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K7ZOO roving photo from norther Arizona DM46fx
by Curt Laumann 05 Oct '20

05 Oct '20

Hi All, This past weekend I had a chance to rove in two grids, DM36 and DM46. I struggled to get into any FM birds (only one QSO), but easily made many contacts through transponder satellites, using both SSB and CW. This was my first opporunity to really wring out two recently completed LIndeblad antennas. Overall I'm pretty pleased with their performance. At times I had to back down the power of my IC-910H to 5 watts to match the beacon signal strength. Of course a pair of circularly polarized yagi's will have more gain, but for portable operations the pair of Lindy's does great. At the link below you can see my setup, including the brand new tire on my right rear wheel :) See you on the air, Curt / K7ZOO https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YJ6QpQKl1FJGIZ7DdiwLy9sdpWZOSdOE/view?usp=…

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Happy 27th Birthday, AO-27
by Stephan Greene 05 Oct '20

05 Oct '20

Happy 27th birthday to AMRAD-Oscar 27, still alive and operating today! For an amateur radio satellite operator in the early 1990s, working on a satellite project based on the AMSAT Microsat design was a dream job! The hams on the team (including Dino Lorenzini, Mark Kanawati, Steve Greene and Mike Wyrick) couldn't help but include an amateur radio payload, and were successful with the help of fellow amateurs and the local Vienna, Virginia Amateur Research and Development (AMRAD) group: Paul Renaldo, Andre Castillot, Dave Rogers, Glenn Baumgartner, Sandy Sanders, Matt Butcher, Randy Mays, and Terry Fox, and with help from AMSAT’s Lyle Johnson, Chuck Green, and Jim White, among many others. EYESAT-1/AO-27 launched (with the amateur payload and an extra UHF antenna for the downlink) at 0145 UTC September 26, 1993. [Ariane-4 V59 also launched amateur satellites KO-25, IO-26, and PO-28, SSTL’s Healthsat-2, the Stella research satellite, and the Spot-3 earth observation satellite.] The satellite was commanded on during the next orbit and the first QSO on the amateur payload was made the following morning on September 27, 1993. (We think – does anyone have an archive of amsat-bb emails from 1993 who can check?) AO-27 was the first FM “bent pipe” satellite and proved to be easy to work with a strong downlink and sensitive receiver. The amateur FM repeater has served many Hams worldwide and was one of the first “Easy Sats”. AO-27 was later used for the first successful D-Star mode satellite QSO. The 800km orbit provides continent-spanning coverage. At least one station is known to have worked 49 states solely via AO-27! And here we are today, the 27th of September, 2020, celebrating the 27th birthday of AO-27! Thanks to Mike Wyrick N3UC who babysat the spacecraft for the last 27 years. And thanks to all those who helped. There are many untold stories and photos we hope to share in the near future. Current information on AO-27’s operating schedule is at www.ao27.net 73 Mark, Mike, Steve (N4TPY, N3UC, KS1G)

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...after 40 years.... Finally Found Myself Back On AO-7 !!!!!!
by Curt Laumann 04 Oct '20

04 Oct '20

Unreal. I last heard myself on AO-7 over 40 years ago (using an OSCARLocator), and finally heard my sigs again this afternoon. It looks like the uplink freq shifted about 2.1 KHz, and there's a bit of chirp, but I look forward to making an actual QSO through this piece of history !!!! de K7ZOO

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K7ZOO at DM46fx now thru 0300Z
by Curt Laumann 04 Oct '20

04 Oct '20

Working: CAS4A CAS4B XW series AO73 Hope to catch you OTA :) Curt

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Did anyone archive Clive's UO-11 website? Or, do you have any of the .zip files?
by Douglas Quagliana 04 Oct '20

04 Oct '20

Friends, Clive Wallis, G3CWV, used to maintain a website with lots of UO-11 information, recordings and telemetry. Unfortunately, he became a silent key in 2015. I recently tried to go to Clive's UO-11 website, http://g3cwv.co.uk/oscar11.htm, and discovered that is no longer on the web. I tried the Internet Archive's Wayback machine and found that they had archived most of the HTML pages, but not the zip files with the telemetry and recordings. Did anyone make an archive or a copy of Clive's website? Or, did you ever download and save any of the .zip files with the audio recordings or telemetry? If so, I would like to get copies of the .zip files with the recordings and telemetry. 73, Douglas KA2UPW/5

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ANS-278 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Paul Stoetzer 04 Oct '20

04 Oct '20

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-278 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation 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 commun- icating 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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans In this edition: * Virtual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting - October 17 * AMSAT-UK Colloquium Online - October 11 * ARISS Worldwide SSTV Event - October 4-8 * Happy 27th Birthday, AMRAD-OSCAR 27 * FCC Deletes 3.4 GHz Amateur Satellite Service Allocation * Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite Launches Delayed * VUCC Awards-Endorsements for October 2020 * Message to US Educators: ARISS Contact Opportunity - Call For Proposals * Changes to AMSAT TLE Distribution for October 1, 2020 * Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events * AMSAT Awards News * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Satellite Shorts from All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-278.01 ANS-278 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 278.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE October 4, 2020 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-278.01 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AMSAT office is closed until further notice. For details, please visit https://www.amsat.org/amsat-office-closed-until-further-notice/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Virtual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting - October 17 Learn more about AMSAT's GOLF program, ARISS, AREx, the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator and other exciting projects taking place in the amateur satellite world. The 2020 Virtual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday, October 17th from 9:00am CDT – 5:00pm CDT (UTC-5). Symposium presentations will be a combination of pre-recorded video segments along with question and answer sessions held via a Zoom meeting. The Symposium will be made available for free live on AMSAT’s YouTube channel. Registered attendees will receive a digital copy of the AMSAT Symposium Proceedings and will be entitled to join the Zoom meeting. Only registered attendees will be able to participate in the question and answer sessions. Registered attendees will also be entered into prize drawings. Registration is free and available only for AMSAT members at launch.amsat.org. Registration will close on Friday, October 16th at 5:00pm CDT. Final papers for the Symposium Proceedings must be submitted by October 5, 2020 to Dan Schultz, N8FGV, n8fgv at usa.net. Symposium presentations should be limited to 15 minutes of pre- recorded video. Video presentations must be submitted by October 10, 2020 to Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, n8hm at arrl.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 – 12:45pm CDT - General Presentations 1:00pm CDT – 2:00pm CDT - AMSAT Education / CubeSat Simulator 2:00pm CDT – 3:00pm CDT - ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) / AREx (Amateur Radio Exploration) -ARISS: 2020 Update -Next Generation Radio System – First Element Operations and Future System Plans -AREx/Lunar Gateway and Other Lunar Opportunities 3:00pm CDT – 4:00pm CDT - AMSAT Engineering 4:00pm CDT – 5:00pm CDT - 2020 AMSAT Annual General Meeting [ANS thanks the 2020 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Purchase AMSAT Gear on our Zazzle storefront. 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT-UK Colloquium Online - October 11 The Online AMSAT-UK Convention takes place on Sunday, October 11, from 11am BST (10:00 GMT) to approximately 5pm, with a break for lunch, and several short breaks during the day. You don’t have to be a member of AMSAT-UK to participate, and the event is free of charge but please register at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-278-AUK ASAP. Those who are registered will be entered for a number of free raffles which will take place during the event. Among the many talks and demonstrations during the day are: 1100 BST (1000 GMT) Official opening by Martin Sweeting G3YJO 1105-1125 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Update by Ciaran Morgan M0XTD 1135-1200 Decoding Mars spacecraft – Bits and pieces you can learn from spacecraft telemetry by Daniel Estévez EA4GPZ 1210-1230 Tevel FM transponder satellite constellation by David Greenberg 4X1DG 1240-1300 LUNART – A Lunar Amateur Radio Transponder Project by Peter Gülzow DB2OS 1400-1420 FUNcube next, to boldly go… creating an open platform in space by Phil Ashby M6IPX 1430-1450 QO-100 Demonstration by Mike Willis G0MJW 1500-1520 Getting Goonhilly’s 32m antenna ready to support ESA missions by Matt Cosby Director of Space Engineering at Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd 1530-1550 AMSAT North America Engineering Update by Jerry Buxton N0JY 1600-1620 LEO Sat demonstration by Drew Glasbrenner KO4MA Please register online at http://tinyurl.com/amsatukreg2020 Schedule of the day’s events https://tinyurl.com/ANS-278-AUKProg AMSAT-UK Colloquium Page https://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK 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. Come along for the ride. The journey will be worth it! https://tinyurl.com/ANS-GOLF +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ARISS Worldwide SSTV Event - October 4-8 An ARISS Slow Scan TV (SSTV) event is scheduled from the International Space Station (ISS) for early October. The event is scheduled to begin on October 4 at 14:00 UTC for setup and operation and continue until October 8 ending at 19:15 UTC. Dates and times subject to change due to ISS operational adjustments. Images will be downlinked at 145.8 MHz +/- 3 KHz for Doppler shift and the expected SSTV mode of operation is PD 120. The main theme of this collection of images will be Satellites. Radio enthusiasts participating in the event can post and view images on the ARISS SSTV Gallery at https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/ After your image is posted at the gallery, you can acquire a special award by linking to https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/ and follow directions for submitting a digital copy of your received image. [ANS thanks Dave Jordan, AA4KN, ARISS PR, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Happy 27th Birthday, AMRAD-OSCAR 27 Happy 27th birthday to AMRAD-OSCAR 27, still alive and operating today! For an amateur radio satellite operator in the early 1990s, working on a satellite project based on the AMSAT Microsat design was a dream job! The hams on the team (including Dino Lorenzini, Mark Kanawati, Steve Greene and Mike Wyrick) couldn't help but include an amateur radio payload, and were successful with the help of fellow amateurs and the local Vienna, Virginia Amateur Research and Development (AMRAD) group: Paul Renaldo, Andre Castillot, Dave Rogers, Glenn Baumgartner, Sandy Sanders, Matt Butcher, Randy Mays, and Terry Fox, and with help from AMSAT’s Lyle Johnson, Chuck Green, and Jim White, among many others. EYESAT-1/AO-27 launched (with the amateur payload and an extra UHF antenna for the downlink) at 0145 UTC September 26, 1993. [Ariane-4 V59 also launched amateur satellites KO-25, IO-26, and PO-28, SSTL’s Healthsat-2, the Stella research satellite, and the Spot-3 earth observation satellite.] The satellite was commanded on during the next orbit and the first QSO on the amateur payload was made the following morning on September 27, 1993. (We think – does anyone have an archive of amsat-bb emails from 1993 who can check?) AO-27 was the first FM “bent pipe” satellite and proved to be easy to work with a strong downlink and sensitive receiver. The amateur FM repeater has served many Hams worldwide and was one of the first “Easy Sats”. AO-27 was later used for the first successful D-Star mode satellite QSO. The 800km orbit provides continent-spanning coverage. At least one station is known to have worked 49 states solely via AO-27! And here we are today, the 27th of September, 2020, celebrating the 27th birthday of AO-27! Thanks to Mike Wyrick N3UC who babysat the spacecraft for the last 27 years. And thanks to all those who helped. There are many untold stories and photos we hope to share in the near future. Current information on AO-27’s operating schedule is at www.ao27.net [ANS thanks Mark Kanawati, N4TPY, Mike Wyrick, N3UC, and Steve Greene, KS1G, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- FCC Deletes 3.4 GHz Amateur Satellite Service Allocation At its open meeting on September 30, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a Report and Order that sunsets amateur use of the 3.3-3.5 GHz band. This spectrum includes the 3.40-3.41 GHz amateur satellite service allocation. AMSAT had previously filed comments opposing the FCC's proposal to delete this spectrum. The adopted Report and Order can be found at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-278-FCC [ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, AMSAT Executive Vice President, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite Launches Delayed CAMSAT says the CAS-7A launch has been postponed until next May, and CAS-5A until next June. “Because of COVID-19, many things have been delayed,” CAMSAT’s Alan Kung, BA1DU, told ARRL. He said an announcement would be made closer to the announced launches. CAMSAT said last spring that CAS-7A would launch in mid-September; the launch has been postponed multiple times since first announced. CAS-5A was predicted to launch in October. Both satellites will carry two transponders that include HF, in a configuration similar to that of the Russian RS satellites decades ago. CAS-7A will be placed into a sun-synchronous orbit with an inclination of 98° at 500 kilometers above Earth. The transponders will have a bandwidth of 30 kHz. According to the IARU amateur satellite frequency coordination page, the HF/HF linear transponder will uplink on 15 meters — 21.245–21.275 MHz, and downlink on 10 meters — 29.435-21.465 MHz. A CW beacon will transmit on 29.425 MHz. The HF/UHF transponder will uplink at 21.3125–21.3275 MHz, and downlink at 435.3575–435.3725 MHz. A CW beacon for that transponder will transmit on 435.430 MHz. The CAS-5A nanosatellite, with a 6U form factor, carries two HF transponders and two VHF/UHF transponders. While in orbit, it will deploy the tiny CAS-5B femtosatellite, which will weigh just 0.5 kilogram. The array of CAS-5A linear transponders will include HF/HF, HF/UHF, and VHF/UHF with 30-kHz passbands (except 15 kHz for the HF/UHF transponder). CAS-5A will include CW telemetry beacons on HF and UHF. The HF CW beacon will be at 29.465 MHz, and a UHF telemetry beacon will be at 435.57 MHz. Other beacons include the HF/HF transponder beacon at 29.490 MHz; the HF/UHF transponder beacon at 435.505 MHz, and the VHF/ UHF transponder beacon at 435.540 MHz. Telemetry will be transmitted at 435.650 MHz. The V/U linear transponder will uplink at 145.820 MHz; the V/U FM transponder will uplink at 145.925 MHz. Terrestrial stations will access the transponders at 21.385 – 21.415 MHz. [ANS thanks ARRL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- VUCC Awards-Endorsements for October 2020 Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period September 1, 2020 through October 1, 2020. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! WOW! Long list again this month! Almost a record. CALL Sept October K8YSE 1935 2007 Only 30393 to go! N8HM 1102 1127 N8RO 1070 1075 K8YSE/7 671 842 W5RKN 721 732 WD9EWK (DM43) 617 623 K9UO 575 600 AD0HJ 478 500 KE8FZT 450 475 MI6GTY 459 460 N7EGY 456 457 W4ZXT 327 431 KJ4EU 261 404 XE2RV 262 385 KC9UQR 351 377 KC9VGG 336 374 AC9O 204 359 K5CIS 250 300 WB7QXU 204 252 KF6JOQ 201 251 KB9STR 138 229 PU4JOE 150 210 AA8CH/N8R 113 206 K5TA 101 202 W8LR 149 175 KJ4M 170 171 N5EKO 108 152 N7AME 148 150 N1PEB (FN42) New 138 W7YED New 127 KO4AQF 104 126 WB9VPG New 116 K1ECU 100 115 N5BLY New 106 KC3KJQ New 103 K2KA New 102 N8SGZ 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 most of the work! [ANS thanks Ron Parsons, W5RKN, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Message to US Educators: ARISS Contact Opportunity - Call For Proposals 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, 2021 and December 30, 2021. 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, 2020. Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 8, 2020 at 8 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2020.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 at gmail.com. [ANS thanks Dave Jordan, AA4KN, ARISS PR, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes to AMSAT TLE Distribution for October 1, 2020 The following satellite has decayed from orbit and has been removed from this week's AMSAT TLE Distribution: MO-105 - Cat ID 44832 (decay epoch = 2020-09-28 0:00 UTC per Space- Track). The UTC time is an approximation. Note: The decay epoch predicted by Space-Track for MO-106 - Cat ID 44830 is 2020-10-15. [ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events Want to see AMSAT in action or learn more about amateur radio in space? AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events. Due to COVID-19, many hamfest and events around the United States have been canceled or postponed. While we make every effort to ensure the information contained below is correct, there may be some that we missed. Clint Bradford K6LCS has booked his “Work the FM Voice Satellites With Minimal Equipment” presentation for various clubs. 10/27/2020 – Cherryland ARC / Traverse Bay ARC TBD – Antelope Valley (CA) ARC TBD – A private presentation for a Boy Scout troop in Danville, Pennsylvania These will be Zoom presentations. Everyone is asked to update their copies of the Zoom application – by directly visiting Zoom.us. [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT Vice President - User Services, 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 Awards News Gerry Krebs, N0JE, and Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, are the latest recipients of AMSAT's GridMaster Award. This award was first introduced by Star Comm Group in 2014. AMSAT thanks Damon Runion, WA4HFN, and Rick Tillman, WA4NVM, for not only sponsoring this award since its inception, but, also, entrusting AMSAT with the honor of carrying on this important award for the benefit of the entire AMSAT community. The GridMaster award is available to all amateurs worldwide who submit proof with written confirmation of contacts with each of the 488 maidenhead grids located within the contiguous United States of America. More information about this award can be found at https://www.amsat.org/gridmaster/ [ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director of Contests and Awards, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations JQ78, JW7xK, 10/7 – 10/12 JW7XK (or maybe LA7XK) will be active on RS-44 on as many passes as possible His focus is to work NA and maybe also JA, when/if it is possible. Our QTH will be in JQ78. He is using an Arrow Antenna 10el. on 70 and 4 el on 2 mounted on a tripod with a small homemade antenna rotor. I am using filters and preamps on both 2m and 70cm. link frequency 435660 +/- Doppler. EM05/06 and EM04/14, @KL7TN, 10/4 and 10/5 DK78/ DK79, @XE1HG will be there on Oct 12th so going to activate DK78 and DK79, Holiday style on FM until now, If I have the chance to carry some brick will be on linears too. More to confirm as soon as the date get closer. CN76/77 10/3 and 10/4 @AD0DX Just booked tickets for beautiful Ocean Shores, WA… CN76/CN77 grid line Sat Oct 3 approx 0000z to Sun Oct 4th approx 1700z, pass details closer to the trip EL Grids, @N1PEB 10/10 -10-14: 10/10 EL95 Key Largo, 10/11 EL94 Key West, 10/12 EL84 Dry Tortuga, 10/13 EL94 Key West, 10/14 TBD Please submit any additions or corrections to ke0pbr at gmail.com [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, 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/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Satellite Shorts From All Over + AO-7 is now in constant sunlight and the 24 hour timer is switching the satellite between Mode A and Mode B. The exact time of the switch has not yet been determined, but it appears that it is currently in Mode A on odd-numbered days and Mode B on even-numbered days. + The Moscow Aviation Institute's MAI-75 ISS SSTV activity occurred on September 30 and October 1. Images received can be viewed at https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/ + A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying 22 satellites, some transmitting on amateur bands, successfully launched on September 28. More information on this launch can be found at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-278-Soyuz + The independent accountant's review of AMSAT's 2019 financial statements is now available on the AMSAT website. https://amsat.org/audit-and-other-financial-reports/ + Several new products are available on the AMSAT Zazzle store, including a set of coasters, a watch, a t-shirt featuring the AMSAT round logo, and more. Check out the new items! 25% of the purchase price goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. + AMSAT Remove Before Flight keychains are again available on the AMSAT store. Purchases help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! https://www.amsat.org/product/amsat-remove-before-flight-keychain/ + All issues of The AMSAT Journal dating back to 2014 are now available to AMSAT members on AMSAT's new membership portal. The 1969-2013 archive will be added at a later date. All editions of AMSAT's Symposium Proceedings are also available for members. If you're a current AMSAT member, get logged on today. If you are not yet a member, consider joining today at https://launch.amsat.org/ + The 2020 edition of AMSAT’s Getting Started with Amateur Satellites is now available on the AMSAT store. A perennial favorite, Getting Started is updated every year with the latest amateur satellite information, and is the premier primer of satellite operation. The book is presented in DRM-free PDF format, in full color, and covers all aspects of making your first contacts on a ham radio satellite. The digital download is available for $15 at https://tinyurl.com/2020GettingStarted --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. 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 stu- dent 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 Editor, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM n8hm at amsat dot org

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Online AMSAT-UK Colloquium Satellite Talks Open to All + ISS SSTV
by M5AKA 03 Oct '20

03 Oct '20

Register now for the Online AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium. This Free event takes place on Sunday, October 11 and is Open To All. Those who are registered will be entered for a number of free raffles which will take place during the event. Schedule and info at https://amsat-uk.org/2020/09/19/register-now-for-online-amsat-uk-space-coll… ISS SSTV October 4-8 on 145.800 MHz FM - and also active today Oct 3 https://amsat-uk.org/2020/10/03/iss-sstv-october-4-8-on-145-800-mhz-fm/ 106 page PDF booklet on QO-100 in the French language available via the REF Digital Library at https://publications.r-e-f.org/ Trevor M5AKA---- AMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ----

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Re: [amsat-bb] Yaesu G-5500 meters and readings to LVB tracker not working
by Roy Dean 03 Oct '20

03 Oct '20

John, I can't help much, but in case you need to try something different, consider trying rotctl (hamlib) to manually send commands to the LVB tracker. This way you can at least be sure that it's not a computer issue (although it doesn't appear that that is possible). The only other thing I can tell you is that neither of the meters on my G5400B controller work (one is never even remotely close to the actual position, and the other doesnt move at all) - yet the value displayed on my Fox Delta ST2 are always dead on and the rotators track position perfectly. Good luck! --Roy K3RLD > At the time the azimuth needle sometimes bounced all over the place, > if I tapped the box it affected it too. Sometimes the azimuth meter > swung all the way right to 450 degrees and seemed stuck.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-10-03 03:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 03 Oct '20

03 Oct '20

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-10-03 03:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: McConnell Middle School, Loganville, GA, multi-point telebridge via ON4ISS (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be ONRISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Chris Cassidy KF5KDR Contact is go for: Wed 2020-10-07 14:15:55 UTC 82 deg (***) The downlink frequency for this contact is 437.525 MHz. (***) Vladivostok, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Anatoli Ivanishin Watch for possible contact Fri 2020-10-09 08:15 UTC An ARISS Slow Scan TV (SSTV) event is scheduled from the International Space Station (ISS) for early October. The event is scheduled to begin on October 4 at 14:00 UTC for setup and operation and continue until October 8 ending at 19:15 UTC. Dates and times are subject to change due to ISS operational adjustments. (***) Images will be downlinked at 145.8 MHz +/- 3 KHz for Doppler shift and the expected SSTV mode of operation is PD 120. The main theme of this collection of images will be Satellites. Radio enthusiasts participating in the event can post and view images on the ARISS SSTV Gallery at https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/. After your image is posted at the gallery, you can acquire a special award by linkingto https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/and follow directions for submitting a digital copy of your received image. ************************************************************************************************************* There is a new radio on board the ISS. The Kenwood D710GA is now in use. The crossband repeater is now available when the radio is not being used for ARISS school contacts. The frequencies are 145.99 MHz up (67 tone) and 437.800 MHz down. Watch the Doppler on the downlink. ######################################################################################################################################## 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. The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements here also. 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) 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 2020-10-03 03:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2020-10-01 03:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. Message to US Educators ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The Proposal Window of February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 has now closed. 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. Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. 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. ******************************************************************************* 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: Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 138 Sergey RV3DR with 136 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 1400. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1333. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, Wyoming, 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. 62 now on orbit Chris Cassidy KF5KDR Anatoli Ivanishin Ivan Vagner **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Requesting help AO-27 QSOs
by Steve Kristoff 02 Oct '20

02 Oct '20

This morning I made two or three contacts on AO-27 during the 1222 to 1226 UTC opening. I rely on an audio recorder to get the exchange as I'm handling two radios and an antenna during contacts. But, this morning my recorder didn't work. There is a file in the recorder for the time period but it's blank. Not even static. So, I'm asking for the two or three of you out there that made contact with AI9IN this morning on AO-27 to please contact me. Please contact me privately at skristof(a)etczone.com so we don't use up space on amsat-bb. Thanks! Steve AI9IN

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ARISS News Release No. 20-21
by David Jordan 02 Oct '20

02 Oct '20

ARISS News Release No. 20-21 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISS SSTV Event Scheduled for earlyOctober October02, 2020 — An ARISS Slow Scan TV (SSTV) event is scheduled from theInternational Space Station (ISS) for early October. The event is scheduled tobegin on October 4 at 14:00 UTC for setup andoperation and continue until October 8 ending at 19:15 UTC. Dates and times subject to change due to ISSoperational adjustments Imageswill be downlinked at 145.8 MHz +/- 3 KHz for Doppler shift and the expectedSSTV mode of operation is PD 120. The main theme of this collection of imageswill be Satellites. Radio enthusiasts participating in the event can post andview images on the ARISS SSTV Gallery at https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/. Afteryour image is posted at the gallery, you can acquire a special award by linkingto https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/and follow directions for submitting a digital copy of your received image. 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, sponsorsare the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio RelayLeague (ARRL), the ISSNational Lab-Space Station Explorers andNASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISSis to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, andmathematics topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio betweencrew members aboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radiocontacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space,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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RAST on the Bach even station HS0AJ/P on HF, LEO and QO-100 satellite.
by Tanan Rangseeprom 02 Oct '20

02 Oct '20

Hi All AMSAT The Radio Amateur Society of Thailand under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King (RAST) will be conducting a RAST on the Beach (ROB) party this coming weekend at the Rock Garden Beach Resort in Klaeng District of Rayong province. There will be various on-the-air activities during the ROB event on LEO satellites and useing on QO-100 satellite communications while on Saturday 3 to Sunday 4 useding callsign HS0AJ/P. Sincerely and 73 Tanan Rangseeprom

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Re: [amsat-bb] Working in the "Field"
by Scott Davis 02 Oct '20

02 Oct '20

Coming from the HF DX/contest world, very active since 1966, I would encourage people to expect and accept , if not embrace, a certain level of chaos in their radio operations. That’s what makes it fun. Surely, if certain individuals repeatedly and stubbornly act contrary to good practice, they should be called out. But in the mean time, find a new freq and keep on truckin’. I’ll follow you up 5. (Not on FM) -Scott K5TA

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Fox Delta ST2 with G5500DC?
by Ben Cook 02 Oct '20

02 Oct '20

Greetings! Has anyone else successfully used a Fox Delta ST2 interface with a Yaesu G5500DC? With the ST2 unit off and the GT5500DC on, I have having issues with high voltage (~15V) on GND and +VE, around 2.2V on GND and AZ, and then only about 1.1V on GND and EL. The ST2 will calibrate for AZ, but nothing at all on the EZ side. When I plug in the USB and power up the ST2, the voltage on EZ drops even further to about 0.8V The Yaesu AZ and EL meter readings on the controller have been just fine throughout. Any help or suggestions appreciated! -- Ben Cook n6elf(a)nanoloop.io

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Rudeness, and Powerful Stations
by Brad Smith 02 Oct '20

02 Oct '20

<I think you missed my point. > My comment was not aimed at you, but you gave me a starting point. I am sick of the rudeness of fellow hams stepping on others. I am sick of the "I am better than you" attitude. "I do it good and you don't." I am sick of hearing hams criticize others, instead of being helpful. I am sick of the disruptors with open mics and feedback. And that has to be powerful stations to override all others on the pass. It is not the problem of the equipment, it is the way the equipment is being used. Brad KC9UQR

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Working in the "Field"
by Brad Smith 01 Oct '20

01 Oct '20

<More arm chair operators should attempt to make QSO's in the field. They might get an idea of what manual everything entails.> What I see is ops sitting in front of their SDR computer screen, and criticizing someone who is out in a field, holding an Arrow in one hand and an HT in the other, and combating fading, because they missed something in a call, or did something that they don't like. I only work satellite portable and don't know the luxury of working from a temperature controlled room with computer screens, rotating and elevating antenna, pen and paper, etc. But we handheld ops are still giving them the grids. Brad KC9UQR

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ISS Update for satPC32
by Gerald Payton 01 Oct '20

01 Oct '20

I may have overlooked or missed information about how to update satPC32 for the new ISS frequencies. Our internet service has been out. Please advise. THANKS Jerry AB5R EM12kh

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VUCC Awards-Endorsements for October 2020
by Ronald Parsons 01 Oct '20

01 Oct '20

Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period September 1, 2020 through October 1, 2020. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! WOW! Long list again this month! Almost a record. CALL Sept October K8YSE 1935 2007 Only 30393 to go! N8HM 1102 1127 N8RO 1070 1075 K8YSE/7 671 842 W5RKN 721 732 WD9EWK (DM43) 617 623 K9UO 575 600 AD0HJ 478 500 KE8FZT 450 475 MI6GTY 459 460 N7EGY 456 457 W4ZXT 327 431 KJ4EU 261 404 XE2RV 262 385 KC9UQR 351 377 KC9VGG 336 374 AC9O 204 359 K5CIS 250 300 WB7QXU 204 252 KF6JOQ 201 251 KB9STR 138 229 PU4JOE 150 210 AA8CH/N8R 113 206 K5TA 101 202 W8LR 149 175 KJ4M 170 171 N5EKO 108 152 N7AME 148 150 N1PEB (FN42) New 138 W7YED New 127 KO4AQF 104 126 WB9VPG New 116 K1ECU 100 115 N5BLY New 106 KC3KJQ New 103 K2KA New 102 N8SGZ 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 most of the work! Ron W5RKN

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Re: [amsat-bb] Did anyone archive Clive's UO-11 website? Or, do you have any of the .zip files?
by Karl Heinz Kremer 01 Oct '20

01 Oct '20

You can find the archive of the site on the Internet Archive - you may need to go back even further if there are gaps in what was archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20150506055410/http://www.g3cwv.co.uk:80/oscar1… 73, Karl Heinz - K5KHK Friends, > > Clive Wallis, G3CWV, used to maintain a website with lots of UO-11 > information, recordings and telemetry. Unfortunately, he became a silent > key in 2015. > > I recently tried to go to Clive's UO-11 website, > http://g3cwv.co.uk/oscar11.htm, and discovered that is no longer on the > web. I tried the Internet Archive's Wayback machine and found that they > had archived most of the HTML pages, but not the zip files with the > telemetry and recordings. > > Did anyone make an archive or a copy of Clive's website? Or, did you > ever download and save any of the .zip files with the audio recordings or > telemetry? If so, I would like to get copies of the .zip files with the > recordings and telemetry. > > 73, > Douglas KA2UPW/5 > >

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DM46 active Sunday Oct 4th 2pm-8:15pm Ariz (2100-0300Z)
by Curt Laumann 01 Oct '20

01 Oct '20

Hi All, I'll be working satellites close to Page Arizona this coming Sunday. Satellites that I'll attempt to use include:ISS, CAS-4A, CAS-4B, SO-50, AO-7, AO-73, AO-27, XW-2D, XW-2F, XW-2C. Hope to catch you on the air! Curt / K7ZOO

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ARISS News Release No. 20-18
by David Jordan 01 Oct '20

01 Oct '20

ARISS News Release No. 20-18 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, 2020 to November 24, 2020 September30, 2020 --- 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, 2021 and December 30, 2021. 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, 2020. Proposalinformation and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and theproposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. An ARISSIntroductory Webinar session will be held on October 8, 2020 at 8 PMET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2020.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 an opportunityto learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science.Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of schedulingactivities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility toaccommodate 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. 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, sponsorsare the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio RelayLeague (ARRL), the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, and NASA’s SpaceCommunications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promoteexploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematicstopics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew membersaboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students,educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org MediaContact: DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISSPR Like us on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Search on Amateur Radio onthe ISS and @ARISS_status.

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Sad Tale of a New Rover
by Mark Johns, K0JM 01 Oct '20

01 Oct '20

I've been at this satellite thing for more than 35 years, so when a family trip took me through some relatively rare grids in Nebraska last week, I thought it would be a great chance to try out my new FT-818 on a rove. Looks like fun, and how hard can it be? Well, this old satellite hand had forgotten many of the skills needed back before I built a capable, computer-controlled station. I didn't practice enough with the new rig at home, I didn't get familiar enough with the location apps, and I assumed too much expertise on the part of the operator. In fact, I couldn't even find the grid line correctly! And on another pass, I couldn't even hear the bird (still working on what happened there). So, moral of the story, sometimes getting out of one's comfort zone and trying something different is a good thing. But doing so requires some humility. Some things are harder than they look, whether it's building and launching a satellite, or just working one from a gravel road in Nebraska. My hat is off to the successful rovers across the nation. And I shall work on (re)learning the necessary basic skills before setting out again. (P.S., if you were one of the stations I worked from the "grid line," the LoTW upload has been corrected. Sorry, it was only EN11.) -- 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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DM36 active Thursday Oct 1 by K7ZOO
by Curt Laumann 30 Sep '20

30 Sep '20

Hi All, I'm planning to be working satellite passes from DM36 this Thursday, Oct 1, during the afternoon and evening. Please see the link below for a schedule of passes I'll attempt. On the transponder birds I'd prefer to work CW, but will also do some SSB. I'll be about 40 miles SSW of Colorado City, AZ Hope to catch you on the air :) Regards, Curt / K7ZOO https://drive.google.com/file/d/1szF2-wSpscpw20DWbbyYBAWGjSjZyPKY/view?usp=…

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Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite
by Francis Geraci 29 Sep '20

29 Sep '20

Pretty excited about these "Sats". I "cut my teeth" on the "RS" birds. I still have the "Q" cards to prove it. No computer tracking software then. All by "hand". I'm sure there are many others here that did this also. Fond memories... W1FXX - Lost in Paradise

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EMERGENCY MODERATION MODE
by Robert Bankston 29 Sep '20

29 Sep '20

The AMSAT-BB is a mailing list to support technical discussions, inquiries, and suggestions related to amateur satellite service. Its audience includes both AMSAT members and non-members. At any given time, the readers may also include amateur radio operators, shortwave listeners, minors, potential financial donors, potential launch providers, officials from other amateur radio and satellite organizations, officials from international space agencies, and equipment suppliers and manufacturers. As such, the AMSAT-BB is not a "free speech" zone. There is prescribed acceptable and unacceptable content. Due to the continued abuse by some subscribers, I have placed the AMSAT-BB on Emergency Moderation. Moderators will review each post to ensure it complies with the Acceptable Use Policy. Those found not to be in compliance will be removed from the list. This will inevitably cause a delay in your messages being posted; however it is essential to ensure a safe and constructive environment. I apologize for the inconvenience. Respectfully, Robert Bankston, KE4AL Vice-President, User Services Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)

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Amazon's Smile Program
by Gerald Payton 29 Sep '20

29 Sep '20

Please reiterate HOW to credit Amsat on Amazon's Smile Program. I tried, but "Amsat" was not found. Thanks 73, Jerry AB5R

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Election Results
by john＠papays.com 29 Sep '20

29 Sep '20

It was unfortunate that the election results were not released in a separate message on the amsat-bb. The mistake was explained by Mark Johns, K0JM, and is totally understandable. Putting out a weekly or monthly newsletter is a lot of work and those who have done it here or elsewhere know how much effort it takes. So hats off to those who do this for AMSAT. There has been little discussion about the meaning of the election results themselves and that is what really matters. About 57% of the votes were for the three candidates who campaigned on staying the course. 43% of the votes wanted a change of some sort. So the organization is divided, but how serious the divide remains to be seen. Although they were not on the ballot, In some ways the election was a referendum on Patrick and Michelle who have made their positions known to the membership that has been paying attention. Now that they did not pick up any support from the election, will they continue to serve? And if they choose not to serve, will the alternates (who wanted change also) feel that they would be able to contribute in a meaningful way? As Kenny Rogers once said, "You've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run." Some members have already announced their intentions not to serve in various ways and for various reasons. Others may follow. The Symposium and associated Board Meeting coming up soon may provide some answers as to the future direction of AMSAT. We will wait and see how it all turns out. 73, John K8YSE

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Re: [amsat-bb] Election results
by Michael Tondee 29 Sep '20

29 Sep '20

The membership has spoken. I don't agree with their decision but that's life. I wish the organization the best. I was ready to move on and pursue some other things and was about to unsubscribe from the list but seeing a post like this where someone of Bob's stature in the hobby expresses his opinion gives me hope all is not lost and makes me want to not be so hasty and quick to judge. I may hang around awhile longer and see what direction the organization takes. 73, Michael, W4HIJ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 17:21:31 -0400 > From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga(a)usna.edu> > To: amsat bb <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Election Results (diasppointing) > Message-ID: > <CALdCfNL_iX7yHvR=20vJMfhjGtO4rk90WtVYDW6yVKEUOXiGwA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > I am disappointed to learn of these results. I thought the new progressive > group was headed in the right direction. > > Satellite research takes money and there is lots of it out there! I just > retired from a "university" where I found it fun to try to build amateur > satellites with available project funding. But My fun was building them, > not trying to figure out how to pay for them. I was getting by on maybe a > $10k per year budget. > > But then more academic faculty came on board. They spent their time > looking for grants and money and writing proposals and we were swimming in > so much money we did not have the resources to spend it! For a guy who > likes to build a cubesat on a table top,, I could not possibly spend even a > fraction of it. BUT THEY WERE leading in the right direction. They showed > how there is so much money out there that if you just direct your interests > and proposals correctly there is plenty to go around and to cover the > amateur interests as well. > > I learned the lesson that academics is all about making proposals and > getting BIG bucks to do things that meet your mutual interests. That is > the only way AMSAT can survive is to have those people on the leading edge > and making proposals where AMSAT and other interests overlap. > > I really ignored all the AMSAT BB arguing going on, because I thought it > was obvious that the progressives were on the right track and the status > quo was just holding us back. I am shocked to see the progressives lost. > > Bob, WB4APR > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 5:02 PM john--- via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > wrote: > >> It was unfortunate that the election results were not released in a >> separate message on the amsat-bb. The mistake was explained by Mark >> Johns, K0JM, and is totally understandable. Putting out a weekly or >> monthly newsletter is a lot of work and those who have done it here or >> elsewhere know how much effort it takes. So hats off to those who do >> this for AMSAT. >> >> There has been little discussion about the meaning of the election >> results themselves and that is what really matters. About 57% of the >> votes were for the three candidates who campaigned on staying the >> course. 43% of the votes wanted a change of some sort. So the >> organization is divided, but how serious the divide remains to be seen. >> >> >> Although they were not on the ballot, In some ways the election was a >> referendum on Patrick and Michelle who have made their positions known >> to the membership that has been paying attention. Now that they did not >> pick up any support from the election, will they continue to serve? And >> if they choose not to serve, will the alternates (who wanted change >> also) feel that they would be able to contribute in a meaningful way? >> As Kenny Rogers once said, "You've got to know when to hold 'em, know >> when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run." Some >> members have already announced their intentions not to serve in various >> ways and for various reasons. Others may follow. >> >> The Symposium and associated Board Meeting coming up soon may provide >> some answers as to the future direction of AMSAT. We will wait and see >> how it all turns out. >> >> 73, John K8YSE >> _______________________________________________ >> > >

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Election Results (diasppointing)
by Stephen DeVience 29 Sep '20

29 Sep '20

Bob, You make a good point about the money available for academic projects. It seems like there are more and more student- and university-built satellites using amateur frequencies (sometimes questionably), but with no actual transponder or digipeater. Working with them to add a small transponder payload like the LTM or the Brno PSK module could be an easy way to get more bandwidth up there without a lot of overhead cost. I also back your sentiment that AMSAT should consider applying to more grants from places like ARDC and maybe even the NSF or similar. Education is one of its main purposes, and the NSF may be open to it. -Stephen, N8URE

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Election Results (diasppointing)
by Joe Leikhim 28 Sep '20

28 Sep '20

I am with Bob on this. A month or two back I raised the question * about why we were not getting into HEO and got barraged with the same old excuses from the "old guard" about ITAR, Funding, etc. It was clearly distressing to me as a long time AMSAT member to learn that all the old guard can do is regurgitate the same mantra for 15 years. Meanwhile our friends on the other side of the globe have a GEO sat that anyone with a small amount of funds can use, and with no funds can listen to the downlink on the "internet". Michelle sent me some information about ORI and the "progressive" efforts being made to get past the ITAR logjam. It was not shared with me the funding windfall that was becoming available which should wake folks up now. I voted for the progressive group. I don't see the shortfall in votes as being a "referendum" for the old guard, rather, they need to step up and accept that continuing the defeatist mindset cannot continue. Get on the ball AMSAD BOD!!! * [amsat-bb] GeoSat OSCAR-2024 Positive comments, no whining....(Was need HEO..please..) Joe K4SAT VERY Cautiously optimistic Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 17:21:31 -0400 From: Robert Bruninga<bruninga(a)usna.edu> "I am disappointed to learn of these results. I thought the new progressive group was headed in the right direction. Satellite research takes money and there is lots of it out there! I just retired from a "university" where I found it fun to try to build amateur satellites with available project funding. But My fun was building them, not trying to figure out how to pay for them. I was getting by on maybe a $10k per year budget. But then more academic faculty came on board. They spent their time looking for grants and money and writing proposals and we were swimming in so much money we did not have the resources to spend it! For a guy who likes to build a cubesat on a table top,, I could not possibly spend even a fraction of it. BUT THEY WERE leading in the right direction. They showed how there is so much money out there that if you just direct your interests and proposals correctly there is plenty to go around and to cover the amateur interests as well. I learned the lesson that academics is all about making proposals and getting BIG bucks to do things that meet your mutual interests. That is the only way AMSAT can survive is to have those people on the leading edge and making proposals where AMSAT and other interests overlap. I really ignored all the AMSAT BB arguing going on, because I thought it was obvious that the progressives were on the right track and the status quo was just holding us back. I am shocked to see the progressives lost. Bob, WB4APR" -- Joe K4SAT

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ARISS Special Bulletin
by David Jordan 28 Sep '20

28 Sep '20

A Moscow Aviation Institute MAI-75 SSTV Experiment event is planned for Wednesday, September 30 starting 13:05 UTC to 18:45 UTC and Thursday, October 1, starting at 12:30 UTC to 17:45 UTC. Listen for Slow Scan TV (SSTV) signals to be downlinked at 145.800 MHz +/- Doppler. The mode is expected to be PD 120. Received images of reasonable quality can be posted at the ARISS SSTV Gallery at https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/ Dave, AA4KNARISS PR

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5 years of IO-86 satellite
by Yono Adisoemarta 28 Sep '20

28 Sep '20

Today is the celebration of 5 years of flawless operation of IO-86 satellite. This satellite has performed in at least 3 emergency communications from disaster area in Indonesia, and has been a breeding ground for close to 100 new Indonesian amsat operators. Yesterday we’ve concluded a 3-day event to celebrate this huge milestone thru a VR and APRS qso party. Please remember this satellite was designed for portable (HT with handheld yagi / elk antenna) ops, so please refrain of using high power in accessing IO-86. 73 de Yono - YD0NXX AMSAT-ID Technical Team IO-86 design team Sent from my iPhone

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Sources for LMR400UF
by Gerald Payton 27 Sep '20

27 Sep '20

I may be opening Pandora's Box, but I would like to ask the BB for their best source(s) for LMR400UF cable. I will need two cables (N to N and PL259 to PL259) approx. 75 ft. long. Thanks for help. 73, Jerry AB5R

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Coax Sources
by Gerald Payton 27 Sep '20

27 Sep '20

MANY THANKS to all that responded to my coax question. Now, does anyone know where I can find a MONEY TREE? 73, Jerry AB5R

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Are you interested in a 70 cm ParaLindy kit?
by Curt Laumann 27 Sep '20

27 Sep '20

Hi All, Learning about a well-established parametric Lindenblad design, adding on to it a bit, along with manufacturing and building (and using!) this version of a Lindenblad antenna was really a joy over the last couple months. I believe other satellite enthusiasts might enjoy building it too, but possibly the 3D printing is not a keen interest. Not to make any profit but really just to share, I'm considering offering a kit as described below. Assembling this kit would result in four parametric elements that bolt onto the aluminum dipole described in the AMSAT article by AA2TX. (article available in a Google share folder; see link below) The proposed cost of the kit would be $42.53, shipped via USPS to CONUS. A list of kit contents and costs is shown below. If you're interested in this kit, please drop me a note to k7zoo(a)arrl.net If there is sufficient interest, I'll put together a limited number of kits and ship them out. (It's not my intent to go into the antenna business, but just to share a bit!) As an alternate approach: please note there are commercial 3D printing services from which you can order 3D parts. Regards, Curt / K7ZOO *LINK TO DOCUMENTATION ABOUT THE ANTENNA* https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15BXhG_1jJZcUSbdn8j4leHhwdGFLSOZq?us… *DETAILS OF PARTS IN THE KIT* K7ZOO 3D Printed ParaLindy Support PETG printed support structure for parasitic elements in AA2TX Lindenblad antenna. Price is driven by cost of material & printer maintenance. Bulk material cost for 1 kilogram of PETG is approx. $25. The piece is 132 grams. Cost of material in this part: $3.30. Estimate a little more to support printer maintenance. $7.50 Arrow Shafts Size 2219, length 11.75 $3.62 each, $14.48 for a set of four. $14.48 Rubber End Caps McMaster PN 9753K16. 10 each (8 needed + 2 spares) $1.50 Modeling Clay 25 grams of clay. Used to hold arrows and seal against resin leaking during bonding operation. $1.00 Packing Material Bubble wrap and/or packing peanuts. $3.00 Shipping USPS large flat-rate box $15.05 TOTAL $42.53

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Connection Question
by Jeff Davis 26 Sep '20

26 Sep '20

LMR400 routed into the shack to the main transceiver. Curious how others have implemented a semi-elegant solution for using these antennas with FCD+ or other dongle requiring an SMA connection. I know how to do it clumsily, I’m interested in learning how you're doing that nicely? 73 Jeff KE9V

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feeding CP antennas
by mikflathead＠aol.com 26 Sep '20

26 Sep '20

I am looking for ideas on fastening the feed lines for CP antennas. I have a 22 element M2 for 144 and a 435CP30 M2. Running the feed lines out the back seems to create problems. Are people supporting the cables or letting them hang. Any ideas will be help full. Thanks Mike

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Re: [amsat-bb] Sources for LMR400UF
by Roy Dean 26 Sep '20

26 Sep '20

I use USA Coax / MPD Digital: https://usacoax.com/ --Roy K3RLD > I may be opening Pandora's Box, but I would like to ask the BB for their best source(s) for LMR400UF cable. I will need two cables (N to N and PL259 to PL259) approx. 75 ft. long. > Thanks for help. > > 73, > Jerry AB5R > >

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Fwd: Raise a grand for GOLF!
by Zach Metzinger 26 Sep '20

26 Sep '20

I happened to see this while looking for something else on Twitter, which I do not log into and rarely look at. Posted by AMSAT on Sep 24, 2020 at 6:17 PM: > Raise a grand for GOLF! An anonymous donor has offered to match the first ten contributions of $50 over the next three > days to AMSAT’s GOLF program. Donate today at https://amsat.org/donations/amsat-golf-program-donations/ So, donate away! (This underscores why it is important not to prioritize social-media platforms over the mailing list.) 73, --- Zach N0ZGO

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SAT-VUCC
by Bob Liddy (K8BL) 26 Sep '20

26 Sep '20

Congrats to John K8YSE on reaching the ARRL VUCC Stratosphereof 1999 Confirmed Grids!! Simply AWESOME!!! 73, Bob K8BL

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K7ZOO 3D printed 70cm Lindy information
by Curt Laumann 25 Sep '20

25 Sep '20

Hi All, In the spirit of sharing & collaboration: I'd like to offer up my recent work to develop a 3D printed 70 cm Lindy. This leverages the excellent article by AA2TX, striving to make the design significantly more manufacturable. In the share folder (link below) you'll find both design files and descriptive project notes. Constructive feedback to enhance the designs or clarify documentation is certainly welcome. While this effort produced a nicely-performing antenna, I'm sure there are still opportunities for improvement. Regards, Curt / K7ZOO Tucson AZ https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15BXhG_1jJZcUSbdn8j4leHhwdGFLSOZq?us…

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G5500/LVB Tracker/SatPC32
by Mike Seguin 25 Sep '20

25 Sep '20

I'm helping a friend get his satellite station set up. He's using an LVB Tracker, G5500 and SatPC32. I'm working on the rotor setup. The setting for 450 degree AZ rotation is greyed out. I can't select it and I'd like to do that. I do have flip mode off. I have to be missing something. -- 73, Mike, N1JEZ "A closed mouth gathers no feet"

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Jeff Jones blocked - please explain
by Michael Walker 25 Sep '20

25 Sep '20

Jeff Jones Posted in social media that AMSAT blocked him from reading Tweets, etc. In fact, this is what he posted Now, I must report what has happened to me as a result of speaking out against the incumbents (legacy) members of the AMSAT BoDs. Because I spoke out, I was removed from the AMSAT-BB mailing list (a direct violation of AMSAT-NA bylaws). I was removed and banned from the AMSAT-NA Facebook page and I am blocked from viewing the AMSAT Twitter feed. I am a member, and I would like the Board to respond with what criteria were followed in order to come to this conclusion. Is there a Bylaw that he violated? This reads like one person decided on his or her own to lock him out. I have no personal gain in this, however, I do get concerned when things start to take on a dictator roll. Does AMSAT follow any sort of Democracy process? Mike va3mw

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Election Results??
by Joe Leikhim 25 Sep '20

25 Sep '20

JoAnne; No, I never said such a thing, nor sure why you would even bring that up at all, or why it would be relevant to my asking about the tally. I have been a licensed ham for ~25 years and a dues paying member of AMSAT; member # #31678 for well over 24 years. , However with what I see going on here I am rethinking that. On 9/24/2020 1:09 PM, Joe Leikhim via AMSAT-BB wrote: >/I searched the e-mail and archives and nothing found of the tally. It />/should have been posted on the AMSAT-NA website but not there either />/as of my last check. ANS I seldom read because it is usually TLDR. /*_I might recall, perhaps correctly or incorrectly, that at one point you mentioned you're not a member of AMSAT. I'm willing to be corrected however._* -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm at amsat.org <https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb> -- Joe K4SAT

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-09-25 02:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 25 Sep '20

25 Sep '20

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-09-25 02:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: TBD ************************************************************************************************************* There is a new radio on board the ISS. The Kenwood D710GA is now in use. The crossband repeater is now available when the radio is not being used for ARISS school contacts. The frequencies are 145.99 MHz up (67 tone) and 437.800 MHz down. Watch the Doppler on the downlink. ######################################################################################################################################## 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. The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements here also. 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) 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 2020-09-25 02:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. 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 2020-09-18 17:30 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) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. Message to US Educators ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The Proposal Window of February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 has now closed. 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. Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. 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. ******************************************************************************* 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: Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 138 Sergey RV3DR with 135 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 1399. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1332. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, Wyoming, 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. 62 now on orbit Chris Cassidy KF5KDR Anatoli Ivanishin Ivan Vagner **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Re: [amsat-bb] Election Results??
by JoAnne K9JKM 25 Sep '20

25 Sep '20

On 9/24/2020 1:09 PM, Joe Leikhim via AMSAT-BB wrote: > I searched the e-mail and archives and nothing found of the tally. It > should have been posted on the AMSAT-NA website but not there either > as of my last check. ANS I seldom read because it is usually TLDR. I might recall, perhaps correctly or incorrectly, that at one point you mentioned you're not a member of AMSAT. I'm willing to be corrected however. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org

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Field Day 2020
by Bruce 24 Sep '20

24 Sep '20

For those interested in results, I have posted the results on the AMSAT web site. You can either click this direct link https://www.amsat.org/field-day-2020-results/ or Click on Events, Field Day and Field Day 2020 Results I carried the satellite info for 10 years 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards AMSAT Board Member 2016-2022 ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat

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Re: [amsat-bb] Election Results??
by Jim Walls 24 Sep '20

24 Sep '20

On 09/24/2020 06:02, Tanner Jones via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Interesting... I don’t think I received the separate email, but I did catch it in the ANS. > Neither did I (receive it via AMSAT-BB). But I did it via ANS. -- 73 ------------------------------------- Jim Walls - K6CCC jim(a)k6ccc.org Ofc: 818-548-4804 http://members.dslextreme.com/users/k6ccc/ AMSAT Member 32537 - WSWSS Member 395

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Election Results??
by Joe Leikhim 24 Sep '20

24 Sep '20

Have election results been tallied??? -- Joe Leikhim Leikhim and Associates Communications Consultants Oviedo, Florida JLeikhim(a)Leikhim.com 407-982-0446 WWW.LEIKHIM.COM

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70 cm Lindenblad progress - notable support structure for parasitic elements
by Curt Laumann 24 Sep '20

24 Sep '20

Hi All, Over the past few months I've been designing & assembling a few 70 cm Lindenblads. The current version is shown in the attached picture (link below). Arrow shafts are used for parasitic elements. The shafts are bonded in place with fiberglass resin. Rubber end caps (from McMaster) cover the shaft ends. The notable part of this design is the central structure (supporting parasitic elements) is 3D printed as *one part*. Virtually all of the angles and spacings are achieved in the 3D printing process. After struggling to align and bond various PVC and irrigation parts in other versions, it was a breeze to assemble this design: one nylon machine screw, one nut, four bonding points. The design could be easily modified to accommodate 0.125 inch diameter parasitic elements as well. Regards, Curt / K7ZOO Tucson AZ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i2c6T5lZtI00KChbJuyphvvechzBvlNw/view?usp=…

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Elections
by Clint Bradford 22 Sep '20

22 Sep '20

BOB>> … [someone else] also ran so this move by me doesn't leave AMSAT without a second alternate. The electorate spoke. It is YOU who was needed. Please reconsider - and serve AMSAT-NA in that capacity. Please do NOT let the choice of the voters slip away … Clint Bradford K6LCS

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What's the deal with having to pay to access Symposium Proceedings?
by Bill Gaylord 22 Sep '20

22 Sep '20

What's the deal with having to pay to access the Symposium Proceedings? Shouldn't these documents be open to members or is there something I am missing? As I have been pointed to look at the Symposium Proceedings a few times while looking into how the Fox Sats work. William Gaylord KD9KCK

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Re: [amsat-bb] Regarding election results, How many members does AMSAT have?
by Bruce Perens 21 Sep '20

21 Sep '20

I think we should open a mailing list on the ORI side for satellite operators. Because obviously AMSAT isn't the only US satellite organization, so you shouldn't have to feel alienated out of a piece of your hobby just because AMSAT makes a choice. I'll get that done and then announce it. There already is the "ground station" mailing list where most engineering discussion takes place. Thanks Bruce On Mon, Sep 21, 2020, 1:45 PM Michael Tondee <mat_62(a)charter.net> wrote: > Is that a matter of public record? Looking at the vote totals of the > election is what made me ponder the question. I'll be quietly moving on > now and enjoying other aspects of the ham hobby but I'm really curious > what your membership totals are and what the percentage of turnout was > for what was such an important election. > > 73, > > Michael, W4HIJ > >

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Major Grant for Open Source Amateur Radio Satellite Service Work
by Michelle Thompson 21 Sep '20

21 Sep '20

I'm very happy to announce that two grants have been made for open source amateur radio satellite work. This closes out an extraordinarily successful summer of regulatory progress, published designs, community development, and fundraising. All of this work directly benefits AMSAT. It benefits AMSAT regardless of whether it's ignored in the short term, attacked, ridiculed, or stolen. One of the new grants, for $4200, is for AmbaSat-inspired nanosat microwave designs. These lightweight designs will be useful for high-altitude balloons as well as space. Intended for University level education, this project will produce repeatable and manufacturable open source designs. The other grant is for $507,020. It is for the second phase of engineering work for the complete digital ground station and payload design. This grant took 14 months of very hard work to obtain. All are welcome to participate. All work is published in a way that makes it accessible to the general public at no cost, with standard licensing and full compliance with all regulations. A third grant, for Rent-a-GEO, is still under review. You can look back through the archives to find out more about that proposal. AMSAT leaders were informed of these grant applications. AMSAT was informed and invited to be part of the Commodity Jurisdiction Request, in writing, multiple times. AMSAT members were invited to contribute, review, participate, comment, and critique the grant proposal. Many members did. The process of writing the grants has been open, with workshops at major amateur events, recruitment of a committee from a diverse technical background, forum presentations, paper presentations, hardware experiments, work carried out on a public mailing list, and so on. There were at least six significant re-writes based on unflinching feedback from the community, ARDC technical review board, and committee members. That is what "very hard work" means. Before the transponder grant was awarded, ORI board offered a technical support contract that would share all funds with AMSAT/ARISS/AREx. As long as the work was mutually beneficial, the funds would be openly available to AREx. That contract can be found here: https://github.com/phase4ground/documents/blob/master/Papers_Articles_Prese… This was presented as a starting point draft, open to negotiation and tailoring. However, it was declined without an explanation. This is not the only negative response to fundraising and regulatory work from AMSAT. Attacks against the landmark Commodity Jurisdiction Request, personal attacks by leadership on anyone associated with this grant, and the open ridicule of the previous YASME, ARRL Foundation, and ARDC grants seem to be what a bit more than half of members want. That is certainly what AMSAT leadership is currently providing. Calling successful engineers that have dozens of projects in space "liars" and "grifters", and shrieking that this grant is going to be "completely wasted" by an AMSAT member society while sharing photos of cash on fire on social media, is not a great look for the Executive Vice President of AMSAT. Ridiculing a desperately needed Final Determination letter from the State Department as a "self-indulgent publicity stunt" is a shockingly stupid thing for the VP of Engineering to publicly state. Rejecting written offers of six-figure fundraising support, and rejecting dozens of competent volunteer recruits' free labor, seems kind of dumb to me. AMSAT would be in great shape if it took advantage of the gifts of time, talent, and treasure that have been consistently and freely offered. Instead, we have a raft of resignations, continued silence, and ugly memes. In looking at the low numbers of AMSAT voters, it may seem kind of silly to keep showing up with seriously needed solutions (ITAR/EAR, several world's-first technical advancements, major funds) when they are rejected so clumsily. However, just because it seems silly now, does not mean it is wrong to keep trying. Nearly half of voters wanted open source and a return to technical leadership this year. This is a huge increase looking at the past three years (from zero!) and is extremely good news. Unfortunately, this time around, non-technical and litigious leadership managed to keep their seats. However, the trend is clear, the regulatory framework has changed, and open source work is rapidly leapfrogging opaque, authoritarian, and exclusionary mindsets. There is a very bright future unfolding. Do you want to make a difference? Consider running for the board. The time to start preparing for 2021 is now. It's well worth the effort and time. If I can make the difference that I have in the past year, in terms of regulatory work, technical work, and fundraising, just imagine what you can do! There has never been a better time to get into amateur microwave, digital design, FPGAs, and space. -Michelle W5NYV

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The AMSAT Journal, July/August 2020
by Robert Bankston 21 Sep '20

21 Sep '20

Due to COVID-19, the July/August 2020 issue of The AMSAT Journal will only be available to members on AMSAT’s Member Portal. Please visit launch.amsat.org to view/download your copy today. The AMSAT Journal is a bi-monthly magazine for amateur radio in space enthusiasts, published by the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT). Each issue is your source for hardware and software projects, technical tips, STEM initiatives, operational activities, and news from around the world. Inside the Current Issue: Engineering Update Jerry Buxton N0JY User Services Update Robert Bankston KE4AL Treasurer's Report Robert Bankston KE4AL Educational Relations Update Alan Johnston KU2Y AMSAT Field Day 2020 Bruce Paige KK5DO For Beginners — Amateur Radio Satellite Primer VI Keith Baker KB1SF/VE2KSF Satellite Cyber Threats Omar Álvarez-Cárdenas XE1AO; Miguel A. García-Ruiz VE3BKM; Margarita G. MayoralBaldivia XE1BMG; Raúl T. Aquino-Santos (SWL) Integration of a Distributed Ground Station Network M.A.Mendoza-Bárcenas (SWL); Rafael Prieto-Meléndez (SWL); Alejandro Padrón-Godínez (SWL); Gerardo Calva-Olmos (SWL), Omar Álvarez-Cárdenas XE1AO; Margarita G. Mayoral-Baldivia XE1BMG; Alfonso TamezRodríguez XE2O Satellite Antenna Tracking Using Goto Telescope Mounts Dwayne Sinclair NA6US Not an AMSAT member? Visit launch.amsat.org and JOIN TODAY! Robert Bankston, KE4AL Vice-President, User Services Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)

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UT1FG/MM QSL Confirmations
by john＠papays.com 21 Sep '20

21 Sep '20

Yuri, UT1FG/MM, is back on the Goldeneye and is sailing from Columbia to Jacksonville Florida today, September 21, 2020. At Jacksonville he will have a good opportunity to mail out confirmations from last season as well as others prior. Please follow the procedure at papays.com/sat and email your pdf's to me. I will forward them to Yuri. If you have sent pdf's in the past and not received an answer, please send them again. As he gets closer to Jacksonville, he will not be able to work on the confirmations so please get your requests in now. That way you will have a better chance at getting the confirmations mailed. 73, John K8YSE

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Board election
by Robert McGwier 21 Sep '20

21 Sep '20

Congratulations to those who came in 1-3 and are now board members and Howie who is first alternate. I am deeply grateful for all who supported my candidacy. My place in this notwithstanding, I feel it makes little sense for me to be second alternate given this seems likely to cause conflict of interest recusals in my position with ARDC. I would have dealt with he pain of it had I been elected to the board or been first alternate. Jeff Johns also ran so this move by me doesn't leave AMSAT without a second alternate. I wish the organization well in its endeavors. My life membership continues and I have a new amateur satellite system under construction at my retirement home in Alabama and I expect to be active soon since I have constructed the M2 crossed yagis, received the Yaesu AZ/EL rotator and expect my Q5 to arrive this Fall. My new satellite tracking software package written in Golang is well underway and I hope I can get people to try it soon. 73s Bob N4HY

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Re: [amsat-bb] more Fox Delta- G5400 fun
by Roy Dean 20 Sep '20

20 Sep '20

Craig, Not sure if this helps, but occasionally when I switch on my serial ST2 + G5400 rotator, I get the same blank screen. I am able to clear it by turning off the G-5400B controller, unplugging the ST2 at the USB plug (its on a prolific serial-usb adapter), and then turning the G5400B controller back on (I power the ST2 directly from the G5400B). The screen comes back, and then I plug the USB adapter back in and I can use the system normally. I suspect you've already tried stuff like this already, but worth a shot. Good luck. --Roy K3RLD > Hello fellow satops. After thinking I had fixed my Fox Delta ST2 calibration/runaway readout problem (worked for "a while"), the problem started up again. With much help from Dinesh VU2FD and Frank K7SFN at FD, the epromm was reprogrammed, thinking maybe some rf got into the ST2. Unfortunately, now there is no readout on the ST2 display, although it is illuminated, and I cannot manually bring up the calibration screen (or any screen). The front buttons on the ST2 are inoperative. The DIN plug connections between the ST2 and the G5400 are solid. The G5400 controller and rotors all work as they should using the Yaesu controller box. Not sure how to go about doing any further troubleshooting except maybe to check voltages on the wires coming from the G5400 through the DIN plug to the screw strip on the ST2 board. I've got my money's worth out of this great little box and don't mind getting a new one (this time, the USB version), but need to first eliminate the G5400 as the issue. > > If anyone happens to have info on what voltages I should be reading on the cable/ wires from the G5400, that would be very helpful. I assume some of the voltages will be variable based on rotor positions. I checked the G5400 manual but it does not appear to provide that information without analysis of the schematic. (beyond my skill set) > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > 73, Craig > N6RSX > >

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Chinese HF satellite
by Jim Barbre 20 Sep '20

20 Sep '20

Did the Chinese launch their HF amateur radio satellite yesterday, September 15th, as scheduled? Thanks. 73 Jim Barbre KB7YSY

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Radio Amateurs of Canada AMSAT presentation.
by tjschuessler＠verizon.net 20 Sep '20

20 Sep '20

Hi all, I will be doing a "Getting Started" presentation for the Radio Amateurs of Canada Annual conference tomorrow, Sunday September 20th. My session will be at 1PM Eastern, 1800Z. They will be streaming and archiving all their sessions on the RAC YouTube Channel but you can go to the Radio Amateurs of Canada web site and register for the Zoom sessions to be able to do Q & A. I recommend any of our Canadian satellite friends who are on the list to register if not already, and please join in. They have some other interesting seminars on various different topics as well as their Annual Meeting. Not too long a commitment. Only about54 hours from end to end on Sunday. Should be another fun outreach for Amateur Radio in Space. Hope to see yo there. 73 Tom Schuessler, N5HYP EM12ms

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ANS-264 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Mark Johns, K0JM 20 Sep '20

20 Sep '20

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-264 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation 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 commun- icating 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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans In this edition: * AMSAT Board of Directors Elections Results * July/August AMSAT Journal Is Now Available * RAC Canada 2020 Conference and AGM is this Sunday * AO-7 Approaching Return To Full Illumination * Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution * Ham Radio Club Talk Collection On YouTube * ARISS News * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-264.01 ANS-264 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 264.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE 2020 September 20 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-264.01 AMSAT Board of Directors Elections Results Balloting for the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation’s 2020 Board of Directors election concluded September 15. Of the 1,233 envelopes returned, 1,231 could be associated with a unique member. Ballots were separated from the envelopes to maintain secrecy and counted by the Secretary over three sessions conducted on September 16, 17, and 18. Candidates, Directors, Officers, and tellers chosen by the Secretary were invited to observe the opening of returned envelopes and handling of ballots during the count. Five envelopes contained reports of deceased members, resulting in a total of 1,226 ballots scrutinized. The number of votes cast for each candidate is as follows: Mark Hammond, N8MH 707 Paul Stoetzer, N8HM 703 Bruce Paige, KK5DO 667 Howie DeFelice, AB2S 550 Bob McGwier, N4HY 534 Jeff Johns, WE4B 429 Four ballots were spoiled. Accordingly, pursuant to Article III, Section 4 of the Bylaws: Mark Hammond, N8MH, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, and Bruce Paige, KK5DO, have been elected as Directors of the Corporation for terms ending in 2022. Howie DeFelice, AB2S, has been elected as First Alternate Director of the Corporation for a term ending in 2021. Bob McGwier, N4HY, has been elected as Second Alternate Director of the Corporation for a term ending in 2021. The Secretary thanks the candidates for their cooperation during the election process, those who observed the counting for their time and scrutiny, and the members of the Corporation for their interest and participation. (ANS thanks Brennan Price, N4QX, AMSAT Secretary for the above infor- mation) +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AMSAT office is closed until further notice. For details, please visit https://www.amsat.org/amsat-office-closed-until-further-notice/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ July/August AMSAT Journal Is Now Available Due to COVID-19, the July/August 2020 issue of The AMSAT Journal will only be available to members on AMSAT’s Member Portal. Please visit launch.amsat.org to view/download your copy today. The AMSAT Journal is a bi-monthly magazine for amateur radio in space enthusiasts, published by the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT). Each issue is your source for hardware and software projects, technical tips, STEM initiatives, operational activities, and news from around the world. Inside the Current Issue Engineering Update, Jerry Buxton N0JY User Services Update, Robert Bankston KE4AL Treasurer's Report, Robert Bankston KE4AL Educational Relations Update, Alan Johnston KU2Y AMSAT Field Day 2020, Bruce Paige KK5DO For Beginners — Amateur Radio Satellite Primer VI, Keith Baker KB1SF/VE2KSF Satellite Cyber Threats, Omar Álvarez-Cárdenas XE1AO; Miguel A. García-Ruiz VE3BKM; Margarita G. MayoralBaldivia XE1BMG; Raúl T. Aquino-Santos (SWL) Integration of a Distributed Ground Station Network, M.A.Mendoza- Bárcenas (SWL); Rafael Prieto-Meléndez (SWL); Alejandro Padrón- Godínez (SWL); Gerardo Calva-Olmos (SWL), Omar Álvarez-Cárdenas XE1AO; Margarita G. Mayoral-Baldivia XE1BMG; Alfonso TamezRod- ríguez • XE2O Satellite Antenna Tracking Using Goto Telescope Mounts, Dwayne Sinclair • NA6US [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/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ RAC Canada 2020 Conference and AGM is this Sunday Radio Amateurs of Canada is pleased to welcome all Amateurs to the RAC Canada 2020 Conference which will be held on Sunday, September 20 be- fore the RAC Annual General Meeting. Complete descriptions of all of the presentations can be found on the RAC website at: https://www.rac.ca/rac-canada-2020-conference-and-agm-is-this-sunday/ There is no registration fee for this event and registration is now underway. Canada 2020 Conference Overview: The RAC Canada 2020 Conference is an interactive mini-conference that will feature interesting presentations on a wide range of topics as shown below. Whether you are a new Amateur or have been enjoying Ama- teur Radio for many years there will be something of interest for you to discover. Given the great response we have received, we have now decided to ex- tend the schedule to include a keynote presentation followed by three sessions. Each session will have multiple presentations so that participants can choose those presentations that are of most interest to them. In addi- tion, all sessions will be recorded for viewing later so you won’t miss out if two of your favourites take place at the same time. Keynote presentation: 12 noon to 12:50 pm ET First session (4 presentations): 1 pm to 1:50 ET Second session (4 presentations): 2 pm to 2:50 ET Third session (3 presentations): 3 pm to 3:50 ET The Annual General Meeting will then begin after the Conference at 4 pm ET. Conference Presentations and Schedule: The following is a list of presentations and the schedule of events: Keynote Presentation: 12 noon to 12:50 pm ET “A Fireside Chat”: “Amateur Radio during the Global Pandemic and other topics” An informal discussion featuring the following distinguished guests: Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA: President, Radio Amateurs of Canada Tim Ellam, VE6SH: President, International Amateur Radio Union Rick Roderick, K5UR: President, American Radio Relay League Steve Thomas, M1ACB: General Manager, Radio Soc'ty of Great Britain In these unprecedented times, this is an excellent – and possibly historic opportunity – to engage in a discussion on the challenges we face today and the future of Amateur Radio. First session: 1 pm to 1:50 pm ET Getting Started with Amateur Radio Satellites – Tom Schuessler, N5HYP Amateur Radio and Youth – Brian Jackson, VE6JBJ Amateur Radio Challenges in Canada’s North – Ron Thompson, VE8RT and Angela Gerbrandt, VY0YL CY9C St. Paul Island DXpedition – Phil McBride, VA3QR Second session: 2 pm to 12:50 pm ET 6m FT8 DXing – Ron Schwartz, VE3VN Contesting: Remote Operating – Cary Rubenfeld, VE4EA, Tom Haavisto, VE3CX & Gerry Hull, VE1RM VO2AC: Contest DXpedition to Labrador (CQ Zone 2) – Chris Allingham, VE3FU/VO2AC Amateur Radio Hotspots: A Quick Overview – Allan Boyd, VE3AJB Third session: 3 pm to 3:50 pm ET La proposition d’une classe d’entrée pour les radioamateurs (en français) – Guy Richard, VE2QG/VE2XTD Amateur Radio: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow – Allen Wootton, VY1KX High Altitude Balloons: The Elevation Education – Kelly Shulman, VE3KLX [ANS thanks Radio Amateurs of Canada and Southgate ARC for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AO-7 Approaching Return To Full Illumination AO-7 is approaching a return to full illumination, sometime around September 25. This period will last until approximately December 26. During this time, it is likely AO-7 will switch between Modes A and B (2m/10m, and 70cm/2m) every 24 hours. Get those 10m antennas ready to enjoy mode A every other day. On another note, here’s a reminder and request to remember to keep the power down. Recently, I’ve observed sometimes several different sta- tions, usually in the middle of the passband, ditting away on CW in an attempt to find themselves. This often bounces the entire passband up and down, and sometimes causes the transponder to reset (“flip”) to Mode A. Try to find yourself with very low power, or on SSB, or best, with full Doppler control, and the other users will thank you. If you have to use high power to find yourself, your receive antenna and sys- tem probably needs improvement. SSB users should also watch their up- link power carefully. [ANS thanks Andrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT VP Operations, for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition? Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff from our Zazzle store! 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution The following satellites have been and removed from this week's AMSAT- NA TLE Distribution: OBJECT D - Cat ID 46275. OBJECT F - Cat ID 46277. To understand why, first consider that at this time about 52 satellites have been placed in orbit, so far. Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, has determined that Object D and Object F cannot be either AmicalSat or TTU 110. This based on the fact that Object D and Object F are in the SAME group of satellites (and orbit) into which UPMSat 2 (Cat. ID 46276) was launched. AmicalSat and TTU 100 are in another (and later) group of satellites that were launched later into a higher orbit and are now about a half an orbit away from UPMSat 2 (and Object D and Object F). This is quite a bit of good detective work by Nico! There's more! Since TTU 100 is not transmitting, it is really not pos- sible to identify TTU 100 by radio signal at this time. (The group that TTU 100 was launched still makes it sure that Objects D and F are not AmicalSat and TTU 100.) So TTU 100's Catalog Number is still (at this time) unknown. And so ... the following satellite has been and added to this week's AMSAT-NA TLE distribution: AmicalSat - Cat ID 46287. Again, a big thanks to Nico Janssen, PA0DLO. [ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS NEWS Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide. Avellaneda Ikastetxea, Sodupe, Spain, telebridge via ZS6JON The ISS callsign was scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut was Chris Cassidy, KF5KDR. The contact was scheduled for Friday, 9-18-2020 at 12:56:34 UTC. The contact was successful. [ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team men- tors 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: EM26/27 “Late this week or This weekend” @KL7TN JM08, 9/17 -9/21 @EA6/EA4NF. Formentera Island. DXCC EA6 – Grid JM08 – IOTA EU-004, LEO SAT FM & LINEARS, QSL via LoTW as EA6/EA4NF. For this new sat portable activation, Philippe will bring with him his Yaesu FT818ND and a FT817ND operating in full Duplex on all LEO satellites with an Alaskan Arrow Antenna. CN86, 9/19 & 9/20, @N7AME : I hope to access the FM satellites AO-91, and AO-92 on most passes during September 19 and 20 during the WWDXC Salmon Run. If they count, I will be at Lewis and Clark SP WA (K-3221) and in Lewis County which will be Grid CN96. K5TA will be on the air as W6H occasionally until this Sunday, 20-Sep, as New Mexico's satellite representative in the “Route 66 On The Air” special event. For general info visit http://w6jbt.org/?page_id=19. QSL via K8TE. Our coordinator is working on getting a certificate for LoTW, but it’s not up yet. Besides, the paper cards are nice-looking. Christy, KB6LTY, is also on sats as W6D from San Bernardino County — you remember the old song “…Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino!” -Scott K5TA DM65 Albuquerque. CN76/77 10/3 and 10/4 @AD0DX Just booked tickets for beautiful Ocean Shores, WA… CN76/CN77 grid line Sat Oct 3 approx 0000z to Sun Oct 4th approx 1700z, pass details closer to the trip Major Roves: Beginning this Saturday, 19 Sept thru Friday, 25 Sept, @kylee_ke0wpa and @ND0C will be doing some holiday roving in several Iowa grids: EN11, EN12, EN20, EN21, EN22 and EN30 – some lines. None of them are particularly rare, but we’ll be there nevertheless. Operation will be limited by work commitments and family activities, but we will focus on AO-91 and SO-50 and maybe some linears. Hope to turn a few grids green for some folks. Please play nice, i.e. no blind calls, no stomp- ing and allow the QSOs to be completed! [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events Clint Bradford K6LCS has booked his “Work the FM Voice Satellites With Minimal Equipment” presentation for the clubs: 10/27/2020 – Cherryland ARC / Traverse Bay ARC TBD – Antelope Valley (CA) ARC TBD – A private presentation for a Boy Scout troop in Danville, Penn. These will be Zoom presentations. Everyone is asked to update their copies of the Zoom application – by directly visiting Zoom.us. The 38th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting in- person event scheduled to be held in Bloomington, Minnesota has been canceled. The event will be shifted to a virtual, online platform. The in-person event was scheduled to occur Friday, October 16th - Sunday, October 18th. As the 2020 virtual event plans are developed, they will be announced via the usual AMSAT channels. [ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + Last week Jupiter had 79 moons. This week it may have 600 more, in- cluding some that go backwards! A new study says that there may be as many as 600 small “irregular moons” orbiting Jupiter. An irregular moon is a minor object that used to orbit the Sun, but was captured by a giant planet early on in the Solar System’s history. Having swapped from being Sun-orbiting to planet-orbiting, they often have “eccentric” orbits; distant, inclined and retrograde—they orbit back- wards. (ANS thanks Forbes.com for the above information) + Rajesh Vagadia, VU2EXP, from Gujarat State in western India, and Lucky Bijanki, VU2LBW from Bangalore in southern India, successfully worked one another via six different FM Satellites in single day on September 9. It's a record for such satellite activities in the region. Satellites worked were AO-91 (0650Z), PO-101 (0830Z), AO-27 (1305Z), SO-50 (1514Z), AO-92 (1712Z) & ARISS - ISS (1714Z). (ANS thanks Rajesh Vagadia, VU2EXP, for the above information) + A small leak of ammonia has been detected at the U.S. segment of the International Space Station (ISS). Ammonia is used in transferring heat from the US segment on the ISS to space. Moderate levels of ammonia are not so dangerous, but exposure to high concentrations of it can be a health hazard. The leak is at a rate of about 700 grams [1.5 pounds] per year. There is no threat to the ISS crew. A similar situation occurred in 2017 and was resolved. (ANS thanks Space Daily for the above information) + Earth observation satellites are playing a key role in analyzing and responding to the fires in the western U.S. NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System provides daily fire point-source de- tection, along with real time geofenced updates, world wide. NASA also provides a dashboard of world temperature. (ANS thanks The Or- bital Index for the above information) + It was like the opening scene from a movie: cars pulled over on a busy freeway, with everyone gawking in disbelief at what they were seeing. Drivers in New Jersey on September 14 thought a flying saucer was hovering above them. But in reality, it was just another day in 2020 and the UFO was an aircraft from planet Earth: the Goodyear Blimp. With just the right lighting conditions, viewing angle and reflections, the blimp looked just like a classic flying saucer. (ANS thanks Universe Today for the above information) + Following requests from many amateurs outside South Africa, AMSAT-SA now offers its hand-held VHF/UHF yagi for export if ordered in a batch of 6, at R950 each (approx US $65), total for a batch of 6 R5700. (approx US $ 390). Available to countries in the European Union and the USA. For more information, see http://www.amsatsa.org.za/DualbandYagi.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space, This week's ANS Editor, Mark D. Johns, K0JM k0jm at amsat dot org

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more Fox Delta- G5400 fun
by D. Craig Fox 19 Sep '20

19 Sep '20

Hello fellow satops. After thinking I had fixed my Fox Delta ST2 calibration/runaway readout problem (worked for "a while"), the problem started up again. With much help from Dinesh VU2FD and Frank K7SFN at FD, the epromm was reprogrammed, thinking maybe some rf got into the ST2. Unfortunately, now there is no readout on the ST2 display, although it is illuminated, and I cannot manually bring up the calibration screen (or any screen). The front buttons on the ST2 are inoperative. The DIN plug connections between the ST2 and the G5400 are solid. The G5400 controller and rotors all work as they should using the Yaesu controller box. Not sure how to go about doing any further troubleshooting except maybe to check voltages on the wires coming from the G5400 through the DIN plug to the screw strip on the ST2 board. I've got my money's worth out of this great little box and don't mind getting a new one (this time, the USB version), but need to first eliminate the G5400 as the issue. If anyone happens to have info on what voltages I should be reading on the cable/ wires from the G5400, that would be very helpful. I assume some of the voltages will be variable based on rotor positions. I checked the G5400 manual but it does not appear to provide that information without analysis of the schematic. (beyond my skill set) Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 73, Craig N6RSX

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Re: [amsat-bb] Gpredict "Transponder" database update for ISS?
by Greg D 19 Sep '20

19 Sep '20

Thanks, Apostolos, The version of Gpredict (1.3_465) is the latest that was offered with this distro. There appear to be several bugs involved here. I haven't tried force-loading a newer version, or building from source, but generally when things are this far out of date, that process doesn't end well. I did the manual update on the file, and that seems to be working, so I'm good for now. At some point I will need to rebuild the entire system. That may be my winter's project... 73, Greg KO6TH Apostolos Kefalas wrote: > Hello Greg, > > I do not know which version of Gpredict you are using, but I remember > there was a bug in older versions, regarding the update of > transponders. Try the latest version which seems to work OK, at least > in my case. > > If you can't (don't want to) update, with your favorite editor, edit > the file: > > ~/.config/Gpredict/trsp/25544.trsp > > find the V/U transponder and update it. > > > 73 > Apostolos, SV1LJJ > > > > On Fri, 2020-09-18 at 11:13 -0700, Greg D via AMSAT-BB wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> Does anyone know if there is a way to update Gpredict's "Transponder" >> database for the new ISS cross-band repeater? The program can >> download >> a JSON blobby-thing from the Internet with all the transponders >> included, but the Mode V/U FM Voice information for the ISS is for >> the >> old radio (145.800 up, instead of 145.990). >> >> I can temporarily override the setting in the Radio Control screen, >> but >> it reverts back to the un-altered information from time to time, >> which >> is rather annoying. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Greg KO6TH >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views >> of AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite >> program! >> Subscription settings: >> https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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AO-92 camera mode 1535 utc today 19 Sept 2020
by Mark Hammond 19 Sep '20

19 Sep '20

Going to try camera mode on AO-92 about 1535 utc today 19 Sept 2020! Get your Foxtelem running in HS mode. @AMSAT <https://twitter.com/AMSAT> #amsat <https://twitter.com/hashtag/amsat?src=hashtag_click> -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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AO-92: Lack of beacon
by P. Suryono Adisoemarta 19 Sep '20

19 Sep '20

Dear all, why AO-92 is totally quiet in the past couple of days? Can the beacon be activated so we can keep take a look on its condition, similar with AO-95. 73 de Yono - YD0NXXJakarta, Indonesia

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Re: [amsat-bb] Gpredict "Transponder" database update for ISS?
by Roy Dean 18 Sep '20

18 Sep '20

I don't think you are getting the latest set of transmitters. The list I have is: Mode U/V Voice Mod V APRS Mode V/V FM (Crew R1) Mode V/V FM (Crew R2+3) Mode U APRS Digi Mode V/U FM Voice VHF-2 Soyuz Communication - FMN VHF-1 Soyuz Communication - FMN TEMP Off-Frequency SSTV Mode V/V APRS Tanusha FM Tomsk-TPU-120 CUCU (SpaceX COTS UHF Communication Unit) Soyuz / Orlan space suit Mystery transmitter 137.6257 ISS CCSDS Data 1 Mode V Imaging Mode V/U FM - Voice Repeater [this is the new repeater pair] I am running Ubuntu 18.04, and Gpredict 2.3.57-2d80 --Roy K3RLD On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 6:32 PM Greg D <ko6th.greg(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Paul, Roy, > > Interesting. I'm not seeing all those options. The fetch of the > transmitters.json seemed to work (file with today's time stamp found in > ~/.config/Gpredict/trsp). Deleted it, and re-fetched. No change. > > Are there too many entries for all to be displayed, or is something else > stale in my config, preventing the updated file from being applied? I > don't have (or don't think I have) any utilities to edit the file, to clear > out the now-unused entries. I can't post a screen shot here, but the > pull-down for the mode only includes the following (in this order): > > - Mode V/V AFSK Packet > - Mode V/U FM Voice > - Mode V APRS > - Mode V Imaging > - Mode U/V FM Voice > - Mode V/V FM (crew R2+3) > - Mode V/V FM (crew R1) > - Tomsk-TPI-120 - Deployed in outer space > - Mode U APRS Digi > - Soyouz Communication - FMN > - Tanusha FM > > Mode V/U FM Voice is the closest, but with the wrong uplink frequency. > > Greg KO6TH > > > Paul Stoetzer wrote: > > Greg, > > This is sourced through the SatNOGS database. It looks like the proper > transmitter is listed as Mode V/U FM - Voice Repeater:https://db.satnogs.org/satellite/25544#transmitters > > 73, > > Paul, N8HM > > On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 2:13 PM Greg D via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > Does anyone know if there is a way to update Gpredict's "Transponder" > database for the new ISS cross-band repeater? The program can download > a JSON blobby-thing from the Internet with all the transponders > included, but the Mode V/U FM Voice information for the ISS is for the > old radio (145.800 up, instead of 145.990). > > I can temporarily override the setting in the Radio Control screen, but > it reverts back to the un-altered information from time to time, which > is rather annoying. > > Thanks, > > Greg KO6TH > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > >

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Re: [amsat-bb] AO-7 notes
by Andrew Glasbrenner 18 Sep '20

18 Sep '20

Low enough that the passband doesn't bounce up and down with each character or syllable, or when there is a minimal amount of frequency distortion on ssb. Some days that’s more or less than other days. Antenna gain also is part of the equation. I said power, I should have said ERP. 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org> On Behalf Of Steve Kristoff via AMSAT-BB Sent: Friday, September 18, 2020 7:26 PM To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-7 notes Drew, what counts as "low-power" for AO-7? Steve AI9IN ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB (amsat-bb(a)amsat.org) Date: 09/18/20 18:59 To: AMSAT BB (amsat-bb(a)amsat.org) Cc: ans-editor(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-7 notes All, AO-7 is approaching a return to full illumination, sometime around September 25. This period will last until approximately December 26. During this time, it is likely AO-7 will switch between Modes A and B (2m/10m, and 70cm/2m) every 24 hours. Get those 10m antennas ready to enjoy mode A every other day. On another note, here's a reminder and request to remember to keep the power down. Recently, I've observed sometimes several different stations, usually in the middle of the passband, ditting away on CW in an attempt to find themselves. This often bounces the entire passband up and down, and sometimes causes the transponder to reset ("flip") to Mode A. Try to find yourself with very low power, or on SSB, or best, with full Doppler control, and the other users will thank you. If you have to use high power to find yourself, your receive antenna and system probably needs improvement. SSB users should also watch their uplink power carefully. 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT VP Ops _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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AO-7 notes
by Andrew Glasbrenner 18 Sep '20

18 Sep '20

All, AO-7 is approaching a return to full illumination, sometime around September 25. This period will last until approximately December 26. During this time, it is likely AO-7 will switch between Modes A and B (2m/10m, and 70cm/2m) every 24 hours. Get those 10m antennas ready to enjoy mode A every other day. On another note, here's a reminder and request to remember to keep the power down. Recently, I've observed sometimes several different stations, usually in the middle of the passband, ditting away on CW in an attempt to find themselves. This often bounces the entire passband up and down, and sometimes causes the transponder to reset ("flip") to Mode A. Try to find yourself with very low power, or on SSB, or best, with full Doppler control, and the other users will thank you. If you have to use high power to find yourself, your receive antenna and system probably needs improvement. SSB users should also watch their uplink power carefully. 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT VP Ops

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Re: [amsat-bb] Gpredict "Transponder" database update for ISS?
by Roy Dean 18 Sep '20

18 Sep '20

It should be there. I updated transponders about a day after the repeater went online (I was the one who added the transmitter via SatNogs transmitter submittal). It's listed as "Mode V/U FM - Voice Repeater", and should be the last one listed. --Roy K3RLD > Hi folks, > > Does anyone know if there is a way to update Gpredict's "Transponder" > database for the new ISS cross-band repeater? The program can download > a JSON blobby-thing from the Internet with all the transponders > included, but the Mode V/U FM Voice information for the ISS is for the > old radio (145.800 up, instead of 145.990). > > I can temporarily override the setting in the Radio Control screen, but > it reverts back to the un-altered information from time to time, which > is rather annoying. > > Thanks, > > Greg KO6TH > >

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Gpredict "Transponder" database update for ISS?
by Greg D 18 Sep '20

18 Sep '20

Hi folks, Does anyone know if there is a way to update Gpredict's "Transponder" database for the new ISS cross-band repeater? The program can download a JSON blobby-thing from the Internet with all the transponders included, but the Mode V/U FM Voice information for the ISS is for the old radio (145.800 up, instead of 145.990). I can temporarily override the setting in the Radio Control screen, but it reverts back to the un-altered information from time to time, which is rather annoying. Thanks, Greg KO6TH

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-09-18 17:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 18 Sep '20

18 Sep '20

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-09-18 17:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Avellaneda Ikastetxea, Sodupe, Spain, telebridge via ZS6JON The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Chris Cassidy KF5KDR Contact was successful: Fri 2020-09-18 12:56:34 UTC 65 deg (***) Watch for live stream at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMDcOZOF2FE&feature=youtu.be ************************************************************************************************************* There is a new radio on board the ISS. The Kenwood D710GA is now in use. The crossband repeater is now available when the radio is not being used for ARISS school contacts. The frequencies are 145.99 MHz up (67 tone) and 437.800 MHz down. Watch the Doppler on the downlink. ######################################################################################################################################## 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. The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements here also. 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) 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 2020-09-18 17:30 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 2020-09-18 17:30 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) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. Message to US Educators ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The Proposal Window of February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 has now closed. 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. Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. 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. ******************************************************************************* 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: Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 138 Sergey RV3DR with 135 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 1399. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1332. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, Wyoming, 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. 62 now on orbit Chris Cassidy KF5KDR Anatoli Ivanishin Ivan Vagner **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Re: [amsat-bb] Election
by Brennan Price 18 Sep '20

18 Sep '20

Peter Prendergast wrote: > Are the results out yet? 1,233 envelopes were returned, of which 1,231 could be associated with a unique member. As the local public health situation makes a traditionally tellered count infeasible, I have invited candidates, directors, officers, and a few people local to Northern Virginia who I had planned to invite as tellers to observe my handling of the ballots through a Zoom session I've set up (to the extent my webcam permits--I try to set up to give a good view). The handling involves opening each envelope face down, removing the ballot from the face-down envelope and putting it into a receptacle, and tallying the ballots after all of them within the batch have been placed into the receptacle, meeting the bylaws requirement for a secret ballot. I have conducted two sessions thus far (Wednesday afternoon and Thursday evening). I believe I will be able to finish in one more session. Invited folks from across and without the generally perceived ideological divide have observed one or both sessions in whole and in part, and I appreciate their investment of time to give the confidence that observing the process imparts. The bylaws require an announcement as soon as practicable, and in no event later than September 30. This standard will be met. 73, Brennan Price, N4QX Secretary Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation

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Rocket Lab launch from Wallops Island getting close
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 17 Sep '20

17 Sep '20

See: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/about-us/updates/rocket-lab-completes-final-dr… 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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AMSAT-BB hacked???
by Joe Leikhim 16 Sep '20

16 Sep '20

I just got three strange messages , one with an attachment, from sender: AMSAT-BB <erkan(a)vanessatur.com.tr> The subject line was something I started last month. The word "virus" appended to subject line on two of these by AVG. -- Joe Leikhim Leikhim and Associates Communications Consultants Oviedo, Florida JLeikhim(a)Leikhim.com 407-982-0446 WWW.LEIKHIM.COM

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Election
by Pgprendergast 16 Sep '20

16 Sep '20

Are the results out yet? Peter Sent from my iPhone

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Kenpro Rotary motor
by Andy Brian 16 Sep '20

16 Sep '20

Hi, Anyone have the good information where to buy or find the substitute for azimuth rotary KR-5600? thanks for any information BR Andy

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JO-97 TLM Uploads?
by Hasan N0AN 16 Sep '20

16 Sep '20

My count hasn't changed in at least several days on the uk-site. Am I doing something wrong? I haven't knowingly changed any settings in the dashboard.. The dashboard is decoding and says it's uploading, but the count at http://data.amsat-uk.org/ranking Isn't changing for my callsign. Ideas? Maybe I missed something in a message on the list. Been very busy. AO-73 and EO-88 are showing up fine for my uploads. 73, N0AN Hasan

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AO-92
by Roy Dean 15 Sep '20

15 Sep '20

I can find no information about AO-92 going silent recently. Was it commanded into a silent state (as AO-85 was shortly before it went silent permanently)? --Roy K3RLD

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ARISS News Release No. 20-16
by David Jordan 15 Sep '20

15 Sep '20

ARISS News Release No. 20-16 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISS Contact Scheduled for Students at Avellaneda Ikastetxea, Sodupe, Spain September 15, 2020—AmateurRadio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received scheduleconfirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is the groupthat puts together special amateur radio contacts between students around theglobe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the International Space Station (ISS). This will be a telebridge contact via amateur radio and students will take turnsasking their questions of ISS Commander Chris Cassidy, amateur radio call sign KF5KDR. John Sygo, amateurradio call sign ZS6JON in Paardekraal, South Africa will serve as the ARISS relay amateur radio ground station. The ARISS radio contact isscheduled for September 18, 2020 at 2:56 pm CEST (Sodupe), (12:56UTC, 08:56 am EDT, 07:56 am CDT, 06:56 am MDT and 05:56 am PDT). The public is invited to watch the livestream at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMDcOZOF2FE&feature=youtu.be The school, Avellaneda Ikastetxea (with about 650students), is in the small town of Sodupe in northern Spain. The school coordinatedwith 15 other schools on STEM-based curriculum that includes a STEM mentoringprogram with Deusto University. First through sixth grade studentswill participate in the ARISS contact, and have and will prepare for thecontact during STEM sessions with learning objectives that include space,gravity, matter, energy and other related topics. _____________________________ Astime allows, students will ask these questions: 1. What did you wantto be when you were young? 2. What made youthink that you wanted to be an astronaut? Was it your dream? 3. How long does ittake from the Earth to Space? 4. How do you feelwhen you leave the Earth? 5. When you are inspace, what do you carry with you in the rocket? What things do you need? 6. How much time doyou spend in space before returning to Earth? 7. What is concretelythe objective of your mission? 8. If you are ill,who can help you? 9. Is the space suitcomfortable? 10. How do you cookin space? 11. What type of fooddo you eat? Do you like it? 12. What is the firstthing you'll do when you get back? 13. What do you do inyour free time? 14. Is therepollution in space? 15. How manyastronauts are there in your space-station? ARISS – Celebrating 20 Years of Amateur RadioContinuous 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, sponsorsare the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio RelayLeague (ARRL), the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, and NASA’s SpaceCommunications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promoteexploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematicstopics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew membersaboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students,educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org MediaContact: DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISSPR Likeus on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Search on Amateur Radio on the ISS and@ARISS_status.

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AO-92
by kb2mjeff＠att.net 15 Sep '20

15 Sep '20

I second this. L/V mode would certainly beat the batteries up much less due to the lighter traffic load. I agree with Dave, there are plenty of U/V passes... 73 Jeff kb2m -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org> On Behalf Of Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 7:08 PM To: 'David Worboys' <kg4zlb(a)icloud.com> Cc: 'AMSAT BB' <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-92 Certainly to be considered... 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- From: David Worboys <kg4zlb(a)icloud.com> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 6:40 PM To: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner(a)mindspring.com> Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-92 Drew, would it be possible that if you are able command it back on an ad-hoc basis it could be commanded into L/V mode for those sessions? There are plenty of U/V opportunities up there for anyone already. Thanks David KG4ZLB On Sep 14, 2020, at 6:12 PM, Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: I've mostly been posting about it on Twitter. AO-92 has a cell that's failing, and towards the end of many eclipses it goes into auto-safe mode at 3.6v. If the battery drops low enough the IHU resets, and it comes back up in normal safe mode. Mark and I have been commanding to repeater mode on the first available pass after the resets, but it's not a long term sustainable answer. Last night Mark commanded the transmitter completely off while we consider a plan of action. Leaving autosafe on and the tx off, we may be able to turn the repeater on ad-hoc for weekends or such, completely dependent on command station availability. Turning autosafe and the IHU off like we did with AO-85 will kill the satellite pretty quickly, so that's not a good response either. So, we'll look at resets and battery states before this weekend and see where we stand. 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT VP Operations

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FS: Pac-Comm PSK-1 Packer Controller
by Paul F. Merrill 14 Sep '20

14 Sep '20

Any interest from anyone here before I put this out to the larger World? TNX, Paul / W7IV

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Route 66 On The Air
by Scott Davis 14 Sep '20

14 Sep '20

I will be on the air as W6H occasionally until this Sunday, 20-Sep, as New Mexico’s satellite representative in the "Route 66 On The Air" special event. For general info visit http://w6jbt.org/?page_id=19 . QSL via K8TE. Our coordinator is working on getting a certificate for LoTW, but it's not up yet. Besides, the paper cards are nice-looking. Christy, KB6LTY, is also on sats as W6D from San Bernardino County -- you remember the old song "...Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino!" We worked each other this afternoon on PO-101. -Scott K5TA DM65 Albuquerque.

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Re: [amsat-bb] Amazon donations
by jim＠k6ccc.org 14 Sep '20

14 Sep '20

Bruce said: > If you use the app, you can set it up for smile. If you use a web browser be sure to always goto smile.amazon.com I normally use a browser, but I do have the Amazon app on my phone. Note that it is rather hidden on the app. On the app, press the three horizontal bars in the upper left corner for the main menu. Then under "Programs and Features", select "See All Programs". Then scroll down to "AmazonSmile" (not in alphabetical order). 73 ----- Jim Walls - K6CCC jim(a)k6ccc.org

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Amazon donations
by Francis Geraci 14 Sep '20

14 Sep '20

I just got an Email from AmazonSmile. $5,660.00 was donated to Amsat. All you Amazon buyers, use "Amazonsmile" when buying, and donate to Amsat. IMHO W1FXX

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New LOTW ADIF File Generator
by Wes Baden 14 Sep '20

14 Sep '20

I didn't mean for my original post to kick up any dust. In hindsight, it was a classic "Who Moved My Cheese?" moment. Train a mouse to move through a maze to find cheese, then move the position of the cheese, and the mouse will become disoriented and panic at first. In my case, I should have played with the new system for a while before posting. Many thanks to those who passed on information about navigating the ADIF file generator now. Using TAB rather than ENTER, as I did previously, gets me down from one entry line to another (ENTER no longer does, at least on my PC). Also, the elimination of "Phone," replaced by a number of voice modes, really does make a lot of sense. I miss what are probably the most common linear satellite modes, CW and now SSB, being at the top of the Mode list, but as someone pointed out, they are findable fairly quickly by typing in "C" or "S" first. I have no trouble using LOTW at this point (I really need to get a logging program, though!), and my CW and SSB contacts are matching on LOTW just as they should be. I appreciate the coders' ongoing efforts to tweak LOTW and made it better over time. In the future, I just need to remember not to panic when the cheese gets moved once again. 73, Wes NA1ME

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New version of LOTW
by Wes Baden 13 Sep '20

13 Sep '20

Anyone else not pleased with the new version "improving" LOTW, at least as it involves SAT contacts? Can we get ARRL to undo some things? At least on my computer, you no longer can press the Enter key to go down entry fields one after another. It's a much slower process now. Also, the two most common modes that we've been using on LOTW, CW and VOICE, are no longer first in line, where an expanded list of modes is alphabetized. This also slows down entries. Worse yet, VOICE is no longer a listed mode at all. It's been replaced by SSB, LSB and USB. I could be wrong, but isn't this in particular going to make QSO matching more difficult? Should SAT ops simply enter SSB, or should it be USB (the output of satellites) or LSB (our input to them)? In sum, the whole process is now slower with multiple opportunities for matching errors and contacts not being confirmed. Ugh. Wes NA1ME

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Oops, It's "Phone" They Removed
by Wes Baden 13 Sep '20

13 Sep '20

Way too early in the morning and without coffee when I sent that post about changes in LOTW. It's PHONE they removed, which used to appear immediately after CW in the first two Mode field options. For linear SAT users, the previous PHONE choice is now replaced by LSB, SSB and USB. Pick one now and hope the operator you've contacted picks the same one, for a match. Or should the new standard, for us, simply be SSB? Wes NA1ME

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1.2G on LEO Pack
by Jeff Davis 13 Sep '20

13 Sep '20

Looking for links to photos of 1.2G antenna installed on the same boom as a LEO Pack. Thanks! 73 Jeff KE9V

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-09-12 20:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 12 Sep '20

12 Sep '20

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-09-12 20:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Avellaneda Ikastetxea, Sodupe, Spain, telebridge via ZS6JON The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Chris Cassidy KF5KDR Contact is go for: Fri 2020-09-18 12:56:34 UTC 65 deg Watch for live stream at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMDcOZOF2FE&feature=youtu.be (***) ************************************************************************************************************* There is a new radio on board the ISS. The Kenwood D710GA is now in use. The crossband repeater is now available when the radio is not being used for ARISS school contacts. The frequencies are 145.99 MHz up (67 tone) and 437.800 MHz down. Watch the Doppler on the downlink. ######################################################################################################################################## 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. The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools (***) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements here also. 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) 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 2020-09-12 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 2020-09-10 14:00 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) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. Message to US Educators ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The Proposal Window of February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 has now closed. 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. Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. 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. ******************************************************************************* 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: Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 138 Sergey RV3DR with 135 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 1398. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1331. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, Wyoming, 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. 62 now on orbit Chris Cassidy KF5KDR Anatoli Ivanishin Ivan Vagner **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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AMSAT D-Star talkgroups
by Keith E. Brandt, WD9GET 12 Sep '20

12 Sep '20

I'm having trouble with the AMSAT D-Star reflectors. I can hear traffic with no difficulty, but I am not heard when I transmit. Other reflectors work fine (30C, 1C, 4B, etc). I've tried the various alternative reflectors that are hooked together (DCS, XLX, XRF systems using reflectors 28C, SAT, and SIN). When I transmit, the Pi-Star shows me getting into the hotspot and it shows the reflector connected. The gateway pages for the reflectors sometimes show me connected, sometimes they don't. My hotspot is a RPi 3 running Pi-Star 4.1.2 with a DVMega board (firmware 3.26) -- both the newest versions I've tried accessing the hotspot with both my TH-D74A and Icom ID-51A I use the Pi-Star interface to change reflectors I can use the AMSAT reflectors from my Windows computer with an AMBE stick and BlueDV If anyone has any insights as to why my transmissions aren't getting to the system I'd appreciate advice. Keith WD9GET

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Re: [amsat-bb] ORI receives half million dollar grant, and, it's only the first.
by Daniel Schultz 12 Sep '20

12 Sep '20

Going Open Source is the second thing that AMSAT needs to do. The first thing is to learn how to govern the organization in an adult manner without all the petty bickering and name calling of the past couple of months, no matter which group wins the BOD election in a few days. The more I learn about the secondary launch market as it exists today, the more I must conclude that the only way that we will get a launch to HEO for a satellite large enough to serve our needs will be to buy it on the commercial launch market, and we are talking millions of dollars for that. Since we have no generous Arab royalty on this side of the pond, it did not look very hopeful that some rich benefactor would come to our aid. It still might be too big of an ask, but the days of free satellite launches as "ballast" are far behind us and we better learn to adapt to that reality. Dan Schultz N8FGV ----------------------------- Michael, W4HIJ, wrote: It appears there are resources out there if AMSAT is willing to do what's necessary to have access to them. I guess the question is what's that involve? Is it simply just going open source or is there more to it than that? Are there other stumbling blocks that they wouldn't be comfortable with for some reason?

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Phase 4 Ground
by Robert McGwier 11 Sep '20

11 Sep '20

ARDC awarded ORI $500,000 to do major development on the phase 4 ground digital communications terminal. ORI has assembled a tremendous engineering team to do this work. Congratulations to ORI. I was informed the check is in the mail. This is the largest grant ARDC has given to date. ORI was previously awarded large grants by the ARRL foundation and the Yasme foundation to support the work. 73s Bob N4HY

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AMSAT-DL online symposium 2020
by Matthias Bopp 11 Sep '20

11 Sep '20

AMSAT-DL Online Symposium on September 26th 2020 Unfortunately, the AMSAT-DL Symposium planned for September 26th and 27th, 2020 cannot take place this year in the usual manner. Since the health of everyone is very close to our hearts and the legal framework currently leaves no other option, we have decided not to hold a meeting on site in Bochum this year. We regret this very much, but the premises only allow an occupancy of less than 20 persons. A "social" meeting with dinner is unfortunately not possible either, nor is a flea market and other activities, such as the QO-100 User Meeting, which happened for the first time during the HAM Radio Fair in Friedrichshafen in 2019. Instead, we will broadcast the symposium as an "online" meeting in DATV via the broadband transponder of QO-100 and on the Internet on the YouTube channel of AMSAT-DL (https://www.youtube.com/user/amsatdl). Enclosed is the preliminary schedule for September 26th 2020 (all times in CEST=UTC+2): Start Topic Who 09:00 Welcome, Introduction, Agenda Matthias DD1US 09:10 Interview with the AMSAT-DL Board of Directors: Peter DB2OS (Chairman), Michael DD5ER, Thilo DJ5YM Matthias DD1US 09:45 Introduction to Bochum Observatory and its Ham Radio activities Thilo DJ5YM 10:10 The AMSAT-DL LunART project proposal to ESA Peter DB2OS 10:35 The ADALM Pluto as part of the AMSAT-DL QO-100 control station in Bochum Mario DL5MLO 11:10 Portable station for QO-100 based on the modules of AMSAT-DL Matthias DD1US 12:00 Lunch break 12:45 QO-100 DX-pedition to Namibia/South Africa/Botswana Charly DK3ZL 13:45 Digital Narrowband Operation via QO-100 Florian DF2ET 14:20 School contacts via QO-100 with DP0GVN in Antarctica Heiner DD0KP 14:55 Update of ARISS and AREx activities Oliver DG6BCE 15:45 Coffee break 16:00 Reception of the recently launched probes to Mars Daniel EA4GPZ, Paul M0EYT, Achim DH2VA 16:50 Final interview with the AMSAT-DL BOD and conclusions: Peter DB2OS (Chairman), Michael DD5ER, Thilo DJ5YM Matthias DD1US 17:10 Introduction to the virtual QO-100 user meeting Matthias DD1US 17:20 Virtual QO-100 user meeting via the QO-100 NB transponder Florian DF2ET 17:50 Closing of the symposium and virtual QO-100 user meeting Matthias DD1US Due to the international audience, most of the lectures will be held in English. The current schedule can be found on the AMSAT-DL homepage at https://amsat-dl.org. We would like to invite you all, also on behalf of the AMSAT-DL board, to this year's AMSAT-DL online conference and the virtual QO-100 user meeting. Jens DH6BB, Lenz DL8RDL, Florian DF2ET and Matthias DD1US Please send any queries to Matthias DD1US

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Two VU Hams successfully did QSOs via Six different FM Satellites in single day
by Rajesh Vagadia - VU2EXP 11 Sep '20

11 Sep '20

Dear hams, We are enjoying AMSAT-UK OSCAR QSO Party from VU Land. 9th September 2020 proved memorable day for myself Rajesh VU2EXP & Lucky VU2LBW from India. We successfully worked via Six different FM Satellites in single day from VU Land. It's personal record for us for such satellite activities in region. Some satellite were 18 year (SO-50) to 27 year (AO-27) old, which all favoured us. The list of satellite we worked through were AO-91 (0650Z), PO-101 (0830Z), AO-27 (1305Z), SO-50 (1514Z), AO-92 (1712Z) & ARISS - ISS (1714Z). That's all the satellites I am getting from my region (ML52jh) & have capabilities to work with my portable setup consisting pair of HT & Homebrew IOio Antenna! There were bit challenges like uncertainty of AO-92 switching to L mode or turning into safe mode during eclipse, some passes (AO-92 & ISS) were at the same time and in different directions, low elevation of 3° ISS pass at VU2LBW's end, power failure at partners end for some moments, possibility of raining which could have interrupted my portable operation etc! We did our best and continued chasing via each satellite & exchanged 59 reports from all 6 birds. So exciting experience for us. I am very thankful to VU2LBW for cooperating with lots of patience. I was on my portable setup operating from my terrace whereas I was benefited with decent setup of VU2LBW located at MK82tv. What a great memorable day! 73's Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP Regional Coordinator West India Zone AMSAT-INDIA Rajkot (Gujarat) INDIA E: vu2exp(a)gmail.com

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AmicalSat2 updated TLEs?
by christy hunter 10 Sep '20

10 Sep '20

are there updated TLEs for AmicalSat-2? the ones I have issued right after launch day seem to be out of date. thanks 73 Christy KB6LTY

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RS-44 Thursday
by Mike Seguin 10 Sep '20

10 Sep '20

I plan to be on RS-44 tomorrow 9/10/2020 around 1425Z to hopefully work John, AA2HJ from FN34im here in Vermont. Anyone needing VT, this looks like a good CONUS pass. -- 73, Mike, N1JEZ "A closed mouth gathers no feet"

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LOTW with HRD is Easy
by Brad Smith 10 Sep '20

10 Sep '20

I have used HRD for years and love it. Here is how I log satellite and ISS on HRD. HRD FOR SATELLITE You have to have your location (QTH) set up. Click the Ant/Sat tab, type in the satellite name in the box. Click the Propagation tab, the Prop Mode must be “Satellite” from the pull down menu. Freq. is the uplink Freq. and is not part of what LOTW looks at. If the Locator box defaults to FM19, click the QRZ tab to get his actual grid. When you do a correction, this happens, his grid changes to FM19, which is the center of the US. Upload to LOTW as normal ROVING After roving, you have to go into TQSL and set up a new location (grid square, state) Name it the grid square from which you worked. (Or you could name it a location, like “Home,” “Rochelle.”) When you upload those QSO’s to LOTW, type in the grid square or squares from which you operated, in the” Station Location” box. For a grid line type it this way: “EN52,62” with no spaces. If you have an error, it will show you. Make sure you change back to “Home” for the next QTH upload. LOTW INSTRUCTIONS Log into ARRL site, Logbook of The World site, or ARRL site and click LOTW on left, or go to LOTW.ARRL.org and log in. You can click Your QSO’s and do a search for any QSO’s that you want to find, by call. Click “Most Recent QSL’s” to see confirmed QSL’s. Click “Most Recent QSO’s to see what QSO’s are confirmed. A blue “United States” or country name means the QSO has been confirmed. You can download from HRD. You can click “Your Account” and then “Your Activity” and see your last uploads. Click “Result” to see the details of the upload. Click AWARDS to see your grids for VUCC, etc. Brad KC9UQR

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-09-10 14:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 10 Sep '20

10 Sep '20

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-09-10 14:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: College Raymond Sirot, Gueux, France, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Chris Cassidy KF5KDR Contact was successful: Thu 2020-09-10 08:17:01 UTC 57 deg (***) Watch for live stream at: https://videodiff.phm.education.gouv.fr/live/liaison-iss-bis Avellaneda Ikastetxea, Sodupe, Spain, telebridge via ZS6JON The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Chris Cassidy KF5KDR Contact is go for: Fri 2020-09-18 12:56:34 UTC 65 deg ************************************************************************************************************* Here are a few websites that are space related that you might want to check out. (***) The Adler Planetarium in Chicago, IL, has on-line free presentations. Check out: Adler Astronomy Live takes place every other Thursday at 12:00 pm CT (17:00 UTC) and lasts around 45 minutes. The September 10 topic is The Aquarius Project. https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/event/adler-astronomy-live/. I was the control operator and mentor for an ARISS contact that was held from Adler back on 2002-12-29. If you ever get to Chicago, check out the museum. If you are looking for space memorabilia to buy, then check out The American Space Museum and Space Walk of Fame in Titusville, FL. They are holding an on-line auction of space stuff. If you ever come to watch a launch at KSC, be sure to check this museum out. It looks small from the outside but it is anything but on the inside. They tell you they have Friends in Low Places as much of their displays come from the KSC workers. http://spacewalkoffame.org/ ************************************************************************************************************* There is a new radio on board the ISS. The Kenwood D710GA is now in use. The crossband repeater is now available when the radio is not being used for ARISS school contacts. The frequencies are 145.99 MHz up (67 tone) and 437.800 MHz down. Watch the Doppler on the downlink. ######################################################################################################################################## 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. The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools (***) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements here also. 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) 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 2020-09-10 14:00 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 2020-09-10 14:00 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) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. Message to US Educators ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The Proposal Window of February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 has now closed. 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. Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. 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. ******************************************************************************* 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: Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 138 Sergey RV3DR with 135 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 1398. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1331. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, Wyoming, 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. 62 now on orbit Chris Cassidy KF5KDR Anatoli Ivanishin Ivan Vagner **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ISS Crossband Repeater - 9k6 APRS?
by Mark Jessop 10 Sep '20

10 Sep '20

After noticing that a SatNOGS station (through a fluke of configuration) had decoded a packet [1] on the new repeater downlink frequency, I investigated a bit more and found that all the passes observed recently had 9k6 FSK packet traffic on the downlink. An example packet: [0.4] NA1SS>0P0PS4,APRSAT:'v&<0x1c>l <0x1c>SI]ARISS-ISS PM2=<0x0d> ------ U frame UI: p/f=0, No layer 3 protocol implemented., length = 48 dest 0P0PS4 0 c/r=0 res=3 last=0 source NA1SS 0 c/r=1 res=3 last=0 digi 1 APRSAT 0 h=0 res=3 last=1 000: 60 a0 60 a0 a6 68 60 9c 82 62 a6 a6 40 e0 82 a0 `.`..h`..b..@... 010: a4 a6 82 a8 61 03 f0 27 76 26 1c 6c 20 1c 53 49 ....a..'v&.l .SI 020: 5d 41 52 49 53 53 2d 49 53 53 20 50 4d 32 3d 0d ]ARISS-ISS PM2=. ------ Is this being generated within the new Kenwood radio, or somewhere else? What does the packet contain? (It looks like there might be some telemetry in there?) 73 Mark VK5QI [1] https://network.satnogs.org/observations/2780486/

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Logging Sat Qso's
by BeetleJerald Oliver 09 Sep '20

09 Sep '20

Does anyone use HRD Logbook for logging sat contacts? There does not seem to be a seamless way to upload to loTW from that logging program.I personally use AC Log and modify the program for sat contacts by setting up the required fields per LoTW specifications. It works great and have had no problems at all with it. HRD Logbook does not seem to have a way to modify the required fields for LoTW upload that will satisfy LoTW requirements. I have a friend using HRD for this and he cannot upload his contacts, except by manually uploading them from the LoTW "create adif file" in TQSL. Any info would be helpful. Jerry KJ4EU

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