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Job opportunity
by nick 17 Sep '22

17 Sep '22

The University of Louisiana Satellite Team has a job opening for a project manager. They have competitive salary , financial incentive for advance degree and a great place to live and work. If you are interested please contact me off list. nick Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-09-17 03:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 17 Sep '22

17 Sep '22

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-09-17 03:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Sergey Prokopyev Contact is go for Mon 2022-09-26 08:20 UTC Aznakaevo School TBD, Aznakaevo, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Dmitry Petlin Contact is go for Sat 2022-10-01 13:50 UTC Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS continues to be making general contacts on the cross-band repeater. He is using NA1SS. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2022-09-17 03:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2022-09-06 03:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2022 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 13, 2022 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time (2022-11-14 07:59 UTC). (***) Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 178 Francesco IKØWGF with 149 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 148 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 114 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1557. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1476. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 67 on orbit Oleg Artemyev Denis Matveev Sergey Korsakov SpaceX Crew-4 on orbit Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Bob Hines KI5RQT Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF Jessica Watkins **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ARRL/TAPR DCC (Digital Communications Conference), 9/16 - 9/18, YouTube Livestream
by Mark Thompson 16 Sep '22

16 Sep '22

ARRL/TAPR DCC (Digital Communications Conference) Charlotte, NC September 16 - 18 DCC Presentation Schedule DCC Presentation Schedule DCC YouTube LivestreamDCC YouTube Livestream | | | | | | | | | | | TAPR Digital Live Stream DCC 2022 | | |

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-09-16 19:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 16 Sep '22

16 Sep '22

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-09-16 19:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Sergey Prokopyev Contact is go for Mon 2022-09-26 08:20 UTC Aznakaevo School TBD, Aznakaevo, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Dmitry Petlin Contact is go for Sat 2022-10-01 13:50 UTC Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS continues to be making general contacts on the cross-band repeater. He is using NA1SS. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2022-09-16 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. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2022-09-06 03:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2022 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 13, 2022 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time (2022-11-14 07:59 UTC). (***) Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 178 Francesco IKØWGF with 149 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 148 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 114 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1557. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1476. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 67 on orbit Oleg Artemyev Denis Matveev Sergey Korsakov SpaceX Crew-4 on orbit Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Bob Hines KI5RQT Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF Jessica Watkins **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Final call for papers for 2022 AMSAT Space Symposium
by Daniel Schultz 16 Sep '22

16 Sep '22

This is the final call for papers for the 40th annual AMSAT Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of October 21-22, 2022 at the Crowne Plaza Suites hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota. Proposals for symposium papers and presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community. We request a tentative title of your presentation as soon as possible, with final copy submitted by October 14 for inclusion in the symposium proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz, N8FGV at n8fgv(a)amsat.org 73, Dan Schultz N8FGV

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-09-15 21:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 15 Sep '22

15 Sep '22

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-09-15 21:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Sergey Prokopyev Contact is go for Mon 2022-09-26 08:20 UTC Aznakaevo School TBD, Aznakaevo, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Dmitry Petlin Contact is go for Sat 2022-10-01 13:50 UTC Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS continues to be making general contacts on the cross-band repeater. He is using NA1SS. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2022-09-15 21:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2022-09-06 03:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2022 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 13, 2022 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time (2022-11-14 07:59 UTC). (***) Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 178 Francesco IKØWGF with 149 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 148 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 114 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1557. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1476. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 67 on orbit Oleg Artemyev Denis Matveev Sergey Korsakov SpaceX Crew-4 on orbit Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Bob Hines KI5RQT Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF Jessica Watkins **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-09-14 18:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 14 Sep '22

14 Sep '22

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-09-14 18:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Sergey Prokopyev Contact is go for Mon 2022-09-26 08:20 UTC (***) Aznakaevo School TBD, Aznakaevo, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, direct via TBD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Dmitry Petlin Contact is go for Sat 2022-10-01 13:50 UTC (***) Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS continues to be making general contacts on the cross-band repeater. He is using NA1SS. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2022-09-14 18:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2022-09-06 03:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2022 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 13, 2022 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time (2022-11-14 07:59 UTC). (***) Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 178 Francesco IKØWGF with 149 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 148 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 114 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1557. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1476. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 67 on orbit Oleg Artemyev Denis Matveev Sergey Korsakov SpaceX Crew-4 on orbit Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Bob Hines KI5RQT Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF Jessica Watkins **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-09-13 23:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 14 Sep '22

14 Sep '22

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-09-13 23:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via TBD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Sergey Prokopyev TBD UTC Aznakaevo School TBD, Aznakaevo, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, direct via TBD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Dmitry Petlin TBD UTC Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS continues to be making general contacts on the cross-band repeater. He is using NA1SS. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2022-09-13 23:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2022-09-06 03:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2022 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 13, 2022 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time (2022-11-14 07:59 UTC). (***) Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 178 Francesco IKØWGF with 149 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 148 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 114 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1557. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1476. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 67 on orbit Oleg Artemyev Denis Matveev Sergey Korsakov SpaceX Crew-4 on orbit Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Bob Hines KI5RQT Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF Jessica Watkins **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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PRELIM TLES - FIREFLY/ASTROLAND SATs
by christy 11 Sep '22

11 Sep '22

Are there any prelim TLEs for these Sats? although they just now aborted the launch today at 2200UTC thanks Christy KB6LTY

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Re: Fwd: IC-9700 FTDI CT-17 CI-V control Cable
by jeff griffin 11 Sep '22

11 Sep '22

My EZSync USB FTDI OPC-478 Cable for ICOM and Alinco Radios, FTDI Chip, 3.5mm TRS Audio Jack, EZSync719 from Amazon arrived today and it works with WIN11 and my 9700 without a driver install as it should. I also wanted to pass this link along I got from Carm WO3T. Next time I need a pre made cable I will try there. The website has a very extensive assortment of various length interface cables. www.bluemax49ers.com 73 Jeff kb2m

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please unsubscribe me, thank you
by Tim Bowman 11 Sep '22

11 Sep '22

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ANS-254 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletin for September 11, 2022
by kd4iz＠frawg.org 10 Sep '22

10 Sep '22

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-254 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at] amsat.org You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/ In this edition: * Artemis 1 scrubbed again * 40th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting, October 21 - 22, 2022 * AMSAT-UK Space Colloquium October 8-9, 2022 * 2022 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference * Launch of GENESIS-G and GENESIS-J with Firefly on September 11 * ARISS News * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for July 17, 2022 * Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events * Satellite Shorts From All Over DATE 2022 September 11 Artemis 1 scrubbed again After Aug 29th’s scrub (due to a liquid hydrogen umbilical leak and faulty engine thermal sensor), a second attempt on Saturday was scrubbed as well, this time because of an even worse hydrogen leak on the core stage. A launch this month is now looking unlikely. NASA engineers will first replace the leaky quick disconnect seal while at the pad so that they can test the fix with cryogenic liquids only available there. However, after that, they may still have to roll SLS back to the VAB—the Eastern Range requires that the flight termination system batteries be reset and recertified before the next launch attempt (although a waiver might be possible). The next available launch period runs from September 19 – October 4 with the following (and probably more likely) window being October 17 - 31. We’re hoping the onboard smallsats’ batteries can survive the wait. Ed. Note: Including the OMOTENASHI communications and impactor experiment. NASA is now targeting September 23 or 27 according to Jim Free, NASA Associate Administrator Exploration Systems Development) [ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- 40th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting, October 21 - 22, 2022 The 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting will take place in Bloomington, Minnesota on Oct. 21-22, 2022. Highlights of all scheduled events include: - AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting, October 20-21 - 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, October 21-22 - Friday Night Social and Auction, October 21 - AMSAT Banquet and Reception, October 22 - AMSAT Ambassador Breakfast, October 23 A preliminary schedule is available on the AMSAT Member Portal, launch.amsat.org, under the Events tab. Crowne Plaza is located adjacent to the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport and provides complimentary, scheduled shuttle to and from the airport. Nearby attractions include Mall of America with Nickelodeon Universe Theme park, Target Field, and the Minnesota Zoo. You can make hotel reservations by calling the hotel directly at (952) 854-9000. The group code is ASG (Amateur Satellite Group). But don’t wait to reserve your room! The offer for specially reduced room rates for Symposium attendees ends on September 28. Make your reservation today to make sure you have a room and at the best possible price. Hotel reservations can also be made online at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-219-Symposium-Rooms. Symposium tickets and banquet reservations may be purchased on the AMSAT Member Portal. Log into https://launch.amsat.org/ and clock on the Events tab. We at AMSAT, are excited to be able to host an in-person Symposium this year. We hope that you can join us in celebrating Amateur Radio in Space. [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ The 2022 AMSAT President's Club coins have arrived! To commemorate the 50th anniversary of its launch on October 15, 1972, this year's coin features an image of AMSAT-OSCAR 6. Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT-UK Space Colloquium October 8-9, Kents Hill Park Conference Centre Milton Keynes MK7 6BZ AMSAT-UK is very happy to announce the 2022 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium will be held as part of the RSGB Convention on October 8-9 at the Kents Hill Park Conference Centre, Timbold Drive, Milton Keynes, MK7 6BZ. The weekend event attracts an international audience that ranges from those involved in building and operating amateur radio satellites to beginners who wish to find out more about this fascinating branch of the hobby. Booking for the RSGB Convention is at https://rsgb.org/main/about-us/rsgb-convention/ Booking for the AMSAT-UK dinner on the Saturday evening at the nearby Marriott Delta Hotel is here: https://bit.ly/3x3nQBm Details of the event can be found at https://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/ [ANS thanks Trevor Essex, M5AKA of AMSAT-UK for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows, and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ 2022 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference The annual ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) is scheduled for September 16-18, 2022, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Register for the DCC here (https://tapr.org/product/2022-dcc-registration/) Register for the DCC host hotel (Hilton Charlotte Airport ) here (https://tinyurl.com/24hjmkwt) or dialup 1-800-445-8667 View the DCC schedule here (https://tapr.org/preliminary-2022-dcc-schedule/) The deadline for technical papers passed September 1, 2022. Papers will be published exactly as submitted and authors will retain all rights. [ANS thanks TAPR.org for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launch of GENESIS-G and GENESIS-J with Firefly on September 11 From Felix Paez, EA4GQS, AMSAT-EA Team: This is to confirm that the launch of our new GENESIS-G and GENESIS-J satellites with Firefly will take place, if all goes well, on September 11, with the launch window starting at 3 PM Pacific Time (22h GMT), from Vanderberg. The expected orbit altitude is 300 km with an inclination of 137 degrees. As many of you know, this will be the second attempt of Firefly to reach orbit after the first attempt made in September 2021 and which had to be aborted after two minutes of flight, causing our previous GENESIS-N and GENESIS-L to be lost, among others. These new GENESIS have a more powerful on-board computer than their predecessors and updated software that allows FM voice repeater functionality, AFSK/FSK non-regenerative repeater up to 2400 bps, FSK regenerative repeater up to 50 bps, CW, digitized voice pre-recorded FM and FSK telemetry at 50 bps. The correct retransmission of AX25 / APRS frames over FM up to 2400 bps has been verified in the laboratory. A small drawback we still have is the antenna deployment mechanism, that is the first version that was made and requires a plenty charged battery. The satellites have been stored for several months, so it is a weak point. Hopefully it will work. These satellites also have the names of ASTROLAND-1 and ASTROLAND-2 to say thanks to the sponsorship of the project by the Astroland Planetary Agency. We also thank the private companies and Universities that helped in the project. As on the previous occasion, two experimental propellants are flown, although this time they are from the Madrid company IENAI Space and, unlike the previous GENESIS mission, they use a liquid ionic fuel. Only the one from GENESIS-J is functional. The one from GENESIS-G carries the electronics but without the fuel. The frequencies coordinated with IARU are the following: GENESIS-G/ASTROLAND-1 145.875 MHz uplink, Modes: FM voice (no subtone) and FSK 50 bps, AFSK, AX.25, APRS 1200 / 2400 bps 436.888 MHz downlink, Modes: FM voice, CW, FSK 50 bps, FM voice beacon with AM2SAT callsign GENESIS-J/ASTROLAND-2 145.925 MHz uplink, Modes: FM voice (no subtone) and FSK 50 bps, AFSK, AX.25, APRS 1200 / 2400 bps 436.666 MHz downlink, Modes: FM voice, CW FSK 50 bps, SSTV Robot 36, FM voice beacon with AM3SAT callsign We encourage all of you to try to receive their first transmissions once the first keplerians are available. This flight will be streamed by Everyday Astronaut: https://everydayastronaut.com/ More information on the Firefly website: https://firefly.com/alpha-flight-2-to-the-black/. Ed. Note: Currently launch is scheduled for 15:00 PST, September 11/ 00:00 UTC, September 12 . [ANS thanks Felix EA4GQS - AMSAT EA team for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition? Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff from our Zazzle store! 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ARISS NEWS Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide. No School Contacts currently scheduled. Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS continues to be making general contacts on the cross-band repeater. He is using NA1SS. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html [ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an Amateur Radio package, including two-way communication capability, to be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit. Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Upcoming Satellite Operations Quick Hits: N8AJM:From September 12 to 16 I hope to be in EM85. I will be working FM only with no set schedule. I may also activate a few grids on the way down from EN72. I will try to post all passes on hams.at KJ7DZ: CN74 roving trip booked. Sept 22 – 24. More info will be posted as time gets closer 9Y60, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (Special Event). Members of the Trinidad and Tobago Amateur Radio Society (TTARS) will be active as 9Y60TT to celebrate Trinidad and Tobago’s 60th anniversary of independence (August 31st, 1962) between August 26th and September 2nd. Activity will be on the HF/VHF bands using CW, SSB, Slow Scan TV (SSTV), Digital Modes (FT8/ FT4, JS8, JT65, 2m EME (Moonbounce), Satellite, APRS via ISS, Digital Voice (DMR, C4FM, D-Star), EchoLink….and more. QSL via LoTW, ClubLog and QRZ.com. For more details and info on how to obtain a certificate, see:https://9y60tt.info (received from JoAnne Maenpaa by email) Op Note: AO-7 is in constant sunlight for the next several months and the onboard 24 hour timer is switching the satellite between Mode A (145 MHz uplink / 29 MHz downlink) and Mode B (432 MHz uplink / 145 MHz downlink) at approximately 2116Z daily. [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager and AMSAT for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for September 8, 2022 The following satellite has decayed from orbit and has been removed from this week's AMSAT-NA TLE distribution: CUAVA-1 NORAD Cat ID 49275 (decayed form orbit on 09/02/2022 per Space-Track). [ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events. AMSAT Ambassador Schedules: Tom Zimmerman, W9TTY, will be exhibiting for AMSAT at the Chicago FM Club Radio Expo in Belvidere, Illinois on Saturday, September 25, 2022. Clint Bradford, K6CLS: “How to Work the “Easy” Satellites” talks: Part of the “job description” for volunteer AMSAT Ambassadors is to “spread the gospel” of working satellites to clubs and conventions. In the next few weeks I have such Zoom presentations lined up for: SOARA - South Orange County, CA Boston ARC Tristate Amateur Radio Society - Evansville,Indiana Northern CA DX Club San Gorgonio Pass ARC Think a 90-minute lively, informative, and fun “How to Work the Easy Satellites” Zoom presentation would be appropriate for your convention or club? Always included are overviews of the ARRL, AMSAT, and ARISS. And pre-presentation questions are aways welcome. Send an email or call! Clint Bradford K6LCS AMSAT Ambassador 909-999-SATS http://www.work-sat.com Scheduled Events with AMSAT involvement: Hamfests and Conventions + 41st ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) September 16–18, 2022 Hilton Charlotte Airport Hotel Charlotte, North Carolina https://tapr.org + CFMC'S Radio Expo: Northern Illinois' Largest Hamfest Sunday, September 25th Boone County Fairgrounds 8791 IL-76 Belvidere, IL Flyer at: https://bit.ly/3RFtr8O + 2022 Rocky Mountain ARRL Division Convention October 7, 2022 - October 9, 2022 Event Center at Archer 3921 Archer Pkwy Cheyenne, Wyoming 82007 https://wyhamcon.org/site. + 2022 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium October 8–9, 2022 Kents Hill Park Conference Centre Milton Keynes https://rsgb.org/main/about-us/rsgb-convention/ + 40th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting October 21–22, 2022 The Crowne Plaza Suites 3 Appletree Square, Bloomington, MN https://launch.amsat.org/event-4922878 [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events Page Manager, and Frank Karnauskas, AMSAT Vice President - Development for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + The FCC wants to adopt a five-year rule, which would require space station operators planning disposal through uncontrolled re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere to complete disposal as soon as practicable, and no more than five years following the end of mission.” See: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-387024A1.pdf. AMSAT has submitted comments on the NPRM and changes at this point are unlikely. There is no exemption for US hams operating under Part 97 of the FCC rules either, although waivers for certain research and scientific missions may be granted. The good news is they have avoided the most damaging changes regarding indemnification that almost went into a report and order two years ago. The FCC will meet to adopt this ruling at the September 29th meeting. (ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P and Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, Executive Vice President AMSAT for the for the above information) + With the successful launch of Eutelsat Konnect VHTS on Sept. 7, there are just three Ariane 5 rockets remaining in Arianespace’s inventory. The Ariane 5, in service since 1996, is being retired in favor of the next-generation Ariane 6 rocket, a launcher European officials say will be cheaper to operate and more competitive in the global launch market. The Ariane 5 was once dominant in commercial launch business, but lower-cost launch services from SpaceX’s partially reusable Falcon 9 rocket have eroded Arianespace’s position. The Ariane 6 is an expendable design, like the Ariane 5. But Arianespace has secured contracts to launch European government missions and satellites for Amazon’s Kuiper broadband network on the Ariane 6, now scheduled to debut next year. (ANS thanks Spaceflight Now for the above information) + Chinese taikonauts Chen Dong and Liu Yang conducted an EVA outside of the Tiangong Space Station on Sept. 1, while Cai Xuzhe stayed on the station. They left the station at 10:26 UTC, and the EVA took until 16:33 UTC to be completed. This was the first time the airlock of the recently launched Wentian Module was used to initiate an EVA, as well as the first time the five-meter-long remote control arm of the Wentian module was used. Part of the EVA was to install heat control pumps on the Wentian module, a wide-field panoramic camera, and a variety of other tasks. Part of the EVA was also to verify the function of the recently installed Wentian Airlock and test procedures for an emergency abort of an EVA. (ANS thanks Spaceflight.com for the above information) + An incredible aurora has been filmed from the International Space Station (ISS) as it orbited hundreds of miles above the Earth. NASA posted the captivating footage to Twitter (https://bit.ly/3QJrFmp) on Sunday after a geomagnetic storm hit our planet. On September 4, a stream of solar wind struck the Earth, sparking a geomagnetic storm of the G2 class, according to the National Weather Service's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). This storm produced an aurora in some regions, including parts of the United States. (ANS thanks Newsweek.com for the above information) + NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft recently got its first look at Didymos, the double-asteroid system that includes its target, Dimorphos. On Sept. 26, DART will intentionally crash into Dimorphos, the asteroid moonlet of Didymos. While the asteroid poses no threat to Earth, this is the world's first test of the kinetic impact technique, using a spacecraft to deflect an asteroid for planetary defense. (ANS thanks SpaceDaily.com for the above information) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/ In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to: * Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization). * Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. * Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. * Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms. Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information. 73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! This week's ANS Editor, Jack Spitznagel, KD4IZ kd4iz at arrl dot org

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Linear Tuning and Doppler
by Calvin McDonald 10 Sep '22

10 Sep '22

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Life to get more difficult for US Cubesat operators.
by Joseph B. Fitzgerald 09 Sep '22

09 Sep '22

The FCC wants to "adopt a five-year rule, which would require space station operators planning disposal through uncontrolled re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere to complete disposal as soon as practicable, and no more than five years following the end of mission." see https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-387024A1.pdf No exemption for us hams operating under Part 97 of the FCC rules either, although waivers for certain research and scientific missions may be granted. de KM1P

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Re: New fast dsstv mode for amateur satellites.
by Sasha Tim 09 Sep '22

09 Sep '22

Thank you very much everyone! I am touched by the enthusiasm :) Due to the many replies I think First of all, I2OIM, thank you for the interest! KF4HR, thank you, also, for your interest. To boost interest in the mode I think I might make a challenge of who can make the most QSOs within, say, 30 days :) Would anyone be interested once the app comes out? AA4KN, Unfortunately I don't have any videos, since right now the state of the software is a jumbled mess, not unlike goestools (sorry pietern ;)), although goestools is nowhere near as messy as mine. Once it's all patched up I'll release videos of it in operation. AB6KX, would you have the link to the group? I'm very interested in this. Also freedv is the best! G3VZV, my respect for the FunCube project is immense. I have received a lot of telemetry, and the bpsk mode is simply fantastic. The only thing is that it doesn't carry a camera, but I assume the next one will (given by your email)? OK2PNQ, it was me on librespace who tried to receive PSAT-2 😊 Also, my respect for the project is immense. By the way, do you know when (or if) PSAT-3 will launch? PSAT is an exciting mission for me! As for the timetables, I haven't timed it on larger images but I can say that a good-sized (640x320) image can be transmitted without compression in about 50-80 seconds, depending on the level of error correction used. Thank you very much for everyone's replies and enthusiasm!! Also, may I take the time to complain that DSP is hard ;) Sasha On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 3:49 AM Tomáš Urbanec <tommypnq(a)centrum.cz> wrote: > Hi Sasha, > we are group which designed camera with SSTV downlink on PSAT-2. If you > can provide some kind of table with resolution of pics vs. time needed > for transmission, that would be a minimum to have something to compare > with traditional modes as Robot36, MP73 etc. > Tomas OK2PNQ > > Dne 7.9.2022 v 19:31 Sasha Tim napsal(a): > > Hello everyone, > > > > This is my first time posting here, so please do reprehend me in case I > > break a few guidelines. > > > > For the last few months, I have been developing a new digital slow scan > > television mode for amateur satellites. The focus is to still be able to > > recover a complete image at reasonable speeds. In fact, current tests > > show that if 100% data recovery is desired, then up to 30% data loss can > > happen. If resolution is sacrificed, there can be up to 80% loss and > > still be able to recover the entire image, unlike sstv and other > > scanline systems. Also, a noise free image (100% recovery) can be > > received down to about 10dB SNR. > > > > Would some of you be interested in this mode? It’s halfway thru > > development, and if there is enough interest I will post code on GitHub > > and this bulletin once it’s finished. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Sasha T > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at > https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > > > View archives of this mailing list at > > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at > https://mailman.amsat.org >

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New fast dsstv mode for amateur satellites.
by Sasha Tim 09 Sep '22

09 Sep '22

Hello everyone, This is my first time posting here, so please do reprehend me in case I break a few guidelines. For the last few months, I have been developing a new digital slow scan television mode for amateur satellites. The focus is to still be able to recover a complete image at reasonable speeds. In fact, current tests show that if 100% data recovery is desired, then up to 30% data loss can happen. If resolution is sacrificed, there can be up to 80% loss and still be able to recover the entire image, unlike sstv and other scanline systems. Also, a noise free image (100% recovery) can be received down to about 10dB SNR. Would some of you be interested in this mode? It’s halfway thru development, and if there is enough interest I will post code on GitHub and this bulletin once it’s finished. Thank you, Sasha T

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LOTW VUCC Satellite entries
by Mike Swiatkowski 08 Sep '22

08 Sep '22

I'm having trouble getting my satellite log to show up in the LOTW VUCC Satellite section. I have over a hundred grids and not one shows up confirmed in LOTW. I looked at the .adi log in TSQL and indeed the mode of satellite, satellite name, and bands are populated. Does anyone have an idea why nothing would show up in VUCC Satellite? I only see my 6m contacts. I even tried to set a filter as my grid square from the example online (https://lotw.arrl.org/lotw-help/vucc-setup/?lang=en). That didn't help. Your assistance is appreciated. Thanks, Mike, AA9VI

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Satellite Presentations
by Clint Bradford 06 Sep '22

06 Sep '22

Part of the “job description” for volunteer AMSAT Ambassadors is to “spread the gospel” of working satellites to clubs and conventions. In the next few weeks I have such Zoom presentations lined up for … -SOARA - South Orange County, CA -Boston ARC -Tristate Amateur Radio Society - Evansville,Indiana -Northern CA DX Club Think a 90-minute lively, informative, and fun “How to Work the Easy Satellites” Zoom presentation would be appropriate for your convention or club? Always included are overviews of the ARRL, AMSAT, and ARISS. And pre-presentation questions are aways welcome. Send an email or call! Clint Bradford K6LCS AMSAT Ambassador; ARRL instructor, Affiliated Club Coordinator http://www.work-sat.com <http://www.work-sat.com/> 909-999-SATS (7287)

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-09-06 03:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 06 Sep '22

06 Sep '22

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-09-06 03:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Colegio Tarbut, Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina, direct via LU4AA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact was successful: Mon 2022-09-05 14:47:39 UTC 78 deg (***) Congratulations to the Colegio Tarbut students and Kjell! (***) Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS continues to be making general contacts on the cross-band repeater. He is using NA1SS. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2022-09-06 03:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2022-09-06 03:00 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2022 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 13, 2022 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time (2022-11-14 07:59 UTC). (***) Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 178 Francesco IKØWGF with 149 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 148 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 114 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1557. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1476. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 67 on orbit Oleg Artemyev Denis Matveev Sergey Korsakov SpaceX Crew-4 on orbit Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Bob Hines KI5RQT Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF Jessica Watkins **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ANS-247 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletin for September 4, 2022
by Frank Karnauskas (N1UW) 04 Sep '22

04 Sep '22

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-247 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at] amsat.org. You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/ In this edition: * 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, October 21-22 * AMSAT-EA Collaborates With the ROM-2 Mission * VUCC Satellite Standings September 2022 * Tracking Tools for Artemis I * New Guide for Tracking and Decoding NOAA Weather Satellites * ARISS News * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events * Satellite Shorts From All Over ANS-247 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins To: All RADIO AMATEURS From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation 712 H Street NE, Suite 1653 Washington, DC 20002 DATE 2022 Sep 04 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, October 21-22 The 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting will take place in Bloomington, Minnesota on Oct. 21-22, 2022. Highlights of all scheduled events include: - AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting, October 20-21 - 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, October 21-22 - Friday Night Social and Auction, October 21 - AMSAT Banquet and Reception, October 22 - AMSAT Ambassador Breakfast, October 23 A preliminary schedule is available on the AMSAT Member Portal, launch.amsat.org, under the Events tab. Crowne Plaza is located adjacent to the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport and provides complimentary, scheduled shuttle to and from the airport. Nearby attractions include Mall of America with Nickelodeon Universe Theme park, Target Field, and the Minnesota Zoo. You can make hotel reservations by calling the hotel directly at (952) 854-9000. The group code is ASG (Amateur Satellite Group). Hotel reservations can also be made online at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-219-Symposium-Rooms. Symposium tickets and banquet reservations may be purchased on the AMSAT Member Portal. Log into https://launch.amsat.org/ and clock on the Events tab. We at AMSAT, are excited to be able to host an in-person Symposium this year. We hope that you can join us in celebrating Amateur Radio in Space. [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ The 2022 AMSAT President's Club coins have arrived! To commemorate the 50th anniversary of its launch on October 15, 1972, this year's coin features an image of AMSAT-OSCAR 6. Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT-EA Collaborates With the ROM-2 Mission AMSAT-EA supports the ROM-2 mission of the Romanian association ROMSpace, which consists of a PocketQube 1P (a cube with a side of 5 cm) designed by students from the International Computing High School in Bucharest aged between 15 and 18 years, in what will be the first Romanian mission of this type. This satellite, which has received engineering support from AMSAT Nepal and ORION Space, will be assembled at the AMSAT-EA facilities in Madrid, a city where it will also be qualified for space, with the assistance of engineers from AMSAT EA and AMSAT Nepal. The mission of the satellite is to take pictures with a 2 MP camera and send them to radio amateurs who wish to transmit them on their ground stations through the SSDV protocol, tuning to the 436.235 MHz frequency. Maintenance data is transmitted via CW and SSDV packets are transmitted using GFSK. Once in orbit, the satellite will become the responsibility of AMSAT-EA, the organization that has registered the satellite internationally and will monitor it during its life in space. [ANS thanks AMSAT-EA for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- VUCC Satellite Standings September 2022 VUCC Satellite Award/Endorsement Change Summary for August 01, 2022 to September 01, 2022. K8YSE 2100 2164 WA4NVM 1579 1609 K8DP 1316 1322 N8RO 1131 1139 AA8CH 819 835 WD9EWK (DM43) 696 706 W8LR 594 619 KF6JOQ 553 606 KN2K 558 600 KE8RJU 568 577 EA2AA 546 566 KQ4DO 508 533 KC1MMC 470 532 KI7QEK 500 N8MR 288 320 F6GLJ 220 312 VE7PTN 203 294 N5EKO 234 281 A65BR 226 260 JH0BBE 200 206 JK2XXK 156 200 DL8GAM 152 186 VE2NGO 150 175 PA7RA New 156 GI4SJQ New 110 N8URE (EN61) New 102 K8WU New 100 KO9A New 100 W6AER New 100 Congratulations to the new VUCC holders! PA7RA is first Satellite VUCC holder from Netherlands and 1st from JO21 [ANS thanks Jon Goering, N7AZ, for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows, and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Tracking Tools for Artemis I Looking for a way to track OMOTENASHI's 70CM beacons on its way to the moon? Two hams turn us on to a pair of tracking tools. Brian Wilkins, KO4AQF, brings our attention to AROW: During Artemis I, Orion will travel to 40,000 miles beyond the Moon in the first integrated flight test with the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Using AROW, almost anyone with internet access can pinpoint where Orion is and track its distance from the Earth, distance from the Moon, mission duration, and more. AROW is available on NASA’s website and on the @NASA_Orion Twitter account. AROW visualizes data collected by sensors on Orion and sent to the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston during its flight. It will provide periodic real-time data beginning about one minute after liftoff through separation of the SLS rocket’s Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage approximately two hours into flight. Once Orion is flying on its own, AROW will provide constant real-time information. On the web, users can follow AROW to see where Orion is in relation to the Earth and the Moon and follow Orion’s path during the mission. Users can view key mission milestones, and characteristics on the Moon, including information about landing sites from the Apollo program. Also available for download will be trajectory data from the flight, called an ephemeris. AROW also will provide a set of Orion’s state vectors — data that describes precisely where Orion is located in space and how it moves — for inclusion in these tweets once Orion is flying on its own. These vectors can be used for data lovers, artists, and creatives to make their own tracking app, data visualization, or anything else they envision. For more information read https://www.nasa.gov/feature/track-nasa-s-artemis-i-mission-in-real-time/. AMSAT member Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, adds a second online tool, Horizons: The JPL Horizons on-line solar system data and ephemeris computation service provides access to key solar system data and flexible production of highly accurate ephemerides for solar system objects (1,227,063 asteroids, 3,819 comets, 211 planetary satellites {includes satellites of Earth and dwarf planet Pluto}, 8 planets, the Sun, L1, L2, select spacecraft, and system barycenters). Horizons is provided by the Solar System Dynamics Group of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Joe says to use "OMOTENASHI" as the Target Body. You will find the online app at https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons [ANS thanks Brian Wilkins, KO4AQF, Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, NASA and JPL for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- New Guide for Tracking and Decoding NOAA Weather Satellites Samual Yanz, N7FNV,has created a detailed 39 page guide about tracking and decoding NOAA low earth polar orbit weather satellites. These satellites are a great way to interest young people in satellite communications. They transmit a powerful signal so that they are easily received an inexpensive radio, a simple antenna and free software. Currently there are three operational polar orbiting NOAA weather satellites that transmit image data in the APT format at 137 MHz. When one of these satellites pass overhead, it is possible to use an RTL-SDR with appropriate antenna and software to automatically receive the satellite weather images they transmit. The purpose of this guide is to completely install software and configure them to automatically receive incoming NOAA signals and process them into images. While there are many variations of hardware that can be used for this application, Yanz focuses on a simple setup to get anyone on the air. Samual's guide focuses on the software and shows how to setup Virtual Audio Cable for piping audio between programs, SDR# for receiving the signal, Orbitron for tracking the satellite and WXtoIMG for decoding the image. Download the PDF guide at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-247-NOAA-Satellites-Guide. [ANS thanks RTL-SDR.com for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition? Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff from our Zazzle store! 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ARISS NEWS Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide. Colegio Tarbut, Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina, direct via LU4AA. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz. The scheduled crewmember is Kjell Lindgren, KO5MOS. Contact is go for: Monday September 5, 2022 at 14:47:39 UTC. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html [ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations EM85; September 12-16, 2022 N8AJM will be working FM only with no set schedule. He may also activate a few grids on the way down from EN72. He will try to post all passes on hams.at CN74; September 22-24, 2022 KJ7DZ has a roving trip booked. More info will be posted as time gets closer [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events. + 41st ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) September 16–18, 2022 Hilton Charlotte Airport Hotel Charlotte, North Carolina https://tapr.org + Chicago FM Club Radio Expo September 25, 2022 Boone County Fairgrounds 8791 IL-76, Belvidere, IL 61008 Tom Zimmerman, W9TTY, will host an AMSAT exhibit. + 2022 Rocky Mountain ARRL Division Convention October 7-9, 2022 Event Center at Archer 3921 Archer Pkwy Cheyenne, Wyoming 82007 https://wyhamcon.org/site + 2022 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium October 8–9, 2022 Kents Hill Park Conference Centre Milton Keynes https://rsgb.org/main/about-us/rsgb-convention/ + 40th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting October 21–22, 2022 The Crowne Plaza Suites 3 Appletree Square, Bloomington, MN More information to follow. [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + The NEXUS (FO-99) operation schedule for September, 2022 is available at https://www.jamsat.or.jp/?p=1974. Y.Ohtani, JH4DHX/3, of the NEXUS operations team reports that the operation of DigiTalker will be closed. Please enjoy NEXUS / FO-99 ! FO-29 remains in full sunlight and should continue to be available for use this month. [AMSAT thanks JAMSAT for the above information.] + Space is hard, even for the pros: Intelsat said the Galaxy 15 broadcast satellite that stopped responding to commands earlier this month shut down its payload Aug. 31, reducing the risk of interfering with signals from other spacecraft. However, Galaxy 15 continues to drift out of its geostationary orbit slot at 133 degrees West, and "will soon begin transiting through orbital locations licensed for other satellites," an Intelsat spokesperson said. "With the payload muted, the focus of this coordination ensures 'fly-by' procedures are coordinated so that the spacecraft avoid a physical collision. This is a normal part of spacecraft operations that is regularly executed and poses minimal risk." Intelsat said it has successfully moved all customers from Galaxy 15 to its Galaxy 23 satellite. SpaceX is slated to launch Galaxy 33, Galaxy 15's replacement, "on or about Oct. 8, 2022," the spokesperson added. [ANS thanks SpaceNews for the above information.] + But sometimes, things just work: Engineers with NASA have repaired an issue with the space agency's Voyager 1 spacecraft, but have yet to identify the cause of the problem, officials confirmed on August 27. The probe had been sending garbled data about its status, including information about its health and activities to mission controllers, despite otherwise operating normally. Launched in 1977, NASA's Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes are both still active, exploring deep space. Both are still communicating with NASA, despite being launched 45 years ago. The spacecraft are two of only five space probes from Earth that have left the solar system. Voyager 1 is currently 14.5 billion miles from Earth. [ANS thanks SpaceDaily for the above information.] + NASA and Axiom Space said Wednesday, August 28 that they plan to launch a second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station in 2023. The spaceflight, coordinated by the U.S. space agency and the private Houston-based infrastructure developer, will be designated as Axiom Mission 2, or Ax-2 and will launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the second quarter of 2023. Private Axiom astronauts will travel to the ISS and spend 10 days aboard the space station and participate in in-orbit activities in coordination with ISS crew and flight controllers on the ground. The first Axiom mission, in April 2022, featured extensive amateur radio activity. No word yet about hams aboard Ax-2. [ANS thanks SpaceDaily for the above information.] + The AMSAT-DL (Germany) Symposium will be held prior to the General Membership Meeting on Saturday, September 10, 2022 from 10 am to 1 pm. The general meeting will follow at 2 p.m., after a short lunch break during which refreshments will be provided. The events will take place at the Radome of the Bochum Observatory, Association headquarters of AMSAT Germany, Obernbaakstraße 6, 44797 Bochum, Germany. [ANS thanks AMSAT-DL for the above information.] + The AMSAT-SA (South Africa) Space Symposium 2022 will be held virtually on 10 September 2022 from 09:00 to 16:30 SAST (07:00 - 14:30 UTC). The theme will be, "Space, the next frontier for expansion of amateur radio." The event will be virtual on the BlueJeans platform. The programme includes a session for beginners and the people returning to satellite operation. Other papers include "OSCAR100 - the easy way", "A 70cm - 10GHz transponder", "Satellite Server: Browser Based Satellite Tracking Software", "The new AMSAT-NA Fox plus program", a review of AfriCUBE with a demonstration of the prototype flying on BACAR in early October plus many other interesting topics. Full programme at https://bit.ly/3efNdJJ The event is free but a donation of R40 (about $2.50 U.S.) towards the AfriCUBE fund would be appreciated. [ANS thanks AMSAT-SA for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/ In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to: * Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization). * Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. * Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. * Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms. Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information. 73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! This week's ANS Editor, Frank Karnauskas, N1UW n1uw at amsat dot org

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Call for Papers & Presentations - ARRL/TAPR DCC (Digital Communications Conference), Charlotte, NC, September 16 - 18
by Mark Thompson 03 Sep '22

03 Sep '22

CALL FOR ARRL/TAPR DCC (Digital Communications Conference) PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS AT DCC 2022 ARRL/TAPR DCC - Call for Papers Papers submitted for the DCC will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Papers will be published exactly as submitted and authors will retain all rights. Papers should be submitted via e-mail to Maty Weinberg, KB1EIB (kb1eib(a)arrl.org) by September 1, 2022. Authors do not need to present at the conference to have their papers included in the Proceedings. Authors who plan to present their paper at the DCC must contact Steve, N7HPR at: steven.bible(a)gmail.com in order to schedule their speaking time slot. However topics can also be presented at the DCC without submitting a paper. Presenters need to contact Steve, N7HPR at: steven.bible(a)gmail.com to schedule their speaking time slot. Conference papers will be distributed as Acrobat (.PDF) documents to attendees at the DCC. Printed copies of the papers will be available for sale at Lulu (www.lulu.com). 40th Anniversary ARRL/TAPR DCC (Digital Communications Conference) Charlotte, North Carolina September 16-18, 2022 Call for Papers 2022 ARRL/TAPR DCC - Call for Papers

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Tracking Artemis-1
by David G0MRF 03 Sep '22

03 Sep '22

Does anyone know how to track Artemis 1 during the next few days.? Tracking the moon is fairly straightforward, but trying to locate the cubesat signals on 70cm during the flight there probably needs some dedicated tracking software. Maybe some resource online? 73 David G0MRF

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ARISS News Release No. 22-49
by David Jordan 03 Sep '22

03 Sep '22

ARISS News Release No.22-49 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at Tarbut College, Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina September2, 2022—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboardthe International Space Station (ISS) and students at Tarbut College located in BuenosAires. ARISS conducts 60-80 of thesespecial amateur radio contacts each year between students around the globe andcrew members with ham radio licenses aboard the ISS. Tarbut College is a bilingual Jewish institution located inBuenos Aires, Argentina. It was founded in 1961 and has a student enrollment forKindergarten up to Secondary grade School. Spanish, English and Hebrew aretaught throughout the complete academic journey of every student. For this ARISScontact, the school has extended their existing curriculum on Space during thepast 2 years to include classes about the ISS, ISS missions, and ISScommunication. A dedicated weekly period for the students included classes aboutthe Earth, space, space exploration history, space station life, satellites andradio communication. The members of the Radio Club Argentino are supporting thecollege during this ARISS contact. This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio and students will take turns asking their questionsof Astronaut Kjell Lindgren, amateur radio call sign KO5MOS. Local Covid-19protocols are adhered to as applicable for each ARISS contact. The downlinkfrequency for this contact is 145.800 MHZ and may be heard by listeners thatare within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the relay ground station. The amateur radio ground station for this contactis in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Amateur radio operators using call sign LU4AA,will operate the ground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection. TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for September 5, 2022 at 11:47 am ART (BuenosAires) (14:47:39 UTC, 10:47 am EDT, 9:47 am CDT,8:47 am MDT, 7:47 am PDT). _______________________________ Astime allows, students will ask these questions: 1.How did you prepare to be an astronaut and go into the International SpaceStation? 2.Could you tell us how you traveled from Earth to the International SpaceStation? What did you feel during this trip? 3.Do you have windows inside the spaceship? What can you see from up there whenyou look at the Earth? 4.Can you see other planets from there? And what do the stars look like from theISS? 5.How do you know where the ISS is supposed to be going when you are in space? Isthere a pilot? 6.Is it cold in space? 7.How often do you have to fix something in the ISS? And what kind of tools do you have? 8.Could you tell us a little bit about the experiments you and the rest of thecrew are working on? 9.What do you do if you do not feel well or if you are hurt? Do you have a doctorin space? Do you have some kind of medicine to feel better? 10.Can you contact your family and friends from the ISS? How often do you talk tothem and how do you do it? 11.What did you take with you into the ISS? Did you take any personal items like pictures, a cell phone or games? 12.Do you feel different as a person after being in the ISS? Do you think thisexperience changed you in any way? 13.Which one is better? Living with gravity or without gravity? 14.After being in the ISS and seeing space, do you think there is life somewhereoutside of Earth? 15.How do you think your body will react when you get back to Earth? 16.Do you have plans for your future, after this expedition? About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that support the International Space Station(ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur SatelliteCorporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS NationalLab-Space Station Explorers, Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) andNASA’s Space communications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISSis to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, andmathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts viaamateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before andduring these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities takepart in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org . MediaContact: DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISSPR Likeus on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Search on Amateur Radio on the ISS and@ARISS_status. Checkout ARISS on Youtube.com.

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UVSQ-SAT on tomorrow 9/3
by af5cc＠fidmail.com 02 Sep '22

02 Sep '22

From Twitter, another chance for a FM satellite to play on tomorrow: UVSQ-SAT has been programmed for a transponder activation tomorrow: - Saturday 3 September 12h00 (UTC) - During non-stop 11 hours - Uplink 145.905 MHz / Downlink 437.020 MHz Due to solar activity, we will check satellite once over France and send again TC for if need. 73

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VUCC Satellite Standings September 2022
by Jon Goering 01 Sep '22

01 Sep '22

VUCC Satellite Award/Endorsement Change Summary for August 01, 2022 to September 01, 2022. ------------------------------------------------------------ K8YSE 2100 2164 WA4NVM 1579 1609 K8DP 1316 1322 N8RO 1131 1139 AA8CH 819 835 WD9EWK (DM43) 696 706 W8LR 594 619 KF6JOQ 553 606 KN2K 558 600 KE8RJU 568 577 EA2AA 546 566 KQ4DO 508 533 KC1MMC 470 532 KI7QEK 500 N8MR 288 320 F6GLJ 220 312 VE7PTN 203 294 N5EKO 234 281 A65BR 226 260 JH0BBE 200 206 JK2XXK 156 200 DL8GAM 152 186 VE2NGO 150 175 PA7RA New 156 GI4SJQ New 110 N8URE (EN61) New 102 K8WU New 100 KO9A New 100 W6AER New 100 ------------------------------------------------------------ Congratulations to the new VUCC holders. PA7RA is first Satellite VUCC holder from Netherlands and 1st from JO21 73 Jon N7AZ

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Re: [ANS] ANS-240 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for Aug. 28
by arunkumar1＠comcast.net 29 Aug '22

29 Aug '22

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Re: [ANS] ANS-240 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for Aug. 28
by Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL 29 Aug '22

29 Aug '22

At 07:00 PM 8/27/2022 -0500, you wrote: >AMSAT NEWS SERVICE >ANS-240 > > >OMOTENASHI Project Shoots for the Moon This Week > >OMOTENASHI, a project of the JAXA Ham Radio Club, is a CubeSat which will >be launched by NASA SLS rocket, scheduled for August 29. It plans to land >on the surface of the moon, and to transmit a beacon in the amateur 70cm band. > >OMOTENASHI is one of the EM-1 CubeSat missions which will be launched by >the NASA/SLS rocket (EM-1) together with the main mission of ORION >experimental module on Monday. JAXA Ham Radio Club is going to utilize the >flight demonstration opportunity of the OMOTENASHI mission to conduct the >following amateur radio missions: >Â (i) To conduct technological research with respect to receiving >ultra-weak UHF signal from a space probe toward the moon >Â (ii) To conduct an outreach activity providing amateur radio operators >all over the world with an opportunity to try to receive signals from moon >region. > >OMOTENASHI is a 6U-CubeSat with external dimensions of 239 x 366 x 113mm >and an approximate mass of 14 kg. > >OMOTENASHI consists of three modules: orbiting module, retro motor module, >and surface probe. During the moon transfer orbit, these modules are >integrated. When OMOTENASHI arrives at the moon, the surface probe will be >separated and conduct semi-hard landing. > >There will be UHF CM/PSK/PM/PSK31 beacons, with 1 watt RF, on both the >orbiting module and the surface probe. CisLunar explorer, MIT KitCube and >Lunar IceCube are expected to share the same launch. They scrubbed the launch today, but I'm hoping this project is successful. Would be fun to try to hear a beacon from the moon. Don't know if my setup would be sensitive enough to receive it. KB7ADL

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-08-29 15:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 29 Aug '22

29 Aug '22

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-08-29 15:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Colegio Tarbut, Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina, direct via LU4AA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS (***) Contact is go for: Mon 2022-09-05 14:47:39 UTC 78 deg (***) Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS continues to be making general contacts on the cross-band repeater. He is using NA1SS. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2022-08-29 15:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2022-08-24 20:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2022 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 13, 2022 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time (2022-11-14 07:59 UTC). (***) Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 178 Francesco IKØWGF with 149 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 148 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 114 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1556. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1475. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 67 on orbit Oleg Artemyev Denis Matveev Sergey Korsakov SpaceX Crew-4 on orbit Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Bob Hines KI5RQT Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF Jessica Watkins **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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signal on 10.1.25mhz
by nick 28 Aug '22

28 Aug '22

A little off-topic there is a chirp spread spectrum signal on 10.125 MHz wide bandwidth of 10 kHz. Is this a LoRa format and how do you decode it? nick Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com

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HamSatHD + nasabare.txt
by Robert Switzer 28 Aug '22

28 Aug '22

All: Been using an app called HamSatHD on my ipad for years, but haven’t been active much so hadn’t fire it up in months. Today noticed that I get an error trying to download nasabare.txt: “Connection failed, resource could not be loaded because the app transport security policy requires a secure connection” The app is no longer available in the App Store, so may just have to move on to something new, but wondered if anyone knew why this error was being thrown… something on the AMSAT side or ? Robert KA2CZU Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad

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ANS-240 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for Aug. 28
by Mark Johns, K0JM 28 Aug '22

28 Aug '22

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-240 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at] amsat.org You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/ In this edition: * OMOTENASHI Project Shoots for the Moon This Week * SLS Launch Party on Discord! * Launch of GENESIS-G and GENESIS-J with Firefly on September 11 * Limited-Time Opportunity - DX on AO27! * 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, Oct. 21-22 * So, You Want To Build A CubeSat? * Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for August 25 * ARISS News * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events * Satellite Shorts From All Over ANS-240 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins To: All RADIO AMATEURS From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation 712 H Street NE, Suite 1653 Washington, DC 20002 DATE 2022 Aug 28 OMOTENASHI Project Shoots for the Moon This Week OMOTENASHI, a project of the JAXA Ham Radio Club, is a CubeSat which will be launched by NASA SLS rocket, scheduled for August 29. It plans to land on the surface of the moon, and to transmit a beacon in the amateur 70cm band. OMOTENASHI is one of the EM-1 CubeSat missions which will be launched by the NASA/SLS rocket (EM-1) together with the main mission of ORION experimental module on Monday. JAXA Ham Radio Club is going to utilize the flight demonstration opportunity of the OMOTENASHI mission to conduct the following amateur radio missions: (i) To conduct technological research with respect to receiving ultra-weak UHF signal from a space probe toward the moon (ii) To conduct an outreach activity providing amateur radio operators all over the world with an opportunity to try to receive signals from moon region. OMOTENASHI is a 6U-CubeSat with external dimensions of 239 x 366 x 113mm and an approximate mass of 14 kg. OMOTENASHI consists of three modules: orbiting module, retro motor module, and surface probe. During the moon transfer orbit, these modules are integrated. When OMOTENASHI arrives at the moon, the surface probe will be separated and conduct semi-hard landing. OMOTENASHI is actively controlled by ultra-small attitude control system including star tracker, sun sensor, IMU, reaction wheel, and cold gas jet thruster. During the moon transfer orbit, OMOTENASHI may be spin-stabilized due to the strict resources. For further details, please see: https://www.isas.jaxa.jp/home/omotenashi/JHRCweb/jhrc.html There will be UHF CM/PSK/PM/PSK31 beacons, with 1 watt RF, on both the orbiting module and the surface probe. CisLunar explorer, MIT KitCube and Lunar IceCube are expected to share the same launch. Orbiting Module DOWNLINK Frequency 437.31 MHz Antenna SRR antenna Polarization Linear Modulation beacon, PSK31 Sync Word C1 (ASCII code) Power 30dBm Surface Probe DOWNLINK Frequency 437.41 MHz Antenna invert-F antennax4 Polarization LHCP(, RHCP) Modulation FM, PSK31, PCM-PSK/PM Sync Word C1 (ASCII code) Power 30dBm Amateurs can constantly access the newest TLE from https://bit.ly/3wyopTr This file will be overwritten when we have calculated the next TLE during operation. [ANS thanks JAXA Ham Radio Club for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ The 2022 AMSAT President's Club coins have arrived! To commemorate the 50th anniversary of its launch on October 15, 1972, this year's coin features an image of AMSAT-OSCAR 6. Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ SLS Launch Party on Discord! AMSAT is hosting an event in Discord, https://discord.gg/Duca8jY5?event=1012703802727608330. It will be in the #watch-party channel for the STS launch carrying Orion to the Moon, along with OMOTENASHI (see above) and a number of other small satellites. AMSAT plans to start streaming NASA’s YouTube video coverage starting at about 0300Z on Monday, August 29. If that doesn’t work out, people can always watch it on their own, and just join the channel to chat about the mission. Voice chat, web cams, and text will all be available for people to use. The AMSAT Discord server is available for the amateur satellite community. Discord is a text, voice, and video client that has become very popular in recent years. Discord will provide the amateur satellite community with an additional option to communicate amongst each other, in real-time. Discord provides several neat features, including the following: Ability to create channels, to organize different conversation topics Hosting of events, that can include voice and or video chat For satellite launch parties! Use of bots to automate useful actions Try typing /tle AO-92 More commands are in development! Notification of Twitter posts of interest Currently only following @AMSAT Twitter account A special section of the server is reserved for AMSAT members. If you are a current member, please send a message in the #request-roles channel once you join the server, indicating whether you are a member or life member. Once the member role is granted, you will be able to post in the “Members Only” category. If you are not yet an AMSAT member, join today at https://launch.amsat.org/. The link below can be used to join the server. See you in Discord! https://discord.gg/xbTXcPJHyt [ANS thanks Matthew Alberti, KM4EXS, AMSAT IT Team for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Launch of GENESIS-G and GENESIS-J with Firefly on September 11 AMSAT-EA confirms that the launch of our new GENESIS-G and GENESIS-J satellites with Firefly will take place, if all goes well, on September 11, with the launch window starting at 3 PM Pacific Time (22h GMT), from Vanderberg. The expected orbit altitude is 300 km with an inclination of 137 degrees. As many of you know, this will be the second attempt of Firefly to reach orbit after the first attempt made in September 2021 and which had to be aborted after two minutes of flight, causing our previous GENESIS-N and GENESIS-L to be lost, among others. These new GENESIS have a more powerful on-board computer than their predecessors and updated software that allows FM voice repeater functionality, AFSK/FSK non-regenerative repeater up to 2400 bps, FSK regenerative repeater up to 50 bps, CW, digitized voice pre-recorded FM and FSK telemetry at 50 bps. The correct retransmission of AX25 / APRS frames over FM up to 2400 bps has been verified in the laboratory. A small drawback we still have is the antenna deployment mechanism, that is the first version that was made and requires a plenty charged battery. The satellites have been stored for several months, so it is a weak point. Hopefully it will work. These satellites also have the names of ASTROLAND-1 and ASTROLAND-2 to say thanks to the sponsorship of the project by the Astroland Planetary Agency. We also thank the private companies and Universities that helped in the project. As on the previous occasion, two experimental propellants are flown, although this time they are from the Madrid company IENAI Space and, unlike the previous GENESIS mission, they use a liquid ionic fuel. Only the one from GENESIS-J is functional. The one from GENESIS-G carries the electronics but without the fuel. The frequencies coordinated with IARU are the following: GENESIS-G/ASTROLAND-1 145.875 MHz uplink, Modes: FM voice (no subtone) and FSK 50 bps, AFSK, AX.25, APRS 1200 / 2400 bps 436.888 MHz downlink, Modes: FM voice, CW, FSK 50 bps, FM voice beacon with AM2SAT callsign GENESIS-J/ASTROLAND-2 145.925 MHz uplink, Modes: FM voice (no subtone) and FSK 50 bps, AFSK, AX.25, APRS 1200 / 2400 bps 436.666 MHz downlink, Modes: FM voice, CW FSK 50 bps, SSTV Robot 36, FM voice beacon with AM3SAT callsign We encourage all to try to receive their first transmissions once the first keplerians are available. This flight will be streamed by Everyday Astronaut: https://everydayastronaut.com/ More information on the Firefly website: https://firefly.com/alpha-flight-2-to-the-black/ [ANS thanks Felix Paez, EA4GQS of the AMSAT EA Team for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Limited-Time Opportunity - DX on AO27! "On" times for AO-27 continue to shift along the direction of the orbit. The 5 min "on time" for ascending passes at mid-latitudes is now on DESCENDING passes. Based on current SATNOGS observations, from when the satellite is at about 75 degN to about 65 deg N. The descending node telemetry and repeater operation is probably only available to stations further and further south (a few lucky far-S America and maybe VK and ZL stations may soon be able work Antarctica if anyone is on!). Northern Europe and the UK are now well in the footprint, NE Canadian provinces and some New England stations may be able to work Europe, and KL7 may be able to work northern Japan in a few weeks! These opportunities won't last - the "on" time will continue to shift, and once the onboard clock is reset, the satellite will be back on a "normal" schedule. If you hear or work AO-27, the command stations would appreciate knowing precise times for when the transmitter came on or turned off, and the reporting station's 6-character grid square or lat/lon. If you are in the far South and hear the 20 seconds of telemetry, try to capture KISS frames (NOT ASCII) and send the captured data file (or a good audio file we can try to decode). If scheduling SATNOGs observations (provides an excellent measure of on and off times), try to schedule descending passes during the "on" times and don't bother with ascending passes for now. [ANS thanks Stephan Greene, KS1G, on behalf of the AO-27 command team for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows, and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, Oct. 21-22 The 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting will take place in Bloomington, Minn. on Oct. 21-22, 2022. Highlights of all scheduled events include: – AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting, October 20-21 – 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, October 21-22 – Friday Night Social and Auction, October 21 – AMSAT Banquet and Reception, October 22 – AMSAT Ambassador Breakfast, October 23 A preliminary schedule is available on the AMSAT Member Portal, launch.amsat.org, under the Events tab. Crowne Plaza is located adjacent to the Minneapolis / St. Paul International Airport and provides complimentary, scheduled shuttle to and from the airport. Nearby attractions include Mall of America with Nickelodeon Universe Theme park, Target Field, and the Minnesota Zoo. You can make hotel reservations by calling the hotel directly at (952) 854-9000. The group code is ASG (Amateur Satellite Group). Hotel reservations can also be made online at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-219-Symposium-Rooms. Symposium tickets and banquet reservations may be purchased on the AMSAT Member Portal. Log into https://launch.amsat.org/ and clock on the Events tab. We at AMSAT, are excited to be able to host an in-person Symposium this year. We hope that you can join us in celebrating Amateur Radio in Space. [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- So, You Want To Build A CubeSat? Everybody's sure it's easy! Just follow these simple steps: + First, select an appropriate CubeSat form factor based on payload size, power requirements, and deployment mechanism. + Consider power budget (especially for when the spacecraft is “in eclipse” on the dark side of the Earth), acceleration and vibration tolerance (the sound of launch alone can damage the spacecraft), and thermal management (your satellite is effectively sitting in a rather large vacuum thermos). + Use Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) parts with existing flight heritage wherever possible—see satsearch and CubeSatShop. + Pick solar panels, batteries, and an Electrical Power System (EPS) to manage them. + Include one or more antennas and radios to talk to a ground station or ground station network (or broadcast up to GlobalStar or Iridium instead). + If you need to maintain orientation, include an Attitude Determination and Control Systems (ADCS) which will use some combination of Earth, Sun, and star trackers, gyroscopes, GPS receivers, and magnetometers to sense orientation, and rotate the spacecraft using magnetorquers and reaction wheels. Some CubeSats also now use miniature thrusters for attitude control, desaturation, and orbit maintenance. + Deployable components, such as antennas and solar panels, are usually stored under tension and released with electromagnets or redundant burn wires. + Next, select an On-Board Computer (OBC) for Command & Data Handling (C&DH) and the flight software that will run on it, such as the open-source cFS and F´ frameworks from NASA. + Prior to assembly, perform “flatsat” testing with everything wired on a bench. This is also when you should verify communications with the spacecraft via its radios. + Once assembled, put the CubeSat through vibration and thermal vacuum testing to ensure that it will survive the stresses of launch and the space environment. + Finally, obtain the required certifications for earth observation, radio licenses, and an approved deorbit plan. NASA has a helpful guide for first-time CubeSat developers with instructions and templates, and also a state-of-the-art technology report. (This overview is incomplete—please do not base your spacecraft design on an email newsletter.) [ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition? Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff from our Zazzle store! 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for August 25 Two Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps in the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical model of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs. Weekly updates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. TLE bulletin files are updated Thursday evenings around 2300 UTC, or more frequently if new high interest satellites are launched. More information may be found at https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/ Armadillo NORAD Cat ID 44352 (decayed form orbit on 8/23/2022 per Space-Track). Those using TLEs provided by Celestrak should be aware of recent changes to the URLs for these files. All Celestrak websites are now at celestrak.org -- celestrak.com will no longer work. There was a problem with the format of the nasa.all version of the TLEs last week. The nasabare.txt file was unaffected by this problem, and the issue appears to have been resolved in this week's file. [ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS NEWS Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide. Recently completed: Hospital School Program in partnership with Seacrest Studios at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tenn., direct via N4FR. The ISS callsign was NA1SS, and the crewmember was Kjell Lindgren, KO5MOS. Contact was successful on Wednesday, 2022-08-24 17:42:54 UTC with 27 degrees elevation. Congratulations to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt students and Kjell! Current ARISS operations include voice repeater transmissions with the JVC Kenwood D710GA in the Columbus module and APRS packet operation from an identical radio in the Service Module (Zvezda). Packet operations are on 145.825 MHz. Kjell Lindgren, KO5MOS, continues to be making general contacts on the cross-band repeater. He is using NA1SS. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html [ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an Amateur Radio package, including two-way communication capability, to be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit. Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Upcoming Satellite Operations AA6MU: CN81 August 9-31, Linears and FM. W7WGC: Starting an Oregon Rove today (8/21/22) 10-14 days. Dates and approx dates. Will post details on Twitter for each later. Aug 21: CN 93 & 94 Aug 22: DN03 & DN02 Aug 23 – 28-ish DN14, 13, 12 Return to the West (TBD): DN04, DN15 DN05 CN95 CN85 & CN86 CN75 CN74 & CN84 N8AJM: From September 12 to 16 I hope to be in EM85. I will be working FM only with no set schedule. I may also activate a few grids on the way down from EN72. I will try to post all passes on hams.at KJ7DZ: CN74 roving trip booked. Sept 22 – 24. More info will be posted as time gets closer KI7QEK: I’m taking a family vacation in British Columbia and Alberta from August 27-September 3, and planning to bring FM and linear gear. “Holiday style” so no promises on passes, but I will be passing through these grids: DN09, DO00, DO01, DO11, DO20 & DO21 9Y60, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (Special Event): Members of the Trinidad and Tobago Amateur Radio Society (TTARS) will be active as 9Y60TT to celebrate Trinidad and Tobago’s 60th anniversary of independence (August 31st, 1962) between August 26th and September 2nd. Activity will be on the HF/VHF bands using CW, SSB, Slow Scan TV (SSTV), Digital Modes (FT8/ FT4, JS8, JT65, 2m EME (Moonbounce), Satellite, APRS via ISS, Digital Voice (DMR, C4FM, D-Star), EchoLink….and more. QSL via LoTW, ClubLog and QRZ.com. For more details and info on how to obtain a certificate, see: 9y60tt [dot] info (received from JoAnne Maenpaa by email) [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events. 2022 HamXposition, and ARRL New England and Hudson Division Convention (hamxposition.org) Saturday and Sunday August 27 and 28, Marlborough, MA (Flea Market and some classes and workshops on Friday) AMSAT will have a booth with info, demos, and items for sale. Burns Fisher, WB1FJ will be presenting “What’s New At AMSAT” 41st ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) September 16–18, 2022 Hilton Charlotte Airport Hotel Charlotte, North Carolina https://tapr.org 2022 Rocky Mountain ARRL Division Convention Friday, October 7th, 2022 to Sunday, October 9th, 2022 Event Center at Archer 3921 Archer Pkwy Cheyenne, Wyoming 82007 https://wyhamcon.org/site 2022 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium October 8–9, 2022 Kents Hill Park Conference Centre, Milton Keynes https://rsgb.org/main/about-us/rsgb-convention/ 40th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting October 21–22, 2022 The Crowne Plaza Suites, 3 Appletree Square, Bloomington, MN https://launch.amsat.org/event-4922878 [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + Congratulations to John Langille, VE1CWJ, in FN85 and Philippe Chateau, EA4NF, in IN80 on a new distance record on XW-2A of 4,751 km - an astounding distance given XW-2A's apogee is now just 405 km! All current satellite distance records may be viewed at https://www.amsat.org/satellite-distance-records/ (ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, AMSAT Executive VP, for the above information) + An amazing video that shows how the Starlink antenna works is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs2QcycggWU (ANS thanks Mike Hoblinski, N6IMF, for the above information) + A SpaceX Dragon supply freighter undocked from the International Space Station on August 19, heading for splashdown off the coast of Florida Saturday with about two tons of cargo, experiments, and a leaky spacesuit. The unpiloted cargo carrier will bring home a spacesuit worn by European astronaut Matthias Maurer in March, when the station crew noticed water leaking in Maurer’s helmet after he returned to the lab’s pressurized airlock. NASA has suspended use of U.S. spacesuits for non-emergency spacewalks until the suit is returned to Earth for inspection and analysis. (ANS thanks Spaceflight Now for the above information) + Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev’s spacewalk was cut short by a suit battery issue on August 17. With NASA’s suits grounded at the moment, the ISS is running out of EVA options. (ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above information) + As World Radio Conference 2023 (WRC23) gets closer so the preparatory activities for all the agenda items are increasing in intensity. The most pressing for the amateur community is the 23cm band radio navigation satellite service (RNSS) coexistence agenda item 9.1b. The IARU engagement is continuing with the studies in the regulatory institutions as well as amongst the amateur community. As detailed proposals are starting to emerge so the amateur community needs to be ready to defend its interests in this band. See https://www.iaru-r1.org/ for more information. (ANS thanks Barry Lewis, G4SJH, for the above information) + MANY THANKS to Steve Kenwolf, WH6BSZ, for creating the new logo for the AMSAT News Service! We appreciate Steve's work and creativity in updating our look on the web and social media versions of ANS. (ANS thanks Mark Johns, K0JM, AMSAT News Service Senior Editor, for the above information. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/ In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to: * Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization). * Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. * Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. * Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms. Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information. 73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! This week's ANS Editor, Mark Johns, K0JM k0jm at amsat dot org

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thanks for satpc32
by nick 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

Thanks to all who replied. I got it working nick Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com

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Fwd: Re: [Keps] orb22230.2l.amsat-test
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [Keps] orb22230.2l.amsat-test Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:56:57 +1200 From: Wendy and Terry Osborne <wandtosborne(a)gmail.com> To: keps(a)amsat.org Hi Ray, Looks OK with no extra line feeds. nasa.all from the web page looks to be fixed also. 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC On 26/08/2022 6:39 am, ray.hoad(a)mypbmail.com wrote: > SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB22230.N > 2Line Orbital Elements 22230.AMSAT > > HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT > FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX August 18, 2022 > BID: ORB22230.N > > DECODE 2-LINE ELSETS WITH THE FOLLOWING KEY: > 1 AAAAAU 00 0 0 BBBBB.BBBBBBBB .CCCCCCCC 00000-0 00000-0 0 DDDZ > 2 AAAAA EEE.EEEE FFF.FFFF GGGGGGG HHH.HHHH III.IIII JJ.JJJJJJJJKKKKKZ > KEY: A-CATALOGNUM B-EPOCHTIME C-DECAY D-ELSETNUM E-INCLINATION F-RAAN > G-ECCENTRICITY H-ARGPERIGEE I-MNANOM J-MNMOTION K-ORBITNUM Z-CHECKSUM > > TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT > > AO-07 > 1 07530U 74089B 22230.68884579 -.00000029 00000-0 10934-3 0 9999 > 2 07530 101.9094 210.7662 0011866 283.7903 249.4868 12.53656352185507 > UO-11 > 1 14781U 84021B 22230.49592454 .00000702 00000-0 90852-4 0 9994 > 2 14781 97.6217 215.1182 0009839 113.6160 246.6089 14.83758524 49243 > LO-19 > 1 20442U 90005G 22230.72946307 .00000099 00000-0 52724-4 0 9995 > 2 20442 98.7990 196.5585 0011603 351.8297 8.2696 14.33078031702089 > HUBBLE > 1 20580U 90037B 22230.41126039 .00002326 00000-0 12584-3 0 9995 > 2 20580 28.4698 118.1959 0002504 346.4162 177.8081 15.10772327575593 > MET-2/21 > 1 22782U 93055A 22230.39194039 .00000029 00000-0 12655-4 0 9994 > 2 22782 82.5519 325.0804 0022594 170.5277 258.9764 13.83855923462848 > AO-27 > 1 22825U 93061C 22230.35988646 .00000047 00000-0 36161-4 0 9998 > 2 22825 98.8838 262.6955 0007642 226.2033 133.8517 14.30186226507000 > IO-26 > 1 22826U 93061D 22230.36810885 .00000060 00000-0 40874-4 0 9990 > 2 22826 98.8782 262.5793 0008374 211.8571 148.2105 14.30533865507512 > FO-29 > 1 24278U 96046B 22230.84167365 -.00000030 00000-0 20874-5 0 9997 > 2 24278 98.5155 245.9486 0351263 121.3398 242.2623 13.53118888284295 > NOAA-15 > 1 25338U 98030A 22230.86109119 .00000147 00000-0 79433-4 0 9997 > 2 25338 98.6412 259.5709 0011499 113.6890 246.5498 14.26162496262168 > GO-32 > 1 25397U 98043D 22230.48250578 .00000039 00000-0 36637-4 0 9999 > 2 25397 98.8213 181.1271 0000499 350.3519 9.7649 14.23766134252256 > ISS > 1 25544U 98067A 22230.93505244 .00004937 00000-0 93709-4 0 9996 > 2 25544 51.6434 25.7288 0005501 134.7627 332.5275 15.50223534354917 > NO-44 > 1 26931U 01043C 22230.52838536 .00000033 00000-0 44169-4 0 9992 > 2 26931 67.0493 258.1703 0006786 257.5333 102.5009 14.30724632 90281 > SO-50 > 1 27607U 02058C 22230.37711146 .00000511 00000-0 90436-4 0 9999 > 2 27607 64.5546 112.3959 0080809 282.5590 76.6483 14.76205078 57512 > CO-55 > 1 27844U 03031E 22230.81815826 .00000201 00000-0 10968-3 0 9990 > 2 27844 98.6797 237.5648 0008657 283.7238 76.2976 14.22481216992779 > CO-57 > 1 27848U 03031J 22230.44883225 .00000169 00000-0 96211-4 0 9990 > 2 27848 98.6842 237.7077 0008680 300.9189 59.1135 14.22034451992496 > RS-22 > 1 27939U 03042A 22230.79049711 .00000551 00000-0 10614-3 0 9992 > 2 27939 98.2011 11.5242 0013070 17.4308 342.7353 14.67428368 10188 > NOAA-18 > 1 28654U 05018A 22230.81382756 .00000141 00000-0 10004-3 0 9992 > 2 28654 98.9456 301.1909 0014899 151.9919 208.2058 14.12765763888873 > CO-58 > 1 28895U 05043F 22230.35615736 .00000804 00000-0 16075-3 0 9993 > 2 28895 98.1143 0.8093 0015504 309.3332 50.6496 14.64430692896707 > Falconsat-3 > 1 30776U 07006E 22230.64664686 .00044211 00000-0 57861-3 0 9993 > 2 30776 35.4293 211.6072 0004457 255.3217 104.7022 15.57529954859274 > CO-65 > 1 32785U 08021C 22230.42831146 .00001769 00000-0 18987-3 0 9993 > 2 32785 97.6623 199.3358 0013543 34.8693 325.3409 14.89768056775714 > AAUSAT2 > 1 32788U 08021F 22230.83896974 .00005637 00000-0 48289-3 0 9997 > 2 32788 97.5381 213.9730 0008701 272.4057 87.6169 14.97904157777871 > DO-64 > 1 32789U 08021G 22230.85706522 .00015339 00000-0 82236-3 0 9999 > 2 32789 97.3376 254.9419 0012218 106.7046 253.5529 15.15002210781473 > CO-66 > 1 32791U 08021J 22230.44548148 .00002633 00000-0 25871-3 0 9990 > 2 32791 97.6161 204.7805 0012358 351.2675 8.8328 14.92934406776447 > RS-30 > 1 32953U 08025A 22230.67223894 .00000024 00000-0 10000-3 0 9997 > 2 32953 82.5047 145.2551 0019909 121.5685 238.7349 12.43112535646064 > PRISM > 1 33493U 09002B 22230.44831743 .00005827 00000-0 46931-3 0 9994 > 2 33493 98.2303 220.5537 0016295 345.2363 14.8381 15.00266663738279 > NOAA-19 > 1 33591U 09005A 22230.82216803 .00000143 00000-0 10217-3 0 9996 > 2 33591 99.1443 266.2573 0014108 17.3271 342.8379 14.12599924697250 > SRMSAT > 1 37841U 11058D 22230.35811235 .00000369 00000-0 57430-4 0 9996 > 2 37841 19.9708 240.7278 0011681 304.8350 84.3992 14.10766173559997 > HRBE > 1 37855U 11061F 22230.67451339 .00011373 00000-0 48901-3 0 9994 > 2 37855 101.7175 22.7501 0151119 235.7842 122.8977 15.13196098591114 > RS-40 > 1 38735U 12041C 22230.65422551 -.00000011 00000-0 -14749-3 0 9995 > 2 38735 82.4729 226.7045 0016005 233.8099 126.1506 12.42586686456242 > ZACUBE-1 > 1 39417U 13066B 22230.66785065 .00001250 00000-0 15775-3 0 9998 > 2 39417 97.6413 199.3795 0056938 199.1413 160.7662 14.82516973472342 > Delfi-N3xt > 1 39428U 13066N 22230.36341448 .00002914 00000-0 45016-3 0 9999 > 2 39428 97.8135 162.0680 0118642 79.9672 281.4898 14.69373962467621 > GOMX-1 > 1 39430U 13066Q 22230.60408237 .00000569 00000-0 11013-3 0 9993 > 2 39430 97.8048 134.2465 0148105 208.4967 150.8079 14.60306225465360 > LO-74 > 1 39440U 13066AA 22230.43917981 .00001611 00000-0 22396-3 0 9991 > 2 39440 97.7300 185.4091 0077020 290.9406 68.3575 14.77185025470636 > AO-73 > 1 39444U 13066AE 22230.63850385 .00001567 00000-0 19107-3 0 9997 > 2 39444 97.6293 201.7659 0056103 186.9234 173.1212 14.83630713471331 > SPROUT > 1 39770U 14029E 22230.58493131 .00005292 00000-0 53397-3 0 9993 > 2 39770 97.9490 347.9517 0007038 240.5642 119.4774 14.91509694446929 > DTUSAT-2 > 1 40030U 14033W 22230.29226314 .00002012 00000-0 21353-3 0 9998 > 2 40030 97.9372 163.3183 0010831 203.6490 156.4231 14.90157361442850 > EO-80 > 1 40032U 14033Y 22230.39995878 .00001844 00000-0 19638-3 0 9994 > 2 40032 97.9376 163.4408 0010749 204.2045 155.8669 14.90130444442848 > HODOYOSHI-1 > 1 40299U 14070B 22230.72042878 .00003669 00000-0 13919-3 0 9993 > 2 40299 97.2393 297.0227 0010388 277.2948 181.4072 15.27422618432568 > FIREBIRD FU3 > 1 40377U 15003B 22230.47348993 .00016415 00000-0 47104-3 0 9992 > 2 40377 99.0909 109.2776 0097331 174.0266 186.2156 15.31299932417904 > FIREBIRD FU4 > 1 40378U 15003C 22230.23365937 .00019067 00000-0 54478-3 0 9992 > 2 40378 99.0913 109.2083 0097235 174.4633 185.7703 15.31396051417885 > GRIFEX > 1 40379U 15003D 22230.44440900 .00011840 00000-0 40979-3 0 9992 > 2 40379 99.1045 94.6866 0112622 218.6671 140.6460 15.24165901417071 > XW-2A > 1 40903U 15049E 22230.71659895 .00018824 00000-0 27381-3 0 9991 > 2 40903 97.1735 289.4218 0007564 240.9735 273.7272 15.55774595388930 > XW-2C > 1 40906U 15049H 22230.70711220 .00003893 00000-0 18568-3 0 9991 > 2 40906 97.4944 233.6466 0014981 136.6507 336.2963 15.19584769382379 > XW-2D > 1 40907U 15049J 22230.83572024 .00004552 00000-0 21212-3 0 9996 > 2 40907 97.4937 233.8121 0014433 131.6557 351.8957 15.20311844382442 > LILACSAT-2 > 1 40908U 15049K 22230.80695780 .00002338 00000-0 12462-3 0 9996 > 2 40908 97.5183 230.7899 0015762 154.7950 324.2223 15.16082541381931 > XW-2E > 1 40909U 15049L 22230.77894678 .00007495 00000-0 30748-3 0 9996 > 2 40909 97.4654 238.4269 0013853 113.4334 332.2378 15.24445840382909 > XW-2F > 1 40910U 15049M 22230.86607819 .00007461 00000-0 31087-3 0 9997 > 2 40910 97.4726 237.6634 0014674 113.3766 7.0073 15.23911612382686 > XW-2B > 1 40911U 15049N 22230.73237637 .00004641 00000-0 21694-3 0 9991 > 2 40911 97.4922 234.2907 0014256 133.2173 341.9821 15.20193134382319 > DCBB > 1 40912U 15049P 22230.73896987 .00008929 00000-0 33708-3 0 9993 > 2 40912 97.4365 241.8842 0014638 84.3133 26.0193 15.27153150383257 > TW-1A > 1 40928U 15051D 22230.81500332 .00044181 00000-0 45754-3 0 9992 > 2 40928 97.0351 253.1129 0008839 136.4990 312.1898 15.64539199387971 > IO-86 > 1 40931U 15052B 22230.44602848 .00000498 00000-0 -19851-4 0 9995 > 2 40931 6.0038 86.8673 0013777 327.0761 32.8724 14.76842122372527 > AO-85 > 1 40967U 15058D 22229.16485543 .00001133 00000-0 13608-3 0 4510 > 2 40967 64.7722 247.2389 0187345 180.8926 179.1836 14.77639840 69631 > ATHENOXAT-1 > 1 41168U 15077C 22230.56400005 .00011349 00000-0 44503-3 0 9996 > 2 41168 14.9940 349.6040 0009539 31.9268 62.5658 15.22259183369783 > ChubuSat-2 > 1 41338U 16012B 22230.55754279 .00001752 00000-0 12539-3 0 9990 > 2 41338 31.0039 348.4080 0013310 48.6790 311.4989 15.01556220356822 > ChubuSat-3 > 1 41339U 16012C 22230.74685638 .00001440 00000-0 10177-3 0 9994 > 2 41339 31.0127 344.1207 0013193 57.7670 302.4246 15.01619543356859 > Horyu-4 > 1 41340U 16012D 22230.58014786 .00003132 00000-0 21698-3 0 9998 > 2 41340 31.0053 322.2689 0013146 98.8272 261.3853 15.03618532357084 > e-st@r-II > 1 41459U 16025D 22230.87586899 .00008626 00000-0 36309-3 0 9992 > 2 41459 98.1924 40.7256 0142642 57.7260 303.7736 15.14775412346940 > AAUSAT4 > 1 41460U 16025E 22230.79836361 .00013014 00000-0 47592-3 0 9990 > 2 41460 98.1827 47.4410 0121162 31.9401 328.9150 15.21481284347416 > LO-87 > 1 41557U 16033B 22230.83015297 .00010684 00000-0 30694-3 0 9993 > 2 41557 97.3902 328.6943 0011331 147.9177 6.4227 15.35948163346957 > NuSat2 > 1 41558U 16033C 22230.84608771 .00010577 00000-0 28619-3 0 9995 > 2 41558 97.4109 334.7612 0011136 138.3843 15.0777 15.37823211347232 > Lapan A3 > 1 41603U 16040E 22230.88416845 .00001025 00000-0 49416-4 0 9994 > 2 41603 97.2023 265.1853 0011722 306.6835 170.5326 15.20813888341526 > Pratham > 1 41783U 16059A 22230.37583530 .00000373 00000-0 80486-4 0 9990 > 2 41783 97.9094 269.4380 0032829 340.6907 19.3049 14.63404527314682 > TY-1 > 1 41844U 16066D 22230.71373205 .00010447 00000-0 34249-3 0 9998 > 2 41844 97.3891 242.4884 0014590 70.8471 57.2577 15.31714564321138 > CAS-2T > 1 41847U 16066G 22230.17365107 .00000665 00000-0 10908-3 0 9990 > 2 41847 98.5468 294.7636 0363890 25.4307 336.4301 14.38694375303223 > EO-88 > 1 42017U 17008BX 22230.60472700 .00017836 00000-0 50509-3 0 9992 > 2 42017 97.2640 295.8750 0005256 41.4206 318.7436 15.36321571306617 > CAS-4B > 1 42759U 17034B 22230.74207138 .00003006 00000-0 18333-3 0 9993 > 2 42759 43.0186 349.2682 0010471 317.8830 160.1978 15.12271757285788 > CAS-4A > 1 42761U 17034D 22230.77590134 .00003114 00000-0 18897-3 0 9995 > 2 42761 43.0187 347.8216 0010857 320.6237 166.4412 15.12358839285790 > NIUSat > 1 42766U 17036B 22230.52627973 .00009389 00000-0 35322-3 0 9999 > 2 42766 97.1982 266.1519 0015244 105.9484 254.3437 15.27229483286276 > Aalto 1 > 1 42775U 17036L 22230.53214996 .00007153 00000-0 27751-3 0 9991 > 2 42775 97.1937 265.9700 0014200 105.2657 255.0153 15.26310117286245 > URSA MAIOR > 1 42776U 17036M 22230.35784355 .00008921 00000-0 33887-3 0 9994 > 2 42776 97.1950 266.5951 0013832 104.7904 255.4869 15.26944651286250 > Max Valier Sat > 1 42778U 17036P 22230.82188377 .00009782 00000-0 36158-3 0 9990 > 2 42778 97.2009 269.7990 0012605 103.9068 256.3575 15.27835919286425 > Pegasus > 1 42784U 17036V 22230.07306749 .00012282 00000-0 42456-3 0 9996 > 2 42784 97.1948 270.0395 0011777 106.5521 253.7015 15.29985064286439 > NUDATSat > 1 42787U 17036Y 22230.56847752 .00016843 00000-0 48709-3 0 9991 > 2 42787 97.1977 275.1142 0010358 93.0170 267.2265 15.35634575286627 > SUCHAI 1 > 1 42788U 17036Z 22230.05821866 .00016031 00000-0 51971-3 0 9998 > 2 42788 97.1953 271.8334 0011023 102.0731 258.1747 15.32008634286613 > SKCUBE > 1 42789U 17036AA 22230.54508500 .00012890 00000-0 43001-3 0 9994 > 2 42789 97.1951 271.6981 0011092 101.5839 258.6648 15.31133333286571 > VZLUSAT 1 > 1 42790U 17036AB 22230.38699143 .00024543 00000-0 71235-3 0 9990 > 2 42790 97.1975 274.8906 0009739 94.9512 265.2844 15.35451131286743 > VENTA 1 > 1 42791U 17036AC 22230.34227832 .00013109 00000-0 44716-3 0 9999 > 2 42791 97.1955 271.3329 0010912 102.9129 257.3332 15.30410202286521 > Robusta 1B > 1 42792U 17036AD 22230.34760500 .00016897 00000-0 55218-3 0 9990 > 2 42792 97.1946 272.1169 0010578 102.1121 258.1307 15.31743803286590 > D-SAT > 1 42794U 17036AF 22230.48474711 .00001686 00000-0 14631-3 0 9997 > 2 42794 97.4531 232.6349 0121107 237.0488 121.9040 14.92881270280739 > TechnoSat > 1 42829U 17042E 22230.52496092 .00001191 00000-0 12248-3 0 9997 > 2 42829 97.4155 81.0269 0014530 153.8417 206.3540 14.91984989277341 > AO-91 > 1 43017U 17073E 22230.64055667 .00005056 00000-0 38009-3 0 9990 > 2 43017 97.6662 122.2795 0246963 344.5396 14.8366 14.81820226256325 > PICSAT > 1 43132U 18004X 22230.21298333 .00016510 00000-0 52292-3 0 9992 > 2 43132 97.3685 306.3021 0008676 132.7246 227.4728 15.32775503255866 > AO-92 > 1 43137U 18004AC 22230.42793837 .00012486 00000-0 42689-3 0 9996 > 2 43137 97.3647 305.0580 0008743 134.9183 225.2768 15.30373893255813 > TianYi 2 > 1 43155U 18008A 22230.82412978 .00005187 00000-0 27258-3 0 9993 > 2 43155 97.3480 287.2313 0014310 289.9623 181.9286 15.16029451252722 > Zhou Enlai > 1 43156U 18008B 22230.84907025 .00004753 00000-0 25160-3 0 9996 > 2 43156 97.3528 287.1503 0011578 290.8292 189.1173 15.15840526252652 > TianYi 6 > 1 43158U 18008D 22230.40456343 .00004773 00000-0 26092-3 0 9999 > 2 43158 97.3481 284.5684 0011312 294.5657 128.6887 15.14698238252486 > S-Net D > 1 43186U 18014G 22230.28276950 .00002313 00000-0 20009-3 0 9997 > 2 43186 97.6518 134.8307 0012634 91.4414 268.8256 14.98085081248178 > S-Net B > 1 43187U 18014H 22230.68374498 .00002196 00000-0 19025-3 0 9993 > 2 43187 97.6515 135.1723 0012650 90.2712 269.9960 14.98083891248236 > S-Net A > 1 43188U 18014J 22230.55045808 .00002183 00000-0 18916-3 0 9994 > 2 43188 97.6520 135.1086 0012653 90.7459 269.5213 14.98082863248214 > S-Net C > 1 43189U 18014K 22230.55126937 .00002235 00000-0 19357-3 0 9996 > 2 43189 97.6515 135.0304 0012688 90.5116 269.7560 14.98080833246767 > FMN 1 > 1 43192U 18015A 22230.82718271 .00025977 00000-0 62585-3 0 9998 > 2 43192 97.5421 17.7748 0010597 164.6211 333.1528 15.41181291253048 > Shaonian Xing > 1 43199U 18015H 22230.82931853 .00014307 00000-0 41052-3 0 9999 > 2 43199 97.5212 12.3546 0012931 173.9543 323.2119 15.35896561253014 > SurfSat > 1 43614U 18070B 22230.52212432 .00045694 00000-0 57213-3 0 9993 > 2 43614 93.0244 125.1791 0013158 121.5406 238.7146 15.59533291220722 > CP-7 DAVE > 1 43615U 18070C 22230.20389451 .00047590 00000-0 63641-3 0 9994 > 2 43615 93.0235 124.8303 0013373 126.0167 234.2339 15.57772773220634 > ELFIN-B > 1 43616U 18070D 22229.75541819 .00186338 00000-0 93723-3 0 9999 > 2 43616 93.0124 126.4203 0012303 113.9110 246.3457 15.81096219220999 > ELFIN-A > 1 43617U 18070E 22230.18558940 .00322828 37047-4 12268-2 0 9997 > 2 43617 93.0165 128.1641 0011670 113.7853 246.4652 15.87465080221135 > CubeBel-1 > 1 43666U 18083E 22230.85086201 .00007189 00000-0 29769-3 0 9995 > 2 43666 97.4179 258.8565 0014734 111.6625 353.5094 15.24131790210986 > Changshagaoxin > 1 43669U 18083H 22230.83371821 .00006655 00000-0 28963-3 0 9993 > 2 43669 97.4127 254.6243 0011333 109.2812 10.2193 15.22512528210798 > Ten-Koh > 1 43677U 18084G 22230.34845858 .00001119 00000-0 11815-3 0 9993 > 2 43677 97.9720 0.9925 0017094 69.4221 290.8829 14.91231139206902 > PO-101 > 1 43678U 18084H 22230.87833766 .00001052 00000-0 10877-3 0 9990 > 2 43678 97.9794 4.9064 0011305 80.7168 279.5338 14.92261286207162 > IRVINE 01 > 1 43693U 18088D 22230.14147293 .00046278 00000-0 10940-2 0 9993 > 2 43693 85.0251 268.8968 0009965 220.8645 139.1862 15.41585943209715 > QO-100 > 1 43700U 18090A 22230.50259657 .00000137 00000-0 00000-0 0 9991 > 2 43700 0.0140 111.6282 0002030 79.1795 342.7190 1.00272795 13659 > Reaktor Hello World > 1 43743U 18096AA 22230.21513405 .00015912 00000-0 46590-3 0 9990 > 2 43743 97.3500 309.8682 0014410 191.4102 168.6817 15.35211444207434 > MinXSS-2 > 1 43758U 18099A 22230.18967949 .00003300 00000-0 28623-3 0 9996 > 2 43758 97.6191 296.6170 0016012 62.1357 298.1485 14.97653285202345 > AO-95 > 1 43770U 18099N 22230.16975214 .00002074 00000-0 18628-3 0 9993 > 2 43770 97.6165 294.9140 0015291 70.9411 289.3465 14.96681062202246 > RANGE-B > 1 43772U 18099Q 22230.13702778 .00004159 00000-0 36201-3 0 9998 > 2 43772 97.6278 296.7048 0015069 60.3127 299.9593 14.97377773202263 > RANGE-A > 1 43773U 18099R 22230.17681290 .00001763 00000-0 16111-3 0 9994 > 2 43773 97.6088 293.7026 0014355 60.0876 300.1770 14.96208192202226 > MOVE-II > 1 43780U 18099Y 22230.47398483 .00004970 00000-0 42335-3 0 9994 > 2 43780 97.6212 296.4895 0014619 67.4281 292.8487 14.98134166202347 > SNUSat 2 > 1 43782U 18099AA 22230.41085083 .00002418 00000-0 21564-3 0 9995 > 2 43782 97.6175 295.6272 0013769 58.0923 302.1636 14.96836027202301 > SnugLite > 1 43784U 18099AC 22230.17184812 .00002212 00000-0 19642-3 0 9996 > 2 43784 97.6127 295.0274 0015674 64.2757 296.0081 14.97064637202291 > ITASat 1 > 1 43786U 18099AE 22230.49195197 .00001368 00000-0 12419-3 0 9997 > 2 43786 97.6197 296.1793 0016137 62.9913 297.2954 14.96797593202332 > EAGLET 1 > 1 43790U 18099AJ 22230.18021893 .00001522 00000-0 13729-3 0 9996 > 2 43790 97.6181 296.4157 0014172 67.5273 292.7448 14.96926550202025 > ESEO > 1 43792U 18099AL 22230.47412187 .00001311 00000-0 12080-3 0 9995 > 2 43792 97.6142 295.8274 0014683 65.0844 295.1902 14.96295216202100 > CSIM > 1 43793U 18099AM 22230.41927931 .00004418 00000-0 37040-3 0 9992 > 2 43793 97.6232 297.3957 0014231 59.1828 301.0794 14.98820129202162 > Astrocast 0.1 > 1 43798U 18099AS 22230.19569239 .00004592 00000-0 39355-3 0 9999 > 2 43798 97.6191 296.9872 0012786 48.5262 311.7057 14.97955735202351 > JO-97 > 1 43803U 18099AX 22230.42127557 .00002358 00000-0 20748-3 0 9999 > 2 43803 97.6158 295.8848 0016081 62.4133 297.8720 14.97351164202342 > Suomi 100 > 1 43804U 18099AY 22230.84438134 .00002719 00000-0 23928-3 0 9996 > 2 43804 97.6140 296.2061 0015621 61.5197 298.7597 14.97233249202418 > Al Farabi 2 > 1 43805U 18099AZ 22230.53935625 .00003193 00000-0 27552-3 0 9994 > 2 43805 97.6173 296.4636 0016067 63.6739 296.6132 14.97874951202395 > CHOMPTT > 1 43855U 18104G 22230.39593296 .00010678 00000-0 38355-3 0 9993 > 2 43855 85.0376 9.8206 0015359 16.2769 343.8966 15.28401572204184 > ISAT > 1 43879U 18111D 22230.24546648 .00002503 00000-0 21494-3 0 9994 > 2 43879 97.6588 134.7360 0013801 108.4936 251.7788 14.98289032196903 > UWE-4 > 1 43880U 18111E 22230.50973085 .00002056 00000-0 17676-3 0 9994 > 2 43880 97.6627 135.7342 0013324 107.3364 252.9317 14.98435359198990 > Sparrow > 1 43881U 18111F 22230.18659613 .00002676 00000-0 22775-3 0 9991 > 2 43881 97.6626 135.6679 0012804 107.1026 253.1600 14.98594539198957 > Lume 1 > 1 43908U 18111AJ 22230.60619250 .00009717 00000-0 32175-3 0 9999 > 2 43908 97.1822 116.4738 0017138 206.1872 153.8505 15.31363412202900 > FO-99 > 1 43937U 19003F 22230.05104007 .00013053 00000-0 42313-3 0 9993 > 2 43937 97.1270 261.0446 0017927 295.0677 64.8704 15.31956323199409 > MYSat 1 > 1 44045U 18092F 22230.26162200 .00074390 00000-0 89940-3 0 9991 > 2 44045 51.6291 123.0477 0005497 339.6020 20.4752 15.60015031197509 > AstroCast 0.2 > 1 44083U 19018F 22230.40704862 .00011647 00000-0 42926-3 0 9993 > 2 44083 97.3169 288.1210 0008363 264.1287 95.9000 15.27934797187944 > AISTechSat 3 > 1 44103U 19018AB 22230.83296098 .00010642 00000-0 38653-3 0 9996 > 2 44103 97.3034 288.8669 0010102 273.8422 86.1663 15.28425561188173 > AISat 1 > 1 44104U 19018AC 22230.78193400 .00007982 00000-0 21961-3 0 9991 > 2 44104 97.3933 314.1857 0049614 269.8896 89.6663 15.36197357189160 > Prox-1 > 1 44339U 19036A 22230.25144327 .00003811 00000-0 81299-3 0 9994 > 2 44339 23.9995 163.2587 0011360 172.6282 187.4378 14.55345075167453 > Oculus-ASR > 1 44348U 19036K 22230.09956079 .00055968 -58533-5 47685-3 0 9992 > 2 44348 28.5014 124.7679 0220820 287.0937 70.5589 15.42268454174053 > Armadillo > 1 44352U 19036P 22230.70937919 .01332800 11170-2 11278-2 0 9991 > 2 44352 28.5147 14.1282 0043024 93.4965 267.0575 16.10452215175141 > NO-104 > 1 44354U 19036R 22230.36581954 .00062822 -55978-5 50305-3 0 9995 > 2 44354 28.5249 107.1387 0210410 312.0587 46.2286 15.45517851174241 > Move-IIb > 1 44398U 19038N 22230.60326290 .00009485 00000-0 44441-3 0 9992 > 2 44398 97.6323 200.5742 0018948 273.4317 86.4747 15.19768380172472 > SONATE > 1 44400U 19038Q 22230.81194944 .00003710 00000-0 20077-3 0 9992 > 2 44400 97.6443 199.6289 0021525 279.1157 80.7639 15.15100734172378 > BeeSat 9 > 1 44412U 19038AC 22230.44430318 .00009642 00000-0 48007-3 0 9995 > 2 44412 97.6402 200.2312 0017882 280.9085 79.0136 15.17667739172090 > JAISAT-1 > 1 44419U 19038F 22230.67432505 .00008860 00000-0 43572-3 0 9990 > 2 44419 97.6403 201.3491 0016912 276.7117 83.2191 15.18140475172496 > LightSail-2 > 1 44420U 19036AC 22230.75595561 .00080236 00000-0 87016-2 0 9998 > 2 44420 23.9997 80.7788 0016568 295.9128 63.9663 14.86570879166466 > Taurus 1 > 1 44530U 19059C 22230.78594914 .00001419 00000-0 40000-3 0 9998 > 2 44530 98.5494 329.9114 0011999 292.1150 67.8772 14.47269090154868 > Duchifat 3 > 1 44854U 19089C 22230.77779573 .00002664 00000-0 20855-3 0 9994 > 2 44854 36.9657 90.7664 0008603 357.5947 93.2028 15.01408456147305 > OPS-SAT > 1 44878U 19092F 22230.45215365 .00011383 00000-0 51608-3 0 9991 > 2 44878 97.4819 53.9090 0013440 120.8197 239.4363 15.20921974147616 > TO-108 > 1 44881U 19093C 22230.77234690 .00000394 00000-0 56570-4 0 9997 > 2 44881 97.8912 309.0836 0014721 349.1748 10.9142 14.81786814144007 > FloripaSat 1 > 1 44885U 19093G 22230.74648151 .00001336 00000-0 16944-3 0 9996 > 2 44885 97.8960 310.5105 0014207 355.3305 4.7773 14.83323763144088 > RS-44 > 1 44909U 19096E 22230.34596836 .00000008 00000-0 -16904-4 0 9997 > 2 44909 82.5229 189.1587 0217386 174.7230 185.6237 12.79714273123423 > BY70-2 > 1 45857U 20042B 22230.75571974 .00004789 00000-0 63286-3 0 9997 > 2 45857 97.9535 307.0244 0008733 273.2219 86.7983 14.80439402114671 > UPMSat 2 > 1 46276U 20061E 22230.45229477 .00004127 00000-0 20292-3 0 9995 > 2 46276 97.3876 299.8652 0001115 34.7045 325.4262 15.18572230108286 > AmicalSat > 1 46287U 20061R 22230.45086731 .00004912 00000-0 28032-3 0 9993 > 2 46287 97.4423 298.7176 0004034 76.2444 283.9236 15.13189903107849 > SALSAT > 1 46495U 20068K 22230.47703800 .00001560 00000-0 11486-3 0 9997 > 2 46495 97.7308 171.8131 0018064 69.3851 290.9310 15.04722748103511 > BY70-3 > 1 46839U 20079N 22230.88108006 .00019760 00000-0 42986-3 0 9993 > 2 46839 97.1940 302.2435 0006995 106.5160 312.4172 15.44321204 99878 > CAPE 3 > 1 47309U 21002A 22230.30039892 .00011869 00000-0 46605-3 0 9990 > 2 47309 60.6826 131.7482 0031310 20.6564 339.5781 15.25702076 87882 > AO-109 > 1 47311U 21002C 22230.26784680 .00011039 00000-0 43020-3 0 9997 > 2 47311 60.6846 129.4075 0027613 22.4806 337.7485 15.26118842 87894 > MiTEE 1 > 1 47314U 21002F 22230.23683378 .00023525 00000-0 75775-3 0 9994 > 2 47314 60.6816 121.0665 0024494 15.3048 344.8778 15.31904864 88056 > ExoCube 2 > 1 47319U 21002L 22230.41553203 .00010476 00000-0 41399-3 0 9998 > 2 47319 60.6830 130.0579 0028863 22.8362 337.4002 15.25670345 87860 > UVSQ-SAT > 1 47438U 21006AB 22230.12717054 .00006358 00000-0 33105-3 0 9998 > 2 47438 97.4324 287.8799 0013134 65.5125 294.7476 15.16285561 86624 > YUSAT 1 > 1 47439U 21006AC 22230.80327716 .00008091 00000-0 41375-3 0 9990 > 2 47439 97.4330 288.6882 0012805 63.5584 296.6961 15.16836962 86734 > SOMP 2b > 1 47445U 21006AJ 22230.40321470 .00006077 00000-0 31979-3 0 9995 > 2 47445 97.4295 287.7628 0012901 68.6538 291.6071 15.15928237 86655 > IDEASSat > 1 47458U 21006AX 22230.78781623 .00006555 00000-0 34631-3 0 9999 > 2 47458 97.4385 288.6934 0012027 66.3043 293.9450 15.15771942 86705 > CubeSX-Sirius-HSE > 1 47951U 21022V 22230.88248124 .00002668 00000-0 17744-3 0 9997 > 2 47951 97.5219 129.0883 0019814 296.3499 125.9769 15.07863344 77405 > CubeSX-HSE > 1 47952U 21022W 22230.86774274 .00003555 00000-0 23467-3 0 9991 > 2 47952 97.5230 129.0969 0019572 294.9201 129.1716 15.07927527 77402 > KSU-Cubesat > 1 47954U 21022Y 22230.47819799 .00004733 00000-0 30886-3 0 9994 > 2 47954 97.5225 128.8431 0018963 295.2345 64.6918 15.08191200 77077 > GRBAlpha > 1 47959U 21022AD 22230.86485453 .00003693 00000-0 24342-3 0 9992 > 2 47959 97.5234 129.1374 0019365 295.0085 129.1861 15.07956876 76225 > Orbicraft-Zorkiy > 1 47960U 21022AE 22230.83750756 .00002975 00000-0 19610-3 0 9996 > 2 47960 97.5251 129.2725 0018889 295.4345 152.8083 15.08121531 76918 > STECCO > 1 47962U 21022AG 22230.83284743 .00004752 00000-0 29336-3 0 9997 > 2 47962 97.5224 130.1064 0013732 288.6199 140.3575 15.10300671 76285 > DO-111 > 1 47963U 21022AH 22230.26312186 .00020413 00000-0 10898-2 0 9992 > 2 47963 97.5247 130.9551 0014091 281.2447 78.7201 15.15072849 76305 > MO-110 > 1 47964U 21022AJ 22230.18635836 .00007909 00000-0 47971-3 0 9992 > 2 47964 97.5229 129.7672 0016337 286.1234 73.8197 15.10699582 76202 > FEES > 1 48082U 21022AL 22229.95965058 .00009042 00000-0 53737-3 0 9996 > 2 48082 97.5231 129.5222 0012495 283.6923 76.2916 15.11443357 75870 > RamSat > 1 48850U 98067SL 22230.39102971 .00158966 00000-0 79437-3 0 9994 > 2 48850 51.6365 359.0161 0004891 313.7467 46.3129 15.80816726 67092 > TUBIN > 1 48900U 21059X 22230.82876789 .00003237 00000-0 18038-3 0 9990 > 2 48900 97.5619 359.6699 0008548 245.6728 217.7887 15.14298286 63359 > IT-SPINS > 1 49017U 21013G 22230.36056729 .00009564 00000-0 36221-3 0 9996 > 2 49017 51.5977 103.1857 0007440 302.4843 57.5416 15.27540969 63242 > LEDSAT > 1 49069U 21073D 22230.85287529 .00004026 00000-0 25577-3 0 9997 > 2 49069 97.5206 302.5120 0028520 81.6342 278.8119 15.09080169 55244 > CUTE > 1 49263U 21088D 22230.49789008 .00003059 00000-0 22814-3 0 9994 > 2 49263 97.5844 297.1848 0019099 208.1469 151.8726 15.03475281 48749 > Binar-1 > 1 49272U 98067SR 22230.44019423 .00178995 00000-0 79957-3 0 9999 > 2 49272 51.6305 2.2838 0003977 292.1589 67.8991 15.83171065 49449 > CUAVA-1 > 1 49275U 98067SU 22230.46390328 .00589033 17156-3 93925-3 0 9993 > 2 49275 51.6261 355.3096 0011803 317.2435 158.6269 16.02954259 49484 > TeikyoSat 4 > 1 49396U 21102B 22230.10208893 .00001438 00000-0 11761-3 0 9992 > 2 49396 97.5253 286.2065 0017830 47.2416 313.0305 15.00746645 42296 > Z-Sat > 1 49399U 21102E 22230.89322200 .00001621 00000-0 12509-3 0 9995 > 2 49399 97.5339 287.9556 0023199 23.1226 337.1038 15.02747854 42468 > KOSEN 1 > 1 49402U 21102H 22230.11253516 .00002588 00000-0 19155-3 0 9995 > 2 49402 97.5248 287.3579 0022301 14.3047 345.8806 15.03831073 42375 > HO-113 > 1 50466U 21131B 22230.84247520 .00000097 00000-0 46219-4 0 9992 > 2 50466 98.5783 308.0611 0003698 336.8209 23.2810 14.38515958 33886 > Tevel > 1 50999U 22002R 22230.86196356 .00005566 00000-0 29634-3 0 9990 > 2 50999 97.4762 296.9438 0010700 194.8036 275.4119 15.15580177 32878 > Grizu-263a > 1 51025U 22002AT 22230.12952200 .00015023 00000-0 73901-3 0 9993 > 2 51025 97.4934 297.1415 0012146 202.7907 157.2790 15.18043875 32795 > NO-116 > 1 51031U 22002AZ 22230.60439824 .00010659 00000-0 54468-3 0 9992 > 2 51031 97.4889 297.2978 0012395 201.7960 158.2748 15.16791301 32853 > IRIS-A > 1 51044U 22002BN 22230.41060181 .00004678 00000-0 26208-3 0 9996 > 2 51044 97.4779 296.1752 0008571 201.1842 158.9036 15.13866328 32785 > DELFI-PQ > 1 51074U 22002CU 22230.13635277 .00011695 00000-0 57068-3 0 9997 > 2 51074 97.5016 297.6690 0012350 235.2199 124.7873 15.18384770 32818 > SO-115 > 1 51080U 22002DA 22229.15722595 .00005582 00000-0 28301-3 0 9990 > 2 51080 97.5028 296.5604 0012062 239.6098 120.3944 15.17298242 32657 > SO-114 > 1 51081U 22002DB 22230.14687946 .00007636 00000-0 38555-3 0 9996 > 2 51081 97.5020 297.5163 0012468 235.5184 124.4872 15.17316979 32802 > OreSat0 > 1 52017U 22026K 22230.49814316 .00006896 00000-0 36222-3 0 9999 > 2 52017 97.5048 229.5734 0028558 61.8556 298.5556 15.15668866 23581 > Planetum 1 > 1 52738U 22057G 22230.58637535 .00005490 00000-0 31933-3 0 9992 > 2 52738 97.5171 344.2532 0007306 326.5454 33.5314 15.12447619 12827 > Foresail-1 > 1 52766U 22057AL 22230.86169894 .00003298 00000-0 18678-3 0 9997 > 2 52766 97.5278 344.8050 0012188 301.2868 154.8765 15.13666600 12876 > SNUGLITE 2 > 1 52899U 22065F 22230.66270049 .00000470 00000-0 11096-3 0 9992 > 2 52899 98.0269 19.9256 0009581 82.5093 277.7198 14.58387116 6765 > CTIM > 1 52950U 22074G 22230.39627556 .00005595 00000-0 23607-3 0 9993 > 2 52950 45.0203 222.0086 0001399 150.1850 209.9114 15.24314064 7181 > MTCube 2 > 1 53106U 22080B 22228.77058609 -.00000003 00000-0 00000+0 0 9998 > 2 53106 70.1487 65.4803 0007999 250.7836 109.1974 6.42558509 2192 > AstroBioCubeSat > 1 53107U 22080C 22228.63860713 -.00000003 00000-0 00000+0 0 9991 > 2 53107 70.1504 65.5620 0013481 242.6974 117.2413 6.42110769 2085 > GREENCUBE > 1 53109U 22080E 22230.48120462 -.00000003 00000-0 00000-0 0 9990 > 2 53109 70.1383 64.6956 0009378 236.9715 123.0065 6.42583830 2196 > CELESTA > 1 53111U 22080G 22209.16019017 -.00000003 00000-0 00000-0 0 9997 > 2 53111 70.1517 72.3224 0015664 220.2144 139.7964 6.42532870 816 > RS4S > 1 53306U 98067TR 22230.70809324 .00047291 00000-0 77679-3 0 9991 > 2 53306 51.6425 26.6942 0002476 137.1260 222.9923 15.51920953 4362 > RS3S > 1 53308U 98067TT 22230.70749851 .00053006 00000-0 86873-3 0 9998 > 2 53308 51.6423 26.6901 0002283 126.4287 233.6913 15.51933775 4424 > RS1S > 1 53309U 98067TU 22230.90003822 .00053124 00000-0 86836-3 0 9992 > 2 53309 51.6422 25.7251 0002818 145.2735 214.8439 15.52005272 4408 > RS5S > 1 53310U 98067TV 22230.90018367 .00050853 00000-0 83342-3 0 9999 > 2 53310 51.6426 25.7271 0002555 146.5770 213.5381 15.51951927 4438 > RS6S > 1 53311U 98067TW 22230.89865634 .00057178 00000-0 92920-3 0 9994 > 2 53311 51.6420 25.7158 0001987 117.4799 242.6393 15.52137982 4459 > RS9S > 1 53312U 98067TX 22230.89908374 .00054189 00000-0 88369-3 0 9995 > 2 53312 51.6424 25.7188 0003010 148.4390 211.6781 15.52062193 4398 > RS12S > 1 53313U 98067TY 22230.89828617 .00052527 00000-0 85552-3 0 9992 > 2 53313 51.6424 25.7141 0002530 154.4712 205.6403 15.52111406 4441 > /EX > > > ----------------------------------------------- > Keps mailing list --keps(a)amsat.org > View archives of this mailing list athttps://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email tokeps-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences athttps://mailman.amsat.org

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satpc32 won't download
by nick 25 Aug '22

25 Aug '22

I have been traveling for the last few weeks and now Satpc32 won't download the keps files. What is the solution? nick Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com

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UT1FG/MM Now using LOTW for Satellite contacts
by john＠papays.com 25 Aug '22

25 Aug '22

Yuri, UT1FG/MM, has modified his logging program so that the fields requited for satellite confirmations have been added. Going forward, satellite contacts will be uploaded to LOTW, eliminating the need for paper confirmations. Logsheets that have been sent to me recently may be re-entered into the logging program with the proper satellite information fields. So far logs from the following stations ahve been uploaded: VE1CWJ N3GS WI7P KN2K KE8FZT KS1G N6RFM N8RO AA8CH Others may be uploaded as time permits. If you have unconfirmed contacts that you want uploaded, please prepare logsheets per instructions at papays.com/sat and send them to me. Yuri may work on them as time permits. 73 John K8YSE

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Limited-Time Opportunity - DX on AO27!
by Stephan Greene 25 Aug '22

25 Aug '22

"On" times for AO-27 continue to shift along the direction of the orbit. The 5 min "on time" for ascending passes at mid-latitudes is now on DESCENDING passes. Based on current SATNOGS observations, from when the satellite is at about 75 degN to about 65 deg N. The descending node telemetry and repeater operation is probably only available to stations further and further south (a few lucky far-S America and maybe VK and ZL stations may soon be able work Antarctica if anyone is on!). Northern Europe and the UK are now well in the footprint, NE Canadian provinces and some New England stations may be able to work Europe, and KL7 may be able to work northern Japan in a few weeks! These opportunities won't last - the "on" time will continue to shift, and once the onboard clock is reset, the satellite will be back on a "normal" schedule. If you hear or work AO-27, the command stations would appreciate knowing precise times for when the transmitter came on or turned off, and the reporting station's 6-character grid square or lat/lon. If you are in the far South and hear the 20 seconds of telemetry, try to capture KISS frames (NOT ASCII) and send the captured data file (or a good audio file we can try to decode). If scheduling SATNOGs observations (provides an excellent measure of on and off times), try to schedule descending passes during the "on" times and don't bother with ascending passes for now. Thanks & 73 de KS1G on behalf of the AO-27 command team

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-08-24 20:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 24 Aug '22

24 Aug '22

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-08-24 20:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Hospital School Program in partnership with Seacrest Studios at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN., direct via N4FR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact was successful: Wed 2022-08-24 17:42:54 UTC 27 deg (***) Congratulations to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt students and Kjell! (***) Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS continues to be making general contacts on the cross-band repeater. He is using NA1SS. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2022-08-24 20:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2022-08-24 20:00 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2022 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 13, 2022 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time (2022-11-14 07:59 UTC). (***) Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 178 Francesco IKØWGF with 149 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 148 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 114 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1556. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1475. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 67 on orbit Oleg Artemyev Denis Matveev Sergey Korsakov SpaceX Crew-4 on orbit Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Bob Hines KI5RQT Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF Jessica Watkins **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Launch of GENESIS-G and GENESIS-J with Firefly on September 11
by Felix Paez EA4GQS 24 Aug '22

24 Aug '22

Hello everyone, This is to confirm that the launch of our new GENESIS-G and GENESIS-J satellites with Firefly will take place, if all goes well, on September 11, with the launch window starting at 3 PM Pacific Time (22h GMT), from Vanderberg. The expected orbit altitude is 300 km with an inclination of 137 degrees. As many of you know, this will be the second attempt of Firefly to reach orbit after the first attempt made in September 2021 and which had to be aborted after two minutes of flight, causing our previous GENESIS-N and GENESIS-L to be lost, among others. These new GENESIS have a more powerful on-board computer than their predecessors and updated software that allows FM voice repeater functionality, AFSK/FSK non-regenerative repeater up to 2400 bps, FSK regenerative repeater up to 50 bps, CW, digitized voice pre-recorded FM and FSK telemetry at 50 bps. The correct retransmission of AX25 / APRS frames over FM up to 2400 bps has been verified in the laboratory. A small drawback we still have is the antenna deployment mechanism, that is the first version that was made and requires a plenty charged battery. The satellites have been stored for several months, so it is a weak point. Hopefully it will work. These satellites also have the names of ASTROLAND-1 and ASTROLAND-2 to say thanks to the sponsorship of the project by the Astroland Planetary Agency. We also thank the private companies and Universities that helped in the project. As on the previous occasion, two experimental propellants are flown, although this time they are from the Madrid company IENAI Space and, unlike the previous GENESIS mission, they use a liquid ionic fuel. Only the one from GENESIS-J is functional. The one from GENESIS-G carries the electronics but without the fuel. The frequencies coordinated with IARU are the following: GENESIS-G/ASTROLAND-1 145.875 MHz uplink, Modes: FM voice (no subtone) and FSK 50 bps, AFSK, AX.25, APRS 1200 / 2400 bps 436.888 MHz downlink, Modes: FM voice, CW, FSK 50 bps, FM voice beacon with AM2SAT callsign GENESIS-J/ASTROLAND-2 145.925 MHz uplink, Modes: FM voice (no subtone) and FSK 50 bps, AFSK, AX.25, APRS 1200 / 2400 bps 436.666 MHz downlink, Modes: FM voice, CW FSK 50 bps, SSTV Robot 36, FM voice beacon with AM3SAT callsign We encourage all of you to try to receive their first transmissions once the first keplerians are available. This flight will be streamed by Everyday Astronaut: https://everydayastronaut.com/ More information on the Firefly website: https://firefly.com/alpha-flight-2-to-the-black/ 73, Felix EA4GQS - AMSAT EA team

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Re: Phase IV satellite or GOLF
by Jean Marc Momple 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

Hi Graham, Great news, thanks for sharing the info which I am copying to the BB so that all aware. I take this opportunity to thank you and the coordination team at IARU for the MIR-SAT 1 (MO-112) project, you guys have been instrumental with the success of the mission with advices and suggestions. Thanks to you, Hans and all others. 73 Jean Marc (3B8DU) > On Aug 15, 2022, at 9:35 PM, Graham Shirville <graham(a)shirville.com> wrote: > > Hi Jean Marc, > > Just to give you this info about what the Chinese are up to! > > http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=857 <http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=857> > best wishes > > Graham > > On 15/08/2022 16:55, Jean Marc Momple wrote: >> Jim, >> >> I am like you and don’t like contest type of QSO but chatting with friends around the world and also technical experimentation. >> >> As regards the regulations, your are right that this is probably the biggest hurdle to put our own GEO up there. Just trying to simplify the issues in a nutshell for easy understanding of all: first we will have to find a slot to cover an hemisphere (not cheap), then build the bird and find a launcher (extremely) expensive. More maintain the bird position in space for its life time (say 15 years) and finally park it in the graveyard, this operational part is probably beyond our capabilities and also the risks are huge e.g. (worst case) that we damage a commercial bird up there and all the possible legal and compensation issue. >> >> Therefore, I reiterate that the QO-100 model is the best approach to have a global GEO network or at least one over Americas, AMSAT-DL & QSAR have done it and have the experience, they have the technical design of the transponders, know all possible issues and also now experienced of operating it. Thus we should use the knowledge acquired and copy with pride. Actually if it is Mitsubishi building a commercial GEO (as they build QO-100) for deployment over an interesting slot for us it would be even easier as they built the HAM transponders, contacting them can be an opportunity eventually as they can bridge the gap between us and their customers (just an idea), may be contacting all the GEO satellites manufacturers (not many anyway) is better as they may be able to put us in contact with their customers thus increasing chances of a ride. >> >> I also again appeal to all AMSAT leaders to join force and have a common strategy for HAM in space, whatever the outcome HEO, GEO or LEO it will focus our efforts in one direction and enable to reinforce/keep our presence in space. >> >> Another though, now that our Chinese friends have a space station it would be nice that they have some similar program such as ARISS for students and HAM radio on board, May be any B HAM leader could comment on same. >> >> 73 >> >> >> Jean Marc (3B8DU) >> >> >> >>> On Aug 15, 2022, at 5:37 AM, jim(a)beeson.cc <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I have realized the past few days that our AMSAT group has some really smart Hams! Thanks very much for the information. I have a few more questions. As I said before I would like to have more than a five minute QSO. I am not much of a contester, more a rag chewer. But I am afraid, if I understand most of you correctly, that is probably not going to happen in my life time? I reference K0JM's comments it's not so much the money but the regulatory environment that will stop this. I don't see this getting any easier in the next year, five years, or ten years. Does anybody else see anything different? And throwing in N8FGV's comments about the timing of the launch seems like a long shot as well. I spent a ton of money prior to AO-40 getting equipment ready to go in high hopes of having an AO-13 length run with so much more to do! I was terribly excited about this bird only to have it vanish before my eyes before I really got started. My last question is would a GOLF type satellite have the same obstacles as a Phase IV bird? If so I am probably going to have a-lot of satellite ham gear for sale real soon. Again thanks for your input. >>> >>> WA5QAP >>> >>> (licensed in 1966) >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- >>> Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Phase IV satellite >>> From: "Daniel Schultz" <n8fgv(a)usa.net <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> Date: Fri, August 12, 2022 6:57 pm >>> To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> > Hosting our payload on a commercial GEO satellite would likely cost more than >>> > $10 million if the commercial satellite owner is to be fully compensated for >>> > the engineering modifications to their satellite and potential loss of >>> > transponder revenue from diverting satellite resources to a non-productive >>> > payload over a 15 year design lifetime. Offering a tax break will probably not >>> > make up this difference. You might have better luck seeking hosting on a >>> > government owned satellite such as the Air Force mission that was discussed by >>> > AMSAT a few years ago, but eventually fell through. This is where carefully >>> > cultivated personal relationships can come in, if you have any such friends in >>> > high places. OSCAR-1 got its launch approved back in 1961 because of a few >>> > highly placed hams in the Pentagon, so keep up with your networking and maybe >>> > it can happen. >>> > >>> > Some orbits are inherently unstable, for example 63 degree Molniya orbits will >>> > reliably decay in a few years. The Late, Great OSCAR-13 provides a prime >>> > example of this. Their orbital lifetime is heavily sensitive to the time of >>> > launch, if AO-13 was launched a few hours earlier it would still be up there, >>> > a few hours later it would have reentered a couple of years after launch. This >>> > is easy to model in GMAT. >>> > >>> > As a secondary payload, we don't get to choose the launch time, our only hope >>> > would be to use thrusters to make slight post-launch adjustments so the >>> > satellite reenters not too early (as AO-13 did) and not too late. I have been >>> > trying to figure out how to do this but have not had any results so far. If we >>> > have a dedicated launch all to ourselves we can choose a launch time that >>> > meets our requirements. >>> > >>> > The NASA Cubesat that was recently grounded was aiming for a GTO launch, which >>> > has been mentioned as a possible target for an AMSAT mission because we could >>> > possibly get one cheap. Analysis of NORAD tracking data shows a lot of spent >>> > rocket bodies that have been in GTO for decades, so this might not be the best >>> > choice for a mission that needs a guaranteed reentry date. >>> > >>> > Another possibility would be to place the satellite directly into the GEO >>> > graveyard orbit and let it slowly drift around the Earth. There are plenty of >>> > other HEO or Cislunar orbits that are not sensitive to orbital debris >>> > requirements and may not be commercially attractive but would work OK for our >>> > needs. >>> > >>> > So yes, if we had $10 million in our bank account we could buy our way out of >>> > a lot of problems that only affect poor people who are lacking options. >>> > >>> > 73, Dan N8FGV >>> > >>> > >>> > ------ Original Message ------ >>> > Received: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 12:28:55 PM EDT >>> > >>> From: Paul Andrews <w2hro.fn20(a)gmail.com <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> > Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Phase IV satellite >>> > >>> >> Yes! Find a commercial GEOsat with room to support an amateur payload. >>> >> Leverage commercial economics for launch and platform reliability. The >>> >> commercial operator can donate (tax break) the value of the ham (STEM) >>> >> capability. Maybe ham bands at 10 GHz and above. Simple bent pipe. >>> > >>> > >>> > ------ Original Message ------ >>> > Received: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 11:28:21 AM EDT >>> > >>> From: "Mark Johns, K0JM" <k0jm.mark(a)gmail.com <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> > Subject: Re: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Phase IV satellite >>> > >>> >> The launch costs, while significant, are beside the point. The biggest >>> >> issue with HEO satellites are the regulatory challenges. AMSAT and >>> >> international partners could build and get ready for launch such a >>> >> satellite within a few years, just as they did with AO-10, AO-13, and >>> >> AO-40. But they would not get a license to put it into orbit in the >>> >> current regulatory environment. The technical and financial challenges >>> >> can be met, but the licensing requirements are killing us. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > ----------------------------------------------------------- >>> > >>> > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org <http://amsat.org/>. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >>> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed >>> > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. >>> > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ <https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/> >>> > >>> > View archives of this mailing list at >>> > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] <https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]> >>> > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org <http://amsat.org/> >>> > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org <https://mailman.amsat.org/> >>> > >>> >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org <http://amsat.org/>. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed >>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. >>> Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ <https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/> >>> >>> View archives of this mailing list at >>> https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] <https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]> >>> To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org >>> Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org <https://mailman.amsat.org/> >> >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. >> Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ <https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/> >> >> View archives of this mailing list at >> https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] <https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]> >> To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org >> Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org <https://mailman.amsat.org/>

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How Exactly does Starlink Satellite Internet Work? Amazing Video
by Mike Hoblinski 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs2QcycggWU This is an amazing video that shows how the Starlink antenna works. After I watched this all I could think is how could this possibly work and what an engineering marvel.

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ARISS News Release 22-48
by David Jordan 22 Aug '22

22 Aug '22

ARISS News Release No.22-48 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital (at VanderbiltUniversity Medical Center) and Seacrest Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, USA August22, 2022—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between astronauts aboard theInternational Space Station (ISS) and students (patients) at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’sHospital located in Nashville, TN. ARISSconducts 60-80 of these special amateur radio contacts each year betweenstudents around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboard theISS. Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital’s School Program and Seacrest Studios strive to provide anatmosphere of normalization for children that are undergoing treatment by workingwith the patient’s local school (for students in kindergarten through 12thgrade) to provide support for their academic needs. These young patients mightbe hospitalized for several weeks due to an acute medical need or routinelycome to the hospital for short, intermittent stays for specific treatment. Seacrest Studios (located inside the hospital)is a closed-circuit, multi-media broadcast center envisioned and built by theRyan Seacrest Foundation, an organization dedicated to enhancing the hospitalexperience for these children while inspiring them through entertainment andeducation-focused initiatives. The Studios provide programming (includingSTEM-based programs) that instructs, inspires, and engages patients. In preparation for this ARISS contact, thehospital created a unit of study focused on space exploration and HAM radiotechnology that provided a progression of activities throughout the year. Members of the Vanderbilt University AmateurRadio Club (VUARC) and the Williamson County Amateur Radio Group have partneredwith the hospital by providing students with hands-on lessons in ham radio/ radiotechnology and amateur radio station operation during this ARISS radio contact. This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio and students will take turns asking their questionsof Astronaut Kjell Lindgren, amateur radio call sign KO5MOS. Local Covid-19protocols are adhered to as applicable for each ARISS contact. The downlinkfrequency for this contact is 145.800 MHZ and may be heard by listeners thatare within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the relay ground station. The amateur radio ground station for this contactis in Nashville, TN. Amateur radio operators using call sign N4FR, will operatethe ground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection. TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for August 24, 2022 at 12:42:54 pm CDT (Nashville,TN) (17:42:54 UTC, 1:42 pm EDT, 11:42 am MDT,10:42 am PDT). _______________________________ Astime allows, students will ask these questions: 1.How does being away from your family for long periods of time affect you whileyou’re in space? 2.How much do you talk to your family? 3.Can your family and friends send care packages or food? 4.What happens if you get sick in space? 5.Since I have cystic fibrosis, would being on a space station affect my lungs? 6.Has anything happened that you felt might be caused by aliens? 7.What does it feel like when you launch into space? 8.How does it feel to re-enter the atmosphere, and does it affect you at all? 9.Can you see a storm (hurricane) develop in space? 10.What do the stars look like being unhindered by the atmosphere? 11.Is time in space different than time here on Earth (days and nights)? 12.How many days does it take to make it to space from earth? 13.What is it like in space and can I go with you guys? 14.Why is Pluto not considered a planet? 15.How high can you fly in the sky? 16.How is your reception? 17.How do you sleep without floating away? 18.What happens when you run out of food? 19.How long does it take to get to Mars? 20.How big is the rocket in person? About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that support the International Space Station(ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur SatelliteCorporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS NationalLab-Space Station Explorers, Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) andNASA’s Space communications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISSis to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, andmathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts viaamateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before andduring these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities takepart in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. MediaContact: DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISSPR Likeus on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Search on Amateur Radio on the ISS and@ARISS_status. Checkout ARISS on Youtube.com.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-08-22 17:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 22 Aug '22

22 Aug '22

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-08-22 17:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Hospital School Program in partnership with Seacrest Studios at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN., direct via N4FR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is go for: Wed 2022-08-24 17:42:54 UTC 27 deg Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS continues to be making general contacts on the cross-band repeater. He is using NA1SS. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2022-08-22 17:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2022-08-18 19:30 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2022 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 13, 2022 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time (2022-11-14 07:59 UTC). (***) Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 178 Francesco IKØWGF with 149 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 148 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 114 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1555. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1474. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 67 on orbit Oleg Artemyev Denis Matveev Sergey Korsakov SpaceX Crew-4 on orbit Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Bob Hines KI5RQT Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF Jessica Watkins **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Hanvention
by nick 22 Aug '22

22 Aug '22

Good idea Jim a benefit of AMSAT was discounted hotel rates let's bring them back. BTW I stayed at Motel 6 at Dayton ~$100 per night and would have shared a room My theory on hotels room is because you are unconscious most of the time my drivers are no bullets or roaches go cheap. nickK5QXJ Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com

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Dayton
by Jim Sanford 21 Aug '22

21 Aug '22

All: I haven't been to Hamvention in years. Was thinking about going, but not at $350 per night for a hotel near Xenia. I just got reminded that AMSAT used to set up a block of rooms, at a reasonable price in Dayton. Now that Hamvention has moved, is AMSAT still doing that? If so, where can I get info? Thanks & 73, Jim wb4gcs(a)amsat.org -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

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AMSAT Keplerian data
by jeff griffin 21 Aug '22

21 Aug '22

Several of us that talk on the linear birds in the morning have noticed that SatPC32's Satellites, Update Keps, selected keps file, routine returns either a 'No Keplerian data found!' or a 'Download failed' error. I had to manually copy and paste the kep data from the AMSAT site to get a fresh set. I tried this on two different PC's here. As I haven't updated any of my s/w on this end I'm assuming this is an issue on the AMSAT kep site. Anyone know what's going on here ? 73 Jeff kb2m

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For New Hams, Entry-level HT
by Clint Bradford 21 Aug '22

21 Aug '22

Never thought I would be writing anything like this ... but here we go. Imagine a well-built, capable, 128-channel dual-band HT. Analog, FM-only. Decent scan speed. Ships with the following accessories ... -Two 2200mAH Li-Ion batteries -Drop-in cradle charger (AC AND car cords included) -Traditional 7" antenna -16" improved antenna -A beefy speaker-mic, with great strain-reliefs on cord, rotating clip -A "two-wire" earpiece/inline-mic (light-duty quality) -Programming cable for Windows -CHIRP already has supported it - for Mac and Windows $52 for it all. Here is a NON-affiliate link to it on Amazon ... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089LGD1FX?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1 <https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089LGD1FX?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1> TIDRadio Model TD-H6. Facebook support group. Web site support. Messenger support. The HT is also Bluetooth programmable - with a $22 accessory purchase. The HT is NOT "replacing" anything I already carry with me. (NOT a duplex/satellite HT.) But it sure is a "cut above" the more-difficult-to-get-to-know $25-45 HT ONLY units out there. This package would be much more enjoyable for someone entering the hobby than MANY others - with limited or non-existent support, and programming difficulties. I got involved with TIDRadio as I have been testing their Bluetooth BL-1 dongle. (Tentative opinion: It works, it is sometimes clumsy, it is better when you use it in conjunction with their Web site, but TIDRadio is listening to hams, and are updating and improving.) As always, I have absolutely no financial interest in this. I mention it because we all have seen much frustration with many other models of HTs when it comes to programming. When Gordon West and I started pre-programming HTs for new hams while I was working at HRO-Anaheim in 2004, the goal was to get folks on the air ASAP. Learn the radio a little later - but get on the air with your new license NOW! This package from TIDRadio is much more "attractive" than MANY other offerings I have seen and experienced. So there it is, folks. Clint is writing something positive regarding a well-under $100 Chinese radio ... Does the live record album "Hell Freezes Over" from the Eagles come to mind to anyone? Clint Bradford K6LCS 909-999-SATS

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ANS-233 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Paul Stoetzer 21 Aug '22

21 Aug '22

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-233 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at] amsat.org You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/ In this edition: * Call for Papers - 2022 AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting * 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, Oct. 21-22 * Changes to the AMSAT TLE Distribution for August 18, 2022 * ARISS News * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events * Satellite Shorts From All Over ANS-233 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins To: All RADIO AMATEURS From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation 712 H Street NE, Suite 1653 Washington, DC 20002 DATE 2022 Aug 21 Call for Papers - 2022 AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting This is a call for papers for the 40th annual AMSAT Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of October 21-22, 2022 at the Crowne Plaza Suites hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota. Proposals for symposium papers and presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community. We request a tentative title of your presentation as soon as possible, with final copy submitted by October 14 for inclusion in the symposium proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz, N8FGV at n8fgv at amsat.org [ANS thanks Dan Schultz, N8FGV, AMSAT Symposium Proceedings Editor, for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ The 2022 AMSAT President's Club coins have arrived! To commemorate the 50th anniversary of its launch on October 15, 1972, this year's coin features an image of AMSAT-OSCAR 6. Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, Oct. 21-22 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, Oct. 21-22 The 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting will take place in Bloomington, Minn. on Oct. 21-22, 2022. Highlights of all scheduled events include: – AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting, October 20-21 – 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, October 21-22 – Friday Night Social and Auction, October 21 – AMSAT Banquet and Reception, October 22 – AMSAT Ambassador Breakfast, October 23 A preliminary schedule is available on the AMSAT Member Portal, launch.amsat.org, under the Events tab. Crowne Plaza is located adjacent to the Minneapolis / St. Paul International Airport and provides complimentary, scheduled shuttle to and from the airport. Nearby attractions include Mall of America with Nickelodeon Universe Theme park, Target Field, and the Minnesota Zoo. You can make hotel reservations by calling the hotel directly at (952) 854-9000. The group code is ASG (Amateur Satellite Group). Hotel reservations can also be made online at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-219-Symposium-Rooms. Symposium tickets and banquet reservations may be purchased on the AMSAT Member Portal. Log into https://launch.amsat.org/ and clock on the Events tab. We at AMSAT, are excited to be able to host an in-person Symposium this year. We hope that you can join us in celebrating Amateur Radio in Space. [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes to the AMSAT TLE Distribution for July 21, 2022 Two Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps in the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical model of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs. Weekly updates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. TLE bulletin files are updated Thursday evenings around 2300 UTC, or more frequently if new high interest satellites are launched. More information may be found at https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/ There were no changes to the AMSAT TLE Distribution this week. [ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows, and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ARISS News Scheduled ARISS Contacts Hospital School Program in partnership with Seacrest Studios at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN., direct via N4FR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The scheduled crewmember is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is go for: Wed 2022-08-24 17:42:54 UTC 27 deg Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS continues to be making general contacts on the cross-band repeater. He is using NA1SS. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. ARISS Radio Status Columbus Module radios: IORS (Kenwood D710GA) – STATUS - Configured. Default mode set for cross band repeater (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} & 437.800 MHz down). * Powered OFF for Russian EVA on September 02. * Capable of supporting USOS scheduled voice contacts, packet and voice repeater ops. Service Module radios: IORS (Kenwood D710GA) – STATUS - Configured. Default mode set for packet operations (145.825 MHz up & down) * Capable of supporting ROS scheduled voice contacts, packet, SSTV and voice repeater ops. * Powered OFF for Russian EVA on September 02. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html [ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors, for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an Amateur Radio package, including two-way communication capability, to be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit. Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Upcoming Satellite Operations Quick Hits: AA6MU: CN81 August 9-31, Linears and FM. AdDDB: Activating DM24, DM25 and DM35, Aug 20,21,22, FM passes. Kingman and Mohave Valley AZ area. Holiday style but I’ll try to post ahead of them. N8AJM: From September 12 to 16 I hope to be in EM85. I will be working FM only with no set schedule. I may also activate a few grids on the way down from EN72. I will try to post all passes on hams.at KI7QEK: Will I’m taking a family vacation in British Columbia and Alberta from August 27-September 3, and planning to bring FM and linear gear. “Holiday style” so no promises on passes, but I will be passing through these grids: DN09, DO00, DO01, DO11, DO20 & DO21 [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events. + HamXposition August 27-28, 2022 Marlborough, MA https://hamxposition.org/ + 2022 Rocky Mountain ARRL Division Convention October 7, 2022 – October 9, 2022 Event Center at Archer 3921 Archer Pkwy Cheyenne, Wyoming 82007 https://wyhamcon.org/site + 2022 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium October 8–9, 2022 Kents Hill Park Conference Centre, Milton Keynes https://rsgb.org/main/about-us/rsgb-convention/ + 40th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting October 21–22, 2022 The Crowne Plaza Suites, 3 Appletree Square, Bloomington, MN https://launch.amsat.org/event-4922878 [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition? Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff from our Zazzle store! 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Satellite Shorts From All Over + Icom announced the IC-905, a portable 2m/70cm/1.2 GHz/2.4 GHz/5.6 GHz transceiver with an optional 10 GHz module, at the Tokyo Ham Fair on August 19th. Details regarding pricing, availability, and features applicable to satellite operators were not available at the time of this writing. + The QSO between Kjell Lindgren, KO5MOS, on the ISS and 8-year-old Isabella Payne continues to garner press attention, including this CNN story: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/17/uk/girl-iss-amateur-radio-scn-scli-intl-… + FalconSat-3 continues to operate, but due to poor battery condition, the transmitter needs to be reactivated by command stations periodically. The satellite is expected to re-enter in 6-9 months, so now is the time to use it! (Thanks to Mark Hammond, N8MH, AMSAT Command Station) + Artemis I, the first uncrewed launch of NASA's Space Launch System and Orion capsule on a mission around the moon, will carry a number of CubeSats and other payloads to the moon, including Omotenashi, which will transmit in the 70 cm amateur radio band. Radio frequencies can be found at https://sgcderek.github.io/blog/artemis-1.html. The launch is currently scheduled for August 29th. (Thanks to NASA, Derek, OK9SGC, and David, G0MRF) + NASA is also encouraging the general public to track the S-band telemetry from Artemis I. https://sam.gov/opp/9e894407ff12427d800b2457421914e0/view?linkId=177463503 (Thanks to NASA and Scott, K4KDR) + Congratulations to Grace Papay, KE8RJU, for working her 50th state for satellite WAS. Operating portable overlooking Lake Michigan on August 18th, she worked KJ7NDY, on vacation in Hawaii, for her 50th state. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/ In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to: * Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization). * Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. * Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. * Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms. Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information. 73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! This week's ANS Editor, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM n8hm at amsat dot org

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CubeSatSim Lites in Stock!
by Alan Johnston 20 Aug '22

20 Aug '22

Hi everyone, A small number of CubeSatSim Lite Beta which include the Pi Zero are now available on the AMSAT Store. Shipping to only USA addresses. https://www.amsat.org/product/amsat-cubesatsim-lite-beta/ 73, Alan KU2Y

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T47C special event from Cuba Will try FM ISS from FL11 next pass
by Pavel Milanes Costa (CO7WT) 20 Aug '22

20 Aug '22

Hi! I'm trying to activate T47C from FL11 on the next ISS pass on the FM repeater (~1930z) Fully portable, will have a Wuoxung UV-8E for RX with the stock whip and a 2m base station with 20W on a 2m mag mount on the roof of a car. See T47C in QRZ for details, QSL via manager.

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APRS ISS
by fousley＠citlink.net 20 Aug '22

20 Aug '22

I have a Raspberry Pi Igate that works fine on 144.39 and uploads to APRS.fi. I switched it over to 145.825 for the ISS. The issue I have is on APRS.fi it doesn't show the packets I have received from the ISS. The other website Amateur Radio Stations heard via ISS (pa3guo.com) I sent an email to the contact email with no response. Does anyone have an idea how I can get my Igate to show the packets? Frank OusleyKD9ISN

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-08-18 19:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 18 Aug '22

18 Aug '22

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-08-18 19:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Cambridge Public Library and Idea Exchange, Cambridge, ON, Canada, direct via VE3SWA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact was successful: Thu 2022-08-18 17:45:15 UTC 66 deg (***) Congratulations to the Cambridge Public Library and Idea Exchange students and Kjell! (***) Watch for Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/c/CambridgeIdeaExchange Hospital School Program in partnership with Seacrest Studios at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN., direct via N4FR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is go for: Wed 2022-08-24 17:42:54 UTC 27 deg Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS continues to be making general contacts on the cross-band repeater. He is using NA1SS. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2022-08-18 19:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2022-08-18 19:30 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2022 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 13, 2022 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time (2022-11-14 07:59 UTC). (***) Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 178 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 148 Francesco IKØWGF with 149 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 114 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1555. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1474. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 67 on orbit Oleg Artemyev Denis Matveev Sergey Korsakov SpaceX Crew-4 on orbit Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Bob Hines KI5RQT Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF Jessica Watkins **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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PCsat32 ISS cross-band repeater & other questions
by Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL 17 Aug '22

17 Aug '22

Just learning and configuring PCsat32, don't know why it took me so long to decide to computer control the rig. Does the ISS cross-band repeater need a tone entry in Subtone.sql? The file that came with the install didn't have that entry in it. Also I need a more info on a couple items in the CAT menu. What is the speed box setting for? Also what is the Freq Calibr setting calibrating? Downlink? May have more questions but things are fairly straight forward from the help manual. KB7ADL

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THAT was True "Reality TV"
by Clint Bradford 17 Aug '22

17 Aug '22

THAT was true "reality TV!" Oleg Artemyev was repeatedly ordered to stop work on his EVA, and return to the ISS' airlock because of an issue with his spacesuit. Somme issue with the space suit's power. Clint K6LCS

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-08-17 18:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 17 Aug '22

17 Aug '22

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-08-17 18:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Cambridge Public Library and Idea Exchange, Cambridge, ON, Canada, direct via VE3SWA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is go for: Thu 2022-08-18 17:45:15 UTC 66 deg Watch for Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/c/CambridgeIdeaExchange Hospital School Program in partnership with Seacrest Studios at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN., direct via N4FR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS (***) Contact is go for: Wed 2022-08-24 17:42:54 UTC 27 deg (***) Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS continues to be making general contacts on the cross-band repeater. He is using NA1SS. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2022-08-17 18:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2022-08-11 16:30 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2022 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 13, 2022 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time (2022-11-14 07:59 UTC). (***) Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 178 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 148 Francesco IKØWGF with 149 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 114 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1554. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1473.) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 67 on orbit Oleg Artemyev Denis Matveev Sergey Korsakov SpaceX Crew-4 on orbit Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Bob Hines KI5RQT Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF Jessica Watkins **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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GS-232B
by Mike Swiatkowski 17 Aug '22

17 Aug '22

Does anyone know if the Chinese knockoffs (COM-232B or USB-232B) are suitable replacements for the GS-232B AZ-EL rotator controllers? If not, is there anything more economical than the GS-232B, yet equally functional? Thanks, Mike, AA9VI

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UT1FG/MM Confirmations
by john＠papays.com 17 Aug '22

17 Aug '22

Yuri,UT1FG/MM, will arrive at New Orleans on 27 August, He will not go into port but will unload cargo to a barge at sea. However, he will have contact with his Agent and will be able to give him envelopes to mail. If you have requested confirmations in the past and have not received them, pleasse send me your logsheets again and I will forward them to Yuri. If you have new contacts, please prepare logsheets for them and send them to me. Details on how to prepare logsheets are found at papays.com/sat Please be sure that your mailing address is in the upper right header and that your log entries include the Grid Square. Do not expect Yuri to fill in missing grid squares. As Captain, Yuri has mailing amenities. His company's agent is responsible for mailing out anything that he gives them to mail. Not all ports have good mail service and not all agents are reliable. The past two years have been difficult at times becausesome agents would refuse to take mail for fear of touching an envelope and contracting Covid. Many confirmations went by the wayside. Now we have an excellent chance of a good outcome so don't miss this opportunity. Please send your logsheets no later than 23 August. As Yrui gets closer to New Orleans, his dutues multiply and there is littel time for ham radio paperwork. I will not be looking at the logsheets for errors and I won't be sending email confirmations that I received your logsheets. 73 and Good Luck in the Contest. John K8YSE

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PCsat32 Subtone.sql file
by Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL 16 Aug '22

16 Aug '22

Can someone cut & paste here the entries in their PCsat32 subtone.sql file? I'm still configuring my setup. I may be missing some entries. My rig is a TS-790a. Thanks KB7ADL

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problem solved
by Bill Booth 16 Aug '22

16 Aug '22

So with a bunch of emails today about my issues with the 9100 and SATpc32, I was finally able to get on CAS4 this afternoon and make 2 good contacts. Thanks to all that replied as I learned a bit more to help me in the future. The real answer was something that Ray KN2K mentioned about the doppler.sqf file in that the entries for them may show NOR and If so should change that to REV. Once I made corrections for that error it started to work like everyone said it should. Later on I checked for other entries accuracy but found many files online still to have the errors in them. One day will have to understand more about the file and why the errors are there. I know when I first started out to get involved I was surprised to find that there was no place that had the correct files for the doppler and tone files for the current real active sats. So thanks to all who sent mail or answered in group to help me. It will still take some time before I get it all going but I am on the right track. -- Bill Booth VE3NXK Sundridge ON, Canada 79.23.37 W x 45.46.18 N FN05ns Visit my weather WebCam at http://www.almaguin.com/wxcurrent/weather.html Organ and Tissue Donation - The Gift of Life Talk to your family. Your decision can make a difference.

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West Carleton ARC in Canada
by Clint Bradford 16 Aug '22

16 Aug '22

Just completed a fun presentation to the Canadian West Carleton ARC. And they surprised me. SOMEone had seen my presentation elsewhere, and knew I cited the use of slide rules for performing computations. SO when I mentioned if anyone had their slide rules at hand - and expecting no response - FOUR slide rules were shown, including what appeared to be a Concise Stadia 100850! (Stop it, Clint … that’s too geeky for general audiences … ) Scheduling presentation Number 150 for September … Long live LEOs, and long live AMSAT. Clint K6LCS

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-08-16 00:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 16 Aug '22

16 Aug '22

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-08-16 00:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Cambridge Public Library and Idea Exchange, Cambridge, ON, Canada, direct via VE3SWA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is go for: Thu 2022-08-18 17:45:15 UTC 66 deg Watch for Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/c/CambridgeIdeaExchange (***) Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS continues to be making general contacts on the cross-band repeater. He is using NA1SS. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2022-08-16 00:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2022-08-11 16:30 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2022 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 13, 2022 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time (2022-11-14 07:59 UTC). (***) Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 178 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 148 Francesco IKØWGF with 149 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 114 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1554. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1473.) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 67 on orbit Oleg Artemyev Denis Matveev Sergey Korsakov SpaceX Crew-4 on orbit Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Bob Hines KI5RQT Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF Jessica Watkins **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ARISS News Release No. 22-47
by David Jordan 15 Aug '22

15 Aug '22

ARISS News Release No.22-47 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at Cambridge Public Library and Idea Exchange, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada August15, 2022—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between astronauts aboard theInternational Space Station (ISS) and Canadian students at the Cambridge PublicLibrary located in Cambridge, ON. ARISSconducts 60-80 of these special amateur radio contacts each year betweenstudents around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboard theISS. The Cambridge Public Library through Idea Exchange is dedicatedto creating an environment of curiosity and discovery, inspiring lifelonglearning, reading and creativity for the community at six locations across theCity of Cambridge. Prior to this ARISS contact the library has provided a varietyof STEAM activities centered around space, science, and engineering geared towardchildren in kindergarten – grade six. Members of the Cambridge Amateur RadioClub are supporting the library during this ARISS contact. This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask their questions ofAstronaut Kjell Lindgren, amateur radio call sign KO5MOS. Local Covid-19protocols are adhered to as applicable for each ARISS contact. The downlinkfrequency for this contact is 145.800 MHZ and may be heard by listeners thatare within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the relay ground station. The amateur radio ground station for this contactis in Cambridge, ON, Canada. Amateur radio operators using call sign VE3SWA,will operate the ground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection. TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for August 18, 2022 at 1:45 pm EDT (ON, CAN) (17:45UTC, 12:45 pm CDT, 11:45 am MDT, 10:45 am PDT). Thepublic is invited to watch the live stream at: https://www.youtube.com/c/CambridgeIdeaExchange _______________________________ Astime allows, students will ask these questions: 1.How long does it take an astronaut to go to space? 2.Is space fun? 3.Has anybody been to Pluto yet? 4.How fast does a rocket go? 5.How does the spaceship not hit asteroids in space? 6.Is the sun yellow or white? 7.What is your favourite planet? 8.How do you sleep in space? 9.Do you like the food here or in space better? 10.How do you stay happy? 11.Do you miss your family? 12.Is there candy in space? 13.What do you do if you are feeling bored? 14.What is your favourite thing you have seen in space? 15.How do you go to the washroom in space? 16.How long are you in space for? 17.How do you eat? Does it just float away? 18.How big is the engine of a spaceship? About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that support the International Space Station(ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur SatelliteCorporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS NationalLab-Space Station Explorers, Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) andNASA’s Space communications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISSis to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, andmathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts viaamateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before andduring these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities takepart in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. MediaContact: DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISSPR Likeus on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Search on Amateur Radio on the ISS and@ARISS_status. Checkout ARISS on Youtube.com.

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Re: Phase IV satellite
by Daniel Schultz 15 Aug '22

15 Aug '22

Hosting our payload on a commercial GEO satellite would likely cost more than $10 million if the commercial satellite owner is to be fully compensated for the engineering modifications to their satellite and potential loss of transponder revenue from diverting satellite resources to a non-productive payload over a 15 year design lifetime. Offering a tax break will probably not make up this difference. You might have better luck seeking hosting on a government owned satellite such as the Air Force mission that was discussed by AMSAT a few years ago, but eventually fell through. This is where carefully cultivated personal relationships can come in, if you have any such friends in high places. OSCAR-1 got its launch approved back in 1961 because of a few highly placed hams in the Pentagon, so keep up with your networking and maybe it can happen. Some orbits are inherently unstable, for example 63 degree Molniya orbits will reliably decay in a few years. The Late, Great OSCAR-13 provides a prime example of this. Their orbital lifetime is heavily sensitive to the time of launch, if AO-13 was launched a few hours earlier it would still be up there, a few hours later it would have reentered a couple of years after launch. This is easy to model in GMAT. As a secondary payload, we don't get to choose the launch time, our only hope would be to use thrusters to make slight post-launch adjustments so the satellite reenters not too early (as AO-13 did) and not too late. I have been trying to figure out how to do this but have not had any results so far. If we have a dedicated launch all to ourselves we can choose a launch time that meets our requirements. The NASA Cubesat that was recently grounded was aiming for a GTO launch, which has been mentioned as a possible target for an AMSAT mission because we could possibly get one cheap. Analysis of NORAD tracking data shows a lot of spent rocket bodies that have been in GTO for decades, so this might not be the best choice for a mission that needs a guaranteed reentry date. Another possibility would be to place the satellite directly into the GEO graveyard orbit and let it slowly drift around the Earth. There are plenty of other HEO or Cislunar orbits that are not sensitive to orbital debris requirements and may not be commercially attractive but would work OK for our needs. So yes, if we had $10 million in our bank account we could buy our way out of a lot of problems that only affect poor people who are lacking options. 73, Dan N8FGV ------ Original Message ------ Received: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 12:28:55 PM EDT From: Paul Andrews <w2hro.fn20(a)gmail.com> Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Phase IV satellite > Yes! Find a commercial GEOsat with room to support an amateur payload. > Leverage commercial economics for launch and platform reliability. The > commercial operator can donate (tax break) the value of the ham (STEM) > capability. Maybe ham bands at 10 GHz and above. Simple bent pipe. ------ Original Message ------ Received: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 11:28:21 AM EDT From: "Mark Johns, K0JM" <k0jm.mark(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Phase IV satellite > The launch costs, while significant, are beside the point. The biggest > issue with HEO satellites are the regulatory challenges. AMSAT and > international partners could build and get ready for launch such a > satellite within a few years, just as they did with AO-10, AO-13, and > AO-40. But they would not get a license to put it into orbit in the > current regulatory environment. The technical and financial challenges > can be met, but the licensing requirements are killing us.

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progressing but still need help
by Bill Booth 15 Aug '22

15 Aug '22

It has been an exhausting couple of weeks but I have done everything that has been suggested and even tried some new stuff that I read about. I still cannot get the CAT part of SATpc32 to work correctly, thus no real contacts. Yes I can hear myself eventually and get it into the sqf file but I am missing something to make it track so it seems. Some times I am close and can hear my voice but the auto kicks in and I cannot find it again. Had a few times where someone answers my test calls and we are able chat but way off freq. When adjusting the offset in the CAT menu what kind of numbers may be seen or average. At this point I have given up for a while, /thinking I am too old for this stuff now,/ and now looking for hands on help in one of the local clubs in Ontario Canada. Not taken the antennas down as yet. -- Bill Booth VE3NXK Sundridge ON, Canada 79.23.37 W x 45.46.18 N FN05ns Visit my weather WebCam athttp://www.almaguin.com/wxcurrent/weather.html Organ and Tissue Donation - The Gift of Life Talk to your family. Your decision can make a difference.

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My first NA1SS qso.
by The Romagni's 15 Aug '22

15 Aug '22

I have been doing sats now for a long time, but yesterday was my first time working an astronaut operating NA1SS aboard the ISS. Here is the video of the QSO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEx3jGxRMSg They have been very active the past couple of days. Never a borren moment in Ham Radio for sure. 73 Steve W4DTA

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Re: Phase IV satellite or GOLF
by jim＠beeson.cc 15 Aug '22

15 Aug '22

Steve that is about what I expected. I had always hoped it could happen again. I guess all the AO-40 equipment - amps, pre-amps, antennas, rotators, rigs, switches, and a-lot of stuff I don't even remember will remain in sealed boxes - a-lot brand new and even more used only a few hours will remain there until my estate sale... back to my old 40 M dipole like Ed said. You guys take care & 73's. De WA5QAP ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Re: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Phase IV satellite or GOLF From: "Edward Maikranz" <maikranze(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, August 15, 2022 2:07 am To: jim(a)beeson.cc -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > I cant address any of the technical issues, but maybe the operational side > of things. One of the things we are able to do with the current fleet is > start a conversation on one satellite and continue it on another. Say you > w\are working a guy on CAS-4B, before you reach LOS you can look and see > what is going to be overhead next. You tell the other station I will catch > you on the upcoming pass of RS-44 (For example). That can be fun and > challenging to do. Maybe not as convenient as having a 30 minute rag chew > on 40 meters but still fun in a different way. > > 73, > Ed > KG5UN > EM50 > > On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 8:38 PM <jim(a)beeson.cc> wrote: > >> I have realized the past few days that our AMSAT group has some really >> smart Hams! Thanks very much for the information. I have a few more >> questions. As I said before I would like to have more than a five minute >> QSO. I am not much of a contester, more a rag chewer. But I am afraid, if I >> understand most of you correctly, that is probably not going to happen in >> my life time? I reference K0JM's comments it's not so much the money but >> the regulatory environment that will stop this. I don't see this getting >> any easier in the next year, five years, or ten years. Does anybody else >> see anything different? And throwing in N8FGV's comments about the timing >> of the launch seems like a long shot as well. I spent a ton of money prior >> to AO-40 getting equipment ready to go in high hopes of having an AO-13 >> length run with so much more to do! I was terribly excited about this bird >> only to have it vanish before my eyes before I really got started. My last >> question is would a GOLF type satellite have the same obstacles as a Phase >> IV bird? If so I am probably going to have a-lot of satellite ham gear for >> sale real soon. Again thanks for your input. >> >> WA5QAP >> >> (licensed in 1966) >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- >> Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Phase IV satellite >> From: "Daniel Schultz" <n8fgv(a)usa.net> >> Date: Fri, August 12, 2022 6:57 pm >> To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> > Hosting our payload on a commercial GEO satellite would likely cost more >> than >> > $10 million if the commercial satellite owner is to be fully compensated >> for >> > the engineering modifications to their satellite and potential loss of >> > transponder revenue from diverting satellite resources to a >> non-productive >> > payload over a 15 year design lifetime. Offering a tax break will >> probably not >> > make up this difference. You might have better luck seeking hosting on a >> > government owned satellite such as the Air Force mission that was >> discussed by >> > AMSAT a few years ago, but eventually fell through. This is where >> carefully >> > cultivated personal relationships can come in, if you have any such >> friends in >> > high places. OSCAR-1 got its launch approved back in 1961 because of a >> few >> > highly placed hams in the Pentagon, so keep up with your networking and >> maybe >> > it can happen. >> > >> > Some orbits are inherently unstable, for example 63 degree Molniya >> orbits will >> > reliably decay in a few years. The Late, Great OSCAR-13 provides a prime >> > example of this. Their orbital lifetime is heavily sensitive to the time >> of >> > launch, if AO-13 was launched a few hours earlier it would still be up >> there, >> > a few hours later it would have reentered a couple of years after >> launch. This >> > is easy to model in GMAT. >> > >> > As a secondary payload, we don't get to choose the launch time, our only >> hope >> > would be to use thrusters to make slight post-launch adjustments so the >> > satellite reenters not too early (as AO-13 did) and not too late. I have >> been >> > trying to figure out how to do this but have not had any results so far. >> If we >> > have a dedicated launch all to ourselves we can choose a launch time that >> > meets our requirements. >> > >> > The NASA Cubesat that was recently grounded was aiming for a GTO launch, >> which >> > has been mentioned as a possible target for an AMSAT mission because we >> could >> > possibly get one cheap. Analysis of NORAD tracking data shows a lot of >> spent >> > rocket bodies that have been in GTO for decades, so this might not be >> the best >> > choice for a mission that needs a guaranteed reentry date. >> > >> > Another possibility would be to place the satellite directly into the GEO >> > graveyard orbit and let it slowly drift around the Earth. There are >> plenty of >> > other HEO or Cislunar orbits that are not sensitive to orbital debris >> > requirements and may not be commercially attractive but would work OK >> for our >> > needs. >> > >> > So yes, if we had $10 million in our bank account we could buy our way >> out of >> > a lot of problems that only affect poor people who are lacking options. >> > >> > 73, Dan N8FGV >> > >> > >> > ------ Original Message ------ >> > Received: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 12:28:55 PM EDT >> > >> From: Paul Andrews <w2hro.fn20(a)gmail.com> >> > Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Phase IV satellite >> > >> >> Yes! Find a commercial GEOsat with room to support an amateur payload. >> >> Leverage commercial economics for launch and platform reliability. The >> >> commercial operator can donate (tax break) the value of the ham (STEM) >> >> capability. Maybe ham bands at 10 GHz and above. Simple bent pipe. >> > >> > >> > ------ Original Message ------ >> > Received: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 11:28:21 AM EDT >> > >> From: "Mark Johns, K0JM" <k0jm.mark(a)gmail.com> >> > Subject: Re: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Phase IV satellite >> > >> >> The launch costs, while significant, are beside the point. The biggest >> >> issue with HEO satellites are the regulatory challenges. AMSAT and >> >> international partners could build and get ready for launch such a >> >> satellite within a few years, just as they did with AO-10, AO-13, and >> >> AO-40. But they would not get a license to put it into orbit in the >> >> current regulatory environment. The technical and financial challenges >> >> can be met, but the licensing requirements are killing us. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ----------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions expressed >> > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of >> AMSAT-NA. >> > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at >> https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ >> > >> > View archives of this mailing list at >> > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] >> > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org >> > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at >> https://mailman.amsat.org >> > >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions >> expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of >> AMSAT-NA. >> Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at >> https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ >> >> View archives of this mailing list at >> https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org >> Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at >> https://mailman.amsat.org >

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SAT FT4 Culture
by Calvin McDonald 14 Aug '22

14 Aug '22

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ANS-226 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for Aug. 14
by Mark Johns, K0JM 14 Aug '22

14 Aug '22

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-226 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at] amsat.org You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/ In this edition: * 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, Oct. 21-22 * India's New Rocket Fails To Put Satellites In Right Orbit In Debut Launch * Russia Successfully Launches KAI 1 Repeater Along With Iranian Satellite * Wireless Institute of Australia Supporting Binar Satellites * Simultaneous Operations of APRS and Voice Repeater Now a Reality on ISS * Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for August 11 * Press Coverage of Eight-Year-Old’s ISS Ham Radio Contact * ARISS News * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events * Satellite Shorts From All Over ANS-226 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins To: All RADIO AMATEURS From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation 712 H Street NE, Suite 1653 Washington, DC 20002 DATE 2022 Aug 14 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, Oct. 21-22 The 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting will take place in Bloomington, Minn. on Oct. 21-22, 2022. Highlights of all scheduled events include: – AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting, October 20-21 – 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, October 21-22 – Friday Night Social and Auction, October 21 – AMSAT Banquet and Reception, October 22 – AMSAT Ambassador Breakfast, October 23 A preliminary schedule is available on the AMSAT Member Portal, launch.amsat.org, under the Events tab. Crowne Plaza is located adjacent to the Minneapolis / St. Paul International Airport and provides complimentary, scheduled shuttle to and from the airport. Nearby attractions include Mall of America with Nickelodeon Universe Theme park, Target Field, and the Minnesota Zoo. You can make hotel reservations by calling the hotel directly at (952) 854-9000. The group code is ASG (Amateur Satellite Group). Hotel reservations can also be made online at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-219-Symposium-Rooms. Symposium tickets and banquet reservations may be purchased on the AMSAT Member Portal. Log into https://launch.amsat.org/ and clock on the Events tab. We at AMSAT, are excited to be able to host an in-person Symposium this year. We hope that you can join us in celebrating Amateur Radio in Space. [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ The 2022 AMSAT President's Club coins have arrived! To commemorate the 50th anniversary of its launch on October 15, 1972, this year's coin features an image of AMSAT-OSCAR 6. Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ India's New Rocket Fails To Put Satellites In Right Orbit In Debut Launch India's new rocket launched for the first time on Saturday night (Aug. 6) but failed to deliver its satellite payloads into their intended orbit due to a sensor issue. The 112-foot-tall (34 meters) Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) lifted off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India's southeastern coast on Saturday at 11:48 p.m. EDT (0348 GMT and 9:18 a.m. India Standard Time on Sunday, Aug. 7) with two satellites onboard. The main payload on Saturday's test mission was EOS-02, a 300-pound (135 kilograms) experimental Earth-observation satellite. The second satellite was an 18-pound (8 kg) cubesat called AzaadiSAT. This little spacecraft was loaded with 75 different payloads, which were built by female students across India to perform a variety of "femto-experiments." "The payloads include a UHF-VHF transponder working in ham radio frequency to enable voice and data transmission for amateur radio operators, a solid state PIN diode-based radiation counter to measure the ionizing radiation in its orbit, a long-range transponder and a selfie camera," ISRO officials wrote in the mission description. Instead of placing the satellites in a circular orbit 221 miles (356 kilometers) above Earth, the rocket left them in an orbit that ranged from 221 miles to as close as 47 miles (76 km). That orbit was not stable, and the satellites have "already come down, and they are not usable," ISRO Chairman S. Somanath said in a video statement after the launch. [ANS thanks Space.com for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Russia Successfully Launches KAI 1 Repeater Along With Iranian Satellite A Russian rocket on Tuesday successfully launched an Iranian satellite into orbit, along with a Russian amateur cubesat. The Soyuz rocket lifted off as scheduled at 05:52 GMT Tuesday, Aug. 9 from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan. About nine minutes after the launch, it placed the Iranian satellite called Khayyam into orbit. It’s named after Omar Khayyam, a Persian scientist who lived in the 11th and 12th centuries. Also aboard were 16 Russian cubesats, including the 3U cubesat KAI 1, aka KNITU-KAI, NILAKT DOSAAF LLC, ANO DPO "KIRO." Its callsign will be RS26S. It carries a 145/435 MHz repeater, panoramic cameras and a temperature meter based on a fiber Bragg grating. Currently no further details are available. Among the other cubesats scheduled for this launch were ten Russian satellites in the SXC3 series, transmitting telemetry on amateur frequencies. A list of these satellites and their frequencies may be found at https://sputnix.ru/en/satellites-sputnix/for-radioamateurs [ANS thanks N2YO.com, Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, and Nader Omer, HZ1NH, for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows, and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Wireless Institute of Australia Supporting Binar Satellites The Board of the Wireless Institute of Australia has supported the Binar-1 small satellite/CubeSat mission which was launched from the ISS by Curtin University. Binar-1 is a 1U CubeSat currently in low-Earth orbit (LEO) and was a technical demonstrator of in-house developed hardware that aimed to become a repeatable platform for research and educational purposes. This year the Board of the WIA agreed to support the upcoming mission 2 that will see satellites: Binar-2, Binar-3 and Binar-4 be deployed from the ISS in the same way as Binar-1 into LEO. A subsequent mission 3 will follow about a year later with three more CubeSats (Binar-5,6 and 7) to also be delivered into Low Earth Orbit. Part of the Binar mission is to try to make it easier for young, enthusiastic students to learn more about and how to use amateur radio in a way which directly relates to STEM. We believe that this specific use of amateur radio is a fantastic crossover opportunity for education and encouragement of STEM. Previously young students were constrained by resources, and current progtam wants to provide a platform where students - both high-school and university - can learn about amateur radio, spacecraft, their operations, and science experiments flying onboard the spacecraft. The satellites in Launch 2 will be Binar-2, 3, 4 will have a multiband radio, capable of operating in the amateur band. The radio frequencies are allocated in the 70cm Amateur Satellite Radio band and, as required by local and international regulatory bodies (ACMA, ITU, IARU), will be coordinated through the IARU (International Amateur Radio Union) with the support of the Wireless Institute of Australia as the national association for Amateur Radio in Australia . The main purpose of the usage of the amateur-satellite band allocation onboard the Satellites in Launches 2 and 3 is to provide a platform to educate high school and university students on satellite technology. [ANS thanks Southgate ARC for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Simultaneous Operations of APRS and Voice Repeater Now a Reality on ISS ARISS is pleased to announce that starting yesterday, August 11, simultaneous operations of the ARISS Voice Repeater and digital APRS communications on the International Space Station (ISS) is now a reality. Current ARISS operations include voice repeater transmissions with the JVC Kenwood D710GA in the Columbus module and APRS packet operation from an identical radio in the Service Module (Zvezda). Packet operations are on 145.825 MHz. The ARISS Russia and USA teams have been working for several weeks to prepare the Service Module radio for APRS operations. ARISS Russia team member Sergey Samburov, RV3DR, led the effort, working with Russian mission controllers and the on-board ISS cosmonauts to configure the Service Module radio for APRS ops. On August 11, final checkouts were completed and the APRS packet mode was switched on for amateur radio use. ARISS-International Chair Frank Bauer, KA3HDO states, “Simultaneous operation of APRS and the voice repeater on ISS is transformative for ARISS and represents a key element of our ARISS 2.0 initiative, providing interactive capabilities 24/7 that inspire, engage and educate youth and lifelong learners—especially life-long learning in ham radio operations.” Bauer continues, “Our heartfelt thanks to Sergey Samburov, RV3DR, for making this crucial ARISS 2.0 initiative become a reality.” The Columbus Module radio uses the callsign NA1SS and the new Service Module radio uses RS0ISS. Aside from the callsigns, the radios are identical and packet operations are the same as before. You can use RS0ISS, ARISS, or APRSAT as the packet path. Also, both radios are expected to be on full time, except during educational contacts, EVAs, and dockings or undockings. You can find operational status and expected downtimes of the ISS radios at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations. [ANS thanks Dave Jordan, AA4KN, ARISS PR, for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition? Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff from our Zazzle store! 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for August 11 Two Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps in the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical model of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs. Weekly updates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. TLE bulletin files are updated Thursday evenings around 2300 UTC, or more frequently if new high interest satellites are launched. More information may be found at https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/ The following satellites have decayed from orbit and have been removed from this week's AMSAT-NA TLE distribution: Maya-3 NORAD Cat ID 49273 (decayed form orbit on 8/3/2022 per Space-Track). Maya-4 NORAD Cat ID 49274 (decayed form orbit on 8/8/2022 per Space-Track). [ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Press Coverage of Eight-Year-Old’s ISS Ham Radio Contact Kent’s Isle of Thanet News reports on the amateur radio contact between 8-year-old Isabella Payne and NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS on the International Space Station. In the Isle of Thanet News, Kathy Bailes, writes: A Broadstairs eight-year-old has chatted with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station and a recording of the conversation will feature on the NASA website. Isabella Payne spoke to Astronaut Kjell Lindgren as the ISS flew overhead last week. The youngster was with dad Matthew Payne, M0LMK, who is a license holding amateur radio enthusiast and tutor. He and Isabella are both members of Hilderstone Radio Society. Matthew said: “Isabella has been a member of the radio club ever since she was born and has been playing with the radio since she was six. Because I have the full licence she can sit on my knee and use the radio to speak to people as long as I am controlling it. Everyone at the club can do that. She has been involved in a few radio events, Children On The Air events, and will hopefully go for her own licence soon. Read full story by Kathy Bailes and listen to the recording on the Isle of Thanet News site at https://bit.ly/3vVAFNG or at https://twitter.com/IsleThanetNews/status/1557404614076530688 Matthew Payne, M0LMK, tweeted: “Isabella has been having an email exchange with the @NASA #ISS team, you know, as you do! She sent a photo for their publicity team and asked for it to be sent onto @astro_kjell. Here’s what she got in return…” https://twitter.com/m0lmk/status/1556976125359919105 ISS astronaut’s favourite ham radio contact https://amsat-uk.org/2022/08/03/iss-astronauts-favorite-ham-radio-contact/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS NEWS Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide. Cambridge Public Library and Idea Exchange, Cambridge, ON, Canada, direct via VE3SWA. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled crewmember is Kjell Lindgren, KO5MOS. Contact is go for: Thursday, 2022-08-18 at 17:45:15 UTC 66 degrees elevation. Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS continues to be making general contacts on the cross-band repeater. He is using NA1SS. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. Both the crossband FM voice repeater and the APRS digipeater are now in simultaneous operation. See article above. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html [ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an Amateur Radio package, including two-way communication capability, to be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit. Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Upcoming Satellite Operations N8MR will be in EN57 with frequent roves to EN56 and EN67 Aug 6-13. Listening for EU, Car, SA CA. Prefer linear sats, FM sats poss. Sked depends on wx, etc. WY7AA is headed to DN53 and will be camping there from 8/10 – 8/15’ish. He will be in the bottom of a canyon, so Sats will be tough, but he will try when he can. Primarily K-4536 #POTA No cell service, send a Winlink note if you want. DN52 will be the week after. AA6MU: CN81 August 9-31, Linears and FM. W7BMD: will be vacationing in FN41/FN51 land, so intermittently available for FM birds QSOs August 8-12. AD7DB: Activating DM24, DM25 and DM35, Aug 20,21,22, FM passes. Kingman and Mohave Valley AZ area. Holiday style but I’ll try to post ahead of them. EA4NF, Phillippe. August 1-3th and 13-16th, EL94 & EL95, FM and Liners, will confirm in LOTW as KE4NF. Hit him up on Twitter @EA4NF_Sat for details. KI7QEK: Will I’m taking a family vacation in British Columbia and Alberta from August 27-September 3, and planning to bring FM and linear gear. “Holiday style” so no promises on passes, but I will be passing through these grids: DN09, DO00, DO01, DO11, DO20 & DO21 [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events. 2022 HamXposition, and ARRL New England and Hudson Division Convention (hamxposition.org) Saturday and Sunday August 27 and 28, Marlborough, MA (Flea Market and some classes and workshops on Friday) AMSAT will have a booth with info, demos, and items for sale. Burns Fisher, WB1FJ will be presenting “What’s New At AMSAT” 41st ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) September 16–18, 2022 Hilton Charlotte Airport Hotel Charlotte, North Carolina https://tapr.org 2022 Rocky Mountain ARRL Division Convention Friday, October 7th, 2022 to Sunday, October 9th, 2022 Event Center at Archer 3921 Archer Pkwy Cheyenne, Wyoming 82007 https://wyhamcon.org/site 2022 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium October 8–9, 2022 Kents Hill Park Conference Centre, Milton Keynes https://rsgb.org/main/about-us/rsgb-convention/ 40th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting October 21–22, 2022 The Crowne Plaza Suites, 3 Appletree Square, Bloomington, MN https://launch.amsat.org/event-4922878 [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + Filipino-made cube satellites Maya-3 and Maya-4 returned to Earth and ended their missions, the Space Technology and Applications Mastery, Innovation and Advancement (STAMINA4Space) Program announced on Tuesday. Maya-3 and Maya-4 reentered the Earth’s atmosphere on Aug. 4 and Aug. 8, respectively. While in the orbit for 10 months, the two cube satellites carried a commercial off-the-shelf APRS-Digipeater Payload Demonstration, which employed packet radio technology to transmit information over amateur radio. (ANS thanks CNN Philippines for the above information) + For the first time, Veraval Light House, situated at the south coast of Gujarat State from India, will be activated with the Special Amateur Radio Callsign AT3VLH. The Lighthouse is activated by active Ham Radio Operator Rajesh Vagadia, VU2EXP, from Rajkot (Gujarat) India. It is SOLO operator activation to experiment learn & spread awareness with amateur radio spirit. The activation will take place 19 to 22 August, 2022 utilizing 40m, 20m, 15m & 10m and FM Satellites. (ANS thanks Rajesh Vagadia, VU2EXP, for the above information) + A NASA cubesat was removed from a recent rideshare launch opportunity on a U.S. Space Force mission because the spacecraft could not meet guidelines for deorbiting at the end of its life. The GTOSat mission, developed by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, was manifested to fly as a secondary payload on the Atlas 5 launch of the SBIRS GEO-6 missile-warning satellite. The SBIRS satellite was successfully launched Aug. 4. However, GTOSat and a second, unidentified rideshare payload were not included on the launch. Space Force officials said in a prelaunch briefing that the satellites were not compliant with orbital debris mitigation guidelines but did not elaborate. (ANS thanks SpaceNews for the above information) + Three 1 kg cubesats, TUMNanosat, FUTABA and HSU-SAT 1 were deployed from the J-SSOD No. 22 deployer on the ISS Japanese robot arm at 0945 UTC Aug 12. TUMNanosat has 9k6 GMSK AX25 downlink of beacons and telemetry on 436.680 MHz. FUTABA downlinks with 20 wpm CW beacon and 1k2 AFSK for FM telemetry and mission data on 437.375 MHz. More info from https://www.futaba.space/blank-3 HSU-SAT-1 has a downlink using CW, FM SSTV and 9k6 GMSK at 437.280 MHz. More information at https://bit.ly/3C3LFwa (ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and the IARU for the above information) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/ In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to: * Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization). * Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. * Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. * Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms. Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information. 73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! This week's ANS Editor, Mark Johns, K0JM k0jm at amsat dot org

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Re: Was: RE: Re: Fixing the FM Stompfest Now: Phase IV satellite
by Clint Bradford 13 Aug '22

13 Aug '22

I see an amateur radio-equipped Geo bird over Central, South and North America as a phenomenal resource for the American Red Cross and others working disasters. It’s not in the traditional “easy sat” category, since it will take about $1000 for a decent ground station. So I cannot anticipate it being “overloaded” by newbies. Clint K6LCS > On Aug 8, 2022, at 12:25 PM, Gary <gary_mayfield(a)hotmail.com <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Since we are on the topic of a GEO sat. Am I the only one the questions the point of a GEO bird from a ham radio perspective? No doppler, no propagation, no antenna pointing, just set up your station and have comms with anyone in the footprint.

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Tevel
by Jean Marc Momple 13 Aug '22

13 Aug '22

Dear All, Has anyone done a QSO thru Tevel birds? I tried man times without success. 73 Jean Marc (3B8DU)

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Re: Phase IV satellite
by Tarsala, Jan A (US 337C) 13 Aug '22

13 Aug '22

Review ARSENE, AO-24. https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/arsene.htm Jan WB6VRN From: David G0MRF via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Reply-To: David G0MRF <g0mrf(a)aol.com> Date: Saturday, 13 August 2022 at 3:13 AM To: "farhanbox(a)gmail.com" <farhanbox(a)gmail.com>, "bwilkins(a)gmail.com" <bwilkins(a)gmail.com> Cc: "amsat-bb(a)amsat.org" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [AMSAT-BB] Re: Phase IV satellite Hi Ashhar / group Geostationary Transfer Orbit is a good starting point for a ride share, but adjusting the orbit with a single burn at apogee to give you a Geostationary orbit may not be the best choice, or even possible / desirable, with a limited budget. An alternative would be to launch a cubesat style satellite to GTO and raise the perigee just enough to make the lifetime comply with the debris mitigation rules. After 15 years or so it burns up at perigee. With an orbit from 35,000km down to 800km, a linear transponder could be used with current phone technology (SSB) during the lower part of the orbit. At higher altitudes where the limited link budget, say 4W, is insufficient for the typical SSB + LEO pack, operators could use digital comms (think of another mode being added to WSJT-X) to overcome the path loss. It would inspire some to improve their standard antennas and preamps so they can extend the range of CW/SSB QSOs up a sat altitude of around 10,000km. While at the highest altitudes, another group, more interested in weak signal digital comms, could communicate / develop software and techniques for the future. 73 David G0MRF -----Original Message----- From: Ashhar Farhan <farhanbox(a)gmail.com> To: Brian Wilkins <bwilkins(a)gmail.com> CC: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Sent: Sat, 13 Aug 2022 6:37 Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Phase IV satellite What does it take to push a craft in GTO to GEO ? I guess that there is a single thruster involved. Do you think any lab will donate one? The GTOs should be relatively inexpensive to get to. I can't see why Icoms and Yaseuas ant loosen their purse strings for a project like this. I have heard that they sold in excess of 20,000 IC-7300 last year alone. That is just one of their radios, and that is just one company. Then there is everyone from the tiny HF signals all the way to Kenwoods and Yaesu. Hams have patronized their products for long, at times, well past their sell-by-date. The FT817 was kept alive mostly by the sat operators. If each picks up a million dollar ticket, with matching grants, 10 M USD isnt a big deal. It is also big business for them. An 8 MHz slice of space spectrum could otherwise cost them a few times over. - f

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Yaesu G-5500/ GS-232B issue
by Jean Marc Momple 13 Aug '22

13 Aug '22

Dear All, I struggled with my rotor for about a month to get it pointing well to LEO’s and finally discovered today that the 4 screws to the AZ/Ele meters in the G-5500 were loose and doing intermittent electrical path, most probably due to temperature change over the 6-8 years I am using it After tightening these and recalibrating all is OK. Just to share, in case you have same issue. 73 Jean Marc (3B8DU)

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ARISS News Release No. 22-46
by David Jordan 12 Aug '22

12 Aug '22

ARISS News Release No.22-46 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE Simultaneous Operations of APRS and VoiceRepeater now a Reality on ISS ARISS is pleased to announcethat starting yesterday, August 11, simultaneous operations of the ARISS VoiceRepeater and digital APRS communications on the International Space Station(ISS) is now a reality. Current ARISSoperations include voice repeater transmissions with the JVC Kenwood D710GA inthe Columbus module and APRS packet operation from an identical radio in theService Module (Zvezda). Packetoperations are on 145.825 MHz. The ARISS Russia and USAteams have been working for several weeks to prepare the Service Module radiofor APRS operations. ARISS Russia teammember Sergey Samburov, RV3DR, led the effort, working with Russian missioncontrollers and the on-board ISS cosmonauts to configure the Service Moduleradio for APRS ops. On August 11, finalcheckouts were completed and the APRS packet mode was switched on for amateurradio use. ARISS-International ChairFrank Bauer, KA3HDO states, “Simultaneous operation of APRS and the voicerepeater on ISS is transformative for ARISS and represents a key element of ourARISS 2.0 initiative, providing interactive capabilities 24/7 that inspire,engage and educate youth and lifelong learners—especially life-long learning inham radio operations.” Bauer continues,“Our heartfelt thanks to Sergey Samburov, RV3DR, for making this crucial ARISS2.0 initiative become a reality.” The Columbus Module radio uses the callsignNA1SS and the new Service Module radio uses RS0ISS. Aside from the callsigns, the radios areidentical and packet operations are the same as before. You can use RS0ISS, ARISS, or APRSAT as thepacket path. Also, both radios areexpected to be on full time, except during educational contacts, EVAs, and dockingsor undockings. Youcan find operational status and expected downtimes of the ISS radios at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that support the International Space Station(ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur SatelliteCorporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS NationalLab-Space Station Explorers, Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) andNASA’s Space communications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISSis to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, andmathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts viaamateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before andduring these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities takepart in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. MediaContact: DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISSPR Likeus on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Search on Amateur Radio on the ISS and@ARISS_status. Checkout ARISS on Youtube.com.

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Fwd: Re: Phase IV satellite
by Samudra Haque [TTLLC] 12 Aug '22

12 Aug '22

Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S21 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________________________________ From: Samudra Haque [TTLLC] <sehaque(a)tekterrain.com> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2022 12:52:28 PM To: crohtun(a)aol.com <crohtun(a)aol.com> Subject: Re: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Phase IV satellite In short thanks Ray KN2K yes, and you may find discussion of this type of maneuver in the papers across the last decade, but not only for LEO, but quite a lot of use cases. Perhaps not really from US sources as I would have liked. I decided to contribute my flight software and hardware designs to Open Research Institute and the repo will be available soon. My son came down with Covid last week so it slowed up things at my home and work. If anyone would like to replicate the EP firmware and hardware for Bricsat-p and Canyval-X and consider collaborating with me on improving its design for future amsat, the repo hosted by, and supported by ORI will be open to all. All hardware designs are still current. My commercial patent on the topic of synchronization of arrays of such thruster devices may be useful for those who want to build scalable (uN-s to mN-s, steerable) contraptions and they could contact GWU or myself for details. But with either of those systems the work by GSFC (Flight Dynamics treatments) show practical uses of gravity manifolds for deep space (non-GEO, cis-lunar) trajectories using the flight control system I developed. But as I was not the main developer of the actual thruster, one needs to include a thruster selection in the trade study process (PPT, MEVAT, Hall, uCAT, MEVA, ...) and use it in *pulsed* mode. For the adventurous, calculus wizardry will show benefit of store-idle-standby-run-fire modes of impulse burns quite a lot more efficiently than exoected. My lines are open. Samudra N3RDX Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S21 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________________________________ From: crohtun--- via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2022 12:31:33 PM To: k0jm(a)amsat.org <k0jm(a)amsat.org>; Daniel Schultz <n8fgv(a)usa.net> Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Phase IV satellite I should have added: at least in the case of LEO sats. Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS<https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aol-news-email-weather-video/id646100661> On Friday, August 12, 2022, 11:28 AM, Mark Johns, K0JM <k0jm.mark(a)gmail.com> wrote: The launch costs, while significant, are beside the point. The biggest issue with HEO satellites are the regulatory challenges. AMSAT and international partners could build and get ready for launch such a satellite within a few years, just as they did with AO-10, AO-13, and AO-40. But they would not get a license to put it into orbit in the current regulatory environment. The technical and financial challenges can be met, but the licensing requirements are killing us. Just this month, a couple of NASA's own satellites had to be scratched from a launch because they did not meet the increasingly strict de-orbiting requirements for a license to orbit. (https://spacenews.com/nasa-cubesat-bumped-from-rideshare-launch-because-of-…) And right now, even stricter international regulations are under consideration. If NASA is having trouble meeting these restrictions, you can imagine how high the bar is for a non-profit organization of amateurs. Pipe dream all you want about launch opportunities, but if you can't get the necessary permits, it's just that -- pipe dreams. -- Mark D. Johns, KØJM AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain -- Mark D. Johns, KØJM AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 8:43 AM Daniel Schultz <n8fgv(a)usa.net<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Rocket Lab's definition of "sensible cost" is $10 million. That is indeed a > bargain price for a dedicated HEO mission. Do we think that AMSAT could raise > that amount of money in a sensible amount of time? > > Dan N8FGV > > ------ Original Message ------ > Received: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 10:28:36 PM EDT > From: Wendy and Terry Osborne <wandtosborne(a)gmail.com<mailto:[email protected]>> > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Phase IV satellite > > > With the recent success of Capstone and the Rocket Lab Photon > > spacecraft, it may be possible to put a transponder on a Photon mission > > to GEO at a sensible cost. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org ----------------------------------------------------------- Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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Re: Phase IV satellite
by Daniel Schultz 12 Aug '22

12 Aug '22

Rocket Lab's definition of "sensible cost" is $10 million. That is indeed a bargain price for a dedicated HEO mission. Do we think that AMSAT could raise that amount of money in a sensible amount of time? Dan N8FGV ------ Original Message ------ Received: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 10:28:36 PM EDT From: Wendy and Terry Osborne <wandtosborne(a)gmail.com> To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Phase IV satellite > With the recent success of Capstone and the Rocket Lab Photon > spacecraft, it may be possible to put a transponder on a Photon mission > to GEO at a sensible cost.

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Re: Phase IV satellite
by John Magliacane 11 Aug '22

11 Aug '22

On Thursday, August 11, 2022, 01:16:02 PM EDT, Tarsala, Jan A (US 337C) via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > You may want to examine NASA’s SunRISE project, led by Jim, W6RMK. We are temperature testing the first three > instruments today, with delivery to spacecraft integration within the month. Very interesting... But I am also curious about the extent to which terrestrial HF signals can be heard well outside the bounds of the ionosphere. My guess is that if much of the long-distance terrestrial propagation we experience on HF is due to ionospheric absorption and re-radiation (i.e. setting ions in motion at an RF rate), then it might be much more transparent than we have been led to believe. I seem to recall a story about a Chinese satellite that traveled to the vicinity of the Moon and carried with it an HF receiver. A spectrum plot made by the satellite showed it was filled with HF signals originating from the Earth. 73 de John, KD2BD

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Re: Phase IV satellite
by Tarsala, Jan A (US 337C) 11 Aug '22

11 Aug '22

You may want to examine NASA’s SunRISE project, led by Jim, W6RMK. We are temperature testing the first three instruments today, with delivery to spacecraft integration within the month. 73 de VRN Still QRV From: John Magliacane via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Reply-To: John Magliacane <kd2bd(a)yahoo.com> Date: Thursday, 11 August 2022 at 9:54 AM To: "amsat-bb(a)amsat.org" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: Re: Phase IV satellite Back in the 1980s, then FCC Private Radio Bureau Chief Carlos V. Roberts spoke to "CQ" magazine about the Amateur Radio Service where he stated: "I think the service should be devoted to technical achievement and experimentation. Many of the other activities that amateurs engage in can be done in other personal radio services, but technical experimentation is, and should remain, limited to the amateur service." Today we can extend the phrase "other personal radio services" to include Internet and cellular services as well. So, what could we do in a geostationary orbit that won't simply be a duplication or an enhancement over what's already been done for decades? I think it would be neat to have the equivalent of a WebSDR in geostationary orbit to see exactly what can be received well beyond the Earth's ionosphere. The results could be rather surprising... 73 de John, KD2BD

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-08-11 16:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 11 Aug '22

11 Aug '22

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-08-11 16:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: About Gagarin From Space, 60th anniversary of the first space festival flight of pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR A.G. Nikolaev, Shorshely, Chuvash Republic, Russia, direct via RN4Z or R6ØAGN The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Denis Matveev Contact was successful for 2022-08-11 09:14 UTC (***) Congratulations to the Shorshely students and Denis! (***) Cambridge Public Library and Idea Exchange, Cambridge, ON, Canada, direct via VE3SWA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is go for: Thu 2022-08-18 17:45:15 UTC 66 deg Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS continues to be making general contacts on the cross-band repeater. He is using NA1SS. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2022-08-11 16:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2022-08-11 16:30 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2022 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 13, 2022 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time (2022-11-14 07:59 UTC). (***) Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 178 (***) Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 148 Francesco IKØWGF with 149 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 114 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1554. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1473. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 67 on orbit Oleg Artemyev Denis Matveev Sergey Korsakov SpaceX Crew-4 on orbit Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Bob Hines KI5RQT Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF Jessica Watkins **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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AT3VLH Sp Lighthouse Station will be QRV on SSB, Digital & Satellite from Veraval INDIA
by Rajesh Vagadia - VU2EXP 10 Aug '22

10 Aug '22

*Special Event Station - International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend* *Veraval Light House - AT3VLH - *Date: 19 to 22 August 2022 *ILLW # IN0026 * *ARLHS WLOL # IND 166* For the first time Veraval Light House situated at the south coast of Gujarat State from India will be activated with the Special Amateur Radio Callsign *AT3VLH*. Below is the location of Lighthouse activation: Lat: 20° 54' 41'' N Long: 70° 21' 11'' E Grid: ML50ev CQ Zone: 22 ITU Zone: 41 https://goo.gl/maps/kgU3xmZ4ezwktvg56 The Lighthouse is activated by active Ham Radio Operator Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP from Rajkot (Gujarat) India. It is SOLO operator Activation to experiment Learn & spread awareness with amateur radio spirit. *Dates: *19th to 22nd August, 2022 *HF Operating Bands:* 40m, 20m, 15m & 10m etc (as Propagation permits) *Modes:* FM, SSB, Digital & Satellite *Radio:* Icom IC-718 pushing 100W, IC-705 for QRP, Kenwood TM-281 for 2M and Pair of HT's *Antenna:* Dual Band 40/20m Dipole, Homebrewed EFHW 40-10 antenna, 5/8 for 2m vhf *Satellite Operation:* As passionate Satellite operator, I will carry Dual band Arrow/IOio & Portable Yagi antenna to have some FM Satellite Contacts with Sp. Callsign AT3VLH from new Grid ML50ev. Am excited to operate from the Light house!!! Catch me on SSB, Digital & Satellite during 19 to 22 Aug 2022. 73 *Rajesh P. Vagadia - VU2EXP* Rajkot - Gujarat (India) Regional Coordinator of AMSAT-INDIA contact: vu2exp [at] gmail [.] com www.qrz.com/db/at3vlh

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Satellite Presentation for YOUR Club
by Clint Bradford 10 Aug '22

10 Aug '22

Part of the “job description” for volunteer AMSAT Ambassadors is to “spread the gospel” of working satellites to clubs and conventions. My wife and I (she works the audio board and handles Zoom Chat Room inquiries) are nearing 150 presentations - and it is still exciting for us. After a show earlier this month, we received this … "Please let me thank you (and Karen) for an AWESOME and entertaining presentation. You are one of those very positive examples of people in this hobby that makes it so great. Your presentation was informative and very entertaining, and with the assistance of your wife, Karen, it was run error-free. Our team would highly recommend this presentation to anyone exploring Amateur Radio Satellites.” On August 15, we’re going “up North” to Ottawa, Canada and the West Carlton Amateur Radio Club - https://wcarc.ca/ And it “feels” like lives are improving here in So California, as I just received a request to do another IN-PERSON presentation in September for a local club here in Southern California! (My Epson projector and DaLite screen are dusted off and ready to go!) Think a 90-minute lively, informative, and fun “How to Work the Easy Satellites” Zoom presentation would be appropriate for your convention or club? Always included are overviews of the ARRL, AMSAT, and ARISS. And pre-presentation questions are solicited and welcome. Send an email or call! Clint Bradford K6LCS AMSAT Ambassador; ARRL Affiliated Club Coordinator, instructor http://www.work-sat.com 909-999-SATS (7287)

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-08-10 20:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 10 Aug '22

10 Aug '22

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-08-10 20:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Ufa State Aviation Technical University, Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Oleg Artemiev Contact was successful: Wed 2022-08-10 10:05 UTC (***) Congratulations to the Ufa State Aviation Technical University students and Oleg! (***) Kopernik Observatory & Science Center (KOSC), Vestal, N.Y., direct via K2ZRO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Bob Hines KI5RQT Contact was successful: Wed 2022-08-10 16:11:14 UTC 31 deg (***) Congratulations to the KOSC students and Bob! (***) About Gagarin From Space, 60th anniversary of the first space festival flight of pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR A.G. Nikolaev, Shorshely, Chuvash Republic, Russia, direct via RN4Z or R6ØAGN (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Denis Matveev (***) Contact is go for 2022-08-11 09:14 UTC (***) Sorry gang for the late update, I just got this latest contact info this morning. (***) Cambridge Public Library and Idea Exchange, Cambridge, ON, Canada, direct via VE3SWA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is go for: Thu 2022-08-18 17:45:15 UTC 66 deg Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS continues to be making general contacts on the cross-band repeater. He is using NA1SS. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2022-08-10 20:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2022-08-10 20:30 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2022 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 13, 2022 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time (2022-11-14 07:59 UTC). (***) Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 177 (***) Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 148 Francesco IKØWGF with 149 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 114 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1553. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1472. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 67 on orbit Oleg Artemyev Denis Matveev Sergey Korsakov SpaceX Crew-4 on orbit Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Bob Hines KI5RQT Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF Jessica Watkins **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Linking Satellites
by Wes Baden 10 Aug '22

10 Aug '22

What ever happened to the idea--I think it was floated in an AMSAT newsletter a few years ago--of linking two satellites with a combined larger footprint? This would certainly help me achieve WAS from Maine FN54, where the problem is and always be Hawaii. Speaking of WAS "SAT," a dumb question now--but will the moon ever be considered a "satellite," for the WAS SAT award? If it is, EME just might be the only way I'll make WAS SAT. I'm stuck at 49. But then again, it's "location, location, location" as real estate agents say, and I can't complain, being able to work deep into EU and rack up DXCC entities from there. DXCC SAT appears to be a realistic goal with MEO sats, given enough time and activation from rarer entities. (Thank you, K3TRM, DL4EA and 4O4A, among others!). Wes NA1ME

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-08-10 02:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 10 Aug '22

10 Aug '22

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-08-10 02:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: About Gagarin From Space Performing a session of amateur radio communication with students of the Ufa State Aviation Technical University, Ufa, Russia, direct via RZ9WWB (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Oleg Artemiev Contact is go for: Wed 2022-08-10 10:03 UTC (***) Kopernik Observatory & Science Center (KOSC), Vestal, N.Y., direct via K2ZRO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Bob Hines KI5RQT Contact is go for: Wed 2022-08-10 16:11:14 UTC 31 deg Cambridge Public Library and Idea Exchange, Cambridge, ON, Canada, direct via VE3SWA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is go for: Thu 2022-08-18 17:45:15 UTC 66 deg Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS continues to be making general contacts on the cross-band repeater. He is using NA1SS. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2022-08-10 02:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2022-08-03 18:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2022 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 13, 2022 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time (2022-11-14 07:59 UTC). (***) Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 176 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 148 Francesco IKØWGF with 149 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 114 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1551. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1470. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 67 on orbit Oleg Artemyev Denis Matveev Sergey Korsakov SpaceX Crew-4 on orbit Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Bob Hines KI5RQT Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF Jessica Watkins **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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RS#S SSTV Protocol
by Brian Wilkins 09 Aug '22

09 Aug '22

I was able to hear SSTV tones today from one of the RS#S satellites. What is the protocol? I tried Robot 36 and it didn’t seem to decode. Signal was strong. SSTV send was short however -- 73, ko4aqf(a)gmail.com

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Re: Fixing the FM Stompfest
by KC4QLP 09 Aug '22

09 Aug '22

I'm just getting into satellite operations as a hobby. I've used the commercial satellites all through my broadcast career, but as a hobby, this is way more fun. I've read about the one ham satellite over Africa. I wonder if there plans for one over North America. I have to say using a 10 watt HT (no dual receive while transmitting) into a dual band beam (3 elements for 144mhz and 5 elements for 440mhz) all while portable is a challenge. I have been able to sort of make some kind of contact on two other birds, and ISS Sunday afternoon when it was as crowded. Hearing the quick key ups, hetrodines and even the occasional idiot that is heard whistling reminds me of CB radio in some ways. The gentleman's ways and patient operators are becoming a long lost art. For a newbie here, what portable radio do you all recommend? For permanent setups, what is recommended? I don't see myself standing on my deck in the middle of a central NY winter and snow storm while trying to catch the satellites. :-D Bob Carter FCC Licensee: KC4QLP - WQJK414 - WRFT769 - RR00096040 kc4qlp.commaes-llc.com On August 7, 2022 4:46:19 PM "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond(a)gmail.com> wrote: > AO-51 did it (two simultaneous FM xmitters)—but hardly a cubesat!! > > Mark N8MH > > > On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 4:29 PM David G0MRF via AMSAT-BB > <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > Hello Ray > > > Nice idea. channelized receive is fairly easy without excess power > consumption. - single downconverter with multiple IF's or SDR equivalent. > > The main issue is on transmit where you need to share the limited 'DC > power' between multiple transmitters. > Probably possible to do 2 x transmitters on a 2U and 3 x transmitters on a > 3U. Some fancy final amplifier running a high efficiency mode like class D > or E shouldn't hurt the power budget too much > > > 73 David > > > > Behavior mod on the part of veteran FM ops doesn’t seem to be in the cards. > So what about this? Suppose the next gen FM birds were channelized? That > would divide the number of ops per pass. Thoughts? > > > Ray KN2K > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at > https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at > https://mailman.amsat.org > -- > > > Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at > https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at > https://mailman.amsat.org

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-08-08 16:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 08 Aug '22

08 Aug '22

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-08-08 16:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Summer Space School at IKI RAN (Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Moscow, Russia, direct via R4UAB (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Sergey Korsakov Contact was successful: Mon 2022-08-08 11:38 UTC (***) Congratulations to the Summer Space School at IKI RAN students and Sergey! (***) Ufa State Aviation Technical University, Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Oleg Artemiev Contact is go for: Wed 2022-08-10 10:05 UTC Kopernik Observatory & Science Center (KOSC), Vestal, N.Y., direct via K2ZRO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Bob Hines KI5RQT Contact is go for: Wed 2022-08-10 16:11:14 UTC 31 deg Cambridge Public Library and Idea Exchange, Cambridge, ON, Canada, direct via VE3SWA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS (***) Contact is go for: Thu 2022-08-18 17:45:15 UTC 66 deg (***) The proposal window for US schools opens up on 2022-10-01, see below for full details. (***) Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS continues to be making general contacts on the cross-band repeater. He is using NA1SS. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2022-08-04 15:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2022-08-03 18:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals (***) The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2022 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 13, 2022 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time (2022-11-14 07:59 UTC). (***) Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 176 (***) Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 148 Francesco IKØWGF with 149 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 114 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1551. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1470. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 67 on orbit Oleg Artemyev Denis Matveev Sergey Korsakov SpaceX Crew-4 on orbit Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Bob Hines KI5RQT Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF Jessica Watkins **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Satpc32 settings question
by markemorris 08 Aug '22

08 Aug '22

Hello,Question regarding Satpc32 and the TS2000. The software works great most of the time. I do notice, however, that some of the settings in the TS2000 are not always saved when the rig and the software are powered down. One of those settings is the "TRACE[R]" function which typically comes on when I first power things up. Should I use:Reverse Trace? Lateral Trace? Turn Trace off?Is there a standard that I need to follow when using the TRACE?Thank you for your input. 73Kind Regards, Mark Morris N3NJ

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VOAD Fundraiser - Lake Elsinore Baseball 08/09/2022
by Clint Bradford 08 Aug '22

08 Aug '22

The ARRL is a member of National VOAD (Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters). And this Tuesday evening - August 9th - there will be a fundraiser event to support VOAD at the Lake Elsinore Storm Stadium, as they host the San Bernardino Quakes. VOAD receives 10% of ticket sales for tickets purchased - IF you use the Promo Code, RIVCO. There will be a booth set up on the concourse at the stadium with information from the various VOAD members, including ARRL/ARES. This will be a good opportunity to inform the public about emergency communications and how ARES can support the various communities throughout the ARRL's Orange Section. Copy and paste the link below to purchase your tickets: https://mpv.tickets.com/?orgId=53949&agency=MILB_MPV&eventId=8904&tfl=Lake_… <https://mpv.tickets.com/?orgId=53949&agency=MILB_MPV&eventId=8904&tfl=Lake_…> Or go to the Lake Elsinore Storm website and purchase tickets using the Coupon Code RIVCO for August 9th, Storm vs Quakes. Come out and support your team and VOAD. It’s a great family event. If my recently repaired knee will allow, we'll be in our Section 106, front row seats. EVERY SEAT at these minor league games are great! Clint 951-533-4984

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Why?
by Bob Liddy (K8BL) 08 Aug '22

08 Aug '22

Why do HAMS post on a HAM BB about a HAM topic for thousandsof other HAMS to share and comment on for the other HAMS to usewith their HAM Hobby and NOT include their HAM Call Letters? Just sayin'. TNX/73, Bob K8BL

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Fixing the FM Stompfest
by crohtun＠aol.com 08 Aug '22

08 Aug '22

On an AO-91 pass earlier this Sunday, I heard a partial callsign who said “Looking for initial contact.” I responded and he heard me. But then we were stomped out by the usual stations. It was the weekend; the worst time of all to be on FM. It’s hard to welcome new users to satellites when this happens. I would add: this is not the first time. Week before last we had new people, rovers, portables, and kids-at-the-mike on an AO-91 pass. They all got stomped. No QSOs heard with any of them. Some have suggested that launching more FM birds would alleviate the stompfest. But how many more birds would it take before the number of ops per pass begins to thin out? It might be a large number given the appetite among some ops for repeat QSOs with the same station again and again on every pass. Behavior mod on the part of veteran FM ops doesn’t seem to be in the cards. So what about this? Suppose the next gen FM birds were channelized? That would divide the number of ops per pass. Thoughts? Ray KN2K Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS

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ARISS News Release No. 22-45
by David Jordan 07 Aug '22

07 Aug '22

ARISS News Release No.22-45 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISSContact is Scheduled with Summer Camp Students at Kopernik Observatory & Science Center,Vestal, New York, USA August7, 2022—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between astronauts aboard theInternational Space Station (ISS) and students at the Kopernik Observatory& Science Center located in Vestal, New York. ARISS conducts 60-80 of these special amateurradio contacts each year between students around the globe and crew memberswith ham radio licenses aboard the ISS. Opened in 1974, The Kopernik Observatory & Science Center (KOSC) is a non-profit informal educational institutionthat promotes interdisciplinary education in the fields of Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Through its classes, events and programs, KOSChas offered hundreds of thousands of students of all ages the opportunity toengage and actively learn a variety of STEM subjects. KOSC’s resources includethree permanent telescopes, a heliostat, weather station, three classrooms,computer lab, portable planetarium and an amateur radio station. KOSC is also thehome of the Kopernik Astronomical Society, the local astronomy club, and theBinghamton Amateur Radio Association (BARA) (callsign W2OW). KOSCoffers an outreach program to the local schools, and a STEM-based, summer campfor students between 2nd and 12th grades. This year is the 30th KOSC summerSTEM camps, and in preparation for the ARISS contact, one camp, entitled“Welcome Aboard the ISS”, showed 5th and 6th grade students what it takes tobecome an astronaut, how astronauts train for a mission and what research isbeing done on the ISS. Students are also learning about satellite orbits andradio communication. Camp activities include building a tape measure 2-meter,3-element yagi antenna and how to use it during a Fox Hunt. Students also learnedabout Software Defined Receivers (SDRs) by listening to communications accessedvia SDRs online. Students also create and decode images using Slow Scan TV(SSTV), including pre-recorded SSTV images sent by the ISS. BARA members aresupporting Kopernik Observatory staff in the set up and operation of theamateur radio station during the ARISS contact. This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask their questions ofAstronaut Bob Hines, amateur radio call sign KI5RQT. Local Covid-19 protocolsare adhered to as applicable for each ARISS contact. The downlink frequency forthis contact is 145.800 MHZ and may be heard by listeners that are within theISS-footprint that also encompasses the relay ground station. The amateur radio ground station for this contactis in Vestal, N.Y., USA. Amateur radio operators using call sign K2ZRO, willoperate the ground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection. TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for August 10, 2022 at 12:11 pm EDT (New York)(16:11UTC, 11:11 am CDT, 10:11 am MDT, 9:11 am PDT). Thepublic is invited to watch the live stream at: https://youtu.be/2Vf_ZnYc8Cs _______________________________ Astime allows, students will ask these questions: 1.What was going through your mind going from earth to space? 2.How do you stay in touch with your family so they know you're ok? 3.How does a magnet act in space? 4.What do you do for fun activities? 5.After a long journey in space, how long did it take for you to learn how towalk again? 6.What does the Earth look like from the space station? 7.Who is your role model? 8.What was your favorite moment in space 9.How do you prevent sickness in space and if you get sick, how is it treated? 10.What kind of experiments do you perform on the International Space Station andhow would these experiments be different in gravity? 11.What does it feel like to be weightless? 12.What is the coolest/craziest thing you have seen from up there? 13.Can you see the aurora from the ISS and take pictures of it? 14.Do astronauts play music instruments in the space station? 15.What is your favorite part of being in the ISS? 16.I read that water and oxygen is recycled on the ISS. How much total water andoxygen is needed per astronaut in space? 17.How can I be an astronaut like you? 18.What is the most challenging thing about leaving your family for space? 19.What special exercises do they have to do to stay healthy in space? About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that support the International Space Station(ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur SatelliteCorporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS NationalLab-Space Station Explorers, Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) andNASA’s Space communications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISSis to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, andmathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts viaamateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before andduring these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities takepart in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org . MediaContact: DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISSPR Likeus on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Search on Amateur Radio on the ISS and@ARISS_status. Checkout ARISS on Youtube.com.

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GRBAlpha DNxD message reserved above EU 22:14UTC
by ji1izr/Masahiro Sanada 07 Aug '22

07 Aug '22

Hello, de ji1izr/Masahiro. I reserved DNxD message on GRBAlpha. It will be transmitted at 22:14UTC above EU, about 8 hours after now. If you have a chance, try to receive it. ********************************** Masahiro Sanada de ji1izr Hiratsuka-city Kanagawa,Japan ji1izr_1975(a)nifty.com ji1izr(a)jarl.com ji1izr(a)jamsat.or.jp web: http://ji1izr.atnifty.com/ blog: http://ji1izr.air-nifty.com/ **********************************

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AzaadiSAT to be launched on 2022-08-07
by Nico Janssen 07 Aug '22

07 Aug '22

On 2022-08-07 at 0348 UTC the Indian satellite AzaadiSAT of Space Kidz India is to be launched as the secundary payload on the first flight of the new SSLV rocket from Sriharikota, India. The planned orbit is circular at 356 km with inclination 37.21 degrees. AzaadiSAT carries a digital packet store and forward system, a camera and a radiation sensor. The downlink is on the IARU coordinated frequency 437.400 MHz with 1200 bps FSK telemetry, camera pictures with AFSK SSTV and LoRa. 73, Nico PA0DLO

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ANS-219 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for August 7, 2022
by Frank Karnauskas (N1UW) 07 Aug '22

07 Aug '22

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-219 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at] amsat.org. You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/ In this edition: * 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting - Bloomington, MN - Oct. 21-22, 2022 * Apogee View * VUCC Satellite Standings August 2022 * PREDICT Version 2.3.0 Released * AMSAT DSTAR Now Linked to DMR and YSF-Fusion * AzaadiSAT to be Launched on August 7, 2022 * Astro Pi Mission Space Lab 2021/22: The Results * Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for August 4, 2022 * ARISS News * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events * Satellite Shorts From All Over ANS-219 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins To: All RADIO AMATEURS From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation 712 H Street NE, Suite 1653 Washington, DC 20002 DATE 2022 Aug 07 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting - Bloomington, MN - Oct. 21-22, 2022 Highlights of all scheduled events include: - AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting, October 20-21 - 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, October 21-22 - Friday Night Social and Auction, October 21 - AMSAT Banquet and Reception, October 22 - AMSAT Ambassador Breakfast, October 23 A preliminary schedule is available on the AMSAT Member Portal, launch.amsat.org, under the Events tab. Crowne Plaza is located adjacent to the Minneapolis / St. Paul International Airport and provides complimentary, scheduled shuttle to and from the airport. Nearby attractions include Mall of America with Nickelodeon Universe Theme park, Target Field, and the Minnesota Zoo. You can make hotel reservations by calling the hotel directly at (952) 854-9000. The group code is ASG (Amateur Satellite Group). Hotel reservations can also be made online at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-219-Symposium-Rooms. Symposium tickets and banquet reservations may be purchased on the AMSAT Member Portal. Log into https://launch.amsat.org/ and clock on the Events tab. We at AMSAT, are excited to be able to host an in-person Symposium this year. We hope that you can join us in celebrating Amateur Radio in Space. [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Apogee View This year’s Hamvention theme was Reunion, which was certainly evident among this year's attendees. After a two-year absence due to COVID restrictions, it was great to see everyone face-to-face and talk about the exciting opportunities of amateur radio in space. Like many of our visitors, I was excited and impressed with the progress and accomplishments in our Engineering, CubeSat Simulator, and Youth Initiative programs. The AMSAT TAPR Banquet on Friday night was an excellent opportunity to come together with our friends at Tucson Amateur Packet Radio (TAPR) and pay tribute to Bob Bruninga, WB4APR (SK), who we lost earlier this year. I want to thank everyone who shared their stories of Bob, who has contributed so much to amateur radio and amateur radio in space. Attendance at the AMSAT Forum was fantastic. Jerry Buxton, N0JY, and Jonathan Brandenburg, KF5IDY, provided an excellent Engineering update on GOLF, our in-house developed reaction wheels, and the new Fox Plus program. Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, brought us up to speed on the AMSAT Youth Initiative program, which takes an innovative and inspiring approach to introduce youth to amateur radio in space. Last but not least, Alan Johnston, KU2Y, and his students demonstrated the CubeSat Simulator and CubeSatSim Lite, which have made a terrific impact on the STEM education community. I thank the volunteers who donated their time over the long weekend to serve as AMSAT Ambassadors at our booths. Our volunteers, led by Phil Smith, W1EME, did a phenomenal job in answering questions, helping our members, and making AMSAT’s presence at Hamvention 2022 a huge success. THANK YOU! 40th Anniversary of the Space Camp For those not aware, the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, celebrated the 40th Anniversary of Space Camp on June 18, 2022. AMSAT Ambassador Tim Cunningham, N8DEU, hosted special event station K4S, demonstrating his field day amateur radio satellite station and answering questions about amateur radio in space. While Tim worked the International Space Station (ISS) several times, along with multiple contacts through other LEO satellites, the highlight of his efforts was facilitating a contact between a graduating Space Camp young lady and an astronaut aboard the ISS. Congratulations, Tim, on a job well done! An Innovation Road Map Innovation and experimentation are the cornerstones of what sets AMSAT apart in the amateur satellite community and what we need to continue to focus on in AMSAT’s future. In June 2021, AMSAT implemented a strategic plan defining who we are and where we want to go. In this plan, we affirmed our commitment to return to higher orbits and the vital role GOLF plays in helping us to develop the necessary systems and skills to take us there. In addition, we expressed our continued support in providing easily accessible amateur radio satellites in low earth orbit, encouraging the next generation of engineers, software developers, scientists, and mathematicians through STEM educational initiatives, and partnering with ARISS on human spaceflight programs. It is now time that we put that plan into action. Compliance and Open Projects – Establish export control policy and open project framework to allow AMSAT’s return to international collaboration. AMSAT is committed to complying with U.S. export controls laws and regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) regulations. ITAR and EAR regulations govern the shipment, transfer, and access of export-controlled data, items, equipment, materials, and software to non-U.S. persons or entities (domestically and abroad). OFAC regulations impose sanctions and embargoes on transactions or exchanges with designated countries, entities, and individuals. To ensure compliance with all Export laws, AMSAT must establish an Export Control policy, including procedures for complying with Export Control laws and educating all individuals working at, with, or on behalf of AMSAT, who work with, or have access to export-controlled technical data software, materials, and equipment, on such laws, policies, and procedures. This policy should require actively managing and monitoring compliance with Export Control laws and authorizing the creation of procedures to administer major organizational functions related to export compliance. AMSAT also recognizes that a critical component of its mission is supporting fundamental research, developing relationships and participating in the worldwide scientific, amateur radio, and amateur satellite communities to further the pursuit of knowledge. Export control laws restrict foreign national access to items or information that might be contrary to U.S. interests; however, these laws include exemptions for information published or disseminated in the Public Domain. AMSAT must take advantage of these carve- outs, when available, to further its international collaboration and outreach efforts. As such, we are working on implementing the necessary online project management and collaboration tools to support our open projects and the required publication processes to share what we have learned with the world. Experimentation and Education – Develop open and sustainable CubeSat programs to provide technological experimentation and educational support in Low Earth Orbits (LEO). Low earth orbiting (LEO) satellites play a critical role in AMSAT’s future. LEO FM CubeSats provide a cheap entry point to amateur radio in space. The lower costs associated with building and launching them make them an excellent platform to support our technological experimentation and STEM education initiatives. AMSAT’s Fox Plus program will be the foundation for our future efforts in LEO. In addition, proposed orbital debris mitigation standards will require all flight systems intended to be flown above low earth orbits to be “proven” in low earth orbit first. AMSAT’s GOLF-TEE (Greater Orbit Larger Footprint - Technology Exploration Experiment) was developed to demonstrate the necessary technologies for higher orbits. Scientific Research – Develop an open CubeSat program to enable scientific research related to amateur radio above low earth orbits. As space becomes increasingly crowded, obtaining a license to launch a satellite above low earth orbit will require a reason more important than amateur radio. Moving forward, we need to incorporate missions that include benefits for the greater good of society, of which scientific research and education appear to be our easiest path. AMSAT is not a scientific research institution, but we can certainly benefit by partnering with educational institutions to study the long-term effects of radiation exposure on communication and command and control systems. For example, our partnership with Vanderbilt University during the Fox Program provides a template as we chart our return to HEO. GEO Rideshare – Develop a program to secure an amateur radio payload in geostationary orbit above North America. I am often asked, “When will AMSAT put a satellite in geostationary orbit?” The short answer is NEVER,... if we have to do it ourselves. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is not going to allow a bunch of weekend warriors to play in geostationary orbit; not to mention, the price of admission, continued operation, and indemnification is beyond our reach. So, our best opportunity is to partner with someone already going there as a secondary payload. No one has knocked on our door offering a free ride, nor have we succeeded in our numerous cold call attempts. We need someone on the inside or even a friend of a friend, who can get us in the room. If you know someone and an opportunity, I could use your help. Until next time, thank you for supporting AMSAT. Onward & Upward! [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT President for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ The 2022 AMSAT President's Club coins have arrived! To commemorate the 50th anniversary of its launch on October 15, 1972, this year's coin features an image of AMSAT-OSCAR 6. Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ VUCC Satellite Standings August 2022 K8YSE 2035 2100 K8DP 1300 1316 N0JE 761 775 WD9EWK (DM43) 686 696 AF5CC 621 628 W7QL 563 600 KS1G 551 579 K5TA 563 575 KE8RJU 512 568 EA2AA 525 546 W8MTB New 515 N6UTC 475 503 F4BKV 400 500 HP2VX 453 464 XE1MYO 349 451 FG8OJ 300 373 KB1HY 337 353 N7ZO 300 302 KE7RTB 250 300 N3CAL 235 247 K3HPA 205 225 N3UPS 100 218 XE1ZD 109 213 VE7PTN 202 203 JH0BBE 150 200 WD9EWK (DM22) 181 189 WD9EWK (DM23) 182 185 VA3VGR 103 164 WD9EWK (DM42) 157 164 WD9EWK (DM45) 155 160 WD9EWK (DM54) 153 159 IK7FMQ 103 156 HC2FG 146 150 K2KA 102 128 KC4CJ New 126 DF2PI 116 124 HP2BPK New 107 N2WLS New 104 K5JBT New 100 Congratulations to the new Satellite VUCC holders KC4CJ HP2BPK N2WLS K5JBT [ANS thanks Jon Goering, N7AZ for the above informatiion.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- PREDICT Version 2.3.0 Released John Magliacane, KD2BD announced the release of PREDICT Version 2.3.0. PREDICT is a widely-used open source satellite tracking / orbital prediction application for Linux and Unix computing environments including PCs, laptops, Raspberry PIs, and Android devices running under a Termux environment. A new limited capability version that operates under a 32-bit DOS environment has been released as well. PREDICT version 2.3.0 introduces an easy-to-use satellite transponder database editor and support for a mouse (or touch screen under a Termux/Android environment). New features make it possible to run PREDICT in Multi-Satellite Tracking Mode, left click on any satellite displayed on the screen, and be brought directly into Single Satellite Tracking Mode for more detailed tracking information on the chosen satellite. In addition, previously separate "Vocalizer" code has been integrated into PREDICT's mainline source. Text-to-speech operations are now executed in separate threads rather than forked background processes as was the practice in the past. PREDICT was originally released under an Open Source Software General Public License in late 1999, and is cataloged under the Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System hosted by Harvard University. PREDICT has been successfully employed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration where it provides orbital prediction and tracking data for VLBI radio telescope steering. PREDICT is employed by the European Space Agency's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory where it provides tracking and velocity profile data used to steer the 25 meter dish antenna at the Chilbolton Observatory (https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2006/03/Chilbolton_Observatory). PREDICT also powers AMSAT North America's on-line satellite prediction service (https://www.amsat.org/track/), and has served as the basis for a host of other derivative open-source software applications. Additional information, including screenshots and download links, are available via the PREDICT website at https://www.qsl.net/kd2bd/predict.html [ANS thanks John Magliacane, KD2BD, for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows, and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT DSTAR Now Linked to DMR and YSF-Fusion There have been a couple of updates to the AMSAT digital radio links. In case you were not aware of it, the AMSAT DMR 98006 talkgroup and the US AMSAT YSF 11689 reflector have been linked together for years, making it quite simple to use either mode to cross-communicate with the other. However, the AMSAT DSTAR reflector has not been bridged into the system, so it has been isolated. But, there is great news on that front. With the great help of Craig Jump, 2M0JUM, that problem seems to be solved. Craig has been linked his XLX606 DSTAR reflector to the AMSAT reflector, and has also bridged the DSTAR reflector to the AMSAT DMR 98006 talkgroup. This means that users can now use DMR, YSF-Fusion or DSTAR and seamlessly communicate with anyone on any of these technologies. As with all things digital, users may want to give the system one or two extra seconds when they key up so all the links are fully engaged before talking - just to ensure they don't cut off the first syllable of their transmission. However, this been the case with DMR and YSF only links for years. Testing is still underway so it is possible that the system could be temporarily disabled at times. But, the hope is this will be as solid as the previous bridge. Users experiencing problems or need help getting connected can contact Walter Holmes, K5WH. [ANS thanks Walter Holmes, K5WH, for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AzaadiSAT to be Launched on August 7, 2022 On August 7, 2022 at 0348 UTC the Indian satellite AzaadiSAT of Space Kidz India is to be launched as the secondary payload on the first flight of the new SSLV rocket from Sriharikota, India. The planned orbit is circular at 356 km with inclination 37.21 degrees. AzaadiSAT carries a digital packet store and forward system, a camera and a radiation sensor. The downlink is on the IARU coordinated frequency 437.400 MHz with 1200 bps FSK telemetry and camera pictures with AFSK SSTV and LoRa. Developed and built by 750 girl students from across India, the satellite is the result of ISRO pushing for girls to take up Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). The eight-kilogram CubeSat carries 75 different payloads, each weighing around 50 grams, that will conduct femto-experiments and has a mission life of six months. It is part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations, to mark the 75th anniversary of India's Independence. Read the complete story at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-219-AzaadiSAT. [ANS thanks Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, and IndiaToday.in for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Astro Pi Mission Space Lab 2021/22: The Results RaspberryPi.org reports, "It’s been an incredible year for the European Astro Pi Challenge. We’ve sent new hardware into space, seen record numbers of young people participate in the Challenge, and received lots of fantastic programs. Before we say goodbye to the 2021/22 European Astro Pi Challenge, the Raspberry Pi Foundation and the European Space Agency are thrilled to announce this year’s winning and highly commended Mission Space Lab teams. "In Mission Space Lab, teams of young people aged up to 19 work together to create scientific experiments to be carried out on the International Space Station. Their mission is to design and create a program to run on the two Astro Pi computers — space-adapted Raspberry Pi's with cameras and a range of sensors. "This year, 799 teams of young people designed experiments and entered Mission Space Lab and 502 of these teams were invited to Phase 2, which is 25% more than last year! The teams each received an Astro Pi kit to write and test their programs on and 299 teams submitted programs that passed rigorous testing at Astro Pi Mission Control and achieved ‘flight status’. "After their program collected data during the experiment’s three-hour runtime on the ISS, each team analyzed the results and wrote a short report to describe their experiment. "We were especially excited to see what experiments young people would investigate this year, as their programs would be the first to run on the brand-new Astro Pi units, which were named after Nikola Tesla and Marie Curie by participants in this year’s Mission Zero." For a look at the teams’ investigations for Mission Space Lab 2021/22 go to https://tinyurl.com/ANS-219-Astro-Pi. [ANS thanks the Raspberry Pi Foundation for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition? Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff from our Zazzle store! 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for August 4, 2022 The following satellites have been added this week's AMSAT-NA TLE distribution: RS4S NORAD Cat ID 53306 RS3S NORAD Cat ID 53308 RS1S NORAD Cat ID 53309 RS5S NORAD Cat ID 53310 RS6S NORAD Cat ID 53311 RS9S NORAD Cat ID 53312 RS12S NORAD Cat ID 53313 Thanks to Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, for the identification of these satellites. [ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS NEWS Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide. + Upcoming Contacts Ufa State Aviation Technical University, Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS0ISS. The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz. The scheduled crewmember is Oleg Artemiev. Contact is go for 2022-08-10 10:05 UTC. Kopernik Observatory & Science Center (KOSC), Vestal, N.Y., direct via K2ZRO. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz. The scheduled crewmember is Bob Hines KI5RQT. Contact is go for: Wed 2022-08-10 16:11:14 UTC. Summer Space School at IKI RAN (Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Moscow, Russia, direct via TBD. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS0ISS. The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz. The scheduled crewmember is Sergey Korsakov. Contact is go for: Mon 2022-08-08 11:40 UTC. + Successful Contacts About Gagarin From Space Conducting a session of amateur radio communication with students in Almetyevsk, Almetyevsk, Tatarstan, Russia, direct via RC4P. The ISS callsign was RS0ISS. The crewmember was Sergei Korsakov. Contact was successful: 2022-07-30 14:08 UTC. Swiss Guide and Scout Movement, Bern, Switzerland, direct via HB9JAM. The ISS callsign was OR4ISS. The crewmember was Samantha Cristoforetti, IZ0UDF. Contact was successful: Wed 2022-08-03 12:23:28 UTC. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html [ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an Amateur Radio package, including two-way communication capability, to be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit. Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Upcoming Satellite Operations N8MR: Will be in EN57 with frequent roves to EN56 and EN67 Aug 6-13. Listening for EU, Car, SA CA. Prefer linear sats, FM sats poss. Sked depends on wx, etc. EA4NF, Philippe will be operating as 8P9NF on LEO Satellites from Barbados, in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. This will be happening 8/8 – 8/12 Philippe will operate using his portable LEO sat station (Yaesu FT818ND+Yaesu FT817ND) and Arrow antenna added to a Walkie Kenwood TH-D7 and a whip antenna to cover short, mid and long distances on both modes (FM & SSB) EA4NF, Phillippe. August 13-16, EL94 & EL95, FM and Liners, will confirm in LOTW as KE4NF. Hit him up on Twitter @EA4NF_Sat for details. KI7QEK: Taking a family vacation in British Columbia and Alberta from August 27-September 3. Planning to bring FM and linear gear. “Holiday style” so no promises on passes, but he will be passing through these grids: DN09, DO00, DO01, DO11, DO20 & DO21 [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events. + 40th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting October 21–22, 2022 The Crowne Plaza Suites, 3 Appletree Square, Bloomington, MN More information to follow. + HamXposition August 27-28, 2022 Marlborough, MA https://hamxposition.org/ + 2022 Rocky Mountain ARRL Division Convention October 7-9, 2022 Event Center at Archer 3921 Archer Pkwy Cheyenne, Wyoming 82007 https://wyhamcon.org/site + 2022 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium October 8–9, 2022 Kents Hill Park Conference Centre, Milton Keynes https://rsgb.org/main/about-us/rsgb-convention/ + 41st ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) September 16–18, 2022 Hilton Charlotte Airport Hotel Charlotte, North Carolina https://tapr.org [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS, who is on the International Space Station, describes his amateur radio contact with 8-year-old Isabella from Kent, UK, as his favorite so far. He tweeted: "I’ve had a lot of fun using the #ARISS amateur radio station #NA1SS on the @Space_Station to talk with ham radio operators all over the world. I’ve even (unofficially) worked stations on all continents! But this may be my favorite contact so far." A recording of the contact is at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-219-Favorite. [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.] + On August 9, 2022 the Iranian remote sensing satellite Khayyam is to be launched from Baykonur on a Soyuz 2.1B & Fregat, along with 16 Russian cubesats. One of those will be the 3U cubesat KAI 1, aka KNITU-KAI, NILAKT DOSAAF LLC, ANO DPO "KIRO". Its callsign will be RS26S. It carries a 145/435 MHz repeater, panoramic cameras and a temperature meter based on a fiber Bragg grating. Currently no further details are available. Also it is not clear if any of the other cubesats will appear on any amateur radio frequencies. [ANS thanks Nico Janssen, PA0DLO for the above information.] + The White House released a new National Orbital Debris Implementation Plan on July 29. The plan focuses on 44 specific actions which need to be taken, or researched, or collaborated on, around debris mitigation, tracking, and remediation, and delegates various government agencies to undertake them. To read the entire document, see https://bit.ly/3JtYpxR [ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/ In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to: * Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization). * Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. * Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. * Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms. Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information. 73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! This week's ANS Editor, Frank Karnauskas, N1UW n1uw at amsat dot org

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IC9700
by Bob Johnson 06 Aug '22

06 Aug '22

hi All-I recently required a IC-9700 to replace my IC-910. I would like to communicate with anyone who has done this swap. I use LVB tracking and SATpc32. Trying not to reinvent the wheel. Thanks Bob W7LRD

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10 more new 3U cubesats & Invitation for tracking.
by Nader Omer 06 Aug '22

06 Aug '22

For radio amateurs On August 9, 2022 first 10 spacecraft based on the satellite platform SXC3 (3Us cubesat for Scientific and educational ),are going to be launched into orbit by a Soyuz-2.1b rocket. More info at https://sputnix.ru/en/satellites-sputnix/for-radioamateurs 73Nader Omer

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Looking for US Tower M-10 Mast or Equivalent
by Wes Baden 06 Aug '22

06 Aug '22

I would like to upgrade my HF/SAT antenna system, but I'm having difficulty quickly finding a suitable mast these days. Does anyone have a 10 foot 2 inch OD steel mast (such as the M-10) that I could buy and pick up somewhere in northern New England, ideally within 200 miles of Maine? Thanks. Wes NA1ME

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KAI 1 / RS26S to be launched on 2022-08-09
by Nico Janssen 06 Aug '22

06 Aug '22

On 2022-08-09 the Iranian remote sensing satellite Khayyam is to be launched from Baykonur on a Soyuz 2.1B & Fregat, along with 16 Russian cubesats. One of those will be the 3U cubesat KAI 1, aka KNITU-KAI, NILAKT DOSAAF LLC, ANO DPO "KIRO". Its callsign will be RS26S. It carries a 145/435 MHz repeater, panoramic cameras and a temperature meter based on a fiber Bragg grating. Currently no further details are available. Also it is not clear if any of the other cubesats will appear on any amateur radio frequencies. 73, Nico PA0DLO

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QO-100 Dx-pedition to Rodrgues (3B9)
by Jean Marc Momple 05 Aug '22

05 Aug '22

Dear All, Tomorrow early morning a team of 6 OM’s are flying to 3B9 with 3 QO-100 portable ground stations, they will be active there until the 9th of August. They should be operational late afternoon (3B9 time GMT +4) tomorrow and will open 3B9 on QO-100 as a first. I guess they will have quite huge pile-ups awaiting them. Also an Echolink node will be installed at Robert’s QTH (3B8FR), the only permanent HAM on 3B9, to links Reunion (FR), Mauritius (3B8) and Rodrigues (3B9), basically our remote islands in a regional network, but also worldwide. FYI, please. Jean Marc (3B8DU)

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-08-04 15:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 04 Aug '22

04 Aug '22

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-08-04 15:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Summer Space School at IKI RAN (Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Moscow, Russia, direct via TBD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Sergey Korsakov Contact is go for: Mon 2022-08-08 11:40 UTC Ufa State Aviation Technical University, Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Oleg Artemiev Contact is go for: Wed 2022-08-10 10:05 UTC Kopernik Observatory & Science Center (KOSC), Vestal, N.Y., direct via K2ZRO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Bob Hines KI5RQT Contact is go for: Wed 2022-08-10 16:11:14 UTC 31 deg Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS continues to be making general contacts on the cross-band repeater. He is using NA1SS. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2022-08-04 15:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2022-08-03 18:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals New Proposal Window is February 21, 2022, to March 31, 2022, has closed. Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 175 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 148 Francesco IKØWGF with 149 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 114 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1549. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1468. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 67 on orbit Oleg Artemyev Denis Matveev Sergey Korsakov SpaceX Crew-4 on orbit Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Bob Hines KI5RQT Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF Jessica Watkins **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Iranian Satellite
by Clint Bradford 04 Aug '22

04 Aug '22

Does next week's planned launch of the Iranian Khayyam satellite have amateur radio capabilities? Clint K6LCS Sent from my iPhone

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