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Fw: 9600 bps decoder
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 18 Nov '15

18 Nov '15

-----Original Message----- From: Wendy and Terry Osborne Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 3:51 PM To: Nick Pugh Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] 9600 bps decoder Hi Nick, I used AGWPE and AGW On Line Kiss. The setup was a bit complicated. See: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fyoro5ii80w4913/Installation.doc?dl=0 For the instructions on how to set it up. I tried Sound Modem with no success. It flashed the lights but didn't decode anything. I didn't try MixW. Hope this helps. 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC -----Original Message----- From: Nick Pugh Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2015 5:03 AM To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] 9600 bps decoder What is the best 9600 bps decoder to use with SDR# and win XP? Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Will the power issues on the ISS affect the ARISS station?
by Todd W. Deckard 18 Nov '15

18 Nov '15

Greetings all, The ISS appears to still be up on data. Is there any chance the power issues will cause them to turn off the ARISS radio? Regards Todd KE0CMD

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rotor help
by george hinkle 18 Nov '15

18 Nov '15

I've taken my trusty rotors for new and improved "AlfaSpid". I've had them for nearly a year and just getting around to putting them up. I had them working fine with SatPC32 and ground tested them for over a week when I got them. Well I can't get them to work and I've lost me notes. Anyone who may know the "AlfaApid" rotors that could help me it would be awesome. I've been waiting for some other problems with the antenna and had to take every thing down. So now is the time to put the new rotors on. george wi9i gwhink41(a)msn.com be very grateful for any help

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UT1FG/MM QSLs Received
by Paul Stoetzer 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

Good evening, In today's mail I received confirmations from Yuri's manager, UX0FY, for all of our QSOs to date. I had sent my original request after my first QSOs with Yuri in November 2013 - February 2014. After following up, Eugene, UX0FY, told me that he did not have the logs for that trip and I ended up receiving confirmations for those QSOs directly from Yuri during his 2015 voyage. I was surprised (but very happy) to receive this envelope today. This seems to indicate that UX0FY now has all of Yuri's logs to date, so you may wish to send a request if you need any QSLs. 73, Paul, N8HM

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Re: [amsat-bb] Audio of today's ARISS QSO with
by AJ9N＠aol.com 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

John AG9D sent that file out after the contact. 73, Charlie AJ9N In a message dated 11/17/2015 11:58:12 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, amsat-bb(a)amsat.org writes: Hi all- Does anybody have audio of the ARISS QSO today with the Kiluutaq School, in Quebec? CBC radio is asking for some audio for a news story on the event. Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Audio of today's ARISS QSO with
by Sean K. 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

Hi all- Does anybody have audio of the ARISS QSO today with the Kiluutaq School, in Quebec? CBC radio is asking for some audio for a news story on the event. Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-17 19:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-17 19:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Kiluutaq School, Umiujaq, Nunavik Quebec, Canada, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact was successful: Tue 2015-11-17 16:47:02 UTC 41 deg (***) Scuola Media Statale “G. Marconi”, Soleto, Lecce, Italy, And, Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado “Benedetto Croce”, Civate, Italy, telebridge via VE4ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Tue 2015-11-24 09:01:15 UTC 64 deg Dragonskolan, Umeå, Sweden, telebridge via VE4ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Wed 2015-11-25 09:44:25 UTC 78 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** 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. **************************************************************************** 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 Francesco IKØWGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 112 **************************************************************************** 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 2015-11-17 19:00 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 1009. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 974. (***) 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, Vermont, 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 2015-11-17 19:00 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. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Tri-City ARA presentation/demos, last night
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

Hi! I spent last night with the Tri-City Amateur Radio Association in Goodyear, a west-side suburb of Phoenix. The club invited me to give a presentation on satellites and AMSAT, and I was also able to demonstrate a couple of our satellites launched recently (LilacSat-2, AO-85) before and into the official start of the meeting. Even with a gotcha related to the presentation, it was a good evening. Being able to have demonstrations on two FM satellites, and neither of them being SO-50, was something very different - and fun! I made it out to the meeting site, which was about an hour's drive from my house on the east side of metro Phoenix, with time to spare. I took my time setting up my gear for the two demonstration passes. As I was setting up, several club members watched me and asked questions about my equipment. Many had their HTs, and I kept reminding them to be ready to listen to the AO-85 pass around 7pm (0200 UTC), as they might be able to hear that downlink without having to use a larger antenna. I used only my IC-2820H dual-band mobile radio to work LilacSat-2 at 5W, then added my SDRplay SDR receiver with my 8-inch Windows 10 tablet for the AO-85 pass. LilacSat-2 came by around 6.20pm (0120 UTC), and there were only three of us on that pass. Thanks to Glenn AA5PK in west Texas and Fernando NP4JV in southern Arizona for the contacts during that pass. After LilacSat-2 went behind trees and buildings to my north, I rewired my setup so the SDRplay was connected through a diplexer to my Elk antenna, and connected my external speaker to the tablet through an audio splitter. Since the AO-85 pass was coming by at the normal 7pm start time of the club's monthly meeting, it was decided that the demonstration would serve as the start of the meeting. "Problem" solved. :-) This pass went almost directly overhead, and we were hearing activity as soon as the satellite came up above the trees and buildings northwest of the meeting site. I also found that my Windows tablet doesn't have enough audio to drive an external speaker, earbuds I could use to hear the downlink, and my Sony audio recorder, so I unplugged the audio splitter and relied on the small speakers in the tablet. I worked a few stations during the pass, and copied a total of 15 data frames that have been uploaded to the AMSAT server. I will update my logbook and upload contacts from these two passes to Logbook of the World tonight. The RF recording from this pass, along with some photos, have been uploaded to the "20151117-AO85_Fox1A" folder in my Dropbox space: http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/ During the AO-85 pass, several club members mentioned they could hear the 145.980 MHz FM downlink. A couple had HTs with long duckie antennas, and a couple had the stock duckies for their HTs. These might not have worked for making contacts during the pass, but being able to hear the downlink without using a larger antenna impressed everyone. The crowd was also impressed with the activity on the pass, and seeing how my SDR receive setup copied the downlink. After AO-85 went by, I packed up my gear as the club went inside the building to have their monthly business meeting. When I went inside, the business meeting had just concluded, and they were ready for my presentation. One slight problem... the projector in the meeting room had a DisplayPort cable on it, and nobody had a computer that could use that video connector, or an adapter to allow that to work with other video outputs like HDMI or VGA. Working around that, I gave my presentation, and then e-mailed the PDF version of the slideshow to the club for distribution to its members. Thanks to the Bob Nobis N7RJN and the Tri-City Amateur Radio Association for the invitation to speak at their meeting last night, along with giving the demonstrations on LilacSat-2 and AO-85. Of course, thanks to the stations on those two passes for calling WD9EWK and being part of the activities. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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AO-85 in safe mode
by Andrew Glasbrenner 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

AO-85 will be in safe mode for at least one orbit today, and possibly until this evening. If you hear it in transponder mode, feel free to use it. 73, Drew KO4MA Sent from my iPhone

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-17 04:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-17 04:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Kiluutaq School, Umiujaq, Nunavik Quebec, Canada, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact is a go for: Tue 2015-11-17 16:47:02 UTC 41 deg Scuola Media Statale “G. Marconi”, Soleto, Lecce, Italy, And, Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado “Benedetto Croce”, Civate, Italy, telebridge via VE4ISS (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS (***) Contact is a go for: Tue 2015-11-24 09:01:15 UTC 64 deg (***) Dragonskolan, Umeå, Sweden, telebridge via VE4ISS (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go: Tue 2015-11-24 09:01:15 UTC 64 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** 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. **************************************************************************** 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 Francesco IKØWGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 112 **************************************************************************** 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 2015-11-17 04:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1008. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 973. 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, Vermont, 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 2015-11-13 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. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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For Sale - Arrow II Sat Antenna with Duplexer.
by The Romagni's 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

Hello all.. Now that the winter is getting here, and that the fix satellite station is now up in running at the chateau, I don’t have a need for this!. I have for sale a pretty much new Arrow II Satellite antenna (with the 2mts/70 cm duplexer). you can see details here ( http://www.arrowantennas.com/arrowii/146-437.html) . Arrow sells the whole kit for $142, you can have this for $100 and I will include the shipping to you! 73 Steve W4DTA

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My SO-50 Multicam video with stations heard list
by John Brier 16 Nov '15

16 Nov '15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhBs5DlKaVU Stations Heard . = tried to contact, * = contacted 01:54 KD2IIC EM31 LA * at 04:40 (emailed me later saying he heard me) 02:00 KG5FQT EL49 LA 02:15 N4UFO EM95 NC * at 05:30 03:35 KM4FLJ EM66 TN 03:58 KA4H FM17 VA * at 06:33 04:05 K0OU EM28 MO * at 05:51 05:18 ???GBR 06:15 AC9JU EN44 WI 08:02 KD2IQN FN21 NY 08:29 KI4RO (barely audible) 08:31 WD8RIF EM89 OH 08:48 KI4RO EM88 WV . at 08:51 09:06 ?4FLJ 09:17 WA2PJP FN30 NY ./* at 09:23 73, John KG4AKV

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foxtelem.exe 1.02
by Nick Pugh 16 Nov '15

16 Nov '15

I am using an SDR receiver with output on VAC1 running in XP.I am unable to get foxtelem to see the input . Help Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn

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Re: [amsat-bb] 9600 bps decoder
by Mineo Wakita 16 Nov '15

16 Nov '15

Soundmodem ... hs_soundmodem3.zip http://uz7.ho.ua/packetradio.htm or MixW ... MixW 2.20f http://mixw.net/ JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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Kjell Lindgren tweeted a congrats pic for ARISS's 15 year anniversary!
by John Brier 15 Nov '15

15 Nov '15

https://twitter.com/astro_kjell/status/665993147260932096

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FM sats from IO95-IO94 gridline on Sunday 15
by Daniel Estévez 15 Nov '15

15 Nov '15

Hi, Weather permitting, I plan to be operating tomorrow Sunday 15 as M0HXM/P from the gridline IO95HA-IO94HX. I guess that IO95 is a rare grid for many people, because there are no major populations in this grid. Also, I hear that IO94 is no so common. I will be working from South Shields beach using a handheld arrow antenna, FT-817ND for RX and FT-2DE for TX. I'm planning on getting there either for the 9:32UTC SO-50 or the 10:32 AO-85 pass. Then I'll be on several of the passes of AO-85 and SO-50, probably until 14:10 at least. Please, keep in mind several things: 1) This will be done weather permitting. If it starts raining a lot, I'll cancel. Tomorrow's forecast is a bit doubtful, but in principle it won't rain during the hours I'll be operating. 2) I don't always get well to AO-85 with this setup, so please bare with me. As I'm full duplex, I know what got on and what didn't, so I'll try my best to retransmit what didn't. 3) Recall that exchanging a grid locator is not necessary for a valid contact. To keep things running fast, please don't transmit your grid locator if it is the same that you have listed on qrz.com. I won't be transmitting my full locator. I will only transmit IO95-IO94 very sparingly as I see fit. Updates to this will be posted to amsat-bb if I'm at home (I don't have an internet connection outside home) and you can also keep an eye for M0HXM-7 in aprs.fi. 73, Dani M0HXM/EA4GPZ.

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Ste. Genevieve Catholic ISS Audio as heard in Raleigh, NC
by John Brier 15 Nov '15

15 Nov '15

https://soundcloud.com/spacecomms/space-station-ste-genevieve-catholic-cont… 73, KG4AKV

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AO-85 closed 1519-1533Z
by Andrew Glasbrenner 15 Nov '15

15 Nov '15

On the 1519-1533Z pass of AO-85, please refrain from uplinking. We have a glitch in the IHU we need to clear. Do not transmit during this time please, but do try to collect low speed telemetry. 73, Drew KO4MA

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Nova question
by Graham Shirville 15 Nov '15

15 Nov '15

Hi All, I have been a NOVA user for many years but I know find that, when it is set up to drive the rotator to track FUNcube-1, at start up I get a Nova message box that says “ List index out of bounds (0) " - this comes up immediately, before the prog starts to update the keps, and the rotator operation is very unreliable. I am using W10 machine and a LVB tracker box with its built in USB converter. Any suggestions about a cure would be much appreciated... thanks Graham G3VZV

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ANS-319 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 15 Nov '15

15 Nov '15

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-319 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: * EO-79 CubeSat Update * QB50 Frequency Table * Newsline Interview With ISS First School Contact Teacher * Signal Reports Requested From IO-86 FM Transponder Test * ARISS Contact Featured in ARRL Radio Waves Newsletter * McMurdo completes MEOSAR satellite ground station in New Zealand SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-319.01 ANS-319 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 319.01 From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD. November 15, 2015 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-319.01 EO-79 CubeSat Update Wouter Weggelaar PA3WEG has provided this update on the status and plans for QB50p1 – EO-79. Earlier testing campaigns indicate that the AMSAT-UK/AMSAT-NL transponder on board of this spacecraft is in good health. We have activated the transponder on various occasions for testing purposes. At the moment we believe the power system is capable of sustaining transponder operations indefinitely. ISIS (the satellite designer and operator) still needs to write and apply a software patch that would keep the transponder running. The current logic in the satellite will switch off the transponder if a reset occurs of the On Board Computer or power system. Efforts are being made to allow usage of the transponder in the mean time and also allow select command stations to take the satellite out of safe mode if it does reset. ISIS will continue to monitor all telemetry and the satellites health. The precursor satellites have gathered valuable data about the sensor payloads, and the lessons learnt are being implemented in the flight units for the QB50 main mission. We will still have to wait until procedures are in place and the activation is cleared by the operator and owners of the satellite, but we are nearly ready for the activation of another transponder! Transponder activations will be announced on the AMSAT Bulletin Board. On behalf of AMSAT-NL and the ISIS operations team I would like to thank the community for supporting our mission and thank you for your patience. [ANS thanks Wouter, PA3WEG, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- QB50 Frequency Table Here is a link worth keeping an eye on as the QB50 launch in 2016 gets closer. JE9PEL has a page documenting the frequencies of the 50 cubesats at: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/qb50sats.htm [ANS thanks Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Newsline Interview With ISS First School Contact Teacher This week’s Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1985 November 13, 2015 includes an interview with Rita Wright, KC9CDL, the science teacher who was lucky enough to help her students be chosen to talk with ISS astronaut William M. “Shep” Shepherd, KD5GSL, for the first school contact with the International Space Station. Amateur Radio Newsline has this week’s bulletins posted at: http://www.arnewsline.org/news/2015/11/13/amateur-radio-newsline-report-198… november-13-2015.html Select ‘Script’ or ‘Audio’ to access the newscast as desired. [ANS thanks the Amateur Radio Newsline for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Signal Reports Requested From IO-86 FM Transponder Test The FM transponder aboard IO-86/LAPAN-ORARI was activated for testing, and was available for amateur radio use on 14 November 2015 between 01:35 UTC - 03:40 UTC. This satellite is in a 6° inclination orbit so only stations in equatorial regions have access. Station in far southern United States may have access. + Uplink: 145.880Mhz with 88.5 Hz tone + Downlink: 435.880 Mhz If you heard IO-86 or had any contacts please e-mail signal reports to yd1eee(a)gmail.com The two-line Keplerian elements are: IO-86 1 40931U 15052B 15316.15776324 .00001070 00000-0 60618-4 0 9994 2 40931 6.0030 69.3893 0012877 275.6206 84.2533 14.76374433 6653 These are also included in the keps download available from www.amsat.org [ANS thanks Dirgantara Rahadian. YE0EEE for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS Contact Featured in ARRL Radio Waves Newsletter The American Radio Relay League's Fall 2015 issue of "Radio Waves", a newsletter for teachers, license instructors, and radio science education features coverage of the ARISS contact with Tulsa Community College. The PDF issue can be accessed at: http://www.arrl.org/radio-waves [ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- McMurdo completes MEOSAR satellite ground station in New Zealand The legacy of AMSAT OSCAR 6 & 7 in demonstrating satellite based Doppler location of ground transmitters for search-and-rescue operations in the 1970s set the stage for the Cospas-Sarsat system which is now entering into the next stage of evolution. McMurdo's next-generation MEOSAR satellite ground station system installation in New Zealand will reduce rescue times in one of the world's most active search and rescue regions. McMurdo has announced that it has completed the installation of a six-antenna next-generation Medium-Earth Orbit Search and Rescue (MEOSAR) satellite ground station system in New Zealand. The project, which is part of a joint initiative with Maritime New Zealand and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, is expected to significantly boost search and rescue capability in the New Zealand and Australia search regions and marks the first implementation of MEOSAR in Asia Pacific. MEOSAR is the next- generation version of Cospas-Sarsat, the international search and rescue satellite system that has helped to save 37,000 lives since 1982. In a typical satellite-based search and rescue scenario, ships, aircraft or individuals transmit distress signals from an emergency location beacon via satellite to a fixed ground receiving station or local user terminal. The ground station receives and calculates the location of the distress signal and creates and sends an alert to the appropriate rescue authorities. Today, the beacon-to-alert process depends on a limited number of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites and may take several hours before a position is confirmed. With MEOSAR, beacon signals will be received more quickly and beacon locations identified with greater accuracy thereby reducing this time to minutes. The New Zealand MEOSAR system, and another being installed in Western Australia, will cover one of the largest search and rescue areas in the world - from north of Australia/New Zealand to the Equator and south to the South Pole, east to half way across the Pacific, and west half way across the Indian Ocean. The systems will undergo rigorous testing before being officially brought online in late 2017 by Cospas-Sarsat. [ANS thanks SpaceDaily for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org

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FS: Kenwood TM-V7A dualband full duplex 2m/70cm radio
by John Geiger 15 Nov '15

15 Nov '15

I am selling a Kenwood TM-V7A 2m/70cm FM transceiver which I picked up off of ebay recently. Does 50 watts on 2m and 35 watts on 70cm. Also does dual receive and crossband repeat. I have been using it on the satellites with good results recently. Does full duplex as well, and has a very sensitive receiver, one of the best measured by the ARRL in their QST reviews (I think the Kenwood TM-251A was the only one to beat it). The display does have some lines in it (common for this model) but it is perfectly readable. Also, the volume knobs (one for each band) are missing, but I just hooked a pair of alligator clips to the shafts and that works fine. The rings for squelch are there. I will include the alligator clamps as well. It comes with a mic and short power cord. I am asking $100 plus shipping for it. Would trade it for a multiband HT like a Yaesu VX6R or something like that. 73 John AF5CC

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Fox Telemetry Server Upgraded Today
by Chris Thompson 14 Nov '15

14 Nov '15

We have had some issues collecting data from FoxTelem and storing it on the AMSAT server. Many thanks to those who sent reports and helped us troubleshoot the issues. We have now migrated to a new server that should be more reliable. We have also reprocessed all of the received telemetry. You should see your totals increased on the new leader board as a result. The new server also throws away any duplicates or test records, so you may see your total adjusted accordingly. The leader board is in the same place at http://www.amsat.org/tlm/ If you are running the latest version of FoxTelem (Version 1.02) then you do not need to do anything. It should automatically cut over and start sending to the new server. You can also force it to read the new server parameters by restarting. If you are running an older version of FoxTelem and can not upgrade at this time, then uncheck "Use UDP" on the Settings screen. The primary server should be tlm.amsat.org Please let me know any issues that you see, including missed telemetry. 73 Chris -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson(a)gmail.com g0kla(a)arrl.net

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SatPC32
by WCP 14 Nov '15

14 Nov '15

SatPc32 won’t run on Win 8.1 right?

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9600 bps decoder
by Nick Pugh 14 Nov '15

14 Nov '15

What is the best 9600 bps decoder to use with SDR# and win XP? Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn

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APRS test on IO-86
by Suryono Adisoemarta 14 Nov '15

14 Nov '15

Another test on IO-86 Satellite, APRS: Date: 15 Nov 2015 Time: 02.00 UTC till 04.10 UTC (1 complete circle around the globe) Freq: 145.825 MHz APRS Path: YBSAT All licensed amateur are encouraged to test this satellite, and reports are welcome. If, you happen to see ISS close by, then you can try the "double sat hopping", by using the following Path "YBSAT,ARISS". 73 de Yono - YD0NXX / N5SNN Sent from my iPhone 5s

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FoxTelem Version 1.02
by Chris Thompson 14 Nov '15

14 Nov '15

FoxTelem Version 1.02 is now available for download. Like the last release, you can patch your installation by downloading the patch file. In this case it is a single file to replace. You can download it from here: http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/ Everyone should upgrade to 1.02 because this readies FoxTelem for transition to the new Telemetry Server which will be more reliable. Additionally this release fixes a number of issues and adds the ability to download data from the Server to view/analyze in FoxTelem. If you download data, please make sure you save it into a separate directory to your local data, otherwise you will over write it. Of course frequent backups of your data minimize this risk. The release notes are below: * Fixed bug where opening the Fox-1A spacecraft menu would cause a crash * Added horizontal and vertical lines to the graphs if button clicked * Fixed Typo on measurements tab * Fixed a bug where UTC was not displayed for the Diagnostic tables * Capture the string version of the STP date in ENGLISH for all users, but leave other dates in local language * Fixed bug where TCA date could be null and a SERIOUS error was reported * Fixed issue where the tabs were always refreshed when the spacecraft menu closed * Fixed bug where UTC date was sometimes wrong on the spacecraft T0 panel * Ready FoxTelem for sending server data via TCP * Support downloading data from the server -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson(a)gmail.com g0kla(a)arrl.net

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Historic Date for ARISS
by Frank Bauer 14 Nov '15

14 Nov '15

All, 15 years ago today the ARISS team inaugurated the ham station on ISS with the first set of QSOs with the crew. These contacts were conducted on this date in Moscow, Russia Greenbelt, Maryland and Houston, Texas. Lou McFadin, W5DID and I were on the mic at the Greenbelt, Maryland location. Happy Anniversary ARISS!! 73, Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO ARISS International Chair AMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs

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Thanks
by Skyler F 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

I would like to thank everyone for the donations towards our amateur radio club balloon launch. We quickly exceeded the goal in only a few days. I'll keep everyone updated on the progress. 73, Skyler KD0WHB

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Free content from six satellites via Outernet
by Thane Richard 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

Hello everyone, My name is Thane and I lead content and business development at Outernet. Some of you may be aware of us but I suspect most are not. I am writing this email to introduce Outernet to AMSAT. Outernet broadcasts a DVB-S signal <https://wiki.outernet.is/wiki/Coverage_and_transponder_settings> from six different satellites covering 99% of humans on Earth. We created this information service to reach the 4.3 billion people who do not have Internet access and designed it to overcome the problems the Internet presents, namely download speed and recurring cost. Our datacast is completely free to receive, our bitrate is 90 Kbps (~1 GB/day of content), and you can even build your own receiver with a Raspberry Pi <http://store.outernet.is/>. Right now, the content we send is curated by us and a group of editors but we are working on a Reddit/Wikipedia/YouTube mashup where the contents of our broadcast can be decided publicly. Currently, we broadcast Wikipedia, 30,000+ ebooks, PLOS One journal articles, Khan Academy, CK12 textbooks, music from SoundCloud, and more. I want to invite this community to be involved in Outernet and help us build this project. Our current focus is on developing channels to get devices into schools and generally into countries/areas where Internet penetration is very low. Our forum <http://discuss.outernet.is> is very active with users and Outernet staff. Please stop by! Avidly, Thane -- Thane Richard <https://twitter.com/thanerichard> Content and Business Development Lead Outernet <http://outernet.is/> *Outernet in the press:* WIRED <http://www.wired.com/2015/07/plan-beam-web-3-billion-unconnected-humans/>, Inc.com <http://www.inc.com/dev-aujla/a-library-for-all.html>, TechCrunch <http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/13/outernet-joins-the-space-race-for-internet…> , Gizmodo <http://gizmodo.com/what-is-the-outernet-and-is-it-the-future-of-the-intern-…> , BBC <http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29593734>, CNN <http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/11/tech/internet-for-everyone/>, Fast Company <http://www.fastcolabs.com/3027663/all-about-google-loons-low-cost-space-bas…> , LA Times <http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-g-outernet-explained-20140…> , Motherboard <http://motherboard.vice.com/read/how-the-outernet-plans-to-broadcast-free-i…> Our receiver, Lighthouse, is now available! To show how revolutionary Lighthouse is, we installed one in a remote school in Uganda. Watch the video here <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlQFoGK1aWQ>.

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DeorbitSail Update - Initial Camera Image + IO-86 + Radio Waves
by M5AKA 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

DeorbitSail Update and Initial Camera Image http://amsat-uk.org/2015/11/13/deorbitsail-update-and-initial-camera-image/ Activation of IO-86 / LAPAN-ORARI FM Transponder (30 deg N to 30 deg S) http://amsat-uk.org/2015/11/13/activation-of-io-86-lapan-orari-fm-transpond… ARISS contact features in Fall 2015 issue of free magazine Radio Waves. PDF at http://www.arrl.org/radio-waves 73 Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ----

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EO-79 (FUNcube-3) Update + ISS HamTV at Goonhilly
by M5AKA 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

EO-79 (FUNcube-3) CubeSat Update http://amsat-uk.org/2015/11/09/eo-79-cubesat-update/ HamTV on the ISS – Goonhilly update http://amsat-uk.org/2015/11/12/hamtv-on-the-iss-update/ JE9PEL QB50 CubeSat Spreadsheet http://amsat-uk.org/2015/11/08/je9pel-qb50-cubesat-spreadsheet/ Geosynchronous Ham Radio Satellite Video http://amsat-uk.org/2015/11/08/geosynchronous-ham-radio-satellite-video/ AAUSAT5 communicates with students on Earth http://amsat-uk.org/2015/11/04/aausat5-communicates-with-students-on-earth/ ISS Astronauts Link-Up with ITU WRC-15 in Geneva http://amsat-uk.org/2015/11/03/iss-astronauts-link-up-itu-wrc-15/ Latest news on WRC-15 at http://rsgb.org/main/blog/category/news/special-focus/wrc-15/ 73 Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ----

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XW-2A not heard
by Red Willoughby 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

I did not hear XW-2A on the 1315Z pass this morning. I wonder if it is operating according to a schedule like Lilacsat? Red KC4LE

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Kiluutaq School, Umiujaq, Nunavik Quebec, Canada
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Kiluutaq School, Umiujaq, Nunavik Quebec, Canada on 17 Nov. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:47 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. We are students from Kiluutaq school. Our school is located in the village of Umiujaq. This is a small village of about 460 people in northern Quebec (Canada). In winter, we use special clothes to go hunting. We hunt seals, belugas, caribou, fish and foxes. In addition, every year we celebrate the blueberry festival and we pick a lot of blueberries. Our village is very special since we are talking 3 different languages: Inuttitut, English and French. In our village there are two stores, a school, an arena, an airport,a health center and a community center. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What kinds of food do you eat and do you bring favourites with you on Space Station? 2. What is the temperature difference from outside and inside the Space Station? 3. Do things like toilet use and washing in weightless conditions, demand intense training? 4. How do you wash and clean yourself in weightless conditions? Is there a bathing room? 5. What are the most remarkable things you see on Earth from Space Station? 6. How long are the missions each Astronaut undertakes? 7. How many people can live on the Space Station at one time? 8. Do all Astronauts have their own sleeping quarters and how well do you sleep? Are dreams different on Space Station? 9. Have you ever seen unusual things outside the Space Station and do the planets and stars look different than from earth? 10. Why did you want to become an astronaut and was it difficult to achieve? 11. What happens if there is a medical emergency? Can you get back to earth quickly? 12. Do you have regular working hours on Space Station? 13. What do you do for entertainment on Space Station? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): TBD ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program visit the ARISS website at ariss.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com

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Virginia Tech Geosynchronous presentation
by Douglas Phelps 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

I would like the link to the Geosynch presentation that Bob McGuire posted. I cannot find it in facebook posts. Thanks DougK9DLP

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Voice Repeater test on IO-86 Satellite
by Yono Adisoemarta 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

Apologize if this is a duplicate as I haven't seen Dirgantara's announcement on this mailing-list: Dear AMSAT members We have Schedule Testing 1 Pass with LAPAN Command Center to Open Voice Transponder IO-86 / LAPAN-ORARI for all Country in Equatorial can Use and give me report via email yd1eee(a)gmail.com, Date 14 November 2015 at 01:35 UTC - 03:40UTC .. Every Amateur can use a Voice Transponder - Uplink 145.880Mhz tone 88,5 - Downlink 435.880 Mhz The Keps El: IO-86 1 40931U 15052B 15316.15776324 .00001070 00000-0 60618-4 0 9994 2 40931 6.0030 69.3893 0012877 275.6206 84.2533 14.76374433 6653 de Yono - YD0NXX / N5SNN Sent from my iPhone 5s

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IO-86 voice schedule
by Dirigantara R 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

Dear AMSAT members We have Schedule Testing 1 Pass with LAPAN Command Center to Open Voice Transponder IO-86 / LAPAN-ORARI for all Country in Equatorial can Use and give me report via email yd1eee(a)gmail.com, Date 14 November 2015 at 01:35 UTC - 03:40UTC .. Every Amateur can use a Voice Transponder - Uplink 145.880Mhz tone 88,5 - Downlink 435.880 Mhz The Keps El: IO-86 1 40931U 15052B 15316.15776324 .00001070 00000-0 60618-4 0 9994 2 40931 6.0030 69.3893 0012877 275.6206 84.2533 14.76374433 6653 73 de YE0EEE

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-13 08:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-13 08:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Ste. Genevieve du Bois Catholic Elementary School, Warson Woods, Missouri, direct via NØKBA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS The contact was successful: Thu 2015-11-12 16:25:16 UTC 55 deg (***) Kiluutaq School, Umiujaq, Nunavik Quebec, Canada, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact is a go for: Tue 2015-11-17 16:47:02 UTC 41 deg **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** 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. **************************************************************************** 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 Francesco IKØWGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 112 **************************************************************************** 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 2015-11-13 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 1008. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 973. (***) 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, Vermont, 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 2015-11-13 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. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Grid expedition
by Wyatt Dirks 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

Good afternoon This Thursday the 12th I'll be heading north from Iowa to operate from different grids in but not limited to MN and WI. Best way to know when and where I'll be on will be to follow me on Twitter @Wyattac0ra. I will be using the special event call W0N for this operation. Qsling via lotw is preferred but paper will work also. For those of you who haven't worked on a grid expedition before know that I may operate any or all passes at anytime during the day or night. 73 Wyatt Ac0ra

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lunar pseudo keplers in TLE format
by Todd W. Deckard 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

Greetings, can anyone on the list point me to pseudo keplers for the moon in TLE format. The Celestrak site has them decoded, but its easiest for me to integrate if I can use the conventional two line format. Regards Todd KE0CMD

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ARISS Contact Tuesday - Audio
by John Spasojevich 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at the *Kiluutaq School, Umiujaq, Nunavik Quebec, Canada *on Tuesday November 17th. AOS is anticipated 16:47 UTC The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ in California. 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. 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 Group

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Colorado Amateur Satellite net Begins in 1 hour
by Skyler F 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

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* 449.875 (-) 103.5 (the Rocky Mountain Radio League repeater on Eldorado 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) 449.625 (-) 141.3 ( WØKU Lookout Mountain) Possibly here, not for sure yet 147.450 SIMPLEX (Aurora, CO) 446.275 (-) 100.0 Galena St. Local repeater at my house, giving a whoppin 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

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test
by Ted 12 Nov '15

12 Nov '15

test

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Xw-2A transponder
by jeffory broughton 12 Nov '15

12 Nov '15

At 12:13 utc XW-2A appears off.beacon strong.Lilacsat transponder on. jeff broughton

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WTB LVB Tracker rotor interface
by The Romagni's 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

I am looking for a LVB Tracker interface, if you have one for sale, please email me at eromagni(a)gmail.com Thanks Steve W4DTA

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Polarization Switch
by Jim Bennett 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

Does anyone know anything about this remote control polarization switch? Can it be mounted on the antenna boom? Or do I need to run dual loops from the tower mounted switch to the antennas? http://www.wimo.com/power-splitter-combiner_e.html I am trying to do EME and it seems that my circular polarization switch might not be the best for EME. It is suggested to use Horizontal or Vertical. Not circular. Right? Thanks for any input. Jim, Ke4kol

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Xw-2A
by jeffory broughton 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

P.s. AC0RA and myself started our QSO'S on XW-2A at .1 and .2 degrees and the signals were already S6 . unbelievable! WB8RJY jeff broughton

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XW-2A ON !
by jeffory broughton 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

Just finished up a qso with a whole group on XW-2A. Downlink was very strong.Worked the entire pass using only 1/2 watt.A bit lower than most,maybe that accounts for its killer signal.fun. jeff broughton

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XW-2A On
by Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

Hi! I heard from someone else on a XW-2F pass that XW-2A has been on all day, so I tried the recent 23:43 UTC pass and it was on, Strong downlink and works just like the 2F and 2E satellites. 73's KE8AKW, Nick

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Re: [amsat-bb] QB50 project 2016 (update)
by Mineo Wakita 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

For the purpose of the demonstration and development of CubeSats in the technology of the universities around the world, it had been scheduled to be launched all 50 satellites by Cyclone-4 rocket belonging to Alcantara Cyclone Space, a joint venture between the governments of Ukraine and Brazil, on 1 February 2016 in the first plan. The launch plan has changed, the CubeSats are now expected to be shipped to the ISS in July 2016 with deployment at a later date. There are still also uncertainties, but I, JE9PEL investigated the current frequencies and summarized them in an Excel file. I intend to edit in the future this revised version. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/qb50sats.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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High School High Altitude Balloon Launch
by James 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

Skyler, What a terrific project! Keep us informed on the mission. I hope everyone will chip in a few dollars to help your club out. 73, -james W5AOO Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 19:00:58 -0700 From: Skyler F<electricity440(a)gmail.com> To:"amsat-bb(a)amsat.org" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] High School High Altitude Balloon Launch Message-ID: <CAJNyT08mhvJ8n7z1ak=UsmXEZF_00KSNiWbnJAPnigoeXu9muA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi, its Skyler Fennell KD0WHB, I am a Senior in High School, and started the Colorado Amateur Satellite net (amsatnet.info). This year, I have started an Amateur Radio club at my School (Denver School of the Arts Amateur Radio Club , KE0FXH) , and we have decided we want to build a payload for the Edge of Space Sciences launch in *February of 2016.* We plan on performing an Amateur Radio experiment to either test RF propagation at the elevation or send data packets of live information or both. Although I have plenty of parts laying around for transmitting and receiving RF signals, and processors like the Arudino or raspberry pi, for the live data, the trip will cost us $350 to get a payload on the 100,000 foot balloon launch. This Amateur Radio club is almost entirely student funded, and I have already brought in stuff for a Fox Hunt, the construction of an AllStar/ EchoLink repeater, and now we are building a Morse code transceiver. The next project will be the Balloon payload, given that we get the funds for the Launch. I would greatly appreciate if anybody would be willing to donate a bit to the club for support of the High Altitude Balloon Launch. I believe this launch will inspire many students to learn about Science and Technology, and inspire them to get a ham license. Here is a donation link. The video shows a payload, which I helped design for the STEM school in highlands ranch, Colorado, a sound propagation experiment: https://www.gofundme.com/eu985jy4 Our club contains 5 Licensed amateurs so far, and we are recruiting more. We meet during lunch hour in one of the Science rooms. 73, and Thanks from Skyler Fennell KD0WHB - President, Founder, Trusty of the club Call Jordan Walters KD0MLV - Co-founder Ian Tompkins KE0GET Christopher Banchero - KE0DTG Dong Lee - KD0ZOE Other Students in the club, who plan on soon getting their ham license. ------------------------------

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LilacSat
by Steve Kristoff 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

A few minutes ago I went out in the backyard for a try at LilacSat. It should have been practically overhead here, but I didn't hear anything. I got a brief moment of quieting in the receiver as if a carrier was transmitted, but heard no voices. I'm using an Arrow Antenna. Is that not enough to work the LilacSat? All constructive suggestions would be appreciated! Steve Kristoff AI9IN skristof(a)etczone.com

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-10 23:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 10 Nov '15

10 Nov '15

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-10 23:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Ste. Genevieve du Bois Catholic Elementary School, Warson Woods, Missouri, direct via NØKBA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS The contact is a go for: Thu 2015-11-12 16:25:16 UTC 55 deg Kiluutaq School, Umiujaq, Nunavik Quebec, Canada, telebridge via W6SRJ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH (***) Contact is a go for: Tue 2015-11-17 16:47:02 UTC 41 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** 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. **************************************************************************** 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 Francesco IKØWGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 112 **************************************************************************** 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 2015-11-10 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 1007. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 972. 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, Vermont, 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 2015-11-09 19:00 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. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Office Closed
by Martha 10 Nov '15

10 Nov '15

The AMSAT Office will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday, November 11th in observance of Veterans' Day. -- 73- Martha

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AO-85 SWL
by Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW 10 Nov '15

10 Nov '15

Hello all, I listened to both the November 8th 17:15 UTC pass and the November 9th 0:00 UTC pass, both of which I was using my 17el beam with HDSDR recording IF files and piping it into Foxtlm, decoding telemetry, Both recording are in my dropbox file herehttps://www.dropbox.com/sh/bhzpp4aer0i3j0m/AABiTWdkA_zj2OGMbnNP6H7Ia?dl… . On the November 8th 17:15 UTC pass I hear Jerry N0JY testing with someone else, testing out power levels on the satellite with I believe telemetry on. On the recent November 9th 0:00 UTC pass I hear no telemetry on the beginning of AOS and hear Jerry and Mark and Drew testing the bird, than mid way through the pass the telemetry comes back on, Interestingly enough I see in HDSDR the downlink jumps up in frequency slightly when the bird switches between COR mode and Repeater/Telemetry mode. As far as I can tell, COR mode on AO-85 slightly sounds better on the downlink, the audio sounds somewhat better, But I dont think its going to affect receiver sensitivity. The passes with the COR mode on, the downlink sounds much stronger and has better audio. I have yet to work in fully in COR mode to see how good the receiver sensitivity is. 73's KE8AKW Nick (Go Fox)

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ISS Listening Opportunity on 145.800 November 12
by JoAnne Maenpaa 10 Nov '15

10 Nov '15

The ISS will be able to be heard on their 145.800 MHz downlink for stations in the mid-North American area on November 12 at 1625 UTC. NA1SS and N0KBA will connect participants at Ste. Genevieve du Bois Catholic Elementary School, Warson Woods, Missouri for an ARISS school contact. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org

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SatPC32 Error
by Kelley 10 Nov '15

10 Nov '15

I'm getting an error 32 from SatPC32 in the radio setup screens. It doesn't seem to matter what I enter, whenever I click on the store button I get the error message. My only option at this point is to cancel out of the window. I'm trying to setup two radios, an Icom IC-746 of vhf, and an Icom IC-706MKIIG for UHF. Each radio has its own interface cable (serial port 9 and 11 respectively). Any thoughts as to what error 32 means? Thanks, Kelley -- Kelley - WØRK

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Genevieve du Bois Catholic Elementary School, Warson Woods, Missouri
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 10 Nov '15

10 Nov '15

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Ste. Genevieve du Bois Catholic Elementary School, Warson Woods, Missouri on 12 Nov. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:25 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 direct between NA1SS and N0KBA. The contact should be audible the mid U.S, and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Ste. Genevieve du Bois Elementary School is part of the St. Louis Archdiocese Catholic School System. The school has 127 students, kindergarten through eighth grade. The school's focus is on growth, exploration, confidence and compassion. It is expected that the contact with the space station will encourage students to select course work in high school that will lead to careers in science, technology, engineering or math. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows 1. How many countries are involved with the ISS? 2. Have you ever had any problems with the ISS? 3. How long does it take you to get used to being in space? 4. Does lack of gravity affect your dreams? 5. What science experiments do you conduct in space? 6. Do all the astronauts work together in the same experiments? 7. What would happen if you light a fire in zero gravity? 8. When you were a kid did you know that you would be an astronaut? 9. What type of educational background helped you prepare for this job? 10. Is it difficult to readjust physically upon returning to earth? 11. Does infection spread at the same rate in space as on earth? 12. What happens if you have a medical emergency? 13. Can you get dizzy in space? 14. How does space affect you mentally and physically? 15. What is the most exciting thing you have seen in space? 16. Do you have plants on the ISS? 17. What is your favorite part of being in space? 18. What emergency procedures do you have to avoid space debris? 19. How many people can be in the space station at once? 20. What is the longest amount of time you can stay on the space station? 21. How do you avoid collisions with satellites? 22. How do families send you personal items, or do they? 23. How do you celebrate your birthday or holidays on the space station? 24. Do you have access to the internet? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): TBD ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program visit the ARISS website at ariss.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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PSAT power going negative...
by Robert Bruninga 10 Nov '15

10 Nov '15

Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] what's a good start freq for PSAT using DopplerPSK? > I didn't hear the Robot tonight and thus I never had a signal/waterfall. > Is she off duty on Monday's ? Looking at raw PSAT-1 telemetry on http://pcsat.aprs.org I can see that all the telemetry serial numbers,T#072,... are resetting back to T#001 and never getting past 70 miinutes or so. This means it is not making a full orbit without running down the battery and resetting. So until we get back to a good sun exposure, I guess we should not be transmitting on the PSK31 uplink, especially at night. Bob

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what's a good start freq for PSAT using DopplerPSK?
by Bob KD7YZ 10 Nov '15

10 Nov '15

I made the last pass but was maybe 2KC higher. Also, I only see myself when the Robot-Beacon comes on. Saw two other guys calling CQ .. Looks like they too were using DopplerPSK One was KC4LS btw -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901

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High School High Altitude Balloon Launch
by Skyler F 10 Nov '15

10 Nov '15

Hi, its Skyler Fennell KD0WHB, I am a Senior in High School, and started the Colorado Amateur Satellite net (amsatnet.info). This year, I have started an Amateur Radio club at my School (Denver School of the Arts Amateur Radio Club , KE0FXH) , and we have decided we want to build a payload for the Edge of Space Sciences launch in *February of 2016.* We plan on performing an Amateur Radio experiment to either test RF propagation at the elevation or send data packets of live information or both. Although I have plenty of parts laying around for transmitting and receiving RF signals, and processors like the Arudino or raspberry pi, for the live data, the trip will cost us $350 to get a payload on the 100,000 foot balloon launch. This Amateur Radio club is almost entirely student funded, and I have already brought in stuff for a Fox Hunt, the construction of an AllStar/ EchoLink repeater, and now we are building a Morse code transceiver. The next project will be the Balloon payload, given that we get the funds for the Launch. I would greatly appreciate if anybody would be willing to donate a bit to the club for support of the High Altitude Balloon Launch. I believe this launch will inspire many students to learn about Science and Technology, and inspire them to get a ham license. Here is a donation link. The video shows a payload, which I helped design for the STEM school in highlands ranch, Colorado, a sound propagation experiment: https://www.gofundme.com/eu985jy4 Our club contains 5 Licensed amateurs so far, and we are recruiting more. We meet during lunch hour in one of the Science rooms. 73, and Thanks from Skyler Fennell KD0WHB - President, Founder, Trusty of the club Call Jordan Walters KD0MLV - Co-founder Ian Tompkins KE0GET Christopher Banchero - KE0DTG Dong Lee - KD0ZOE Other Students in the club, who plan on soon getting their ham license.

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AO-85 COR mode
by Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW 10 Nov '15

10 Nov '15

Hello all, I listened to both the November 8th 17:15 UTC pass and the November 9th 0:00 UTC pass, both of which I was using my 17el beam with HDSDR recording IF files and piping it into Foxtlm, decoding telemetry, Both recording are in my dropbox file here https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bhzpp4aer0i3j0m/AABiTWdkA_zj2OGMbnNP6H7Ia?dl=0 . On the November 8th 17:15 UTC pass I hear Jerry N0JY testing with someone else, testing out power levels on the satellite with I believe telemetry on. On the recent November 9th 0:00 UTC pass I hear no telemetry on the beginning of AOS and hear Jerry and Mark and Drew testing the bird, than mid way through the pass the telemetry comes back on, Interestingly enough I see in HDSDR the downlink jumps up in frequency slightly when the bird switches between COR mode and Repeater/Telemetry mode. As far as I can tell, COR mode on AO-85 slightly sounds better on the downlink, the audio sounds somewhat better, But I dont think its going to affect receiver sensitivity. The passes with the COR mode on, the downlink sounds much stronger and has better audio. I have yet to work in fully in COR mode to see how good the receiver sensitivity is. 73's KE8AKW Nick (Go Fox)

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Fo29 fm signals
by jeffory broughton 10 Nov '15

10 Nov '15

Sounds like the same crew I heard loading trucks with dirt etc.when I heard it all that was in the footprint was canada,north dakota,michigan etc Jeff Wb8rjy jeff broughton

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Ao85 audio
by jeffory broughton 10 Nov '15

10 Nov '15

Wholly smokes,just worked AC0RA on AO85 which he informs me was in carrier mode,the downlink audio was outstanding.it was every bit as good as what I experience on SO50 and Lilacsat-2. What fun! jeff broughton WB8RJY

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Re: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Testing November 8 and 9
by Mark L. Hammond 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

Thanks for the report, Alan. The Command Team really appreciates reports like this during our testing....keep the reports coming! 73, Mark N8MH _____________ Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 19:16:42 -0000 From: <alancresswell(a)xtra.co.nz> To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Testing November 8 and 9 Message-ID: <5E2C7101606047E89E91998406543C94@SATELLITE2> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8"; reply-type=original AO-85 Orbit 461 No telemetry, No tone required for access. Excellent signal from the transponder on the 1855 UT 15 deg pass over ZL this morning. Alan ZL2BX

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FO-29 FM
by Bob- W7LRD 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

This last pass I copied a non-ham FM signal starting at 435.897. Talking about a tractor and construction of "something". Went LOS after only the West coast was in the foot print. How do we find these clowns? 73 Bob W7LRD

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FM signal on FO-29?
by Rick Walter 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

I was just on the 18:44 Z pass of FO-29 and was certain I heard an FM signal around 435.869. There was a loud squeal and it sounded like an alien was talking! Should I get my hearing checked or did anyone else notice? Thanks. Rick - WB3CSY in FN10 -- Sent from Rick's gmail account

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EO-79 Update
by Wouter Weggelaar 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

Hi All, With this message I would like to inform you of the status and plans for QB50p1 - EO-79. Earlier testing campaigns indicate that the AMSAT-UK/AMSAT-NL transponder on board of this spacecraft is in good health. We have activated the transponder on various occasions for testing purposes. At the moment we believe the power system is capable of sustaining transponder operations indefinitely. ISIS (the satellite designer and operator) still needs to write and apply a software patch that would keep the transponder running. The current logic in the satellite will switch off the transponder if a reset occurs of the On Board Computer or power system. Efforts are being made to allow usage of the transponder in the mean time and also allow select command stations to take the satellite out of safe mode if it does reset. ISIS will continue to monitor all telemetry and the satellites health. The precursor satellites have gathered valuable data about the sensor payloads, and the lessons learnt are being implemented in the flight units for the QB50 main mission. We will still have to wait until procedures are in place and the activation is cleared by the operator and owners of the satellite, but we are nearly ready for the activation of another transponder! Transponder activations will be announced on this BB. On behalf of AMSAT-NL and the ISIS operations team I would like to thank the community for supporting our mission and thank you for your patience. 73s, Wouter Weggelaar PA3WEG AMSAT-NL

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AO-85 Testing November 8 and 9
by Jerry Buxton 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

*Summary of AO-85 testing:* *Please do not try to uplink to AO-85 during the following times (all of* *which occur while AO-85 is over North America) even though the* *transponder will be active and you may hear activity.* *Sunday November 8, 15:35 through 15:55 UTC* *Sunday November 8, 17:15 through 17:35 UTC* *Monday November 9, 00:05 through 00:25 UTC* *Monday November 9, 01:45 through 02:10 UTC* All dates and times are UTC, all passes are Sunday local time in North America. Stations in North, Central, and northern South America are asked to comply. You are encouraged to copy telemetry with FoxTelem during these times to forward to the server to help us analyze the test results. *Details of this AO-85 testing:* Sunday, November 8 and into early Monday, November 9 (UTC) the Fox-1 Engineering Team will be testing the COR (carrier operated relay) mode of AO-85. COR is the backup to the IHU failing, if IHU fails AO-85 should continue operating as a simple COR repeater with no CTCSS necessary as long as there is power. In COR mode no telemetry or voice ID is present because those are generated by the IHU. Orbit 443 ascending, at approximately 15:35 UTC over North America we will test a telemetry high/low reset command. Following the command look for Ground Resets = 2 in the Computer window of FoxTelem. Once that is confirmed, we will command the IHU OFF on the same pass. Please keep the uplink clear in order to help us test and monitor the telemetry. Orbit 444 ascending, at approximately 17:15 UTC over North America AMSAT command and engineering stations will test the COR mode on the air to observe performance. Please keep the uplink clear so that we may test without interference, to expedite the testing and allow for good measurements. We may command IHU ON during the pass in order to observe battery voltage in the telemetry. Please have FoxTelem running even if there is no telemetry seen, it may turn on at any time during this pass. Orbit 448 descending, at approximately 00:05 UTC Monday over North America we will command AO-85 IHU ON. Please keep the uplink clear in order to help us test and monitor the telemetry after the IHU is turned on. Orbit 449 descending, at approximately 01:45 UTC Monday over North America if we were unable to command IHU ON on orbit 448, we will attempt to command again. Please keep the uplink clear in order to help us test and monitor the telemetry after the IHU is turned on. During the testing stations outside North, Central and northern South America are invited to use the COR repeater mode and share your assessment of AO-85 receive sensitivity and audio on amsat-bb. Stations in North, Central, and northern South America may use the COR repeater on orbits 445 through 447 and are also invited to share your assessment of AO-85 receive sensitivity and audio on amsat-bb. Please share this widely to help reach everyone who may be operating AO-85. Thank you for your support. -- Jerry Buxton, NØJY

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-09 19:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-09 19:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: BORG Monsbergergasse, Graz, Austria, direct via OEØARISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact was successful: Mon 2015-11-09 09:42:15 UTC 49 deg (***) Ste. Genevieve du Bois Catholic Elementary School, Warson Woods, Missouri, direct via NØKBA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS The contact is a go for: Thu 2015-11-12 16:25:16 UTC 55 deg **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** 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. **************************************************************************** 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 Francesco IKØWGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 112 **************************************************************************** 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 2015-11-09 19:00 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 1007. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 972. (***) 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, Vermont, 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 2015-11-09 19:00 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. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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AO-85 SWL report
by David 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

Hi all: Just for information. SWL report of AO-85 during its orbit #456 + 11mins at 09:39 UTC Location: IN80CP. Max. elevation during the pass: 7º RXing with 9 element yagi + mast preamp, horizontal polarization. No telemetry heard. No beacon heard. Is sat still on COR mode? Usual dificulties to be repeated by the sat. Usual fading. But clear audio (My feeling that much clearer than when the sat is in the standard modes) Very good signal strength (Same feeling... Is this COR mode providing more power than in the standard modes?) Best 73s David EA4SG

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AO-85 SWL report II
by David 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

El 09/11/15 a las 10:10, David escribió: >> SWL report of AO-85 during its orbit #456 + 11mins at 09:39 UTC >> No telemetry heard. >> No beacon heard. >> Is sat still on COR mode? El 09/11/15 a las 10:18, Dani escribió: >That's a bit weird, isn't it? VK5HI reported telemetry at 6:25 UTC today: > http://amsat.org/tlm/ao85/201511082225427.txt > I coincide in the opinion that the audio is clearer without DUV telemetry. > 73, > Dani M0HXM/EA4GPZ. _____________________________________________________________________________ Hi all: Now orbit #457 + 12 minutes Double checked. No telemetry at all neither in this pass. EA1JM confirms the same.Satellite was busy and several stations were making QSOs. At least from my side, same comments and feelings as in my previous RXed pass: Nothing have changed regarding the uplink issues and downlink quality looks to be better (Both audio and signal strength) than when in the normal modes. Question: I understood that the uplink dificulties were related to some issues regarding 67Hz reception on the sat. If the COR mode doesnt handle 67Hz at all and is an "Open Squelch" mode... Should not "life be easier" to be repeated by the sat?. 73s David EA4SG

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FM signal on FO-29
by Todd W. Deckard 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

It's not uncommon to hear Brazilian pirates on FLTSAT and UFO military satcom frequencies. I wonder if the recent crackdowns have pushed them to the OSCARS. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 8, 2015, at 6:46 PM, amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org wrote: > > Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to > amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > amsat-bb-owner(a)amsat.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: FM signal on FO-29? (Zach Leffke) > 2. Re: FM signal on FO-29? (Burns Fisher) > 3. Re: FM signal on FO-29? (Robert Bruninga) > 4. Re: FM signal on FO-29? (Robert Bruninga) > 5. Re: FM signal on FO-29? (Zach Leffke) > 6. Re: FM signal on FO-29? (Hector W5CBF/CO6CBF) > 7. Re: FM signal on FO-29? (Zach Leffke) > 8. Re: FM signal on FO-29? (Zach Leffke) > 9. Re: FM signal on FO-29 (VK4NBL) > 10. Re: Frequency chart and satellite information -online- (Ted) > 11. Fm activity on FO29 (jeffory broughton) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 17:54:28 -0500 > From: Zach Leffke <zleffke(a)vt.edu> > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM signal on FO-29? > Message-ID: <563FD2A4.9050200(a)vt.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > well.. when I say students, I meant graduate students at VT that > happened to be in the lab when I was doing the experiment. They work > with me and Bob, so a few crude words here and there aren't uncommon to > them. > > But good point, probably not the best thing for a public demo if your > audience is a bit younger. > > Actually, I've seen so much FM activity (basically every time I've > monitored FO-29 since we first came online in late september) that I've > been toying with the idea of trying to locate where the source emitters > actually are located based on doppler shift data. We know the doppler > between the receiving ground station and FO-29, so we can back that > out. We know the transponder mapping, so we can work through that to > determine what the center frequency is as the signal enters the > transponder uplink receiver. What we don't know is the uplink doppler, > because we don't know where the emitter is and we don't know what exact > center frequency they are on (but I bet you its in 5kHz steps, maybe > 2.5kHz). So we have two unknowns. I'm betting there's a way to work > through it though, and with enough observations and by watching the rate > of change of the doppler, I bet there's a way to make an educated guess > on what their center freq and location are. > > Or if someone listening knows Spanish and/or Portugese, maybe we could > get lucky and hear what cross streets the taxi is going to (if it is in > fact a taxi). > > -Zach, KJ4QLP > >> On 11/08/2015 05:30 PM, Clayton W5PFG wrote: >> I wouldn't recommend playing the FM audio heard via FO-29 to a group >> of children. Normally it's not English. It's most likely NOT a >> religious broadcast based on their choice of crude words. >> >> 73 >> Clayton >> W5PFG >> >>> On 11/8/2015 16:13, Zach Leffke wrote: >>> So yes, in the last couple weeks I've seen a LOT of FM activity on >>> FO-29. And based on my experience with Friday's pass, which was >>> ascending, I'm leading towards the Central/South America QRM theory. >>> Lots of strong FM activity as the pass started and the satellite was >>> over the lower latitudes, but as FO-29 ascended over higher latitudes >>> towards the north pole, the FM activity died down. >>> >>> -Zach, KJ4QLP >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 18:04:49 -0500 > From: Burns Fisher <burns(a)fisher.cc> > To: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm(a)arrl.net> > Cc: Clayton W5PFG <w5pfg(a)amsat.org>, "amsat-bb(a)amsat.org" > <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM signal on FO-29? > Message-ID: > <CABX7KxWCRhJ+3093GEruVQcBgLhpHhQYqGR9bLmAgTC+4hy3QQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Fun and interesting! AO85 and AO73 have been coinciding frequently of > late, but they are not compatible. > >> On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 5:33 PM, Paul Stoetzer <n8hm(a)arrl.net> wrote: >> Speaking of FM signals on FO-29, you'll be able to hear the AO-85 >> transponder through FO-29 when their paths cross as well. I wonder if >> you could get a high enough SNR to decode the DUV... >> >> 73, >> >> Paul, N8HM >> >>> On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 5:30 PM, Clayton W5PFG <w5pfg(a)amsat.org> wrote: >>> I wouldn't recommend playing the FM audio heard via FO-29 to a group of >>> children. Normally it's not English. It's most likely NOT a religious >>> broadcast based on their choice of crude words. >>> >>> 73 >>> Clayton >>> W5PFG >>> >>>> On 11/8/2015 16:13, Zach Leffke wrote: >>>> >>>> So yes, in the last couple weeks I've seen a LOT of FM activity on >>>> FO-29. And based on my experience with Friday's pass, which was >>>> ascending, I'm leading towards the Central/South America QRM theory. >>>> Lots of strong FM activity as the pass started and the satellite was >>>> over the lower latitudes, but as FO-29 ascended over higher latitudes >>>> towards the north pole, the FM activity died down. >>>> >>>> -Zach, KJ4QLP >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. 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Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 18:10:48 -0500 > From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga(a)usna.edu> > To: Zach Leffke <zleffke(a)vt.edu> > Cc: amsat bb <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM signal on FO-29? > Message-ID: > <CALdCfNK9ctph66fy-=+Cd4k6oPxYM4rUVVUNwbCduPtWdzLmKA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Zach > >> On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Zach Leffke <zleffke(a)vt.edu> wrote: >> >> well.. when I say students, I meant graduate students at VT that happened >> to be in the lab when I was doing the experiment. They work with me and >> Bob, so a few crude words here and there aren't uncommon to them. >> >> But good point, probably not the best thing for a public demo if your >> audience is a bit younger. >> >> Actually, I've seen so much FM activity (basically every time I've >> monitored FO-29 since we first came online in late september) that I've >> been toying with the idea of trying to locate where the source emitters >> actually are located based on doppler shift data. We know the doppler >> between the receiving ground station and FO-29, so we can back that out. >> We know the transponder mapping, so we can work through that to determine >> what the center frequency is as the signal enters the transponder uplink >> receiver. What we don't know is the uplink doppler, because we don't know >> where the emitter is and we don't know what exact center frequency they are >> on (but I bet you its in 5kHz steps, maybe 2.5kHz). So we have two >> unknowns. I'm betting there's a way to work through it though, and with >> enough observations and by watching the rate of change of the doppler, I >> bet there's a way to make an educated guess on what their center freq and >> location are. >> >> Or if someone listening knows Spanish and/or Portugese, maybe we could get >> lucky and hear what cross streets the taxi is going to (if it is in fact a >> taxi). >> >> -Zach, KJ4QLP >> >>> On 11/08/2015 05:30 PM, Clayton W5PFG wrote: >>> >>> I wouldn't recommend playing the FM audio heard via FO-29 to a group of >>> children. Normally it's not English. It's most likely NOT a religious >>> broadcast based on their choice of crude words. >>> >>> 73 >>> Clayton >>> W5PFG >>> >>>> On 11/8/2015 16:13, Zach Leffke wrote: >>>> >>>> So yes, in the last couple weeks I've seen a LOT of FM activity on >>>> FO-29. And based on my experience with Friday's pass, which was >>>> ascending, I'm leading towards the Central/South America QRM theory. >>>> Lots of strong FM activity as the pass started and the satellite was >>>> over the lower latitudes, but as FO-29 ascended over higher latitudes >>>> towards the north pole, the FM activity died down. >>>> >>>> -Zach, KJ4QLP >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. 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Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 18:12:35 -0500 > From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga(a)usna.edu> > To: Zach Leffke <zleffke(a)vt.edu> > Cc: amsat bb <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM signal on FO-29? > Message-ID: > <CALdCfN+cyT1Cj_KYyeXisB_Hds5runD6fOoRfkLuohdfSC+u6Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Zach > You dont need to know the senders exact freq, just a plot of his freq > during the pass will form an "S" curve and once you have enough of the "S", > you can know his center freq, and hence his closest point of approach. > That gives a line of bearing. Anothe pass gives another one, and so on... > > bob > >> On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Zach Leffke <zleffke(a)vt.edu> wrote: >> >> well.. when I say students, I meant graduate students at VT that happened >> to be in the lab when I was doing the experiment. They work with me and >> Bob, so a few crude words here and there aren't uncommon to them. >> >> But good point, probably not the best thing for a public demo if your >> audience is a bit younger. >> >> Actually, I've seen so much FM activity (basically every time I've >> monitored FO-29 since we first came online in late september) that I've >> been toying with the idea of trying to locate where the source emitters >> actually are located based on doppler shift data. We know the doppler >> between the receiving ground station and FO-29, so we can back that out. >> We know the transponder mapping, so we can work through that to determine >> what the center frequency is as the signal enters the transponder uplink >> receiver. What we don't know is the uplink doppler, because we don't know >> where the emitter is and we don't know what exact center frequency they are >> on (but I bet you its in 5kHz steps, maybe 2.5kHz). So we have two >> unknowns. I'm betting there's a way to work through it though, and with >> enough observations and by watching the rate of change of the doppler, I >> bet there's a way to make an educated guess on what their center freq and >> location are. >> >> Or if someone listening knows Spanish and/or Portugese, maybe we could get >> lucky and hear what cross streets the taxi is going to (if it is in fact a >> taxi). >> >> -Zach, KJ4QLP >> >>> On 11/08/2015 05:30 PM, Clayton W5PFG wrote: >>> >>> I wouldn't recommend playing the FM audio heard via FO-29 to a group of >>> children. Normally it's not English. It's most likely NOT a religious >>> broadcast based on their choice of crude words. >>> >>> 73 >>> Clayton >>> W5PFG >>> >>>> On 11/8/2015 16:13, Zach Leffke wrote: >>>> >>>> So yes, in the last couple weeks I've seen a LOT of FM activity on >>>> FO-29. And based on my experience with Friday's pass, which was >>>> ascending, I'm leading towards the Central/South America QRM theory. >>>> Lots of strong FM activity as the pass started and the satellite was >>>> over the lower latitudes, but as FO-29 ascended over higher latitudes >>>> towards the north pole, the FM activity died down. >>>> >>>> -Zach, KJ4QLP >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 18:30:33 -0500 > From: Zach Leffke <zleffke(a)vt.edu> > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM signal on FO-29? > Message-ID: <563FDB19.7070501(a)vt.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > Sweet, second cross link signal to look into! I missed that, you got > the gears turning....... > > So lets see.... 145.900MHz to 146.000MHz for FO-29 passband. > > A quick look through JE9PEL satlist reveals these downlinks: > > AO73 tlm bcn, 145.935 MHz > AO73 transponder, 145.970-145.950 MHz > AO85, 145.978 MHz > First-MOVE cubesat (NORAD ID 39439), 145.970MHz > DUCHIFAT, 145.980 MHz > QB50p1/FUNcube3 (EO-79) transponder, 145.970-145.945 MHz > VELOX-I, 145.980 MHz > UKube-1/FUNcube-2, 145.915 MHz > DeorbitSail, 145.975 MHz > CAS-3E (XW-2E) transponder, 145.935-145.915 MHz > CAS-3F (XW-2F) transponder, 146.000-146.980 MHz > Fox-1B, 145.960 MHz > Fox-1C, 145.920 MHz > > I guess its not that surprising when FO-29 has half of the 2m Satellite > Service allocation for its uplink. Next thing to do is figure out which > ones are the most likely to be successful based on power levels, > modulation schemes, transmission rate, which ones are using Forward > Error Correction, etc. And then look at the orbits for possible chain > events. > > fun stuff! > > Does anyone know the uplink receiver sensitivity and antenna gain/design > on FO-29? > > -Zach, KJ4QLP > > >> On 11/08/2015 05:33 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: >> Speaking of FM signals on FO-29, you'll be able to hear the AO-85 >> transponder through FO-29 when their paths cross as well. I wonder if >> you could get a high enough SNR to decode the DUV... >> >> 73, >> >> Paul, N8HM >> >>> On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 5:30 PM, Clayton W5PFG <w5pfg(a)amsat.org> wrote: >>> I wouldn't recommend playing the FM audio heard via FO-29 to a group of >>> children. Normally it's not English. It's most likely NOT a religious >>> broadcast based on their choice of crude words. >>> >>> 73 >>> Clayton >>> W5PFG >>> >>>> On 11/8/2015 16:13, Zach Leffke wrote: >>>> So yes, in the last couple weeks I've seen a LOT of FM activity on >>>> FO-29. And based on my experience with Friday's pass, which was >>>> ascending, I'm leading towards the Central/South America QRM theory. >>>> Lots of strong FM activity as the pass started and the satellite was >>>> over the lower latitudes, but as FO-29 ascended over higher latitudes >>>> towards the north pole, the FM activity died down. >>>> >>>> -Zach, KJ4QLP >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 17:34:43 -0600 > From: "Hector W5CBF/CO6CBF" <kf5yxv(a)gmail.com> > To: "'Zach Leffke'" <zleffke(a)vt.edu>, <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM signal on FO-29? > Message-ID: <01dd01d11a7e$0d033310$27099930$(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Zach and group > > I think, the main problem is they are not always the same stations. I have > heard several different stations in terrestrial QSOs QRMing FO-29; majority > of them speaking Spanish and without any kind of ID. I have not heard them > recently, though. > > 73! > > Hector, CO6CBF/W5CBF > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] En nombre de Zach Leffke > Enviado el: Sunday, November 08, 2015 4:54 PM > Para: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Asunto: Re: [amsat-bb] FM signal on FO-29? > > well.. when I say students, I meant graduate students at VT that happened to > be in the lab when I was doing the experiment. They work with me and Bob, > so a few crude words here and there aren't uncommon to them. > > But good point, probably not the best thing for a public demo if your > audience is a bit younger. > > Actually, I've seen so much FM activity (basically every time I've monitored > FO-29 since we first came online in late september) that I've been toying > with the idea of trying to locate where the source emitters actually are > located based on doppler shift data. We know the doppler between the > receiving ground station and FO-29, so we can back that out. We know the > transponder mapping, so we can work through that to determine what the > center frequency is as the signal enters the transponder uplink receiver. > What we don't know is the uplink doppler, because we don't know where the > emitter is and we don't know what exact center frequency they are on (but I > bet you its in 5kHz steps, maybe 2.5kHz). So we have two unknowns. I'm > betting there's a way to work through it though, and with enough > observations and by watching the rate of change of the doppler, I bet > there's a way to make an educated guess on what their center freq and > location are. > > Or if someone listening knows Spanish and/or Portugese, maybe we could get > lucky and hear what cross streets the taxi is going to (if it is in fact a > taxi). > > -Zach, KJ4QLP > >> On 11/08/2015 05:30 PM, Clayton W5PFG wrote: >> I wouldn't recommend playing the FM audio heard via FO-29 to a group >> of children. Normally it's not English. It's most likely NOT a >> religious broadcast based on their choice of crude words. >> >> 73 >> Clayton >> W5PFG >> >>> On 11/8/2015 16:13, Zach Leffke wrote: >>> So yes, in the last couple weeks I've seen a LOT of FM activity on >>> FO-29. And based on my experience with Friday's pass, which was >>> ascending, I'm leading towards the Central/South America QRM theory. >>> Lots of strong FM activity as the pass started and the satellite was >>> over the lower latitudes, but as FO-29 ascended over higher latitudes >>> towards the north pole, the FM activity died down. >>> >>> -Zach, KJ4QLP >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 18:40:48 -0500 > From: Zach Leffke <zleffke(a)vt.edu> > To: Hector W5CBF/CO6CBF <kf5yxv(a)gmail.com>, amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM signal on FO-29? > Message-ID: <563FDD80.1010702(a)vt.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > That makes sense Hector. I've seen the FM activity kind of all over the > transponder. More so than I would expect if it was the same transmitter > each time on the same frequency and the different pass geometries > causing a bit of swing due to doppler. > > > -Zach, KJ4QLP > >> On 11/08/2015 06:34 PM, Hector W5CBF/CO6CBF wrote: >> Hi Zach and group >> >> I think, the main problem is they are not always the same stations. I have >> heard several different stations in terrestrial QSOs QRMing FO-29; majority >> of them speaking Spanish and without any kind of ID. I have not heard them >> recently, though. >> >> 73! >> >> Hector, CO6CBF/W5CBF >> >> -----Mensaje original----- >> De: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] En nombre de Zach Leffke >> Enviado el: Sunday, November 08, 2015 4:54 PM >> Para: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org >> Asunto: Re: [amsat-bb] FM signal on FO-29? >> >> well.. when I say students, I meant graduate students at VT that happened to >> be in the lab when I was doing the experiment. They work with me and Bob, >> so a few crude words here and there aren't uncommon to them. >> >> But good point, probably not the best thing for a public demo if your >> audience is a bit younger. >> >> Actually, I've seen so much FM activity (basically every time I've monitored >> FO-29 since we first came online in late september) that I've been toying >> with the idea of trying to locate where the source emitters actually are >> located based on doppler shift data. We know the doppler between the >> receiving ground station and FO-29, so we can back that out. We know the >> transponder mapping, so we can work through that to determine what the >> center frequency is as the signal enters the transponder uplink receiver. >> What we don't know is the uplink doppler, because we don't know where the >> emitter is and we don't know what exact center frequency they are on (but I >> bet you its in 5kHz steps, maybe 2.5kHz). So we have two unknowns. I'm >> betting there's a way to work through it though, and with enough >> observations and by watching the rate of change of the doppler, I bet >> there's a way to make an educated guess on what their center freq and >> location are. >> >> Or if someone listening knows Spanish and/or Portugese, maybe we could get >> lucky and hear what cross streets the taxi is going to (if it is in fact a >> taxi). >> >> -Zach, KJ4QLP >> >>> On 11/08/2015 05:30 PM, Clayton W5PFG wrote: >>> I wouldn't recommend playing the FM audio heard via FO-29 to a group >>> of children. Normally it's not English. It's most likely NOT a >>> religious broadcast based on their choice of crude words. >>> >>> 73 >>> Clayton >>> W5PFG >>> >>>> On 11/8/2015 16:13, Zach Leffke wrote: >>>> So yes, in the last couple weeks I've seen a LOT of FM activity on >>>> FO-29. And based on my experience with Friday's pass, which was >>>> ascending, I'm leading towards the Central/South America QRM theory. >>>> Lots of strong FM activity as the pass started and the satellite was >>>> over the lower latitudes, but as FO-29 ascended over higher latitudes >>>> towards the north pole, the FM activity died down. >>>> >>>> -Zach, KJ4QLP >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 18:55:00 -0500 > From: Zach Leffke <zleffke(a)vt.edu> > To: Robert Bruninga <bruninga(a)usna.edu> > Cc: amsat bb <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM signal on FO-29? > Message-ID: <563FE0D4.5020503(a)vt.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Good point Bob. I haven't fully worked through the problem yet, but > thats pretty much right in line with what I'm thinking. Thats what I > meant by saying watching the 'rate of change of doppler.' When the > slope of the doppler s-curve is at a maximum, that should be the point > of closest approach. > > Actually, that brings up a question. Do you know what type of equation > would fit the doppler S-Curve profile? something that could be used to > generate a regression equation from a few doppler observations? > > -Zach, KJ4QLP > > >> On 11/08/2015 06:12 PM, Robert Bruninga wrote: >> Zach >> You dont need to know the senders exact freq, just a plot of his freq >> during the pass will form an "S" curve and once you have enough of the >> "S", you can know his center freq, and hence his closest point of >> approach. That gives a line of bearing. Anothe pass gives another >> one, and so on... >> >> bob >> >> On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Zach Leffke <zleffke(a)vt.edu >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> well.. when I say students, I meant graduate students at VT that >> happened to be in the lab when I was doing the experiment. They >> work with me and Bob, so a few crude words here and there aren't >> uncommon to them. >> >> But good point, probably not the best thing for a public demo if >> your audience is a bit younger. >> >> Actually, I've seen so much FM activity (basically every time I've >> monitored FO-29 since we first came online in late september) that >> I've been toying with the idea of trying to locate where the >> source emitters actually are located based on doppler shift data. >> We know the doppler between the receiving ground station and >> FO-29, so we can back that out. We know the transponder mapping, >> so we can work through that to determine what the center frequency >> is as the signal enters the transponder uplink receiver. What we >> don't know is the uplink doppler, because we don't know where the >> emitter is and we don't know what exact center frequency they are >> on (but I bet you its in 5kHz steps, maybe 2.5kHz). So we have >> two unknowns. I'm betting there's a way to work through it though, >> and with enough observations and by watching the rate of change of >> the doppler, I bet there's a way to make an educated guess on what >> their center freq and location are. >> >> Or if someone listening knows Spanish and/or Portugese, maybe we >> could get lucky and hear what cross streets the taxi is going to >> (if it is in fact a taxi). >> >> -Zach, KJ4QLP >> >> On 11/08/2015 05:30 PM, Clayton W5PFG wrote: >> >> I wouldn't recommend playing the FM audio heard via FO-29 to a >> group of children. Normally it's not English. It's most >> likely NOT a religious broadcast based on their choice of >> crude words. >> >> 73 >> Clayton >> W5PFG >> >> On 11/8/2015 16:13, Zach Leffke wrote: >> >> So yes, in the last couple weeks I've seen a LOT of FM >> activity on >> FO-29. And based on my experience with Friday's pass, >> which was >> ascending, I'm leading towards the Central/South America >> QRM theory. >> Lots of strong FM activity as the pass started and the >> satellite was >> over the lower latitudes, but as FO-29 ascended over >> higher latitudes >> towards the north pole, the FM activity died down. >> >> -Zach, KJ4QLP >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org <mailto:[email protected]>. >> 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 <mailto:[email protected]>. 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 10:21:57 +1000 > From: VK4NBL <vk4nbl(a)bigpond.com> > To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM signal on FO-29 > Message-ID: <BLU436-SMTP20894C252E8F97C94778D4685150(a)phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > > With regards to FM signals on FO-29, we can also here them here in > Australia. > This is most noticeable when the Sat is travelling South to North. > When it gets above Northern Queensland all we can hear is Indonesian fishing > boats on the 2m uplink. > It does suck the power from the Sat and usually ends some very good QSO's > long before LOS. > > 73 > Peter > vk4nbl > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 16:30:59 -0800 > From: "Ted" <k7trkradio(a)charter.net> > To: "'Stefan Wagener'" <wageners(a)gmail.com>, "'AMSAT BB'" > <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Frequency chart and satellite information > -online- > Message-ID: <000801d11a85$e8322cf0$b89686d0$(a)charter.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Good stuff, Stefan...tnx! > 73, K7trk > > -----Original Message----- > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stefan > Wagener > Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2015 6:12 AM > To: AMSAT BB > Subject: [amsat-bb] Frequency chart and satellite information -online- > > Hi folks, > > Some of the most comprehensive and very frequently updated sources of > amateur radio satellite information can be found here: > > 1. From Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL > > http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/satslist.htm > > 2. From Mike Rupprecht, DK3WN > > http://www.dk3wn.info/satellites.shtml > > Bookmarked on my Mac for immediate access :-) > > Stefan, VE4NSA > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 19:46:38 -0500 > From: jeffory broughton <jefforybroughton(a)gmail.com> > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] Fm activity on FO29 > Message-ID: > <CACm2je12MnYrso645LUPCBvn58vCNsjingQA1DZpy+rgq5KXFg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > A couple weeks ago . fo29 made a pass over canada.I am in michigan and I > was barely in the footprint when I clearly heard two guys loading trucks on > the upper end of the transponder .it almost had to be coming from canada. > > jeff broughton > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > 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 member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > ------------------------------ > > End of AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 10, Issue 346 > *****************************************

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Re: [amsat-bb] AO-85 SWL report
by David 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

El 09/11/15 a las 10:10, David escribió: >> SWL report of AO-85 during its orbit #456 + 11mins at 09:39 UTC >> No telemetry heard. >> No beacon heard. >> Is sat still on COR mode? > El 09/11/15 a las 10:18, Dani escribió: >That's a bit weird, isn't it? VK5HI reported telemetry at 6:25 UTC today: > http://amsat.org/tlm/ao85/201511082225427.txt > I coincide in the opinion that the audio is clearer without DUV telemetry. > 73, > Dani M0HXM/EA4GPZ. Hi all: Now orbit #457 + 12 minutes Double checked. No telemetry at all neither in this pass. EA1JM confirms the same.Satellite was busy and several stations were making QSOs. At least from my side, same comments and feelings as in my previous RXed pass: Nothing have changed regarding the uplink issues and downlink quality looks to be better (Both audio and signal strength) than when in the normal modes. Question: I understood that the uplink dificulties were related to some issues regarding 67Hz reception on the sat. If the COR mode doesnt handle 67Hz at all and is an "Open Squelch" mode... Should not "life be easier" to be repeated by the sat?. 73s David EA4SG

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AO-85 SWL report
by David 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

Hi all: Just for information. SWL report of AO-85 during its orbit #456 + 11mins at 09:39 UTC Location: IN80CP. Max. elevation during the pass: 7º RXing with 9 element yagi + mast preamp, horizontal polarization. No telemetry heard. No beacon heard. Is sat still on COR mode? Usual dificulties to be repeated by the sat. Usual fading. But clear audio (My feeling that much clearer than when the sat is in the standard modes) Very good signal strength (Same feeling... Is this COR mode providing more power than in the standard modes?) Best 73s David EA4SG

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Re: [amsat-bb] BRICSAT-1 recovery challenge
by Daniel Schultz 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

What Bob forgot to mention about BRICSAT-1 is that it carries a set of experimental electric thrusters from George Washington University. If you can help recover BRICSAT so that its thrusters can be fired, you would be helping to obtain performance data on the thrusters which could be valuable input to future AMSAT mission proposals. The HEO satellite proposal needs a small thruster for orbit maintenance. This satellite mission is important to AMSAT, let's get out the AMSAT can-do spirit and help recover this satellite! 73, Dan Schultz N8FGV -------------- from AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-312 -------------- >BRICSAT-1 recovery challenge >If anyone has 9600 baud satellite capability and is looking for a >challenge, you could be successful in recovering BRICSAT (NO83). >BRICSAT simply has a negative power budget. When it wakes up, it >should be possible to get in the command to tell it to turn off >unnecessary loads and then let it achieve full recovery. As is, it >wakes up, sends a few feeble 20 second packets and dies again. >Bricsat has another excellent PSK31 transpodner on it too. You can >detect BRICSAT when it awakes by the 20 second packet on the downlink >OR by the occasional PSK31 beacon on 435.350 MHz (+/- Doppler). Do >not be confused by PSAT which also has a PSK31 tranpsonder on the >same frequency. But they have different audio tones for the beacon. >> Downlink: 437.975 MHz, 9600 baud >> Uplink: 145.825 MHz, 9600 baud >> Latest ?guess? at the TLE (not sure if this is BRICSat) >> 1 90722U 15294.38156592 +.00051032 +00000-0 +11686-2 0 0166 >> 2 90722 054.9895 030.6075 0226665 199.3544 159.8861 15.1979213102332 >The commands are simple keyboard dumb terminal commands. >If you think you want to take on this challenge, contact us. >(bruninga at usna.edu) >[ANS thanks Bob WB4APR and Jin KB3UKS for the above information]

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AO-85 COR mode
by Daniel Estévez 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

Hi, AO-85 COR mode was working fine in its last pass over Europe (about 15:52 UTC). Plenty of stations where using the transponder and it seems that most sounded quite good without the DUV telemetry. Hitting the transponder with my handheld arrow and 5W didn't seem more difficult than usual, perhaps even a bit easier. 73, Dani M0HXM/EA4GPZ.

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Saturday at the Tucson Hamfest & driving around Arizona...
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

Hi! Yesterday was a busy, and fun, day. Between the Tucson Hamfest in the morning and over 300 miles of driving after the hamfest to operate from 3 other locations in 2 southern Arizona grids, it made for a fun day. A good hamfest for AMSAT in the morning, and a long loop through southern Arizona including a stop at one of the rarest grids in the continental USA added to the fun. I drove down to the hamfest, hosted at a school about 25 miles northwest of downtown Tucson in the suburb of Marana, early in the morning. I was setting up around 5am (1200 UTC), so I could be ready for the early- morning crowds and also work the early SO-50 and LilacSat-2 passes from the hamfest site. I was able to do that, and also work a couple of AO-73 passes later in the morning. During the morning, my AMSAT table was visited by a group of students from the University of Arizona. They were interested in learning about AMSAT's Fox project, as they are about to start their own CubeSat project. Maybe we'll hear about their project in the near future. Thanks to the Oro Valley Amateur Radio Club, the club that hosted the hamfest, for providing AMSAT a space at the hamfest - a nice space with a good view of the eastern sky, for the demonstrations. After the hamfest and a quick stop for lunch, I decided to make a long drive from the Tucson area out to the rarely-heard grid DM31. Since I didn't leave the hamfest until almost 12 noon (1900 UTC), I knew I would miss some really good passes that covered the east coast, but I still wanted to make a run out that way. I have not been to DM31 in almost 5 years, and it turned out to be a perfect day to drive around southern Arizona and be outside to work satellites. On my way to DM31, I stopped along a highway in grid DM32re to work SO-50 and FO-29 passes just after 2100 UTC. The SO-50 pass was a shallow pass favoring the east coast, and FO-29 basically went right over my head. I stopped along a highway where I was not right next to the highway, and worked these two passes. This location was on the western edge of the Tohono O'Odham Nation reservation, which covers a large chunk of southern Arizona. These passes went well, and I wasted no time stowing my gear after the FO-29 pass went away to make it to my next stop. I only had to drive about 45 minutes to reach my destination in DM31, the visitor center at the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. This spot is about 5 miles north of the USA/Mexico border, but a few miles inside DM31. In my two previous trips to this grid, I operated at the Lukeville border crossing, very close to the USA/Mexico border fence. Seeing so many Border Patrol vehicles on the highways after leaving Tucson, and knowing the situation just over the border in that area, I decided not to drive all the way to the border crossing. Operating from the national monument's visitor center was OK, even with the hills to the west that meant the most shallow western passes were not workable. At DM31, I worked 4 passes - two SO-50 passes, and one pass each on FO-29 and XW-2F. The first SO-50 pass, around 2245 UTC, was a high pass, but did not stretch all the way to the east coast. I worked 13 station on this pass. FO-29 came by about 15 minutes after the SO-50 pass, and this was a shallow pass with maximum elevation of 5 degrees. I heard K8YSE/7 on this pass, but did not work anyone. The last SO-50 pass around 0030 UTC added just 2 more QSOs to the log. XW-2F, just after 0100 UTC, was probably the best chance to work some stations further away from me to the east. I used my SDRplay SDR receiver to hear the downlink, transmitting from one of my FT-817NDs. I worked 4 stations, and then packed up. It was just after sunset, and I did not want to stick around this area after dark - even at the visitor center. Before the last SO-50 pass I worked at 0030 UTC, I was visited by a US Park Ranger - the law enforcement at national parks and monuments. We had a nice 15-minute chat, and I was never asked to produce any ID or paperwork for my radio gear. Normally, when I operate from this area or other locations near the USA/Mexico border, I'm visited by Border Patrol agents, but not this time. As I was about to leave this area, a Border Patrol helicopter flew very low over the visitor center heading away from the border area. The drive from the Organ Pipe national monument to Gila Bend, a small town along the I-8 freeway, is a 75-mile drive. On the way north, there are two Border Patrol highway checkpoints, plus the road (Arizona 85) cuts through the east end of an Air Force bombing range where stopping is not allowed except for emergencies. I made the drive in about an hour and a half, and that let me work two AO-85 passes from a McDonald's parking lot near I-8 in Gila Bend to wrap up the day's radio operating. Gila Bend is at the north edge of grid DM32, the grid I worked from earlier in the afternoon before I made it to DM31. The first AO-85 pass I worked, just after 0300 UTC, was probably the busiest AO-85 pass I have worked. I logged QSOs with 11 different stations, and heard a few others I did not work. I used my SDRplay SDR receiver and HDSDR software to hear the downlink, transmitting with my IC-2820H. I made an RF recording of the pass, so I could decode telemetry and upload it later. After the 0300 UTC pass, I had dinner, and then worked the western pass at 0445 UTC for my final pass of the day. Four stations showed up at that hour. When I ran the RF recordings from these passes through FoxTelem this morning, I uploaded a total of 97 data frames to the AMSAT server - a little more than half of them came from the earlier of the two passes. When I made it home just before midnight (0700 UTC), I had driven 416 miles since leaving home at 2.45am (0945 UTC). If I had only driven to the hamfest and back home, I would have had less than 200 miles on the car. The extra driving was nice, especially with the afternoon temperature staying around 80F. I logged 24 QSOs at the hamfest on 6 passes (2 each on AO-73, SO-50, and LilacSat-2), 15 QSOs when I stopped along that highway in grid DM32 on SO-50 and FO-29, 19 QSOs on 3 passes in DM31 (2 SO-50 passes, plus an XW-2F pass), and 15 QSOs on the two AO-85 passes in Gila Bend (DM32pw) in the evening. I enjoy going to hamfests representing AMSAT, and the post- hamfest road trip was a lot of fun. I know there are a few who had hoped I could have made it to DM31 for earlier passes yesterday. With the hamfest being the main reason I was in southern Arizona, the post-hamfest travel was a bonus. I made sure to stretch that into the evening, and that let me operate from a couple of other grids (DM31, DM32) besides the grid the hamfest was in (DM42). I will try to make another run to DM31, when I can work more passes that reach both coasts. All of my QSOs from yesterday's passes have been uploaded to Logbook of the World. If you would like to receive a QSL card for QSOs with me, please e-mail me directly with the QSO details. If you're in the log, I will send a card. I have also posted my RF recordings and other files related to the AO-85 and XW-2F passes I worked yesterday, available at: http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/ Hit the refresh button, or press the F5 key, if the file/folder listing doesn't appear immediately. Other photos from throughout the day were posted on my @WD9EWK Twitter account. If you don't use Twitter, you can still see those photos and other tweets in a web browser: https://twitter.com/WD9EWK Thanks for the QSOs, and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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Dagget Montessori contact reception audio from Raleigh, NC
by John Brier 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

https://soundcloud.com/spacecomms/astronaut-kjell-lindgren-and-dagget-monte… My audio recording/reception of Astronaut Kjell Lindgren talking to students from Dagget Montessori School in Fort Worth, Texas as heard in Raleigh, North Carolina. For continuity, I recorded myself reading the questions the students asked, and spliced them into this recording. I make videos of these receptions too, like this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zixq5yyWH-k I received answers to questions 4 - 10: 4. How does the lack of gravity affect your blood flow? 5. At what age did you decide to become an astronaut and what inspired you to do so? 6. On Earth, we see one sunrise and one sunset a day. How does it change your sleep-wake cycle when you see a sunrise or sunset every 45 minutes? 7. Are there any mechanical or electrical changes in your equipment from Earth's gravity to microgravity? For example, results from the SoRGE. 8. When you miss your family, what do you do to feel comforted? 9. If someone has a critical medical emergency, such as appendicitis, what would you do? 10. How does microgravity affect your digestive system? For example, does your food float to the top of your stomach? 73, KG4AKV

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Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 10, Issue 346
by Todd W. Deckard 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

It's not uncommon to hear Brazilian pirates on FLTSAT and UFO military satcom frequencies. I wonder if the recent crackdowns have pushed them to the OSCARS. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 8, 2015, at 6:46 PM, amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org wrote: > > Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to > amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > amsat-bb-owner(a)amsat.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: FM signal on FO-29? (Zach Leffke) > 2. Re: FM signal on FO-29? (Burns Fisher) > 3. Re: FM signal on FO-29? (Robert Bruninga) > 4. Re: FM signal on FO-29? (Robert Bruninga) > 5. Re: FM signal on FO-29? (Zach Leffke) > 6. Re: FM signal on FO-29? (Hector W5CBF/CO6CBF) > 7. Re: FM signal on FO-29? (Zach Leffke) > 8. Re: FM signal on FO-29? (Zach Leffke) > 9. Re: FM signal on FO-29 (VK4NBL) > 10. Re: Frequency chart and satellite information -online- (Ted) > 11. Fm activity on FO29 (jeffory broughton) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 17:54:28 -0500 > From: Zach Leffke <zleffke(a)vt.edu> > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM signal on FO-29? > Message-ID: <563FD2A4.9050200(a)vt.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to > amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > amsat-bb-owner(a)amsat.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: FM signal on FO-29? (Zach Leffke) > 2. Re: FM signal on FO-29? (Burns Fisher) > 3. Re: FM signal on FO-29? (Robert Bruninga) > 4. Re: FM signal on FO-29? (Robert Bruninga) > 5. Re: FM signal on FO-29? (Zach Leffke) > 6. Re: FM signal on FO-29? (Hector W5CBF/CO6CBF) > 7. Re: FM signal on FO-29? (Zach Leffke) > 8. Re: FM signal on FO-29? (Zach Leffke) > 9. Re: FM signal on FO-29 (VK4NBL) > 10. Re: Frequency chart and satellite information -online- (Ted) > 11. Fm activity on FO29 (jeffory broughton) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 17:54:28 -0500 > From: Zach Leffke <zleffke(a)vt.edu> > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM signal on FO-29? > Message-ID: <563FD2A4.9050200(a)vt.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > well.. when I say students, I meant graduate students at VT that > happened to be in the lab when I was doing the experiment. They work > with me and Bob, so a few crude words here and there aren't uncommon to > them. > > But good point, probably not the best thing for a public demo if your > audience is a bit younger. > > Actually, I've seen so much FM activity (basically every time I've > monitored FO-29 since we first came online in late september) that I've > been toying with the idea of trying to locate where the source emitters > actually are located based on doppler shift data. We know the doppler > between the receiving ground station and FO-29, so we can back that > out. We know the transponder mapping, so we can work through that to > determine what the center frequency is as the signal enters the > transponder uplink receiver. What we don't know is the uplink doppler, > because we don't know where the emitter is and we don't know what exact > center frequency they are on (but I bet you its in 5kHz steps, maybe > 2.5kHz). So we have two unknowns. I'm betting there's a way to work > through it though, and with enough observations and by watching the rate > of change of the doppler, I bet there's a way to make an educated guess > on what their center freq and location are. > > Or if someone listening knows Spanish and/or Portugese, maybe we could > get lucky and hear what cross streets the taxi is going to (if it is in > fact a taxi). > > -Zach, KJ4QLP > >> On 11/08/2015 05:30 PM, Clayton W5PFG wrote: >> I wouldn't recommend playing the FM audio heard via FO-29 to a group >> of children. Normally it's not English. It's most likely NOT a >> religious broadcast based on their choice of crude words. >> >> 73 >> Clayton >> W5PFG >> >>> On 11/8/2015 16:13, Zach Leffke wrote: >>> So yes, in the last couple weeks I've seen a LOT of FM activity on >>> FO-29. And based on my experience with Friday's pass, which was >>> ascending, I'm leading towards the Central/South America QRM theory. >>> Lots of strong FM activity as the pass started and the satellite was >>> over the lower latitudes, but as FO-29 ascended over higher latitudes >>> towards the north pole, the FM activity died down. >>> >>> -Zach, KJ4QLP >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 18:04:49 -0500 > From: Burns Fisher <burns(a)fisher.cc> > To: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm(a)arrl.net> > Cc: Clayton W5PFG <w5pfg(a)amsat.org>, "amsat-bb(a)amsat.org" > <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM signal on FO-29? > Message-ID: > <CABX7KxWCRhJ+3093GEruVQcBgLhpHhQYqGR9bLmAgTC+4hy3QQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Fun and interesting! AO85 and AO73 have been coinciding frequently of > late, but they are not compatible. > >> On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 5:33 PM, Paul Stoetzer <n8hm(a)arrl.net> wrote: >> Speaking of FM signals on FO-29, you'll be able to hear the AO-85 >> transponder through FO-29 when their paths cross as well. I wonder if >> you could get a high enough SNR to decode the DUV... >> >> 73, >> >> Paul, N8HM >> >>> On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 5:30 PM, Clayton W5PFG <w5pfg(a)amsat.org> wrote: >>> I wouldn't recommend playing the FM audio heard via FO-29 to a group of >>> children. Normally it's not English. It's most likely NOT a religious >>> broadcast based on their choice of crude words. >>> >>> 73 >>> Clayton >>> W5PFG >>> >>>> On 11/8/2015 16:13, Zach Leffke wrote: >>>> >>>> So yes, in the last couple weeks I've seen a LOT of FM activity on >>>> FO-29. And based on my experience with Friday's pass, which was >>>> ascending, I'm leading towards the Central/South America QRM theory. >>>> Lots of strong FM activity as the pass started and the satellite was >>>> over the lower latitudes, but as FO-29 ascended over higher latitudes >>>> towards the north pole, the FM activity died down. >>>> >>>> -Zach, KJ4QLP >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 18:10:48 -0500 > From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga(a)usna.edu> > To: Zach Leffke <zleffke(a)vt.edu> > Cc: amsat bb <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM signal on FO-29? > Message-ID: > <CALdCfNK9ctph66fy-=+Cd4k6oPxYM4rUVVUNwbCduPtWdzLmKA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Zach > >> On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Zach Leffke <zleffke(a)vt.edu> wrote: >> >> well.. when I say students, I meant graduate students at VT that happened >> to be in the lab when I was doing the experiment. They work with me and >> Bob, so a few crude words here and there aren't uncommon to them. >> >> But good point, probably not the best thing for a public demo if your >> audience is a bit younger. >> >> Actually, I've seen so much FM activity (basically every time I've >> monitored FO-29 since we first came online in late september) that I've >> been toying with the idea of trying to locate where the source emitters >> actually are located based on doppler shift data. We know the doppler >> between the receiving ground station and FO-29, so we can back that out. >> We know the transponder mapping, so we can work through that to determine >> what the center frequency is as the signal enters the transponder uplink >> receiver. What we don't know is the uplink doppler, because we don't know >> where the emitter is and we don't know what exact center frequency they are >> on (but I bet you its in 5kHz steps, maybe 2.5kHz). So we have two >> unknowns. I'm betting there's a way to work through it though, and with >> enough observations and by watching the rate of change of the doppler, I >> bet there's a way to make an educated guess on what their center freq and >> location are. >> >> Or if someone listening knows Spanish and/or Portugese, maybe we could get >> lucky and hear what cross streets the taxi is going to (if it is in fact a >> taxi). >> >> -Zach, KJ4QLP >> >>> On 11/08/2015 05:30 PM, Clayton W5PFG wrote: >>> >>> I wouldn't recommend playing the FM audio heard via FO-29 to a group of >>> children. Normally it's not English. It's most likely NOT a religious >>> broadcast based on their choice of crude words. >>> >>> 73 >>> Clayton >>> W5PFG >>> >>>> On 11/8/2015 16:13, Zach Leffke wrote: >>>> >>>> So yes, in the last couple weeks I've seen a LOT of FM activity on >>>> FO-29. And based on my experience with Friday's pass, which was >>>> ascending, I'm leading towards the Central/South America QRM theory. >>>> Lots of strong FM activity as the pass started and the satellite was >>>> over the lower latitudes, but as FO-29 ascended over higher latitudes >>>> towards the north pole, the FM activity died down. >>>> >>>> -Zach, KJ4QLP >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. 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Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 18:12:35 -0500 > From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga(a)usna.edu> > To: Zach Leffke <zleffke(a)vt.edu> > Cc: amsat bb <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM signal on FO-29? > Message-ID: > <CALdCfN+cyT1Cj_KYyeXisB_Hds5runD6fOoRfkLuohdfSC+u6Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Zach > You dont need to know the senders exact freq, just a plot of his freq > during the pass will form an "S" curve and once you have enough of the "S", > you can know his center freq, and hence his closest point of approach. > That gives a line of bearing. Anothe pass gives another one, and so on... > > bob > >> On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Zach Leffke <zleffke(a)vt.edu> wrote: >> >> well.. when I say students, I meant graduate students at VT that happened >> to be in the lab when I was doing the experiment. They work with me and >> Bob, so a few crude words here and there aren't uncommon to them. >> >> But good point, probably not the best thing for a public demo if your >> audience is a bit younger. >> >> Actually, I've seen so much FM activity (basically every time I've >> monitored FO-29 since we first came online in late september) that I've >> been toying with the idea of trying to locate where the source emitters >> actually are located based on doppler shift data. We know the doppler >> between the receiving ground station and FO-29, so we can back that out. >> We know the transponder mapping, so we can work through that to determine >> what the center frequency is as the signal enters the transponder uplink >> receiver. What we don't know is the uplink doppler, because we don't know >> where the emitter is and we don't know what exact center frequency they are >> on (but I bet you its in 5kHz steps, maybe 2.5kHz). So we have two >> unknowns. I'm betting there's a way to work through it though, and with >> enough observations and by watching the rate of change of the doppler, I >> bet there's a way to make an educated guess on what their center freq and >> location are. >> >> Or if someone listening knows Spanish and/or Portugese, maybe we could get >> lucky and hear what cross streets the taxi is going to (if it is in fact a >> taxi). >> >> -Zach, KJ4QLP >> >>> On 11/08/2015 05:30 PM, Clayton W5PFG wrote: >>> >>> I wouldn't recommend playing the FM audio heard via FO-29 to a group of >>> children. Normally it's not English. It's most likely NOT a religious >>> broadcast based on their choice of crude words. >>> >>> 73 >>> Clayton >>> W5PFG >>> >>>> On 11/8/2015 16:13, Zach Leffke wrote: >>>> >>>> So yes, in the last couple weeks I've seen a LOT of FM activity on >>>> FO-29. And based on my experience with Friday's pass, which was >>>> ascending, I'm leading towards the Central/South America QRM theory. >>>> Lots of strong FM activity as the pass started and the satellite was >>>> over the lower latitudes, but as FO-29 ascended over higher latitudes >>>> towards the north pole, the FM activity died down. >>>> >>>> -Zach, KJ4QLP >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 18:30:33 -0500 > From: Zach Leffke <zleffke(a)vt.edu> > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM signal on FO-29? > Message-ID: <563FDB19.7070501(a)vt.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > Sweet, second cross link signal to look into! I missed that, you got > the gears turning....... > > So lets see.... 145.900MHz to 146.000MHz for FO-29 passband. > > A quick look through JE9PEL satlist reveals these downlinks: > > AO73 tlm bcn, 145.935 MHz > AO73 transponder, 145.970-145.950 MHz > AO85, 145.978 MHz > First-MOVE cubesat (NORAD ID 39439), 145.970MHz > DUCHIFAT, 145.980 MHz > QB50p1/FUNcube3 (EO-79) transponder, 145.970-145.945 MHz > VELOX-I, 145.980 MHz > UKube-1/FUNcube-2, 145.915 MHz > DeorbitSail, 145.975 MHz > CAS-3E (XW-2E) transponder, 145.935-145.915 MHz > CAS-3F (XW-2F) transponder, 146.000-146.980 MHz > Fox-1B, 145.960 MHz > Fox-1C, 145.920 MHz > > I guess its not that surprising when FO-29 has half of the 2m Satellite > Service allocation for its uplink. Next thing to do is figure out which > ones are the most likely to be successful based on power levels, > modulation schemes, transmission rate, which ones are using Forward > Error Correction, etc. And then look at the orbits for possible chain > events. > > fun stuff! > > Does anyone know the uplink receiver sensitivity and antenna gain/design > on FO-29? > > -Zach, KJ4QLP > > >> On 11/08/2015 05:33 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: >> Speaking of FM signals on FO-29, you'll be able to hear the AO-85 >> transponder through FO-29 when their paths cross as well. I wonder if >> you could get a high enough SNR to decode the DUV... >> >> 73, >> >> Paul, N8HM >> >>> On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 5:30 PM, Clayton W5PFG <w5pfg(a)amsat.org> wrote: >>> I wouldn't recommend playing the FM audio heard via FO-29 to a group of >>> children. Normally it's not English. It's most likely NOT a religious >>> broadcast based on their choice of crude words. >>> >>> 73 >>> Clayton >>> W5PFG >>> >>>> On 11/8/2015 16:13, Zach Leffke wrote: >>>> So yes, in the last couple weeks I've seen a LOT of FM activity on >>>> FO-29. And based on my experience with Friday's pass, which was >>>> ascending, I'm leading towards the Central/South America QRM theory. >>>> Lots of strong FM activity as the pass started and the satellite was >>>> over the lower latitudes, but as FO-29 ascended over higher latitudes >>>> towards the north pole, the FM activity died down. >>>> >>>> -Zach, KJ4QLP >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 17:34:43 -0600 > From: "Hector W5CBF/CO6CBF" <kf5yxv(a)gmail.com> > To: "'Zach Leffke'" <zleffke(a)vt.edu>, <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM signal on FO-29? > Message-ID: <01dd01d11a7e$0d033310$27099930$(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Zach and group > > I think, the main problem is they are not always the same stations. I have > heard several different stations in terrestrial QSOs QRMing FO-29; majority > of them speaking Spanish and without any kind of ID. I have not heard them > recently, though. > > 73! > > Hector, CO6CBF/W5CBF > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] En nombre de Zach Leffke > Enviado el: Sunday, November 08, 2015 4:54 PM > Para: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Asunto: Re: [amsat-bb] FM signal on FO-29? > > well.. when I say students, I meant graduate students at VT that happened to > be in the lab when I was doing the experiment. They work with me and Bob, > so a few crude words here and there aren't uncommon to them. > > But good point, probably not the best thing for a public demo if your > audience is a bit younger. > > Actually, I've seen so much FM activity (basically every time I've monitored > FO-29 since we first came online in late september) that I've been toying > with the idea of trying to locate where the source emitters actually are > located based on doppler shift data. We know the doppler between the > receiving ground station and FO-29, so we can back that out. We know the > transponder mapping, so we can work through that to determine what the > center frequency is as the signal enters the transponder uplink receiver. > What we don't know is the uplink doppler, because we don't know where the > emitter is and we don't know what exact center frequency they are on (but I > bet you its in 5kHz steps, maybe 2.5kHz). So we have two unknowns. I'm > betting there's a way to work through it though, and with enough > observations and by watching the rate of change of the doppler, I bet > there's a way to make an educated guess on what their center freq and > location are. > > Or if someone listening knows Spanish and/or Portugese, maybe we could get > lucky and hear what cross streets the taxi is going to (if it is in fact a > taxi). > > -Zach, KJ4QLP > >> On 11/08/2015 05:30 PM, Clayton W5PFG wrote: >> I wouldn't recommend playing the FM audio heard via FO-29 to a group >> of children. Normally it's not English. It's most likely NOT a >> religious broadcast based on their choice of crude words. >> >> 73 >> Clayton >> W5PFG >> >>> On 11/8/2015 16:13, Zach Leffke wrote: >>> So yes, in the last couple weeks I've seen a LOT of FM activity on >>> FO-29. And based on my experience with Friday's pass, which was >>> ascending, I'm leading towards the Central/South America QRM theory. >>> Lots of strong FM activity as the pass started and the satellite was >>> over the lower latitudes, but as FO-29 ascended over higher latitudes >>> towards the north pole, the FM activity died down. >>> >>> -Zach, KJ4QLP >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 18:40:48 -0500 > From: Zach Leffke <zleffke(a)vt.edu> > To: Hector W5CBF/CO6CBF <kf5yxv(a)gmail.com>, amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM signal on FO-29? > Message-ID: <563FDD80.1010702(a)vt.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > That makes sense Hector. I've seen the FM activity kind of all over the > transponder. More so than I would expect if it was the same transmitter > each time on the same frequency and the different pass geometries > causing a bit of swing due to doppler. > > > -Zach, KJ4QLP > >> On 11/08/2015 06:34 PM, Hector W5CBF/CO6CBF wrote: >> Hi Zach and group >> >> I think, the main problem is they are not always the same stations. I have >> heard several different stations in terrestrial QSOs QRMing FO-29; majority >> of them speaking Spanish and without any kind of ID. I have not heard them >> recently, though. >> >> 73! >> >> Hector, CO6CBF/W5CBF >> >> -----Mensaje original----- >> De: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] En nombre de Zach Leffke >> Enviado el: Sunday, November 08, 2015 4:54 PM >> Para: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org >> Asunto: Re: [amsat-bb] FM signal on FO-29? >> >> well.. when I say students, I meant graduate students at VT that happened to >> be in the lab when I was doing the experiment. They work with me and Bob, >> so a few crude words here and there aren't uncommon to them. >> >> But good point, probably not the best thing for a public demo if your >> audience is a bit younger. >> >> Actually, I've seen so much FM activity (basically every time I've monitored >> FO-29 since we first came online in late september) that I've been toying >> with the idea of trying to locate where the source emitters actually are >> located based on doppler shift data. We know the doppler between the >> receiving ground station and FO-29, so we can back that out. We know the >> transponder mapping, so we can work through that to determine what the >> center frequency is as the signal enters the transponder uplink receiver. >> What we don't know is the uplink doppler, because we don't know where the >> emitter is and we don't know what exact center frequency they are on (but I >> bet you its in 5kHz steps, maybe 2.5kHz). So we have two unknowns. I'm >> betting there's a way to work through it though, and with enough >> observations and by watching the rate of change of the doppler, I bet >> there's a way to make an educated guess on what their center freq and >> location are. >> >> Or if someone listening knows Spanish and/or Portugese, maybe we could get >> lucky and hear what cross streets the taxi is going to (if it is in fact a >> taxi). >> >> -Zach, KJ4QLP >> >>> On 11/08/2015 05:30 PM, Clayton W5PFG wrote: >>> I wouldn't recommend playing the FM audio heard via FO-29 to a group >>> of children. Normally it's not English. It's most likely NOT a >>> religious broadcast based on their choice of crude words. >>> >>> 73 >>> Clayton >>> W5PFG >>> >>>> On 11/8/2015 16:13, Zach Leffke wrote: >>>> So yes, in the last couple weeks I've seen a LOT of FM activity on >>>> FO-29. And based on my experience with Friday's pass, which was >>>> ascending, I'm leading towards the Central/South America QRM theory. >>>> Lots of strong FM activity as the pass started and the satellite was >>>> over the lower latitudes, but as FO-29 ascended over higher latitudes >>>> towards the north pole, the FM activity died down. >>>> >>>> -Zach, KJ4QLP >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 18:55:00 -0500 > From: Zach Leffke <zleffke(a)vt.edu> > To: Robert Bruninga <bruninga(a)usna.edu> > Cc: amsat bb <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM signal on FO-29? > Message-ID: <563FE0D4.5020503(a)vt.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Good point Bob. I haven't fully worked through the problem yet, but > thats pretty much right in line with what I'm thinking. Thats what I > meant by saying watching the 'rate of change of doppler.' When the > slope of the doppler s-curve is at a maximum, that should be the point > of closest approach. > > Actually, that brings up a question. Do you know what type of equation > would fit the doppler S-Curve profile? something that could be used to > generate a regression equation from a few doppler observations? > > -Zach, KJ4QLP > > >> On 11/08/2015 06:12 PM, Robert Bruninga wrote: >> Zach >> You dont need to know the senders exact freq, just a plot of his freq >> during the pass will form an "S" curve and once you have enough of the >> "S", you can know his center freq, and hence his closest point of >> approach. That gives a line of bearing. Anothe pass gives another >> one, and so on... >> >> bob >> >> On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Zach Leffke <zleffke(a)vt.edu >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> well.. when I say students, I meant graduate students at VT that >> happened to be in the lab when I was doing the experiment. They >> work with me and Bob, so a few crude words here and there aren't >> uncommon to them. >> >> But good point, probably not the best thing for a public demo if >> your audience is a bit younger. >> >> Actually, I've seen so much FM activity (basically every time I've >> monitored FO-29 since we first came online in late september) that >> I've been toying with the idea of trying to locate where the >> source emitters actually are located based on doppler shift data. >> We know the doppler between the receiving ground station and >> FO-29, so we can back that out. We know the transponder mapping, >> so we can work through that to determine what the center frequency >> is as the signal enters the transponder uplink receiver. What we >> don't know is the uplink doppler, because we don't know where the >> emitter is and we don't know what exact center frequency they are >> on (but I bet you its in 5kHz steps, maybe 2.5kHz). So we have >> two unknowns. I'm betting there's a way to work through it though, >> and with enough observations and by watching the rate of change of >> the doppler, I bet there's a way to make an educated guess on what >> their center freq and location are. >> >> Or if someone listening knows Spanish and/or Portugese, maybe we >> could get lucky and hear what cross streets the taxi is going to >> (if it is in fact a taxi). >> >> -Zach, KJ4QLP >> >> On 11/08/2015 05:30 PM, Clayton W5PFG wrote: >> >> I wouldn't recommend playing the FM audio heard via FO-29 to a >> group of children. Normally it's not English. It's most >> likely NOT a religious broadcast based on their choice of >> crude words. >> >> 73 >> Clayton >> W5PFG >> >> On 11/8/2015 16:13, Zach Leffke wrote: >> >> So yes, in the last couple weeks I've seen a LOT of FM >> activity on >> FO-29. And based on my experience with Friday's pass, >> which was >> ascending, I'm leading towards the Central/South America >> QRM theory. >> Lots of strong FM activity as the pass started and the >> satellite was >> over the lower latitudes, but as FO-29 ascended over >> higher latitudes >> towards the north pole, the FM activity died down. >> >> -Zach, KJ4QLP >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org <mailto:[email protected]>. >> 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 <mailto:[email protected]>. 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 >> >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 10:21:57 +1000 > From: VK4NBL <vk4nbl(a)bigpond.com> > To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM signal on FO-29 > Message-ID: <BLU436-SMTP20894C252E8F97C94778D4685150(a)phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > > With regards to FM signals on FO-29, we can also here them here in > Australia. > This is most noticeable when the Sat is travelling South to North. > When it gets above Northern Queensland all we can hear is Indonesian fishing > boats on the 2m uplink. > It does suck the power from the Sat and usually ends some very good QSO's > long before LOS. > > 73 > Peter > vk4nbl > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 16:30:59 -0800 > From: "Ted" <k7trkradio(a)charter.net> > To: "'Stefan Wagener'" <wageners(a)gmail.com>, "'AMSAT BB'" > <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Frequency chart and satellite information > -online- > Message-ID: <000801d11a85$e8322cf0$b89686d0$(a)charter.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Good stuff, Stefan...tnx! > 73, K7trk > > -----Original Message----- > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stefan > Wagener > Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2015 6:12 AM > To: AMSAT BB > Subject: [amsat-bb] Frequency chart and satellite information -online- > > Hi folks, > > Some of the most comprehensive and very frequently updated sources of > amateur radio satellite information can be found here: > > 1. From Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL > > http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/satslist.htm > > 2. From Mike Rupprecht, DK3WN > > http://www.dk3wn.info/satellites.shtml > > Bookmarked on my Mac for immediate access :-) > > Stefan, VE4NSA > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 19:46:38 -0500 > From: jeffory broughton <jefforybroughton(a)gmail.com> > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] Fm activity on FO29 > Message-ID: > <CACm2je12MnYrso645LUPCBvn58vCNsjingQA1DZpy+rgq5KXFg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > A couple weeks ago . fo29 made a pass over canada.I am in michigan and I > was barely in the footprint when I clearly heard two guys loading trucks on > the upper end of the transponder .it almost had to be coming from canada. > > jeff broughton > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via amsat-bb(a)amsat.org. > AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. 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by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at BORG Monsbergergasse, Graz, Austria on 09 Nov. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:42 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 direct between OR4ISS and OE0ARISS. The contact should be audible Austria 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 BORG Monsbergergasse is a grammar school in Graz, Monsbergergasse 16. Graz is the second largest city in Austria, located in the southeast of the country. The school can easily be reached from everywhere in Graz using public transport. About 800 students attend the school and there are about 100 teachers. Our students can choose between 5 different areas of interest: sports, science, music, art and informatics. After four to five years the students graduate from school after taking their A-levels. The school offers a fantastic infrastructure for the students. Apart from the classrooms there is a lab, a library and a cafeteria. There are special computer rooms, four gyms and outside there are several courts for doing sports. Besides there is a garden to relax in the breaks. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows 1. If the astronauts did not train on the ISS which consequences would they have to face back on earth? 2. What measures are taken when an astronaut gets sick? 3. What kind of food are the astronauts allowed to eat? 4. What is your favourite food in space? 5. What is your daily routine on the ISS? 6. Do you wear special clothes on the ISS? 7. What do you do in your spare time? 8. People on water might suffer from seasickness. Is there a similar sickness in space? 9. Can you describe your feelings and emotions when you see the earth from above? 10. Do you think it will be possible for civilians to visit the space in the near future? 11. Do you miss your family and friends? 12. Can you think of any moments when you wanted to leave the ISS and return home? 13. What kind of research are you doing these days? 14. Which experiments do you consider the most interesting ones? 15. Do you also have fun on the ISS? 16. Have you ever noticed anything weird outside the ISS? 17. What are the risks of working in space? Does the ISS have an emergency escape system? 18. What would happen if there was a fire on ISS? 19. Does it sometimes happen that you forget something on earth which you would need in space? 20. Why do the times of overflight-forecasts sometimes change? 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. Ste. Genevieve du Bois Catholic Elementary School, Warson Woods, Missouri, The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS The contact is a go for: Thu , 12Nov2015 16:25 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program visit the ARISS website at ariss.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Fm activity on FO29
by jeffory broughton 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

A couple weeks ago . fo29 made a pass over canada.I am in michigan and I was barely in the footprint when I clearly heard two guys loading trucks on the upper end of the transponder .it almost had to be coming from canada. jeff broughton

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Frequency chart and satellite information -online-
by Stefan Wagener 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

Hi folks, Some of the most comprehensive and very frequently updated sources of amateur radio satellite information can be found here: 1. From Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/satslist.htm 2. From Mike Rupprecht, DK3WN http://www.dk3wn.info/satellites.shtml Bookmarked on my Mac for immediate access :-) Stefan, VE4NSA

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Re: [amsat-bb] FM signal on FO-29
by VK4NBL 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

With regards to FM signals on FO-29, we can also here them here in Australia. This is most noticeable when the Sat is travelling South to North. When it gets above Northern Queensland all we can hear is Indonesian fishing boats on the 2m uplink. It does suck the power from the Sat and usually ends some very good QSO's long before LOS. 73 Peter vk4nbl

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FUNcube-1 Mode
by Graham Shirville 08 Nov '15

08 Nov '15

Hi All, Just to confirm that FUNcube-1 was returned to automatic mode during the 2100UTC pass over Europe this evening. The transponder and low power telemetry will now be available when the spacecraft is in eclipse and the high power telemetry only when in sunlight. 73 Graham G3VZV

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Re: [amsat-bb] AO-85 "reset" during pass
by Daniel Estévez 08 Nov '15

08 Nov '15

I'm a bit doubtful on the no 67Hz on input theory. There were several stations trying to hit the satellite, including me. I was using only 5W, so perhaps the satellite won't lock to my 67Hz tone except in good conditions, but the other stations were probably using more power. El 08/11/15 a las 18:19, David G0MRF escribió: > I think that just means there was no 67Hz on the input to start the 1 > minute timer. > > However, there were some mails about testing another mode yesterday, so > the answer may be there. > > 73 > > David > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Estévez <daniel(a)destevez.net> > To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Sent: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 14:37 > Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 "reset" during pass > > Hi all, An unusual thing happened during AO-85 last pass over Europe, at > about 14:20 UTC or so. The transponder stopped working and the satellite > went silent for about a minute. Then came the voice announcement in the > lines of "Hi! This is radio amateur satellite Fox 1", and some seconds > later the transponder started working again. I'm sorry that I have no > telemetry recording of the pass to try to see what happened. 73, Dani > M0HXM/EA4GPZ. _______________________________________________ Sent via > AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org <mailto:[email protected]>. AMSAT-NA makes this open > forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring > membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do > not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join > now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: > http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >

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Re: [amsat-bb] AO-7
by Eduardo Erlemann 08 Nov '15

08 Nov '15

Hi Drew, thanks for the qso GG66 <> EL88 Not too much noise was necessary, that was relatively easy :) Uploading qso to LoTW in a few minutes. 73 Ed PY2RN GG66 -------------------------------------------- On Sun, 11/8/15, Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner(a)mindspring.com> wrote: Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] AO-7 To: "'Eduardo Erlemann'" <sasb.geo(a)yahoo.com>, "'Gustavo Nicolau'" <bombeiro.gustavo(a)gmail.com> Cc: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Date: Sunday, November 8, 2015, 5:38 PM Ed, I will look for you at my AOS, please make lots of noise! 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eduardo Erlemann via AMSAT-BB Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2015 2:34 PM To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org; Gustavo Nicolau Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-7 I will be QRV as well. 73 Ed PY2RN GG66 -------------------------------------------- On Sun, 11/8/15, Gustavo Nicolau <bombeiro.gustavo(a)gmail.com> wrote: Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-7 To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Date: Sunday, November 8, 2015, 2:06 PM Hello to all, gud condictions today for NA via AO7. I'm in QRV. 73 de PT9BM. _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Re: [amsat-bb] AO-7
by Eduardo Erlemann 08 Nov '15

08 Nov '15

I will be QRV as well. 73 Ed PY2RN GG66 -------------------------------------------- On Sun, 11/8/15, Gustavo Nicolau <bombeiro.gustavo(a)gmail.com> wrote: Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-7 To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Date: Sunday, November 8, 2015, 2:06 PM Hello to all, gud condictions today for NA via AO7. I'm in QRV. 73 de PT9BM. _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Video: ISS reception with Dearborn Public Schools
by John Brier 08 Nov '15

08 Nov '15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zixq5yyWH-k My goal with this one was to get it under 10 minutes since even that is long for the Internet. So it doesn't have much explanation of the setup like some of my other longer videos. I'm thinking of making a video just describing all the parts and how they work and referencing that at the end of each reception video and then linking it in the description and within the video. 73, John, KG4AKV

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QB50 project 2016
by Mineo Wakita 08 Nov '15

08 Nov '15

For the purpose of the demonstration and development of CubeSats of the technology of the universities around the world, it is scheduled to be launched all 50 satellites by Ukraine Tsiklon-4 rocket on February 1, 2016. There are still also uncertainties, but I, JE9PEL investigated the current frequencies and summarized it in an Excel file. I'm going to issue in the future this revised version. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/51106qb5.png http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/51106qb5.xls http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/#1602 JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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UN on satellite
by Mike Seguin 08 Nov '15

08 Nov '15

I'm working on an article for the AMSAT Journal on the 4U70UN satellite activation. Does anyone know when/if the UN has ever been activated on satellite before? I think it has, but I don't see anything in my logs that go back to the mid 90's. Tnx, Mike -- 73, Mike, N1JEZ "A closed mouth gathers no feet"

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AO-85
by James Lea - WX4TV 08 Nov '15

08 Nov '15

That's a HOT downlink! Hope copied Drew off the side of her Arrow at 3.6 from LOS and the bird was behind the house. Drew, you sounded good in repeater mode. James Lea Sent from my iPhone

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dumbest questions in the world
by Pedro Converso 08 Nov '15

08 Nov '15

Hello, It is not a dumb question, is what most starting bird chasers' ask. Trying solve this question I made a simple & free one screen application showing at a glance most required information. You can try it at http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm Will show in your local time what next passes are coming. If you click on a satellite icon, will see azimuth/elevation + graphics, modes, doppler adjusted uplink/downlink frequencies, and a beep alerting coming or leaving satellites. Good luck with your renewed interest on the birds !! Best 73, lu7abf, Pedro Converso

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AO-85 "reset" during pass
by Daniel Estévez 08 Nov '15

08 Nov '15

Hi all, An unusual thing happened during AO-85 last pass over Europe, at about 14:20 UTC or so. The transponder stopped working and the satellite went silent for about a minute. Then came the voice announcement in the lines of "Hi! This is radio amateur satellite Fox 1", and some seconds later the transponder started working again. I'm sorry that I have no telemetry recording of the pass to try to see what happened. 73, Dani M0HXM/EA4GPZ.

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Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 10, Issue 342
by Todd W. Deckard 08 Nov '15

08 Nov '15

Greetings All Pedro - this site is wonderful. It's much better than I was trying to build for myself to serve the same purpose. Thanks for sharing it. >You can try it at >http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm > >Will show in your local >time what next passes are >coming. > > On Nov 7, 2015, at 8:38 PM, amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org wrote: > > > You can try it at http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm > > Will show in your local time what next passes are coming.

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Link Budget
by Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW 08 Nov '15

08 Nov '15

I hope we can get Molyina/HEO bird. I would prefer a molyina orbit satellite over a geo satellite because I thinks it would be more interesting and fun to work, and everyone on earth can get a chance to use it hense AO-40's Named "International Satellite". If we were to put a satellite into lunar orbit it would not be possible to use for regular hams but would be very interesting and a big step for AMSAT. Hopefully we can get P3E up in orbit so we can have alot of fun.

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ANS-312 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by E.Mike McCardel 08 Nov '15

08 Nov '15

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-312 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: * AO-85 Testing November 8 and 9 * US Radio Amateurs Back in Space and SA AMSAT Kletskous Update * SAREX Reflector Has Been Shut Down * ISS Astronauts Link-Up with ITU WRC-15 in Geneva * Help Wanted Astronauts * QB50 project 2016 * BRICSAT-1 recovery challenge * Hawaii Launch of Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio Payloads Fails * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-312 ANS-312 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 312 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. November 8, 2015 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-312 AO-85 Testing November 8 and 9 *Summary of AO-85 testing:* * Please do not try to uplink to AO-85 during the following times (all of which occur while AO-85 is over North America) even though the transponder will be active and you may hear activity. *Sunday November 8, 15:35 through 15:55 UTC* *Sunday November 8, 17:15 through 17:35 UTC* *Monday November 9, 00:05 through 00:25 UTC* *Monday November 9, 01:45 through 02:10 UTC* All dates and times are UTC, all passes are Sunday local time in North America. Stations in North, Central, and northern South America are asked to comply. You are encouraged to copy telemetry with FoxTelem during these times to forward to the server to help us analyze the test results. *Details of this AO-85 testing:* Sunday, November 8 and into early Monday, November 9 (UTC) the Fox-1 Engineering Team will be testing the COR (carrier operated relay) mode of AO-85. COR is the backup to the IHU failing, if IHU fails AO- 85 should continue operating as a simple COR repeater with no CTCSS necessary as long as there is power. In COR mode no telemetry or voice ID is present because those are generated by the IHU. Orbit 443 ascending, at approximately 15:35 UTC over North America we will test a telemetry high/low reset command. Following the command look for Ground Resets = 2 in the Computer window of FoxTelem. Once that is confirmed, we will command the IHU OFF on the same pass. Please keep the uplink clear in order to help us test and monitor the telemetry. Orbit 444 ascending, at approximately 17:15 UTC over North America AMSAT command and engineering stations will test the COR mode on the air to observe performance. Please keep the uplink clear so that we may test without interference, to expedite the testing and allow for good measurements. We may command IHU ON during the pass in order to observe battery voltage in the telemetry. Please have FoxTelem running even if there is no telemetry seen, it may turn on at any time during this pass. Orbit 448 descending, at approximately 00:05 UTC Monday over North America we will command AO-85 IHU ON. Please keep the uplink clear in order to help us test and monitor the telemetry after the IHU is turned on. Orbit 449 descending, at approximately 01:45 UTC Monday over North America if we were unable to command IHU ON on orbit 448, we will attempt to command again. Please keep the uplink clear in order to help us test and monitor the telemetry after the IHU is turned on. During the testing stations outside North, Central and northern South America are invited to use the COR repeater mode and share your assessment of AO-85 receive sensitivity and audio on amsat-bb. Stations in North, Central, and northern South America may use the COR repeater on orbits 445 through 447 and are also invited to share your assessment of AO-85 receive sensitivity and audio on amsat-bb. Please share this widely to help reach everyone who may be operating AO-85. The AO-85 team thanks you for your support. [ANS thanks Jerry N0JY for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- US Radio Amateurs Back in Space and SA AMSAT Kletskous Update The launch of the Fox 1A CubeSat on 8 October 2015 marked the return of satellites built by AMSAT North America (Amateur Radio Satellite Corporation). US amateurs were the first to build and launch satellites just a few years after the Russians stunned the world with Sputnik 1 in 1957. For several decades they led the pack and built bigger and better satellite. That that came to an end some five years ago when free rides into space dried up. AMSAT had to refocus its activities and look at CubeSat as the best alternative possible option as free and more affordable launches became available. One of the options is the NASA ELaNa program. NASA and the Launch Services Program are partnering with several universities to launch small research satellites. These missions provide NASA with valuable opportunities to test emerging technologies and economical commercial off-the-shelf components that may be useful in future space missions. NASA nanosatellites are designed for a wide spectrum of space missions, including biology experiments, testing advanced propulsion and communications technologies. CubeSats are only 10 x 10 x 10 cm and weigh under 1,3 kg. NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida has adapted the Poly-Picosatellite Orbital Deployer (PPOD) to put these CubeSats into orbit. This deployment system was designed and is manufactured by the California Polytechnic State University in partnership with Stanford University. Fox-1A was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base as part of the ELaNa-XII group of satellites. In addition, Fox-1C and Fox-1D are now scheduled to fly together under contract with Spaceflight, which is expected to launch in first quarter 2016. Fox 1B also known as RadFXSat has been assigned a launch that is currently expected to take place in November 2016 from Vandenberg Air Force Base as part of ELaNa-XIV. “The next 14 months will be rewarding ones for our volunteers, who spent countless hours designing, documenting, collaborating, fabricating, testing and integrating ourFox-1 design into flight hardware,” AMSAT president Barry Baines said. “These satellites will be used by radio amateurs, students, and scientists who will benefit from amateur radio capabilities on board, educational opportunities that our spacecraft can provide to the classroom, and the scientific data that will be available from payloads on board provided by university students and faculties,” he said. Organizationally, AMSAT has benefited tremendously from the Fox-1 program as it provides the basis for training anew generation of satellite builders who are now seasoned veterans, capable of tackling more complex and challenging projects. “AMSAT’s reputation as a satellite innovator is enhanced as the Fox-1 design allows seamless integration of scientific payloads that can benefit from a reliable communications downlink capable of low speed and high speed data transmissions,” Baines said. Fox-1A is the first FM repeater satellite in a 1U CubeSat form factor, capable of sending low speed telemetry as well as payload data while the FM repeater is in normal amateur service. Fox-1B will fly with the Vanderbilt University radiation experiments expected in 2016. Fox-1C will launch on Spaceflight’s maiden mission of the SHERPA multi-cubesat deployer planned for the 1st quarter of 2016. U- and L-band uplinks with the VHF band downlink will be available. Fox-1D will launch with Fox-1C. It will include the University of Iowa HERCI experiment. IA Virginia Tech camera will also be included. U- and L- band uplinks with the VHF band downlink will be available. Fox-1E “Evolution” will carry a Mode J linear transponder. The transponder is planned to be 30 kHz wide and will also have a 1200 bps BPSK telemetry beacon. South African AMSAT’s (SA AMSAT) CubeSat, named Kletskous (chatterbox) is making good progress with the third generation space frame to be completed before the end of the year. Good progress is being made with all the subsystems and it is expected that by the end of February 2016, a breadboard layout will be tested. The breadboard layout is also referred to as flatsat as all the subsystems are wired together on the test bench and tested as a fully operational satellite. SA AMSAT is also planning to include experimental projects and is inviting high school learners and tertiary education students to submit proposals for their science project to be included in Kletskous and make use of the transponder facilities to have the data of their projects downloaded as part of the telemetry stream. Because of the size of a CubeSat and the limited power budget available, proposals must be for projects which have few components and require little power. For more details about Kletskous visit www.amsatsa.org.za. Proposals should be submitted to saamsat(a)intekom.co.za and reach the Kletskous team by 28 February 2016. See: http://www.ee.co.za/article/us-radio-amateurs-back-space.html [ANS thanks Hans, ZS6AKV for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- SAREX Reflector Has Been Shut Down As previously announced the SAREX Reflector was shut down November 1. What follows is Frank Bauer's KA3HDO, AMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs and the ARISS International Chair, final comments to the SAREX Reflector. "SAREX Reflector Participants: As previously announced, on November 1, 2015 we are shutting down the SAREX Reflector for future message postings. This posting represents the SAREX reflector’s last message. It is not clear when the SAREX reflector was first started, but from a query to Paul Williamson, who started all the AMSAT reflectors, it has been in operation since at least 1992. Over the years, many of you have used this forum to gather and share information on our “frequent flyer” SAREX missions on the Shuttle, our operations on the Space Station Mir and, since 2000, our operations on ISS. But times have changed since the early 1990s. For starters, we have moved from the SAREX activities on the Shuttle to ARISS on the International Space Station. AMSAT, ARRL and the ARISS international team of volunteers have also transitioned our ARISS communications to you and are providing you many ways to get information on ARISS. This includes the ARISS Web Site www.ariss.org, the ISS Fan Club web site www.issfanclub.com and the AMSAT web site, www.amsat.org. The ARISS team noticed that many on the AMSAT BB reflector were not seeing late-breaking opportunities for ARISS connections (School, SSTV, QSOs) unless these messages were cross-posted between SAREX and BB. So the decision was made by me to move all the SAREX real-time traffic over to BB and to end the SAREX reflector postings on this date. Before we hit “send” and closeout this reflector, I encourage you to sign up and continue to get these messages on AMSAT-BB. If you feel there is too much traffic on BB, you can always sign up for the digest mode, which combines many messages and sends them out periodically (usually daily). And don’t forget that the SAREX archives will still be available on the AMSAT web site, so you can research past messages. On behalf of AMSAT-NA and the ARISS International Team, I want to thank you for your sustained participation in this phenomenal amateur radio human spaceflight journey. Moreover, we look forward to your further participation and volunteer support in the future. While there are many ARISS volunteers to thank for their outstanding support, I want to send a particular shout out to Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, who has provided all SAREX reflector participants frequent updates on ARISS status. Thanks Charlie! As I close this final e-mail, I want to announce that over the next couple months, ARISS will be celebrating its 15ths anniversary of continuous operations on the ISS, starting with November 13, 2015 when we conducted our first ham radio contacts on ISS and on December 21, 2000 when we conducted our first school contact with the Burbank School in Burbank, Illinois. Stay tuned on BB and our web site for ham radio activities that we will be conducting over the year to commemorate these historic events. 73, Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO AMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs ARISS International Chair" [ANS thanks SAREX and Frank KA3HDO for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ISS Astronauts Link-Up with ITU WRC-15 in Geneva The ITU World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15) is taking place in Geneva from November 2-27. On Tuesday, November 3 at 1241 UT there was an amateur radio link-up between WRC-15 and two astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS). The contact took place using the permanent amateur radio station at the ITU. The station’s normal call sign is 4U1ITU but during the conference the special call sign 4U1WRC is being used. Students from Institut Florimont were able to use the ITU station to talk to astronauts Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS and Kimiya Yui KG5BPH who were using the amateur radio station in the ISS Columbus module, call sign OR4ISS. The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program established the first permanent amateur radio presence in space 15 years ago. The inaugural ARISS contact took place on December 21, 2000, between a member of the ISS Expedition 1 crew and youngsters at Luther Burbank Elementary School near Chicago. Several pupils and a teacher got to chat using amateur radio with “Space Station Alpha” Commander William “Shep” Shepherd KD5GSL. The ARISS program lets students worldwide experience the excitement of talking directly with crew members of the International Space Station, inspiring them to pursue interests in careers in science, technology, engineering and math, and engaging them with radio science technology through amateur radio. A video of the contact event can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/ahdDiuFk2-Y [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and WRC15 for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Help Wanted Astronauts NASA Press Release: Job Openings for Astronauts In anticipation of returning human spaceflight launches to American soil, and in preparation for the agency's journey to Mars, NASA announced it will soon begin accepting applications for the next class of astronaut candidates. With more human spacecraft in development in the United States today than at any other time in history, future astronauts will launch once again from the Space Coast of Florida on American-made commercial spacecraft, and carry out deep-space exploration missions that will advance a future human mission to Mars. The agency will accept applications from Dec. 14 through mid- February and expects to announce candidates selected in mid-2017. Applications for consideration as a NASA Astronaut will be accepted at: http://www.usajobs.gov The next class of astronauts may fly on any of four different U.S. vessels during their careers: the International Space Station, two commercial crew spacecraft currently in development by U.S. companies, and NASA's Orion deep-space exploration vehicle. >From pilots and engineers, to scientists and medical doctors, NASA selects qualified astronaut candidates from a diverse pool of U.S. citizens with a wide variety of backgrounds. "This next group of American space explorers will inspire the Mars generation to reach for new heights, and help us realize the goal of putting boot prints on the Red Planet," said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. "Those selected for this service will fly on U.S. made spacecraft from American soil, advance critical science and research aboard the International Space Station, and help push the boundaries of technology in the proving ground of deep space." The space agency is guiding an unprecedented transition to commercial spacecraft for crew and cargo transport to the space station. Flights in Boeing's CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon will facilitate adding a seventh crew member to each station mission, effectively doubling the amount of time astronauts will be able to devote to research in space. Future station crew members will continue the vital work advanced during the last 15 years of continuous human habitation aboard the orbiting laboratory, expanding scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies. This work will include building on the regular six- month missions and this year's one-year mission, currently underway aboard the station, which is striving for research breakthroughs not possible on Earth that will enable long-duration human and robotic exploration into deep space. In addition, NASA's Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, now in development, will launch astronauts on missions to the proving ground of lunar orbit where NASA will learn to conduct complex operations in a deep space environment before moving on to longer duration missions on its journey to Mars. "This is an exciting time to be a part of America's human space flight program," said Brian Kelly, director of Flight Operations at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. "NASA has taken the next step in the evolution of our nation's human spaceflight program - and our U.S. astronauts will be at the forefront of these new and challenging space flight missions. We encourage all qualified applicants to learn more about the opportunities for astronauts at NASA and apply to join our flight operations team." To date, NASA has selected more than 300 astronauts to fly on its increasingly challenging missions to explore space and benefit life on Earth. There are 47 astronauts in the active astronaut corps, and more will be needed to crew future missions to the space station and destinations in deep space. Astronaut candidates must have earned a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics. An advanced degree is desirable. Candidates also must have at least three years of related, progressively responsible professional experience, or at least 1,000 hours of pilot- in-command time in jet aircraft. Astronaut candidates must pass the NASA long-duration spaceflight physical. For more information about a career as a NASA astronaut, and application requirements, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts [ANS thanks NASA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- QB50 project 2016 As reported to the AMSAT-BB, Mineo Wakita JE9PEL informs us "For the purpose of the demonstration and development of CubeSats of the technology of the universities around the world, it is scheduled to be launched all 50 satellites by Ukraine Tsiklon-4 rocket on February 1, 2016. There are still also uncertainties, but I, JE9PEL investigated the current frequencies and summarized it in an Excel file. I'm going to issue in the future this revised version." http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/51106qb5.png http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/51106qb5.xls http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/#1602 [ANS thanks Mineo JE9PEL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- BRICSAT-1 recovery challenge If anyone has 9600 baud satellite capability and is looking for a challenge, you could be successful in recovering BRICSAT (NO83). BRICSAT simply has a negative power budget. When it wakes up, it should be possible to get in the command to tell it to turn off unnecessary loads and then let it achieve full recovery. As is, it wakes up, sends a few feeble 20 second packets and dies again. Bricsat has another excellent PSK31 transpodner on it too. You can detect BRICSAT when it awakes by the 20 second packet on the downlink OR by the occasional PSK31 beacon on 435.350 MHz (+/- Doppler). Do not be confused by PSAT which also has a PSK31 tranpsonder on the same frequency. But they have different audio tones for the beacon. > Downlink: 437.975 MHz, 9600 baud > Uplink: 145.825 MHz, 9600 baud > Latest “guess” at the TLE (not sure if this is BRICSat) > 1 90722U 15294.38156592 +.00051032 +00000-0 +11686-2 0 0166 > 2 90722 054.9895 030.6075 0226665 199.3544 159.8861 15.1979213102332 The commands are simple keyboard dumb terminal commands. If you think you want to take on this challenge, contact us. (bruninga at usna.edu) [ANS thanks Bob WB4APR and Jin KB3UKS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hawaii Launch of Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio Payloads Fails The November 4 inaugural launch of an experimental US military vehicle carrying several satellites with Amateur Radio payloads into orbit failed in mid-flight shortly after taking off at 0345 UTC from Hawaii. The experimental Super Strypi launch vehicle, carrying a collection of small satellites into orbit as part of the ORS-4 mission for the Department of Defense, was fired from a truss-mounted rail system from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, off Barking Sands on Kauai. According to Spaceflightnow.com, the Super Strypi rocket is designed for low-cost, quick-reaction satellite launches. Destroyed in the demonstration flight were 13 small research spacecraft clustered on the mission for NASA researchers and university students. None of the satellites carried Amateur Radio transponders, but several were equipped to transmit beacon signals and telemetry on 2 meter, 70 centimeter, and 13 centimeter amateur frequencies. The satellites lost included Argus, EDSN, HawaiiSat-1, ORS-Squared, PrintSat, STACEM, STU-1, and Supernova-Beta. PrintSat carried a 3D printed structure and was designed to measure the performance of the material over the course of its 3 year mission. Spaceflightnow.com said the experimental launcher apparently lost control and broke up downrange from the launch site. The November 4 maiden flight took place following several delays. The test flight was one of two planned demonstrations of the launcher. View the Super Strypi & ORS-4 Launch On PMRF 3 November 201 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsMegDZ_VFQ Spaceflightnow's detailed coverage of the event can be found at http://tinyurl.com/ANS312-Spaceflightnow [ANS thanks ARRL Newsletter for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News + The scheduled contact with Dragonskolan, Umeå, Sweden was postponed because the scheduled astronaut was tied up in other activities. The contact will be rescheduled for a later date. + A Successful contact was made between ITU World Radio Communication Conference 2015 WRC-15, Geneva, Switzerland and Astronaut Kimiya Yui KG5BPH using Callsign OR4ISS. The contact began 2015-11-03 11:47 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via 4U1WRC. ARISS Mentor was ON4WF. + A Successful contact was made between Eleanor Palmer School, London, United Kingdom and Astronaut Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS using Callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2015-11-03 11:47 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact telebridged via VK6MJ. ARISS Mentor was MØXTD. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule BORG Monsbergergasse, Graz, Austria, direct via OEØARISS. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS. The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Mon 2015-11-09 09:42:15 UTC Ste. Genevieve du Bois Catholic Elementary School, Warson Woods, Missouri, direct via NØKBA. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS The contact is a go for: Thu 2015-11-12 16:25:16 UTC [ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over Very nice coverage, and features Keith, W5IU, with the ARISS contact with Daggett Montessori School in Ft. Worth, Texas: http://tinyurl.com/ANS312-DaggettMontessori [ANS thanks JoAnne K9JKM and the Star-Telegram for the above information] ARISS Contact Documentary WKTV did a really nice job producing a documentary of the October 23 ARISS contact with West Michigan Aviation Academy. Here is a link to the youtube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkOvN9CKB9M&authuser=0 [ANS thanks Les Brown, Chief Pilot, West Michigan Aviation Academy and WKTV ro 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, EMike McCardel, KC8YLD kc8yld at amsat dot org

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Re: [amsat-bb] SatPC32: How to change a K3 to DATA mode for PSAT-1 ?
by Mark L. Hammond 08 Nov '15

08 Nov '15

Hi Bob, I know every little about the K3 (so why comment, right? heh). Are you using a data jack on the rig? Over the years, I've had to resort to using a microphone jack to work around similar issues like you describe. Any chance you can lash up a cable to the microphone jack, and just use USB mode that SatPC32 sets? If not, just ignore ;) 73, Mark N8MH _______ [amsat-bb] SatPC32: How to change a K3 to DATA mode for PSAT-1 ? *Bob KD7YZ* kd7yz at denstarfarm.us <amsat-bb%40amsat.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5Bamsat-bb%5D%20SatPC32%3A%20How%20to%20change%20a%20K3%20to%20DATA%20mode%20for%20PSAT-1%20%3F&In-Reply-To=%3C563DF06F.1070205%40denstarfarm.us%3E> *Sat Nov 7 12:37:03 UTC 2015* - Previous message: [amsat-bb] dumbest questions in the world <http://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2015-November/055877.html> - *Messages sorted by:* [ date ] <http://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2015-November/date.html#55874> [ thread ] <http://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2015-November/thread.html#55874> [ subject ] <http://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2015-November/subject.html#55874> [ author ] <http://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2015-November/author.html#55874> ------------------------------ I have been trying to lash-up everything for ops on 28.120 (USB) PSK31 Uplink and 435.350 (FM) Downlink for PSAT-1 . Well, in order for my K# to be keyed by the soundcard SIGNALINK-USB, the K3 must be in DATA mode ("MD6;" is the K3's command I believe). I have moderate success telling SatPC32 that the 2nd radio is a Kenwood, other . So when SatPC32 reads the Doppler.sqf file, it will change my K3 to CW or to FM or USB. None of which, if used, will allow MixW or DopplerPSK to do anything more than "switch" on the SignaLink and also cause the K3 so "switch" to the xmit (red lite on) position. Yet there is, as expected, no RF output that way, in USB. So using two different SignaLink's I have the IC910H going to the 435 rx freq and listening. I have the K3 on another SignaLink, going to 28.120 and switching to xmit when asked. Just that I need to K3 to automatically go into DATA mode when being used for PSAT-1, or any other PSK type bird. When I manually switch the K3, then either MixW or DopplerPSK do, in fact, switch the K3 to xmit as-well-as output RF . This is not a very good solution as sometimes SatPC32 re-reads Doppler.sqf and thus puts K3 back to USB. Anyone have a solution? tnx ! -- 73, Bob KD7YZwww.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901 ------------------------------ -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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WD9EWK/p DM31 XW-2F Last Pass 0100utc
by John Papay 08 Nov '15

08 Nov '15

Patrick headed down to DM31 after the Marana Hamfest. The XW-2F pass at 0100 utc will be the last one before he heads for home. DM31 is a very rare grid. Work him if you can. 73, John K8YSE/7

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SatPC32: How to change a K3 to DATA mode for PSAT-1 ?
by Bob KD7YZ 08 Nov '15

08 Nov '15

I have been trying to lash-up everything for ops on 28.120 (USB) PSK31 Uplink and 435.350 (FM) Downlink for PSAT-1 . Well, in order for my K# to be keyed by the soundcard SIGNALINK-USB, the K3 must be in DATA mode ("MD6;" is the K3's command I believe). I have moderate success telling SatPC32 that the 2nd radio is a Kenwood, other . So when SatPC32 reads the Doppler.sqf file, it will change my K3 to CW or to FM or USB. None of which, if used, will allow MixW or DopplerPSK to do anything more than "switch" on the SignaLink and also cause the K3 so "switch" to the xmit (red lite on) position. Yet there is, as expected, no RF output that way, in USB. So using two different SignaLink's I have the IC910H going to the 435 rx freq and listening. I have the K3 on another SignaLink, going to 28.120 and switching to xmit when asked. Just that I need to K3 to automatically go into DATA mode when being used for PSAT-1, or any other PSK type bird. When I manually switch the K3, then either MixW or DopplerPSK do, in fact, switch the K3 to xmit as-well-as output RF . This is not a very good solution as sometimes SatPC32 re-reads Doppler.sqf and thus puts K3 back to USB. Anyone have a solution? tnx ! -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901

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Link Budget
by Joe 07 Nov '15

07 Nov '15

Can anyone here run a link budget for me? I'm in an slight heated debate with some people, About how they have heard about the possible Geo synchronous bird coming up, and they are all wondering why don't "THEY" I like the "THEY" part, anyway why don't they just put it on the moon. I gave them several reasons why a Geo bird is better, 1- It is there 24/7 where the moon is visible less than 50% of the day 2- the Geo bird doesn't move ( or extremely little) so set the antenna and forget it. Where the moon requires tracking programs and antennas that can move in AZ and EL 3- Useable "Window" The amount of the earths surface that can see either is soo close to the same why bother I bet a geo bird would be at least close to 90% of what the moon see's 4- And finally antennas and power required. The moon being soooo much farther away the amount of power needed each way has to be MUCH more. And thats what I was wondering say you had a nice decent transponder in Geo orbit. what power levels say ERP I guess is needed each way? then drop the same transponder and how much more erp each way will be needed to have the same level of contact quality? Joe WB9SBD

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