, lu7abf, Pedro Converso

1 0

Open Systems Architecture and Modularity - New Survey
by Brandon Shirley 26 Feb '16

26 Feb '16

To whom it my concern, *** I tried to send this out last week, and it appears to have bounced because my signature was attached. *** I'm Brandon Shirley, I am conducting a set of surveys about space systems and software development for my PhD research at Utah State University. I really need your participation. There is a chance to win some gift cards. Please see below for more information and the link to take the survey. The survey should only take about 10 minutes. Reading this wordy email will probably take more time than actually taking the survey. Thanks. I sent you this email because I thought you might have relevant experience and greatly need your participation. The second part of the survey has background questions that will give context to your answers. Try to fill the background out the same way if you take more than one of the surveys. You can you use the link below to access the Open Systems Architecture and Modularity Survey. https://usu.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_dao3FksFz2cMho1 Answer as many of the questions as you want, partial surveys may still be very helpful. At the end of this survey, you will be redirected to a webpage that asks for an email address. You must enter a valid email address to be considered for survey drawings or the overall survey set drawing We are currently on the 3rd survey, Open Systems Architecture and Modularity. You have a chance at receiving a gift card for participating in this survey as well as a chance at receiving a gift card for your overall participation in the entire survey set. There will be 2 winners of $25 gift cards for each survey and 2 winners of $200 gift cards for the survey set. The surveys are as follows and will be distributed in the following order: (participate as you see fit) SISDPA : Core Concepts SISDPA : Development Preferences SISDPA : Open Systems Architecture and Modularity <========= We are here ========= SISDPA : Security SISDPA : Reuse, Interoperability, Portability, Code Complexity SISDPA : Network V/R, Brandon Shirley, MS b.l.s(a)aggiemail.usu.edu See http://brandon.bluezone.usu.edu/Files/LOISpaceSoftwareAttitudes_Final.pdf for the Letter of Intent (LOI) that explains your role as a participant should you choose to participate. This is a legitimate request for you participation, if you have any questions about the validity of this email you may refer to the Letter of Intent, contact Brandon Shirley via email at b.l.s(a)aggiemail.usu.edu, or contact Utah State University's Internal Review Board administrator at (435) 797 - 0567 or email irb(a)usu.edu.

1 0

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-02-26 08:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 26 Feb '16

26 Feb '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-02-26 08:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Istituto Sobrero, Casale Monferrato, Italy, direct via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact was successful: Thu 2016-02-25 09:08:04 UTC 37 deg (***) Norwich Schools, Norwich/East Anglia, UK, direct via GB2CNS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-02-26 14:40:43 UTC 30 deg Gesamtschule Leverkusen Schlebusch, Leverkusen, Germany, direct via DLØIL The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-02-29 12:05:58 UTC 78 deg National Urban Alliance for Effective Education (NUA), Syosset, New York, telebridge VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-01 16:45:18 UTC 53 deg Powys Secondary Schools, Mid Wales, UK, direct via GB4PCS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-03-05 10:55:19 UTC 59 deg **************************************************************************** ** The next window to submit a proposal for an upcoming contact is now open. The window is open from 2016-02-15 to 2016-04-15 and would be for contacts between 2017-01-01 and 2017-06-30. Check out the ARISS website http://www.ariss.org/ or the ARRL website http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact for full details. **************************************************************************** ** 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 116 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 2016-02-26 08:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1028. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 993. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. 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, North Dakota, Rhode Island, 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 2016-02-26 08:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

1 0

Upcoming ARISS contact with Gesamtschule Leverkusen Schlebusch, Leverkusen, Germany
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 26 Feb '16

26 Feb '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Gesamtschule Leverkusen Schlebusch, Leverkusen, Germany on 29 Feb. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 12:06 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and DL0IL The contact should be audible over portions of Germany and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. We at Gesamtschule Leverkusen Schlebusch (GLS) promote the development of students to individuals who approach their environment in a curious and responsible way, act functional competent and behave with respect towards others. We value individual, social and cultural multiplicity as a starting point of collective learning processes. We help disadvantaged/social deprived children and adolescents to overcome their personal, social or cultural barriers of learning so that all can develop their skills regardless of their origin. Our shared values, which build the foundation of the school's social life and all educational and curricular activity, are summarized in the preamble (see above). Teaching and educational priorities The aim of teaching and education are the willingness and ability to lifelong learning and the strengthening of confidence in the forces of a self-responsible creation of life. This does not only include the exchange of knowledge and the acquisition of skills for the target-oriented practice of learning methods, of teamwork and control of their own actions and their own work processes. In our school, teaching an education form an entity. At the GLS the lessons are given as specialized teaching and as subject connecting, or rather integral learning area lessons. Further differentiations of the lessons organisation result in educational, with regard to contents and safety aspects. All school career decisions are prepared intensively by counselling of students and parents. For school year 2012/2013 an integrative learning group ( IGL ), beginning in the fifth year , has been introduced at GLS. In this class students with different needs of advancement are taught. In school year 2013/2014 another IGL, beginning in the fifth year, will be established. In both study groups will be two teachers, working as a team. One of them will be a special trained teacher for students that need particular advancement. Both IGL receive the, from class 5 granted, personal resources to the end of class 10. 1. What does ISS stands for? 2. How do you pee in space? 3. For how long do you stay in space? 4. How can you sleep without gravity? 5. What is your mission? 6. How big is the ISS? 7. Is the food edible? 8. What do you do to prepare yourself? 9. Is being astronaut your childhood dream? 10. What´s most beautiful about being in space? 11. What´s the (your) first impression in ISS? 12. What are you thinking of, the moment you are flying into space? 13. What have you always been eager to do in space? 14. Can practicing under water be compared to being in space? 15. How does fire react in weightlessness (zero gravity)? 16 How do you protect from rays in space? 17. What kind of feeling is it to be back to earth? 18. What´s it like to be far away from your family for such a long time? 19 How does it feel to work together with the same people all the time? 20. What´s it like for you to look down to earth? 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. National Urban Alliance for Effective Education (NUA), Syosset, New York, telebridge VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-01 16:45:18 UTC 2, Powys Secondary Schools, Mid Wales, UK, direct via GB4PCS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-03-05 10:55:19 UTC ABOUT ARISS Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), 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

1 0

Colorado Amateur Satellite net Begins in 1 hour
by Skyler F 26 Feb '16

26 Feb '16

This is a reminder that the Colorado Amateur Satellite net will begin in 1 hour from now (7PM mountain time Thursday). 6PM Pacific 7PM Mountain 8PM Central 9PM Eastern Please visit us on *AMSATNET.INFO <http://amsatnet.info/>* *IRLP* 9870, the Denver Reflector *ALLSTAR LINK* 40764, direct hookup to the repeater here. 41715, KC9ZHV hub at a data center if I am out of bandwidth. More info on AllStar - amsatnet.info/#node *ECHOLINK* *AMSAT* unless there is an ARISS contact, then go direct to KD0WHB-L *LOCAL RF* 449.625 (-) 141.3 ( WØKU Lookout Mountain) 447.225 (-) 141.3 (The STEM school repeater we set up) 447.850 (-) 141.3 (ACØKQ's repeater where he lives on TOP of saddleback mountain) 147.450 SIMPLEX (Aurora, CO) 446.275 (-) 100.0 Galena St. Local repeater at my house, giving a whopping 5 blocks of great coverage *REMOTE RF* Your Repeater here!, Email me if you want to link in or me to link your echolink or allstar repeater in automatically (no automatic IRLP linking supported) Skyler Fennell amsatnet.info KDØWHB electricity440(a)gmail.com

1 0

eBay Donations for AMSAT
by Bruce 26 Feb '16

26 Feb '16

Are you an eBay seller? One item, ten items, or a full-time business you can donate a percentage of your winning bid to AMSAT. To do so, do not list your item with the basic listing tool, select advanced tools. eBay will give you a warning message that it is for large volume sellers, however this is where the eBay for Charity tool is found. You can 'select another nonprofit you love' and search for either AMSAT or Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. Choose the percentage amount of the sale you would like to donate to AMSAT and boom. When your item sells and the winning bidder pays, eBay will deduct the percentage from your take and forward it to AMSAT. Sometimes we are getting rid of our old equipment, sometimes selling something new. In any case, won't you consider giving a piece of the pie to a new satellite and choose AMSAT for your eBay for Charity. 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards AMSAT Board Alternate 2015-2016 ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat

2 1

simple ways to demonstrate orbital mechanics.
by Tom Schuessler 25 Feb '16

25 Feb '16

Hello all, Several of us AMSATers in North Texas will again be representing AMSAT at the annual "Moon Day" at the frontiers of Flight Museum at Dallas Love Field this coming July 16. "Moon Day" is a celebration of spaceflight past/present and future and is also a very large STEM fair with exhibits from many different scientific and Engineering organizations. Many young people including Boy and Girl Scouts are in attendance. Since there is such a large youth component to this event, I have been looking for some fun ways to demonstrate satellites and orbital mechanics to the people who drop by the booth/table. There is a special STEM patch that they can earn by visiting different displays and asking questions/filling out a worksheet. I am looking for simple but creative/fun ways to demonstrate orbital mechanics and also how a satellite like our Fox birds work. I plan to build a big poster with images of different types of orbits, and have already been given an idea on how to demonstrate the different between a geostationary/synchronous orbit and a LEO but would like some more ideas. If any of you have done some similar outreaches and would like to share ideas, please reply on list or off. I would appreciate it much. Tom Schuessler, N5HYP

5 4

Horyu-4
by PY5LF 25 Feb '16

25 Feb '16

Very good signal from Horyu-4 last night ; https://youtu.be/1EUSRfwSdoI Also looks the object D. 73

1 0

Amazon Smile
by Bruce 25 Feb '16

25 Feb '16

Want to put a smile on a satellite? When you make your purchases from Amazon, you can select a charity and Amazon will donate .5% of a qualified purchase towards your selected charity. AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) is registered with Amazon Smile and you can select it as your preferred charity which in turn will put a smile on our satellite efforts :-) Once you have selected your Amazon Smile charity, when you go to amazon.com, it will remind you to go to smile.amazon.com. However, you can put everything you want in your cart at the original amazon.com site, then leave the site and go to smile.amazon.com and all your items will still be in your cart and make the purchase there. Or, just go to smile.amazon.com all the time. Your choice, only thing is if you forgot to pay at smile.amazon.com, AMSAT gets a goose egg instead of help towards a new satellite. Remember, Smile dot amazon.com and select Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation as your charity of choice. 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards AMSAT Board Alternate 2015-2016 ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat

1 0

Coupling SatPC32 with FunCube Dongle PP
by Jack Colson 25 Feb '16

25 Feb '16

Would someone point me to where I might learn how this is done? 73, Jack, W3TMZ

1 0

Re: [amsat-bb] simple ways to demonstrate orbital mechanics. (Earth and Ball)
by Robert Bruninga 25 Feb '16

25 Feb '16

Our kid demo of orbits uses a large globe. We hang a small golfball satellite on a string from the ceiling. There are several demos we like: 1) Center the globe under the string and the golf ball sticks to the globe. (gravity) 2) Try to push the ball in a circle. If you get a perfect circle or a big enough one, you will have an orbit and not hit the earth. 3) If you have too much vector "up" in any one direction (not circular) then on the next pass it crashes into earth.. (all orbits are elipses and you don't want part of your ellipse to run into the earth. 4) Now move the earth about a radius or diameter away from under the string. Now try to launch an elliptical orbit where the ball just grazes the earth at perigee and goes way out at apogee. You can get a nice Molnya orbit. 5) For GEO transfer, we had a mark on the floor and a mark out 5 earth radii where we had a little tiny bowling pin on a pedestal. Here the object was to launch the ball from behind the earth so that it would go out and intersect the bowling pin and knock it off. Thus demonstrating a transfer orbit to GEO. No, this is not the same physics of a central force (gravity) driving Keplers laws, but it is a perfect demo of circular and elliptical paths. For example in this case, the orbital speed is the same at perigee and apogee (non Keplerian), but still it is an elliptical path with the earth at one foci... Kids love it. Especially #5 is a real challenge. And even #1 is hard if you are trying to orbit only 1 inch above a 24" diameter earth globe. Do not use an expensive valuable globe (from your wife for example) because there will be LOTS of crashes from bad "orbits"... Bob, WB4APR -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of skristof(a)etczone.com Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2016 9:17 AM To: Tom Schuessler Cc: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] simple ways to demonstrate orbital mechanics. Don't forget that you can download data from AO-73 off of the amsat-uk website. Their data is great for looking at temperature increase and decrease, spin rate, voltage changes in the solar panels as the satellite goes between light and dark, and how the battery discharges during the dark periods. Easy access and good teaching material. Steve AI9IN On 2016-02-24 08:47, Tom Schuessler wrote: > Hello all, > > Several of us AMSATers in North Texas will again be representing AMSAT > at the annual "Moon Day" at the frontiers of Flight Museum at Dallas > Love Field this coming July 16. "Moon Day" is a celebration of > spaceflight past/present and future and is also a very large STEM fair > with exhibits from many different scientific and Engineering > organizations. Many young people including Boy and Girl Scouts are in attendance. > > Since there is such a large youth component to this event, I have been > looking for some fun ways to demonstrate satellites and orbital > mechanics to the people who drop by the booth/table. There is a > special STEM patch that they can earn by visiting different displays > and asking questions/filling out a worksheet. I am looking for simple > but creative/fun ways to demonstrate orbital mechanics and also how a > satellite like our Fox birds work. I plan to build a big poster with > images of different types of orbits, and have already been given an > idea on how to demonstrate the different between a > geostationary/synchronous orbit and a LEO but would like some more ideas. > > If any of you have done some similar outreaches and would like to > share ideas, please reply on list or off. I would appreciate it much. > > Tom Schuessler, N5HYP > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > [1] Links: ------ [1] 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

2 1

FS: Icom 821H satellite radio (2m/70cm)
by John Geiger 25 Feb '16

25 Feb '16

I have for sale an Icom 821H 2m/70cm all mode satellite radio. This rig is working fine on UHF (35 to 40 watts out) but is putting out lower power on 2m-10 watts on FM/CW and 3 watts or so on SSB. It has the tone encoder built in, built in keyer, and it covers 144-148mhz and 430-450mhz so you can use it on FM repeaters as well as the SSB/CW portions of the band. Not sure why it is putting out low power on 2m, but it is an excellent UHF all mode radio, and you can use it with an amp on 2m if you want also. Does dual receive, and full duplex for satellite operations. It is in good physical condition and comes with a mic and power cord. I am asking $350 shipped for it and can take paypal/check/MO. 73 John AF5CC

1 0

Thank you!
by skristof＠etczone.com 25 Feb '16

25 Feb '16

Got my first telemetry from AO-85 this morning. If you scroll way down to the bottom of the telemetry leaderboard you will find AI9IN! A very large (can I say "YUGE") thank you to everyone who answered all my questions about dongles, SDR, virtual audio cables, and downloading ExtIO! I couldn't have done it without help from my ham radio satellite colleagues. AMSAT is a great organization to be part of. Steve AI9IN EM79ji skristof(a)etczone.com

2 1

Lonely bloke in chem suit reminds me of AO-40 and AO-13
by Joe Fitzgerald 25 Feb '16

25 Feb '16

Reminds me of fueling AO-40 and AO-13. Who gets to do this for P3-E? There is a volunteer in Boston! http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/24/exomars_fuelling/ de KM1P Joe

2 1

RTL-SDR question
by skristof＠etczone.com 25 Feb '16

25 Feb '16

I purchased an RTL-SDR dongle and now I'm trying to follow the directions for downloading HDSDR software (instructions on the RTL-SDR website). It all goes fine until I get to: "Download ExtIO_RTL2832.DLL from https://app.box.com/s/7tpiy8r6qo2bbhdxtt4k" When I click on the link it takes me to the website, but the ExtIO_RTL2832.dll won't download. Any help would be very much appreciated. I'm running Windows 7 Professional with Service Pack 1. Steve AI9IN

2 3

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-02-24 23:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 24 Feb '16

24 Feb '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-02-24 23:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Istituto Sobrero, Casale Monferrato, Italy, direct via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-02-25 09:08:04 UTC 37 deg (***) Norwich Schools, Norwich/East Anglia, UK, direct via GB2CNS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-02-26 14:40:43 UTC 30 deg (***) Gesamtschule Leverkusen Schlebusch, Leverkusen, Germany, direct via DLØIL The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-02-29 12:05:58 UTC 78 deg National Urban Alliance for Effective Education (NUA), Syosset, New York, telebridge VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-01 16:45:18 UTC 53 deg Powys Secondary Schools, Mid Wales, UK, direct via GB4PCS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-03-05 10:55:19 UTC 59 deg **************************************************************************** ** The next window to submit a proposal for an upcoming contact is now open. The window is open from 2016-02-15 to 2016-04-15 and would be for contacts between 2017-01-01 and 2017-06-30. Check out the ARISS website http://www.ariss.org/ or the ARRL website http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact for full details. **************************************************************************** ** 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 116 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 2016-02-24 23:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1027. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 992. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. 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, North Dakota, Rhode Island, 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 2016-02-24 07:30 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. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

1 0

Yuma Hamfest (19-20 February 2016) - report
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 24 Feb '16

24 Feb '16

Hi! Last weekend's Yuma Hamfest in southwestern Arizona was a fun event to be a part of. For the 8th straight year, AMSAT had a booth at the hamfest. This year, as in 2012 previously, the Yuma Hamfest also served as the ARRL Southwestern Division Convention. This brought more people out to Yuma, along with the great weather and the lower fuel prices in most of the southwestern USA outside of California certainly didn't hurt. The hamfest ran across two days - Friday (19 February) afternoon, and all day Saturday (20 February). The hamfest site, the Yuma County Fairgrounds, turns into a mix of hamfest, convention, and campground. Campers are able to park on the fairgrounds for the weekend, meaning there's no travel from camp site to hamfest. For the others attending the hamfest, there are many motels and hotels around Yuma, or other campgrounds in the area - plus the desert, a favorite of many spending the winter in this area. The fairgrounds sits across the street from Yuma International Airport and Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. With the military air operations, it was like having a small air show alongside the hamfest with the different types of military aircraft in the sky. AMSAT had its booth in a section with other groups like ARRL and the Civil Air Patrol. Lots of traffic went past the booth over the two days. I set up tablets running videos showing demonstrations of working satellites, tracking software (SatPC32), and SDR (HDSDR, connected to either an SDRplay receiver or a HackRF Blue software-defined transceiver). Demonstrations were done outside the hall, near a parking lot, on 3 different satellites (AO-85, FO-29, SO-50) using different radio configurations: AO-85- TX: IC-2730A, RX: SDRplay with HDSDR on 8-inch Windows 10 tablet FO-29- TX/RX: FT-817ND (half-duplex) SO-50- TX/RX: TH-D72A (also half-duplex) All of my radio configurations used an Elk Antennas handheld 2m/70cm log periodic. For the AO-85 configuration, the antenna was connected through an MFJ diplexer to serve both the IC-2730A and SDRplay. With the hamfest starting at midday (1900 UTC) Friday, and AO-85's pass times not lining up better with the hamfest, Saturday morning was the only chance I had for an AO-85 demonstration during the hamfest. For the other two satellites, I was on at least once a day on each satellite. One of the FO-29 passes on Saturday afternoon was recorded on video, and has since been uploaded to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy-G6rD_xl4 Other pictures were posted on my @WD9EWK Twitter feed over the weekend. If you don't have a Twitter account, you can follow this link and scroll back to see other photos I posted from the hamfest: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK Outside of the hamfest on Friday and Sunday mornings, I worked AO-85 from the Yuma Territorial Prison State Historical Park, northwest of the hamfest near the Colorado River. All of these locations were in the rarely-heard grid DM22. For all of the AO-85 passes I worked at those two locations, I captured and uploaded telemetry to AMSAT. With AO-85 being in orbit for a few months now, and more satellites coming during 2016, it makes it easier to talk about this part of ham radio at an event like the Yuma Hamfest. Instead of "it's coming", I can say "we have one Fox-1 satellite in orbit now, and more on the way". Add in the other projects AMSAT is working on currently, and this is a much better situation compared to a few years ago. A good thing. :-) Thanks to Roger Hunt K7MEX and the Yuma Amateur Radio Hamfest Organization (a not-for-profit corporation whose only purpose is this hamfest!) for allowing AMSAT to be a part of the event. Thanks also to all the stations who called WD9EWK during the demonstrations. Some of them took a little bit of time to describe their location, and even their station setup - things that help the crowds understand how far we can communicate through the satellites, and what others use for their stations. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

1 0

IC9100 USB Port
by Tom Lubbers K8TL 24 Feb '16

24 Feb '16

While reinsatlling and upgrading PCSAT 32 I ran across a page that gave some detailed instructions and cautions for using the USB port on the 9100 with PCSAT32. I made a mental note to make a copy of it, my mental note book is defective anyone know what article I'm talking about and where it is? Tom Lubbers K8TL

3 2