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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-25 19:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 25 Feb '20

25 Feb '20

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-25 19:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: About Gagarin From Space, Zorinsky secondary school of the Kursk region, Russia, direct via R3WBX (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Skripochka Contact was successful for Tue 2020-02-25 08:12 UTC (***) Celia Hays Elementary, Rockwall, Texas, direct via W5SO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact was successful: Tue 2020-02-25 17:35:18 UTC 31 deg (***) Watch for live stream at https://live.myvrspot.com/st?cid=NWM5NW 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) 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 2020-02-25 19:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2020-02-25 19:00 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 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 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 is happy to announce a proposal window will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January 1, 2021 and June 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 proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up is https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.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. More Information For 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 133 (***) 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 1384. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1317. (***) 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. 60 on orbit Drew Morgan KI5AAA Exp. 61 on orbit Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Grid Chasers question
by Bob Hammond 25 Feb '20

25 Feb '20

I'm slowly gearing up for portable operation with my 9700 and WRAPS rotator with Arrow antenna. I plan to operate this summer from from DN06, DN28, DN36, DN55, and perhaps others. I assume this would be helpful? Bob W7OTJ

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DL88 March 16, 17
by Ron Bondy 25 Feb '20

25 Feb '20

Josh W3ARD, Doug N6UA and Ron AD0DX are planning to activate DL88 in Big Bend National Park March 16, 17 using the special event callsign K5Z. We will be operating FM and Linears and plan to operate through the night. You can find more details on our qrz page for K5Z. Cheers, Josh, Doug and Ron

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-25 03:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 24 Feb '20

24 Feb '20

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-25 03:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Kittredge Magnet School, Atlanta, GA, direct via KQ4KMS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact was successful: Mon 2020-02-24 18:23:55 UTC 31 deg (***) Watch for live stream at facebook.com/kittredgemagnet About Gagarin From Space, Kursk region, Russia, direct via R3WBX (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Skripochka Contact is go for Tue 2020-02-25 08:12 UTC Sorry gang, we just found out about this one today. (***) Celia Hays Elementary, Rockwall, Texas, direct via W5SO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Tue 2020-02-25 17:35:18 UTC 31 deg Watch for live stream at https://live.myvrspot.com/st?cid=NWM5NW 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) 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 2020-02-25 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 2020-02-25 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 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 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 is happy to announce a proposal window will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January 1, 2021 and June 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 proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up is https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.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. More Information For 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 132 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 1382. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1315. (***) 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. 60 on orbit Drew Morgan KI5AAA Exp. 61 on orbit Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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EM31/32 Today
by Bob Liddy (K8BL) 24 Feb '20

24 Feb '20

Gridders, Q's from today's EM31/32 now in LoTW. Looking for a spot to do EM22/23 in coming days. 73, Bob K8BL

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New FM repeater satellite planned: MEMESat-1
by John Brier 24 Feb '20

24 Feb '20

https://www.rtl-sdr.com/memesat-1-a-meme-beaming-cubesat-currently-in-devel… The unique thing about this sat is people will be able to submit "meme" images which it will downlink on 70cms. Common memes are images with some humorous text overlayed which are shared on social media.. They are especially popular with younger generations so I think this is a good way to get that segment of the population interested in ham radio. Official website: https://letsgo2space.com/memesat-1-3/ 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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Re: [amsat-bb] New FM repeater satellite planned: MEMESat-1
by Martin VE3OAT 24 Feb '20

24 Feb '20

Isn't this just another variation of the "SWATCH" attempt to use the Amateur Radio bands for commercial purposes?? 73, ... Martin VE3OAT

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New FM repeater satellite planned: MEMESat-1
by Roy Dean 24 Feb '20

24 Feb '20

> > Nice try, but no cigar... ISS SSTV is a legitimate experiment (MAI), > conducted under the Russian call sign. As pointed out: 1) both RS0ISS and NA1SS callsigns have been used for ISS SSTV events 2) What exactly is the "experiment" that MAI is performing? Simply calling it an "experiment" is pretty easy, maybe MEMESat-1 should call itself an "experiment"? 3) We currently have at least a few other "amateur" radio satellites that downlink nothing but a beacon (in some cases with no unique information whatsoever) - what is the difference there? --Roy K3RLD

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Audio of AO-92, today
by Jackie Dander 24 Feb '20

24 Feb '20

(I am assuming this is not violating any AMSAT rules. I am thinking it is good practice to listen in so that one day I will have gutzpah to transmit. If there is a better place to share such recordings, please advise.) Isaac, W4ITC Audio of pass over N.C. (FM14) of AO-92, 10:18am to 10:21am local time. Elevation 23 degrees at 10:18am to 36 degrees at 10:20am and back to 23 deg at 10:21, my AOS, TCA and LOS, respectfully. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oJfXlFQLjgEFjIv8ftTNuelCTiOcdtL-/view?usp=… I am still learning to hear and remember call signs and grids. Seems impossible. For the following data I used the rewind 4 or 5 times to get copy and much of the session could not be reliably written down. Here is what checked out, the other calls were not clear to me. Names shown were given on recording. (This is one and done for the BB, just wanted to share it once since it is new to me.) N5LEX (QTH not heard), Nate N0TEL (EM75, Tennessee) Wade. Wade was the session leader for sure. Many QSLs. N3GS (QTH?) George KE9AJ KB2M (EL99, Florida) WP4T (QTH not copied, but I am sure I heard, "Cuba' <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/s/?view=att&th=17068b3b5d5cb312&attid=0.1&…>

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Re: [amsat-bb] New FM repeater satellite planned: MEMESat-1
by sean fay 23 Feb '20

23 Feb '20

Keep it on board George You haven't really specified how this is any different than the MAI-75 transmissions by the Russians or the ARISS transmissions by the Americans. Both are designed to transmit images There was previous cube SATs that sent canned images. I can't for the life me figure out why your so ... Triggered Sean Fay AA0AN On Sun, Feb 23, 2020, 7:21 PM George Henry <ka3hsw(a)att.net> wrote: > You lost all legitimacy with your first line, and went downhill from > there. Not even worth rebutting. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* sean fay [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Sunday, February 23, 2020 4:17 PM > *To:* George Henry > *Subject:* Re: [amsat-bb] New FM repeater satellite planned: MEMESat-1 > > > > Go clutch your pearls else where George > > > > “ ill afford to allow it > > to be used for such frivolity.” > > > > You sound like a horseman when the car was invented. > > > > We can Ill afford to keep running off kids with your and your ilks > nonsense. > > > > This is not a commercial endeavor. I don’t see how this is any different > than the SSTV transmissions from Russian ISS or the ARISS > > > > I also see this more in line with amateur radio use than say using the > Amateur spectrum to fly > > RC planes and drones > > > > Old Man yells at cloud and other news at 7 > > > > Beaming a grumpy cat from space will be This hobbies salvation. > > > > Sean Fay > > AA0AN > > > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 23, 2020 at 3:09 PM George Henry via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > No, broadcasting is EXACTLY what the rtl-sdr.com article lists as the > satellite's intended mission. > > There are already more than enough smallsats that are using amateur > frequencies for questionable missions... > > Considering all the threats to our spectrum, we can ill afford to allow it > to be used for such frivolity. > > George, KA3HSW > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of JoAnne > K9JKM > via AMSAT-BB > Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2020 11:01 PM > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] New FM repeater satellite planned: MEMESat-1 > > > Guess you all missed the key word, "broadcasting"... > > Call it beacon. Perhaps a beacon more "useful" to amateur radio > operators than some university bird beaconing a 9K6 GMSK stream of > unknown format in the ham bands. > > -- > > 73 de JoAnne K9JKM > joanne.k9jkm(a)gmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > 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] New FM repeater satellite planned: MEMESat-1
by Roy Dean 23 Feb '20

23 Feb '20

> > Did you not read the rtl-sdr.com article you posted the link to? > Broadcasting to a "general audience" is EXACTLY what they are talking > about. George, KA3HSW I'm assuming you've contacted ARISS and put them on notice about their SSTV events? If not, what is the difference? --Roy K3RLD

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Today's EM22/32
by Bob Liddy (K8BL) 23 Feb '20

23 Feb '20

Gridders, Today's Q's from EM22/32 now in LoTW. 73, Bob K8BL

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-20 03:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 23 Feb '20

23 Feb '20

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-20 03:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Maple Dale Elementary School, Cincinnati, OH, direct via K8SCH The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Thu 2020-02-20 18:20:28 UTC 48 deg Watch for live stream at https://facebook.com/ohkyinars Kittredge Magnet School, Atlanta, GA, direct via KQ4KMS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Mon 2020-02-24 18:23:55 UTC 31 deg Celia Hays Elementary, Rockwall, Texas, direct via W5SO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Tue 2020-02-25 17:35:18 UTC 31 deg 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) 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 2020-02-20 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 2020-02-08 03:30 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 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 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 is happy to announce a proposal window will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January 1, 2021 and June 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 proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up is https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.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. More Information For 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 132 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 1380. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1313. 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. 60 on orbit Drew Morgan KI5AAA Exp. 61 on orbit Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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FoxTelem Bug Fix Release for HuskySat reception Version 1.08z3
by Chris Thompson 23 Feb '20

23 Feb '20

I am releasing an update to FoxTelem 1.08 that fixes critical bugs in the reception of HuskySat data. Everyone receiving data from HuskySat should upgrade. Without this version your local data is not stored correctly (although the data sent to the server is fine). This also fixes an issue with displaying graphs that have multiple variables when the "show sun" option is selected. HuskySat is almost continually in sun, so this feature is needed to analyze the heating and cooling. To "show sun" on a graph you need to enable "Fox Telem Calculates Positions" on the settings tab. Then check the box below the graph. It works best when the graph is "continuous". FoxTelem defaults to plotting the received chunks of data and not the empty spaces in between passes. Continuous will plot those empty spaces and allows sun/eclipse to be seen better, though this can be a difficult setting with home data, where you have such short chunks. You can download the release here: http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/windows/ http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/linux/ http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/mac/ 73 Chris -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson(a)gmail.com g0kla(a)arrl.net

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Aide demandée / support request
by christophe.mcr 23 Feb '20

23 Feb '20

Message de / Message from Geoffrey F4FVI *In english see below.* *En español más abajo.* Bonjour à tous, Je suis professeur en collège dans le nord de la France (59) près de Valenciennes et dans le cadre du projet "Science Collège Nord », avec une classe de 4ème, nous étudions la possibilité pour l’homme d’aller habiter dans le système solaire. Les élèves découvrent l’histoire de la conquête spatiale et les contraintes de la vie dans l’espace, ils imaginent une ville du futur dans l’espace et utilisent le théorème de Pythagore et la trigonométrie pour calculer la distance qui nous sépare de QO100. Pourquoi QO100? Car pour ma part, j’étudie avec les élèves les possibilités de rester en contact avec de futurs astronautes dans l’espace. Dans le cadre de ce projet, je vais donc faire une démonstration de contact par QO-100 pour montrer aux élèves les possibilités offertes par un satellite en terme de communication ainsi que les différences de difficultés pour communiquer avec un objet en mouvement et un objet fixe (géostationnaire) dans l’espace depuis la Terre. Cette démonstration mettra aussi en évidence la notion de vitesse de la lumière et de distance « astronomique » en faisant « entendre » aux élèves le décalage entre un bip CW envoyé et son retour une fraction de seconde plus tard. De même, les élèves ont été sensibilisés au fonctionnement d’une antenne, le gain, la polarisation, et au système de propagation des ondes par rebond dans l’atmosphère ainsi qu’à l’existence de la ionosphère. De plus, les élèves vont suivre une conférence du planétarium de Villeneuve d’Ascq concernant les différentes méthodes pour rester en contact avec des satellites non géostationnaires dans le système solaire. Je suis donc à la recherche d’OM/YL qui seraient disponibles le* lundi 2 mars 2020 entre 8H30 et 10H00 Heure d’Europe Centrale (Paris-Madrid-Bruxelles)* pour me répondre sur QO-100 et ayant l’amabilité de parler très lentement pour rendre intelligible le QSO pour des élèves non initiés à la radio et au mode USB tout en utilisant le moins possible le code Q. Le contact peut-être reporté si les conditions météorologiques ne nous permettent pas de faire la démonstration en extérieur. Le but serait de donner des informations sur la personne qui nous appelle, répéter l’indicatif plusieurs fois, le prénom, la ville, le département, le pays, la météo et les antennes utilisées lentement. L’objectif est que les élèves comprennent le QSO pour pouvoir prendre des notes et ne pas repartir en disant « on a rien compris ». Nous sommes à la recherche de stations partout dans la zone de couverture du satellite, dans l’idéale et au minimum, deux stations francophones (une dans l’hémisphère nord et une dans l’hémisphère sud - avis aux FR/FH/FT), une station anglophone (pour un contact en anglais) et une station hispanophone (pour un contact en espagnol). Notre indicatif sera TM20JJR. Si vous êtes intéressés, n’hésitez-pas à rentrer en contact avec moi. Merci d’avance. 73 Geoffrey F4FVI Geoffrey-FVI(a)hotmail.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Hello everyone,* *I am a teacher in northern France near Valenciennes and in the project « Sciences Collège Nord », with a group of student of 4ème (13-14 years old), we are studying the possibility for the human being to live in the solar system.* *The pupils discover the spatial conquest history and the difficulties to live in space, they imagine the city of the futur in space and use the pythagorean theorem and trigonometry to calculate the distance of the QO-100 satellite from us. Why QO100? Because, at my side, I will study with the pupils the possibilities to stay in contact with futurs astronauts in space.* *This demonstration will show the notion of light speed and astronomical distance by listening the echo « bip » of CW that comes back very quickly but not immediately. Also, the pupils will have been taught about antenna way of working, gain, polarisation, waves propagations in the atmopshera and ionosphere. * *Also, the pupils will follow a conference about how do we stay in contact with satellite that are not geostationary. * *Then, I am looking for an OM/YL who would be free on **monday 2nd of march 2020 between 8H30 and 10H00 central europe time (**Paris-Madrid-Brussels) to answer me on QO-100 and who will be kind to talk very slowly to make understandable the QSO for non initiated pupils to radio and USB mode and using as less as possible the Q code. The contact can be delayed to another day if the weather conditions are not good enough to make the demonstration outside of the school building.* *The main goal will be to give information about the calling station, repeating several times the callsign, the name, the city, the **region, the country, the weather conditions and the antennas used very slowly. The more important is that the pupils understand the QSO in order to take notes and **avoiding that they** come back home saying **« **we did not understand anything** »* *.* *We are looking for amateur radio stations in the coverage zone of the satellite, the best and minimum would be 2 french speaking station (on the in the northern hemisphere and one in the southern hemisphere - special call to FR/FH/FT), one english speaking station (for a QSO in english) and a s**panish** speaking station (for a QSO in spanish).* *Our callsign will be TM20JJR * *If you are **interested, please feel free to contact me.* *73* *Geoffrey F4FVI* *Geoffrey-FVI(a)hotmail.com <Geoffrey-FVI(a)hotmail.com>* ————————————————————————————————————— *Buenos días a todos,* *Soy profesor en el norte de Francia cerca de Valenciennes y en el marco del proyecto « Sciences Collège Nord », con un grupo de estudiantes de 4ème (entre 13 y 14 años), estamos estudiando la posibilidad para el ser humano de poder vivir en el sistema solar.* *Los **alumnos descubren la historia de la conquista espacial y las dificultades que se presentan a la hora de vivir en el espacio; ellos imaginan una ciudad del futuro en el espacio y utilizan el teorema de Pitágoras así como la trigonometría para calcular la distancia entre el satélite QO-100 y nosotros. ¿Por qué QO-100? Porque, por mi parte, estudio con los alumnos las posibilidades de quedarse en contacto con futuros astronautas en el espacio.* *La demostración delante de los alumnos permitirá enseñarles la noción de la velocidad de la luz escuchando el eco del « **bip** »** de CW que vuelve muy rápidamente sin ser inmediato. También, los alumnos han descubierto el funcionamiento de las antenas, la ganancia, la polarización, la propagación de las ondes en la **atmósfera y la ionósfera.* *Además, los alumnos asistirán a un conferencia acerca de la comunicaciones espaciales con satélites que non son geoestacionarios. * *Así que, estoy buscando un OM/ una YL que estaría disponible el lunes 2 de marzo de 2020 entre 8H30 y 10H00 hora de europa central (París-Madrid-Bruselas) para contestarme en QO-100 y que tendría la amabilidad de hablar muy lentamente para hacer entendible el QSO para alumnos que no son iniciados a la radio y menos al modo USB, utilizando el menos posible el código Q. Por si acaso las condiciones meteorológicas no nos permiten hacer la demostración en el patio de recreo, aplazaremos la fecha del contacto.* *La meta principal sería dar informaciones acerca de la estación que nos estaría llamando, repetir varias veces el indicativo, el nombre, la ciudad, la región, el país, las condiciones meteorológicas y las antenas utilizadas. Lo **más** importante es que los **alumnos** entiendan el QSO para que puedan apuntar datos y sobre todo que no vuelvan a casa diciendo * *« ** no entendimos nada** »** .* *Estamos buscando radioaficionados en la zona de cobertura del satélite, lo mejor y el mínimo sería 2 estaciones francesas (una en el hemisferio norte y otra en el **hemisferio** sur - llamada especial a los FR/FH/FT), una * *estación **anglófona (para un QSO en inglés) y una estación hispanohablante (para un QSO en castellano).* *Nuestro indicativo será TM20JJR.* *Si os interesa la idea, no dudéis en contactarme.* *73* *Geoffrey F4FVI* *Geoffrey-FVI(a)hotmail.com <Geoffrey-FVI(a)hotmail.com>*

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Celia Hays Elementary, Rockwall, Texas
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 23 Feb '20

23 Feb '20

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Celia Hays Elementary, Rockwall, Texas on 25 Feb. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:35 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and W5SO. The contact should be audible over the state of Texas and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Story: Named after a beloved longtime educator and native of Rockwall County, Celia Hays Elementary School opened in 2007. The school quickly established a tradition of educational excellence and student leadership. Currently serving more than 870 students with approximately 70 staff members, Hays consistently achieves the highest state rating for student performance as they educate kindergarten through sixth-grade students. As in past generations, Hays "Huskies" strive to become young people that act on quality principles for the betterment of their community. The school's vision is to create a culture of leadership and learning to develop a child's abilities to become leaders of tomorrow. They cultivate an environment where students thrive and are excited about learning while providing a safe and family-oriented atmosphere that is warm and inviting for students, parents, and staff. In short, Celia Hays Elementary is committed to academic success and fostering excellence in all areas by developing, recognizing, and celebrating the leaders within each student. At Hays...We Lead. We Learn. We Inspire. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How often are new supplies sent to the ISS and has your family sent you anything while you have been on the ISS? 2. What are the best and worst parts of spacewalks? 3. What are some personal items you brought to space and is there anything you did not bring that you wish you had? 4. When you get back on earth, what will you miss most about the ISS? 5. What are some of the experiments right now on the ISS that will affect our lives in the future? 6. What is the best thing you have learned or discovered on the ISS? 7. How do you get to communicate with your family on earth? 8. What happens if you are injured seriously in space? 9. Does the food taste different than it does at home and what is your favorite food on the ISS? 10. How do you remember all the buttons and controls on the ISS? 11. What is the best part of the ISS and why? 12. How do you reuse or recycle on the ISS and what do you do with your trash that can't be reused or recycled? 13. What do you do for entertainment? 14. When there are storms on the Earth, what does that look like in space? 15. Why did you choose to become an astronaut? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): TDB 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 (STEM) 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. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN

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ANS-054 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Mark D. Johns 22 Feb '20

22 Feb '20

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-054 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: * QARMAN and Phoenix CubeSats Deployed from ISS * AMSAT Files Comments Opposing Deletion of 3.4 GHz Band * NEMO-1 Buoy Report * GNU Radio Conference - Tickets and Call for Papers * U.S. Naval Academy's PSAT3 Scheduled to Launch in Mid-March * Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution * "Getting Started with Amateur Satellites" Available with Membership * ARISS Radio Telebridge Stalwart Gerald Klatzko, ZS6BTD, SK * Upcoming ARISS Contacts * Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-054.01 ANS-054 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 054.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE 2020 Feb 23 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-054.01 QARMAN and Phoenix CubeSats Deployed from ISS The von Karman Institute in Belgium (VKI) reports the successful de- ployment of the QARMAN satellite from the International Space Station on Wednesday, 19 February. QARMAN is one of several cubesats that were scheduled for deployment this week. Also, Arizona State University reports that its Phoenix CubeSat was successfully deployed from the ISS as scheduled at 9:35 UTC Wednesday. Roughly 30 minutes after deployment, its beacon was heard for the first time at an amateur radio ground station located in Indonesia. VKI also reports successful reception and decoding of telemetry from QARMAN. It is important to note that both of these satellites are using the same frequency, 437.35 MHz, for telemetry transmissions, and that they are in very similar orbits. Both satellites also follow the AX.25 protocol at 9600 baud, with GMSK modulation. It will take some trial and error before each spacecraft’s TLEs can be confirmed. Operators of these satellites are actively seeking observations from amateurs. Please report to: https://community.libre.space/c/satellites-observations ANS is awaiting reports regarding the other satellites that were scheduled for deployment on Wednesday, as listed below: CubeSat Downlink (MHz) Uplink (MHz) Scheduled Deployment Time (UTC) RadSat-u 437.425 437.425 7:10 CryoCube 2261.00 2082.004 12:55 AztechSat-1 437.3 437.3 12:55 SOCRATES 914.7 914.7 14:30 Argus-02 437.29 437.29 16:00 HARP 468.0 450.0 16:00 SORTIE 468.0 450.0 17:40 [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK, VKI, and Arizona State for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Files Comments Opposing Deletion of 3.4 GHz Band AMSAT has filed comments on the Federal Communications Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which proposes to delete the 3.3 - 3.5 GHz (9 cm) amateur band, including the 3.40 - 3.41 GHz amateur sat- ellite service allocation. In the comments, AMSAT opposes the deletion of this allocation and em- phasizes the necessity of adequate microwave spectrum for future ama- teur satellite projects, including AMSAT's GOLF program and the Lunar Gateway. AMSAT further notes that the most desirable allocations for use as up- links are the allocations between 2.4 and 5.67 GHz. These allocations total 80 MHz. The most desirable allocation for downlink use is the 10.45 - 10.50 GHz allocation, totaling 50 MHz. As many of the proposed uses include amateur television and high-speed data transmission with satellites in high earth orbit or lunar orbit, these allocations may quickly become inadequate. AMSAT also notes that the 2.4 and 5.67 GHz allocations are widely used for ISM and consumer devices, such as WiFi and Bluetooth-enabled devices. The 3.4 GHz allocation is shared be- tween amateur use and other non-federal and federal licensees, but is free from the unpredictable interference of consumer devices. While acknowledging that the 3.4 GHz amateur satellite service allo- cation is not currently used by any amateur satellites and that it is unsuitable for worldwide communication since it is not available in ITU Region 1, AMSAT identifies a number of potential future uses for the band as worldwide usage of the other available allocations in- creases. These potential uses include a future amateur satellite in geostationary orbit above the Americas. In the comments, AMSAT also noted several non-amateur satellite uses of the broader 3.3 - 3.5 GHz amateur service allocation, including its wide use in mesh networking, EME communications, and contesting. The full text of the comments as filed can be downloaded at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-054-FCC Interested parties may file reply comments on or before March 22, 2020 at https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/ The proceeding is WT Docket No. 19- 348. [ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, Executive Vice President. for the ab- ove information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- NEMO-1 Buoy Report AMSAT ARGENTINA launched the NEMO-1 buoy into the Atlantic sea on Jan- uary 30th at noon, using the callsign LU7AA. It was transported 70 km east of Mar del Plata by the fisherman's ship 'Porteño', from Sandokan. The buoy, which emits in WSPR mode at 14095.6 KHz and FM VHF in APRS mode, navigated drifting free for 12 days traveling about 1100 kilo- meters, until on February 11th it was sighted and taken out of the water by the tuna vessel 'Juan Pablo II'. The captain of the ship, Rinaldi Yaco, considered that the buoy was sailing semi-sunk and decided to rescue it, informing Amsat Argentina of that event. The NEMO-1 then traveled eight more days aboard the tuna vessel, con- tinuing its mission of data capture and broadcasting, until on Feb-19 it arrived at the port of Mar del Plata, where colleagues from the Mar del Plata Radio Club picked it up and kept in custody. A group of AMSAT-LU is traveling to recover NEMO-1. The buoy will be reconditioned and a new launch is planned. It will be tried to take it, on this occasion, to more than 200 km offshore, so that it will con- tinue to navigate freely, reaffirming the commitment and contribution of radio amateurs to QRPp propagation research also helping navigation and the community. AMSAT ARGENTINA especially thanks the Captains and crews of the 'Porteño', the 'Juan Pablo II' ships and the Mar del Plata RClub in the persons of its Secretary, Jose Luis Hermida (LU9DHJ) and Jorge Garelli (LU5EOR) for the help provided and to the more than 100 'trav- elers' in NEMO-1, who supported this project helping to carry it out. http://amsat.org.ar?f=ce Adventure photos: http://amsat.org.ar?f=buoy [ANS thanks LU7AA, AMSAT Argentina 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 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ GNU Radio Conference - Tickets and Call for Papers GNU Radio is used by spacecraft and ground station developers around the world. GRCon is the annual conference for the GNU Radio project and community. GRCon20 will be held September 14-18, 2020 in Charlotte, N.C. The GNU Radio Conference celebrates and showcases the substantial and remarkable progress of the world’s best open source digital signal processing framework for software-defined radios. In addition to pre- senting GNU Radio’s theoretical and practical presence in academia, industry, the military, and among amateurs and hobbyists, GNU Radio Conference 2020 will have a very special focus: Speed, latency, delay, and timing! Enjoy our racing theme throughout the conference, featured in our con- tests and a high-octane Thursday night dinner. Papers and presentations on theme will be recognized at the conference with an award. But wait, there’s more! We’ll be co-located and coordinated with the TAPR Digital Communications Conference. It’s the weekend immediately preceding GRCon20. Find out more at: https://tapr.org/?page_id=68 Registration and an online and mobile-friendly schedule will be posted at https://www.gnuradio.org/grcon/grcon20/ Developers and users from the GNU Radio Community are invited to pre- sent projects, presentations, papers, posters, and problems at GRCon20. Submit talks, demos, and code! Please share this Call widely. To sub- mit your content for the conference, visit the dedicated conference submission site at: https://pretalx.gnuradio.org/grcon20/cfp First round closes 17 April 2020. If accepted, your content will be immediately scheduled. Notifications go out 26 June 2020. Final round closes 1 September 2019. Submissions received between 18 April 2020 and 1 September 2020 are accepted space permitting, and notifications will be sent out on a rolling basis. Those with questions or need assistance with submitting then please write grcon(a)gnuradio.org [ANS thanks Michelle Thompson, W5NYV, AMSAT Board Member, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. Naval Academy's PSAT3 Scheduled to Launch in Mid-March The U. S. Naval Academy's PSAT3 payload is scheduled to launch in mid- March from the Pacific Spaceport Complex - Alaska in Kodiak, AK. PSAT3 is functionally equivalent to NO-104 (PSAT2), but does not in- clude PSK31 functionality. It carries a 145.825 MHz APRS digipeater and SSTV downlink capability. PSAT3 will not be a free-flying satellite. It will remain attached to the upper stage of the launch vehicle. Consequently, the mission dur- ation will be limited to a few months, when the rocket body will de- orbit. More information about PSAT3 can be found at http://aprs.org/psat3.html [ANS thanks Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, and the IARU for the above infor- mation] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution The following Amateur Radio satellite has been added to this weeks AMSAT TLE Distribution: SwampSat-2 NORAD CAT ID 45115 (Deployed from Northrop Grumman NG-12 Cygnus 2-3-2020.) (Thanks to Nico Janseen, PA0DLO, for satellite identification.) Sadly, AO-85 (Fox-1A) has been declared at end of mission. But, I think I will retain AO-85 in the TLE distribution for a while just in case there are some last comments from our friend. (Remember AO-7?) [ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Free Digital Copy of "Getting Started with Amateur Satellites" Avail- able for New or Renewing Members While HuskySat-1 completes it's scientific mission, check out the best resource for learning how to work through linear transponder sat- ellites (and other types of amateur satellites). For a limited time, AMSAT is making the "Getting Started With Amateur Satellites" book available as a download with any paid new or renewal membership purchased via the AMSAT Store. This offer is only available with purchases completed online, and for only a limited time. 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 PDF format, in full color, and covers all aspects of making your first contacts on a ham radio satellite. Please take advantage of this offer today by visiting the AMSAT store at https://www.amsat.org/shop/ and selecting any membership option. While there, check out AMSAT's other items, including the M2 LEOpack antenna system, Arrow antennas, AMSAT shirts, and other swag. Be sure to view your cart before going to checkout. If you add a membership and then go directly to checkout, you'll never see an option to add your free gift. If you have trouble selecting your free gift, please see this YouTube video to see the steps necessary. https://youtu.be/oRqk5Am-UzE [ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS Radio Telebridge Stalwart Gerald Klatzko, ZS6BTD, SK When the International Space Station (ISS) orbit is not favorable for a direct Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) con- tact with a particular school or location scheduled to speak with an astronaut, ARISS radio telebridge stations bridge the gap. Gerald Klatzko, ZS6BTD, of Parklands, South Africa, one of the “regulars” during the earlier years of the ARISS program, died on February 1 at age 95. Klatzko served as an ARISS radio telebridge station in South Africa for many years until he retired. ARISS telebridge stations establish the direct ham radio link and feed two-way audio into a telebridge line for delivery to the contact site. John Sygo, ZS6JON, described Klatzko as “always bright and cheerful and a great operator,” who made major contributions to the amateur service. “He was one of the first to experiment with slow-scan television,” Sygo said. “For many years, he assisted NASA to link astronauts with their families using amateur radio links from Mir, the Space Shuttle, and the International Space Station. For over 2 decades he was the co- producer and presenter of Amateur Radio Mirror International.” [ANS thanks ARRL for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows, and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Upcoming ARISS Contacts ARISS lets students worldwide experience the excitement of talking directly with crew members of the International Space Station. A con- tact is scheduled with the Kittredge Magnet School, Atlanta, GA, direct via KQ4KMS. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS, and the scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan, KI5AAA. The contact is go for: Monday, 2020-02-24 at 18:23:55 UTC (31 degrees elevation). A contact is also scheduled with the Celia Hays Elementary School, Rockwall, Texas, direct via W5SO. The ISS callsign is presently sched- uled to be NA1SS, and the scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan, KI5AAA. The contact is go for: Tuesday, 2020-02-25 at 17:35:18 UTC (31 degrees) Watch for live stream at https://live.myvrspot.com/st?cid=NWM5NW The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. [ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, of the ARISS operation team 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 meet- ings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events. Current schedule: March 6, 2020, Irving Hamfest, Irving, TX March 14-15, 2020, Science City on University of Arizona, Tuscon March 21, 2020, Midwinter Madness Hamfest, Buffalo, MN March 21, 2020, Scottsdale Amateur Radio Club Hamfest, Arizona March 28, 2020, Tucson Spring Hamfest, Tucson, AZ March 29, 2020, Vienna Wireless Winterfest, Annandale, VA May 2, 2020, Cochise Amateur Radio Assn Hamfest, Sierra Vista, AZ May 8-9, 2020 Prescott Hamfest, Prescott, AZ May 15-17, Hamvention, Xenia, OH June 12-13, 2020, Ham-Con, Plano, TX A copy of the AMSAT hamfest brochure is available for download: AMSAT Intro Brochure. This color brochure is designed to be printed double- sided and folded into a tri-fold handout. To include your upcoming AMSAT presentation and/or demonstration, please send an email to ambassadors (at) amsat (dot) org. [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT Vice President - User Serv- ices, 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 #SnowBirdRove (EL79) – February 1-29, 2020 Joe, KE9AJ, will cross the border into Florida, seeking climatical asylum in EL79 for the entire month of February. Since he will be there for an extended period, with both FM and linear gear, keep an eye on Joe’s Twitter feed for specific pass announcements: https://twitter.com/KE9AJ There is a possibility that Joe may have to make a pit stop in EM54 and EM53 on his way down South on February 1st. Monitor Twitter for updates. Culebra Island, PR (FK78) February 22-23, 2020 Radio Operadores del Este, Inc, KP3E will be returning to Culebra Island February 21-23. Listen for Rafael, KP4RV, on FM satellites. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xSbPgIyhtA&feature=youtu.be Vidalia, LA (EM41) February 28 – March 1, 2020 Brian, KG5GJT, will will be operating from the bank of the Missis- sippi River in Vidalia, La. (EM41), where Jim Bowie was seriously wounded in the Sandbar Fight on September 19, 1827. This will be vacation style, so keep an eye on Brian’s Twitter feed for updates: https://twitter.com/KG5GJT DN26/36 Mar 14-15 KC7JPC Linears (and possibly FM) Big Bend National Park (DL88) March 16-17, 2020 Ron AD0DX, Doug N6UA, and Josh W3ARD will operate from Big Bend National Park to put grid DL88 on the air. Details will be added here, as they come available, but you are more than welcome to keep an eye on their individual Twitter feeds: https://twitter.com/ad0dx https://twitter.com/dtabor, and https://twitter.com/W3ARDstroke5 #NevadaMayhem part 1: Central Nevada (DM19) March 21, 2020 David, AD7DB, will venture deep into Central Nevada to specifically activate grid DM19 on Saturday March 21. This is actually down a side road from “The Loneliest Road in America.” Hardly any hams even live in that grid. It’s for sure that few ever activate it. On the way there, Friday March 20, he will try to also activate some or all of: DM06, DM16, DM07, DM08, DM17 and DM18. Going home Sunday March 22, he will try to visit them again. This will be on FM satellites only. Internet and cell coverage may be very poor up there, but for updates check Twitter: https:/twitter.com/ad7db Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT Vice President - User Serv- ices, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + Students in the Husky Satellite Lab at the University of Washington have confirmed via their Facebook page that they have been commanding HuskySat-1 to various transmitter power levels and beacon intervals. Some amateurs tracking the bird, which carries a linear transponder to be activated later, had feared that the varying levels were a sign of problems. But this is part of the experimentation. The Husky- Sat team has been providing updates on their operations on their Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/pg/UWCubeSat/posts/ You should not need a Facebook account to view that link. (ANS thanks UW CubeSat Team for the above information) + NASA will accept applications for its next astronaut class March 2 to 31. Applicants must be U.S. citizens with a master's degree in a STEM field and two years of relevant professional experience. To sign up, see: https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts (ANS thanks NASA HQ News for the above information) + International Astronomical Youth Camp will take place in Spain from 12 July to 1 August 2020. The camp typically hosts around 65 parti- cipants, aged between 16-24 years old. The IAYC’s main aims are to promote knowledge on astronomy and related sciences in a unique, in- ternational atmosphere. Participants work on a research project of their own choosing over the course of the three weeks, culminating in a final report. See https://www.iayc.org/ for details. (ANS thanks Carys Herbert, IAYC Leaderteam, for the above informa- tion) + The ARISS-UK Team have announced that the Electromagnetic Field 2020 event is to host an ARISS contact during the weekend of July 23-26. The event will be held at Easton Manor Deer Park, near Ledbury in Herefordshire, UK. Information and event tickets available at: https://blog.emfcamp.org/2020/02/14/ticket-sales-dates/ (ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information) + The maiden flight of the Long March-5B rocket carrying a trial ver- sion of China's new-generation manned spaceship is expected to take place in April, indicating the imminent start of construction of China's space station. The rocket, the prototype core capsule of the space station, and the experimental manned spaceship are undergoing tests at the Wenchang Space Launch Center on the coast of south China's island province of Hainan. https://bit.ly/2VcjXrO (ANS thanks Space Daily for the above information) + A new version of the game of "chicken" is evolving in outer space. According to Gen. John Raymond, the U.S. Space Force Chief, Russian "inspector" satellites are threatening the tenuous stand-off stabil- ity between adversarial spacefaring nations. Since Novemeber, the U.S. Space Command has been tracking a satellite known as Cosmos- 2542 which ejected a smaller, nested satellite referred to as Cosmos- 2543. The Russian satellites have been actively maneuvering near USA 245, a classified military imaging satellite. (ANS thanks Space Daily for the above information) + Amazon has patented a mechanism for throwing satellites into space with a multi-drone-guided whip, mounted on a boat. See details at: https://bit.ly/37KWPmL Note, though, that Amazon (and other tech companies) have a history of patenting things that they’ll never actually build, such as Amazon’s underwater fulfillment centers: https://bit.ly/2Tf7DV9 Has April Fool come early? (ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above information) --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space, This week's ANS Editor, K0JM at amsat dot org

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G5500
by Kyle Y 22 Feb '20

22 Feb '20

Rotator has been sold. Thanks to all who inquired about it. 73 Kyle K0KN

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: ARISS contact with Schools
by KA9QJG 22 Feb '20

22 Feb '20

Hello hope Everyone is doing well Heatwave N/W Indiana almost 50 tomorrow and our first little local Ham fest of the yr I have a Amateur Radio Op friend who is also a School teacher 1 through 8 , He has got authorization to get some who are interested in Amateur radio He has applied for a FCC School Club call I think this is a great idea to teach the Young generation to put down their cell phones and tablets and learn this form of Communications too . At 73 I have 23 Grand and 24 Great Grandkids only one is interested in ham radio a 12 yr old girl I have had a 8 Yrs. old show me how to fix and use my fancy Motorola Smart phone LOL So the question is can someone please send Me a link that I can share with him on setting up a contact with the international Space Station Myself and a few others will be donating some equipment to him he is a new ham but wants to teach and share .. He was also on Communications in the Military Thanks 73 Don KA9QJG Ps The greatest thing I have hear from Him or anyone else it is now ok to be a Geek I got laughed at for My pocket protector LOL

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Re: [amsat-bb] AO92 L/V mode?? (Cameras and PSK31)
by Robert Bruninga 22 Feb '20

22 Feb '20

Both cameras and PSK31 are underutilized. PSAT2 downlinks an image every 2 or 4 minutes IF it is in sunlight and IF someone is uplinking PSK31 on 29.4815 or so. Then the PSK31 and any images will be downlinked on 435.350. PSAT also has PSK31 transponder on that frequency but its uplink is on 28.120 the normal ten meter PSK band. So it is active more often. -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org> On Behalf Of Scott Harvey via AMSAT-BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO92 L/V mode?? A suggestion ... Unless I have missed it no one had requested high speed data mode, camera downlink. It seems like this mode is used way to little. There are several satellites in orbit that have the ability to downlink pictures of the earth and it seems like the feature is under used

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G5500
by Kyle Y 22 Feb '20

22 Feb '20

I'm considering parting with my G5500 rotator, and putting that toward an Icom 910. Is this still a good rig for satellites and weak signal work? Anyone looking for a G5500 or selling a 910? Please contact me directly. Thanks 73 Kyle K0KN Olathe, KS

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AO92 L/V mode?? A suggestion
by tjschuessler＠verizon.net 22 Feb '20

22 Feb '20

I would like to propose a compromise on the L/V mode day. I understand that the week days have fewer stations for L Band folks to work. The reality is that many folks have to work during the week and that means they will probably not have the ability to get on. The problem with making it from Saturday evening to Sunday evening local time is that it cuts off a whole segment of people who might only get to use U/V but on these weekend passes. Yes I know, there are plenty of U/V passes for the average Joe to use I am concerned that newer ops, might not understand and think that the hobby was only for the privileged few. My compromise suggestion would be a Sunday evening to Monday schedule. Turn it on first pass on Sunday Evening (Monday UTC) and letting the 24 hour timer go from there. It is still a weekend for many and I bet the activity level on those two local Sunday evening passes would go up from the week day version of L/V but still offer more opportunities for the U/V only operators/rovers to get their fun in. Just a thought. Tom Schuessler, N5HYP EM12ms

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Kittredge Magnet School, Atlanta, GA
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 22 Feb '20

22 Feb '20

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Kittredge Magnet School, Atlanta, GA on 24 Feb. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:23 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and KQ4KMS. The contact should be audible over the U.S. state of Georgia and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Story: Kittredge Magnet School (KMS) is a public magnet school for high-achieving students, and has been recognized three times as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. Our students are drawn from 45 public schools across the DeKalb County School District. Students must first score a high level on the standardized testing at their home schools, then they can apply for admission to Kittredge via a lottery system. Once a student is accepted into Kittredge, he/she can remain in the magnet program through high school. The Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement recently awarded Kittredge Magnet School the Platinum Award, as one of the Highest Performing Schools in the state. There are currently 480 students at Kittredge in grades four through six, comprising a demographically and culturally diverse community. Our faculty and staff work hard to provide a rigorous program that challenges students to "see beyond" their textbooks, be creative problem-solvers, and to explore the real-world applications of their learning in all fields of discipline. We offer students a creative and challenging approach to problem solving with flexible content. Our school has established an amateur radio station, used to enhance classroom instruction, and there is also a school amateur radio club. Sixth grade science curriculum focuses on Earth and Space; students recently took a 3-day field trip to Space Camp in Hunstville, AL. Kittredge students have been planning for and building towards this ARISS contact all year, and they are so excited and honored to have this opportunity. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What education is required to become an astronaut? Do you have any advice for students who want to become astronauts? 2. Is an American always "in charge" on the ISS or do the different countries take turns? 3. Do you only go to the ISS with the same team, or do you meet new people every time you go? 4. Is there a "waiting list" for countries that want to be part of an ISS team, and is there a maximum number of team members at one time? 5. How do you communicate with fellow astronauts aboard the ISS when there is a language barrier? 6. What is the hardest activity that you do on the Space Station? 7. Does the food taste good? How do you season it? 8. What type of experiments do astronauts do in space? 9. What would happen if you put dry ice inside the space station and outside the space station? 10. What were you allowed to take with you to the ISS, how much are you allowed, and how did you decide what to bring? 11. Are you able to see some of the other planets and their moons more clearly from the ISS? 12. How does the 16 sunrises and sunsets affect your sleep schedule? 13. Can you vote for political events while in space and if so how? 14. Is there an emergency plan in case something goes wrong during launch? If so, what is it? 15. Has someone ever gotten sick or had a medical emergency on the ISS? If so, what is the procedure? 16. How much radiation do you get, on average, in a normal stay on the ISS, and do you see any change in physical and/or mental health as a result? 17. How would the ISS get more oxygen if it ever ran out of oxygen? 18. Is it easy to write in space, or do you have to use different materials to write there? 19. What do you with your trash in space? 20. Do you grow any food up there and how do you make sure you have enough food to last you before another shipment comes in? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. Celia Hays Elementary, Rockwall, Texas, direct via W5SO astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Tue 2020-02-25 17:35 UTC Watch for live stream at https://live.myvrspot.com/st?cid=NWM5NW 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 (STEM) 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. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN

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HUSKYSAT-1 pass over VK 0736utc 21st February
by cjhurst＠bigpond.net.au 21 Feb '20

21 Feb '20

Husysat-1 just passed over VK with 16 degree elevation pass. 10 second bursts of telemetry at 2minute 15 second intervals. Not sure what that means in terms of operation. Power output recorded were 190 milliwatts, 310 milliwatts and 240 milliwatts. 4 bursts noted 9 packets decoded. 73 Colin VK5HI.

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AMSAT Presence in Kodiak, AK?
by Robert Bruninga 21 Feb '20

21 Feb '20

Is there any local AMSAT rep or operator in Kodiak Alaska? PSAT3 should launch from there in Mid March and it would be nice to know if there is any local hams interested in the launch. Bob

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Listened to ISS 2/20/20 l8:20 UTC
by Jackie Dander 20 Feb '20

20 Feb '20

Thanks, AMSAT, for the supporting info you provided regarding the just completed pass of the ISS. A crew member spoke to a school in Ohio. I am at FM14 in N.Carolina and latched onto full throated signal right after AOS time locally, 2 minutes after AOS in Ohio. I had squelch at zero and when crew spoke all was clear, then static as the next question was asked on the uplink, then the clear answer on the downlink. I don't think we are supposed to hear uplink? I recorded the entire pass from local AOS until signoff at end. My antenna is a homemade 2 element hand-held yagi with #6 copper wire for elements. (WA5VJB designed) Radio connected to yagi was Baofeng UV5R, $20. A second Baofeng UV5R with factory duck antenna was in my other hand. I alternated between radios held near my recorder and there was no difference between the two receiving methods. Clear speech in both radios. I have not put any analysis on my yagi, so it could be poorly matched thereby explaining its performance equal to duckie antenna. All in all, very excited to have experienced the ISS session. Thanks again. If any info needed or the recorded audio, let me know. Isaac W4ITC (end of week three of my LEO learning adventure.)

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-20 21:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 20 Feb '20

20 Feb '20

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-20 21:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Maple Dale Elementary School, Cincinnati, OH, direct via K8SCH The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact was successful: Thu 2020-02-20 18:20:28 UTC 48 deg (***) Watch for live stream at https://facebook.com/ohkyinars Kittredge Magnet School, Atlanta, GA, direct via KQ4KMS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Mon 2020-02-24 18:23:55 UTC 31 deg Celia Hays Elementary, Rockwall, Texas, direct via W5SO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Tue 2020-02-25 17:35:18 UTC 31 deg Watch for live stream at https://live.myvrspot.com/st?cid=NWM5NW (***) 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) 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 2020-02-20 21:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2020-02-20 21:30 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 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 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 is happy to announce a proposal window will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January 1, 2021 and June 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 proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up is https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.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. More Information For 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 132 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 1381. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1314. (***) 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. 60 on orbit Drew Morgan KI5AAA Exp. 61 on orbit Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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CW on the Birds--QRP
by Wes Baden 20 Feb '20

20 Feb '20

I've been a CW op since 1957, though I am a relative newbie on satellites (6 weeks now). Hasan has helped me realize how little uplink power is needed for successful contacts. (Translation = I was using too much power the first week or so.) Part of the problem was inexperience. Another factor, however, was my shiny new Icom 9700, which controls output with a knob and "percentage" indications. What does 10% output mean, actually? I hooked up my Bird wattmeter to find out. On 2M, percentages corresponded pretty much with output. 5% = 4W, 50% = 48W. But on 70 cm, percentages do not correspond, given less reduced output to begin with. Here, for instance, 5% = 2W. Also, realize that you're still putting out power at 0%! 900mW on 2M, it turns out to be, 100 mW or so on 70 cm. The latter explains why I've made contacts with power supposedly cranked all the way down to zero. I operate U/V, by the way. I calculate that I have 9 dB gain with my Cushcraft A449-6S, 33 feet of LMR 400, and three lossy UHF connectors. This means, on uplink on 70 cm, 0% = 800 mW ERP, 3% = 8W, 5% = 16W, 7% = 24W, 10% = 48W, and 20% = 80W. Bottom line is that I have no trouble making Mode B contacts with the knob on the 9700 set at somewhere between 0% and 7%, and usually at the lower end of that range. Hopefully this information is of help to other CW ops, especially new ones with 9700s. Keep a hand on or near that power output knob, reducing power when not needed and especially when your waterfall is looking as strong as the beacon waterfall. Other ops in the bandpass will appreciate this courtesy. Wes NA1ME

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NEMO-1 Buoy Report
by Amsat Argentina 20 Feb '20

20 Feb '20

On January 30th at noon, AMSAT ARGENTINA launched the NEMO-1 buoy into the Atlantic sea, callsign LU7AA. It was transported 70 km east of Mar del Plata by the fisherman's ship 'Porteño', from Sandokan. The buoy, which emits in WSPR mode at 14095.6 KHz and FM VHF in APRS mode, navigated drifting free for 12 days traveling about 1100 kilometers, until on February 11th it was sighted and taken out of the water by the tuna vessel 'Juan Pablo II'. The captain of the ship, Rinaldi Yaco, considered that the buoy was sailing semi-sunk and decided to rescue it, informing Amsat Argentina of that event. The NEMO-1 then traveled eight more days aboard the tuna vessel, continuing its mission of data capture and broadcasting, until on Feb-19 it arrived at the port of Mar del Plata, where colleagues from the Mar del Plata Radio Club picked it up and kept in custody. A group of AMSAT-LU is traveling to recover NEMO-1. The buoy will be reconditioned and a new launch is planned. It will be tried to take it, on this occasion, to more than 200 km offshore, so that it will continue to navigate freely, reaffirming the commitment and contribution of radio amateurs to QRPp propagation research also helping navigation and the community. AMSAT ARGENTINA especially thanks the Captains and crews of the 'Porteño', the 'Juan Pablo II' ships and the Mar del Plata RClub in the persons of its Secretary, Jose Luis Hermida (LU9DHJ) and Jorge Garelli (LU5EOR) for the help provided and to the more than 100 'travelers' in NEMO-1, who supported this project helping to carry it out. http://amsat.org.ar?f=ce Adventure photos: http://amsat.org.ar?f=buoy 73, LU7AA, AMSAT Argentina http://amsat.org.ar https://facebook.com/AMSAT.LU

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My 2 Cents on L/V
by Brad Smith 20 Feb '20

20 Feb '20

<It's always the same people anyway. Generally those are the same people whospend all day everyday beside their radio so it doesn't matter what dayit's on. Weekends are where new people with their dual band rig decide togive the birds a try typically, keeping U/v gives them more chances to makea first QSO.> We satellite hams are a small proportion of the ham community. Some satellite hams have to work during the week, but have time after work to work satellites. Only a small portion of the satellite hams work 92 in L/V, which is why the same people are heard. The weekends have rovers who give new grid squares to us grid square collectors. My vote is to leave L/V on Wednesdays, to leave the two main birds open on weekends for ALL hams to enjoy, no matter if they have a permanent base station with a 9700 or an Arrow/Elk antenna and an HT. I am ready to try L/V, with my Alinco HT and a Yaesu HT and my handheld antenna. But I need winter to go away in Wisconsin before I try it, for obvious reasons. Brad KC9UQR

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Google Summer of Code 2020 Application - announcement
by Michelle Thompson 20 Feb '20

20 Feb '20

Today is the day for Google Summer of Code "Accepted Organizations", and I got the extremely kindly written rejection notice for Open Research Institute's application a few minutes ago. There are a *lot* more organizations applying than spots, this was our first year, and we will 100% try again. Also, there are also designated "umbrella" groups that we can potentially move underneath and still participate. I'm going to reach out and see if we can't get that rolling! If you know of one that would be a good match, let me know. This is the first year applying, and it resulted in the creation of a much more publicly accessible list of project content than we had with the task board on GitHub. So, we are going to fully use this list and tackle all the jobs! The content will go straight over the The Ham Calling, a new site designed specifically for connecting high-tech ham work with high-tech hams! Here's the current lineup: https://openresearch.institute/google-summer-of-code-2020/ I'm writing up an article for the Journal as well. What other projects do you think should be added? This list best serves as a "base" of potential work to advance the radio arts in the community. Thank you very much to those that volunteered to be mentors! Several of you volunteered to be mentors for the first time, ever. That is a big step and greatly appreciated. In several cases, hams contacted me with anxiety over being "technical enough" to mentor students. Yes, some of these projects are complex, but mentorship is much much more than being able to answer a student's technical questions. Being supported while taking risks, learning about amateur satellite operation, learning about the amateur "code", and how to fail and start over or roll back to what most recently worked - these are foundational things. Encouragement and steady support are, in the long run, of greater value than being able to substitute in for a Wikipedia article on FEC. Next year, assuming things continue to improve, TAPR, AMSAT, and ARRL will all apply to be mentoring organizations along with ORI and GNU Radio and others. Amateur radio is uniquely qualified to serve a meaningful and significant role in open source technical advancement, and I cannot wait to see the future results. -Michelle W5NYV

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Re: [amsat-bb] AO92 L/V mode??
by Fernando Ramirez 19 Feb '20

19 Feb '20

> Hi Perry! > > AO-92 was kept in U/V mode in order to allow operators more opportunities > to work N6O/mm from rare grid DM02. The operation will last only one day. > > The decision was announced over the AMSAT Twitter and Facebook accounts. I > don't recall or can't find if it was posted on the -BB. Might be a good > idea for next time. > > 73 > Fernando KF7R > > On Sun, Sep 22, 2019, 12:52 AM Perry Yantis via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > >> I stayed up late tonight to work AO92 L/V mode only to find that it was >> still in L/V mode.Then I got on EO88 a few minutes later and was told that >> L/V mode would be on Wednesday this week.It would be nice it this >> information was posted on the BBS BEFORE the weekend gets here.Also why the >> change anyway????? >> Perry WB8OTH >> >> py41(a)att.net >> sent from my Apple Macbook Pro >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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AO92 L/V mode??
by Perry Yantis 19 Feb '20

19 Feb '20

I stayed up late tonight to work AO92 L/V mode only to find that it was still in L/V mode.Then I got on EO88 a few minutes later and was told that L/V mode would be on Wednesday this week.It would be nice it this information was posted on the BBS BEFORE the weekend gets here.Also why the change anyway????? Perry WB8OTH py41(a)att.net sent from my Apple Macbook Pro

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Re: [amsat-bb] Curious -- Frequency of SO-50 downlink at the bird?
by Roy Dean 19 Feb '20

19 Feb '20

> > Just wondering if anyone has measured the frequency of the SO-50 downlink > at the bird recently? I've noted it appears to be a bit lower than I would > expect, about > 436.793.5. The frequency wobble I saw over the pass was due to my step > size in the Doppler correction. Obviously well within the capture range > for 435.795 FM, but mostly curious. 73, Bob, WB4SON https://network.satnogs.org/observations/1725800/ Looks like your observation is spot on. SatNogs is tracking it at 436.793 - and it actually looks like (from the waterfall), that that half kHz may be there, too. --Roy K3RLD

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Re: [amsat-bb] AO92 L/V mode??
by Ronald Parsons 19 Feb '20

19 Feb '20

I'd like to suggest another factor. The early passes on Wednesday UTC have been moving slowly later in time. Last night's passes were after "my bedtime." So I was able to participate only on this morning's two passes. Perhaps someone could look at the passes for, say, the next six months, to choose a UTC day where the passes would be more balanced in "normal" awake times. Another question: Are we restricted to a UTC day for the L/v operation? Ron W5RKN

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SO 50 - 19:47 UTC Pass.
by Rick Wyrwas 19 Feb '20

19 Feb '20

For the station Grid EM77 that contacted me in this bird, could you please advise your call sign I am breaking in a Kenwood TH D 72 and had ear phones on with no recorder hooked up as yet. Trying to figure that out. So if any one does have me on that pass on a recording please advise. Would be appreciated Thanks Rick WA9JBQ -- Rick Wyrwas

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GNU Radio Conference - Tickets and Call for Papers open!
by Michelle Thompson 19 Feb '20

19 Feb '20

Dear friends and fans of GNU Radio, used by spacecraft and ground station developers from AMSAT to Z! GNU Radio Conference celebrates and showcases the substantial and remarkable progress of the world’s best open source digital signal processing framework for software-defined radios. In addition to presenting GNU Radio’s vibrant theoretical and practical presence in academia, industry, the military, and among amateurs and hobbyists, GNU Radio Conference 2020 will have a very special focus. Speed, latency, delay, and timing! Enjoy our racing theme throughout the conference, featured in our contests and a high-octane Thursday night dinner. Papers and presentations on theme will be recognized at the conference with an award. But wait, there’s more! We’ll be co-located and coordinated with TAPR DCC. It’s the weekend immediately preceding GRCon20. Find out more at: https://tapr.org/?page_id=68 Please join us September 14-18, 2020 at the Charlotte Airport Hotel for the best technical conference of the year. Hotel address is 2800 Coliseum Centre Drive, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28217, USA. Registration and an online and mobile-friendly schedule will be posted at the conference web site: https://www.gnuradio.org/grcon/grcon20/ We invite developers and users from the GNU Radio Community to present your projects, presentations, papers, posters, and problems at GNU Radio Conference 2020. Submit your talks, demos, and code! Please share this Call for All with anyone you think needs to read it. To submit your content for the conference, visit our dedicated conference submission site at: https://pretalx.gnuradio.org/grcon20/cfp First round closes 17 April 2020. If accepted, your content will be immediately scheduled. Notifications go out 26 June 2020. Final round closes 1 September 2019. Space permitting. Submissions received between 18 April 2020 and 1 September 2020 are accepted and notifications sent out on a rolling basis. If you have questions or need assistance with submitting then please write grcon(a)gnuradio.org

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Curious -- Frequency of SO-50 downlink at the bird?
by Bob 19 Feb '20

19 Feb '20

Just wondering if anyone has measured the frequency of the SO-50 downlink at the bird recently? I've noted it appears to be a bit lower than I would expect, about 436.793.5. The frequency wobble I saw over the pass was due to my step size in the Doppler correction. Obviously well within the capture range for 435.795 FM, but mostly curious. 73, Bob, WB4SON

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Unusual HUSKYSAT-1 Beacon Behavior ~ 18:12 UTC
by Bob 19 Feb '20

19 Feb '20

Hi, Oddly enough, the orbit that began around 18:08 UTC (at least for FN41 in New England) was silent for most of the pass (as in no telemetry). Around 18:12:40, when the bird was almost at the point of closest approach I heard the beacon turn on, send out perhaps a frame or two, then some sync tones, then the beacon went away. I did listen to the inverting repeater band to see if I heard anyone using the transponder, and it was quiet. I am assuming someone is commanding the bird from the ground and doing some testing, but it was real odd not to have the beacon on for this pass. What frames I've decoded today are already in the data warehouse. 73, Bob, WB4SON

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EM32/33 2/18/20
by Bob Liddy (K8BL) 19 Feb '20

19 Feb '20

Gridders, Yesterday's Q's on CAS4A/B and SO50 from EM32/33 have been sent to LoTW. LMK if yours is missing and I'll re-check my recordings. (Me and my eqpt are almost dried out!) (SRI, no eQSL) 73, Bob K8BL

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AO-92 in L/v at 0253utc 19 Feb 2020 for 24 hours
by Mark L. Hammond 18 Feb '20

18 Feb '20

Happy L-band! Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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"RV3DR this is RS0ISS"
by Roy Dean 18 Feb '20

18 Feb '20

https://network.satnogs.org/observations/1705605/ Caught yesterday at 14:20z on my SatNogs Station. :) --Roy K3RLD

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Maple Dale Elementary School, Cincinnati, OH
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 18 Feb '20

18 Feb '20

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Maple Dale Elementary School, Cincinnati, OH on 20 Feb The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:20 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and K8SCH. The contact should be audible over the state of Ohio and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Watch for live stream at https://facebook.com/ohkyinars Story: Maple Dale Elementary, the contact host school, is one of four elementary schools in the Sycamore School district - a top ten district in Ohio. Sycamore students are the Aviators and aim high to better their community. Each student has opportunities to build relationships and embrace diversity. Our students standout amongst their peers, are leaders and conscientious citizens, ready to chart the course for the future. Embracing technology and innovation is at the very core of Maple Dale. A STEAM Aviation bus travels from school to school teaching lessons on various topics. The school is also preparing for the future today with a geothermal heating/cooling system, energy efficient lighting, and improved learning spaces and technology. The district, like the ISS, is the product of multinational collaboration and innovation. Sycamore is comprised of students from 40 countries and speak 40 different languages. Maple Dale celebrates its diversity with a Cultural Heritage night event each year where students taste ethnic foods and learn about our global neighborhood. Interestingly, the Blue Ash-Montgomery city border cuts through the middle of Maple Dale; down the kitchen, through the media center and dividing the kindergarten wing in half. This is the only school in the district with a municipality division and the only elementary school that serves students in both cities. Now Maple Dale will connect its students to the ISS for an out-of-this world experience. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What thing is really easy to do on Earth, but really hard in space? 2. What would happen if someone got really seriously sick on the ISS? 3. How heavy are the spacesuits and helmet if weighed on EARTH vs in Space? 4. What is your favorite project to work on so far? 5. What would happen if you lit a fire on the International Space Station? 6. How do you dodge things in space so you don't crush them, for example, a planet? 7. How do you stay safe when there is an emergency? 8. What kind of experiments are you currently doing? 9. How do you have a sustainable supply of food? 10. How do you pass the time in space? 11. What happens when you are allergic to something from the supply ship? 12. What would happen if someone's suit broke while they were in space? 13. What is the hardest thing about living on the International Space Station? 14. Do you ever get sick in space? 15. What if there were more than 6 people on the International Space Station? 16. What do you do if you're not holding onto anything and you get pushed? 17. What things can the robot do? 18. How does it feel to be away from your family and friends? 19. What's the hardest thing about eating in space? 20. What kind of things do you like to do during your free time when you are not working on the ISS? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. Kittredge Magnet School, Atlanta, GA, direct via KQ4KMS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Mon 2020-02-24 18:23 UTC 2. Celia Hays Elementary, Rockwall, Texas, direct via W5SO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Tue 2020-02-25 17:35 UTC About ARISS Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), 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 (STEM) 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. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-18 14:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 18 Feb '20

18 Feb '20

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-18 14:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Maple Dale Elementary School, Cincinnati, OH, direct via K8SCH The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Thu 2020-02-20 18:20:28 UTC 48 deg Watch for live stream at https://facebook.com/ohkyinars Kittredge Magnet School, Atlanta, GA, direct via KQ4KMS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Mon 2020-02-24 18:23:55 UTC 31 deg (***) Celia Hays Elementary, Rockwall, Texas, direct via W5SO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Tue 2020-02-25 17:35:18 UTC 31 deg (***) 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) 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 2020-02-18 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 2020-02-08 03:30 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 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 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 is happy to announce a proposal window will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January 1, 2021 and June 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 proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up is https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.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. More Information For 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 132 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 1380. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1313. 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. 60 on orbit Drew Morgan KI5AAA Exp. 61 on orbit Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Foxtelem & Windows 10
by Pete vk2pet 18 Feb '20

18 Feb '20

Good afternoon all. I had some luck with my win 7 laptop in getting telemetry of the birds with Foxtelem. So I know the ic-9100 is working the way it should do. My issue is, I'm trying to use a win 10 desktop to get the telemetry & I'm having no luck. (I hate windows 10 at times) The Radio & antenna controller are on a different computer. I have a Dell Vostro 3470, win 10 Pro. Tried to use internal sound card, both on Mic & Line in, external usb sound card, piping through VB cable virtual audio device. All bit rates are set to 48000 (2 channel DVD). When I use the test file on Foxtelem, the sound wave doesn't go across the screen, it stays on the left hand side of the screen. As an experiment I made a dual feed for the discriminator out on the IC-9100, plugged on into the dell, the other in my win7 & got telemetry. Running 1.08y Foxelem, as that's the version I go working with in 7, I have tryied DUV & Costasvwith the win 10 machine. Any one have any ideas? 73 Pete vk2pet

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Re: [amsat-bb] Satellite question week 3
by JoAnne K9JKM 17 Feb '20

17 Feb '20

> ... no simple guide for beginners ... There are few other on-line resources if your tastes and preferences take you toward Facebook and Twitter where thousands follow the satellite world (for example - ~14K following on Twitter). Just search for AMSAT on these media. Also there is an AMSAT talkgroup on Brandmeister DMR (TG 98006) where the QSOs range from what's for dinner, who's roaming, how to get on a satellite, balloon launch preps, satellites, on-air testing of rigs. And this here, amsat-bb has been the original forum for decades. Hope this gives some more options ... -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org

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Re: [amsat-bb] Satellite question week 3
by Roy Dean 17 Feb '20

17 Feb '20

> > I checked active status online for the following satellites but on trying > to receive them, got nothing: KKS-1, TIGRISAT, FALCONSAT3, DELPHI C3, > EO-88, DUCHIFAT1, and ISS (both 433.550 and 145.800). One other point about FalconSat-3, is that you probably did hear it (435.103 MHz) - but since it's 9600 packet, it sounds just like noise! I essentially just trust my S-meter to tell me when I'm receiving it (that and my TNC starts spitting out coherent gibberish - and occasionally an APRS packet). --Roy K3RLD

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Satellite question week 3
by Jackie Dander 17 Feb '20

17 Feb '20

Progress on 3rd week of beginning satellite hobby: (still reading and learning..) Two HT's with homemade YAGI (2M and 70cm) Learning to receive only first. Received multiple passes of AO-91 and 92. Recorded voices and deciphered later, matching call signs and grid coordinates to make sure I heard correctly. Also, listened to NO-84 signal. So I confirm reception on both U and V. I checked active status online for the following satellites but on trying to receive them, got nothing: KKS-1, TIGRISAT, FALCONSAT3, DELPHI C3, EO-88, DUCHIFAT1, and ISS (both 433.550 and 145.800). Questions: Is there a place where hams could log their connections? If I knew that, for example, Falconsat3 was truly transmitting, then that would help. Are there other "active" bird lists? (I used N2Y0) Thanks.

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Re: [amsat-bb] Satellite question week 3
by JoAnne K9JKM 17 Feb '20

17 Feb '20

> ... you wonder, why is there no simple guide for beginners. Good news! Allow us to introduce you to this deal in case you missed the announcement from the AMSAT News Service ... Free Digital Copy of "Getting Started with Amateur Satellites" Avail- able for New or Renewing Members While HuskySat-1 completes it's scientific mission, check out the best resource for learning how to work through linear transponder sat- ellites (and other types of amateur satellites). For a limited time, AMSAT is making the "Getting Started With Amateur Satellites" book available as a download with any paid new or renewal membership purchased via the AMSAT Store. This offer is only available with purchases completed online, and for only a limited time. 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 PDF format, in full color, and covers all aspects of making your first contacts on a ham radio satellite. Please take advantage of this offer today by visiting the AMSAT store at https://www.amsat.org/shop/ and selecting any membership option. While there, check out AMSAT's other items, including the M2 LEOpack antenna system, Arrow antennas, AMSAT shirts, and other swag. Be sure to view your cart before going to checkout. If you add a membership and then go directly to checkout, you'll never see an option to add your free gift. If you have trouble selecting your free gift, please see this YouTube video to see the steps necessary. https://youtu.be/oRqk5Am-UzE [ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information] If you prefer a printed book "Getting Started with Amateur Satellites" is available at: https://www.amsat.org/shop/ The 2019 edition is the current one (not 6 years old). The 2020 version will likely come out at the Dayton Hamvention. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org

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New QO-100 band plan - AMSAT-Germany
by KC9SGV 17 Feb '20

17 Feb '20

Increased bandwidth on the new QO-100 NB band plan - 500 KHz. https://amsat-dl.org/en/neuer-qo-100-bandplan/ Bernard, KC9SGV Sent from my iPad

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CEPT 1240-1300 MHz + EMF 2020 Tickets
by M5AKA 17 Feb '20

17 Feb '20

1240-1300 MHz ham radio band discussed by CEPT ECC SE40 https://amsat-uk.org/2020/02/14/1240-1300-mhz-ham-radio-band-discussed-by-c… New deployment date for QARMAN and Phoenix CubeSats Wednesday, February 19 https://amsat-uk.org/2020/02/16/qarman-phoenix-cubesat-iss/ Tickets for Electromagnetic Field EMF 2020 event go on sale at 1900 GMT, Wednesday, Feb 19 An amateur radio contact with the ISS is planned https://amsat-uk.org/2020/02/07/emf-2020-iss-contact/ 5 watt 2.4 GHz Amplifier Kit and Assembled PCBs for QO-100 now Out of Stock https://amsat-uk.org/2020/02/10/5-watt-2-4-ghz-amplifier-kit-for-qo-100/ 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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HuskySat-1: Telemetry, "FWD Power"
by Roy Dean 16 Feb '20

16 Feb '20

Is HuskySat really only transmitting with 13 mW? If yes, is that healthy? If no, what does that value represent? --Roy K3RLD

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North Texas MentorFest
by tjschuessler＠verizon.net 16 Feb '20

16 Feb '20

The ARRL NTX Section is again hosting what they call "MentorFest", an educational day for Amateur Radio. The date is on April 18th 2020 and it will be held in Garland, Texas. It is like Hamfest seminars, but instead of getting a single 1 hour slot, you do presentations all day. I would live to Present there this year, but I will be out of state that weekend. I am mentioning this now as it would be great if someone in the North Texas Section or anywhere in Texas or Southern Oklahoma, would like to take up the challenge of bringing AMSAT to this event. Contact Steve, KG5VK NTX Section manager for more information. Tom Schuessler, N5HYP EM12ms

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dual band vhf/uhf antenna
by Jackie Dander 16 Feb '20

16 Feb '20

I built the combination dual band 2meter/70cm antenna found at WA5VJB's webpages. I chose the 5 elements on UHF forward and 2 elements on VHF rear. All elements are in the same plane. I now read elsewhere that in-same-plane uhf/vhf elements can interfere with each other. I visited the Arrow website and see their LEO antennas are opposing for uhf/vhf. My question is if i made a mistake building the uni-plane version? Why did WA5VJB has such success?

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-16 16:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 16 Feb '20

16 Feb '20

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-16 16:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Maple Dale Elementary School, Cincinnati, OH, direct via K8SCH The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Thu 2020-02-20 18:20:28 UTC 48 deg Watch for live stream at https://facebook.com/ohkyinars (***) 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) 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 2020-02-16 16:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2020-02-08 03:30 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 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 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 is happy to announce a proposal window will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January 1, 2021 and June 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 proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up is https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.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. More Information For 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 132 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 1380. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1313. 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. 60 on orbit Drew Morgan KI5AAA Exp. 61 on orbit Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Thanks from new/old ham
by Jackie Dander 16 Feb '20

16 Feb '20

To the several welcoming responses to my newbie question recently, a big thank you! I've had license a while but only with the satellite study, AMSAT website, YouTube (Space Comms) and my backyard trials have I gotten the "bug." Also, I have seen the AMSAT membership offer and was trying to find a list of benefits to membership such as this old link: 2018/04PDF Join Amateur Radio in Space .. Join AMSAT (tri-fold brochure) Not that it is necessary, but to new people like myself, we like to be sold to. Thanks again. Isaac

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Re: [amsat-bb] Leo Bodnar ICOM IC-9700 Reference Injection Board
by kd8drg.admin＠nert-arc.org 16 Feb '20

16 Feb '20

I was wondering what the advantage is for using this board vs the standard 10Mhz external reference on the 9700? 73 Eric WD8KNL

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WD9EWK @ DM22/DM32 on Sunday (16 February)
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 16 Feb '20

16 Feb '20

Hi! On my way home Sunday (16 February), I will make a stop on the DM22/DM32 grid boundary about 25 miles/40km east of Yuma, Arizona, near the I-8 freeway. I will work the AO-92 and AO-91 passes that come by starting around 1700 UTC, and may be able to try the XW-2A passes before then. I don't know how long I can stay out there to work other passes, but I will post updates on my @WD9EWK Twitter account. If you do not use Twitter, you can view my tweets in a web browser at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK APRS coverage appears to be working east of Yuma, and I hope to show up as WD9EWK-9 once I leave the Yuma area: http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 I will upload QSOs made on the DM22/DM32 line to Logbook of the World when I return home. If anyone would like a QSL card for a contact, please e-mail me the QSO details. No need to first send me a card or an SASE, before I send out a card. Thanks, and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

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ANS-047 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Paul Stoetzer 15 Feb '20

15 Feb '20

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-047 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: * AMSAT-OSCAR 85 Declared End of Mission * HuskySat-1 Update * Update from AMSAT President Clayton Coleman, W5PFG * Free Digital Copy of "Getting Started with Amateur Satellites" Available for New or Renewing Members * Apogee View - January/February 2020 * 5 Tips on Etiquette and Good Manners on the FM Ham Radio Satellites * Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for February 13, 2020 * Upcoming ARISS Contacts * Upcoming AMSAT Events * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-047.01 ANS-047 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 047.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE February 16, 2020 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-047.01 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT's GOLF-TEE satellite recently reached a major milestone when prototype boards transmitted telemetry for the first time. Help support AMSAT's path back to HEO by donating today! https://www.amsat.org/donations/amsat-golf-program-donations/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT-OSCAR 85 Declared End of Mission After a long decline in the health of its batteries, AO-85 has gone silent. Having not been heard throughout the most recent period of full illumination, it is reasonable to believe the batteries have deteriorated to the point of no longer being able to power the trans- mitter. Should some future event cause a cell to open, it is possible the satellite may be heard again, but for now it is time to declare end-of-mission. AO-85 was conceived as the first AMSAT cubesat, and was designed to be a successor to the popular AO-51 microsat. Accepted into the NASA CubeSat Launch Initative in February 2012, AO-85 was launched October 8, 2015. AO-85's success led to further Fox satellites AO-91, AO-92, AO-95, and RadFxSat2 / Fox-1E which will be launched later this year. The Fox-1E transponder was also spun off into a radio system now in orbitonboard HuskySat-1, and soon to be in several other university cubesats. Development continues on GOLF-TEE and GOLF-1, which will include a legacy V/u linear transponder and a SDR-based multiband uplink and 10 GHz downlink radio system. Your continued support of AMSAT by member- ship and donations will help us Keep Amateur Radio in Space. [ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT Vice President - Operations 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 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ HuskySat-1 Update Students in the Husky Satellite Lab at the University of Washington have been celebrating successes since HuskySat-1, a student built sat- ellite weighing about 9 lbs, deployed into space on Friday, January 31st: • After being deployed, HuskySat turned on, deployed the antennas on the first attempt, and start transmitting in a designated "safe mode". • On the first active pass over Seattle, just 2 hours after deploy- ment, students used the UW ground station to command the satellite to change operational modes. • With help from AMSAT and the network of amateurs across the globe, the HuskySat team has been able to closely track the health of the satellite. Health data includes temperatures, battery charge state, and solar panel charging. • Over the weekend, the camera payload took and transmitted the first pictures from space! The camera included collaboration with Raisbeck Aviation High School and nonprofit Quick2Space. Commissioning of the satellite systems is still underway. The sat- ellite has actually been in space inside a Nanoracks deployer since launch on Nov 2nd. The main research goal of satellite is to demon- strate the new propulsion and communication technologies on the sat- ellite. At the completion of the research phase, the satellite will be utilized as an amateur transponder. The mission of the UW program, housed in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences, is to foster interdisciplinary student participation in space systems research, to inspire and train future space scien- tists and engineers, and to advance spacecraft capabilities at the University of Washington. On February 15th, AMSAT Vice President - Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, hosted a Twitch stream to discuss the AMSAT Linear Transponder Module (LTM-1) and HuskySat-1. You can see a replay of the livestream at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/552209241 [ANS thanks Paige Northway of the HuskySat-1 team and Jerry Buxton, N0JY, AMSAT Vice President - Engineering, for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Update from AMSAT President Clayton Coleman, W5PFG I am humbled by the greetings and congratulatory messages received over the past ten days since becoming the President of AMSAT. Please join me in expressing gratitude to our immediate past president Joe Spier, K6WAO, for his dedication to AMSAT’s mission of Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. It was a pleasure to speak with many of our members at the Orlando Hamcation last weekend. Attending Hamcation afforded me the opportun- ity to meet with many of our volunteers and reach out to other organi- zations in amateur radio such as the ARRL and the Dayton Amateur Radio Association. My priority, now underway, is to ensure all Directors have equal access to AMSAT resources to perform their duties. AMSAT complies with Section 29-413.05 of the District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act of 2010. Most of the information Directors use to perform their duties are already publicly available on the Internet on our website, published in the AMSAT News Service (ANS), and often in print as part of The AMSAT Journal. These resources are not password protected and can be viewed by members and non-members alike. Once I’ve had an opportunity to speak individually with the Directors, I will convene a Board of Directors teleconference to address out- standing business. At any time, three Directors may call on the Pres- ident to schedule a Board of Directors meeting, per our bylaws Article II, Section 5, Paragraph A. 73, Clayton W5PFG AMSAT President [ANS thanks Clayton Coleman, W5PFG, AMSAT President, for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Free Digital Copy of "Getting Started with Amateur Satellites" Avail- able for New or Renewing Members While HuskySat-1 completes it's scientific mission, check out the best resource for learning how to work through linear transponder sat- ellites (and other types of amateur satellites). For a limited time, AMSAT is making the "Getting Started With Amateur Satellites" book available as a download with any paid new or renewal membership purchased via the AMSAT Store. This offer is only available with purchases completed online, and for only a limited time. 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 PDF format, in full color, and covers all aspects of making your first contacts on a ham radio satellite. Please take advantage of this offer today by visiting the AMSAT store at https://www.amsat.org/shop/ and selecting any membership option. While there, check out AMSAT's other items, including the M2 LEOpack antenna system, Arrow antennas, AMSAT shirts, and other swag. Be sure to view your cart before going to checkout. If you add a membership and then go directly to checkout, you'll never see an option to add your free gift. If you have trouble selecting your free gift, please see this YouTube video to see the steps necessary. https://youtu.be/oRqk5Am-UzE [ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Apogee View - January/February 2020 Happy New Year! 2020 promises to be an exciting year filled with new satellites to work and significant progress towards our next genera- tion of satellites. By the time you read this, HuskySat-1 should be in orbit and completing its science mission before being turned over to AMSAT for amateur radio use. I want to congratulate all those involved with this project both at the University of Washington and on AMSAT’s Engineering and Operations teams who worked to make this mutually beneficial partnership happen. More details about HuskySat-1 and our partnership with the Husky Satellite Lab at the University of Washing- ton can be found elsewhere in the January/February 2020 issue of The AMSAT Journal. While we look forward to the completion of HuskySat-1's primary miss- ion, we also await the launch of the final Fox-1 satellite, RadFxSat-2 / Fox-1E, which is currently scheduled to launch no earlier than the first quarter of this year on the ELaNa XX mission. The ELaNa XX miss- ion will fly on the second flight of Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne ve- hicle. As the Fox project wraps up its series of five 1U CubeSats, progress continues on GOLF, the next generation of AMSAT satellites. A group of GOLF-TEE (Greater Orbit Larger Footprint – Technology Evaluation En- vironment) satellite prototype boards transmitted telemetry for the first time on Tuesday, January 14th. During the test, the boards were laid out on a bench as a "flat-sat" with interconnecting wires, bench power supplies, and a dummy load on the transmitter. The inter- connected boards included: • An early RT-IHU (Radiation Tolerant Internal Housekeeping Unit - i.e., computer) prototype, • A CIU (Control Interface Unit) prototype, and • A set of spare boards from HuskySat-1 that act as prototypes for the LIHU (Legacy IHU) and legacy VHF/UHF RF components. Now that the team has reached this point, AMSAT Engineering has RF to use as a basis for developing a GOLF-TEE decoder for FoxTelem, our ground telemetry receiver software. Thousands of hours of work by many AMSAT volunteers have gone into the hardware and software that got us this far, with much work yet to be done before the assembly of flight units. The GOLF-TEE satellite is designed as a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) testbed for technologies necessary for a successful CubeSat mission to a wide variety of orbits, including MEO (Medium Earth Orbit) and HEO (High Earth Orbit). The work on GOLF is intended for our CubeSat missions to higher orbits. However, much as the Fox-1E linear transponder was adapted as a payload for HuskySat-1, components developed for GOLF, such as the RT-IHU and the microwave SDR transponder, can be adapted to serve as the basis for a hosted payload on a commercial or government sat- ellite in geostationary orbit or perhaps an educational CubeSat des- tined for MEO or GTO. Should an opportunity arise, the work being done on GOLF means that we will be ready to build such a hosted payload. While we continue our work on these satellites, we face the prospect of regulatory roadblocks. Last year, we submitted comments on the Federal Communication Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking re- garding the mitigation of orbital debris. The proposed rules as worded would severely limit the type of missions AMSAT could pursue. While the Commission has not yet issued final rules, we are hopeful that the near-unanimous opposition of commenters to the more harmful as- pects of the rules, such as the requirement for satellite operators to indemnify the United States Government for any potential claims regarding their satellites, will limit the negative impact. Another serious concern is our access to spectrum. While international threats that arose in the months before the 2019 World Radiocommunica- tion Conference to the 144 MHz – 146 MHz and 1260 MHz – 1270 MHz ama- teur satellite service bands have subsided for the time being, other threats appear on the horizon. This past December, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would delete the amateur alloca- tion at 3.3 GHz – 3.5 GHz, including the amateur satellite service allocation at 3.4 GHz – 3.41 GHz. While that band has not yet been used for any amateur satellites as it is not available in ITU Region 3 (Asia & Oceania), it is still a potentially useful resource for a future amateur geostationary payload over the Americas. Additionally, we know that many AMSAT members also use this band for other purposes, such as mesh networking, contesting, and EME commun- ications. Access to microwave spectrum is crucial for many of our planned activities, including GOLF and amateur radio on the Lunar Gateway, and we must vigorously defend our spectrum allocations. AMSAT is currently drafting comments opposing this proposed rule, and, working alongside the ARRL, we continue to monitor potential legis- lative and regulatory actions that could limit or even preclude some of our current and planned activities. On a final note, I wanted to let the membership know that AMSAT's ser- vers will be migrating to a new operating system and a new hosting service later this year. This is necessary as the operating system currently running AMSAT's servers will reach its end of life in Nov- ember. While AMSAT's capable IT team led by Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, will do their best to minimize any disruptions to AMSAT services, this type of transition can often result in unforeseen problems. Continue to monitor the AMSAT-BB and AMSAT's Twitter and Facebook accounts for any updates. [ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, AMSAT Executive Vice President, for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ The digital download version of the 2019 edition of Getting Started with Amateur Satellites is now available as a DRM-free PDF from the AMSAT Store. Get yours today! https://tinyurl.com/ANS-237-Getting-Started +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ 5 Tips on Etiquette and Good Manners on the FM Ham Radio Satellites The DX Engineering blog On All Bands recently published an article en- titled "5 Tips on Etiquette and Good Manners on the FM Ham Radio Sat- ellites" by Sean Kutzko, KX9X. The article can be found at: https://www.onallbands.com/ham-radio-satellite-operating-etiquette/ [ANS thanks Sean Kutzko, KX9X, and DX Engineering for the above infor- mation] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for February 13, 2020 The following Amateur Radio satellite's name and NORAD CAT ID have been changed: 1. HuskySat 1 satellite name is now HuskySat-1. 2. Based on changes in Space-Track TLE data, HuskySat-1's new NORAD CAT ID is now object 45119. (Thanks to Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, for satellite identification.) [ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming ARISS Contacts Maple Dale Elementary School, Cincinnati, OH, direct via K8SCH The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Thu 2020-02-20 18:20:28 UTC 48 deg 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 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 and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS [ANS thanks Charlie Sulfana, AJ9N, ARISS Operations, 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/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Upcoming AMSAT 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. Current schedule: + March 6, 2020, Irving Hamfest, Irving, TX + March 14-15, 2020, Science City on University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ + March 21, 2020, Midwinter Madness Hamfest, Buffalo, MN + March 21, 2020, Scottsdale Amateur Radio Club Hamfest, Scottsdale, AZ + March 28, 2020, Tucson Spring Hamfest, Tucson, AZ + March 29, 2020, Vienna Wireless Winterfest, Annandale, VA + May 2, 2020, Cochise Amateur Radio Association Hamfest, Sierra Vista, AZ + May 8-9, 2020 Prescott Hamfest, Prescott, AZ + May 15-17, Hamvention, Xenia, OH + June 12-13, 2020, Ham-Con, Plano, TX A copy of the AMSAT hamfest brochure is available for download at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-026-Hamfest This color brochure is designed to be printed double-sided and folded into a tri-fold handout. To include your upcoming AMSAT presentation and/or demonstration, please send an email to ambassadors (at) amsat (dot) org. [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT Vice President - User Serv- ices, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations Satellite Shorts Feb 13-16 DM22 AD7DB and N7JY FM Feb 15 CN78 ADODX FM and Linear (Twitter @ad0dx) Mar 14-15 DN26/36 KC7JPC Linears (and possibly FM) #SnowBirdRove (EL79) – February 1-29, 2020 Joe, KE9AJ, will cross the border into Florida, seeking climatical asylum in EL79 for the entire month of February. Since he will be there for an extended period, with both FM and linear gear, keep an eye on Joe’s Twitter feed for specific pass announcements: https://twitter.com/KE9AJ St. Barthelemy Island (FK87) February 15-22, 2020 Operators Pat/N2IEN, Ray/W2RE, Rockwell/WW1X, and Lee/WW2DX will be signing FJ/homecalls from St. Barthelemy (NA-146) between Feb. 15 and 22. QRV holiday-style on 160 to 6m and via satellite on CW, SSB, and digital modes. QSL cards for all calls via NR6M. Vidalia, LA (EM41) February 28 – March 1, 2020 Brian, KG5GJT, will will be operating from the bank of the Miss- issippi river in Vidalia, La. (EM41), where Jim Bowie was serious- ly wounded in the Sandbar Fight on September 19, 1827. This will be vacation style, so keep an eye on Brian’s Twitter feed for up- dates: https://twitter.com/KG5GJT Big Bend National Park (DL88) March 16-17, 2020 Ron AD0DX, Doug N6UA, and Josh W3ARD will operate from Big Bend National Park to put grid DL88 on the air. Details will be added here, as they come available, but you are more than welcome to keep an eye on their individual Twitter feeds: https://twitter.com/ad0dx, https://twitter.com/dtabor, and https://twitter.com/W3ARDstroke5 [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT Vice President - User Serv- ices, for the above information] Operators Alex/VE1RUS and Pierre/VE3TKB will once again be active as VY0ERC from the Eureka Weather station between now and March 28th. This station is operated by the Eureka Amateur Radio Club [probably the most northerly located amateur radio club in the world] from Eureka, Nunavut, Canada. The suggested bands are 40 and 20 meters possibly 80m), as well as FM satellites (from ER60, EQ79) using SSB, the Digital modes (FT8 and RTTY) and very slow CW. Activity will be limited to their spare time. QSL via M0OXO, OQRS or direct. For up- dates, see: https://twitter.com/vy0erc [ANS thanks The Ohio/Penn Dx Bulletin 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 + The Nanoracks deployment of several CubeSats has been delayed until no earlier than February 17 due to delays with the launch of Cygnus NG-13. CubeSats scheduled to deploy are RadSat-u, Phoenix, QARMAN, CryoCube, AztechSat-1, SOCRATES, Argus-02, HARP, and SORTIE. + AMSAT-UK OSCAR News Editor Slade Stevens, 2E0SQL, is soliciting articles for the next issue. Send submissions to 2E0SQB at amsat.org + The AMSAT-UK shop is now stocking a 5 watt 2.4 GHz amplifier kit for use with the QO-100 geostationary satellite. For more details, see https://tinyurl.com/ANS-047-QO-100 + The first crewed mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon may launch on May 7th. https://tinyurl.com/ANS-047-SpaceX + Wouter Weggelaar, PA3WEG, recently released a composite video show- ing all currently orbiting FUNcube family satellites being launched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdjXzPEsuxw + The EIRSAT-1 CubeSat has passed both environmental and vibration testing: https://twitter.com/EIRSAT1/status/1225810684065259520 + Spaceflight Industries recently signed a deal to sell its satellite rideshare launch business Spaceflight, Inc. to Mitsui & Co., in part- nership with Yamasa Co., Ltd. AMSAT purchased the launches for AO-92 and AO-95 from Spaceflight, Inc. https://tinyurl.com/ANS-047-Spaceflight [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73 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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(UPDATE) ISS CubeSat Deployment - Scheduled for 2/19
by Sarah Rogers 15 Feb '20

15 Feb '20

Hello, everyone, Following the successful launch of NG-13 this afternoon, the upcoming CubeSat deployment from the ISS *is now scheduled for 2/19!* This deployment times and frequencies for the CubeSats being deployed on this date are listed in the table below. As a member of the Phoenix CubeSat team, it would help us greatly to have as much help as possible with tracking our spacecraft following deployment! For more information on Phoenix's transceiver characteristics and how you can decode packets from our spacecraft, please see our operations page: http://phxcubesat.asu.edu/content/amateur-operations If you have any questions regarding deployment or tracking Phoenix, please do not hesitate to reach out to me. CubeSat Downlink (MHz) Uplink (MHz) Deployment Time (UTC) RadSat-u 437.425 437.425 7:10 *Phoenix* *437.35* *437.35* *9:35* QARMAN 437.35 437.35 11:20 CryoCube 2261 2082.004 12:55 AztechSat-1 437.3 437.3 12:55 SOCRATES 914.7 914.7 14:30 Argus-02 437.29 437.29 16:00 HARP 468 450 16:00 SORTIE 468 450 17:40 Cheers, Sarah Rogers Project Manager, Phoenix CubeSat

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IC-9700 drift solution
by D. Craig Fox 15 Feb '20

15 Feb '20

I hope this doesn’t violate BB protocol, but given the interest in adding freq stability to the 9700, I thought this post from the moon-net might be of interest (and I don’t even own a 9700). I expect PA2V can be found on QRZ 73, Craig N6RSX Hi all, As earlier announced on here I installed a 49.152 MHz oscillator (PLL) that will lock on 10 MHz into my IC9700. I have tested it for a week now and compared it to my K3 with transverter. My K3 and transverter are locked on 10 MHz too. During the whole week there was no difference in frequency between both setups. The drift problem on the ICOM IC9700 is solved! It is a simple job without really changing the rig hardware. The PLL can be installed into the 9700 but if one want it outside, it is possible too. You need a 10 MHz reference for this mod. I have made a description but it is a bit too big to post it on here. The file with pictures is 4 MB and available in Dutch and English. It describes the items you need and how to install and setup the rig. Also it refer to the hams and organisations who did a major job on this too. Total investment for this mod will be around €90 depending on shipments costs and eventually import tax. Hopefully ICOM will finally install this simple solution in future models. After all it is just a solution for a big mistake from their engineers. 73, Peter PA2V

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WTB: 2 meter receive converter
by John Geiger 15 Feb '20

15 Feb '20

I am looking for a 2 meter receiving converter that uses an HF IF frequency. Want to use it with my Kenwood TS590SG to receive the satellite downlink frequencies for Mode B satellites. If you have one available, or even a 2 meter transverter at a good price, let me know the price shipped to ZIP 73507. 73 John W5TD

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FUNcube Warehouse
by David Johnson 15 Feb '20

15 Feb '20

Hi, Thank you for your patience, warehouse is back up again with correct display (I found a long-lived bug) 73 - Dave

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Re: [amsat-bb] Leo Bodnar ICOM IC-9700 Reference Injection Board
by Bob Hammond 15 Feb '20

15 Feb '20

Mark, thanks for your description. I followed it but could not see my 2M "birdy" move at all when enabling/disabling the reference board output! I would like to assume that my 9700 is just so stable that the reference board is making little difference. I did hear a very slight beat frequency change when I enabled/disabled the reference board output. What I did was adjust the coarse and fine sliders in the Ref section of the radio until the beat frequency was zero WITH the GPSDO output on. I could hear a slight beat frequency when I shut it off. Think that's a valid test? I have yet to repeat all this at 23cm. I was expecting a whopper correction using the GPSDO. 73, Bob W7OTJ On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 6:38 AM Mark L. Hammond <marklhammond(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Bob, > > I have this setup. It works great--and in fact so well, it's hard to > see! The "setup" didn't do anything for me unless I ran the numbers WAY > off to one side or another. Then the radio acted weird--it was effectively > messing up the proper oscillator freq. and sounded warbled. I've put > coarse and fine in the middle of the recommended ranges and leave them > there...the "tuning" is broad. Don't fret over adjusting uch here... > > How can you see it working? Here's what I did--use the waterfall to watch > a stable, steady signal (even a "Birdy") on 2M, on SSB. Zoom in the > waterfall, so it's like +/- 2 kHz. Now, using the software for the freq. > standard, toggle the reference signal ON and OFF, slowly....you should be > able to see the "birdy" move just a little, back and forth as you toggle > off and on. With the freq. standard "on", it's in the right calibrated > place. With it OFF, it's showing you how far off freq. your radio is > without correction. > > Hope that's clear! I spent some time convincing myself it was working--and > did what I tried to explain above. check it out, let me know how you make > out. > > 73, > > Mark N8MH > > At 06:03 AM 2/14/2020 -0800, Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > Anyone in the US use this board (along with a GPSDO) in their 9700? > > > http://www.leobodnar.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=… > > How do you know it's actually working? I have yet to be able to do their > set up suggestion as described. > > Always learning..... > > Bob W7OTJ > _______________________________________________ > 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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FUNcube Warehouse Outages
by David Johnson 15 Feb '20

15 Feb '20

Hi, There may be some short outages in the operation of the warehouse today as I make some changes to the reporting. The dashboards will resume uploads each time the warehouse comes back online. Realtime min-max values may look a bit strange until I've stabilised the service later today. Thank you all for supporting the project 73 Dave, G4DPZ

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Newbie Questions - ISS
by ka3hdo＠gmail.com 14 Feb '20

14 Feb '20

There is a great deal of information on the ARISS web site www.ariss.org <http://www.ariss.org> . News of note is usually posted on the main page. This includes the fact that our first (of two) next generation radio systems is getting ready for launch on SpaceX-20 (tentative launch date--March 2). Look under the news tab for upcoming school contacts (with a 145.80 downlink). Weekly reports provide a view of what is happening in the ARISS community. General Contacts Tab provides info on working the ISS (Primarily APRS and SSTV downlinks). Joanne's APRS resource guide is linked on this page. The link to the SSTV galley can also be linked from this site. Enjoy! 73, Frank KA3HDO Message: 12 Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 10:11:45 -0500 From: Jackie Dander <shorenicehere(a)gmail.com <mailto:[email protected]> > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [amsat-bb] Newbie Questions - ISS Message-ID: <CAHHZQ2mqxdGdy3woKwaHGXgwjha8ZUMO=wMv7ta2q_WqOfi_cA(a)mail.gmail.com <mailto:CAHHZQ2mqxdGdy3woKwaHGXgwjha8ZUMO=wMv7ta2q_WqOfi_cA@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" 1. Is this the best way or place to post such questions? 2. I have studied past posts and other sources but can't find answers to questions below. 3. I am trying to listen to ISS. N2Y0 and HeavensAbove list the same pass for my location today (FM14be, 16:39 local time, elevation 56 degrees) but AMSAT predictor says 4 degrees for that pass. Why the difference? 4. N2Y0 says up/down is 437.550/437.550, ASFK, inactive. HeavensAbove says 145.825/447.550 FM active. Who is right? How can I get correct frequencies to listen to? thanks Isaac -------------------------------------------- Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO ISS Ham Radio Program Manager & PI ARISS International Chair AMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs

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rasbarry pi
by James Brown 14 Feb '20

14 Feb '20

Is anyone running sat 32 on a raspberry computer? If so how would I set it up? Jim KI6WJ

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Re: [amsat-bb] Raspberry Pi
by Roy Dean 14 Feb '20

14 Feb '20

> > Gpredict is very easy to install on a Raspberry Pi. I did so on the > "Buster" version of Raspbian. There is a .deb file to download and it just > installs and runs. Disclaimer: I have not tried to use it more than just > to see that it started up ok and displayed satellites. 73, Burns WB1FJ When I first set up my groundstation, I was exclusively using Gpredict on a Pi 3B+ to run my G5400b rotator (along with hamlib rotctld). No problems whatsoever. --Roy K3RLD

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Newbie Questions - ISS
by Jackie Dander 14 Feb '20

14 Feb '20

1. Is this the best way or place to post such questions? 2. I have studied past posts and other sources but can't find answers to questions below. 3. I am trying to listen to ISS. N2Y0 and HeavensAbove list the same pass for my location today (FM14be, 16:39 local time, elevation 56 degrees) but AMSAT predictor says 4 degrees for that pass. Why the difference? 4. N2Y0 says up/down is 437.550/437.550, ASFK, inactive. HeavensAbove says 145.825/447.550 FM active. Who is right? How can I get correct frequencies to listen to? thanks Isaac

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Re: [amsat-bb] Leo Bodnar ICOM IC-9700 Reference Injection Board
by Mark L. Hammond 14 Feb '20

14 Feb '20

Hi Bob, I have this setup. It works great--and in fact so well, it's hard to see! The "setup" didn't do anything for me unless I ran the numbers WAY off to one side or another. Then the radio acted weird--it was effectively messing up the proper oscillator freq. and sounded warbled. I've put coarse and fine in the middle of the recommended ranges and leave them there...the "tuning" is broad. Don't fret over adjusting uch here... How can you see it working? Here's what I did--use the waterfall to watch a stable, steady signal (even a "Birdy") on 2M, on SSB. Zoom in the waterfall, so it's like +/- 2 kHz. Now, using the software for the freq. standard, toggle the reference signal ON and OFF, slowly....you should be able to see the "birdy" move just a little, back and forth as you toggle off and on. With the freq. standard "on", it's in the right calibrated place. With it OFF, it's showing you how far off freq. your radio is without correction. Hope that's clear! I spent some time convincing myself it was working--and did what I tried to explain above. check it out, let me know how you make out. 73, Mark N8MH At 06:03 AM 2/14/2020 -0800, Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB wrote: >Anyone in the US use this board (along with a GPSDO) in their 9700? > >http://www.leobodnar.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=… > >How do you know it's actually working? I have yet to be able to do their >set up suggestion as described. > >Always learning..... > >Bob W7OTJ >_______________________________________________ >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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Leo Bodnar ICOM IC-9700 Reference Injection Board
by Bob Hammond 14 Feb '20

14 Feb '20

Anyone in the US use this board (along with a GPSDO) in their 9700? http://www.leobodnar.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=… How do you know it's actually working? I have yet to be able to do their set up suggestion as described. Always learning..... Bob W7OTJ

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Office Closed
by Martha 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

The AMSAT Office will be closed on Monday, February 17th for President's Day. -- 73- Martha

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SwampSat 2 ID
by Nico Janssen 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

Doppler measurements show that SwampSat 2 is object 45115 (2019-071E). Downlink frequency: 436.3493 MHz. 73, Nico PA0DLO

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SDR Recommendations
by Mike Lucas 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

I'm thinking of acquiring an SDR unit for the station for downloading sat telemetry etc. I'm new to the SDR world but learning. I'm currently using a Yaseu 736R which has served me well. Not sure how you configure SDR for Doppler tracking etc. so looking for links to info I can educate myself on what all I need etc. Are there any particular SDR radios that lend themselves best for satellite work more than others? The SDR Play boxes look solid, are they recommended? Regards, Mike N7ASZ

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EM21/31 CAS4A/B
by Bob Liddy (K8BL) 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

Gridders, On my 2324Z pass on 2/12 on CAS4B from the EM21/31 Line in LA, I logged the following Calls: KG5UN, K4DTM, KC3KOP, K3RRR, KJ4EU, N8AP On my 2349Z pass on 2/12 on CAS4A from the EM21/31 Line in LA, I logged the following Calls: N8IUP, NA1SA (+ whistling, counting QRM aplenty) If I botched your Call or missed it during my transcription, let me know and I'll re-check my recording. Will upload to LoTW soon. (No eQSL) 73, Bob K8BL

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-13 03:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-13 03:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Maple Dale Elementary School, Cincinnati, OH, direct via K8SCH The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Thu 2020-02-20 18:20:28 UTC 48 deg 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) 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 2020-02-13 03:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2020-02-08 03:30 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 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 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 is happy to announce a proposal window will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January 1, 2021 and June 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 proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up is https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.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. More Information For 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 132 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 1380. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1313. 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. 60 on orbit Drew Morgan KI5AAA Exp. 61 on orbit Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-12 20:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 12 Feb '20

12 Feb '20

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-12 20:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Maple Dale Elementary School, Cincinnati, OH, direct via K8SCH The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Thu 2020-02-20 18:20:28 UTC 48 deg (***) 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) 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 2020-02-12 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 2020-02-08 03:30 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 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 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 is happy to announce a proposal window will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January 1, 2021 and June 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 proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up is https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.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. More Information For 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 132 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 1380. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1313. 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. 60 on orbit Drew Morgan KI5AAA Exp. 61 on orbit Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Duplexer to Dual-Band Vertical
by VA3ASE 12 Feb '20

12 Feb '20

Good morning, I was chatting with a friend about his experimentation with amateur satellites and have been pondering if his setup is "safe" for his radio. He is running an FT-847 through a duplexer (diplexer if you want to be pedantic) and into a dual-band vertical base antenna on his roof. Definitely not an ideal setup, but meant to be temporary until time and better weather allow. He has managed to make some FM contacts on AO-92 with it. My concern is him using a duplexer in this manner while running full duplex. I suppose this is similar to what people must do if using an Elk antenna. I just worry about there being enough isolation between the ports and damaging his transceiver. Are there others using similar setups or is this something to avoid? 73, Alex VA3ASE

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HuskySat 1 ID
by Nico Janssen 12 Feb '20

12 Feb '20

New doppler measurements, after catalog number reassignments, confirm that HuskySat 1 is now object 45119 (2019-071J). Downlink frequency: 435.7997 MHz. 73, Nico PA0DLO

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ARRL CEO Vacated
by Ev Tupis 12 Feb '20

12 Feb '20

News from ARRL.org: On a 9 – 6 vote, the Board voted not to re-elect Howard Michel, WB2ITX, as Chief Executive Officer. Michel was in the post for 15 months. Former ARRL Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer Barry Shelley, N1VXY, has come out of retirement to serve as interim ARRL CEO. He also was elected as Secretary. Shelley was ARRL’s CFO for 28 years and served as CEO during 2018 before his retirement, following the departure of former CEO Tom Gallagher, NY2RF. The ARRL Board has appointed a committee to spearhead the search for a new CEO. That panel will screen suitable CEO candidates, presenting three to the Board for consideration. No news on who serves on the "committee to spearhead the search for a new CEO" or the process they will use.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-12 03:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 12 Feb '20

12 Feb '20

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-12 03:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Maple Dale Elementary School, Cincinnati, OH, direct via K8SCH The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact postponed to later date (***) 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) 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 2020-02-12 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 2020-02-08 03:30 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 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 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 is happy to announce a proposal window will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January 1, 2021 and June 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 proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up is https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.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. More Information For 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 132 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 1380. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1313. 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. 60 on orbit Drew Morgan KI5AAA Exp. 61 on orbit Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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AO-92 L/v at 0220u 12 Feb 2020 for 24 hrs
by Mark L. Hammond 11 Feb '20

11 Feb '20

Happy mode L/V! Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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Re: [amsat-bb] WSJT-X with IC-9700
by Bob Hammond 11 Feb '20

11 Feb '20

Thanks Mark, Stefan, and John. I'm looking forward to using it. Bob W7OTJ On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 3:45 PM Mark L. Hammond <marklhammond(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Bob, > > As long as you shutdown SatPC32 before launching WSJT, it'll work fine! > Using the USB cable only with WSJT, it can carry the audio (both xmit and > recv) AND the CAT control to put the rig on frequency/mode, etc. It's > quite slick :) > > Mark N8MH > > > At 03:28 PM 2/11/2020 -0800, Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > I'm already using the 9700 USB connector for CAT control. > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 11:45 AM Stefan Wagener <wageners(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Just use the USB cable. All you need. Lots of good videos out there > > > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 1:10 PM Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB < > > amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > > >> I hope this is an ok question for the AMSAT-BB. > >> > >> I want to use WSJT-X with my IC-9700. What audio interface cable is > >> suggested for use with a PC? > >> > >> This is what I've found so far: XGGCOMMS Digimode-3-Icom > >> > >> Bob W7OTJ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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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Re: [amsat-bb] WSJT-X with IC-9700
by Mark L. Hammond 11 Feb '20

11 Feb '20

Hi Bob, As long as you shutdown SatPC32 before launching WSJT, it'll work fine! Using the USB cable only with WSJT, it can carry the audio (both xmit and recv) AND the CAT control to put the rig on frequency/mode, etc. It's quite slick :) Mark N8MH At 03:28 PM 2/11/2020 -0800, Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB wrote: >I'm already using the 9700 USB connector for CAT control. > >On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 11:45 AM Stefan Wagener <wageners(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Just use the USB cable. All you need. Lots of good videos out there >> >> On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 1:10 PM Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB < >> amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: >> >>> I hope this is an ok question for the AMSAT-BB. >>> >>> I want to use WSJT-X with my IC-9700. What audio interface cable is >>> suggested for use with a PC? >>> >>> This is what I've found so far: XGGCOMMS Digimode-3-Icom >>> >>> Bob W7OTJ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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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WSJT-X with IC-9700
by Bob Hammond 11 Feb '20

11 Feb '20

I hope this is an ok question for the AMSAT-BB. I want to use WSJT-X with my IC-9700. What audio interface cable is suggested for use with a PC? This is what I've found so far: XGGCOMMS Digimode-3-Icom Bob W7OTJ

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ISS CubeSat Deployment - Delayed until NET 2/17
by Sarah Rogers 11 Feb '20

11 Feb '20

Hello, everyone, The upcoming Nanoracks deployment of CubeSats from the ISS has been *delayed until NET 2/17*. This date will be solidified once NG-13 launches later this week. For anyone interested in tracking the following CubeSats following deployment, please make a note of this date change. *Frequencies* *CubeSat**Downlink (MHz)**Uplink (MHz)* RadSat-u 437.425 437.425 Phoenix 437.35 437.35 QARMAN 437.35 437.35 CryoCube 2261 2082.004 AztechSat-1 437.3 437.3 SOCRATES 914.7 914.7 Argus-02 437.29 437.29 HARP 468 450 SORTIE 468 450 Cheers, Sarah Rogers Project Manager, Phoenix CubeSat

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Which object is HuskySat-1?
by Joseph B. Fitzgerald 11 Feb '20

11 Feb '20

Initially it looked like object 2019-071G was HuskySat-1, but our friends at the 18th Space Control Squadron published data on additional objects in recent days, and there is considerable evidence suggesting that HuskySat-1 is actually one of those instead. Element sets for objects 2019-071H and 2019-071J are now distributed in nasabare.txt as candidates for the "Real HuskySat-1". de KM1P Joe

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Yaesu-736R w/HS 736USB
by Mike Lucas 11 Feb '20

11 Feb '20

I hate to give up on my trusty 736R I've used for years but. I got the 736USB for CAT interface and it works fine except for one thing. I doesn't want to do reverse band splits with the CAT. It's documented in the HS 736USB sheet that it may not be able to perform that function, so I'm wonder if anyone by chance has figured out a work around? Thanks! Mike N7ASZ

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HuskySat-1 telemetry w/RSP4 and ver 1.08z
by Jeff 11 Feb '20

11 Feb '20

Anyone receiving HuskySat-1 telemetry packets with an RSP4 RTL SDR setup running ver 1.08z 73 Jeff kb2m

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Re: [amsat-bb] Foxtelem TLM
by Pete vk2pet 11 Feb '20

11 Feb '20

Good Morning Mark & Alan, Thanks for the replys. Yes it was an embedded pic, I'm only new on this group, so I will learn. More to the story, when I update the fotelem via 'fetch server data' in the menu, the computer comes up with *ERROOR could not uncompress the server data* *Check if the download URL is correct.* Then some JAVA jisberish under that. This computer isn't on the web all the time, so I have to hotpot into to get TLE and the other updates I need. hence the question of the TLE website. 73's Pete vk2pet On 11/02/2020 12:17 pm, Mark L. Hammond wrote: > Hi Pete, > > I didn't catch what you're seeing. Did you try to embed a picture? > That doesn't work on the BB. > > 73, > > Mark N8MH > > At 10:42 AM 2/11/2020 +1100, Pete $Vk2pet$ via AMSAT-BB wrote: >> Morning All, Currently Iâ€™m getting the below message. My server >> data URL is Http://amsat.org/tlm <http://amsat.org/tlm> Is this >> correct? 73 Pete Vk2pet Sent from my ifail (it can be stuck to me at >> times) This email/message could be sent on behalf of a community >> organization. If you got this email/message by mistake please delete >> & let myself know my email, phone or sms on 0428 293 683. Regards >> Pete _______________________________________________ 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 >> <https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb>

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FUNcube family launch video + 2.4 GHz Amplifier Kit
by M5AKA 11 Feb '20

11 Feb '20

A composite video showing all currently orbiting FUNcube family satellites being launched https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdjXzPEsuxw 5 watt 2.4 GHz Amplifier Kit for QO-100 now available https://amsat-uk.org/2020/02/10/5-watt-2-4-ghz-amplifier-kit-for-qo-100/ QARMAN and Phoenix CubeSats deploy Wednesday, February 12 https://amsat-uk.org/2020/02/11/qarman-and-phoenix-cubesat-upcoming-deploym… Electromagnetic Field EMF 2020 event plans to contact the ISS via amateur radio https://amsat-uk.org/2020/02/07/emf-2020-iss-contact/ EIRSAT-1 CubeSat has passed both environmental and vibration testing https://twitter.com/EIRSAT1/status/1225810684065259520 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] nasabare Keps related? - error in Satpc32
by Alan 10 Feb '20

10 Feb '20

Christy, I checked, and get the same error. WIN10, though custom Keps from CelesTrak and another source, locally mixed and sorted. 73, Alan WA4SCA <-----Original Message----- <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of KB6LTY <via AMSAT-BB <Sent: Sunday, February 9, 2020 12:47 PM <To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <Subject: [amsat-bb] nasabare keps related? - error in Satpc32 < <I updated Nasabare this morning,1400UTC 2/7/20 <subsequently when trying to generate second operator using the ACCy menu <option I get the 'invalid floating point operation' <am using the map default view. <of course I just changed over to W10 so not sure if this is related to Keps file <OR OS system. <anyone else see this error recently? <thanks for any suggestions. <73 Christy KB6LTY <_______________________________________________ <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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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-10 21:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 10 Feb '20

10 Feb '20

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-02-10 21:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Maple Dale Elementary School, Cincinnati, OH, direct via K8SCH The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Thu 2020-02-20 18:20:28 UTC 48 deg (***) 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) 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 2020-02-10 21:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2020-02-08 03:30 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 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 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 is happy to announce a proposal window will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January 1, 2021 and June 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 proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up is https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.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. More Information For 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 132 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 1380. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1313. 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. 60 on orbit Drew Morgan KI5AAA Exp. 61 on orbit Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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EM22/32
by Bob Liddy (K8BL) 09 Feb '20

09 Feb '20

Gridders, On my 1807Z pass on 2/8 on AO-91 from the EM22/32 Line in LA, I logged the following Calls: K8YSE/7, TI2VLM, AK7DD, K8TL, W4DTA, W7JSD, AC9E. W5CBF, WA5LRC, N1RCN, KJ4M, K3RRR, KI7UNJ If I botched your Call or missed it during my transcription, let me know and I'll re-check my recording. Will upload to LoTW soon. (No eQSL) 73, Bob K8BL

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nasabare keps related? - error in Satpc32
by cchunter3＠mindspring.com 09 Feb '20

09 Feb '20

I updated Nasabare this morning,1400UTC 2/7/20 subsequently when trying to generate second operator using the ACCy menu option I get the 'invalid floating point operation' am using the map default view. of course I just changed over to W10 so not sure if this is related to Keps file OR OS system. anyone else see this error recently? thanks for any suggestions. 73 Christy KB6LTY

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Just curious XW series
by RG 09 Feb '20

09 Feb '20

I have had trouble hearing XW satellites lately.I have a Kenwood ts 2000 and for some reason don't hearing much if anything.I used to hear the beacon pretty loud at least for a few moments and most of the pass okay but not as much.I was wondering if other Op's. are having the same problem.Maybe I need to set up my 706 as a receive radio,It worked good.I dont have any problems with the Kenwood working other modes.It would be nice to use one radio.I run a vertical and realize it's not the best set up but again I haven't had this problem in the past.Just looking for some opinions.Thanks a lot73RichKB1FGC marzo7088(a)yahoo.com

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FoxTelem with RTL-SDR
by Greg D 09 Feb '20

09 Feb '20

Hi folks, Acknowledged that this is "not supported", but others appear to have had some success using an RTL-SDR dongle under FoxTelem. With the launch of Huskysat-1, I though I'd give it a try. I'm missing something, but can't find any suggestions. I have a Raspberry Pi 2B that I've been using as an RTL-SDR server, connecting Gqrx to it over the home network. rtl_tcp is running there, all just fine. Tried firing up the latest FoxTelem, choosing RTL SDR as the source, but the program says it can't find the dongle. "Insert the device or choose an other source" when I hit Start. Shut down rtl_tcp, of course, so as to not have a fight over access. Tried removing and inserting the dongle. Still no joy. I expect I'm missing some morsel of driver software or configuration to connect FoxTelem to the RTL-SDR dongle, perhaps something similar to rtl_tcp. What am I missing? Thanks, Greg KO6TH

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Re: [amsat-bb] huskysat-1
by Roy Dean 09 Feb '20

09 Feb '20

> > Noticed today that huskysat stops sending data and sends only a carrier > for about a second then starts back up, saw it do that 4 times last pass. > DAC overflows? Have you actually seen a carrier (like a single frequency spike/birdie)? Or are you talking about when the modulation seems to "hang" between a phase shift? I've noticed that, myself, but just ASSumed that it was normal (like the "dual carrier" tones that you see with the funcubes telemetry). --Roy K3RLD

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icom 7000 help
by Nick Pugh 09 Feb '20

09 Feb '20

I have an Icom 7000 and using the data jack pin 1 to supply audio to the radio. I use the c-I 17 to key the radio. I am unable to get mixw to mod the radio. What to I get mixw to pass audio?? Nick k5qxj nick Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn

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huskysat-1
by Kevin 08 Feb '20

08 Feb '20

Noticed today that huskysat stops sending data and sends only a carrier for about a second then starts back up, saw it do that 4 times last pass. DAC overflows? 73 Kevin wa7fwf

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