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Epsilon Rocket #5, Oct. 7th　00:51:21 UTC Launch
by Akira Kaneko 06 Oct '21

06 Oct '21

Thanks Pedro san, Here is KOSEN-1 New TLE, KOSEN-1 1 99997U 21997AAA 21280.08513890 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 01 2 99997 97.6000 339.1413 0006300 217.1100 187.2500 15.03490531 06 Freq:435.525MHz CW Please send the KOSEN-1 reception report via the following URL. http://space.kochi-ct.jp/kosen-1 The new TLE for the TS-4 is not yet available. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFhHqSFpzWU Thanks follow up, 73's de JA1OGZ -----元のメッセージ----- 差出人: Pedro Converso [mailto:[email protected]] 送信日時: Thursday, 30 September 2021 11:56 pm 宛先: Akira Kaneko <ja1ogz(a)jcom.home.ne.jp> ＣＣ: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org 件名: Re: [AMSAT-BB] TS-4,Z-Sat,KOSEN-1,NanoDragon Oct.1st Launch Hi Akira, Tks! for initial TLEs, the 3 new sats added for CW tracking with frequencies at: http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=z-sat,teikyo,kosen Good luck on launch & good copy for early reporters. 73, lu7abf, Pedro On 9/30/21, Akira Kaneko <ja1ogz(a)jcom.home.ne.jp> wrote: > Oct. 1st 00:51:21 UTC Epsilon rocket #5 > https://global.jaxa.jp/press/2021/09/20210929-1_e.html > > The initial TLE of the radio amateur satellite will be launch at UTC > 00:51:21 on October 1st is as follows. > > TeikyoSat-4(TS-4) > 1 88888U 21888B 21274.08333333 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 9999 > 2 88888 97.6110 333.5200 0000500 011.7100 014.830 15.01956764 00005 > Freq:437.450 CW > https://spacesystemsociety.jimdofree.com/projects/teikyosat-project/te > ikyosa > t-4-info/ > > > Z-Sat > 1 99999U 00000A 21274.08501157 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0001 > 2 99999 97.6009 333.5291 0015357 250.7552 149.2984 15.02511268000032 > Freq. 145.875MHz CW > https://twitter.com/KOMAKI_AMSATCOM/status/1443125922010308608 > > > KOSEN-1(informal) > 1 99998U 21998AAA 21274.08513890 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 06 > 2 99998 97.6000 333.2274 0006300 217.1100 187.2500 15.03490531 07 > Freq. 435.525MHz CW > http://space.kochi-ct.jp/kosen-1 > > > NanoDragon > > Freq.437.365MHz 1.2k BPSK > > https://vnsc.org.vn/en/news-events/nanodragon-public-announcement/ > > 73's de JA1OGZ,Akira Kaneko

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Presentations ...
by Clint Bradford 06 Oct '21

06 Oct '21

It was almost exactly ten years ago that I was able to conduct a Skype presentation to a ham fest in Alaska ... https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/k6lcs-satellite-presentation-at-th… <https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/k6lcs-satellite-presentation-at-th…> But such sessions were NOT the “norm” by any means. Zoom has enabled all to painlessly “show out stuff” to the planet - more so during the past fifteen months than ever before. So fast-forward to an hour ago. I completed my 129th show to a wonderful club in Hendersonville, North Carolina: the Blue Ridge ARC - an ARRL-affiliate club for THIRTY years! As with all my shows, AMSAT, the ARRL, and ARISS are prominently promoted. My wife - who, when available, - will handle the audio board and the Chat Box for these sessions (“Clubs get TWO for the price of ONE … " (g).) As a public relations professional, she watches the reactions of attendees every show. (And lets me know which “one-liners” fall flat … ) "Thanks so much, Clint, for a great presentation to our club this evening!” Sorry to bore those who view this as, “Clint promoting himself.” I find that assessment to be amusing. If a club finds a presentation to be of value, THEY might write an unsolicited “testimonial” to that effect. “Clint” is not “promoting himself.” Someone else sees something of value … So - as long as clubs ask, I feel obligated to spread the “gospel” of “Working the Sats” on behalf of AMSAT. And as long as I receive clubs’ unsolicited testimonials of appreciation, I know I am in the right orbit. Bad pun ... COMING UP: Two shows in one night for AMSAT SSC Portage County ARS and for Portland ARC - an ARRL Affiliate since 1947! Then to Longmont, Colorado (ARRL friend since 1972). Followed by a visit to my orthopaedic surgeon for shoulder repair surgery - after which you just might not hear from me for up to eight weeks … Clint Bradford K6LCS AMSAT Ambassador ARRL instructor, ARRL Legacy Circle member

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four CubeSats deploy from ISS 6th Oct
by Masahiro Arai 05 Oct '21

05 Oct '21

JAXA announced four CubeSats deploy from ISS at 6th Oct with J-SSOD. The satellites are Binar-1, Maya-3, Maya-4 and CUAVA-1. All the satellites operate on amateur band. The deployment sked is followings. #1 0850-0940z Binar-1, Maya-3, Maya-4 #2 1030-1100z CUAVA-1 The live will be on YouTube JAXA channel. Binar-1 1U CubeSat Australia downlink 437.292MHz, 435.810MHz 19k2 GMSK uplink 435.810MHz http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=730 https://www.binarspace.com/ Maya-3/4 -part of the BIRDS Project 1U CubeSat Philippines downink 145.825MHz APRS 437.375MHz CW, 4k8 GMSK http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=711 http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=712 https://stamina4space.upd.edu.ph/upcoming-satellites/maya-3and4/ CUAVA-1 3U CubeSat Australia downlink 437.075MHz 9k6 GMSK 2440.000MHz, 5840.000MHz, 76.750GHz high speed uplink 145.875MHz, 2404.000MHz, 5660.000MHz, 76.750MHz http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=671 https://www.cuava.com.au/projects/cuava-1/ Happy chasing! Masa JN1GKZ Tokyo Japan

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-10-04 16:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 04 Oct '21

04 Oct '21

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-10-04 16:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Prescott Unified School District, Dewey, AZ, multi-point telebridge via AB1OC (***) 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 astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP (***) Contact is go for: Tue 2021-10-05 18:08:35 UTC 35 deg (***) Watch for livestream: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjieZD0zdvMt-k6Lf17dOkQ Mary Hare School, Newbury, UK, direct via GB4MHN 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 astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP (***) Contact is go for: Tue 2021-10-12 11:12:33 UTC 61 deg (***) Watch for a livestream at: https://live.ariss.org Ecole Louis Armand, Carquefou, France, Institut Universitaire de Technologie, Carquefou, France, Collège Les Sables D‟Or, Thouare Sur Loire, France; direct via F5KEQ/P The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FXØISS 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 astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is go for: Wed 2021-10-13 13:39:19 UTC 52 deg (***) 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 2021-10-04 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 2021-10-02 17:00 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) Sept. 11, 2021 --- The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 24th, 2021. Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 7th, 2021 at 8 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2021.eventbrite.com The Opportunity Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations’ volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio. 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 congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 155 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 142 Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Gaston ON4WF with 123 **************************************************************************** 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 1466. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1396. (***) 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, 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. 64 on orbit Oleg Novitskiy Pyotr Dubrov Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit Meghan McArthur (Behnken) Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ARISS News Release No. 21-52
by David Jordan 04 Oct '21

04 Oct '21

ARISS News Release No.21-52 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at Various Schools in the Prescott Unified School District, Prescott, AZ, USA October4, 2021—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is thegroup that puts together special amateur radio contacts between students aroundthe globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the International Space Station (ISS). This will be a Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio between the ISS and students froma number of schools in the Prescott Unified School District based in Prescott,AZ. Students will take turns asking their questions of ISS Astronaut Mark VandeHei, amateur radio call sign KG5GNP, during the ARISS radio contact. Appropriatelocal Covid-19 protocols are adhered to as applicable for each ARISS contact. The downlink frequency for this contact is145.800 MHZ and may be heard by listeners that are within the ISS-footprintthat also encompasses the ARISS radio telebridge station. ARISS team member Fred Kemmerer, using his callsign AB1OC in New Hampshire, will serve as the ARISS relay amateur radiostation. TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for October 5, 2021 at 11:08 am MST (Prescott,AZ) (18:08 UTC, 2:08 pm EDT, 1:08 pm CDT, 12:08 pm MDT, 11:08am PDT). The PrescottUnified School District is the host of this ARISS contact for students (about4,500, grades K-12) in seven public schools in rural and suburban areas of theDistrict. During the school year prior to this ARSS contact, the students studiedvarious STEAM subjects and engaged in various learning activities that followedlesson plans developed by NASA, the ARRL, and ARISS. This year-long event,referred to as “Prescott Radio & Space Science 2021” incorporated 10 linkedprograms, including 8 programs in the District’s class curriculum and twospecial community activities. The twoactivities, “Community Radio Science Day” and the “ARISS Contact Day,” weresupported by many community organizations and agencies. Other supportingorganizations include: World Genesis Foundation (coordinator of specialactivities), and the Yavapai Amateur Radio Club (YARC). Members of the YARChelped introduce amateur radio to students in addition to leading student study-groupsfor FCC ham license testing, and providing technical assistance in setting up anHF radio station. YARC members will also provide continued education in amateurradio to the students. Viewthe live stream of the upcoming ARISS radio contact at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjieZD0zdvMt-k6Lf17dOkQ _______________________________ Astime allows, students will ask these questions: 1)What do you do in your free time? 2)Why did you choose to be an astronaut? 3)My favorite thing to read about in outer space is solar tsunamis caused bysolar flares. Have you ever studied or seen them and how they affect planetEarth? 4)After being in space with no gravity, what does it feel like to return to Earthwith gravity? 5)Is this your first mission? What has been the best part of it so far? 6)Is your job hard? 7)Is it hard to sleep in space and how do you sleep? 8)Are there any games or activities that you do for fun in space? 9)Do you think you can apply what you’ve learned from living on the ISS to livinglong-term on the moon or Mars? 10)Can you describe the launch process and what is the best and worst part? 11)What kind of schooling/career path prep do you have to do to become anastronaut in space? 12)Have you ever cooked for your crew in space? 13)When you went up into space, were you scared? 14)What types of problems do you have to fix on the space station? 15)What are you studying right now or what experiments are you doing on the spacestation? 16)Do you get viruses (flu, cold) in space and what do you do when one of you getssick? 17)Do you think there is another life form in space? 18)How far away are you from the earth? 19)What changes do you notice in your body when you arrive on the ISS and when youreturn home to Earth? 20)Do you ever feel homesick, scared, or nervous in space? If so, what do you do? 21)How much living space is there in the Space Station and do you have anyprivacy? 22)I am wondering about the five senses. Are there unique smells? What is thetemperature in the station? What does the food taste like? ARISS– Celebrating 20 Years of Amateur Radio Continuous Operations on the ISS 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, and NASA’s Space communications and Navigationprogram. The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science,technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS does this byorganizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard theISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators,parents, and communities take part in hands-on learning activities tied tospace, space technologies, and amateur 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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2021.10.7　50kg microsatellite Z-Sat　Launch date update ／ 2021年10月7日に再設定　超小型衛星　Z-Sat 打ち上げ
by Yasutaka Narusawa (JR2XEA) 04 Oct '21

04 Oct '21

JAMSAT-BBメンバー各位小牧アマチュアSATCOM倶楽部の成澤です。イプシロンロケット5号機によるZ-Sat衛星の打ち上げ日が10月7日に再設定されましたのでご案内いたします。 https://www.jaxa.jp/press/2021/10/20211004-1_j.html いまのところ、投入軌道のTLEに変更はありません。是非ともZ-Satにご注目くださるよう宜しくお願い申し上げます。小牧アマチュアSATCOM倶楽部成澤泰貴(JR2XEA) jr2xea(a)nagoya.so-net.jp https://twitter.com/KOMAKI_AMSATCOM Dear all AMSAT-BB members, The launch date of Z-Sat by Epsilon Rocket #5 has been reset to October 7. Launch date: Thursday, October 7, 2021 Launch time: 9:51:21 to 9:55:16 (Japan Standard Time) So far, there is no change in the Z-Sat TLE. We look forward to your attention to Z-Sat. Best regards, Yasutaka Narusawa (JR2XEA) Komaki Amateur SATCOM Club jr2xea(a)nagoya.so-net.jp https://twitter.com/KOMAKI_AMSATCOM

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Missing NASA.all File on AMSAT-NA website.
by ray.hoad＠mypbmail.com 03 Oct '21

03 Oct '21

There appears to be an AMSAT.NA website issue involving the AMSAT bulletin TLE format. Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P is currently working to resolve that issue. In the meantime, here is the missing NASA.all TLE data file for 9-30-2021. Raymond F Hoad BSF Fort Worth EM-314 ACS 817-771-7827

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ANS-276 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Paul Stoetzer 03 Oct '21

03 Oct '21

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-276 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: * Past AMSAT President and Director, and Amateur Satellite Pioneer Tom Clark, K3IO, SK * 2021 AMSAT Space Symposium to Honor the Late Dr. Tom Clark, K3IO * VUCC Awards-Endorsements for October 1, 2021 * Call for Papers for the AMSAT Space Symposium * October 1st JAXA Epsilon Launch Carrying Amateur Radio Payloads Scrubbed, Launch Now October 3rd * Apogee View - From the July/August 2021 AMSAT Journal * Changes to AMSAT TLE Distribution for September 30, 2021 * ARISS News * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events * Satellite Shorts From All Over ANS-276 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins To: All RADIO AMATEURS From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation 712 H Street NE, Suite 1653 Washington, DC 20002 DATE 2021 Oct 3 Past AMSAT President and Director, and Amateur Satellite Pioneer Tom Clark, K3IO, SK AMSAT-NA Past President and ham radio satellite and digital pioneer Tom Clark, K3IO (ex-W3IWI), of Columbia, Maryland, died on September 28 after a short illness and hospital stay. An ARRL Life Member, he was 82. Clark’s accomplishments are legendary, and he left a lasting footprint in the worlds of amateur radio satellites and digital techniques. “His long-time technical achievements, mentoring to others, and technical leadership will be missed by his many peers and friends the world over,” said Bob McGwier, N4HY. To honor Clark, AMSAT has rebranded its upcoming annual gathering as the 2021 AMSAT Dr. Tom Clark, K3IO, Memorial Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting. It will take place on October 30 via Zoom. (AMSAT members may register to attend via AMSAT’s Membership and Event portal.) The event will be livestreamed on AMSAT’s YouTube channel. A founding member of Tucson Amateur Packet Radio (TAPR), Clark was a co-founder of the TAPR/AMSAT DSP Project, which led to software-defined radio (SDR). He was a leader in the development of the AX.25 packet radio protocol. Clark served as AMSAT’s second President, from 1980 until 1987. He also served on the AMSAT and TAPR Boards. In concert with McGwier, Clark developed the first amateur Digital Signal Processing (DSP) hardware, including a number of modems. He developed the uplink receivers and the spacecraft LAN (local area network) architecture used on all the Microsats (AMSAT-OSCAR 16, Dove-OSCAR 17, WEBERSAT-OSCAR 18, LUSAT-OSCAR 19, Italy-OSCAR 26, AMRAD-OSCAR 27, and TMSAT-OSCAR 31). McGwier said it was Clark who convinced him in 1985 that the future lay in DSP. “We started the TAPR/AMSAT DSP [digital signal processing] project, and it was announced in 1987,” McGwier recounted. “We showed in our efforts that small stations with small antennas could bounce signals off the moon, and, using the power of DSP, we could see the signals in our computer displays.” This led to the software-defined transponder (SDX) for satellite work, including ARISSat and AMSAT’s Phase 3E. Clark received a doctorate in astrogeophysics from the University of Colorado. He went on to serve as Chief of the Astronomy Branch at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and was a Senior Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, where he was principal investigator for the Space Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) activity there. In 2005, Clark became the first non-Russian to be awarded a Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences for his contributions to the international VLBI network. He is a member of the 2001 class of CQ magazine’s Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. In 2016, ARRL awarded Clark with its President’s Award, to recognize his 60 years of advancing amateur radio technology. On that occasion, McGwier said, “There would be no AMSAT to inspire all of this work without Tom Clark. Tom…saved the organization and inspired all of us to look to the future and aim for the stars.” Clark was a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the International Association of Geodesy. [ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Join the 2021 President's Club! Score your 2" 4-Color Accent Commemorative Coin. This gold finished coin comes with Full Color Certificate and Embroidered "Remove Before Flight" Key Tag Donate today at https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/ You won't want to miss it! +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ 2021 AMSAT Space Symposium to Honor the Late Dr. Tom Clark, K3IO The 2021 AMSAT 39th Annual Space Symposium and General Meeting has been renamed in honor of Dr. Tom Clark, K3IO (SK), Director Emeritus and President Emeritus of AMSAT and Amateur Radio satellite pioneer. Clark died on September 28th. He was 82. The 2021 AMSAT Dr. Tom Clark, K3IO, Memorial Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting will be held virtually on Zoom on October 30th. AMSAT members may register to attend via AMSAT's Member Portal, https://launch.amsat.org. The 2021 AMSAT Dr. Tom Clark, K3IO, Memorial Space Symposium will also be available to the general public as a livestream event on AMSAT's YouTube channel, https://youtu.be/RTvcceM7Tz0. Please join us to celebrate the many contributions of Dr. Tom Clark, K3IO, and the exciting opportunities of Amateur Radio in space. [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT President, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- VUCC Awards-Endorsements for October 1,2021 Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period September 1, 2021 through October 1, 2021. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! Congratulations to Douglas Tabor N6UA on achieving the AMSAT GridMaster CALL Sept. October K8DP 1262 1275 ex-KD8CAO N8RO 1105 1111 N0JE 675 681 ND0C 531 555 KF6JOQ 503 553 N4DCW 476 525 VE1VOX 507 510 WA4HFN 454 505 K5TA 479 500 W8LR 479 500 KX9X 302 420 DF2ET 300 400 VE4MM 361 376 EA2AA 346 375 KX9X (EN50) 250 363 KQ4DO 306 353 KA9P 259 301 AD5JK 102 263 KD0ZW New 216 XE2YWH 187 205 VE3KY 182 201 XE1MYO 100 200 N8MR 154 175 DG7RO New 172 KN4ZUJ 100 170 KC1MEB 102 168 N8URE (EL95) 134 163 N0RC 104 151 N1DM New 151 WD9EWK (DM25) New 120 XE2YWH (DL82) New 110 OE7BJT New 107 XE2YWH (DL82) New 105 9M2CQC New 104 JH0BBE New 100 W3VHF New 100 XE2HWB New 100 If you find errors or omissions. please contact me off-list at <mycall>@<mycall>.com and I'll revise the announcement.This list was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings for the two months. It's a visual comparison so omissions are possible. Apologies if your call was not mentioned. Thanks to all those who are roving to grids that are rarely on the birds. They are doing a lot of the work! [ANS thanks Ron Parsons, W5RKN, 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/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Call for Papers for the AMSAT Space Symposium Proceedings This is a call for papers for the 2021 AMSAT Dr. Tom Clark, K3IO, Memorial Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting to be held virtually on the weekend of October 29-31, 2021. Proposals for symposium 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 18 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, for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT's GOLF Program is about getting back to higher orbits, and it all begins with GOLF-TEE – a technology demonstrator for deployable solar panels, propulsion, and attitude control, now manifested for launch on NASA's ELaNa 46 mission. Come along for the ride. The journey will be worth it! https://tinyurl.com/ANS-GOLF +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ October 1st JAXA Epsilon Launch Carrying Amateur Radio Payloads Scrubbed, Launch Now October 3rd The fifth launch of JAXA's Epsilon rocket was scheduled to take place on October 1st at 00:51 UTC. Due to ground equipment problems, the launch was scrubbed. The launch is now scheduled to occur at the time of release of this bulletin (00:00 UTC on October 3rd) This launch carries four amateur radio satellites: TeikyoSat-4(TS-4), Z-Sat, KOSEN-1, and NanoDragon. Information about these satellites can be found at the links that follow: TeikyoSat-4(TS-4) Freq: 437.450 CW https://spacesystemsociety.jimdofree.com/projects/teikyosat-project/teikyos… Z-Sat Freq: 145.875MHz CW https://twitter.com/KOMAKI_AMSATCOM/status/1443125922010308608 Komaki Amateur SATCOM Club has an amateur radio station in Komaki City, Japan. The 50 kg class infrared observation microsatellite "Z-Sat" developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will be launched by the Epsilon rocket on October 1st. After satellite separation, Z-Sat will start transmitting CW beacon of VHF band. The beacon signal is in Morse code and contains information such as satellite battery voltage. This information is very important as survival information immediately after the satellite is put into orbit. Therefore, if you can receive the beacon signal from the satellite immediately after the satellite launch, we would appreciate it if you could report it. Komaki Amateur SATCOM Club's twitter is open at the following address. Information on Z-Sat transmission frequency, data format, orbit TLE, etc. will be released in the future. https://twitter.com/KOMAKI_AMSATCOM KOSEN-1 Freq: 435.525MHz CW http://space.kochi-ct.jp/kosen-1 NanoDragon Freq: 437.365MHz 1.2k BPSK https://vnsc.org.vn/en/news-events/nanodragon-public-announcement/ [ANS thanks Akira Kaneko, JA1OGZ, and Yasutaka Narusawa, JR2XEA, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Apogee View - From the July/August 2021 AMSAT Journal A Sustained FM Presence in LEO While our volunteer engineers focus their efforts on GOLF, developing the systems and technologies necessary for our path upward to HEO, we must not forget our responsibility to promote amateur radio satellites and encourage the next generation of operators and builders. Advancing the art and science is not enough. We also need to provide an easy entry point to amateur radio satellite communications to support of our space education and outreach activities. The Importance of EasySats AMSAT’s Echo (AO-51) and Fox-1 (AO-85, AO-91, and AO-92) satellites, as well as SaudiSat-1C (SO-50) have been the most widely used amateur satellites. What makes them so popular is their ability to provide basic radio communications, with very simple ground station equipment, and their ease of use. An FM repeater, even in a low Earth orbit (LEO), allows amateur radio operators to communicate over substantial distances using just a handheld transceiver (an HT) and a small handheld directional antenna. Cross-continental and, if you are lucky enough to live near the coast, transcontinental communications are possible. These so called “EasySats” have provided countless hours of enjoyment to thousands and thousands of amateur radio satellite operators around the world, making QSOs, chasing grids, and even just a chance to send out a casual hello to an old friend. More importantly, FM satellites are extremely valuable in providing an introduction to satellite communications and often used for demonstrations given at schools and public events. With AO-85’s battery failure and AO-91 and AO-92 on borrowed time, AMSAT will soon find itself without an FM satellite in space. The time to act is now. The Proposal AMSAT’s Strategic Plan, Objective 4.1, FM Operations gives us fairly specific guidance: Develop, deploy, and support a series of 1u spacecraft to support continued FM amateur satellite operations in low Earth orbit. As such, any proposal must include a sustained FM presence in LEO. The Fox-1 CubeSat series taught us some valuable lessons. First, batteries in in a 1U CubeSat are more likely to have a three-year life span, rather than the expected five years. Keeping battery levels above the minimal voltage rating is critical. The popularity of AMSAT’s FOX-1 series, especially at night, when the satellite was in eclipse, was the primary cause of their shortened battery life. Any proposal must include both battery management and battery failsafe. The design must include provisions that automatically switch the satellite to Low Power Mode (beacon and telemetry only), when the battery voltage drops to a cautionary level, and then automatically return to normal operations, when sufficient battery power is restored. In addition, the satellite must be designed so that when the battery fails, the transponder can continue to operate when the satellite is in sunlight. Similarly, the design should include an autonomous capability so that the FM repeater can operate without relying on ground control or a functioning processor in the command, control, and telemetry module. These safeguards and failsafes should extend the usable life of our satellites. Second, it is impossible to keep a strict schedule, when relying on a “free ride” under NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ElaNa) initiative. Once accepted into the program and manifested on a launch, you are at the mercy of the launch provider, and things don’t always go as scheduled. Case in point, Fox-1D (AO-92) launched before Fox-1C (AO-95). To ensure the launch of one satellite every three years, we will need to purchase launches. In addition, we need to have a “flight spare” on standby in case there is an integration inspection issue with the primary satellite or a subsequent launch failure. The Challenges Every satellite project requires both people and funding. As mentioned already, all of our engineers are consumed by our GOLF program. This leaves us with either open-sourcing the project or purchasing a commercial, off-the-shelf satellite. Open-sourcing would work for the initial design process; however, there is no current precedent to allow the open-source building of a satellite under U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR). While there are many commercial companies that offer complete off-the-shelf 1U CubeSat platforms, only one includes an FM repeater that meets our mission requirements. Purchasing a ready-to-fly CubeSat seems to be our best course of action, given AMSAT engineers’ focus on GOLF, but it comes at a cost. Two 1U FM CubeSats (flight model and flight spare), a 1U FM CubeSat engineering model (without solar panels) and a 500 KM, Sun-synchronous orbit launch will cost just over $283,000. Each additional launch, one every three years, will cost approximately $138,000, as we would only need to purchase one CubeSat and the launch. So that leaves us with the big question – How are we going to pay for it? An FM satellite provides a world-wide benefit. Therefore, we need to conduct an international fundraising campaign, partner with other AMSAT organizations, and request funding from other organizations. The benefits of providing a sustained FM presence in LEO to promote and support amateur radio in space far outweighs the costs, especially when we implement a plan that allows our AMSAT engineers to continue their efforts on our path Onward & Upward. If approved by our Board of Directors, I hope you will support us. [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT President, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes to AMSAT TLE Distribution for September 30, 2021 The following satellite has been added to this week's AMSAT TLE Distribution: CUTE - NORAD Cat ID 49263 (Thanks to Nico Janssen, PA0DLO for the identification. Downlink frequencies of 437.24997 MHz and 2402.000 MHz have been IARU coordinated.) [ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Keplerian Elements Manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News Lycée Pierre Paul Riquet, St Orens De Gameville, France and CSUT University Space Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France, Multi-point telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FXØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is go for: Sat 2021-10-02 12:40:14 UTC 34 deg Watch for Livestream at www.ariotti.com and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgl8lELDcgA 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. Columbus Module radios: IORS (Kenwood D710GA) – STATUS - Configured. Supporting cross band repeater (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} & 437.800 MHz down). Next mode change is to packet operation (145.825 MHz up & down) after the school contact on October 2. Power down for upcoming Soyuz docking on Oct. 05. Turning OFF Oct. 05 about 07:45 UTC. Back ON Oct. 05 about 18:50 UTC Power down for upcoming Soyuz undocking on Oct. 17. Power down for upcoming Progress relocate on Oct. 22-23. Supporting USOS scheduled voice contacts, packet and voice repeater ops. Service Module radios: Kenwood D710E – STATUS - Radio usually off. Power down for upcoming Soyuz docking on Oct. 05. Turning OFF Oct. 05 about 07:45 UTC. Power down for upcoming Soyuz undocking on Oct. 17. Power down for upcoming Progress relocate on Oct. 22-23. Supporting ROS scheduled voice contacts and SSTV. 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 K8BL: I’ll be going back to FN01, 02 & EN92 soon. Looking to do FN14 this Fall. N4DCW: Looking like I’ll be in EM90 all next week 10/3-10 N4DCW: Sunday, Oct 3, 2021 – EM85 Sat passes 1230Z-1400Z W4C/CM-036, Max Patch Mountain (8 pts) *Little/No cell coverage* VY0ERC in Nunavut (ER60) will be returning to the air between October 12, 2021 and November 22, 2021, weather permitting. [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. 2021 Wyoming ARRL Section Convention - Saturday, October 9, 2021 Event Center at Archer 3921 Archer Pkwy Cheyenne, Wyoming 82007 https://wyhamcon.org/site [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 + JARL has released the FO-29 operation schedule for September. It can be found at https://www.jarl.org/Japanese/3_Fuji/fuji3-202108.htm + JAMSAT has released the FO-99 operation schedule for October. It can be found at https://www.jamsat.or.jp/?p=1627 + Congratulations to Doug Tabor, N6UA, on receiving the 34th AMSAT GridMaster Award. The GridMaster Award is issued to amateurs who work and confirm QSOs via satellite with all 488 grid squares in the continental United States. More information at https://www.amsat.org/gridmaster/ (Thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director of Contests and Awards) + An acrylic GridMaster desk plaque is now available on the AMSAT store for GridMaster Award recipients. https://www.amsat.org/product/amsat-gridmaster-acrylic-desk-plaque/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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AO-92 Status
by Clint Bradford 02 Oct '21

02 Oct '21

Confirming work ’92 only while illuminated bu the Sun? Clint K6LCS

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-10-02 17:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 02 Oct '21

02 Oct '21

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-10-02 17:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Lycée Pierre Paul Riquet, St Orens De Gameville, France and CSUT University Space Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France, Multi-point telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FXØISS 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 astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact was successful: Sat 2021-10-02 12:40:14 UTC 34 deg (***) Congratulations to the Lycée Pierre Paul Riquet and CSUT University Space Center of Toulouse students and Thomas! (***) Watch for Livestream at www.ariotti.com and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgl8lELDcgA Next mode change is expected to take place in late September 2021. 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 2021-10-02 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 2021-10-02 17:00 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) Sept. 11, 2021 --- The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 24th, 2021. Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 7th, 2021 at 8 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2021.eventbrite.com The Opportunity Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations’ volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio. 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 congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 155 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 142 Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Gaston ON4WF with 123 **************************************************************************** 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 1466. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1396. (***) 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, 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. 64 on orbit Oleg Novitskiy Pyotr Dubrov Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit Meghan McArthur (Behnken) Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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VUCC Awards-Endorsements for October 1,2021
by Ronald Parsons 01 Oct '21

01 Oct '21

I'm sorry this is a little late -- Spectrum Internet Outage Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period September 1, 2021 through October 1, 2021. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! Congratulations to Douglas Tabor N6UA on achieving the AMSAT GridMaster CALL Sept. October K8DP 1262 1275 ex-KD8CAO N8RO 1105 1111 N0JE 675 681 ND0C 531 555 KF6JOQ 503 553 N4DCW 476 525 VE1VOX 507 510 WA4HFN 454 505 K5TA 479 500 W8LR 479 500 KX9X 302 420 DF2ET 300 400 VE4MM 361 376 EA2AA 346 375 KX9X (EN50) 250 363 KQ4DO 306 353 KA9P 259 301 AD5JK 102 263 KD0ZW New 216 XE2YWH 187 205 VE3KY 182 201 XE1MYO 100 200 N8MR 154 175 DG7RO New 172 KN4ZUJ 100 170 KC1MEB 102 168 N8URE (EL95) 134 163 N0RC 104 151 N1DM New 151 WD9EWK (DM25) New 120 XE2YWH (DL82) New 110 OE7BJT New 107 XE2YWH (DL82) New 105 9M2CQC New 104 JH0BBE New 100 W3VHF New 100 XE2HWB New 100 If you find errors or omissions. please contact me off-list at <mycall>@<mycall>.com and I'll revise the announcement. This list was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings for the two months. It's a visual comparison so omissions are possible. Apologies if your call was not mentioned. Thanks to all those who are roving to grids that are rarely on the birds. They are doing a lot of the work! Ron W5RKN

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TAPR story on Tom Clark
by Robert McGwier 01 Oct '21

01 Oct '21

I DID NOT write this. Horzepa did and I thank her. https://tapr.org/tom-clark-k3io-w3iwi-tapr-founder-deceased/ -- Dr. Robert W McGwier, Ph.D. Adjunct Faculty, Virginia Tech ARDC Member of Board N4HY: ARRL, TAPR, AMSAT, EARC, CSVHFS Sky: AAVSO, SkyHub, Auburn AS, Skyscrapers

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HS4ØØOZ QRV on QO-100
by Tanan Rangseeprom 01 Oct '21

01 Oct '21

Hello AMSAT-BB member HS4ØØOZ QRV on QO-100 October 1 - 31, 2021 CW 0700-1300 UTC SSB 1300-1800 UTC Op. HS6MYW (TIM) Op. HS8MOM (BENZ) Grid Locator : OK03iw QSL card detail : http://www.qrz.com/db/hs400oz You may get a diploma by gathering contacts with the two Special Event Stations and also with all other stations in the two countries. Two-way contacts and SWL reports are valid for the special DENMARK & THAILAND diploma. All contacts with different radio amateurs in the two countries, on different bands and with different modes count 1 (one) point. Each contact with HS400OZ or OZ400HS, on different bands and with different modes counts 10 (ten) points. There must be minimum one (1) contact with both an HS and an OZ station as well as with OZ400HS or HS400OZ Special Event Stations. Example: Contact with HS400OZ at 20m CW (10) and with OZ1FJB at 20m SSB (1) and with HS1FVL at 20m CW (1) as well as with OZ400HS at 40m CW (10) gives you 22 points. DENMARK & THAILAND diploma: - BRONZE = 30 points - SILVER = 60 points - GOLD = 120 points - Special Prize for the Thai and the Danish station that gets the most points - Special Prize for the radio amateur outside HS and OZ with the highest number of points Send your request including a list of all your contacts to award our manager: OZ4CG(a)live.dk OZ400HS QSL cards can be ordered via Clublog OQRS and can be sent via bureau or directly. OZ400HS logs will be uploaded to Clublog, LoTW and eQSL. HS400OZ QSL cards via E21EIC and LoTW. QSL cards will automatically be sent to all via the Bureau. HS400OZ logs will be uploaded to Clublog and LoTW. Vy 73 and GL The OZ & HS Team. Report by Tanan Rangseeprom HS1JAN

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Today's Z-Sat launch is canceled / 本日のZ-Sat打ち上げは中止
by Yasutaka Narusawa (JR2XEA) 01 Oct '21

01 Oct '21

各位本日のイプシロンロケット5号機によるZ-Sat打ち上げは中止となりました。新たな打ち上げ日時は確認中です。 Dear all Today's launch of Z-Sat by Epsilon Rocket #5 has been cancelled. Now confirming the new launch date. -- Yasutaka Narusawa (JR2XEA) KOMAKI Amateur SATCOM Club jr2xea(a)nagoya.so-net.jp https://twitter.com/KOMAKI_AMSATCOM

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TS-4,Z-Sat,KOSEN-1,NanoDragon Oct.1st Launch
by Akira Kaneko 01 Oct '21

01 Oct '21

Oct. 1st 00:51:21 UTC Epsilon rocket #5 https://global.jaxa.jp/press/2021/09/20210929-1_e.html The initial TLE of the radio amateur satellite will be launch at UTC 00:51:21 on October 1st is as follows. TeikyoSat-4(TS-4) 1 88888U 21888B 21274.08333333 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 9999 2 88888 97.6110 333.5200 0000500 011.7100 014.830 15.01956764 00005 Freq:437.450 CW https://spacesystemsociety.jimdofree.com/projects/teikyosat-project/teikyosa t-4-info/ Z-Sat 1 99999U 00000A 21274.08501157 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0001 2 99999 97.6009 333.5291 0015357 250.7552 149.2984 15.02511268000032 Freq. 145.875MHz CW https://twitter.com/KOMAKI_AMSATCOM/status/1443125922010308608 KOSEN-1(informal) 1 99998U 21998AAA 21274.08513890 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 06 2 99998 97.6000 333.2274 0006300 217.1100 187.2500 15.03490531 07 Freq. 435.525MHz CW http://space.kochi-ct.jp/kosen-1 NanoDragon Freq.437.365MHz 1.2k BPSK https://vnsc.org.vn/en/news-events/nanodragon-public-announcement/ 73's de JA1OGZ,Akira Kaneko

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Epsilon-5 launch canceled today
by mineo wakita 01 Oct '21

01 Oct '21

The launch of Epsilon-5 has been canceled today! JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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ARISS News Release No. 21-51
by David Jordan 30 Sep '21

30 Sep '21

ARISS News Release No.21-51 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students from France at Lycée Pierre Paul Riquet in St Orens De Gameville and CSUT University Space Center of Toulouse September30, 2021—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is thegroup that puts together special amateur radio contacts between students aroundthe globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the International Space Station (ISS). This will be a Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio between the ISS and students inFrance at Lycée Pierre Paul Riquet in St Orens DeGameville and CSUT University Space Center of Toulouse. Students will take turns asking their questions of ISS Astronaut ThomasPesquet, amateur radio call sign KG5FYG, during the ARISS radio contact. Appropriatelocal Covid-19 protocols are adhered to as applicable for each ARISS contact. The downlink frequency for this contact is145.800 MHZ and may be heard by listeners that are within the ISS-footprintthat also encompasses the ARISS radio telebridge station. The ARISS team in Casale Monferrato, Italy willuse call sign IK1SLD to serve as the ARISS relay amateur radio ground station. TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for October 2, 2021 at 2:40 pm CEST (Toulouse,France) (12:40 UTC, 8:40 am EDT, 7:40 am CDT,6:40 am MDT, 5:40 am PDT). LycéePierre-Paul Riquet (1,500 students, age 15 – 18 years) is a general andtechnological high school providing scientific, economic, literary ortechnological baccalaureates. The school also provides students space-relatedcourses that are applicable to a career in aerospace industry. Their STEMcurricula have incorporated radio science, satellite orbital mechanics, andradio receiver construction in preparation for the ARISS contact, and thehistory of ham radio communications in space. The high school students havealso been working with the University Space Center of Toulouse (CSUT) andmembers of the amateur radio club of the University (F4KLD) in preparation forthis contact. The ham radio club members worked with students on severalactivities that included: radio reception using an SDR dongle; radio receptionof amateur satellites or weather satellites; fox hunting; ISS-tracking visuallyand using APRS. TheUniversity Space Centre of Toulouse (CSUT) was created in 2016 and its purposeis to develop collaborative small-scale (CubeSats) space system projects and bringtogether academic people and researchers and higher education students. Morethan 50 students from the University’s Master Degree of Electronic are directlyinvolved in the ARISS contact and have worked with the 100 high school studentsfrom Lycée Pierre Paul Riquet also directly involved around this contact. Viewthe live stream of the upcoming ARISS radio contact at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgl8lELDcgA _______________________________ Astime allows, students will ask these questions: 1. Si vous retourniez en enfance, qu'est-ce quevous auriez aimé voir comme mise en scè ne du spatial dans la culture pop? 2. Concevez-vous le métier de spationaute commeplus difficile pour les femmes, dans la mesure où les femmes sont bien moinsprésentes que leurs homologues masculins dans la conquête spatiale? 3. Quel est votre ressenti vis à vis descontraintes pour communiquer avec vos proches? 4. Qu'est-ce qui vous pousse à aller dansl'espace malgré les problèmes que cela pourrait causer sur votre santé? 5. S’il y a une catastrophe naturelle et qu’elleperturbe les communications de l’ISS avec la Terre, comment vous ensortez-vous? 6. Nous avons entendu dire que, avant de dormir,vous voyez des flashs bleus causés par les radiations spatiales, est-ce vrai? 7. L'expérience éducative TETRISS des étudiantsde l'IUT de Toulouse doit permettre de visualiser des ondes en 3D. Avez-vousdéjà réalisé une expérience comme celle-ci? 8. Un étudiant sourd a participé audéveloppement de l'expérience TETRIS. Quel message voudriez-vous passer auxmalentendants passionnés par l’Espace? 9. Nous aimerions savoir si, comme dans le filmSergio and Sergei, vous avez déjà capté, dans l’ISS, par erreur des signaux deradioamateurs venant de la Terre? 10. Pour la préparation de votre mission, est cevous avez dû mettre entre parenthèse votre vie de famille, est ce que c’estcompliqué de la maintenir? 11. Est-ce que vous avez hésité et est-ce que çavous faisait peur de partir dans l’espace? 12. Comment vivez-vous le fait d’être aussi loinde la Terre? 13. Lors de vos différentes missions dansl'espace, avez-vous constaté une évolution de la déforestation sur Terre? 14. Quelles sont les qualités qui vous ont permisd'être recruté par l'ESA et de devenir spationaute? 15. Si un jour vous avez l’opportunité d’allersur la Lune, quelle serait votre première pensée lors de votre premier pas surle sol lunaire? 16. Durant cette mission, appréhendez-vous d'êtrele commandant de bord de l’ISS? 17. Au-delà du métier de spationaute, avez-vousencore des rêves? 18. Ressentez-vous des effets du vent solairedans l’espace? 19. Entendez-vous les sons comme sur la Terre? 20. Aviez vous un modèle qui vous a motivé àdevenir spationaute? Translation 1. If youhad to go back to when you were a kid, what sorts of representations of spacewould you like to see in pop culture? 2. Do youconsider the job of astronaut more difficult for women, knowing that there areless women than men in the space domain? 3. How doyou feel about the constraints of communicating with your loved ones? 4. Whatdrives you to go to space despite the health problems it could cause? 5. Ifthere is a natural disaster which disturbs the communications between the ISSand the Earth, what will happen for you? 6. Weheard that before sleeping you see blue flashes because of space radiations, isthat true? 7. TheTETRISS educational experiment of the students from the University TechnologyInstitute of Toulouse should make it possible to visualize waves in 3D. Haveyou ever conducted an experiment like this? 8. A deafstudent has taken part in the development of the TETRIS experiment. Whatmessage would you like to deliver to hearing-impaired people who areenthusiastic about Space? 9. We'dlike to know if, as in the film Sergio and Sergei, you've already mistakenlyreceived amateur radio signals from Earth in the ISS? 10. When preparing for your mission, did youhave to put your family life on hold, and is it complicated to maintain it? 11. Did you hesitate and were you scared ofgoing to space? 12. How do you live the fact of being so farfrom Earth? 13. During your missions in space, have younoticed an evolution of deforestation on Earth? 14. What are the qualities required to be anastronaut and be hired by the ESA? 15. If one day you have the opportunity to go tothe Moon, what will be your first thought for your first step on the lunarsoil? 16. For this mission, are you apprehensive aboutbeing the ISS captain? 17. Beyond being an astronaut, do you still havedreams 18. Do you feel the effects of solar flare inspace? 19. Can you hear sounds the same as on Earth? 20. Do you have a model that inspired you forthis job? ARISS– Celebrating 20 Years of Amateur Radio Continuous Operations on the ISS 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, and NASA’s Space communications and Navigationprogram. The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science,technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS does this byorganizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard theISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators,parents, and communities take part in hands-on learning activities tied tospace, space technologies, and amateur 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 2021-09-30 15:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 30 Sep '21

30 Sep '21

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-30 15:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Lycée Pierre Paul Riquet, St Orens De Gameville, France and CSUT University Space Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France, Multi-point telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FXØISS 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 astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is go for: Sat 2021-10-02 12:40:14 UTC 34 deg Watch for Livestream at www.ariotti.com and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgl8lELDcgA (***) Next mode change is expected to take place in late September 2021. 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 2021-09-30 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 2021-09-28 00:00 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) Sept. 11, 2021 --- The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 24th, 2021. Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 7th, 2021 at 8 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2021.eventbrite.com The Opportunity Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations’ volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio. 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 congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 155 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 142 Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Gaston ON4WF with 123 **************************************************************************** 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 1466. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1396. (***) 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, 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. 64 on orbit Oleg Novitskiy Pyotr Dubrov Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit Meghan McArthur (Behnken) Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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K3IO ex-W3IWI
by Robert McGwier 30 Sep '21

30 Sep '21

It is a terribly sad duty for me to tell you that our dear friend, peer and colleague, Tom Clark passed away. I have already agreed with AMSAT managment to put together a memorial talk for the AMSAT meeting and extended effort for the journal and online. I heartbroken to lose my friend. Bob N4HY Dr. Robert W McGwier, Ph.D. Adjunct Faculty, Virginia Tech ARDC Member of Board N4HY: ARRL, TAPR, AMSAT, EARC Sky: AAVSO, SkyHub, Auburn AS, Skyscrapers

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Z-Sat　TLE , Frequency and Morse format / Z-Sat TLE, 周波数およびモールス文フォーマットのご案内
by Yasutaka Narusawa (JR2XEA) 30 Sep '21

30 Sep '21

JAMSAT-BBメンバー各位小牧アマチュアSATCOM倶楽部の成澤です。 Z-Satの送信周波数、データフォーマット、軌道のTLE等の情報です。 (以下のtwitterでもすでに公開しています。是非併せてご覧ください。) https://twitter.com/KOMAKI_AMSATCOM ●TLE 1 99999U 00000A 21274.08501157 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0001 2 99999 97.6009 333.5291 0015357 250.7552 149.2984 15.02511268000032 ●周波数 145.875MHz ●モールス文フォーマット HELLO WORLD. S1 ** !! ## $$ S2 %% && @@ ++ **: (不定値) !!: 二次電池1電圧　(HEX値) ##: 二次電池2電圧　(HEX値) $$: 2.5V参照電圧　(HEX値) %%: 00(CONST) &&: 二次電池温度　(HEX値) @@: 搭載無線機温度　(HEX値) ++: 太陽電池+Z面電流　(HEX値) https://twitter.com/KOMAKI_AMSATCOM/status/1443125431981338628/photo/1 HEX値から物理量への変換テーブルはこちら↓ https://twitter.com/KOMAKI_AMSATCOM/status/1443125922010308608 是非ともZ-Satにご注目くださるよう宜しくお願い申し上げます。小牧アマチュアSATCOM倶楽部成澤泰貴(JR2XEA) jr2xea(a)nagoya.so-net.jp ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Dear all AMSAT-BB members, We will inform you about the Tx frequency, Morse data format and TLE of Z-Sat. (Already on twitter.) https://twitter.com/KOMAKI_AMSATCOM <TLE> 1 99999U 00000A 21274.08501157 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0001 2 99999 97.6009 333.5291 0015357 250.7552 149.2984 15.02511268000032 <Frequency> 145.875MHz <Morse code format> HELLO WORLD. S1 ** !! ## $$ S2 %% && @@ ++ **: (Indefinite value) !!: Battery 1 voltage (HEX value) ##: Battery 2 voltage (HEX value) $$: 2.5V reference voltage (HEX value) %%: 00 (CONST) &&: Secondary battery temperature (HEX value) @@: On-board radio temperature (HEX value) ++: Solar cell + Z plane current (HEX value) https://twitter.com/KOMAKI_AMSATCOM/status/1443125431981338628/photo/1 Click here for the conversion table from HEX value to physical quantity https://twitter.com/KOMAKI_AMSATCOM/status/1443125922010308608 We look forward to your attention to Z-Sat. Best regards, Yasutaka Narusawa (JR2XEA) Komaki Amateur SATCOM Club jr2xea(a)nagoya.so-net.jp

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ANS-272 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - 2021 AMSAT Space Symposium to Honor the Late Dr. Tom Clark, K3IO
by Paul Stoetzer 29 Sep '21

29 Sep '21

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-272 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: * 2021 AMSAT Space Symposium to Honor the Late Dr. Tom Clark, K3IO SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-272.01 ANS-272 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Bulletin 272.01 From AMSAT HQ WASHINGTON, DC DATE September 29, 2021 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-272.01 2021 AMSAT Space Symposium to Honor the Late Dr. Tom Clark, K3IO The 2021 AMSAT 39th Annual Space Symposium and General Meeting has been renamed in honor of Dr. Tom Clark, K3IO (SK), Director Emeritus and President Emeritus of AMSAT and Amateur Radio satellite pioneer. Clark died on September 28th. He was 82. The 2021 AMSAT Dr. Tom Clark, K3IO, Memorial Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting will be held virtually on Zoom on October 30th. AMSAT members may register to attend via AMSAT's Member Portal, https://launch.amsat.org. The 2021 AMSAT Dr. Tom Clark, K3IO, Memorial Space Symposium will also be available to the general public as a livestream event on AMSAT's YouTube channel, https://youtu.be/RTvcceM7Tz0. Please join us to celebrate the many contributions of Dr. Tom Clark, K3IO, and the exciting opportunities of Amateur Radio in space. [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT President, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. President's Club donations may be made at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-PresClub. 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. Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/ 73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space, This week's ANS Contributing Editor, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM n8hm at amsat dot org

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Tom
by Nick Pugh 29 Sep '21

29 Sep '21

Tom is now in a higher orbit and inspired all of us. Let's follow his lead breaking new ground. 73's Tom de k5qxj nick Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-28 23:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 29 Sep '21

29 Sep '21

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-28 23:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Lycée Pierre Paul Riquet, St Orens De Gameville, France and CSUT University Space Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France, Multi-point telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FXØISS 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 astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is go for: Sat 2021-10-02 12:40:14 UTC 34 deg Watch for Livestream at www.ariotti.com Next mode change is expected to take place in late September 2021. 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 2021-09-28 23:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. 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 2021-09-28 00:00 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) Sept. 11, 2021 --- The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 24th, 2021. Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 7th, 2021 at 8 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2021.eventbrite.com The Opportunity Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations’ volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio. 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 congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 155 (***) Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 142 Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Gaston ON4WF with 123 **************************************************************************** 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 1466. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1396. (***) 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, 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. 64 on orbit Oleg Novitskiy Pyotr Dubrov Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit Meghan McArthur (Behnken) Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Re: Tom Clark K3IO - SK
by Daniel Schultz 29 Sep '21

29 Sep '21

AMSAT has lost one of its founders and one of its most important visionaries. It is up to the rest of us to pull together and continue the mission that Tom set us on, no matter how difficult or impossible it may seem. 73, Dan N8FGV

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Tom Clark K3IO - SK
by David Jordan 29 Sep '21

29 Sep '21

So sorry to hear that Tom Clark K3IO has passed away. One of the most accomplished and interesting individuals I've had the pleasure to know. May God's peace and blessings be with Tom and his family. Dave Jordan, AA4KN Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail on Android

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Fwd: Tom
by Ray Soifer 28 Sep '21

28 Sep '21

-----Original Message----- From: Ray Soifer <rsoifer1(a)aol.com> To: t-bb(a)amsat.org <t-bb(a)amsat.org> Sent: Tue, Sep 28, 2021 11:17 am Subject: Tom There's a lot I could say about Tom but Bob has pretty much already said it. 73 Ray W2RS

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2021.10.1　50kg microsatellite Z-Sat　Launch information ／ 2021年10月1日超小型衛星　Z-Sat 打ち上げのご案内
by Yasutaka Narusawa (JR2XEA) 28 Sep '21

28 Sep '21

JAMSAT-BBメンバー各位小牧アマチュアSATCOM倶楽部の成澤と申します。小牧アマチュアSATCOM倶楽部は愛知県小牧市にアマチュア無線局を開設しており、来る10月1日にJAXA内之浦からイプシロンロケットで打ち上げられる予定の、三菱重工業が開発した50kg級の赤外線観測超小型人工衛星「Z-Sat」との通信を行います。 Z-Sat衛星は、ロケットから分離後、アマチュアVHF帯でCWビーコン送信を開始します。ビーコン信号はモールス文となっており、衛星のバッテリーの電圧などの情報が含まれています。これらの情報は、衛星が軌道上に投入された直後の生存情報として非常に重要です。つきましては、皆様には衛星打ち上げ直後の衛星からのビーコン信号を受信できましたら、是非ともご報告いただけたら幸いでございます。以下のアドレスに、小牧アマチュアSATCOM倶楽部のtwitterを開設しております。今後Z-Satの送信周波数、データフォーマット、軌道のTLE等の情報を公開してまいります。 https://twitter.com/KOMAKI_AMSATCOM 是非ともZ-Satにご注目くださるよう宜しくお願い申し上げます。小牧アマチュアSATCOM倶楽部成澤泰貴(JR2XEA) jr2xea(a)nagoya.so-net.jp Dear all AMSAT-BB members, My name is Yasutaka Narusawa of Komaki Amateur SATCOM Club. Komaki Amateur SATCOM Club has an amateur radio station in Komaki City, Japan. The 50 kg class infrared observation microsatellite "Z-Sat" developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will be launched by the Epsilon rocket on October 1st. After satellite separation, Z-Sat will start transmitting CW beacon of VHF band. The beacon signal is in Morse code and contains information such as satellite battery voltage. This information is very important as survival information immediately after the satellite is put into orbit. Therefore, if you can receive the beacon signal from the satellite immediately after the satellite launch, We would appreciate it if you could report it. Komaki Amateur SATCOM Club's twitter is open at the following address. Information on Z-Sat transmission frequency, data format, orbit TLE, etc. will be released in the future. https://twitter.com/KOMAKI_AMSATCOM We look forward to your attention to Z-Sat. Best regards, Yasutaka Narusawa (JR2XEA) Komaki Amateur SATCOM Club jr2xea(a)nagoya.so-net.jp

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Tom Clark
by Jim Sanford 28 Sep '21

28 Sep '21

All: I am so sorry to hear about Tom's passing. What a kind, GREAT man. He is (deservedly) a legend. Jim wb4gcs(a)amsat.org -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Apps
by Joe Barkley 28 Sep '21

28 Sep '21

Hello all, getting back into portable FM work and trying to decipher why the apps show different AOS.. I have three different ones and they all appear to have different times just curious which one is actually accurate since I don't have my computer with me to look at SATPC.. THANKS joe KI4TZ portable FM03 this week FM only.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-28 01:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 28 Sep '21

28 Sep '21

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-28 01:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: About Gagarin From Space Performing an amateur radio communication session with students of Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via RKØJ (***) 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 astronaut is Pyotr Dubrov Contact was successful for 2021-09-27 08:55 UTC (***) Congratulations to the Amur State University students and Pyotr! (***) Lycée Pierre Paul Riquet, St Orens De Gameville, France and CSUT University Space Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France, Multi-point telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD 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 astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is go for: Sat 2021-10-02 12:40:14 UTC 34 deg Watch for Livestream at www.ariotti.com (***) Next mode change is expected to take place in late September 2021. 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 2021-09-28 01:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt 01 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) Sept. 11, 2021 --- The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 24th, 2021. Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 7th, 2021 at 8 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2021.eventbrite.com The Opportunity Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations’ volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio. 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 congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 155 (***) Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 142 Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Gaston ON4WF with 123 **************************************************************************** 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 1466. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1396. (***) 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, 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. 64 on orbit Oleg Novitskiy Pyotr Dubrov Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit Meghan McArthur (Behnken) Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Fwd: Re: Chinese radios on FM sats
by jeff griffin 27 Sep '21

27 Sep '21

I also run 50 watts out of my 20A fused 12v outlet's on several vehicles including 3 new Honda's in the last 5 years and now a Mercedes. All are specked for 20A. I'm sure most new cars are. One thing worth mentioning though, The quality of the 12v cigarette lighter plug can be an issue. I now use the powerpole CigBuddy's exclusively. In my Jeep I run a TS2000 on HF and VHF. I installed a 50A capable feed directly from the battery to the back of the Jeep to power the radio, and also to if needed for a power-winch to get me out of trouble or haul a boat onto a trailer... 73 Jeff kb2m On 9/26/2021 5:31 PM, Jim Walls wrote: > On 09/26/2021 14:05, Bob Liddy (K8BL) wrote: >> That's a lot of power from the aux jack (cig lighter). They normally >> are labeled 10W. The newer cars aren't expected to have actual >> cigarette lighters. > > Less than one amp? You sure about that? My truck is a 2003 (so not > new) and the cig lighter outlet is fused at 20A and each of the two > accessory outlets are also each fused at 20A. My wife's 2017 Toyota > Corolla is labeled on the accessory outlet as 120 watts. > > -- > 73 > ------------------------------------- > Jim Walls - K6CCC > jim(a)k6ccc.org > Ofc: 818-548-4804 > http://members.dslextreme.com/users/k6ccc/ > AMSAT Member 32537 - WSWSS Member 395 > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 athttps://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 athttps://mailman.amsat.org

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UVSQ-SAT FM repeater ON September 26 : from 12h UTC to 23H UTC
by christophe.mcr 26 Sep '21

26 Sep '21

Dear The LATMOS team has programmed the UVSQ-SAT satellite to go into transponder mode on Sunday, September 26, 2021 starting at 12:00 UTC. The transponder will be active for 11 consecutive hours. From September 25th 12:00 UTC, an ASCII message will be broadcast to announce that the transponder mode will be activated. To decode the message, you can use the UVSQ-SAT Decoder software: ApplicationUVSQsatDecoder/src/site/markdown/UserManual.md · 21-ecr-uvsqsat · xtof / JOSAST · GitLab (electrolab.fr) <https://code.electrolab.fr/xtof/josast/-/blob/21-ecr-uvsqsat/ApplicationUVS…> Frequencies used : - Telemetry : - 437.020 MHz - BPSK - GR3UH 9k6 - FM Transponder : - Uplink frequency: 145.905 MHz - Downlink frequency: 437.020 MHz More information on the satellite: UVSQsat (amsat-f.org) <http://amsat-f.org/AMSATLIST/SatellitePage/UK/47438UVSQsat.html> and project : UVSQ-SAT (ipsl.fr) <http://uvsq-sat.projet.latmos.ipsl.fr/> 73's -- *Christophe Mercier* *Président AMSAT-Francophone* *https://www.amsat-f.org <https://www.amsat-f.org/>*

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Chinese radios on FM sats
by John Geiger 26 Sep '21

26 Sep '21

I am looking for an inexpensive FM radio to take roving for the FM satellites. Since it would sometimes be powered from a cigarette lighter, like when being used in a rental car, it probably can't do a full 50 watts on FM, so something that can be set for 25 or 30 watts would be nice (or something that has the level max), since I will be using it with low gain antennas. Has anyone used some of the Chinese FM radios like Anytone or TYT on the FM satellites with good results? Any specific models to recommend? 73 John AF5CC

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ANS-269 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for Sept. 26
by Mark Johns, K0JM 26 Sep '21

26 Sep '21

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-269 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: * Virtual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting - Oct. 30, 2021 * UVSQ-SAT FM repeater ON September 26 * Temporary Shutdown of AO-92 and FalconSat-3 * ARISS Seeks Hosts for Ham Radio Contacts with Space Station Crew * Proposal to Ban All 300-2000 MHz Transmissions on Far Side of the Moon * FO-29 Operation Schedule for October 2021 * Space Station Crew to Relocate Soyuz * ARISS News * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events * Satellite Shorts From All Over ANS-269 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins To: All RADIO AMATEURS From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation 712 H Street NE, Suite 1653 Washington, DC 20002 DATE 2021 Sept 26 Virtual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting - Oct. 30, 2021 Due to the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, AMSAT has changed plans for its 39th Annual Symposium and General Meeting from an in-person event to a virtual event. This is a chance for "Amateur Radio in Space" enthusiasts from all corners of the globe to learn more about AMSAT's Strategic Plan, GOLF program, CubeSat Simulator and other exciting developments taking place in the amateur satellite world. AMSAT will host its 2021 AMSAT Virtual Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting on Zoom for its members on Saturday, October 30th from 9:00am CDT – 5:00pm CDT (UTC-5). The event will be a combination of pre-recorded video segments along with live question and answer sessions. Registration for members is required and is available on AMSAT's Member Portal, launch.amsat.org. Registration is free and registered attendees will receive a digital copy of the AMSAT Symposium Proceedings, entered into the Symposium prize drawings, and be able to participate in discussions during each question and answer session. The 2021 AMSAT Virtual Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting will be available to the general public on AMSAT's YouTube channel, https://youtu.be/RTvcceM7Tz0 at no cost. Final papers for the Symposium Proceedings must be submitted by October 18, 2021 to Dan Schultz, N8FGV, n8fgv at usa dot net. Symposium presentations should be limited to 15 minutes of pre- recorded video. Video presentations must be submitted by October 18, 2021 to Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, n8hm at arrl dot net. We ask that presenters be available to take questions via Zoom following the airing of their pre-recorded video. Tentative Schedule 9:00am CDT - Opening Remarks 9:15am CDT – 2:00 pm CDT - General Presentations 2:00pm CDT – 3:00 pm CDT - AMSAT Education / CubeSat Simulator 3:00pm CDT – 4:00 pm CDT - AMSAT Engineering 4:00pm CDT – 5:00 pm CDT - 2020 AMSAT Annual General Meeting Questions regarding the Symposium can be directed to info at amsat dot org. [ANS thanks the Symposium organizers for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Join the 2021 President's Club! Score your 2" 4-Color Accent Commemorative Coin. This gold finished coin comes with Full Color Certificate and Embroidered "Remove Before Flight" Key Tag Donate today at https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/ You won't want to miss it! +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ UVSQ-SAT FM repeater ON September 26 The LATMOS team has programmed the UVSQ-SAT satellite to go into transponder mode on Sunday, September 26, 2021 starting at 12:00 UTC. The transponder will be active for 11 consecutive hours. From September 25th 12:00 UTC, an ASCII message will be broadcast to announce that the transponder mode will be activated. To decode the message, you can use the UVSQ-SAT Decoder software: ApplicationUVSQsatDecoder/src/site/markdown/UserManual.md · 21-ecr-uvsqsat · xtof / JOSAST · GitLab (electrolab.fr) Frequencies used : Telemetry : 437.020 MHz - BPSK - GR3UH 9k6 FM Transponder : Uplink frequency: 145.905 MHz Downlink frequency: 437.020 MHz More information on the satellite: UVSQsat (amsat-f.org) and project : UVSQ-SAT (ipsl.fr) [ANS thanks Christophe Mercier, Président AMSAT-Francophone, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Temporary Shutdown of AO-92 and FalconSat-3 AO-92 has started to change its behavior after a number of weeks powered on. In particular, the IHU has come back on and switched to safe mode. This is likely due to low voltage during eclipse when it should be drawing very little if no one uses it. N8MH also reports that he is turning off FalconSat's transmitter for a while due to low voltage. The AMSAT Ops team is going to shut both down for a while in hopes they will recover. AO-91 still seems to be ok! [ANS thanks Burns Fisher, WB1FJ, AMSAT Engineering Team, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS Seeks Hosts for Ham Radio Contacts with Space Station Crew Starting on October 1, Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) will accept applications from US schools, museums, science centers, and community youth organizations — individually or working together — interested in hosting amateur radio contacts with crew members on the International Space Station (ISS). Contacts will be scheduled between July 1 and December 31, 2022. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw a sizeable number of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit is November 24. Proposal information and more details, including expectations, proposal guidelines, and a proposal form are on the ARISS-US website. An ARISS introductory webinar session will be on October 7 at 8 PM ET (2400 UTC). Sign up via Eventbrite. Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with opportunities to learn about space technologies and communications through amateur radio. Crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will participate in scheduled amateur radio contacts. These contacts are approximately 10 minutes long and allow students to interact with the astronaut through a question-and-answer session. The program offers learning opportunities by connecting students to orbiting astronauts through a partnership that includes ARRL, AMSAT, and NASA, as well as other amateur radio organizations, and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan, and Europe. The program’s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and Amateur Radio. “Educators overwhelmingly report that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and in STEM careers,” ARISS said in announcing the contact opportunities. ARISS says enthusiasm sparked by a school contact also may lead to an interest in ham radio among students and to the creation of ham radio clubs in schools. Some educators have even become radio amateurs after experiencing a contact with an ISS crew member. ARISS is celebrating 20 years of continuous amateur radio operations on the ISS. Contact ARISS-US for additional information. [ANS thanks ARISS and ARRL 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/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Proposal to Ban All 300-2000 MHz Transmissions on Far Side of the Moon Discussions about spectrum allocation, familiar to amateurs and to Global Navigation Satellite Systems designers and manufacturers on Earth, are now taking place regarding the lunar environment. The online journal, "Inside GNSS" reports on the proposal to ban all radio transmissions between 300 MHz and 2000 MHz in the area designated the Shielded Zone of the Moon (SZM), this would also be applicable to Mars. The spectrum would instead be used for radio astronomy operations, this would mean the Amateur Satellite Service allocations at 435 MHz and 1260 MHz would no longer be available to spacecraft in Lunar orbit such as Lunar-OSCAR 93 and Lunar-OSCAR 94 (Longjiang-1 and 2), see https://amsat-uk.org/2018/05/19/dslwp-satellites-lunar-orbit/ The Inside GNSS story says: The Space Frequency Coordination Group (SFCG) also has defined frequency bands allocated in the lunar region. These Radio Regulation and Recommendations therefore apply to the lunar GNSS frequencies, since a GNSS system made of lunar orbiters will cover all the far side of the Moon, and therefore must not create harmful interference on future radio astronomy observations in that zone. The ITU Radio Regulation defines the SZM as follows: “The shielded zone of the Moon comprises the area of the Moon’s surface and an adjacent volume of space which are shielded from emissions originating within a distance of 100,000 km from the center of the Earth”. Because Mars is regularly in the SZM, the specific Radio Regulation protecting radio astronomy in the SZM is therefore also applicable to Mars. Read the full story at https://insidegnss.com/the-shielded-zone-of-the-moon-protecting-radio-astro… [ANS thanks Southgate ARC for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT's GOLF Program is about getting back to higher orbits, and it all begins with GOLF-TEE – a technology demonstrator for deployable solar panels, propulsion, and attitude control, now manifested for launch on NASA's ELaNa 46 mission. Come along for the ride. The journey will be worth it! https://tinyurl.com/ANS-GOLF +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ FO-29 Operation Schedule for October 2021 JAMSAT has announced the following FO-29 operation schedule for October 2021. The satellite will be switched on while over Japan on the following dates and times (UTC). The transponder will remain on until the satellite's low voltage safety trigger shuts it down. Thus, the transponder may or may not be active by the time the satellite is over North America or other areas of the globe. 2 00:40- 10:58- 12:42- 23:45- 3 10:00- 11:45- 8 23:30- 9 09:48- 11:33- 10 00:20- 10:38- 12:23- 16 00:05- 10:23- 12:07- 23:10- 17 11:14- 12:57- 23 00:41- 10:58- 23:45- 24 10:03- 11:48- 29 23:31- 30 09:47- 11:33- Source: https://www.jarl.org/Japanese/3_Fuji/fuji3-202108.htm [ANS thanks Hideo Kambayashi, JH3XCU, 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 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Space Station Crew to Relocate Soyuz Three residents of the International Space Station will take a short ride aboard a Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft Tuesday, Sept. 28, relocating the spacecraft to prepare for the arrival of the next set of station crew members. [Amateurs should be aware that all amateur radio operations aboard the ISS are switched off during docking and space walk operations -- Ed.] Expedition 65 flight engineers Mark Vande Hei, KG5GNP, of NASA and Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov of the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos will undock from the station’s Earth-facing Rassvet module at 1221z. They will dock again at the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module at 1300z This will be the first time a spacecraft has attached to the new Nauka module, which arrived at the station in July. Live coverage of the maneuver will begin at 1200z on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. The relocation will free the Rassvet port for the docking of another Soyuz spacecraft, designated Soyuz MS-19, which will carry three Russian crew members to the station in October. Soyuz commander and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos and spaceflight participants Klim Shipenko and Yulia Peresild are scheduled to launch to the station Tuesday, Oct. 5, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. This will be the 20th Soyuz port relocation in station history and the first since March 2021. Vande Hei and Dubrov are scheduled to remain aboard the station until March 2022. At the time of his return, Vande Hei will have set the record for the longest single spaceflight for an American. Novitskiy, Shipenko, and Peresild are scheduled to return to Earth in October aboard the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft. [ANS thanks NASA 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. A contact was successfully completed on Tuesday, Sept. 21 at 18:05z between astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, KE5DNI, and Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, via a multi-point telebridge through IK1SLD. Congratulations to the Children’s National Hospital students and Akihiko! Another contact was successfully completed on Friday, Sept. 24 at 10:43z between astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, KE5DNI, and SPDW Voortrekker Movement, Oranjeville, South Africa, direct via ZS9SPD. Congratulations to the SPDW Voortrekker Movement students and Akihiko! A contact is scheduled for Monday, 2021-09-27 at 08:55z with Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via TBD. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS, and the scheduled Cosmonaut is Pyotr Dubrov. A contact is scheduled for Saturday, 2021-10-02 at 12:40z with Lycée Pierre Paul Riquet, St Orens De Gameville, France and CSUT University Space Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France. This will be a multi-point telebridge via IK1SLD. The ISS callsign is presently TBD, and the scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG. 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 K8BL will be going back to FN01, 02 & EN92 soon. He is looking to do FN14 this Fall. 2M0SQL will be operating as GB2KDR at the Keith and Dufftown Heritage Railway at Dufftown Railway Station (IO87) as part of Railways on the Air ( https://rota.barac.org.uk/) on Saturday and Sunday, September 25 & 26. He expects to be on LEO Linear and FM sats throughout the weekend will try to announce pass info on Twitter @2m0sql Please submit any additions or corrections to Ke0pbr (at) gmail.com [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events AMSAT will host its 2021 AMSAT Virtual Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting on Zoom for its members on Saturday, October 30 from 9:00am CDT – 5:00pm CDT (UTC-5). [See complete article above.] AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events. AMSAT Exhibit at 2021 Radio Expo Sunday, September 26, 2021 Boone County Fairgrounds Belvidere, Illinois http://www.chicagofmclub.org/ 2021 Wyoming ARRL Section Convention Saturday, October 9, 2021 Event Center at Archer 3921 Archer Pkwy Cheyenne, Wyoming 82007 https://wyhamcon.org/site [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + Peter Goodhall, 2M0SQL, in IO87jp, and Dana Rushton, VE1VOX, in FN85ii set a new QSO Distance Record for UVSQ-SAT of 4,224 km Sept. 12, 2021 at 13:22z. Also, Bernd Scholer, DL6IAN, in JN49gb90, and Joe Werth, KE9AJ, in EN50fn57, set a new AO-7 Mode A QSO Distance Record of 7,248 km on Sept. 17, 2021 at 17:44z. Congratulations! (ANS thanks Dana Rushton, VE1VOX, and Peter Goodhall, 2M0SQL, for the above information) + NASA invites learners of all ages, including students and teachers who recently returned to the classroom environment, to register for a special event ahead of the upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. Webb STEAM Day: A Learning Journey Together is a virtual, interactive event that will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Sept. 30. Register at: https://go.nasa.gov/WebbSTEAMDay (ANS thanks NASA for the above information) + Three Chinese astronauts safely returned to Earth on Friday, Sept. 17 after completing the first crewed mission aboard the Tianhe space station module. Commander Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo touched down inside the designated landing zone near Dongfeng in the Gobi Desert, Inner Mongolia, at around 05:34z. The Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center declared the Shenzhou-12 a “complete success.” (ANS thanks SpaceNews.com for the above information) + UK stations must have Electromagnetic Field (EMF) assessments in place for operation above 110 MHz from 18th November 2021. Some RSGB guidance on EMF is here: https://rsgb.org/main/technical/emc/emf-exposure/ (ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information) + The head of NASA’s space operations division said this week an unpiloted test flight of Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule to the International Space Station, delayed from August by valve problems, will likely not launch until next year. Boeing’s Starliner test flight was supposed to launch last month to the International Space Station on a final demonstration of the crew capsule before it flies with astronauts. But managers scrubbed a launch attempt Aug. 3 after some of the valves inside the Starliner service module failed to open during a pre-flight checkout. (ANS thanks SpaceFlightNow.com for the above information) + A SpaceX Dragon cargo resupply spacecraft filled with more than 4,600 pounds of supplies and valuable scientific experiments bound for NASA’s Space Station Processing Facility is set to leave the International Space Station on Thursday, Sept. 30. NASA Television, the agency’s website, and the NASA app will broadcast the spacecraft’s departure live, beginning at 12:45z (8:45 a.m. EDT). (ANS thanks NASA 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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AO-92 and FalconSat-3
by Burns Fisher 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

AO-92 has started to change its behavior after a number of weeks powered on. In particular, the IHU has come back on and switched to safe mode. This is likely due to low voltage during eclipse when it should be drawing very little if no one uses it. N8MH also reports that he is turning off FalconSat's transmitter for a while due to low voltage. The AMSAT Ops team is going to shut both down for a while in hopes they will recover. AO-91 still seems to be ok!

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Re: Diplexer advice
by Stephen DeVience 24 Sep '21

24 Sep '21

I sometimes use a Diamond dual band whip with my TH-D72, and I have no problem getting through AO-91, AO-92, and SO-50. So it's working with the radio's internal diplexer. However, you can't just keep the whip vertical. You have to move it around to match the polarity and find the sweet spot of the antenna pattern. Stephen N8URE

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-24 20:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 24 Sep '21

24 Sep '21

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-24 20:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: SPDW Voortrekker Movement, Oranjeville, South Africa, direct via ZS9SPD 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 astronaut is Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Contact was successful: Fri 2021-09-24 10:43:19 UTC 44 deg (***) Congratulations to the SPDW Voortrekker Movement students and Akihiko! (***) Watch for livestream at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9qBhZBR9o0 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 astronaut is Pyotr Dubrov Contact is go for 2021-09-27 08:55 UTC Lycée Pierre Paul Riquet, St Orens De Gameville, France and CSUT University Space Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France, Multi-point telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD 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 astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is go for: Sat 2021-10-02 12:40:14 UTC 34 deg Watch for Livestream at www.ariotti.com (***) Next mode change is expected to take place in late September 2021. 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 2021-09-24 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 2021-09-24 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) Sept. 11, 2021 --- The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 24th, 2021. Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 7th, 2021 at 8 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2021.eventbrite.com The Opportunity Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations’ volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio. 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 congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 154 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 142 Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Gaston ON4WF with 123 **************************************************************************** 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 1465. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1395. 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, 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. 64 on orbit Oleg Novitskiy Pyotr Dubrov Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit Meghan McArthur (Behnken) Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Balloon launch in Southern New England this weekend
by Joseph B. Fitzgerald 23 Sep '21

23 Sep '21

This note is from Max, W0MXX. the groups.io list he refers to is stars-radio If you can, please give Max a hand and help him blow his science fair competition away! -Joe KM1P ****** Saturday, Sept. 25th TENTATIVE launch location: Around Stafford, CT Target landing zone: Near Lowell, MA Note: This will change on the morning of launch, so keep an eye out for posts! Launch prep begins at 9:30 am with a launch time at around Noon. (If Saturday is scrubbed, we will shoot for Sunday, and if that’s scrubbed, then next weekend. We will try to keep this thread updated.) WHAT YOU CAN DO: Pick and choose from... Come to the Launch! We start our prep at 9:30 am and aim to launch by noon. Keep an eye on our posts on the morning of launch for an updated location. Stream the prep and launch action for those that can’t make it using your phone. We’ve never done this before, but always been interested, since most people aren’t able to come in person. Our discord server has a Voice Hangout section that could be used for this, though we’re fine with any platform. (this is not expected if you show up haha, just a fun idea) Track the balloon online! https://aprs.fi/#!call=a%2FW0MXX-11&timerange=3600&tail=3600 This gives live updates directly from the transmitter. https://tracker.habhub.org/ This is very useful for us, because it will give a predicted landing location. As it gets close to landing, we can really benefit from people tracking it here, and letting us know where to look. You can post locations here on groups.io, or if you are tracking it live and able to talk, give us your phone number to keep in touch while we’re on the road. Join our discord server for the most frequent updates. We’d love to have you there in general as we work on weather balloons and try to troubleshoot problems! It’s especially useful on launch day though. Step 1 - Make a Discord account: http://discord.com/app Step 2 - Join our server. This invite will expire in 7 days: https://discord.gg/fQRpHG8n Watch this thread on groups.io, or better yet, track the balloon and contribute to it! Come track the landing beacon! Bring your 2m mag mount antenna, SDR, and laptop (with wifi access - we use our phone as a mobile hotspot), and try to pick up those final beacons just before (or after) it hits the ground (read: tree). This can really help us to pinpoint where it actually landed. Max will post tomorrow with more details about using HDSDR and Direwolf to receive, decode, and publish the GPS data online. Keep up to date on the predicted landing location using tracker.habhub.org (above) or just tuning into others’ posts on our Discord or groups.io. I’m not sure where people will post, but we find Discord easier for these kinds of things. Come help us physically search for and recover it. Keep up to date on landing location via groups.io We’ll agree on a meeting point from which to conduct the search. Bring some basic survival stuff Boots, bug spray, water, etc. Bring your handheld to maintain contact during the search! We have a slingshot, and are trying to grab a fishing reel in time in order to try and fish it out of a tree should the cutdown system not work. If you have any other tools you think could help with that, bring em! If you are a tree climber, bring your gear! We’ll put you to use!

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ARISS News Release 21-50
by David Jordan 23 Sep '21

23 Sep '21

ARISS News Release No. 21-50 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISSContact is Scheduled for Participants at SPDW Voortrekker Movement Camp, Oranjeville, South Africa September22, 2021—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is thegroup that puts together special amateur radio contacts between students aroundthe globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the International Space Station (ISS). This will be a direct contact via amateur radio between participants at the SPDWVoortrekker Movement camp and Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, amateur radio callsign KE5DNI. Youths will take turns asking theirquestions. Appropriate localCovid-19 protocols are adhered to as applicable for each ARISS contact. The downlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHZ and may be heardby listeners that are within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the radio relayground station. Amateur radio operators in Oranjeville usingthe ZS9SPD call sign will operate the ham radio ground station for thiscontact. The ARISS radio contact isscheduled for September 24, 2021 at 12:43 pm SAST (Oranjeville, SA), (10:43 UTC, 6:43am EDT, 5:43 am CDT, 4:43 am MDT and 3:43 am PDT). SPDW VoortrekkerMovement (Voortrekkers) is an organization serving South Africa and Namibiayouth ages 5 years up to 28 years. Voortrekkers offers an annual week-long campwith water activities and science-related courses and badges for Grade 1 toGrade 7. Space Observation is one of the badges/courses offered to the Grade 4s(30 children). About 260 children and 90 adults (instructors and mentors) fromacross 5 Provinces, are attending the camp. Youth in Grade 4 will be the mostactive participants in this ARISS contact; however, all of the children will beinvolved in many camp presentations and activities. Voortrekkers camp curriculum includes space observation,astronomy, and a simulated space habitation experience. During this camp event,youths are introduced to space & GPS technology and participate in asimulation of ISS (crew-to-ground) radio communication by making radio and CCTVcommunications with the “outside world”. Camp participants also can work towardtheir ham radio operator badge, and participate in a licensing ham radio courseand badge work. Local amateur radio operators will provide radio equipment and supportcamp participants during the ARISS contact. The public is invited to watch the live stream at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9qBhZBR9o0 _____________________________ Astime allows, students will ask these questions: 1. I am absolutely stunned at thethought of spacewalking... Are you scared before you go out of the spaceship todo a spacewalk? How do you feel inside your heart and your mind after you havecompleted a spacewalk? Does your body feel different? 2. Do you have any free time and how doyou spend it. 3. Do you really think human existencewill be possible on Mars in the future? 4. With all the money spent on outer space, howdoes it make life better for people on Earth? 5. What is the feeling you experiencedwhile you were going up into space. 6. How do you prepare your food inspace and where do you get water from to drink? 7. Where do you get the oxygen from tobreath while you are up there? 8. Are there any changes to your bodywhile you are up in space? 9. How do you navigate in space, wheredo you know where you are going? Do you use maps, compass or GPS? 10. What happens when any of the crewgets sick? 11. Can you take your phone into spaceand is there signal in space? How do you contact your family at home? 12. How do you sleep in space when youare always floating around? 13. You spend long hours/days/weeksaway from earth. Do you ever feel down and depressed in space? What do you doto combat down/depressed feelings? 14. My siblings and I grow up in thesame house, is taught the same set of rules, yet we seem to fight a lot. Whatdifference do you experience with the different people on ISS? fromdifferent... Countries, Culture, Houses? Do you fight with each other? 15. How does a "very active"person on earth, adapt to a "sit in one place in a spaceship? 16. You try to grow produce on ISS. Didyou taste it? Can you define the taste? 17. On the farm my dad uses cow dung tofertilize vegetables, do you use the poop in your vegetable garden? 18. In space there is a lot of stuffthat was made by humans... e.g. satellites... In 2020 the planning is to add12000 extra satellites in space...How often do you see items like these inspace? 19. Do you think humans have pollutedspace? _____________________________ ARISS – Celebrating 20 Years of Continuous Amateur Radio Operations onthe ISS 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, and NASA’s Space communications and Navigationprogram. The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science,technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS does this byorganizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard theISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators,parents, and communities take part in hands-on learning activities tied tospace, space technologies, and amateur 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 2021-09-22 23:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 22 Sep '21

22 Sep '21

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-22 23:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: SPDW Voortrekker Movement, Oranjeville, South Africa, direct via ZS9SPD 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 astronaut is Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Contact is go for: Fri 2021-09-24 10:43:19 UTC 44 deg Watch for livestream at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9qBhZBR9o0 (***) 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 astronaut is Pyotr Dubrov Contact is go for 2021-09-27 08:55 UTC Lycée Pierre Paul Riquet, St Orens De Gameville, France and CSUT University Space Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France, Multi-point telebridge via IK1SLD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD 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 astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is go for: Sat 2021-10-02 12:40:14 UTC 34 deg Next mode change is expected to take place in late September 2021. 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 2021-09-22 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 2021-09-21 22:30 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) Sept. 11, 2021 --- The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 24th, 2021. Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 7th, 2021 at 8 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2021.eventbrite.com The Opportunity Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations’ volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio. 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 congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 154 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 142 Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Gaston ON4WF with 123 **************************************************************************** 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 1465. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1395. 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, 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. 64 on orbit Oleg Novitskiy Pyotr Dubrov Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit Meghan McArthur (Behnken) Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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FO-29 operation schedule for Oct. 2021 (UTC)
by JH3XCU 22 Sep '21

22 Sep '21

FO-29 operation schedule for Oct. 2021 (UTC): 2 00:40- 10:58- 12:42- 23:45- 3 10:00- 11:45- 8 23:30- 9 09:48- 11:33- 10 00:20- 10:38- 12:23- 16 00:05- 10:23- 12:07- 23:10- 17 11:14- 12:57- 23 00:41- 10:58- 23:45- 24 10:03- 11:48- 29 23:31- 30 09:47- 11:33- Source: https://www.jarl.org/Japanese/3_Fuji/fuji3-202108.htm 73, Hideo - JH3XCU.

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Re: LoTW logging
by Bob Liddy (K8BL) 22 Sep '21

22 Sep '21

Hi Steve, When in the US, I only LoTW for Roving as merely K8BL. When outof the US, I attach the appropriate Prefix. 73, Bob K8BL On Wednesday, September 22, 2021, 10:52:33 AM EDT, Stephen Fredericks <frederix(a)pacbell.net> wrote: Hi Bob, Do you use a /P or /R when logging from your roves? Thanks,Steve K6SFO

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Presentations Available
by Clint Bradford 22 Sep '21

22 Sep '21

I presented my “Work the Satellites” show last night to another wonderful group: the Sci-Tech Amateur Radio Society. MANY educators present in the “hybrid” Zoom and in-person session. ---------- “Clint, Thanks so much for your absolutely superb presentation to our STARS club in Natick, MA last night. We all learned a tremendous amount and had a lot of fun in the process, which is always a really good thing. Your web site is an invaluable resource and we will be referring to it often. Thanks again for a terrific evening. - 73, Steve KC1MWF ————— It is unsolicited testimonials like Steve’s that keep the “spark” alive for me. Think a 90-minute lively, informative, and fun session on working the “easy sats” would be appropriate for your club or ham fest? Let me know … Clint Bradford K6LCS www.work-sat.com 909-999-SATS

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Po 101 in Aust
by Pete (Vk2pet) 22 Sep '21

22 Sep '21

Hi, Is there anyone on the eastern side of Australia be able to talk to me on PO 101 on it’s pass 1:57utc time. I’m doing some station testing, uhf up, vhf down. 73 Pete Vk2pet

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-21 22:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 21 Sep '21

21 Sep '21

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-21 22:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, multi-point telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS 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 astronaut is Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Contact was successful: Tue 2021-09-21 18:05:35 UTC 67 deg (***) Congratulations to the Children’s National Hospital students and Akihiko! (***) SPDW Voortrekker Movement, Oranjeville, South Africa, direct via ZS9SPD 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 astronaut is Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Contact is go for: Fri 2021-09-24 10:43:19 UTC 44 deg 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 astronaut is Pyotr Dubrov Contact is go for 2021-09-27 08:55 UTC Lycée Pierre Paul Riquet, St Orens De Gameville, France and CSUT University Space Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France, Multi-point telebridge via IK1SLD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD 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 astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is go for: Sat 2021-10-02 12:40:14 UTC 34 deg Next mode change is expected to take place in late September 2021. 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 2021-09-21 22:30 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 2021-09-21 22:30 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) Sept. 11, 2021 --- The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 24th, 2021. Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 7th, 2021 at 8 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2021.eventbrite.com The Opportunity Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations’ volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio. 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 congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 154 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 142 Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Gaston ON4WF with 123 **************************************************************************** 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 1465. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1395. 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, 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. 64 on orbit Oleg Novitskiy Pyotr Dubrov Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit Meghan McArthur (Behnken) Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-21 02:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 21 Sep '21

21 Sep '21

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-21 02:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, multi-point telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS 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 astronaut is Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Contact is go for: Tue 2021-09-21 18:05:35 UTC 67 deg SPDW Voortrekker Movement, Oranjeville, South Africa, direct via ZS9SPD 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 astronaut is Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Contact is go for: Fri 2021-09-24 10:43:19 UTC 44 deg 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 astronaut is Pyotr Dubrov Contact is go for 2021-09-27 08:55 UTC Lycée Pierre Paul Riquet, St Orens De Gameville, France and CSUT University Space Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France, Multi-point telebridge via IK1SLD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD 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 astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is go for: Sat 2021-10-02 12:40:14 UTC 34 deg Next mode change is expected to take place in late September 2021. 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 2021-09-21 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 2021-08-23 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) Sept. 11, 2021 --- The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 24th, 2021. Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 7th, 2021 at 8 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2021.eventbrite.com The Opportunity Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations’ volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio. 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 congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 154 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 142 Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Gaston ON4WF with 123 **************************************************************************** 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 1465. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1395. 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, 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. 64 on orbit Oleg Novitskiy Pyotr Dubrov Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit Meghan McArthur (Behnken) Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Diplexer advice
by John Geiger 20 Sep '21

20 Sep '21

Over Labor Day weekend I went out of town and took the FT847 with me hoping to hand out Em15 on a few satellite passes. Instead of taking 2 mobile whips with me, as I have in the past, I decided to try and simply things by running 1 dual band mobile whip and a diplexer for the radio. I bought a Comet CF-416 Diplexer which is supposed to have 60DB of isolation between ports. Results were less than expected, though. I really couldn't hear myself on the satellite downlink at all, where I usually have no problem with separate antennas. Have others used a diplexer with 1 antenna with good results? What might I be doing wrong? Any advice on how to make this setup work? 73 John AF5CC

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-20 15:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 20 Sep '21

20 Sep '21

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-20 15:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, multi-point telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS 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 astronaut is Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Contact is go for: Tue 2021-09-21 18:05:35 UTC 67 deg SPDW Voortrekker Movement, Oranjeville, South Africa, direct via ZS9SPD 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 astronaut is Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Contact is go for: Fri 2021-09-24 10:43:19 UTC 44 deg 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 astronaut is Pyotr Dubrov Contact is go for 2021-09-27 08:55 UTC Lycée Pierre Paul Riquet, St Orens De Gameville, France and CSUT University Space Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France, Multi-point telebridge via IK1SLD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD 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 astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is go for: Sat 2021-10-02 12:40:14 UTC 34 deg (***) Next mode change is expected to take place in late September 2021. 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 2021-09-20 15:30 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 2021-08-23 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) Sept. 11, 2021 --- The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 24th, 2021. Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 7th, 2021 at 8 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2021.eventbrite.com The Opportunity Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations’ volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio. 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 congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 154 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 142 Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Gaston ON4WF with 123 **************************************************************************** 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 1465. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1395. 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, 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. 64 on orbit Oleg Novitskiy Pyotr Dubrov Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit Meghan McArthur (Behnken) Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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State Please
by wa2ndv＠gmail.com 20 Sep '21

20 Sep '21

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DM08 9/18
by Bob Liddy (K8BL) 19 Sep '21

19 Sep '21

Gridders, Logged to LoTW the following 09/19 SO50,RS44from DM08: KJ7DZ,W3VHF,WL7T,XE2BHL,AF5D,WA6DNR,WA2FHJ,N6AJ,VE1CWJ,WA4HFN,WA4VOC,N6CKC,W5ERX,KE2QI,W4ALF,N8HI,VE1VOX,KQ4DO,AA2HJ,K5DCA,KE7MJ,KK5DO,K8YSE,K5DNA,KJ4EU,AA2IL. LMK if missed/botched via email. 73, Bob K8BL

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ARISS News Release No. 21-49
by David Jordan 19 Sep '21

19 Sep '21

ARISS News Release No.21-49 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at the Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA September18, 2021—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is thegroup that puts together special amateur radio contacts between students aroundthe globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the International Space Station (ISS). This will be a Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio between the ISS and students fromChildren’s National Hospital. Children will take turns asking their questionsof ISS Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, amateur radio call sign KE5DNI, during theARISS radio contact. Appropriate local Covid-19 protocols are adhered to asapplicable for each ARISS contact. Thedownlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHZ and may be heard bylisteners that are within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the ARISSradio telebridge station. The ARISS team in Casale Monferrato, Italy willuse call sign IK1SLD to serve as the ARISS relay amateur radio ground station. TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for September 21, 2021 at 2:05 pm EDT (Washington,DC) (18:05 UTC, 1:05 pm CDT, 12:05 pm MDT, 11:05 am PDT). Children’sNational Hospital is a nationally ranked, pediatric acute care children'shospital located in Washington D.C. Children’s Hospital is not a school,however the hospital works with school districts to coordinate home andhospital teachers to provide an educational program for their patients. In thisregard, the hospital’s purpose is to provide stimulating educationalopportunities for students who must miss school due to illness or injury. Theireducational goals include implementation of a STEAM curriculum for patientsthat encourages designing, inventing, and creating through real-worldapplications. Their educational state-of-the-art facility (Seacrest Studios)was established by the Ryan Seacrest Foundation in 2015, and provides kids(serving all children at any age level) an interactive space to explore radio,television, and social media, share their on-air talents and participate inprograms that are broadcast directly to patient rooms. Seacrest Studios atChildren’s National Hospital has been working closely with NASA and theSmithsonian Air and Space Museum while continuing to provide space and STEAMrelated programming to their patients and patients’ families. The hospital hadalso partnered with members of the local ham radio club in Alexandria, Virginia. _______________________________ Astime allows, students will ask these questions: 1.What are some of the tools that you use to help you safely breathe in space? 2.What do the Northern Lights look like in space? 3.What does your body feel like in space? How do you feel normal again? 4.Can you please describe the most beautiful thing you've ever seen in space? 5.Is the food we buy on earth the same food you eat in space? 6.How do you feel emotionally and physically during the initial takeoff? What isthe atmosphere like inside of the rocket? 7.Has there been any discovery that there is other life in this universe? 8.How much of Earth can you identify from space? 9.What happens if you get injured/hurt in space? Are there doctors on board? 10.How long does it take to get to the Moon and Mars from Earth? 11.How heavy is the spacesuit? 12.What inspired you to become an astronaut? 13.What species of animals have been to space? 14.Can you have your own pets in space? 15.Where do astronauts sleep while in the spaceship? 16.How do you clean your spacesuit while in space? Do you have laundry on board? 17.What specific devices do you use to stay active and workout while in space? 18.What was the coolest part about training to become an astronaut? 19.How does it feel to come back to earth and how does your body react? 20.What galaxy would you like to go to most and why? 21.How old were you when you first went to space? 22.Where does your trash go? ARISS– Celebrating 20 Years of Amateur Radio Continuous Operations on the ISS 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, and NASA’s Space communications and Navigation program.The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology,engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizingscheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS andstudents. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents,and communities take part in hands-on learning activities tied to space, spacetechnologies, and amateur 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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ANS-262 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by kd4iz＠frawg.org 18 Sep '21

18 Sep '21

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-262 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: * Virtual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting - October 30, 2021 * AMSAT Board of Directors 2021 Election Results * HS18IARU and HS4ØØOZ active on Es'hail 2 / QO-100 satellite * FUNcube-1 (AO73) returns to full sunlight, continuous telemetry mode * ARISS News * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events * Satellite Shorts From All Over ANS-262 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins To: All RADIO AMATEURS From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation 712 H Street NE, Suite 1653 Washington, DC 20002 DATE 2021 Sep 19 Virtual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting - October 30, 2021 Due to the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, AMSAT has changed plans for its 39th Annual Symposium and General Meeting from an in-person event to a virtual event. This is a chance for "Amateur Radio in Space" enthusiasts from all corners of the globe to learn more about AMSAT's Strategic Plan, GOLF program, CubeSat Simulator and other exciting developments taking place in the amateur satellite world. AMSAT will host its 2021 AMSAT Virtual Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting on Zoom for its members on Saturday, October 30th from 9:00am CDT 5:00pm CDT (UTC-5). The event will be a combination of pre-recorded video segments along with live question and answer sessions. Registration for members is required and is available on AMSAT's Member Portal, launch.amsat.org. Registration is free and registered attendees will receive a digital copy of the AMSAT Symposium Proceedings, entered into the Symposium prize drawings, and be able to participate in discussions during each question and answer session. The 2021 AMSAT Virtual Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting will be available to the general public on AMSAT's YouTube channel, https://youtu.be/RTvcceM7Tz0 at no cost. Final papers for the Symposium Proceedings must be submitted by October 18, 2021 to Dan Schultz, N8FGV, n8fgv at usa dot net. Symposium presentations should be limited to 15 minutes of pre- recorded video. Video presentations must be submitted by October 18, 2021 to Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, n8hm at arrl dot net. We ask that presenters be available to take questions via Zoom following the airing of their pre-recorded video. Tentative Schedule 9:00am CDT - Opening Remarks 9:15am CDT 2:00 pm CDT - General Presentations 2:00pm CDT 3:00 pm CDT - AMSAT Education / CubeSat Simulator 3:00pm CDT 4:00 pm CDT - AMSAT Engineering 4:00pm CDT 5:00 pm CDT - 2020 AMSAT Annual General Meeting Questions regarding the Symposium can be directed to info at amsat dot org. [ANS thanks the Symposium organizers for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Join the 2021 President's Club! Score your 2" 4-Color Accent Commemorative Coin. This gold finished coin comes with Full Color Certificate and Embroidered "Remove Before Flight" Key Tag Donate today at https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/ You won't want to miss it! +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT Board of Directors 2021 Election Results With the election period now ended for the 2021 AMSAT Board of Directors I am pleased to announce that the following members have been duly elected to serve a two-year term on the Board: Joseph Armbruster, KJ4JIO Robert Bankston, KE4AL Jerry Buxton, N0JY Zach Metzinger, N0ZGO These join the existing Board members who have a year left in their current terms. Mark Hammond, N8MH Bruce Paige, KK5DO Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Congratulations to the new Board of Directors and sincere thanks to each for stepping up to lead the organization into the future of amateur radio in space! [ANS thanks Jeff Davis KE9V, Secretary, AMSAT 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/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ HS18IARU and HS4ØØOZ active on Es'hail 2 / QO-100 satellite. Two special callsigns, HS18IARU and HS400OZ, have been issued by Thailand's National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC). HS18IARU is promoting the upcoming 18th IARU Region 3 Conference that will be hosted online by RAST in September, is now active on all amateur radio bands.The callsign will remain active until September 30, 2021. HHS4ØØOZ is the special event callsigns to celebrate the 400th anniversary of trade relationship between DENMARK OZ4ØØHS & THAILAND HS4ØØOZ hosted by Experimenterende Danske Radioamatører (EDR) and Radio Amateur Society of Thailand under the Patronage of His Majesty the King (RAST), together with The Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce (DTCC) and Embassy of Denmark. The RAST team will operate HS400OZ and will be active on the Es'hail 2 / QO-100 satellite between October 1-31, 2021 on CW and SSB. They will use SSB on the narrow band transponder, split operation, listening 5 to 10 kHz up on the receive downlink: Uplink 2400.150 MHz, Downlink 10489.655 MHz = 5 to 10 KHz [ANS thanks Tanan Rangseeprom HS1JAN of RAST for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT's GOLF Program is about getting back to higher orbits, and it all begins with GOLF-TEE a technology demonstrator for deployable solar panels, propulsion, and attitude control, now manifested for launch on NASA's ELaNa 46 mission. Come along for the ride. The journey will be worth it! https://tinyurl.com/ANS-GOLF +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ FUNcube-1 (AO73) returns to full sunlight and continuous telemetry mode After a few months of normal eclipse periods, FUNcube-1 (AO73) will, next week, re-enter full sunlight from next week for a period of approximately two months. As we have been in continuous transponder mode for some time now, we have decided that, during this sunlight period, FUNcube-1 should operate in continuous high power telemetry mode. The change will be made within the next few days. FUNcube-1 has now been in orbit for almost eight years and the telemetry indicates that all systems, including the battery and solar panels appear to operating as well now as they did immediately after launch! [ANS thanks Trevor Essex, M5AKA AMSAT-UK 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. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-15 15:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Childrens National Hospital, Washington, DC, multi-point telebridge via IK1SLD. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS 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 astronaut is Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI. Contact is go for: Tue 2021-09-21 18:05:35 UTC 67 deg SPDW Voortrekker Movement, Oranjeville, South Africa, direct via ZS9SPD. 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 astronaut is Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI. Contact is go for: Fri 2021-09-24 10:43:19 UTC 44 deg 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 astronaut is Pyotr Dubrov (***). Contact is go for 2021-09-27 08:55 UTC (***). Next mode change is expected to take place in late September 2021. 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: Bob Liddy, K8BL will be going back to FN01, 02 & EN92 soon. Also is looking to do FN14 this Fall. Gridders, stay tuned! Peter Goodhall, 2M0SQL writes in: - Wednesday 22nd of September, will be operating as 2M0SQL from IO97 on the North East Coast of Scotland, expect to be on Linear & FM LEO sats, keep an eye on @2m0sql for pass information. - Saturday 25th to Sunday 26th of September will be operating as GB2KDR at the Keith and Dufftown Heritage Railway at Dufftown Railway Station (IO87) as part of Railways on the Air (https://rota.barac.org.uk/) expect to be on LEO Linear and FM sats throughout the weekend will try annouce pass info on Twitter @2m0sql Major Roves: WL7T is on the road again!!! Watch Twitter for updates. https://twitter.com/WL7T_ Remaining on the schedule: Sept 19 DN00 & DN01 Sept 20 DN10 & DN11 Sept 21 DN20 & DN21 Sept 22 DN02 & DN03 Sept 23 DN12 & DN13 [ANS thanks Peter Goodhall, 2M0SQL and Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events AMSAT will host its 2021 AMSAT Virtual Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting on Zoom for its members on Saturday, October 30th from 9:00am CDT 5:00pm CDT (UTC-5). The event will be a combination of pre-recorded video segments along with live question and answer sessions. Registration for members is required and is available on AMSATs Member Portal for the 39th AMSAT Virtual Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting. Go to: https://launch.amsat.org/Events. You will need to log in to access the registration page. RRRA Hamfest & ARRL Dakota Division Convention Saturday, September 25, 2021, RRV Fairgrounds Hartl AG Building, 1805 Main Ave West, West Fargo, ND 58078 https://rrra.org/cal/2021/09/25/rrra-hamfest-arrl-dakota-division-convention AMSAT Exhibit at 2021 Radio Expo Sunday, September 26, 2021 Boone County Fairgrounds Belvidere, Illinois http://www.chicagofmclub.org/ 2021 Wyoming ARRL Section Convention, Saturday, October 9, 2021, Event Center at Archer, 3921 Archer Pkwy, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82007 https://wyhamcon.org/site Updates may be found at: https://www.amsat.org/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 Clint Bradford, K6LCS writes: THANK YOU, Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club, for filling the Zoom Room tonight for my "Working the Amateur Radio FM Voice Satellites" presentation! The region has been hit by COVID, but they currently have EIGHTEEN soon-to-be hams mid-way through one of their licensing classes! They have been supporting the ARRL for more than 50 years as a Special Service Club. AMSAT member Brad, W6VO, reminded me that when I last spoke to them about 9 years ago, I stopped in mid-sentence during the show, looked at my watch, and announced: "Let's go outside and work a satellite!" And we did - SO-50 went right over the Sheriff's Station! Thanks for the invitation ... maybe in nine years we'll meet again and work a geosynchronous bird over the Americas! http://www.cvarc.org/ "Thanks for a wonderful show last night ..." I have received some nice notes saying that they learned a lot ... "Thanks as well for all the good words about the club; we were quite flattered." 126 total shows presented so far. And each is customized to the audience - so I can truthfully say I've never given the same show twice. Clubs continue to want to present this material to their members - as I have a more dates scheduled ..." AMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford, K6LCS, makes online presentations to Amateur Radio clubs and other interested organizations. Contact Clint at http://www.work-sat.com or by phone at 909-999-SATS (7287) to arrange a presentation. [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, and Clint Bradford, K6CLS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + Two International Space Station crew members have had their stay onboard the orbiting lab extended to nearly a year. NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, KG5GNP, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov will remain aboard the station until March 2022. Upon return to Earth, Vande Hei will hold the record for longest single spaceflight for an American. (ANS thanks Mark Johns, KØJM AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor for the above information.) + Next SpaceX Commercial Crew to ISS Comprised of Radio Amateurs. Four radio amateurs will head to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a commercial flight, thanks to Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). They are Raja Chari, KI5LIU; Tom Marshburn, KE5HOC; Kayla Barron, KI5LAL, and Matthias Maurer, KI5KFH. As the most experienced space traveler, Maurer, who is a European Space Agency (ESA) Astronaut, could end up with a very heavy work schedule. The targeted launch date is no sooner than October 31, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.(ANS thanks ARRL for the above information.) + With the successful launch of Inspiration4, four private citizens blasted off Wednesday night from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a first-of-its-kind fully commercial three-day spaceflight aboard a SpaceX crew capsule, riding to an altitude higher than any person has flown in two decades. A Falcon 9 rocket lit up Floridas Space Coast with a roaring liftoff from pad 39A at Kennedy at 8:02:56 p.m. EDT Wednesday (0002:56 GMT Thursday). The launch kicked off SpaceXs fourth-ever crew mission to low Earth orbit, but the first without any NASA astronauts on-board. Two-and-a-half minutes after liftoff, the rockets reusable first stage booster shut down and dropped away to descend to landing on a SpaceX recovery ship positioned downrange in the Atlantic Ocean. Moments later, the second stages single engine ignited to send the Crew Dragon capsule into orbit. The complete story may be found at: https://bit.ly/3lMVRj5 (ANS thanks Stephen Clark of Spaceflight Now for the above information.) + AMSAT-BB poster Roland Zurmely, PY4ZBZ noted on 9/16 that PSAT-2/NO-104 has not been transmitting for the preceding 7 days. Bob Bruninga, WB4APR investigated and replied that: "Problem was the bad Battery voltage telemetry went from nominal 6v readings down to 1.4v or so (140 count). Finally looked at telemetry closer as shown here: http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/tele2.cgi?call=psat2-1&last=20 And it is clear that the voltage channel (red) tracks the current (green) perfectly which is the opposite of what one would expect. So clearly the voltage bit has become detached and the voltage reading (red) is just the phantom reading of an unconnected telemetry bit following its adjacent A/D channel. So we have sent the command to turn off the PSK31 to see if battery recovers." It was not stated when the satellite would resume normal operations. (ANS thanks Roland Zurmely, PY4ZBZ and Bob Bruninga, WB4APR for the above information.) + Inspiration4 crew splashes down off Florida coast: A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the first all-private, non-government crew to fly in low Earth orbit re-entered the atmosphere and splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Cape Canaveral at 7:06 p.m. EDT (2306 GMT) Saturday. The return to Earth closed out a three-day mission in space for the Inspiration4 crew. https://bit.ly/39fUvr2 (ANS thanks Stephen Clark of Spaceflight Now 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 frawg dot org

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Sat Shows
by Clint Bradford 18 Sep '21

18 Sep '21

"Thanks for a wonderful show last night ... I have received some nice notes saying that they learned a lot ... "Thanks as well for all the good words about the club; we were quite flattered." 126 total shows presented so far. And each is customized to the audience - so I can truthfully say I've never given the same show twice. Clubs continue to want to present this material to their members - as I have a more dates scheduled ... Long live AMSAT! Clint K6LCS Work-Sat.com

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STARLINK TRAIN VISIBLE SEP 18,19
by Robert Coppock 18 Sep '21

18 Sep '21

FRESH SPACE-X STARLINK COMMSATS TRAIN WILL BE VISIBLE IN EVENING DUSK DO NOT BE ALARMED - THEY ARE A "SCIENTIFIC MISSION" https://www.heavens-above.com/Starl...405&lng=-122.7141&loc=Santa+Rosa&alt=…<https://www.heavens-above.com/StarlinkLaunchPasses.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-12…> goto heavens-above.com...put in your location and check for your location. click on the home page the link for "Starlink passes for all objects from a launch" saturday night is going right overhead of califonia about 1940-1951 pdt NNW-SSE sunday night is about 25degrees to the west about 1949-2001 pdt NW-S ...may be visible from other area earlier or later on this launch of sats. info for santa rosa ca cm88pk= 18 September STARLINK-3059 1.8 19:40:26 10° NNW 19:42:37<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 83° ENE 19:44:43 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3050 1.8 19:40:37 10° NNW 19:42:47<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 84° ENE 19:44:53 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3069 1.8 19:40:43 10° NNW 19:42:53<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 84° ENE 19:45:00 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3086 1.8 19:40:48 10° NNW 19:42:58<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 85° ENE 19:45:05 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3043 1.8 19:40:55 10° NNW 19:43:06<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 85° ENE 19:45:13 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3103 1.8 19:41:08 10° NNW 19:43:19<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 86° ENE 19:45:26 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3087 1.8 19:41:13 10° NNW 19:43:24<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 87° ENE 19:45:32 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3091 1.8 19:41:23 10° NNW 19:43:33<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 88° ENE 19:45:40 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3074 1.9 19:41:30 10° NNW 19:43:41<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 88° ENE 19:45:48 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3047 1.9 19:41:37 10° NNW 19:43:48<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 89° ENE 19:45:55 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3045 1.6 19:41:57 10° NNW 19:43:58<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 89° ENE 19:45:54 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3101 1.9 19:41:52 10° NNW 19:44:03<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 90° SE 19:46:11 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3107 1.9 19:42:01 10° NNW 19:44:11<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 89° WSW 19:46:19 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3046 1.9 19:42:11 10° NNW 19:44:21<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 89° WSW 19:46:29 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3106 1.9 19:42:16 10° NNW 19:44:28<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 88° SW 19:46:35 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3089 1.9 19:42:28 10° NNW 19:44:39<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 87° SW 19:46:47 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3054 1.9 19:42:33 10° NNW 19:44:44<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 87° W 19:46:53 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3052 1.9 19:42:44 10° NNW 19:44:55<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 86° WSW 19:47:03 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3082 1.9 19:42:49 10° NNW 19:45:01<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 86° WSW 19:47:10 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3088 1.9 19:42:58 10° NNW 19:45:10<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 85° WSW 19:47:18 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3095 2.0 19:43:05 10° NNW 19:45:17<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 84° WSW 19:47:25 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3083 2.0 19:43:15 10° NNW 19:45:27<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 84° WSW 19:47:36 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3080 2.0 19:43:21 10° NNW 19:45:33<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 83° WSW 19:47:41 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3085 2.0 19:43:32 10° NNW 19:45:44<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 82° WSW 19:47:52 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3056 2.0 19:43:40 10° NNW 19:45:52<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 82° WSW 19:48:00 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3051 2.0 19:43:48 10° NNW 19:46:00<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 81° WSW 19:48:08 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3068 2.0 19:43:57 10° NNW 19:46:09<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 80° WSW 19:48:18 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3081 2.0 19:44:06 10° NNW 19:46:18<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 80° WSW 19:48:27 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3060 2.1 19:44:13 10° NNW 19:46:26<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 79° WSW 19:48:35 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3072 2.1 19:44:22 10° NNW 19:46:35<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 79° WSW 19:48:44 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3104 2.1 19:44:29 10° NNW 19:46:42<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 78° WSW 19:48:51 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3102 2.1 19:44:38 10° NNW 19:46:51<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 77° WSW 19:49:00 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3048 2.1 19:44:48 10° NNW 19:47:01<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 77° WSW 19:49:10 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3053 2.1 19:44:56 10° NNW 19:47:08<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 76° WSW 19:49:19 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3119 2.1 19:45:07 10° NNW 19:47:20<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 75° WSW 19:49:29 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3116 2.1 19:45:15 10° NNW 19:47:28<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 75° WSW 19:49:37 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3100 2.2 19:45:25 10° NNW 19:47:38<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 74° WSW 19:49:47 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3071 2.2 19:45:33 10° NNW 19:47:46<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 73° WSW 19:49:55 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3109 2.2 19:45:43 10° NNW 19:47:56<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 73° WSW 19:50:05 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3042 2.2 19:45:52 10° NNW 19:48:04<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 72° WSW 19:50:14 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3118 2.2 19:46:00 10° NNW 19:48:13<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 71° WSW 19:50:23 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3093 2.2 19:46:10 10° NNW 19:48:22<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 71° WSW 19:50:32 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3058 2.3 19:46:19 10° NNW 19:48:32<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 70° WSW 19:50:42 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3057 2.3 19:46:27 10° NNW 19:48:40<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 70° WSW 19:50:50 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3078 2.3 19:46:35 10° NNW 19:48:49<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 69° WSW 19:50:58 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3055 2.3 19:46:45 10° NNW 19:48:59<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 68° WSW 19:51:10 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3073 2.3 19:46:57 10° NNW 19:49:11<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 68° WSW 19:51:20 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3084 2.4 19:47:04 10° NNW 19:49:17<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 67° WSW 19:51:28 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3077 2.4 19:47:17 10° NNW 19:49:30<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 66° WSW 19:51:40 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3096 2.4 19:47:24 10° NNW 19:49:38<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 66° WSW 19:51:48 10° SSE 18 September STARLINK-3090 2.4 19:47:34 10° NNW 19:49:48<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=38.4405&lng=-122.7141&lo…> 65° WSW 19:51:58 10° SSE seven three and godspeed Godspeed, meaning "a prosperous journey," comes from the Middle English phrase God spede you ("God prosper you"). It was originally used to wish success to someone, like saying, “May you prosper.” These days it's more often used to express hopes for a safe trip.

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DN00 Rove 9/17
by Bob Liddy (K8BL) 18 Sep '21

18 Sep '21

Gridders, Uploaded the following Calls to LoTW from DN00 Rove 9/17 CAS4A/4B: WB7VUF,KQ4DO,W7QL,AJ4A,KD0ZW,WB6JNN,N7EQF,XE1AO. LMK if missing or botched via e-mail. 73, Bob K8BL

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9/16 Rove DM09/CM99
by Bob Liddy (K8BL) 17 Sep '21

17 Sep '21

Gridders, 9/16 Rove on RS44,AO7,SO50 following sent to LoTW: DM09- KQ4DO,K2UF,VE1VOX,N6AJ,KE8RJU,KC3KOP,KC1MEB,NU1U,K5DNA,KJ7DZ,AA2IL,W3VHF,VE6NX,AD7DB,N6COP,KC7MG,KF6JOQ; CM99- KJ7DZ,KQ4DO,WA4NVM,KB9STR,W4ALF,WB7VUF,KG7CW. LMK if missing or botched via e-mail. 73, Bob K8BL

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Thank you, Conejo Valley ARC
by Clint Bradford 17 Sep '21

17 Sep '21

THANK YOU, Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club, for filling the Zoom Room tonight for my "Working the Amateur Radio FM Voice Satellites" presentation! The region has been hit by COVID, but they currently have EIGHTEEN soon-to-be hams mid-way through one of their licensing classes! They have been supporting the ARRL for more than 50 years as a Special Service Club. AMSAT member Brad, W6VO, reminded me that when I last spoke to them about 9 years ago, I stopped in mid-sentence during the show, looked at my watch, and announced: "Let's go outside and work a satellite!" And we did - SO-50 went right over the Sheriff's Station! Thanks for the invitation ... maybe in nine years we'll meet again and work a geosynchronous bird over the Americas! http://www.cvarc.org/ <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cvarc.org%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwA…> <https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10228398873736073&set=a.2216915661557&…> Like Comment Share

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PSAT-2
by Roland Zurmely 16 Sep '21

16 Sep '21

More than 7 days and PSAT-2 no longer transmits. Does anyone know what happened? 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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HS18IARU and HS4ØØOZ active on Es'hail 2 / QO-100 satellite.
by Tanan Rangseeprom 16 Sep '21

16 Sep '21

Hello to all amsat member Thailand's national society RAST reports HS18IARU is now active on all bands to promote the upcoming IARU Region 3 conference. A special callsign, HS18IARU, issued by Thailand's National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) to promote the upcoming 18th IARU Region 3 Conference that will be hosted online by RAST in September, is now active on all amateur radio bands.The callsign will remain active until September 30, 2021. HS18IARU is a special event callsign for the 18th IARU Region 3 Conference being held in Bangkok between September 20-23, 2021. There is a lot of excitement surrounding the opportunity to be holding this innovative virtual conference for the first time. RAST team operate out for HS18IARU. We will be active on Es'hail 2 / QO-100 satellite between September 15-30, 2021 on CW and SSB. A special callsign, HS4ØØOZ, issued by Thailand's National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) to promote the the 400th anniversary of trade relationship between DENMARK & THAILAND. HS4ØØOZ is the two special event callsigns to celebrate the 400th anniversary of trade relationship between DENMARK OZ4ØØHS & THAILAND HS4ØØOZ hosted by Experimenterende Danske Radioamatører (EDR) and Radio Amateur Society of Thailand under the Patronage of His Majesty the King (RAST), together with The Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce (DTCC) and Embassy of Denmark. RAST team operate out for HS400OZ. We will be active on Es'hail 2 / QO-100 satellite between October 1-31, 2021 on CW and SSB. For operate on SSB of 2 special callsign with split and listening 5 upto 10 kHz receive downlink … example. uplink 2400.15 MHz Downlink 10489650 KHz Receive downlink 10489650 + 5 to 10 KHz Receive between downlink 10489655 - 10489660 KHz For stations that make contact with HS18IARU and HS4ØØOZ a QSL card can be applied for by sending a stamped addressed envelope to: The Radio Amateur Society of Thailand under the Patronage of His Majesty the King P.O. Box 2008 Bangkok 10501 Respondents living overseas should include funds to cover return postage for a direct card and QSL cards will be delivered in November 2021. Vy 73 and GL de The RAST team report by Tanan Rangseeprom HS1JAN

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AMSAT Board of Directors 2021 Election Results
by Robert Bankston 16 Sep '21

16 Sep '21

With the election period now ended for the 2021 AMSAT Board of Directors I am pleased to announce that the following members have been duly elected to serve a two-year term on the Board: - Joseph Armbruster, KJ4JIO - Robert Bankston, KE4AL - Jerry Buxton, N0JY - Zach Metzinger, N0ZGO These join the existing Board members who have a year left in their current terms. I present to you the new AMSAT Board of Directors: - Mark Hammond, N8MH - Bruce Paige, KK5DO - Paul Stoetzer, N8HM - Joseph Armbruster, KJ4JIO - Robert Bankston, KE4AL - Jerry Buxton, N0JY - Zach Metzinger, N0ZGO Congratulations to the new Board of Directors and sincere thanks to each for stepping up to lead the organization into the future of amateur radio in space! On behalf of: Jeff Davis KE9V, Secretary Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) 73, Robert Bankston, KE4ALPresidentRadio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)

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AMSAT BOD
by Clint Bradford 16 Sep '21

16 Sep '21

Congratulations - and thank you all for volunteering your talents. Clint K6LCS -------------------- I present to you the new AMSAT Board of Directors: Mark Hammond, N8MH Bruce Paige, KK5DO Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Joseph Armbruster, KJ4JIO Robert Bankston, KE4AL Jerry Buxton, N0JY Zach Metzinger, N0ZGO

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-15 15:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 15 Sep '21

15 Sep '21

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-15 15:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, multi-point telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS 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 astronaut is Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Contact is go for: Tue 2021-09-21 18:05:35 UTC 67 deg SPDW Voortrekker Movement, Oranjeville, South Africa, direct via ZS9SPD 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 astronaut is Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Contact is go for: Fri 2021-09-24 10:43:19 UTC 44 deg 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 astronaut is Pyotr Dubrov (***) Contact is go for 2021-09-27 08:55 UTC (***) Next mode change is expected to take place in late September 2021. 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 2021-09-15 15:30 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 2021-08-23 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) Sept. 11, 2021 --- The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 24th, 2021. Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 7th, 2021 at 8 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2021.eventbrite.com The Opportunity Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations’ volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio. 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 congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 154 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 142 Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Gaston ON4WF with 123 **************************************************************************** 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 1465. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1395. 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, 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. 64 on orbit Oleg Novitskiy Pyotr Dubrov Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit Meghan McArthur (Behnken) Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-14 17:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 14 Sep '21

14 Sep '21

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-14 17:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, multi-point telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS 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 astronaut is Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Contact is go for: Tue 2021-09-21 18:05:35 UTC 67 deg SPDW Voortrekker Movement, Oranjeville, South Africa, direct via ZS9SPD 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 astronaut is Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Contact is go for: Fri 2021-09-24 10:43:19 UTC 44 deg Next mode change is expected to take place in late September 2021. 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 2021-09-14 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 2021-08-23 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) Sept. 11, 2021 --- The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 24th, 2021. Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 7th, 2021 at 8 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2021.eventbrite.com The Opportunity Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations’ volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio. 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 congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 154 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 142 Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Gaston ON4WF with 123 **************************************************************************** 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 1465. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1395. 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, 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. 64 on orbit Oleg Novitskiy Pyotr Dubrov Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit Meghan McArthur (Behnken) Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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For sale: Yaesu G-5400B Az-El rotor controller
by Bill Dzurilla 14 Sep '21

14 Sep '21

Controller box only, I do not have the motor. $85 plus shipping, or pick up in south Florida. Good working condition, photo at https://photos.app.goo.gl/JnGumGrUhTq8bcs4A. 73, Bill NZ5N

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-13 18:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 13 Sep '21

13 Sep '21

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-13 18:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, multi-point telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS 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 astronaut is Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Contact is go for: Tue 2021-09-21 18:05:35 UTC 67 deg Watch for livestream at www.ariotti.com (***) SPDW Voortrekker Movement, Oranjeville, South Africa, direct via ZS9SPD 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 astronaut is Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Contact is go for: Fri 2021-09-24 10:43:19 UTC 44 deg Next mode change is expected to take place in late September 2021. 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 2021-09-13 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 2021-08-23 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) (***) Sept. 11, 2021 --- The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 24th, 2021. Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 7th, 2021 at 8 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2021.eventbrite.com The Opportunity Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations’ volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio. 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 congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 154 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 142 Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Gaston ON4WF with 123 **************************************************************************** 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 1465. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1395. 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, 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. 64 on orbit Oleg Novitskiy Pyotr Dubrov Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit Meghan McArthur (Behnken) Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Satellite Presentations
by Clint Bradford 13 Sep '21

13 Sep '21

Well, AMSAT VP Frank is to blame … (grin) Frank had a “lead” for a satellite presentation - and they were contacted and suggested October 11 as a date. Clint already had a commitment for 10/11. BUT - One is on the West Coast, the other the East Coast. SO, I’ll be conducting back-to-back presentations - 4PM and 7PM “my time." 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 instructor http://www.work-sat.com <http://www.work-sat.com/> 909-999-SATS (7287) - Upcoming presentations 9/16, 9/17, 9/21, 10/05, 10/11 (two!), and 11/17 (two!)

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-13 15:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 13 Sep '21

13 Sep '21

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-13 15:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, multi-point telebridge via IK1SLD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS (***) 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 astronaut is Hoshide KE5DNI (***) Contact is go for: Tue 2021-09-21 18:05:35 UTC 67 deg (***) SPDW Voortrekker Movement, Oranjeville, South Africa, direct via ZS9SPD 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 astronaut is Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI (***) Contact is go for: Fri 2021-09-24 10:43:19 UTC 44 deg (***) Next mode change is expected to take place in late September 2021. 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 2021-09-13 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 2021-08-23 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) 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 congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 154 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 142 Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Gaston ON4WF with 123 **************************************************************************** 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 1465. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1395. 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, 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. 64 on orbit Oleg Novitskiy Pyotr Dubrov Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit Meghan McArthur (Behnken) Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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UVSQ-SAT FM
by Jean Marc Momple 12 Sep '21

12 Sep '21

GE FYI The FM transponder of UVSQ-SAT seems working fine as I could hear myself loud & clear during most of the pass this evening. Nice to see another FM bird active. 73 Jean Marc (3B8DU)

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ANS-255 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by n1uw＠gokarns.com 12 Sep '21

12 Sep '21

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-255 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(a)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: * AMSAT 2021 Symposium and Annual Meeting Changes to Virtual Event * Second Call for Papers for the 39th AMSAT Space Symposium Proceedings * UVSQ-SAT FM Repeater to be Turned On September 12, 2021 * AMSAT President's Club Closing in on 2021 Goal * Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity * AREx and the NASA Lunar Gateway Update * ARISS News * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events * Satellite Shorts From All Over ANS-255 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins To: All RADIO AMATEURS From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation 712 H Street NE, Suite 1653 Washington, DC 20002 DATE 2021 Sep 12 AMSAT 2021 Symposium and Annual Meeting Changes to Virtual Event Due to the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, AMSAT has announced that its 39th Space Symposium scheduled for October 29-31, 2021 will now take place as a virtual event. The Symposium was originally planned to be held at the Crowne Plaza AiRE hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota. AMSAT President, Robert Bankston, KE4AL, explained, "Our membership has voiced its concern over the continued presence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the risks associated with long distance travel and attendance at large group gatherings. In the interest of everyone's comfort and safety, we have made the difficult decision to return to a virtual meeting platform. If there is any good news in this, we know that last year's virtual Symposium event was well received and that we have the opportunity to repeat its success this year." The dates for the virtual symposium will remain the same as was originally announced. The schedule will be reviewed by Symposium organizers and adjusted as needed to accommodate the virtual setting. Persons who have already registered for the Symposium will automatically receive refunds in the days ahead. Please watch for further announcements as they become available. Questions regarding the Symposium should be addressed to info at amsat dot com. [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Join the 2021 President's Club! Score your 2" 4-Color Accent Commemorative Coin. This gold finished coin comes with Full Color Certificate and Embroidered "Remove Before Flight" Key Tag Donate today at https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/ You won't want to miss it! +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Second Call for Papers for the 39th AMSAT Space Symposium Proceedings This is the second call for papers for the 39th AMSAT Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of October 29-31, 2021. The Symposium will be a virtual event. Proposals for symposium 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 18 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, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- UVSQ-SAT FM Repeater to be Turned On September 12, 2021 The LATMOS team has programmed the UVSQ-SAT satellite to go into transponder mode on Sunday, September 12, 2021 starting at 12:00 UTC. The transponder will be active during 11 consecutive hours. From September 11, 2021, 12:00 UTC, an ASCII message will be broadcast to announce that the transponder mode will be activated. To decode the message, you can use the UVSQ-SAT Decoder software available at: https://code.electrolab.fr/xtof/josast/-/blob/21-ecr-uvsqsat/ApplicationUVS… The frequencies used are: Telemetry: 437.020 MHz - BPSK - G3RUH 9k6 FM Transponder: Uplink frequency: 145.905 MHz Downlink frequency: 437.020 MHz More information on the satellite is available at https://site.amsat-f.org/uvsq-sat/ and on the project at http://uvsq-sat.projet.latmos.ipsl.fr/. [ANS thanks Christophe Mercier, PrÃ©sident AMSAT-Francophone 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 President's Club Closing in on 2021 Goal While the AMSAT President's Club had been around for many years, it was reinvigorated and re-launched at the 2020 AMSAT Symposium and general meeting. With a fresh look and attractive recognition items, the goal of $18,000 was set for the year of 2021. Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, Vice President, Development reports, "We are closing in on reaching our 2021 goal with $15,140 already donated by President Club members. With three months to go in this year, I'm confident we'll hit the $18,000 mark and then some. "In addition to direct President's Club registrations, we automatically enroll anyone who makes a donation of $120 or more to the general fund. This represents yet another $16,015 of generous giving by AMSAT members." Karnauskas adds, "Although there are three months left in the year, we have only a very limited supply of commemorative coins and, once they're gone, they're gone. These polished gold finish coins with four color accent colors have become quite a hit among members. We would hate to see someone not get one these collector items because they waited too long." Full details on the President's Club and registration page are located at: https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/. [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The new proposal window is October 1, 2021 to November 24, 2021. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 24, 2021. Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at: https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/. An ARISS introductory webinar session will be held on October 7, 2021 at 8 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2021.eventbrite.com. Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations' volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio. Please direct any questions to ariss dot us dot education at gmail dot com. [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AREx and the NASA Lunar Gateway Update Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, ARISS-USA Executive Director, provides the following update on AREx plans to participate in NASA's Lunar Gateway system. "Originally planned to be launched separately, the Power Propulsion Element (PPE) and the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) will now be launched together on a commercial launch vehicle as the first Lunar Gateway systems. As a result, the launch mass is high and the resulting payload mass to be flown on this inaugural mission is very low. "The current complement of scientific payloads flying with PPE and HALO are the space weather, radiation and lunar dust experiments. For astronaut health reasons, the radiation and space weather measurements are critically important to understand the environment that astronauts will be subjected to. The lunar dust experiment is critical since these dust particles are highly corrosive and can impact Gateway machinery as well as spacesuits and the astronauts themselves. Beyond these three experiments, no other payloads have been manifested yet. "NASA and the other space agencies continue to refine their plans for Gateway, Artemis and other lunar missions. It should be noted that the space agencies are still designing Gateway so they are defining payload opportunities on a vehicle that is still being designed. This is kind of like driving a car on a bridge as it is being built! "Right now AREx is working to ensure that we are located on Gateway with a good field of view to the Earth. This will ensure more frequent AREx communications opportunities with folks on the ground. Some of the modules to be launched later than PPE and HALO appear to provide much richer Earth communication fields of view. We anticipate getting a better understanding of Earth viewing for the payload "ports" (or SORIs) on each module in the future. The current payloads need sun viewing so NASA is trying to determine which payload "port" would be best for them. "AREx is engaged. But, like ARISS and Space Station 25 years ago, Gateway payload manifesting will be a "fits and starts" opportunity. Therefore, patience and persistence are critically important traits the ARISS/AREx team uses as it moves forward. As the co-leader of the AREx team, I remain cautiously optimistic that we will be on-board Gateway in the future. And, I am maintaining patience." [ANS thanks Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO, ARISS-USA Executive Director for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT's GOLF Program is about getting back to higher orbits, and it all begins with GOLF-TEE â€“ a technology demonstrator for deployable solar panels, propulsion, and attitude control, now manifested for launch on NASA's ELaNa 46 mission. Come along for the ride. The journey will be worth it! https://tinyurl.com/ANS-GOLF +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ 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. The following schools have now been postponed due to COVID-19: Notre Dame Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School, Kyoto, Japan Direct via 8N3ND Originally scheduled for Saturday, September 18, 2021 at 09:26:41 UTC. Next mode change is expected to take place in late September 2021. 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 + EN76: September 12, 2021, 1800-2000 UTC EN85/EN86 gridline: September 12, 2021, 2000-2200 UTC EN75/EN76 gridline: September 12, 2021, 2200-0000 UTC AA8CH reports on his upcoming rove: Times tentative and I may go to the EN85/EN86 gridline a little earlier depending. On Monday, September 13 I may do EN75/EN76 or EN85/EN86 again if there is need but would prefer to hit EN84/EN85 and EN74/EN75 so get in the log on Sunday if you really need the others. Will try to list probable passes here. Send me an email if you need any of the above and Iâ€™ll be sure to listen for you on the birds! + EN75: September 13-15, 2021 N8AJM is planning to make as many FM satellite passes Holiday style. He may also be in EN76 for a couple hours on September 14. POTA is also a possibility. Watch Twitter for updates. + FN26: September 16-18, 2021 VE3KY will be returning for a three day holiday style operation and will operate both linear and FM birds, hopefully trying to update operating times and passes on twitter @busman49. + CN70 & CN71: September 16, 2021 CN80 & CN81: September 17, 2021 CN90 & CN91: September 18, 2021 DN00 & DN01: September 19, 2021 DN10 & DN11: September 20, 2021 DN20 & DN21: September 21, 2021 DN02 & DN03: September 22, 2021 DN12 & DN13: September 23, 2021 WL7T is on the road again! Watch Twitter for updates at https://twitter.com/WL7T_ [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events + RRRA Hamfest & ARRL Dakota Division Convention Saturday, September 25, 2021 RRV Fairgrounds Hartl AG Building 1805 Main Ave West West Fargo, ND 58078 https://rrra.org/cal/2021/09/25/rrra-hamfest-arrl-dakota-division-convention + 2021 Wyoming ARRL Section Convention Saturday, October 9, 2021 Event Center at Archer 3921 Archer Pkwy Cheyenne, Wyoming 82007 https://wyhamcon.org/site + 39th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting October 29-31, 2021 Online [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + AmazonSmile reports that a $384.06 donation was issued to AMSAT thanks to shopping activities of AMSAT members between April 1 and June 30, 2021. Thank you shoppers! [ANS thanks AmazonSmile for the above information.] + On September 2, 2021, Open Research Institute (ORI) received an advisory opinion from US Commerce Department BIS. The letter confirmed that posting information on the internet so that it is available to the public means that open source amateur satellite communications work is not subject to the Export Administration Regulation (EAR). Prior work by ORI established that open source amateur satellite communications work was free of International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). [ANS thanks ORI for the above information.] + Cosmonauts found "superficial fissures" in the aging Zarya module of the International Space Station, and worry that they will expand over time. Vladimir Solovyov, a Russian space program chief engineer, also pointed out that "at least 80 percent of in-flight systems on the Russian segment of the ISS have passed their expiration date." [ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above information.] + Charlie, EI8JB, will be active as EJ8JB from Bere Island which is located off the coast of West Cork between September 16-19th. He states, "Amateurs have authorization from our regulator to use the 'EJ' prefix once operating from one of the offshore Coastal Islands of Ireland." Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB and some Digital modes (PSK/RTTY) as well as possibly FM Satellite. QSL via LoTW (Preferred), and by the Bureau and ClubLog's OQRS. [ANS thanks the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin for the above information.) + At the AMSAT-DL General Meeting on August 28, 2021 in Bochum, the members elected the new Board of Directors for the next regular term of 2 years. Peter GÃ¼lzow DB2OS was again appointed in his function as 1st Chairman unanimously re-elected. Likewise, Thilo Elsner DJ5YM has now been appointed to the position of 2nd Chairman unanimously re-elected. Dr. Charly Eichhorn DK3ZL completes the executive committee as new 3rd Chairman and Treasurer, he too was unanimously elected. [ANS thanks AMSAT-DL 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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ANS-255 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by n1uw＠gokarns.com 12 Sep '21

12 Sep '21

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-255 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(a)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: * AMSAT 2021 Symposium and Annual Meeting Changes to Virtual Event * Second Call for Papers for the 39th AMSAT Space Symposium Proceedings * UVSQ-SAT FM Repeater to be Turned On September 12, 2021 * AMSAT President's Club Closing in on 2021 Goal * Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity * AREx and the NASA Lunar Gateway Update * ARISS News * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events * Satellite Shorts From All Over ANS-255 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins To: All RADIO AMATEURS From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation 712 H Street NE, Suite 1653 Washington, DC 20002 DATE 2021 Sep 12 AMSAT 2021 Symposium and Annual Meeting Changes to Virtual Event Due to the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, AMSAT has announced that its 39th Space Symposium scheduled for October 29-31, 2021 will now take place as a virtual event. The Symposium was originally planned to be held at the Crowne Plaza AiRE hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota. AMSAT President, Robert Bankston, KE4AL, explained, "Our membership has voiced its concern over the continued presence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the risks associated with long distance travel and attendance at large group gatherings. In the interest of everyone's comfort and safety, we have made the difficult decision to return to a virtual meeting platform. If there is any good news in this, we know that last year's virtual Symposium event was well received and that we have the opportunity to repeat its success this year." The dates for the virtual symposium will remain the same as was originally announced. The schedule will be reviewed by Symposium organizers and adjusted as needed to accommodate the virtual setting. Persons who have already registered for the Symposium will automatically receive refunds in the days ahead. Please watch for further announcements as they become available. Questions regarding the Symposium should be addressed to info at amsat dot com. [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Join the 2021 President's Club! Score your 2" 4-Color Accent Commemorative Coin. This gold finished coin comes with Full Color Certificate and Embroidered "Remove Before Flight" Key Tag Donate today at https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/ You won't want to miss it! +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Second Call for Papers for the 39th AMSAT Space Symposium Proceedings This is the second call for papers for the 39th AMSAT Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of October 29-31, 2021. The Symposium will be a virtual event. Proposals for symposium 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 18 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, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- UVSQ-SAT FM Repeater to be Turned On September 12, 2021 The LATMOS team has programmed the UVSQ-SAT satellite to go into transponder mode on Sunday, September 12, 2021 starting at 12:00 UTC. The transponder will be active during 11 consecutive hours. From September 11, 2021, 12:00 UTC, an ASCII message will be broadcast to announce that the transponder mode will be activated. To decode the message, you can use the UVSQ-SAT Decoder software available at: https://code.electrolab.fr/xtof/josast/-/blob/21-ecr-uvsqsat/ApplicationUVS… The frequencies used are: Telemetry: 437.020 MHz - BPSK - G3RUH 9k6 FM Transponder: Uplink frequency: 145.905 MHz Downlink frequency: 437.020 MHz More information on the satellite is available at https://site.amsat-f.org/uvsq-sat/ and on the project at http://uvsq-sat.projet.latmos.ipsl.fr/. [ANS thanks Christophe Mercier, PrÃ©sident AMSAT-Francophone 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 President's Club Closing in on 2021 Goal While the AMSAT President's Club had been around for many years, it was reinvigorated and re-launched at the 2020 AMSAT Symposium and general meeting. With a fresh look and attractive recognition items, the goal of $18,000 was set for the year of 2021. Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, Vice President, Development reports, "We are closing in on reaching our 2021 goal with $15,140 already donated by President Club members. With three months to go in this year, I'm confident we'll hit the $18,000 mark and then some. "In addition to direct President's Club registrations, we automatically enroll anyone who makes a donation of $120 or more to the general fund. This represents yet another $16,015 of generous giving by AMSAT members." Karnauskas adds, "Although there are three months left in the year, we have only a very limited supply of commemorative coins and, once they're gone, they're gone. These polished gold finish coins with four color accent colors have become quite a hit among members. We would hate to see someone not get one these collector items because they waited too long." Full details on the President's Club and registration page are located at: https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/. [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The new proposal window is October 1, 2021 to November 24, 2021. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 24, 2021. Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at: https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/. An ARISS introductory webinar session will be held on October 7, 2021 at 8 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2021.eventbrite.com. Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations' volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio. Please direct any questions to ariss dot us dot education at gmail dot com. [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AREx and the NASA Lunar Gateway Update Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, ARISS-USA Executive Director, provides the following update on AREx plans to participate in NASA's Lunar Gateway system. "Originally planned to be launched separately, the Power Propulsion Element (PPE) and the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) will now be launched together on a commercial launch vehicle as the first Lunar Gateway systems. As a result, the launch mass is high and the resulting payload mass to be flown on this inaugural mission is very low. "The current complement of scientific payloads flying with PPE and HALO are the space weather, radiation and lunar dust experiments. For astronaut health reasons, the radiation and space weather measurements are critically important to understand the environment that astronauts will be subjected to. The lunar dust experiment is critical since these dust particles are highly corrosive and can impact Gateway machinery as well as spacesuits and the astronauts themselves. Beyond these three experiments, no other payloads have been manifested yet. "NASA and the other space agencies continue to refine their plans for Gateway, Artemis and other lunar missions. It should be noted that the space agencies are still designing Gateway so they are defining payload opportunities on a vehicle that is still being designed. This is kind of like driving a car on a bridge as it is being built! "Right now AREx is working to ensure that we are located on Gateway with a good field of view to the Earth. This will ensure more frequent AREx communications opportunities with folks on the ground. Some of the modules to be launched later than PPE and HALO appear to provide much richer Earth communication fields of view. We anticipate getting a better understanding of Earth viewing for the payload "ports" (or SORIs) on each module in the future. The current payloads need sun viewing so NASA is trying to determine which payload "port" would be best for them. "AREx is engaged. But, like ARISS and Space Station 25 years ago, Gateway payload manifesting will be a "fits and starts" opportunity. Therefore, patience and persistence are critically important traits the ARISS/AREx team uses as it moves forward. As the co-leader of the AREx team, I remain cautiously optimistic that we will be on-board Gateway in the future. And, I am maintaining patience." [ANS thanks Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO, ARISS-USA Executive Director for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT's GOLF Program is about getting back to higher orbits, and it all begins with GOLF-TEE â€“ a technology demonstrator for deployable solar panels, propulsion, and attitude control, now manifested for launch on NASA's ELaNa 46 mission. Come along for the ride. The journey will be worth it! https://tinyurl.com/ANS-GOLF +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ 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. The following schools have now been postponed due to COVID-19: Notre Dame Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School, Kyoto, Japan Direct via 8N3ND Originally scheduled for Saturday, September 18, 2021 at 09:26:41 UTC. Next mode change is expected to take place in late September 2021. 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 + EN76: September 12, 2021, 1800-2000 UTC EN85/EN86 gridline: September 12, 2021, 2000-2200 UTC EN75/EN76 gridline: September 12, 2021, 2200-0000 UTC AA8CH reports on his upcoming rove: Times tentative and I may go to the EN85/EN86 gridline a little earlier depending. On Monday, September 13 I may do EN75/EN76 or EN85/EN86 again if there is need but would prefer to hit EN84/EN85 and EN74/EN75 so get in the log on Sunday if you really need the others. Will try to list probable passes here. Send me an email if you need any of the above and Iâ€™ll be sure to listen for you on the birds! + EN75: September 13-15, 2021 N8AJM is planning to make as many FM satellite passes Holiday style. He may also be in EN76 for a couple hours on September 14. POTA is also a possibility. Watch Twitter for updates. + FN26: September 16-18, 2021 VE3KY will be returning for a three day holiday style operation and will operate both linear and FM birds, hopefully trying to update operating times and passes on twitter @busman49. + CN70 & CN71: September 16, 2021 CN80 & CN81: September 17, 2021 CN90 & CN91: September 18, 2021 DN00 & DN01: September 19, 2021 DN10 & DN11: September 20, 2021 DN20 & DN21: September 21, 2021 DN02 & DN03: September 22, 2021 DN12 & DN13: September 23, 2021 WL7T is on the road again! Watch Twitter for updates at https://twitter.com/WL7T_ [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events + RRRA Hamfest & ARRL Dakota Division Convention Saturday, September 25, 2021 RRV Fairgrounds Hartl AG Building 1805 Main Ave West West Fargo, ND 58078 https://rrra.org/cal/2021/09/25/rrra-hamfest-arrl-dakota-division-convention + 2021 Wyoming ARRL Section Convention Saturday, October 9, 2021 Event Center at Archer 3921 Archer Pkwy Cheyenne, Wyoming 82007 https://wyhamcon.org/site + 39th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting October 29-31, 2021 Online [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + AmazonSmile reports that a $384.06 donation was issued to AMSAT thanks to shopping activities of AMSAT members between April 1 and June 30, 2021. Thank you shoppers! [ANS thanks AmazonSmile for the above information.] + On September 2, 2021, Open Research Institute (ORI) received an advisory opinion from US Commerce Department BIS. The letter confirmed that posting information on the internet so that it is available to the public means that open source amateur satellite communications work is not subject to the Export Administration Regulation (EAR). Prior work by ORI established that open source amateur satellite communications work was free of International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). [ANS thanks ORI for the above information.] + Cosmonauts found "superficial fissures" in the aging Zarya module of the International Space Station, and worry that they will expand over time. Vladimir Solovyov, a Russian space program chief engineer, also pointed out that "at least 80 percent of in-flight systems on the Russian segment of the ISS have passed their expiration date." [ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above information.] + Charlie, EI8JB, will be active as EJ8JB from Bere Island which is located off the coast of West Cork between September 16-19th. He states, "Amateurs have authorization from our regulator to use the 'EJ' prefix once operating from one of the offshore Coastal Islands of Ireland." Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB and some Digital modes (PSK/RTTY) as well as possibly FM Satellite. QSL via LoTW (Preferred), and by the Bureau and ClubLog's OQRS. [ANS thanks the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin for the above information.) + At the AMSAT-DL General Meeting on August 28, 2021 in Bochum, the members elected the new Board of Directors for the next regular term of 2 years. Peter GÃ¼lzow DB2OS was again appointed in his function as 1st Chairman unanimously re-elected. Likewise, Thilo Elsner DJ5YM has now been appointed to the position of 2nd Chairman unanimously re-elected. Dr. Charly Eichhorn DK3ZL completes the executive committee as new 3rd Chairman and Treasurer, he too was unanimously elected. [ANS thanks AMSAT-DL 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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W2T special event
by Michael Sartoretti 11 Sep '21

11 Sep '21

We will be on the satellites today 9/11/2021. As W2T special event for 20 years never forget 9/11. After the event visit qrz to receive a downloadable certificate. Try to work us Check the DX cluster for other bands and modes. Mike Kc2syf Sent from my iPad

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ARISS News Release No. 21-48
by David Jordan 11 Sep '21

11 Sep '21

ARISS News Release No. 21-48 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on theInternational Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals New Proposal Window is October 1st, 2021 to November 24th, 2021 Sept.11, 2021 --- The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions andorganizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radiocontact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. Crew scheduling andISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radiocontact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw largenumbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developededucation plan. Thedeadline to submit a proposal is November 24th, 2021. Proposalinformation and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and theproposal form can be found at https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/.An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 7th,2021 at 8 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2021.eventbrite.com The Opportunity Crewmembers aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduledAmateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes inlength and allow students to interact with the astronauts through aquestion-and-answer session. AnARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radiobetween astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms andcommunities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learnfirsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and tolearn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have anopportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, andradio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity ofscheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrateflexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. AmateurRadio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and spaceagencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizationswith this opportunity. The ham radio organizations’ volunteer efforts providethe equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew onthe ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio. Pleasedirect any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. ARISS– Celebrating 20 Years of Amateur Radio Continuous Operations on the ISS 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, and NASA’s Space communications and Navigationprogram. The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science,technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS does this byorganizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard theISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators,parents, and communities take part in hands-on learning activities tied tospace, space technologies, and amateur 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.

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firefly rocket #1
by Robert Coppock 11 Sep '21

11 Sep '21

i need to aask why they would put all that payload on an untested first time rocket ? were the customers (free apparently) aware of the fact that it was rocket #1 ? what was the urgency ? not trying to ruffle feathers, but this makes no sense.

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Sat demos Sunday September 12th
by John Brier 10 Sep '21

10 Sep '21

Hi folks, I'm doing some demos from FM05 in Raleigh on Sunday. Not a part of an event, just some locals who wanted to see some sat work. Please listen for or call KG4AKV and maybe say your state/province/city/etc. if there is time. CAS-4A @ 18:44z CAS-4B @ 19:05z SO-50 @ 19:18z (might skip or cut out halfway through for PO-101...) PO-101 @ 19:24z Possibly RS-44 @ 19:46z For the linear birds I'll try to be ~5 KHz below the top of the passband. If you want to join and Lake Crabtree is convenient for you, email me off list and I'll give you the exact location and meeting time. 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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ANS-253 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin: AMSAT 2021 Symposium and Annual Meeting Changes to Virtual Event
by n1uw＠gokarns.com 10 Sep '21

10 Sep '21

AMSAT 2021 Symposium and Annual Meeting Changes to Virtual Event Due to the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, AMSAT has announced that its 39th Space Symposium scheduled for October 29-31, 2021 will now take place as a virtual event. The Symposium was originally planned to be held at the Crowne Plaza AiRE hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota. AMSAT President, Robert Bankston, KE4AL, explained, "Our membership has voiced its concern over the continued presence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the risks associated with long distance travel and attendance at large group gatherings. In the interest of everyone's comfort and safety, we have made the difficult decision to return to a virtual meeting platform. If there is any good news in this, we know that last year's virtual Symposium event was well received and that we have the opportunity to repeat its success this year." The dates for the virtual symposium will remain the same as was originally announced. The schedule will be reviewed by Symposium organizers and adjusted as needed to accommodate the virtual setting. Persons who have already registered for the Symposium will automatically receive refunds in the days ahead. Please watch for further announcements as they become available. Questions regarding the Symposium should be addressed to info at amsat dot com. [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.]

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UVSQ-SAT FM repeater ON September 12 : from 12h UTC to 23H UTC
by christophe.mcr 10 Sep '21

10 Sep '21

Dear The LATMOS team has programmed the UVSQ-SAT satellite to go into transponder mode on Sunday, September 12, 2021 starting at 12:00 UTC. The transponder will be active during 11 consecutive hours. From September 11th 12:00 UTC, an ASCII message will be broadcast to announce that the transponder mode will be activated. To decode the message, you can use the UVSQ-SAT Decoder software: ApplicationUVSQsatDecoder/src/site/markdown/UserManual.md · 21-ecr-uvsqsat · xtof / JOSAST · GitLab (electrolab.fr) <https://code.electrolab.fr/xtof/josast/-/blob/21-ecr-uvsqsat/ApplicationUVS…> Frequencies used : - Telemetry : - 437.020 MHz - BPSK - GR3UH 9k6 - FM Transponder : - Uplink frequency: 145.905 MHz - Downlink frequency: 437.020 MHz More information on the satellite: UVSQsat (amsat-f.org) <http://amsat-f.org/AMSATLIST/SatellitePage/UK/47438UVSQsat.html> and project : UVSQ-SAT (ipsl.fr) <http://uvsq-sat.projet.latmos.ipsl.fr/> 73's -- *Christophe Mercier* *Président AMSAT-Francophone* *https://www.amsat-f.org <https://www.amsat-f.org>*

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Help receiving GENESIS satellites - launch Friday 3, Sept , 01:00 UTC
by Felix Paez EA4GQS 09 Sep '21

09 Sep '21

Dear friends, After a year waiting, finally this Friday 3 at 01:00 UTC our digital GENESIS satellites will be launched from Vanderberg AFB aboard Firefly's Alpha rocket in its maiden flight. These satellites are ASK (OOK) and CW repeaters. They transmit a lot of telemetry and also 19 different CW greeting messages in english and spanish. We would like to ask you all to please try to receive them as any information about their transmisions would be very valuable for us. These are the first satellites we build by ourselves and we need to learn everything we can of them. Waterfalls, audio USB receptions or IQ files would be very appreciated. Please send them to genesis(a)amsat-ea.org or to ea4gqs(a)amsat-ea.org. We will send you a nice QSL. Initial keplerians are listed below. We expect to provide accurate ones a pair of days after the launch. GENESIS-L 1 99999U 21200E 21246.13531250 .0011565 00000-0 00000-0 0 9990 2 99999 137.094 42.0460 0000473 210.6500 291.0540 15.90200000 16 GENESIS-N 1 99999U 21200E 21246.13531250 .0011565 00000-0 00000-0 0 9990 2 99999 137.094 42.0460 0000473 210.6500 291.0540 15.90200000 16 Frequencies: GENESIS-L 145.875 MHz uplink, Modes: CW, ASK 50 bps 436.875 / 434.203 (aux) MHz downlink CW, ASK 50 bps, callsign AM2SAT GENESIS-N 145.888 MHz uplink, Modes: CW y ASK 50 bps 436.888 / 434.216 (aux) MHz downlink CW ASK 50 bps, callsign AM3SAT Live launch streaming will be held in the channel of EverydayAstronaut in Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6uKrU_WqJ1R2HMTY3LIx5Q More information about this launch can be found here: https://everydayastronaut.com/flta001-dream-alpha/ Current countdown can be found here: https://spacelaunchnow.me/launch/firefly-alpha-maiden-flight/ Full GENESIS transmission descriptions can be found here: https://www.amsat-ea.org/app/download/12293076/AMSAT+EA+-+GENESIS+transmiss… Thanks in advance and regards, Felix EA4GQS - AMSAT EA

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ARISS News Release No. 21-47
by David Jordan 09 Sep '21

09 Sep '21

ARISS News Release No. 21-47 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASARecognizes ARISS Organization September3, 2021— Kathryn Lueders, AssociateAdministrator for Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASAhas posted a statement recognizing Amateur Radio On The International SpaceStation (ARISS) for its accomplishments in promoting STEM initiatives throughamateur radio. ---------------- NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) networksenable #NASA to inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers, andexplorers – even from 350 kilometers above Earth. In addition toconnecting the science community on Earth with the groundbreaking researchstudies and experiments aboard the International Space Station, SCaN enablesthe space station to act as a unique platform for global STEM outreach andeducation efforts. For over 20 years, the Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) program, a non-profit supported by SCaN, has connectedclassrooms on Earth with astronauts aboard the space station, allowing studentsto engage directly with astronauts in real-time. Using ham radio equipmentinstalled on the space station and a ham radio station on the ground, studentsare able to establish a direct radio connection with the space station and askthe crew questions about living in space and what it takes to become anastronaut. In preparation for their ARISS contact, the students explorea variety of #STEM studies, including space exploration, radio communication,and wireless technologies. With tens of thousands of student participants eachyear, the ARISS program plays an important role in inspiring the ArtemisGeneration and encouraging students to pursue STEM careers. Learnmore about the ARISS program and how you can bring space into your classroomhere: www.ariss.org ARISS – Celebrating 20 Years of Continuous Amateur Radio Operations onthe ISS 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, and NASA’s Space communications and Navigationprogram. The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science,technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS does this byorganizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard theISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators,parents, and communities take part in hands-on learning activities tied tospace, space technologies, and amateur 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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A First?
by Bob Liddy (K8BL) 09 Sep '21

09 Sep '21

This might be a First! While doing an RS-44 pass yesterday, a guy came begging me for $$. It was a tall tale of woe and sickness and hunger and need to get home for his Meds, etc. It was all caught on my logging recorder. He was happy with the $5 I gave him (I guess). I played it for my XYL and she said, "What the heck kind of place were you AT???". (A shopping center parking lot!) de Bob K8BL

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EN92/FN02 Results
by Bob Liddy (K8BL) 09 Sep '21

09 Sep '21

Gridders, Wkd list 9/8/21 EN92/FN02: K3BTE,K5DNA,N8AJM,VE1CWJ,KN2K,ND9M,N2SPI,W9TTY,NR1Z,KA3SVK,N2NWK,N8URE,W8MTB,N9HI,KD4QNA,K4PYA,AB0XE,CO8TW,KN4ZAA,N6RFM,K8YSE,VE1VOX,WA2NDV,VE6UM,VE6WQ,KE9AJ,KE8RJU,W5CBF,KS1G,N8RO,KE4IP. (Dupes not shown.) Used SO-50, CAS-4A, XW-2A AO-91, AO-92, CAS-4B, AO-7 and RS-44. LMK if botched/missed. Log as K8BL & in LoTW now. TNX/73, Bob K8BL

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Re: bulletin board - the reply button missing ??
by Roy Dean 08 Sep '21

08 Sep '21

As Robert Coppock must be attempting, I also use the web interface for the BB and there is no longer an option to "reply" to a post. --Roy K3RLD

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-08 17:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 08 Sep '21

08 Sep '21

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-08 17:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: TBD Next mode change is expected to take place in late September 2021. 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: Notre Dame Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School, Kyoto, Japan, direct via 8N3ND, originally scheduled for Sat 2021-09-18 09:26:41 UTC 81 deg (***) 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 2021-09-08 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 2021-08-23 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) 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 congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 154 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 142 Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Gaston ON4WF with 123 **************************************************************************** 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 1465. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1395. 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, 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. 64 on orbit Oleg Novitskiy Pyotr Dubrov Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit Meghan McArthur (Behnken) Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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EN92/FN02
by Bob Liddy (K8BL) 08 Sep '21

08 Sep '21

Gridders, Wed. 9/8 I'll be doing EN92/FN02 Line. My sked has me in the area 1400-2100Z on various Linear/FM Sats. If I run out of takers early, FN01 is close enough to run over to. I'll give as much notice as I can. 73, Bob K8BL

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-08 01:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 08 Sep '21

08 Sep '21

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-08 01:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Notre Dame Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School, Kyoto, Japan, direct via 8N3ND 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 astronaut is Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Contact is go for: Sat 2021-09-18 09:26:41 UTC 81 deg Watch for livestream at https://youtu.be/9q7szmwEz4o (***) Next mode change is expected to take place in late September 2021. 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 2021-09-08 01:30 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 2021-08-23 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) 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 congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 154 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 142 Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Gaston ON4WF with 123 **************************************************************************** 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 1465. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1395. 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, 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. 64 on orbit Oleg Novitskiy Pyotr Dubrov Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit Meghan McArthur (Behnken) Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ARISS papers for AMSAT Symposium?
by Daniel Schultz 07 Sep '21

07 Sep '21

We still have prime openings on the AMSAT Space Symposium speaker schedule in late October. Please let me know if you are considering doing an ARISS paper and presentation for AMSAT. An update on the Lunar Gateway project would be of great interest to the Symposium. 73, Dan Schultz N8FGV

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-07 15:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 07 Sep '21

07 Sep '21

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-09-07 15:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Notre Dame Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School, Kyoto, Japan, direct via 8N3ND 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 astronaut is Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI (***) Contact is go for: Sat 2021-09-18 09:26:41 UTC 81 deg (***) Watch for livestream at https://youtu.be/4uL-kHi1Bsw Next mode change is expected to take place in late September 2021. (***) 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 2021-09-07 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 2021-08-23 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) 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 congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 154 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 142 Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Gaston ON4WF with 123 **************************************************************************** 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 1465. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1395. 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, 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. 64 on orbit Oleg Novitskiy Pyotr Dubrov Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit Meghan McArthur (Behnken) Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Re: Help receiving GENESIS satellites - (and Apollo)
by Daniel Schultz 06 Sep '21

06 Sep '21

The most amazing thing about Apollo 13 is the fact that NASA analyzed and fixed the problem and launched Apollo 14 only nine months later. They did this using only telemetry records and paperwork since the failed hardware burned up on reentry. The shows a can-do spirit, the lesson being to pull yourself together after a failure and try again. Dan N8FGV ------ Original Message ------ Received: Sun, 05 Sep 2021 01:55:25 PM EDT From: Jean Marc Momple <jean.marc.momple(a)gmail.com> To: Robert Bruninga <bruninga(a)usna.edu>Cc: saguaroastro <saguaroastro(a)cox.net>, Felix Paez EA4GQS <ea4gqs(a)gmail.com>, AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Help receiving GENESIS satellites - (and Apollo) > Bob, > > The Apollo 13 story has been a greet lesson for me, basically how to to make the best when all goes wrong and I used this example many times in my professional life to demonstrate how to cope in crisis situation. Leadership and down to earth logical solutions. But most important in these case of crisis is have a strong leadership and a captain on board. > > About failures and learning from same I guess the SpaceX/Elon Musk experiences these days speaks more that any other ones. > > My one cent additional input. > > 73 > > > Jean Marc (3B8DU) > > > On Sep 5, 2021, at 9:39 PM, Robert Bruninga <bruninga(a)usna.edu> wrote: > > > > I'm reading the book "Failure is not an option" about the history of the > > Mission Command Center and all the flight controllers for NASA. > > Wow is it great reading. > > > > Author is Gene Kranz, the flight controller for Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo > > as well as Apollo-13 > > > > And YES, it is all about learning from the past to be ready for the next one. > > > > Bob, WB4APR

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bulletin board - the reply button missing ??
by Robert Coppock 06 Sep '21

06 Sep '21

i do not see any way to reply or post on the amsat bb. i can login and put a "like" on a post. can anybody explain what world i am in now please ? all the time travel i am doing lately is making me dizzy, opening boxes from 2005.............and the party is not even over yet. seven three -K -F o -G cm88pk

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SatPC32 Sort question
by Mark Johns, K0JM 05 Sep '21

05 Sep '21

I know that this has been answered before, but my old brain can't recall the answer: I sort satellites to a particular order in SatPC32 and that order holds on restart of the program, but the next time I reboot or start the computer they have all reverted to the old order. I can't get them to stay put. If I recall, there is a file somewhere that I need to delete so that SatPC32 will re-create it. I just can't recall what file that is. Any help out there??? -- 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

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ANS-248 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Paul Stoetzer 05 Sep '21

05 Sep '21

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-248 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: * AMSAT-EA's GENESIS Satellites Lost in Firefly Alpha Launch Failure * MESAT1 Submitted for IARU Coordination * AO-7 to Enter Full Sunlight Period * Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASA Recognizes ARISS Organization * VUCC Awards-Endorsements for September 1, 2021 * Call for Papers for the AMSAT Space Symposium * Registration Open for AMSAT Space Symposium * Voting Period for 2021 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Closes September 15th * ARISS News * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events * Satellite Shorts From All Over ANS-248 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins To: All RADIO AMATEURS From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation 712 H Street NE, Suite 1653 Washington, DC 20002 DATE 2021 Sep 05 AMSAT-EA's GENESIS Satellites Lost in Firefly Alpha Launch Failure Firefly's first launch attempt for their Firefly Alpha rocket ended approximately 2.5 minutes after liftoff on Thursday evening when an anomaly resulted in the loss of the vehicle. Among the payloads lost were AMSAT-EA's GENESIS-L and GENESIS-N amateur radio satellites. Felix Paez, EA4GQS, from AMSAT-EA said "we are very proud of all the team work and very grateful for this opportunity Firefly has granted to us." He added, "in January we will launch with SpaceX through Alba Orbital, our FM repeaters Hades and EASAT-2. We will keep you posted." Other payloads lost on the mission are listed at https://firefly.com/firefly-aerospace-announces-dream-payload-participants/ [ANS thanks for Felix Paez, EA4GQS, and Firefly for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Join the 2021 President's Club! Score your 2" 4-Color Accent Commemorative Coin. This gold finished coin comes with Full Color Certificate and Embroidered "Remove Before Flight" Key Tag Donate today at https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/ You won't want to miss it! +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ MESAT1 Submitted for IARU Coordination The University of Maine's WiSe-Net Lab has applied for IARU coordination for their 3U CubeSat, MESAT1. MESAT1 will carry an LTM-1 transponder, provided by AMSAT, that will serve as a linear transponder for amateur radio operators to use for recreation and practice in addition to supporting telemetry and command with the satellite systems. This operation will provide education and training in the radio arts for students at the University of Maine, as they monitor onboard systems and receive telemetry and data from the onboard sensors, including remote sensors. MESAT1 also provides an opportunity for AMSAT to further characterize and test the capabilities of the LTM-1 in orbit, and to gain more flight heritage for the device. The LTM-1 is a 30 kHz wide V/u linear transponder with a 1k2 BPSK beacon. MESAT1 will also carry an L-band GlobalStar transmitter with a carrier frequency of 1616.25 MHz. This will be used along with the onboard GPS receiver, to provide back to the team early mission TLEs. These will be published on our website as well as on Space Track, to allow our ground station as well as hams worldwide to accurately point antennas and access the LTM-1. MESAT1 is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in June 2022 into a 555 km SSO. More information is available at https://umaine.edu/wisenetlab/mesat1/ [ANS thanks the IARU for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AO-7 to Enter Full Sunlight Period AO-7 will enter a period of full illumination on September 9, 2021. This full illumination period will last until April 11, 2022. While in full illumination, the satellite's 24 hour timer will automatically switch between operation in Mode A (145 MHz uplink / 29 MHz downlink) and Mode B (432 MHz uplink / 145 MHz downlink). The Mode A transponder uses a 145.850 - 145.950 MHz uplink and a 29.400 - 29.500 MHz downlink. Unlike the Mode B transponder, the Mode A transponder is non-inverting. QSOs have been made using small portable 10m antennas for the downlink, but a full size dipole or directional antenna works best. [ANS thanks AMSAT 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/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASA Recognizes ARISS Organization Kathryn Lueders, Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASA has posted a statement recognizing Amateur Radio On The International Space Station (ARISS) for its accomplishments in promoting STEM initiatives through amateur radio: NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) networks enable #NASA to inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers, and explorers – even from 350 kilometers above Earth. In addition to connecting the science community on Earth with the groundbreaking research studies and experiments aboard the International Space Station, SCaN enables the space station to act as a unique platform for global STEM outreach and education efforts. For over 20 years, the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program, a non-profit supported by SCaN, has connected classrooms on Earth with astronauts aboard the space station, allowing students to engage directly with astronauts in real-time. Using ham radio equipment installed on the space station and a ham radio station on the ground, students are able to establish a direct radio connection with the space station and ask the crew questions about living in space and what it takes to become an astronaut. In preparation for their ARISS contact, the students explore a variety of #STEM studies, including space exploration, radio communication, and wireless technologies. With tens of thousands of student participants each year, the ARISS program plays an important role in inspiring the Artemis Generation and encouraging students to pursue STEM careers. Learn more about the ARISS program and how you can bring space into your classroom here: www.ariss.org [ANS thanks Dave Jordan, AA4KN, ARISS PR, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- VUCC Awards-Endorsements for September 1, 2021 Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period August 1, 2021 through September 1, 2021. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! Congratulations to Dave Chasey N9FN on achieving the AMSAT GridMaster Award. CALL August September N8RO 1100 1105 WI7P 858 859 AA8CH 750 775 K9UO 653 675 WD9EWK 655 667 (DM43) KE8FZT 500 550 KB9STR 431 508 KS1G 451 484 W8LR 453 479 AK8CW 451 456 (DM37) HP2VX 406 425 VE4MM 350 361 KN2K 300 350 EA2AA 300 346 K5ZM 277 326 K8BL 278 283 KC1MMC 150 230 RA3DNC 156 200 VE3KY 150 182 N2NWK New 173 KD9NGV 100 151 KE7RTB 100 150 W5ERX New 133 DL6GBM 100 114 VY2HF New 103 AA8CH 101 102 (EN84) CM2ESP New 101 JK2XXK New 100 LA9XGA New 100 WA5RR New 100 If you find errors or omissions. please contact me off-list at <mycall>@<mycall>.com and I'll revise the announcement. This list was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings for the two months. It's a visual comparison so omissions are possible. Apologies if your call was not mentioned. Thanks to all those who are roving to grids that are rarely on the birds. They are doing a lot of the work! [ANS thanks Ron Parsons, W5RKN, for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT's GOLF Program is about getting back to higher orbits, and it all begins with GOLF-TEE – a technology demonstrator for deployable solar panels, propulsion, and attitude control, now manifested for launch on NASA's ELaNa 46 mission. Come along for the ride. The journey will be worth it! https://tinyurl.com/ANS-GOLF +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Call for Papers for the AMSAT Space Symposium Proceedings This is the first call for papers for the 39th AMSAT Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of October 29-31, 2021 at the Crowne Plaza AiRE hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota. Proposals for symposium 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 18 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, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration Open for AMSAT Space Symposium The 39th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting will be held Friday through Sunday, October 29-31, 2021, at the Crowne Plaza AiRE in Bloomington, Minnesota. Registration is now open for the event at https://launch.amsat.org/Events Student registrations are available at $40, and General registration is at $75. Registration for the Saturday evening Symposium Banquet is an additional $55. Full details are available at the registration website. The Crowne Plaza AiRE is located at 3 Appletree Square, Bloomington, MN 55245, adjacent to the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and only steps away from the METRO Blue Line’s American Blvd. stop. Nearby shopping and tourist attractions include Mall of America, SEA LIFE at Mall of America, Nickelodeon Universe, and the Minnesota Zoo. The Symposium includes presentations, exhibit space, and the AMSAT Annual General Meeting. The preliminary schedule is presented at https://launch.amsat.org/event-4414716 The AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting will be held before the Symposium, October 28-29, at the same hotel. Those attending may make hotel reservations by calling the hotel directly at (952) 854-9000 or (877) 424-4188 (toll free). The group name is Amateur Satellite Group. Platinum and Titanium members of the AMSAT President's Club receive free admission to the Symposium and receive a complimentary lunch with the President on Saturday afternoon. Please email members(a)amsat.org to arrange registration. Presenters are invited to participate at the Symposium and/or submit a paper to the Symposium Proceedings. Read the Call for Papers at https://www.amsat.org/2021-amsat-symposium-proceedings-call-for-papers/ for more information. [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Voting Period for 2021 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Closes September 15th The nomination period for the 2021 Board of Directors Election ended on June 15, 2021. The following candidates have been duly nominated and their candidate statements can be found at link that follows: Joseph Armbruster, KJ4JIO Robert Bankston, KE4AL Jerry Buxton, N0JY Zach Metzinger, N0ZGO In accordance with our Bylaws, AMSAT must hold an election, even though we have four nominations for four open Director positions. As such, we will host electronic voting on our Member Portal this year, at no cost to the organization. Voting is now open and will close on September 15, 2021. When members click on the poll link, they will see their ballot (poll question). After choosing from the possible options, click the Submit button to cast your vote. Unlike many online polls, the results of all votes cast, up to the point of your vote, will not be displayed. AMSAT members can only vote once. If you click the poll link again after already voting, a vote submitted message will be displayed. As four seats on the Board of Directors are up for election this year, all four candidates will be seated on the Board when the voting period concludes on September 15, 2021. To read candidate biographies visit: https://launch.amsat.org/2021-BoD-Election AMSAT members may access their ballots at: https://launch.amsat.org/Sys/Poll/25943 [ANS thanks Jeff Davis, KE9V, AMSAT Secretary, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News The next scheduled ARISS contact is TBD. 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. Columbus Module radios: IORS (Kenwood D710GA) – STATUS - Configured. Supporting cross band repeater (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} & 437.800 MHz down). Next mode change is to packet operation (145.825 MHz up & down) in late September. Power down for upcoming RS EVA on Sep. 09. Power down for upcoming US EVA on Sep. 12. Supporting USOS scheduled voice contacts, packet and voice repeater ops. Service Module radios: Kenwood D710E – STATUS - Radio usually off. Power down for upcoming RS EVA on Sep. 09. Power down for upcoming US EVA on Sep. 12. Supporting ROS scheduled voice contacts and SSTV. 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 VE7KPM: CN78, 3-6 September – the 4th & 5th being the big operating days. Might be on the night of the 3rd, and bit on the morning of the 6th. VE3KY will be returning to FN26 for a three day holiday style operation on Sept 16, 17 and 18. I will operate both linear and FM birds and will hopefully try to update operating times and passes on twitter @busman49. K8BL: I’ll be going back to FN01, 02 & EN92 soon. Looking to do FN14 this Fall. VE1VOX: I’ll be operating holiday style Sept 4,5,6 from FN63, FN64. FM only using VE1VOX.. W2, UNITED STATES (Special Event/We Will Never Forget). Members of the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club (GSBARC)[W2GSB] and the Northeast Wireless Radio Club [NW2C] will activate the special event callsign W2T from Fort Totten Park (Army Base) Queens, NY, on September 11th, between 10 am EST to 8 pm EST. Activity is to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center. Operations will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB, satellites and the Digital modes. Please visit the QRZ.com W2T page after the event to get a downloadable certificate only. TI200, COSTA RICA (Special Event). Members of the Radio Club of Costa Rica (TI0RC) will be active as TI200I from San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica, between September 1-30th. Activity is to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Independence of Costa Rica. Operators mentioned are Carlos/ TI2CC, Gus/TI2ALF, Carlos/TI2BSH, Eugenio/TI2CCC, Charlie/TI5CDA, Luis/TI2CLX, Gregory/TI2GBB, Hugo/TI2HAS, Javier/TI2JS, Rob/TI3RCS, Eduardo/TI2SD, Victor/TI2VVV, Alfonso/TI3ATS, Jon/TI5JON, Juan "JC"/TI5VMJ, Kamal/N3KS/TI5, Adrian/TI2LCO, Juan/TI2JCY, Francisco/TI2OKY and Minor/ TI2YO. Activity will be on all HF bands using CW, SSB, FT8, RTTY, PSK31 and the Satellites. QSL via LoTW. For QSL and certificate info: ti200i(a)ti0rc.org [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, and the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1529 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. Northeast HamXposition - Sep 10-12, 2021, Marlborough, MA https://hamxposition.org/ AMSAT will have a booth at the event. Additionally, the following forums on Saturday will be of interest to AMSAT members and those interested in amateur satellites. AMSAT and Satellite Status Forum Burns Fisher, WB1FJ Burns’ presentation will talk about what is currently going on with AMSAT, including the new on-line membership portal and on-line distribution of The AMSAT Journal, as well as the current state of AMSAT satellites and new satellites that we are working on. Time: 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM Room: Princess Room Getting Started With Amateur Satellites Robert Hayes, KB1SWZ Bob will share tips for the beginner to get started with the “easy” FM satellites. Time: 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM Room: Princess Room An ISS Crew Contact: Planning, Execution & Learnings Along the Way Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC Prepare to blast off for an Amateur Radio experience of a lifetime! The ARISS program provides a way that Amateur Radio operators can work with schools and youth groups to talk to an astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS) using Amateur Radio. Fred will share all the steps needed to secure, prepare for and perform an ISS contact along with a school or youth group. Topics covered include proposal development to secure a contact, education planning around Amateur Radio and other STEM activities, and preparing and testing an Amateur Radio Ground Station to communicate with the ISS. The talk includes video from actual ISS contacts made between schools and astronauts on the ISS. Time: 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM Room: Salon A AMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford, K6LCS, has online Zoom presentations scheduled in coming weeks with amateur groups in New Jersey Central New Hampshire North Carolina Conejo Valley CA Sonoma County CA Massachusetts Antelope Valley CA Contact Clint to arrange other events: Clint Bradford K6LCS, AMSAT Ambassador; ARRL instructor http://www.work-sat.com Email: clintbradford AT mac DOT com (909) 999-SATS (7287) - voicemail/message [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 + Hiroyuki Ishida, 7N1PFW, has received the 57th 73 on 73 Award. He completed the requirements for the award exclusively using CW. This award is issued for working 73 unique stations on AO-73 since September 1, 2014. To apply, send a list of your stations worked to n8hm at arrl.net (Thanks to Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, 73 on 73 Award Sponsor) + JARL has released the FO-29 operation schedule for September. It can be found at https://www.jarl.org/Japanese/3_Fuji/fuji3-202108.htm + JAMSAT has released the FO-99 operation scehdule for September. It can be found at https://www.jamsat.or.jp/?p=1605 + JAXA will launch its Epsilon rocket for the 5th time on October 1st. JA1OGZ has posted a summary of the satellites with amateur payloads on the launch at https://twitter.com/ja1ogz/status/1433236305970794499 + Congratulations to Dave Chasey, N9FN, on receiving the 33rd AMSAT GridMaster Award. The GridMaster Award is issued to amateurs who work and confirm QSOs via satellite with all 488 grid squares in the continental United States. More information at https://www.amsat.org/gridmaster/ (Thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director of Contests and Awards) + An acrylic GridMaster desk plaque is now available on the AMSAT store for GridMaster Award recipients. https://www.amsat.org/product/amsat-gridmaster-acrylic-desk-plaque/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Firefly lost
by Bruce Perens 03 Sep '21

03 Sep '21

The firefly booster was lost, along with the Genesis satellites and Michael Bretti's electric thrusters. Sorry. Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP - Board Partner, OSS Capital LLC Venture Capital - CEO, undisclosed startup

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EN92/FN02
by Bob Liddy (K8BL) 03 Sep '21

03 Sep '21

Gridders, I plan to do EN92/FN02 on 9/8. Whatever is passing in view 1300-2300Z could find me holiday style. 73, Bob K8BL

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-08-30 20:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 02 Sep '21

02 Sep '21

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-08-30 20:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: TBD Next mode change is expected to take place in late August 2021. 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: Hino Elementary School & Canna Project-Canna School Contact Team, Suzaka, Japan, direct via TBD (***) Cancelled: Hospital School Program in partnership with Seacrest Studios at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, direct via TBD with telebridge backup (***) **************************************************************************************************************************************** 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 2021-09-02 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 2021-08-23 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) 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 congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 154 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 142 Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Gaston ON4WF with 123 **************************************************************************** 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 1465. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1395. 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, 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. 64 on orbit Oleg Novitskiy Pyotr Dubrov Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit Meghan McArthur (Behnken) Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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FT4 and CW on RS-44
by john＠papays.com 01 Sep '21

01 Sep '21

FT4 activity on RS-44 has been increasing. FT4 can be heard just about everywhere in the passband and this can create problems for SSB and CW users. I have heard FT4 around 435668, 64x,639 and 620. The HF bands are divided into mode segments so CW,SSB and Digital are not in the same areas. On RS-44 there are no segments so it is all modes everywhere. Several days ago I listened to WB9YIG trying to work N1DM around 435639, but every time N1DM would give his callsign a FT4 signal would be on top of him. They finally gave up. I doubt if it was intentional. The FT4 computer was just doing what it was programmed to do. The operator may have not even been listening (not a good idea on sats). Also keep in mind that a FT4 signal is key down continuous carrier, much more demanding on satellite power than SSB or to some extent CW. The beauty of FT4 is supposed to be that you don't need a strong signal to decode, so flea power should work well. It would be good if all the FT4 operations would move to one area on the transponder. I suggest 435610-435620 because it is the least used area. The top end has become very crowded lately due to some rovers operating in that area. This has encouraged others to operate there as well. Maybe some others have a better suggestion. FT4 is not the only issue on RS-44. CW activity has been increasing as well. CW and SSB can co-exist, however, CW ops cannot be using CW filters and expect not to interfere with SSB stations. Again we don't have a CW segment so using CW filters are not going to be appropriate. Please use a SSB RX filter when operating CW and make sure you don't hear SSB in your passband before starting up. Same for SSB stations. Don't start up if you hear CW in your passband. Just move to a clear spot. If you are not computer conrtolled for doppler, you are going to be moving in the passband. And you are likely going to slide into another QSO, especially now that RS-44 activity has increased. Please try to keep your position in the passband stable. If your radio can be computer controlled, please take advantage of that so that you don't move. You never have to send dits, whistle or blow into the mic when you are computer controlled. And you won't be transmitting on top of somebody. Just my opinion of course. 73, John K8YSE

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VUCC Awards-Endorsements for September 1,2021
by Ronald Parsons 01 Sep '21

01 Sep '21

Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period August 1, 2021 through September 1, 2021. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! Congratulations to Dave Chasey N9FN on achieving the AMSAT GridMaster CALL August September N8RO 1100 1105 WI7P 858 859 AA8CH 750 775 K9UO 653 675 WD9EWK (DM43) 655 667 KE8FZT 500 550 KB9STR 431 508 KS1G 451 484 W8LR 453 479 AK8CW DM37 451 456 HP2VX 406 425 VE4MM 350 361 KN2K 300 350 EA2AA 300 346 K5ZM 277 326 K8BL 278 283 KC1MMC 150 230 RA3DNC 156 200 VE3KY 150 182 N2NWK New 173 KD9NGV 100 151 KE7RTB 100 150 W5ERX New 133 DL6GBM 100 114 VY2HF New 103 AA8CH (EN84) 101 102 CM2ESP New 101 JK2XXK New 100 LA9XGA New 100 WA5RR New 100 If you find errors or omissions. please contact me off-list at <mycall>@<mycall>.com and I'll revise the announcement. This list was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings for the two months. It's a visual comparison so omissions are possible. Apologies if your call was not mentioned. Thanks to all those who are roving to grids that are rarely on the birds. They are doing a lot of the work! Ron W5RKN

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MIR-SAT 1 Silver Awards
by Jean Marc Momple 01 Sep '21

01 Sep '21

Dear All, FYI The following ground stations received the Mauritius Amateur Radio Society (MARS) Silver Awards: 1) 3B8GF 2) IK7HTB 3) ZR6AIC 4) EA4SG 5) JKC3B8, John Kennedy College the 3rd educational organization in Mauritius to receive a MARS award. 6) PHRSSS, Professor Hassan Rafa State Secondary School the 4th educational organization in Mauritius to receive same, they were the second school to receive the signals of our bird but had to issues to upload the telemetry to Satnogs, they succeeded now. see: https://mars3b8.wordpress.com/news/ <https://mars3b8.wordpress.com/news/> It is worth noting that other teams, about 16 more, from other educational organizations are putting up their ground stations in Mauritius, this fully in line with AMSAT Ambassador program, the MIR-SAT 1 and MARS objectives to promote STEM and HAM radio. Hopefully this will inspire many students to take their radio amateur license and become active members of the community in future. Also, there are still 16 Silver Awards and 40 Bronze Awards to be issued to recognize the achievement of ground stations receiving MIR-SAT 1 and forwarding telemetry to Satnogs. The application form at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdCAAKTMtTmARDwrjIE_Coai1WR9b2zUFj… <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdCAAKTMtTmARDwrjIE_Coai1WR9b2zUFj…> must be filed to receive the Awards. Thanks to all uploading telemetry of MIR-SAT 1 to Satnogs which is quite useful. The satellite is still under testing and commissioning phase. The operation team still busy with a few issues with both the command ground station and the satellite, minor items but just taking more time than expected initially. 73 Jean Marc (3B8DU)

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Falconsat-3 Status?
by Mark Jessop 01 Sep '21

01 Sep '21

Hi all, Just wondering what the status of FalconSat-3 is? I've had a number of passes recently (both daytime and night-time) with no signal observed. On a related note - are there any other satellites that can be commanded/repeated with a 9600 baud FSK uplink? I'm looking for something that can be used to test a new 9600 baud AX.25 FSK/G3RUH transmitter system. 73 Mark VK5QI

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opportunity
by Nick Pugh 31 Aug '21

31 Aug '21

Hello AMSAT-ers The satellite team at the University of Louisiana is looking for a high school or college in Arkansas an opportunity to launch a thin sat on our next launch. The sat team can provide the satellite bus to include a space frame, solar panels, radio, and Arduino micro controller. If you have an interest, please contact me off list and we can start a discussion. Nick pugh ars k5qxj

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[AMSAT BB] Recommendations for Transceiver & SDR
by Frederick Herrmann 31 Aug '21

31 Aug '21

Aloha! Our team is planning a ground station. We plan on purchasing the M2 LEO Pack ( https://www.amsat.org/product/m2-leo-pack-antenna-system/ ). We would like recommendations for a good transceiver. Also for a good SDR. (We have so far been using $15 dongles.) Mahalo for all your help! Frederick Herrmann Makua Lani Christian Academy Kailua-Kona Hawaii

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-08-30 20:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 30 Aug '21

30 Aug '21

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-08-30 20:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: TBD Next mode change is expected to take place in late August 2021. 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: Hino Elementary School & Canna Project-Canna School Contact Team, Suzaka, Japan, direct via TBD (***) Cancelled: Hospital School Program in partnership with Seacrest Studios at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, direct via TBD with telebridge backup (***) **************************************************************************************************************************************** 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 2021-08-30 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 2021-08-23 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) 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 congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 154 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 142 Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Gaston ON4WF with 123 **************************************************************************** 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 1465. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1395. 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, 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. 64 on orbit Oleg Novitskiy Pyotr Dubrov Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit Meghan McArthur (Behnken) Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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