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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-11-06 15:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 06 Nov '19

06 Nov '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-11-06 15:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Istituto Comprensivo “G.B. Perasso”, Milano, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Montignoso – Scuola secondaria I grado “G.B.Giorgini”, Montignoso, Italy, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact was successful: Wed 2019-11-06 09:27:34 UTC 32 deg (***) Watch for live stream from Milano at: http://www.arierba.it/ARISS_Contact/live.html https://www.icperasso.edu.it/riepilogo-articoli-al-top/265-test.html Watch for live stream from Montignoso at: https://youtu.be/WyAYyuATUAg “Alcide De Gasperi” Secondary School: Part Of The Istituto Comprensivo Statale “E. L. Corner”, Vigonovo, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Di Pederobba, Onigo Di Pederobba, Italy, telebridge via VK6MJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for Mon 2019-11-11 10:10:34 UTC 80 deg European High School – Brindisi, Brindisi, Italy and I.I.S.S. “Majorana – Laterza”, Putignano, Italy, telebridge via K6DUE (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2019-11-13 09:18:39 UTC 55 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 2019-11-06 15:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-11-06 15:00 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 Current Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019 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 anticipates that the contact for proposals submitted in the proposal window now open would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. ARISS is happy to announce a second 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 deadline to submit proposals for contacts between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 is November 30, 2019. 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136 Francesco IKØWGF with 135 Sergey RV3DR with 127 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 1358. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1296. (***) 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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov 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 in mode L/v for 24 hours beginning at 0249Z
by Ronald G. Parsons 06 Nov '19

06 Nov '19

AO-92 was switched to Mode L/v at 02:49 UTC and will remain in that mode for 24 hours. Uplink is 1267.359 MHz, downlink is 145.880 MHz. Quote TweetKO4MA @glasbrenner · 21m AO-92 in mode L/v for 24 hours beginning at 0249Z Ron W5RKN

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-11-06 03:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 06 Nov '19

06 Nov '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-11-06 03:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Istituto Comprensivo “G.B. Perasso”, Milano, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Montignoso – Scuola secondaria I grado “G.B.Giorgini”, Montignoso, Italy, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2019-11-06 09:27:34 UTC 32 deg Watch for live stream from Milano at: http://www.arierba.it/ARISS_Contact/live.html https://www.icperasso.edu.it/riepilogo-articoli-al-top/265-test.html Watch for live stream from Montignoso at: (***) https://youtu.be/WyAYyuATUAg “Alcide De Gasperi” Secondary School: Part Of The Istituto Comprensivo Statale “E. L. Corner”, Vigonovo, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Di Pederobba, Onigo Di Pederobba, Italy, telebridge via VK6MJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for Mon 2019-11-11 10:10:34 UTC 80 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 2019-11-06 03:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-11-06 02:30 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 Current Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019 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 anticipates that the contact for proposals submitted in the proposal window now open would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. ARISS is happy to announce a second 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 deadline to submit proposals for contacts between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 is November 30, 2019. 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136 Francesco IKØWGF with 135 Sergey RV3DR with 127 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 1356. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1295. 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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov 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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23cm at WRC-19
by M5AKA 05 Nov '19

05 Nov '19

RSGB WRC-19 Update: 23cms and A Long Day https://amsat-uk.org/2019/11/05/rsgb-wrc-19-update-23cms-and-a-long-day/ PocketQube Workshop in Glasgow - talk videos and PDF slides available https://amsat-uk.org/2019/11/04/pocketqube-workshop-videos-available/ In this article Christer SM0NCL shows how CW and SSB signals of just 100 mW PEP can access the QO-100 / Es'hail-2 narrowband transponder https://tinyurl.com/AMSAT-SM The FUNcube Yahoo Group has moved to groups.io You can join the new FUNcube group at https://groups.io/g/FUNcube The FUNcube Pro+ SDR Dongle group is at https://groups.io/g/FCDProPlus/ 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
by Roy Dean 05 Nov '19

05 Nov '19

It appears that HuskySat is now in orbit - and from what I understand it won't be until AFTER the Cygnus leaves the ISS that it's released. Is there a timeframe that we should be watching in order to start "listening" for it? --Roy K3RLD

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-11-05 14:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 05 Nov '19

05 Nov '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-11-05 14:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Private UKEB School, Izmir, Turkey, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact was successful: Tue 2019-11-05 12:34:49 UTC 67 deg (***) Watch for live stream at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHI1hqkeATG-6-rLty4k19A Istituto Comprensivo “G.B. Perasso”, Milano, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Montignoso – Scuola secondaria I grado “G.B.Giorgini”, Montignoso, Italy, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2019-11-06 09:27:34 UTC 32 deg Watch for live stream from Milano at: http://www.arierba.it/ARISS_Contact/live.html https://www.icperasso.edu.it/riepilogo-articoli-al-top/265-test.html “Alcide De Gasperi” Secondary School: Part Of The Istituto Comprensivo Statale “E. L. Corner”, Vigonovo, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Di Pederobba, Onigo Di Pederobba, Italy, telebridge via VK6MJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for Mon 2019-11-11 10:10:34 UTC 80 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 2019-11-05 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 2019-11-05 14:00 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals Current Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019 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 anticipates that the contact for proposals submitted in the proposal window now open would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. ARISS is happy to announce a second 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 deadline to submit proposals for contacts between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 is November 30, 2019. 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136 Francesco IKØWGF with 135 Sergey RV3DR with 127 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 1356. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1295. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. 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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov 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 2019-11-05 03:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 04 Nov '19

04 Nov '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-11-05 03:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Private UKEB School, Izmir, Turkey, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Tue 2019-11-05 12:34:49 UTC 67 deg Watch for live stream at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHI1hqkeATG-6-rLty4k19A Istituto Comprensivo “G.B. Perasso”, Milano, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Montignoso – Scuola secondaria I grado “G.B.Giorgini”, Montignoso, Italy, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2019-11-06 09:27:34 UTC 32 deg Watch for live stream from Milano at: http://www.arierba.it/ARISS_Contact/live.html https://www.icperasso.edu.it/riepilogo-articoli-al-top/265-test.html “Alcide De Gasperi” Secondary School: Part Of The Istituto Comprensivo Statale “E. L. Corner”, Vigonovo, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Di Pederobba, Onigo Di Pederobba, Italy, telebridge via VK6MJ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for Mon 2019-11-11 10:10:34 UTC 80 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 2019-11-05 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 2019-10-29 19:30 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) 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 Current Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019 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 anticipates that the contact for proposals submitted in the proposal window now open would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. ARISS is happy to announce a second 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 deadline to submit proposals for contacts between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 is November 30, 2019. 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136 Francesco IKØWGF with 135 Sergey RV3DR with 127 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 1355. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1294. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. 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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov 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 2019-11-04 17:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 04 Nov '19

04 Nov '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-11-04 17:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Private UKEB School, Izmir, Turkey, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Tue 2019-11-05 12:34:49 UTC 67 deg Watch for live stream at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHI1hqkeATG-6-rLty4k19A Istituto Comprensivo “G.B. Perasso”, Milano, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Montignoso – Scuola secondaria I grado “G.B.Giorgini”, Montignoso, Italy, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2019-11-06 09:27:34 UTC 32 deg Watch for live stream from Milano at: http://www.arierba.it/ARISS_Contact/live.html https://www.icperasso.edu.it/riepilogo-articoli-al-top/265-test.html 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 2019-11-04 17:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-10-29 19:30 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) 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 Current Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019 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 anticipates that the contact for proposals submitted in the proposal window now open would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. ARISS is happy to announce a second 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 deadline to submit proposals for contacts between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 is November 30, 2019. 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136 Francesco IKØWGF with 135 Sergey RV3DR with 127 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 1355. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1294. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. 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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov 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 2019-11-04 14:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 04 Nov '19

04 Nov '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-11-04 14:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Private UKEB School, Izmir, Turkey, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Tue 2019-11-05 12:34:49 UTC 67 deg Watch for live stream at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHI1hqkeATG-6-rLty4k19A Istituto Comprensivo “G.B. Perasso”, Milano, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Montignoso – Scuola secondaria I grado “G.B.Giorgini”, Montignoso, Italy, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2019-11-06 09:27:34 UTC 32 deg Watch for live stream from Milano at: (***) http://www.arierba.it/ARISS_Contact/live.html https://www.icperasso.edu.it/riepilogo-articoli-al-top/265-test.html 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 2019-11-04 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 2019-10-29 19:30 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) 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 Current Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019 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 anticipates that the contact for proposals submitted in the proposal window now open would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. ARISS is happy to announce a second 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 deadline to submit proposals for contacts between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 is November 30, 2019. 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136 Francesco IKØWGF with 135 Sergey RV3DR with 127 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 1355. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1294. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. 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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov 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 with Istituto Comprensivo "G.B. Perasso", Milano, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Montignoso - Scuola secondaria I grado "G.B.Giorgini", Montignoso, Italy
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 04 Nov '19

04 Nov '19

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Istituto Comprensivo "G.B. Perasso", Milano, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Montignoso - Scuola secondaria I grado G.B.Giorgini", Montignoso, Italy on 06 Nov. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:27 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VK5ZAI. The contact should be audible over Australia and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in Italian. Stories: Istituto Comprensivo "G.B. Perasso" Istituto Comprensivo "G.B. Perasso" is a school situated in Milan, Italy. Students are between 4 and 13 years old. We can regard this school as an intercultural school because of its students are from all over the world. Therefore we try to practice inclusion in a real way. The school was founded in the 30s of the previous century, but just in this school year 2018-2019 the secondary school opens to a group of students regarded as "pioneers". Istituto Comprensivo Montignoso - Scuola secondaria I grado "G.B.Giorgini" The Institute is located in the municipality of Montignoso, one of the smallest communes in the province of Massa Carrara, part of the protected area of the Parco delle Apuane. It is made up of nine schools: four children's schools, four primary schools and one middle school. In order to promote a significant link with the territorial reality and with the economic and training resources of the Province, The Institute has started a study about the design of orientation activities addressed to pupils and realizes projects aimed at enriching the activities included in the teaching planning. The activities are multidisciplinary and according to a vertical curriculum, in response to the needs of the students who are so involved in activities aimed at individual and group growth. It prefers the laboratory activity for all disciplines and develops projects on various themes such as science, greenhouse and geometry, photography, images and animation, music and theatre. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Perché hai deciso di fare l'astronauta? 2. Quale esperimento stai svolgendo in questi giorni? 3. Qual è stata la tua maggiore difficoltà durante la fase di addestramento? 4. Quali effetti personali ti sei portato per il tempo libero dalla Terra? 5. E' difficile deglutire nello spazio? E i sapori sono inalterati? 6. C'è qualcosa che non si può mangiare sulla Stazione Spaziale? 7. Qual è la percezione del tempo sulla Stazione Spaziale? 8. Hai qualche sogno nel cassetto? Quali nuovi posti nell'Universo vorresti visitare? 9. Hai trasmesso alle tue figlie la passione per lo spazio? 10. Vi capita mai di litigare sulla Stazione Spaziale? 11. Quali sono le difese che ha la Stazione Spaziale in caso di pericolo di impatto con altri corpi celesti? 12. Quando tornerai sulla Terra, cosa ti mancherà di più dello spazio? 13. Che tipo di alunno eri alle medie? Molto studioso o svogliato? 14. Dalla ISS si vedono gli effetti, belli o brutti, dell'azione dell'uomo sulla Terra? 15. Qual è il pensiero che ti dà forza nei momenti di difficoltà? 16. Quanto è difficile essere comandante della Stazione Spaziale e come ti sei sentito quando te l'hanno annunciato? 17. Che effetto ti fa sembrare una stella? 18. Che differenze stai trovando tra la missione "Volare" e "Beyond"? 19. Con l'assenza di peso non si avverte più la percezione del corpo, quello che resta è forse quella che noi chiamiamo "anima"? 20. Qual è l'attività che ti dà più soddisfazione sulla Stazione Spaziale? translated: 1. Why did you decide to become an astronaut? 2. What experiment are you currently working on? 3. What was the most difficult part of your training? 4. What personal belongings did you bring with you on the ISS, to use in your free time? 5. Is it hard to swallow in space? Do flavors change? 6. Is there anything you cannot eat on the ISS? 7. What is time perception on the ISS? 8. Do you have any unrealized dream? Where in space would you like to go? 9. Do your daughters have the same passion for space exploration as you? 10. Do astronauts ever happen to argue on the ISS? 11. What defence system does the ISS have in case of an impact with other flying space objects? 12. What will you miss most, once back on earth? 13. What kind of student were you when attending secondary school? Did you study hard or were you lazy? 14. Can you see the effects of human impact on earth from the ISS? 15. How do you find strength in hard times? 16. Is it difficult to be the ISS commander? What were your feelings when you were told it would be you? 17. Looking from earth the ISS seems a star. How do you feel about this? 18. What are the differences between the two missions "Volare" and "Beyond"? 19. The lack of gravity makes you feel weightless. Does this condition somehow get you in touch with your spirituality? 20. What activity is most satisfying for you 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): TBD 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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Private UKEB School, Izmir, Turkey
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 04 Nov '19

04 Nov '19

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Private UKEB School, Izmir, Turkey on 05 Nov. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 12:34 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and K6DUE. The contact should be audible over the east coast of the U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Watch for live stream at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHI1hqkeATG-6-rLty4k19A Story: UKEB is a private K-8 school with around 310 students and 45 teachers. It was founded in 2015 to answer many contemporary needs of conscious students and parents and it follows the principles of Atatürk, the founder of Turkish Republic. As UKEB Schools, our target is to raise children that are aware of international issues, as well as being donated with cultural aspects of their own culture and other cultures. In terms of education, our students undergo a program which covers an intense use of science and technology as well as international foreign language system, the Edexcel. Apart from this, as social individuals, they take part in social responsibility projects and at school they improve their skills of interaction with others through good manners. As a school that gives importance to health, we start the day with physical education lesson to intake more oxygen that will allow our students start the day in an energetic way. We follow the program of Ministry of Education in an extended way in terms of science and social studies. To talk about science program in our school, from third grade to 8 grade, we cover the topics about space. To improve the daily plans that we are using in our lessons, we have attended Space Camp Turkey and we are working collaboratively with them. We are also working with Ege University Astronomy department. We keep abreast with the current affairs and improvements about space that's why we are keenly interested in ARISS. UKEB is an innovative school with a philosophy. STEM goals were put into action by advisors from the education departments in local universities since the very first days of school so every single policy was written according to scientific datas. One of the most important programs of our school is YETMER (through 5-8 grades). YETMER is an abbreviation for Improving Skills Program. It is built on the idea of STEM. Integrated activities can present and reinforce these ideals through both engineering and science perspectives. Students and families can see the products of YETMER in the Innovation Fair that is held in UKEB, where different projects are exhibited. UKEB is also an Eco- school which is an international environmental program. Wastes and energy are some of the subjects that are studied. We provide school trips to factories about energy, to a treatment plant, to Space Camp Turkey and observatory belonging to Aegean University Astronomy Department. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How do you define the World from space? 2. What are the differences between life in space and the life on Earth? 3. What tests did you take when you joined NASA to become an astronaut? 4. What would you do if you ran out of your essential materials? 5. Atatürk is the founder of Turkish Republic. He said: "The future is in the sky." You are in the sky now. Do you agree with Atatürk? 6. What experiments are you trying on ISS as your mission? 7. Which planet is your favourite one except Earth? Why? 8. As there is no direction like West, South, East, North, how can you specify the coordinates? 9. Is it hard to sleep in a position against gravity in space? 10. Why is the space black? 11. Is there any danger in travelling to space? 12. What was the strangest question that was asked you in your previous contacts? And what was your answer? 13. If you had come across with a strange creature, what would you do? 14. What belonging is the most valuable to you in ISS? 15. How is the internet connection in space? 16. How many years were you trained to become an astronaut? Was this your dream? 17. What's the hardest stage that you passed before being an astronaut? 18. How can you get used to no gravity in space? 19. After spending a long time in space, how long does it take to get used to everyday life? 20. If there was a light that could go faster than a black hole's gravity, would it make any difference in space? 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. Istituto Comprensivo "G.B. Perasso", Milano, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Montignoso - Scuola secondaria I grado "G.B.Giorgini", Montignoso, Italy, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2019-11-06 09:27 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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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AO-85 Downlink Frequency Shifted Down 2.5Khz ?
by James Pierce 03 Nov '19

03 Nov '19

The last couple of passes I’ve chased AO-85 over Australia the downlink is appearing about 2.5Khz lower than expected. I am uplinking at 435.170 and was expecting the downlink at 145.978.6 … however it seems the return is arriving at more like 145.976.1- The signal coming back is excellent once tuned, especially while the bird is higher in the pass. And yes, for anyone wondering, I use macdoppler for full doppler tuning through the whole pass. Can anyone shed any light as to what may be happening? I’ve always found AO-85 to be a very quiet bird over Australia, and I wonder if this may be part of the reason. James - VK3VJP

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ANS-307 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletin for November 3, 2019
by Frank Karnauskas 02 Nov '19

02 Nov '19

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-307 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://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 dot org. In this edition: * HuskySat Successfully Lifted into Space * ARISS Contact Opportunities - Call for Proposals * FoxTelem Version 1.08r Released * Fox-in-a-Box Upgrades for FoxTelem V 1.08 * AMSAT Seeks Digital Communications Team Members * The 39th Annual ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference Announced September 11-13, 2020, Charlotte, NC * VUCC Awards-Endorsements for October 2019 * Upcoming Satellite Operations * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts from All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-307.01 ANS-307 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 307.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. November 3, 2019 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-307.01 HuskySat-1 Successfully Lifted into Space A Cygnus cargo spacecraft carrying the University of Washington's HuskySat-1 was successfully launched atop a Northrup Grumman Antares rocket Saturday morning, November 2, 1459 UTC. The Cygnus spacecraft will dock with the ISS on November 4. Cygnus is then scheduled to depart the ISS on January 13, 2020 and raise its orbit to approximately 500 km where HuskySat-1 and SwampSat will be deployed. After deployment, HuskySat-1's 1200 bps BPSK beacon on 435.800 MHz should be active.(This beacon is decodable with the latest release of FoxTelem.) HuskySat-1 is expected to run its primary mission (testing a pulsed plasma thruster and experimental 24 GHz data transmitter) for thirty days. The satellite will then be turned over to AMSAT for Amateur Radio operation, featuring a 30 kHz wide 145 to 435 MHz linear transponder for SSB/CW communications. For those interested in reading about HuskySat-1's development and its science, read the UW News article at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-307-HuskySat-1 [ANS thanks SpaceNews.com, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, and UW News for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS Contact Opportunities - Call for Proposals - Current Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019 - 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 anticipates that the contact for proposals submitted in the proposal window now open would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. ARISS is happy to announce a second 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 deadline to submit proposals for contacts between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 is November 30, 2019. 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. [ANS thanks Dave Jordan, AA4KN, ARISS PR for the above information.] +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Video recordings of the 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium have been posted: https://www.facebook.com/pg/AMSATNA/videos/ (This page should be accessible to all) The Foundations of AMSAT - 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Panel is posted at: https://youtu.be/bRmn4gjvuTI +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ FoxTelem Version 1.08r Released Chris Thompson, G0KLA has released Version 1.08r of FoxTelem. This release provides several enhancements and needed changes for FOX-1E and HuskySat, a partnership with the University of Washington. Users will need to download this version to successfully decode data from the two new spacecraft which will transmit BPSK telemetry on 70cm. (Chris suggests now is a good time to put up a 70cm antenna if you do not have one!) After version 1.08p was released earlier this week, IC-9700 users immediately noticed difficulties. Version 1.08r was immediately released. Chris notes: " There were two issues that prevented good decodes from the IC-9700: 1 - The IF output of the IC-9700 is not a true IQ signal and you have both a lower and upper sideband image. One has the bits flipped upside down. Historically FoxTelem has coped with the bits with either sense, even though only one is "correct", so 1.07 decoded fine from the wrong image. I had introduced a bug that meant the "bit flip" check was not run. That code is back in. 2 - There was also an issue where the algorithm that finds the signal was not being run if SatPC32 position was being read. That was a common configuration for IC-9700 owners, so it compounded the problem. The code is now fixed." Key changes include the following: - PSK decoders are easier to select. - Automatically change the band from 2m to 70cm and the mode from FSK to PSK if needed (and enabled). - Allows default mode to be set for each spacecraft. - No longer overwrites the user settings (e.g. as max/min frequency) when spacecraft files are updated. - Saves the properties whenever they are changed (rather than just at exit). - Allows the user to change the display name for a spacecraft without changing the KEPS name. - Prevents FOXDB from being corrupted when power restarted. - Better memory management so that long running FoxTelem sessions do not end up out of memory. - Allows MAX and MIN records to be displayed in table on the telemetry tab. - Shows the Capture Date for the record being displayed (e.g. RT, MAX, MIN). - Deletes existing files when server data is downloaded. - Ties the STP date more accurately to the position of the SYNC word in the bit buffer to avoid stamping frames with the same date. - Many small bugs and crashes fixed. A full list of changes can be found at https://github.com/ac2cz/FoxTelem/milestone/15?closed=1 You can download the new release at http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/windows/ http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/linux/ http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/mac/ Feel free to email Chris with any questions, suggestions or bug reports to chrisethompson at gmail dot com. [ANS thanks Chris E. Thompson, G0KLA for the above information.] +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The 2019 AMSAT Symposium Proceedings USB flash drives, featuring 1.98 GB of information, including the 2019 Proceedings and all previously published Proceedings dating back to 1986 are now available on the AMSAT store https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-Symposium-Flash-Drive (allow 10 business days for the next batch to be loaded with the files) +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Fox-in-a-Box Upgrades for FoxTelem V 1.08r In addition to Chris Thompson's announcement. Burns Fisher, WB1FJ reports that version of FoxTelem has been tested on Fox-in-a-Box installations (FoxTelem running on a Raspberry Pi). Starting immediately with serial number 110, FoxTelem Version 1.08r will be included on the SD cards that are ordered from the AMSAT store. (It is not yet on the download file.) If you have a Fox-in-a-Box with an older version and you wish to upgrade it (highly recommended) follow these steps: - Download http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/linux/FoxTelem_1.08p_linux.tar.gz to the Desktop using the browser on your FIAB. - Double-click the file to extract it to a directory(folder) named "FoxTelem_1.08r_linux". - Next, stop the running FoxTelem and edit the file on your desktop named "StartFoxTelem". (Right-click and choose Text Editor.) - About the third line from the bottom, change "foxtelem_1.07_linux" to "FoxTelem_1.08r_linux". (Be sure the capital letters are right.) - Exit from the editor and double-click on "StartFoxTelem" and chose "Execute". - The new FoxTelem will start running and, as described in the manual you will start getting questions about whether you want to upgrade. Say yes to each question. After FoxTelem has started successfully, you should be all set, and FoxTelem should start automatically every time your reboot. If you have any issues, please Burns know at wb1fj at amsat dot org. [ANS thanks Burns Fisher, WB1FJ for the above information.] +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows, and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ AMSAT Seeks Digital Communications Team Members AMSAT is in the process of redesigning its website and is looking to immediately fill key volunteer member additions to its digital communications team. Available positions include a Webmaster, Content Managers, and an Online Store Co-Manager. Candidates must have experience with Word press and be a current AMSAT member. Webmaster: The Webmaster works as an integral member of the AMSAT Digital Communications Team in planning, organizing, implementing, and supporting strategic web technologies. Under minimal supervision, the Webmaster collaborates with the Digital Communications team and AMSAT Development to facilitate ongoing content creation, development of standards, and overall management of AMSAT's website and member portal. The primary objectives of the Webmaster are to ensure that AMSAT's digital presence accurately portrays the character, quality and heritage of AMSAT, provide an efficient user experience, and serve to increase recruitment and financial contributions. Web Content Managers: Web Content Managers ensure AMSAT's website and webpages follow best content practices and meet the diverse needs of internal and external customers. As part of the AMSAT Digital Communications Team, Website Content Managers must understand the organizational needs, map them to the end-user needs and work with applicable AMSAT departments to create content strategy and plan for individual webpages. Online Store Co-Manager: The Online Store Co-Manager updates and refreshes the AMSAT Store when new merchandise becomes available, deletes merchandise when no longer available, and updates pricing and shipping information when necessary. Experience in WooCommerce is required. If you want to be a part of the solution in delivering the quality web services AMSAT members deserve, we could sure use your help. Please contact the AMSAT VP of User Services at ke4al (at) yahoo (dot) com. [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL 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/ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The 39th Annual ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference Announced September 11-13, 2020, Charlotte, NC Mark your calendar and start making plans to attend the premier technical conference of the year, the 39th Annual ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference to be held September 11-13, 2020 in Charlotte, NC. The conference location is the Renaissance Charlotte Suites. The ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference is an international forum for radio amateurs to meet, publish their work, and present new ideas and techniques. Presenters and attendees will have the opportunity to exchange ideas and learn about recent hardware and software advances, theories, experimental results, and practical applications. Topics include, but are not limited to: Software Defined Radio (SDR), digital voice , digital satellite communications, Global Position System (GPS), precision timing, Automatic Packet Reporting System(tm)(APRS), short messaging (a mode of APRS), Digital Signal Processing (DSP), HF digital modes, Internet interoperability with Amateur Radio networks, spread spectrum, IEEE 802.11 and other Part 15 license-exempt systems adaptable for Amateur Radio, using TCP/IP networking over Amateur Radio, mesh and peer to peer wireless networking, emergency and Homeland Defense backup digital communications, using Linux in Amateur Radio, updates on AX.25 and other wireless networking protocols. Complete conference details including registration information, call for papers and preliminary agenda can be seen at https://www.tapr.org/dcc [ANS thanks TAPR for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- VUCC Awards-Endorsements for October 2019 Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period October 1, 2019 through November 1, 2019. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! Call Sep Oct W5RKN 675 694 N0JE 569 637 K9UO 475 500 W5TD 384 392 AC9E 352 353 HP2VX 300 351 AD0HJ 325 350 K5IX 325 350 W7JSD 309 336 G0IIQ 112 251 ND0C 200 250 WB8TGY New 210 N4DCW New 201 KC9VGG 127 200 NX2X 119 178 KC9UQR 132 172 W0NBC 137 152 VE1VOX New 126 N4QX 120 125 AA0MZ 102 112 WA9JBQ New 104 N9FN New 103 PU8MGB New 102 KI4US New 101 AB4GE New 100 N0RC New 100 S57NML New 100 W2ASC New 100 If you find errors or omissions. please contact me off-list at <mycall>@<mycall>.com and I'll revise the announcement. This list was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings for the two months. It's a visual comparison so omissions are possible. Apologies if your call was not mentioned. Thanks to all those who are roving to grids that are rarely on the birds. They are doing most of the work! [ANS thanks Ron Parsons, W5RKN for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations South TX (EL0x and EL1x) November 2-9, 2019 Ron, AD0DX, will be vacationing in McAllen TX area the week of Nov 2 - 9. Ron is flying in and out of San Antonio (EL09) and staying in EL06. He hopes to activate most of the surrounding grids (EL06, EL07, EL08, EL09, EL15, EL16, EL17, EL18, and EL19) over the week. Ron will tweet details during the trip at https://twitter.com/ad0dx EM68/69 November 3-5, 2019 Tanner, W9TWJ, will be vacationing in Illinois, November 3 - 5. Key word is vacation, but he will jump over to activate the EM68/EM69 gridline on FM satellites. Watch Tanner's Twitter feed for further announcements at https://twitter.com/twjones85 Nunavut, Canada (ER60) November 11 - December 6, 2019 The Eureka Amateur Radio Club, VY0ERC, will be on station, the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory, November 6 through December 11. They have some house keeping duties to perform on arrival and just before they leave, not to mention that it's wicked cold up there (-25 to -35C not counting windchill), so keep an eye on the VY0ERC twitter feed for announcements on when they plan to step outside at https://twitter.com/vy0erc EA9 Melilla (IM85) November 18-21, 2019 Philippe, EA4NF, will be operating from Melilla as EA9/EA4NF from November 18 to 21, 2019. This very small Spanish territory located in Northern Africa, which is a very rare GRID and is listed as one of the Most Wanted SAT DXCC. Updates and passes on Philippe's Twitter at https://twitter.com/EA4NF_SAT Key West (EL94) December 3-6, 2019 Tanner, W9TWJ, will be vacationing in Key West December 3 - 6. Key word is vacation, but he will jump on some FM satellite passes to activate EL94 for those that need it or just want to chat. Watch Tanner's Twitter feed for further announcements at https://twitter.com/twjones85 Hawaii (BK19, BK28, BK29, BL20) December 21-28, 2019 Alex, N7AGF, is heading back to Hawaii over Christmas. This will be a holiday-style activation, with special emphasis on the grid that got away - BK28. Keep an eye on Alex's Twitter feed for further announcements at https://twitter.com/N7AGF [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ARISS News * Completed Contacts Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA, direct via K4LRG The ISS callsign was NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut was Drew Morgan KI5AAA. The contact was successful on October 29, 2019 at 15:01:27 UTC. * Upcoming Contacts Private UKEB School, Izmir, Turkey, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP. Contact is go for Tuesday, November 5, 2029 at 12:34 UTC. Istituto Comprensivo "G.B. Perasso", Milano, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Montignoso - Scuola secondaria I grado "G.B.Giorgini", Montignoso, Italy Telebridge via VK5ZAI. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP. Contact is go for: Wednesday, November 6 2019 at 09:27:34 UTC. [ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Shorts from All Over * AmazonSmile Purchases Add Up! AmazonSmile recently reported that the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation received a quarterly donation of $280.92 thanks to customers shopping at smile.amazon.com. To date, AmazonSmile has donated a total of $4,194.21 to AMSAT. [ANS thanks Dr. Thomas A Clark, K3IO for the above information.] * GNU Radio Conference Recordings Available The GNU Radio Conference was held September 16-20, 2019 at the Marriott at the Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. A total of 41 talks across a variety of topics are now available on YouTube. The GNU Radio Conference staff thanks all the speakers for their participation. View the playlist of presentations at https://t.co/zjRYq7yjr1 [ANS thanks GNU Radio for the above information.] * Building a Raspberry Pi-Based SatNOGS Ground Station Corey Shields uses a Stegoboard 122 kit with the new Raspberry Pi4 to rebuild his ground station. What resulted is a pretty cool wall-mounted ground station. Read the full article at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-307-Ground-Station [ANS thanks Corey Shields for the above information.] * News from the First Week of WRC Week 1 of the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, November 1, 2019 saw agreement reached on several issues on which discussions prior to the conference had revealed consensus. Those were the easy ones; the rest will be more difficult. Read the full report at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-307-WRC [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.] * The Dzhanibekov Effect (Or, Tennis Racket Theorem) and AO-73 Dave Johnson, G4DPZ, posted an analysis of the AO-73 rotation and flip. Dave says, "We have speculated why the satellite spins up and down and occasionally flips the direction of spin. Recently Jason Flynn, G7OCD found a YouTube video that might explain the flip which introduces The Dzhanibekov Effect or Tennis Racket Theorem in regards to stability of rotating bodies (such as spacecraft)." Read the article and watch the video at: https://groups.io/g/FUNcube/topic/40405577 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VPfZ_XzisU [ANS thanks Dave Johnson, G4DPZ for the above information.] * Amateur Radio and Linux - A Beginners Guide Linux and Amateur Radio is a PDF presentation about Amateur Radio and Linux presented by : Dave Mamanakis, KD7GR. This presentation cover basic concepts of the open source operative system. View the presentation at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-307-Linux [ANS thanks the DX Zone for the above information.] * Amateur Radio CubeSat Demonstration at Goddard, November 3, 2019 The Goddard Amateur Radio Club members invite the public to see a demonstration of an Amateur Radio CubeSat simulator. The simulator consists of a solar/battery powered CubeSat that beacons telemetry data and a Raspberry Pi-based ground station that will receive and display the data in real time. The club will also set up radio equipment and attempt to communicate with other hams across the country using amateur satellites as they pass overhead. Club members will be on hand to explain the use of Amateur Radio satellites and equipment. The event is open to the public from 12:00 to 4:00 PM. The Center is located at 9432 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771. [ANS thanks Patch.com for the above information.] * ESA Announces New ISS Opportunity for University Students ESA Education is inviting university student teams to submit proposals related to designing, building and operating an experiment that will be launched to the International Space Station and hosted inside the ICE Cubes facility for up to 4 months. The deadline for letters of intent is December 1, 2019. Full details can be seen at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-307-ESA-Opportunity [ANS thanks ESA for the above information.] * CQ-DATV November Issue Available The November issue of CQ-DATV has arrived and is ready for downloading. This month's issue includes plans for a 70 cm, DVB-T, television repeater with a duplexer. Download the free, complete issue at https://cq-datv.mobi/77.php [ANS thanks CQ-DATV for the above information.] * Satellite: The "Go To" Solution for Resilient Emergency Response Communications Independent from terrestrial and wireless infrastructure, satellite communications provide a secure and reliable solution that can be deployed quickly for disaster response or national emergencies. A thorough analysis of why satellites can be useful in widespread emergency situations by a commercial provider. Read the full story at http://www.satmagazine.com/story.php?number=1950983317 [ANS thanks SatMagazine for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. 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 student rate for a maximum of six post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Frank Karnauskas, N1UW n1uw at amsat dot org Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Re: [amsat-bb] IC-9700 & FoxTelem 1.08p
by Alan 02 Nov '19

02 Nov '19

Kevin, I just played your recording through 1.08p. Recovered 25 frames, which is about what you expect. More evidence there is another variable involved. 73, Alan WA4SCA <-----Original Message----- <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin <via AMSAT-BB <Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 22:45 PM <To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] IC-9700 & foxtelem 1.08p < <Chris, < The 9700 outputs a 12khz IF signal that is passed to the internal <codec and then out the USB port and windows treats it as a soundcard. < I used audacity to create about a 2min file and then read it in on <1.07y to verify it is good. < I uploaded it to dropbox and the link is < https://www.dropbox.com/s/eh5bya72y8gfskt/fox1.wav?dl=0 < <it was recorded at 48000 and has been saved as a wav < <Thanks <Kevin wa7fwf < <On 10/30/2019 13:59, Chris Thompson via AMSAT-BB wrote: <> I have tried to reproduce this, but I do not have a 9700 so it is hard. So <> far I can not work out what is wrong. <> <> Can someone describe the setup with the 9700? How is the audio read into <> the computer and sent to FoxTelem? Is FoxTelem reading it from a sound <> card? Or what looks like a sound card? <> <> Can someone use Audacity and record some audio for me to test with? Try <to <> record it at the sample rate you use in FoxTelem. e.g. if you set FoxTelem <> to IQ and 48000 samples per second, then set Audacity to 48000 too. <> <> thanks <> Chris <> <> On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 1:23 PM jeff griffin via AMSAT-BB < <> amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: <> <>> I'm going to wait for the fix for the 9700. In the meantime I'm now <>> collecting telemetry with my FIAB with a eggbeater antenna setup that I'm <>> going to leave up here for the winter. I'm seeing a much better decode <rate <>> with 1.08p over 1.07y, about 2 to 1. So I'm seeing 1.08 is clearly better <>> then 1.07. Thanks Chris! <>> <>> 73 Jeff kb2m <>> <>> -----Original Message----- <>> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of <Kevin via <>> AMSAT-BB <>> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 12:54 PM <>> To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] IC-9700 & foxtelem 1.08p <>> <>> Hi Alan and everyone else that replied, <>> <>> Windows Sinc also has zero decodes, tried all decoder modes. <>> <>> for now 1.07y FTW <>> <>> Thanks <>> Kevin <>> <>> <>> On 10/29/2019 23:20, Alan wrote: <>>> I you are using the Raised Cosine decoder, try the Windows Sinc instead. <>>> <>>> 73, <>>> <>>> Alan <>>> <>>> WA4SCA <>>> <>>> *From: *Kevin via AMSAT-BB <mailto:[email protected]> <>>> *Sent: *Wednesday, October 30, 2019 12:21 AM <>>> *To: *amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <mailto:[email protected]> <>>> *Subject: *[amsat-bb] IC-9700 & foxtelem 1.08p <>>> <>>> Hi All, <>>> <>>> Any IC-9700 users out there that have switched to foxtelem 1.08p <>>> <>>> using USB and IQ mode? I see a good eye but get zero decodes, dropping <>>> <>>> back to 1.07y and it all starts working again. <>>> <>>> 73 <>>> <>>> Kevin WA7FWF <>>> <>>> _______________________________________________ <>>> <>>> 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 <>> <>> _______________________________________________ <>> 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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RaDAR AO-91 Pass Saturday
by Greg Lane 02 Nov '19

02 Nov '19

A contact on this pass appreciated for the RaDAR bonus. I will stand down on SO-50. AO-91 will be visible from Crawfordville, FL on Saturday, November 2 12:55:26 PM Maximum elevation: 40.1°° http://issdetector.com

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Re: [amsat-bb] IC-9700 + 9600 baud packet?
by Mark L. Hammond 01 Nov '19

01 Nov '19

Sadly i don’t think that is a fix. Unless Icom releases a new firmware to fix 9k6 bandwidth on xmit, we’re dead in the water on this one. It’s not just a tap in the rig or a TNC issue. It’s an SDR issue in the radio firmware. If anyone can influence Icom, please do so!!!!! Mark N8MH On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 5:45 AM Gregory Beat via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > Sounds like an opportunity for SYMEK (German company closed 2014), > that offered various high-speed add-on boards for AMSAT satellite > operators. > http://www.symek.com/g/index-g.html > > greg > w9gb > == > Message > Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 16:28:40 -0700 > From: Kevin <wa7fwf(a)gmail.com> > To: Charles Reiche <charlieray(a)gmail.com> > Cc: AMSAT BB <Amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] IC-9700 + 9600 baud packet? > > Charles, > A bunch of us spent a long time trying to get this to work, I tried with > my Kantronics 9612. > Icom was asked many times where the bottleneck is, hardware? firmware? and > they refuse to say one way or the other. > Their only answer has been that "we" (radio amateurs) should have seen > them removing 9600 packet support from the mobile market,so it should have > been no big surprise that they removed it from the 9700. > > 73 Kevin WA7FWF > > > Sent from iPad Air > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-11-01 22:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 01 Nov '19

01 Nov '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-11-01 22:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Private UKEB School, Izmir, Turkey, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Tue 2019-11-05 12:34:49 UTC 67 deg Watch for live stream at: (***) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHI1hqkeATG-6-rLty4k19A Istituto Comprensivo “G.B. Perasso”, Milano, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Montignoso – Scuola secondaria I grado “G.B.Giorgini”, Montignoso, Italy, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2019-11-06 09:27:34 UTC 32 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 2019-11-01 22:00 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 2019-10-29 19:30 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) 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 Current Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019 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 anticipates that the contact for proposals submitted in the proposal window now open would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. ARISS is happy to announce a second 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 deadline to submit proposals for contacts between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 is November 30, 2019. 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136 Francesco IKØWGF with 135 Sergey RV3DR with 127 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 1355. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1294. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. 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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov 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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radio question
by RG 01 Nov '19

01 Nov '19

Hello fellow hams!I am looking into the Kenwood TS 2000,Older version on Ebay and the Yaesu FT 991A.The Kenwood is nice with the satellite features and a built in TNC perhaps for filter selectivity than the FT 991A but have heard some problems with RX sensitivity on the TS-2000.Dont want to spend $1600 on a new one.The Yaesu is nice because it has digital radio but I have DMR so not a big thing though nice.Anyway opinions would be greatly appreciated.My motive is obvious for full duplex for satellite use but would like a good nice base station as I run CW 85% .also and can use my 706 for RX and portable usethanks all73Rich :) marzo7088(a)yahoo.com

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Re: [amsat-bb] radio question
by Roy Dean 01 Nov '19

01 Nov '19

Rich, I do not believe the FT991A is full duplex. --Roy K3RLD > Hello fellow hams!I am looking into the Kenwood TS 2000,Older version on > Ebay and the Yaesu FT 991A.The Kenwood is nice with the satellite features > and a built in TNC perhaps for filter selectivity than the FT 991A but have > heard some problems with RX sensitivity on the TS-2000.Dont want to spend > $1600 on a new one.The Yaesu is nice because it has digital radio but I > have DMR so not a big thing though nice.Anyway opinions would be greatly > appreciated.My motive is obvious for full duplex for satellite use but > would like a good nice base station as I run CW 85% .also and can use my > 706 for RX and portable usethanks all73Rich :)

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VUCC Awards-Endorsements for October 2019
by Ronald G. Parsons 01 Nov '19

01 Nov '19

Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period October 1, 2019 through November 1, 2019. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! Call Sep Oct W5RKN 675 694 N0JE 569 637 K9UO 475 500 W5TD 384 392 AC9E 352 353 HP2VX 300 351 AD0HJ 325 350 K5IX 325 350 W7JSD 309 336 G0IIQ 112 251 ND0C 200 250 WB8TGY New 210 N4DCW New 201 KC9VGG 127 200 NX2X 119 178 KC9UQR 132 172 W0NBC 137 152 VE1VOX New 126 N4QX 120 125 AA0MZ 102 112 WA9JBQ New 104 N9FN New 103 PU8MGB New 102 KI4US New 101 AB4GE New 100 N0RC New 100 S57NML New 100 W2ASC New 100 If you find errors or omissions. please contact me off-list at <mycall>@<mycall>.com and I'll revise the announcement. This list was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings for the two months. It's a visual comparison so omissions are possible. Apologies if your call was not mentioned. Thanks to all those who are roving to grids that are rarely on the birds. They are doing most of the work! Ron W5RKN

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IARU Update on Week 1 of WRC-19
by M5AKA 01 Nov '19

01 Nov '19

Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, November 1, 2019 – Week 1 of the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference saw agreement reached on several issues on which discussions prior to the conference had revealed consensus. Those were the easy ones; the rest will be more difficult. Read the IARU report at https://amsat-uk.org/2019/11/01/early-progress-contention-on-difficult-issu… The FUNcube Yahoo Group has moved to groups.io You can join the new FUNcube group at https://groups.io/g/FUNcubeThe FUNcube Pro+ SDR Dongle group is at https://groups.io/g/FCDProPlus/ 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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Secondary mission ideas
by Andrew Glasbrenner 01 Nov '19

01 Nov '19

I just had a super call with a university program flying a mission using SDRs. We talked about licensing and coordination issues, and discussed ideas for a secondary two-way mission that they want to do. What would you like to see, repeater, transponder, BBS, digital voice, digipeater? Downlink would be on 2m, and would probably be limited to 20-25khz wide. Other ideas? Something new and different? Let's have a civilized discussion about what they could try, as they seem to be an eager and capable bunch. 73, Drew KO4MA

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SetPC32 12.8d setup
by Jim White 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

Noticing the advert in the Journal and seeing a couple of features that looks useful I downloaded and installed it. Questions: It forced me to uninstall the old version before installing 12.8d. Once installed I had to reconfig everything local like station location, rotor and CAT interfaces, display and operational options... Is that correct or did I miss something that would have made this easier? Jim

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AMSAT Seeks Webmaster, Website Content Managers, and Online Store Co-Manager
by Robert Bankston 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

AMSAT is in the process of redesigning its website and is looking to immediately fill key volunteer member additions to its digital communications team. Available positions include a Webmaster, Content Managers, and an Online Store Co-Manager. Candidates must have experience with Wordpress and be a current AMSAT member. Webmaster: The Webmaster works as an integral member of the AMSAT Digital Communications Team in planning, organizing, implementing, and supporting strategic web technologies. Under minimal supervision, the Webmaster collaborates with the Digital Communications team and AMSAT Development to facilitate ongoing content creation, development of standards, and overall management of AMSAT’s website and member portal. The primary objectives of the Webmaster are to ensure that AMSAT’s digital presence accurately portrays the character, quality and heritage of AMSAT, provide an efficient user experience, and serve to increase recruitment and financial contributions. Web Content Managers: Web Content Managers ensure AMSAT's website and webpages follow best content practices and meet the diverse needs of internal and external customers. As part of the AMSAT Digital Communications Team, Website Content Managers must understand the organizational needs, map them to the end-user needs and work with applicable AMSAT departments to create content strategy and plan for individual webpages. Online Store Co-Manager: The Online Store Co-Manager updates and refreshes the AMSAT Store when new merchandise becomes available, deletes merchandise when no longer available, and updates pricing and shipping information when necessary. Experience in WooCommerce is required. If you want to be a part of the solution in delivering the quality web services AMSAT members deserve, we could sure use your help. Please contact the AMSAT VP of User Services at ke4al (at) yahoo (dot) com. 73, Robert Bankston, KE4AL Vice-President, User Services Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)

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FOR SALE: IC-9100
by Richard Lawn 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

I finally decided to put the 9100 up for sale on QTH.com. Anyone interested please check it out. I need to pay for some new 23cm gear hi hi! 73 Rick, W2JAZ

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Out of the office
by Martha 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

I will be out of the office tomorrow. -- 73- Martha

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Nice Article VK5ZAI
by christy hunter 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

ALL, short article on Tony Hutchison's involvement with Nasa/MIR/ARISS https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-06/nasa-considers-amateur-radio-buff-pa… 73 Christy KB6LTY

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Re: [amsat-bb] LDPC for FPGAs to do DVB-S2/X on SDRs - so many letters! What does it mean?
by Red Willoughby 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

Thanks for the terrific explanation of DVB. I am a pedestrian Ham and I don’t work in the DVB industry, so the plain-language discussion was very helpful. Red KC4LE

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LOTW problems
by Rick Wyrwas 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

Is anyone having problem when a QSO is verified, no grid is shown in VUCC column Rick WA9JBQ -- Rick Wyrwas

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N4KGL's RaDAR Challenge Plans Saturday, Nov 2nd
by Greg Lane 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

Please listen for N4KGL from EM70 on SO-50 Saturday Nov 2nd 1300 UTC. I will be hand-held portable. Dennis WA6QKN and I will combine Rapid Deployment Radio (RaDAR), Parks On The Air (POTA), and Amateur Satellites along with a fun bike ride. All of this in Wakulla County, Florida. Rapid Deployment Amateur Radio combines the outdoors, amateur radio, and movement. You are welcome to try RaDAR in the field or chase us on the radio. Please check https://pota.us/ for our spots. We will use N4KGL as our callsign. In RaDAR we need at least five contacts to move to the next location. For bikes, we need to move at least two kilometers. Our bike rides will be longer to get from park to park. Our four-hour clock for the challenge will start at 1300 UTC, 9 AM EDT, with the SO-50 pass at the Wakulla Station Trailhead on the Tallahassee St Marks Historic Rail Trail (POTA K-3661). We will complete our five contacts on HF and ride our bikes to Wakulla State Forrest (POTA K-4643). Then continue the bike ride to Wakulla Springs State Park (POTA K-1862). Our HF contacts will be CW or SSB on 40, 20, or 17 meters. Please watch for our spots on https://pota.us/#/ Our rig will be the Elecraft KX2 with the Elecraft KXPA100 amp. I will use a bike cart to pull the rig and a 30 AH Bioenno battery. The antenna will be a SOTABeams Band Hopper Link Dipole. We may continue this pattern beyond four hours to qualify for one of the RaDAR Awards sponsored by Parks On The Air. Warthog Award: two RaDAR* transitions at or between entities during a 24 > hour period. > Rhino Award: three RaDAR* transitions at or between entities during a 24 > hour period. > Cheetah Award: five RaDAR* transitions at or between entities during a 24 > hour period > Ostrich Award: seven RaDAR* transitions at or between entities during a 24 > hour period. > Leopard Award: ten RaDAR* transitions at or between entities during a 24 > hour period. > Lion Award: twelve RaDAR* transitions at or between entities during a 24 > hour period RaDAR rules http://radarops.co.za/index.php/radar-rules/ RaDAR Group on MeWe https://mewe.com/group/5c1156b6a08bc414d0dd76dd RaDAR on Groups.io https://groups.io/g/RaDAR/topics Parks On The Air https://parksontheair.com/ Tallahassee St Marks Rail Trail https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/tallahassee-st-marks-his… N4KGL Blog https://www.n4kgl.info/ .

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IC-9700 & foxtelem 1.08p
by Kevin 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

Hi All, Any IC-9700 users out there that have switched to foxtelem 1.08p using USB and IQ mode? I see a good eye but get zero decodes, dropping back to 1.07y and it all starts working again. 73 Kevin WA7FWF

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Re: [amsat-bb] FOX Telemetry upgrade problem
by gw1fky＠aol.com 30 Oct '19

30 Oct '19

HiIt might mot be the answer but when I installed the upgrade I had the same problems.I noticed that the "FPSK" box was checked - I changed the setting to "FSK" and it now is working fine.Ken EatonGW1FKY

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LDPC for FPGAs to do DVB-S2/X on SDRs - so many letters! What does it mean?
by Michelle Thompson 30 Oct '19

30 Oct '19

LDPC for FPGAs to do DVB-S2/X on SDRs - so many letters! What does it mean? Greetings all! Plenty going on in the open source amateur satellite scene! Here's where Open Research Institute is going next with advanced forward error correcting codes. We are doing our best to get them into as many FPGAs as possible. This will amplify the capabilities of all those SDRs out there. Open Research Institute is a 501(c)(3) dedicated to open source R&D for amateur radio. We are particularly interested in technology that enables modern digital microwave-band amateur satellite ground stations and payloads. All of the work directly benefits all AMSAT organizations. LDPC stands for low density parity check coding. It is a powerful forward error correcting code, meaning it provides a huge amount of durability and error correction for digital signals. LDPC is one of two error correcting codes in DVB-S2 and DVB-S2X. The other is called BCH. DVB-S2 is the most widely used satellite downlink standard and has become widely adopted in amateur satellite work. DVB stands for digital video broadcast. The S is satellite and the 2 is second edition. We replace the MPEG layer, which is appropriate for commercial video broadcast, with a generic data layer, which is more useful for hams. This switch boosts bandwidth. MPEG has a lot of overhead. This "generic stream encapsulation" protocol is called GSE. It comes from the same organization that makes DVB standards. It's an open standard, like DVB-S2, and is already available in GNU Radio and Wireshark due to some excellent volunteer work. GSE is a drop-in replacement for MPEG in DVB-S2/X. DVB-S2 will be heavily used on Gateway, is used by ARISS, and is a strong contender for a wide variety of payloads currently being designed, developed, integrated, and tested. It's also used terrestrially by a lot of DATV enthusiasts. The DVB-S2X (X means extension) codes work down to an SNR of -10dB on the low signal strength end. The extension also adds more codes to the higher-end. This allows for very powerful signals that are used by high-throughput satellites. For amateur radio, we are generally more interested in the very low SNR capabilities of DVB-S2X, but don't overlook the available codes at the high SNR end! Why is LDPC so great? It approaches the physical limits of what error correcting codes can do. The only better code out there right now are Polar codes, used in 5G. They're slightly better, but heavily encumbered by licensing. Becoming familiar with LDPC gives you knowledge of a code with cutting edge performance. I gave a talk on coding theory and how LDPC works at TAPR DCC in 2018. Here's a link to the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoEBps_J988&list=PLs_Ab58w9LI-p-j9C3uN8TjKh… We have supported several types of LDPC work. Charles Brain's Nvidia implementation (graphical processing unit) was demonstrated at Reno Symposium in 2017. A copy of this work is in the Phase 4 Ground repository. Ahmet Inan's general purpose processor implementation has been incorporated into GNU Radio and leandvb and more. His original work can be found here: https://github.com/xdsopl/LDPC This is all open source work that is needed for projects like Phase 4 Ground and Space. It's freely available for anyone to use, and people are using it. Now, we're working on getting LDPC decode into field programmable gate arrays, or FPGAs. Why? Because it's the best architectural fit for the very parallel algorithms in LDPC codes. Another huge benefit is that decode can be moved from a general purpose processor to an FPGA co-processor. This frees up resources in any off the shelf software defined radio (SDR) and makes for much more powerful receivers for amateur satellites that use DVB-S2/X. Getting to this stage took three years of hard work from a long list of amazing volunteers and enthusiasts and donors. Many of them are on this list. Thank you so much for the support. There is no way that this could happen without you. The beginning of the VHDL implementation is here: https://github.com/aicodix/cnp What do we need? Review and feedback, awareness and support. Advice on formal verification would be helpful. Documentation is a must. What's the next major milestone? We hope to demonstrate a complete Lunar Gateway style station that uses this FPGA work next year at the Tokyo Ham Fair. We aim to have this be part of our Openrotor project. Openrotor is a heavy-duty open source rotator and controller project. If you are interested in that, let me know - it's off to a good start with volunteers on three continents, but there's some expertise gaps that still need filling. It must support a 2m dish at 10 GHz and not be so loud the neighbors complain. It will speak MQTT and use other common interfaces (hamlib, N1MM). More soon! -Michelle W5NYV

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ARISS News Release No. 19-17
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 30 Oct '19

30 Oct '19

ARISS News Release No. 19-17 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR Oct. 30, 2019 Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals Current Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019 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 anticipates that the contact for proposals submitted in the proposal window now open would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. ARISS is happy to announce a second 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 deadline to submit proposals for contacts between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 is November 30, 2019. 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. Media Contact: Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Re: [amsat-bb] IC-9700 & FoxTelem 1.08p
by Alan 30 Oct '19

30 Oct '19

Hmmm. This trick has worked for some people, but apparently there is another variable we are not aware of. 73, Alan WA4SCA <-----Original Message----- <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jeff <griffin via AMSAT-BB <Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 07:43 AM <To: amsat-bb(a)AMSAT.Org <Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] IC-9700 & foxtelem 1.08p < <I tried that yesterday and it didn't work.... < < <73 Jeff kb2m < <-----Original Message----- <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan <via AMSAT-BB <Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 2:21 AM <To: Kevin; amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] IC-9700 & foxtelem 1.08p < <I you are using the Raised Cosine decoder, try the Windows Sinc instead. < <73, < <Alan <WA4SCA < < <From: Kevin via AMSAT-BB <Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 12:21 AM <To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-9700 & foxtelem 1.08p < <Hi All, < Any IC-9700 users out there that have switched to foxtelem 1.08p <using USB and IQ mode? I see a good eye but get zero decodes, dropping <back to 1.07y and it all starts working again. < <73 <Kevin WA7FWF < <_______________________________________________ <Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available <to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions <expressed <are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT- <NA. <Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite <program! <Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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AO-92 L Band
by Robert Bankston 29 Oct '19

29 Oct '19

AO-92 was switched to Mode L/v at 02:12 UTC and will remain in that mode for 24 hours. Uplink is 1267.359 MHz, downlink is 145.880 MHz. 73, Robert, KE4AL

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AO-92 in L/v at 0212UTC
by Andrew Glasbrenner 29 Oct '19

29 Oct '19

That’s all. 73, Drew KO4MA

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Gaston (NC) Radio Club "Intro to Satellites", Saturday, Nov 2
by Philip Jenkins 29 Oct '19

29 Oct '19

I'm giving a "Satellite 101" presentation to the Gaston RC (EM95) at their monthly club meeting this Saturday at 2 pm local (Eastern). http://www.gastonradioclub.org/default.aspx I doubt I'll attempt to work any FM passes - except maybe attempt to listen - as all of the passes around that time are 7 degrees or lower. There is an AO-85 pass - 42 degrees - from 3:39pm to 3:51; if there are any GRC members still around, I may try that one, using my call, N4HF. Philip N4HF

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-29 19:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 29 Oct '19

29 Oct '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-29 19:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA, direct via K4LRG The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact was successful: Tue 2019-10-29 15:01:27 UTC 44 deg (***) Starting at about 14:15 UTC, watch for live stream at: https://live.myvrspot.com/player?udi=bG91ZG91bg==&c=ZmFybWlzcw== Private UKEB School, Izmir, Turkey, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Tue 2019-11-05 12:34:49 UTC 67 deg Istituto Comprensivo “G.B. Perasso”, Milano, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Montignoso – Scuola secondaria I grado “G.B.Giorgini”, Montignoso, Italy, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2019-11-06 09:27:34 UTC 32 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 2019-10-29 19:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-10-29 19:30 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals New Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 30, 2019. Proposal information and documents can be found at https://www.ariss.org. 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 https://www.ariss.org . Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136 Francesco IKØWGF with 135 Sergey RV3DR with 127 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 1355. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1294. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. 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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov 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 Line Question
by Brad Smith 28 Oct '19

28 Oct '19

<Per ARRL VHF/UHF Century Club Award Rules, paragraphs 4(e) and 4(f) stations who claim to operate from more than one grid locator simultaneously need to be exactly on the line or grid corner and document with a picture showing your equipment and a GPS displaying your location exactly on the line or corner and a GPS error no more than 20 feet.?> I use a Garmin Oregon 750T handheld GPS when roving. I am also a geocacher and this GPS works very well for both activities. Check a grid line map on the Internet and use your pointer to get the coordinates. Plug them into your GPS and rove. Same for a four corner point. Other hikers handheld GPS units will work, I am sure, but I am familiar with this one. The touch screen is really helpful. Brad KC9UQR

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-28 20:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 28 Oct '19

28 Oct '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-28 20:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Golden Oak Montessori, Castro Valley, CA, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact was successful: Mon 2019-10-28 15:50:06 UTC 82 deg (***) Watch for live stream at: https://www.goldenoakmontessori.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=884592&typ… Young Scientists Program at USC and Vermont Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA, direct via KN6CHS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact was successful: Mon 2019-10-28 18:57:35 UTC 70 deg (***) Watch for live stream at: http://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/ Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA, direct via K4LRG The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-29 15:01:27 UTC 44 deg Starting at about 14:15 UTC, watch for live stream at: https://live.myvrspot.com/player?udi=bG91ZG91bg==&c=ZmFybWlzcw== Private UKEB School, Izmir, Turkey, telebridge via K6DUE (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP (***) Contact is go for: Tue 2019-11-05 12:34:49 UTC 67 deg (***) Istituto Comprensivo “G.B. Perasso”, Milano, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Montignoso – Scuola secondaria I grado “G.B.Giorgini”, Montignoso, Italy, telebridge via VK5ZAI (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2019-11-06 09:27:34 UTC 32 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 2019-10-28 20:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-10-28 20:00 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals New Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 30, 2019. Proposal information and documents can be found at https://www.ariss.org. 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 https://www.ariss.org . Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136 Francesco IKØWGF with 135 Sergey RV3DR with 127 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 1354. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1293. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. 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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov 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 with Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 28 Oct '19

28 Oct '19

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA on 29 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:01 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and K4LRG. The contact should be audible over the state of Virginia 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: Farmwell Station Middle School is a public school located in the suburbs of Ashburn, Virginia close to our nation's capital. Our school has a diverse population attracted by a variety of work opportunities in the area. We have 1,186 students who attend and are in sixth through eighth grade. The native languages spoken by our students include English, French, German, Spanish, Urdu, Farsi, Mandarin, Korean, Hindi, Dari and Arabic. Our cluster schools (elementary and high) are going to be participating in this contact, so that we can include as many students as possible for this experience. The mission of Loudoun County Public Schools is "Empowering all students to make meaningful contributions to the world." Our school is committed to building a culture of continuous improvement by developing strong partnerships with families and our community. Our goal is to develop knowledgeable critical thinkers, communicators, collaborators, creators, and contributors through a series of rich learning experiences that are connected to the real world. Through this contact we want to raise awareness for STEM subjects and bring them alive for our students by investigating various topics dealing with space exploration, research, and communication technologies. We have a Space Dreamers Student Ambassadors Club here at Farmwell Station Middle School. The club's goal is to provide an ongoing opportunities for students to share knowledge and information with other students in their school about space science. Ambassadors will help plan events or activities such as rocket launches, the Tomatosphere project, and field trips. Our school purchased an ISS Above to provide our students with the opportunity to watch the live feed as they eat lunch. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Can you grow plants in space? 2. Did you bring anything to remind you of home with you to Space? 3. At the start of the 19th century, how were pigeons used in the early form of remote sensing? 4. Do you believe that we can create Faster Than Light travel? 5. How does the oxygen in the space suit work? 6. How is the technology from other fields of science creating engineering to make it safer for the astronauts? 7. When you're in space, how do you go places you want without floating in the opposite direction? 8. How do you conduct experiments that test how physical laws are different in a low gravity state? 9. Do you have any way to know where you are in space such as landmarks? 10. What improvements have you made in biotech engineering on making a sustainable environment? 11. Do microgravity tests and examines on astronauts play a key role in shaping longer and safer future missions?(Astronauts from the ISS get examined to see if the insides of their bodies have changed or how the body works while they are in microgravity.) 12. Has being on the ISS changed your perspective on earth? 13. When did you develop your passion for science and career as an astronaut? 14. What is the most important and current experiment you are working on in space right now? 15. How often do you have to make repairs on the International Space Station? 16. How the images of unknown areas differ based on the camera angle and how do you identify the type of organisms and other new-found things? 17. Does space radiation affect you in any way? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): TBD 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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Rover FAQ
by Thomas Talley 27 Oct '19

27 Oct '19

Has a "Rover FAQ" been developed as a way to help perspective rovers? A couple of questions come to mind (i.e. not meant to be all inclusive, rather a starting point): Q: How close does one need to be to a "grid line" for the location to count as two Grids? Q: How close does one need to be at the intersection of four grids for the location to count as four Grids? Q: How to log roving in ARRL's LOTW? Does each grid location need an entry in TQSL? Q: Is there a listing of the "Rare grids"? Particularly for the south west? I am sure there are many other questions related to roving. 73, Tom K0CFI

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Young Scientists Program at USC and Vermont Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 27 Oct '19

27 Oct '19

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Young Scientists Program at USC and Vermont Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA on Oct 28. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:57 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and KN6CHS. The contact should be audible over the state of California 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: Built in 1896, Vermont Elementary School is a traditional calendar school, located in South Los Angeles. Our Community is comprised of a majority of lower social-economic, working class families. It is also representative of a diverse ethnic population. The student body is comprised of 623 students in grades Pre-Kindergarten through fifth. Vermont's ethnic population includes 90.01% Hispanic, 8.6% African American, 1.2% White, and 0.5% Asian. Of these students, 44.5% are English Language Learners (ELL). 100% of our students receive free or reduced price meals. The average class size in grades Kindergarten through second is 24:1 and 30:1 in grades four through five (student to teacher ratio). The principal, Patricia Ferguson says "I have the best students". At Vermont, we pride ourselves on fostering a strong sense of community and reinforcing the values of our students and their families through our educational philosophy. Our parents are very supportive and appreciative of the resources and opportunities that its community partners like the University of Southern California (USC) provides for our students. In recent years, students have voiced their increasing sense of inclusion and support from our outstanding teachers and staff, and many of our students have gone on to lead significant community outreach efforts of their own, including working with the USC Young Scientists Program (YSP). The USC Young Scientists Program (YSP) supports Vermont Avenue Elementary School as a partner by providing a supplemental STEAM education program to second through fifth grade classrooms, in conjunction with their classroom teachers. The YSP and Vermont Elementary have enjoyed a fruitful collaborative relationship over the last 10 years, and a number of current YSP undergraduate teaching staff members have attended the school themselves. In this way, the YSP looks to give back to the community from which its own leadership and inspiration has come from, and seeks to provide students with diverse role models within STEAM fields as a way to encourage greater representation of underrepresented minority (URM) students in these professions. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How long does it take to get back to Earth? 2. What encouraged you to be a scientist? 3. How does it feel to be in space? 4. What do you do in space when there's danger? 5. Do you celebrate any holidays up in space? 6. What did you study when you were growing up? 7. What do you need to be worried or alert about when on a spaceship? 8. What are the most important jobs in the space station? 9. Do the astronauts at the ISS get older faster or slower, or is aging the same? 10. How do you communicate with your family, and do you ever miss them? 11. How do you sleep, and in what do you sleep? 12. When you were young, did you want to be an astronaut? 13. How did you become an astronaut? 14. What do you do when you take a break in space? 15. Can you do your work in space without your work floating away? 16. Who would you thank for helping you to accomplish your dreams? 17. How do you get ready to go into space? 18. How is it that you guys get your food supply? 19. Is it dangerous to flip upside down after you are finished eating? 20. How did you feel saying goodbye to your family and boarding the space station? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA, direct via K4LRG The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-29 15:01 UTC Starting at about 14:15 UTC, watch for live stream at: https://live.myvrspot.com/player?udi=bG91ZG91bg==&c=ZmFybWlzcw== 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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Golden Oak Montessori, Castro Valley, CA
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 27 Oct '19

27 Oct '19

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Golden Oak Montessori, Castro Valley, CA on 28 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:50 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and K6DUE. The contact should be audible over the east coast of the U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Watch for live stream at: https://www.goldenoakmontessori.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=884592&typ… Story: Golden Oak Montessori is a free public charter school in the Hayward Unified School District located in the heart of the San Francisco East Bay. Our school has an incredibly diverse population of nearly 275 students in grades 1-8 (ages 6-14). Approximately 20% of students qualify as socioeconomically disadvantaged with several students participating in Migrant Education programs. More than 18 languages are spoken by our Golden Oak Montessori families with a number of students qualifying as English language learners. As a Montessori school, a key component of our curriculum includes hands-on materials and experiential learning opportunities designed to stimulate academic exploration with a goal of educating children to be active, aware citizens with the skills and knowledge to participate meaningfully in the diverse and challenging new century. A cornerstone of our science curriculum are students doing hands on experiments using Full Option Science System kits from the Lawrence Livermore Labs, and Engineering is Elemental kits from the Museum of Science in Boston. In addition, students have had recent experiences building Solar Suitcases through a grant from Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), researching marine ecosystems along the California coast, working on a farm to learn about agro-science, and hiking local trails to learn about watershed environments. To date Golden Oak Montessori's experiential learning has focused on terrestrial systems that student can see and touch, which why our whole school community is very excited to have an opportunity to shift our focus further out into space with an ARISS radio contact experience. This will take our student's STEM opportunities in a new and exciting direction which we hope will stimulate both our student's and teacher's scientific imaginations even further! Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Who chooses who gets to be in the International Space Station? 2. What qualifications are needed to become an astronaut like going to a special school or experience flying fast planes? 3. Since you have many people from different countries on the ISS, what language do you speak to communicate with one another? 4. How many people are on the space station at one time and do you ever feel crowded? 5. What is the daily routine for an astronaut on the ISS? 6. What does Earth look like from outer space? 7. Has the ISS ever broken down? And what do you do if that happens? 8. Can you grow plants in space and do they grow normally? 9. What does it feel like to be with no gravity? 10. Do you have free time with the other astronauts to play board games or other fun things in space? 11. Can you communicate with your family when you are in space? 12. Which is scarier - take off or landing? 13. What do you do if you get sick in space? 14. What are the roles of the people working on the space station? How does each person get their work plan? 15. How has your understanding of the universe changed since seeing it from space? 16. What are the best foods you eat in space, and what are the worst? 17. What was the coolest thing that you've ever seen or done since you've been on the ISS? 18. What do you miss the most from Earth? 19. How many sunrises and sunsets do you see each day in space? 20. Why is it cold in space even though the sun is out all the time? 21. How do you breathe in a space suit? 22. What is the best part about being an astronaut and what is the worst part? 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): Young Scientists Program at USC and Vermont Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 18:57 UTC Watch for live stream at: http://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/ Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-29 15:01 UTC Starting at about 14:15 UTC, watch for live stream at: https://live.myvrspot.com/player?udi=bG91ZG91bg==&c=ZmFybWlzcw== 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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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FoxTelem Version 1.08 Released
by Chris Thompson 27 Oct '19

27 Oct '19

I am releasing Version 1.08 of FoxTelem. This release provides several enhancements and needed changes for FOX-1E and HuskySat, a partnership with the University of Washington. You will need to download this version to successfully decode data from 2 new spacecraft which will transmit BPSK telemetry on 70cm. Oh, and now is a good time to put up a 70cm antenna if you do not have one :) You can download it from: http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/windows/FoxTelem_1.08p_windows.zip http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/linux/FoxTelem_1.08p_linux.tar.gz http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/mac/FoxTelem_1.08p_mac.tar.gz KEY CHANGES ~~~~~~~~~~~ * Make PSK decoders easier to select * Automatically change the band from 2m to 70cm and the mode from FSK to PSK if needed (and enabled). Allow default mode to be set for each spacecraft * No longer overwrite the user settings (such as max/min frequency) when spacecraft files updated * Save the properties whenever they are changed (rather than just at exit) * Allow the user to change the display name for a spacecraft without changing the KEPS name * Prevent FOXDB from being corrupted when power restarted * Better memory management so that long running FoxTelem sessions do not end up out of memory * Allow MAX and MIN records to be displayed in table on the telemetry tab. Show the Capture Date for the record being displayed e.g. RT, MAX, MIN * Delete existing files when server data downloaded * Tie the STP date more accurately to the position of the SYNC word in the bit buffer to avoid stamping frames with the same date * Fixed many small bugs and crashes And many other bug fixes. Full list of changes here: https://github.com/ac2cz/FoxTelem/milestone/15?closed=1 Feel free to email me any questions, suggestions or bug reports. 73 Chris -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson(a)gmail.com g0kla(a)arrl.net

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-27 17:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 27 Oct '19

27 Oct '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-27 17:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Golden Oak Montessori, Castro Valley, CA, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 15:50:06 UTC 82 deg Watch for live stream at: https://www.goldenoakmontessori.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=884592&typ… Young Scientists Program at USC and Vermont Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA, direct via KN6CHS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 18:57:35 UTC 70 deg Watch for live stream at: http://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/ Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA, direct via K4LRG The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-29 15:01:27 UTC 44 deg Starting at about 14:15 UTC, watch for live stream at: https://live.myvrspot.com/player?udi=bG91ZG91bg==&c=ZmFybWlzcw== 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 2019-10-27 17:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-10-27 17:00 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals New Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 30, 2019. Proposal information and documents can be found at https://www.ariss.org. 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 https://www.ariss.org . Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136 Francesco IKØWGF with 135 Sergey RV3DR with 127 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 1352. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1291. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. 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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov 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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Antenna for 1.2 GHz or 2.4 GHz AND 4800/9600 baud telemetry/packet
by MICHAEL WILLIAMS 27 Oct '19

27 Oct '19

I monitor 2.4 GHz on a regular basis. Most satellites on 2.4 high speed data down only when directly over their control stations. The University of Georgia satellite is getting ready to orbit a sat mid October, but it will also be a very high baud rate. The only satellite of interest is DTUSat-2 at 2.401835. It's intermittent and only works in ellipse. It sends a cw signal. A SDR is a good thing to have. Bottom line is that there's not much going on up there. I miss the AO-40 days. Thank you K4KDR. I'm about ready to throw in the towel with AGWPE, AGW Online KISS. I'd love to capture some KISS frames, but it has so far eluded me.

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ANS-300 AMSAT News Service Bulletins for October 27
by JoAnne K9JKM 26 Oct '19

26 Oct '19

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-300 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 communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans In this edition: * AMSAT Goal: "Amateur Radio in Every CubeSat" * AMSAT VP User Services Describes Planning for Improvements * AMSAT-DL Symposium and JHV 2019 November 9 - November 10 * Reminder - ARISS Proposal Window is Open Until November 30, 2019 * ARISS Activities & Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule * Software Update for UZ7HO's Software Packet-Radio TNC * Upcoming Satellite Operations * The AMSAT Hamfests & Conventions Web Page Updates * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-300.01 ANS-300 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 300.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE October 27, 2019 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-300.01 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Video recordings of the 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium have been posted: https://www.facebook.com/pg/AMSATNA/videos/ (This page should be accessible to all) The Foundations of AMSAT - 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Panel is posted at: https://youtu.be/bRmn4gjvuTI +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT Goal: "Amateur Radio in Every CubeSat" The ARRL Letter for October 17, 2019 AMSAT wants to see Amateur Radio in every CubeSat, and it's part- nering with non-Amateur Radio partners to make that happen. In the "Apogee View" editorial for the September/October issue of The AMSAT Journal, Executive Vice President Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, wrote, "[W]e continue to support a stream of LEO satellites. RadFxSat-2/Fox-1E is ready for launch no earlier than December 1, 2019, on the ELaNa XX mission. The linear transponder and telemetry system carried aboard Fox-1E was designed for use in different CubeSats by merely adding an interface adapter for connection to the host bus." Stoetzer said CubeSat programs interested in launching an Amateur Radio payload may partner with AMSAT to carry a Fox-1E module on their spacecraft. "By providing Amateur Radio capability, the Cube- Sat program gets a worldwide ground station network to receive their telemetry and experiment data while the Amateur Radio commun- ity gets a transponder to use in orbit," he pointed out. Stoetzer said the first such partnership will be with the Husky Satellite Lab at the University of Washington. Its 3U CubeSat -- HuskySat-1 -- is set to launch on the ELaNa XXV mission from Wallops Island, Virginia, no sooner than November 2. A Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft will carry HuskySat-1 to the International Space Station, and after completing its mission there, Cygnus will con- tinue to an orbit of approximately 500 kilometers (310 miles) to deploy HuskySat-1. "After a 30-day mission to complete tests of its experimental payloads -- a pulsed plasma thruster, and a K-band (24 GHz) communications system -- the satellite will be turned over to AMSAT, and the linear transponder will be made available to the Amateur Radio community," Stoetzer said. Ed. Note - HuskySat-1 will carry a 30 kHz wide 145 to 435 MHz linear transponder for amateur radio SSB/CW communications along with 1k2 BPSK telemetry. The IARU has coordinated a downlink on 436.810-435.840 MHz and uplink on 145.910-145.940 MHz. NASA TV (http://www.nasa.gov/ntv) will provide coverage of the launch. Pre-launch details are posted at: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-Cygnus-Launch-Nov2 [ANS thanks AMSAT and the ARRL for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ The 2019 AMSAT Symposium Proceedings USB flash drives, featuring 1.98 GB of information, including the 2019 Proceedings and all previously published Proceedings dating back to 1986 are now available on the AMSAT store https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-Symposium-Flash-Drive (allow 10 business days for the next batch to be loaded with the files) +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT VP User Services Describes Planning for Improvements At the conclusion of the 2019 AMSAT Symposium and Annual General meeting, Robert Bankston, KE4AL, VP User Services provided a state- ment outlining his plans. Robert's statement follows: I am so honored to be elected by the AMSAT Board of Directors to be the AMSAT Treasurer and reelected to be the AMSAT Vice-President of User Services, as well as reappointed as the Director of AMSAT Ambas- sadors by the AMSAT President. Thank you for your confidence in me. I am humbled. This is a lot of hats to wear, along with my full-time job, but I look forward to the challenge. I believe in AMSAT's mis- sion and have a wonderful team of volunteers to assist me. I am excited to announce that there are major improvements coming for our AMSAT members in the near future. The AMSAT Board of Direc- tors approved my recommendations for an internet-based, member manage- ment system, the transition to a digitally delivered, full-color AMSAT Journal, and a complete overhaul of our AMSAT website. I have been putting together these proposals for several months and thank the Board of Directors for the permission to move these projects forward. These improvements will modernize how AMSAT serves you. I hope that you will be as impressed with them as I am. The member management system puts you in control of your membership account, allowing you to update your contact information, pay your dues, and register for events in real time. In addition, the program will automatically push out reminders, newsletters, and a digital copy of the AMSAT Journal. Transitioning to a digitally-delivered, AMSAT Journal will allow us to provide a full-color magazine, without raising the cost of member- ship. In addition, we will have to opportunity to provide member-only content on our website, to include back issues of our AMSAT Journal. Lastly, we will be working on a complete overhaul of our AMSAT web- site. Over the years, our website has received several facelifts, and, in the process, it has become somewhat disjointed. Our goal is to make the navigation more intuitive and offer the content you deserve. The front of the website will focus on external visitors, explaining who we are, what we do, and what we have to offer. We will also have portals for our members and friends in the AMSAT community, how to guides on getting started in amateur radio satellites, and all the important information about current satellites you will need to work them. AMSAT's User Services is committed to serving AMSAT members and the AMSAT community and to deliver the quality services you deserve as we move forward into the next 50 years of Keeping Amateur Radio is Space! If you would like to join us on this incredible journey, we could sure use you help. 73, Robert Bankston, KE4AL Vice-President, User Services Director, AMSAT Ambassadors Treasurer Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) [Ed. note - The AMSAT News Service is a proud member of the AMSAT User Services Team] [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT's Man of Many Hats for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows, and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT-DL Symposium and JHV 2019 November 9 - November 10 AMSAT-DL extends an invitation to the Satellite Symposium and General Assembly of AMSAT Deutschland e.V. in Bochum, Germany. Lectures on current amateur radio satellites and space projects will be presented. The lecture program and symposium schedule have been posted. Landing coordinates have been posted as 07° 11' 39" E 51° 25' 40" N. See https://amsat-dl.org/en/event/amsat-dl-symposium-und-jhv-2019/ for the latest information and travel directions. [ANS thanks AMSAT-DL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Reminder - ARISS Proposal Window is Open Until November 30, 2019 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organiza- tions, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. 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 inte- grate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 30, 2019. Proposal information and documents can be found at https://www.ariss.org/ [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS Activities & Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule + Liceo Scientifico Teresa Gullace, Rome, Italy,direct via IZØDIB and I.S.I.S. “ Zaccagna - Galilei” sede “G. Galilei”, Carrara. Italy, direct via IQ5VR Thu 2019-10-24 11:13 UTC Contact was successful. + I.I.S. “Ciampini-Boccardo”, Novi Ligure, Italy, direct via I1LJV and I.T.I.S. "Magistri Cumacini", Como, Italy, direct via IZ2MCC Fri 2019-10-25 10:24 UTC Contact was successful. + Golden Oak Montessori, Castro Valley, CA, telebridge via K6DUE. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 15:50 UTC + Young Scientists Program at USC and Vermont Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA, direct via KN6CHS. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 18:57 UTC + Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA, direct via K4LRG. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-29 15:01 UTC 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 AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades on ISS. These up- grades are necessary to enable students to continue to talk to astro- nauts in space via Amateur Radio. We have reached a great milestone with $33,830 raised or about 23% towards our goal. This would not have been possible without your outstanding generosity!! For more informa- tion and to DONATE TODAY visit: https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9 [ANS thanks ARISS 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/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Software Update for UZ7HO's Software Packet-Radio TNC Andrei, UZ7HO, the developer of the UZ7HO Soundmodem software, has released an updated version: soundmodem105. The UZ7HO soundmodem is a dual-port Packet-Radio TNC that uses a soundcard as a modem and supports the AX.25 protocol on computers running the Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 operating systems. The newest version of Soundmodem supports these packet protocols: + AFSK 300, 600, 1200, 2400 bps (conventional packet) + BPSK 300, 600, 1200, 2400 bps + QPSK 2400, 3600, 4800 bps + 8PSK 4800 bps The updated software and documentation can be accessed at: http://uz7.ho.ua/packetradio.htm - and look for - + soundmodem105.zip 13-Oct-19 03:57 + CHANGELOG.txt 13-Oct-19 04:36 High-speed packet software supporting the telemetry from amateur and scientific satellites, called hs_soundmodem21.zip can also be downloaded from this site. High-Speed Soundmodem: + G3RUH 4800, 9600, 19200 bps + Manchester 1200, 2400, 3600, 7200 bps + HAPN 4800 bps + GOMX-1/3, Mobitex-NX (BeeSAT-2/4), AAUSAT-4, LilacSat-2 decoders [ANS thanks Andrei, UZ7HO, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations [Ed. note - Twitter URLs can be accessed with your web browser even if you do not have a personal Twitter account.] Operating Shorts: + Oct 24-28, KQ2RP/1: FN54 (and possibly the FN44/54 line); FM only + St. Lucia, October 19-28, 2019 Jay, AA4FL, will be in St. Lucia for the J68MD CQWW SSB Contest Team. He will be doing OSCAR satellite operation as J6/AA4FL, by schedule as he is visiting vacation style in varying locations. His schedule will depend on shifts as a team member of the CQWW J68MD team. E-mail per QRZ to coordinate both FM simple SATs and SSB linear transponder bird QSO schedules. Radios will be a FT-817ND and FT-818ND for full duplex operation using an Arrow II antenna. + Minnesota’s North Shore (EN36/EN46, EN47/EN48, EN57/EN58) October 30 to November 1, 2019. Mitch, ADØHJ, will be taking a tour of Minnesota’s North Shore before the BIG SNOW comes down. It all kicks off with the Oct 30 06:35z CAS-4B pass from EN57/58 grid line and ends on the Nov 1 11:27z SO-50 pass from EN36/46 line. In between, Mitch will hit the EN47/48 grid line. 24 FM and Linear passes in all. Definitely something for everyone. Keep and eye on Mitch’s Twitter feed for further updates: https://twitter.com/AD0HJ + South TX (EL0x and EL1x) November 2-9, 2019 Ron, AD0DX, will be vacationing in McAllen TX area the week of Nov 2 to 9. He will be roving to south Texas on the above dates. His cur- rent plan is as follows:Sat Nov 2nd: EL08/EL09 probably one pass per grid starting in the late afternoon local Sun Nov 3: EL17/EL18 holiday style, one or two passes per grid Mon Nov 4 through Fri Nov 8: EL06 / EL15 / EL16. He is staying in EL06 and will activate 15 and 16 a few times throughout the week. Will probably activate EL06 4 or 5 times. Sat Nov 9: EL07 / EL08 Probably one pass from each grid. He will be active on FM and linear satellites and will tweet passes from https://twitter.com/ad0dx + EM68/69 November 3-5, 2019 Tanner, W9TWJ, will be vacationing in Illinois, November 3–5. Key word is vacation, but he will jump over to activate the EM68/EM69 gridline on FM satellites. Watch Tanner’s Twitter feed for further announcements: https://twitter.com/twjones85 + Nunavut, Canada (ER60) November 11 – December 6, 2019 Look for VY0ERC to once again be active from the Eureka Weather station (NA-008, Zone 2) between Nov. 11 to Dec. 6. This sta- tion is operated by the Eureka Amateur Radio Club [probably the most northerly located amateur radio club in the world] from Eureka, Nunavut. The suggested bands are 40 and 20 meters (possibly 80m), as well as FM satellites (from ER60, EQ79) using SSB, the Digital modes and very slow CW. Activity will be limited to their spare time. QSL via M0OXO, OQRS or direct. For updates, see: https://twitter.com/vy0erc + EA9 Melilla (IM85) November 18-21, 2019 Philippe, EA4NF, will be operating from Melilla as EA9/EA4NF from November 18 to 21, 2019. This very small Spanish territory located in Northern Africa, which is a very rare GRID and is listed as one of the Most Wanted SAT DXCC. Updates and passes on Philippe’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/EA4NF_SAT + Key West (EL94) December 3-6, 2019 Tanner, W9TWJ, will be vacationing in Key West December 3-6. Key word is vacation, but he will jump on some FM satellite passes to activate EL94 for those that need it or just want to chat. Watch Tanner’s Twitter feed for further announcements: https://twitter.com/twjones85 + Hawaii (BK19, BK28, BK29, BL20) December 21-28, 2019 Alex, N7AGF, is heading back to Hawaii over Christmas. This will be a holiday-style activation, with special emphasis on the grid that got away – BK28. Keep an eye on Alex’s Twitter feed for further announcements: https://twitter.com/N7AGF Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org Just because the year is winding down and Winter in knocking on the door doesn't mean the satellite operations are slowing down. Check out AMSAT's Upcoming Satellite Operations pages for all the latest happenings: https://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/ Announcements are posted as soon as they are received, so make sure you bookmark the page and check it often. If you have an activation in the works, please send me an email to make sure the word gets out. [ANS Thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, 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 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ The AMSAT Hamfests & Conventions Web Page Updates Information about AMSAT activities at important events around the country is posted on the AMSAT Hamfests & Conventions web page: https://www.amsat.org/other-events/ Examples of these events are radio club meetings where AMSAT repre- sentatives give presentations, demonstrations of working amateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence such as a table or booth with AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with pre- sentations, forums, and/or demonstrations. A copy of the AMSAT hamfest brochure is available for download from the page (above) - get the "AMSAT Intro Brochure", a color brochure that is designed to be printed double-sided and folded into a tri-fold handout. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office if you need pre-printed copies. To include your upcoming AMSAT presentation and/or demonstration, please send an email to ambassadors (at) amsat (dot) org. [ANS thanks the AMSAT Ambassadors for the above information +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ The Fox-In-A-Box Raspberry Pi SD card for setting up a Raspberry Pi-based telemetry station for the Fox-1 satellites now supports the Raspberry Pi 4. Get yours today on the AMSAT Store! https://amsat.org/product/fox-in-a-box-raspberry-pi-sd-card/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Satellite Shorts From All Over + NASA is inviting 50 social media users to witness the next SpaceX cargo launch to the Space_Station. All details, requirements, and restrictions are posted at: https://go.nasa.gov/2MGt27y Applications close Oct. 31. + To apply for a NASA Internship head over to http://intern.nasa.gov to see what's new! You can learn about about NASA Internships, Path- ways, Fellowships, and International Internship opportunities! The application deadline for spring 2020 is November 5, 2019. + The presentation by Alan B. Johnston, PhD, KU2Y, AMSAT VP Educational Relations, and Pat Kilroy, N8PK, at the 37th Space Symposium "A Year with the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator: 12 Months in the Classroom and Lab" is available for download as a PDF file at https://t.co/8ytonDXW5v View Alan's announcement on Twitter https://t.co/0fiFiU56LM A PDF copy of Alan and Pat's PowerPoint slides for their present- ation, "Updates to the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator: Fox Emulation Mode and Raspberry Pi Ground Station" can be downloaded from: https://t.co/N4bjCVVBym?amp=1 + AMSAT Colloquium Talk on QO-100 is posted at: https://amsat-uk.org/2019/10/21/video-eshail-2-qo-100-talk/ https://youtu.be/hxxlCx3W5Bg Videos of the presentations given at the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium, which was held as part of the RSGB Convention in Milton Keynes, October 12-13, 2019, are being made available on YouTube. A recent release is the talk on the geostationary satellite Es’hail-2 / QO-100 activities of AMSAT-DL given by Achim Vollhardt, DH2VA, this is followed by the awarding of the RSGB Louis Varney Cup to Peter Gülzow DB2OS. + The Microwave Update (MUD) 2019 Conference in the Dallas, TX area has wrapped up. Both the MUD proceedings and GNU Radio Workshop proceedings are available from Lulu. https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-MUD-GNU-Proceedings + AO-7 has been operating during a period of full illumination that will last until approximately Decenber 2nd. During this time, the satellite's onboard timer should switch it between Mode A (145 MHz uplink / 29 MHz downlink) and Mode B (432 MHz uplink / 145 MHz down- link) every 24 hours. To check or report the satellite's current mode, please see the AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page at: https://www.amsat.org/status/ A description of AO-7 operation is posted at: https://www.amsat.org/two-way-satellites/ao-7/ + NASA article highlights the role of amateur radio in letting young people speak directly with astronauts and cosmonauts on the Inter- national Space Station is posted at: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-NASA-Youth + NASA Astronaut Cady Coleman, Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson Perform the First Space-Earth Duet. NASA Astronaut Cady Coleman, circling Earth aboard the International Space Station, and musician Ian Anderson, founder of the rock band Jethro Tull, joined together for the first space-Earth duet. See: https://youtu.be/XeC4nqBB5BM + Enjoy NASA's specical video just in time for Halloween! Raining glass! Wicked wind! Radiation blasts from an undead star are all at play in our GALAXY OF HORRORS! A preview of the video is avail- able in tweet from NASA: https://twitter.com/NASAExoplanets/status/1187768977079992320 And it will be available for download Tuesday, Oct. 29, at: http://exoplanets.nasa.gov + West Point cadets using the USMA amateur radio club callsign W2KGY had a contact with Col. Drew Morgan, U.S. Military Academy Class of 1998, aboard the ISS. An article with links to a video of the contact is posted at: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-ISS-WestPoint + A new groups.io announcement from the ARRL describes new on-line forums: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-ARRL-Forums You can join the Groups at: https://groups.arrl.org/g/ARRL-Groups/subgroups + The NFL inspires a satellite docking tool which teaches satellites to interact and dock in space, an Aerospace team found a possible solution on Sunday Night Football™: https://aerospace.org/article/nfl-inspires-satellite-docking-tool + The ESA web pages presented with a new look this week: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-ESA-New-Look and, now you can tune in to ESA’s latest digital channel: ESA Web TV! This is ESA’s one-stop- shop for all live events from launches to lectures: http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/Presenting_ESA_Web_TV + Will We Survive Mars? A video series from Vox gives us something to think about: https://youtu.be/x8fpeVICeGg + This video describes how to set up ham radio software on the Raspberry Pi: https://youtu.be/cGlfv-aPkU8 + Follow a project to use a RaspberryPi to sync your windshield wipers to music; this is apparently a work in progress: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-Wipers-With-A-Beat + AMSAT-SA Space Symposium 2020 in South Africa is planned for July 18, 2020. The theme will be: Amateur Radio in Space – explor- ing VHF, UHF and Microwaves. The latest information will be post- ed at: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ Kletskous related PowerPoint pre- sentations can be accessed at the same web page include: - Kletskous - Kletskous Transponder - Kletskous Magnetic Stabilisation + Scientists and engineers from nearly a dozen Polish universities have teamed up with Poland-based satellite company SatRevolution and Sir Richard Branson’s small satellite launch company Virgin Orbit to establish a new consortium to design and carry out the world’s first dedicated commercial small satellite mission to Mars. See: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-SatRevolution + The nearest galaxy, Andromeda, is headed toward our Milky Way galaxy at 110 km per second (68 miles/sec). It'll look bigger & bigger in our skies before colliding with us in a few billion years, and when that happens, the two galaxies will be ripped across space by tidal forces. Have a nice day ... https://twitter.com/physicsJ/status/1182628766289297408?s=20 [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 behave and to help keep amateur radio in space, This week's ANS Editor, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM k9jkm at amsat dot org

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Has anyone seen this error message in Nova?
by aj9n＠aol.com 25 Oct '19

25 Oct '19

HI all, For some reason, I suddenly got this error message when I tried to run Nova today. Has anyone seen this error message before? Thanks for the help. 73,Charlie Sufana AJ9N

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2019 Symposium Proceedings Flash Drives
by Paul Stoetzer 25 Oct '19

25 Oct '19

The 2019 AMSAT Symposium Proceedings USB flash drives, featuring 1.98 GB of information, including the 2019 Proceedings and all previously published Proceedings dating back to 1986 are now available on the AMSAT store at https://www.amsat.org/product/2019-amsat-space-symposium-proceedings-flash-… 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Executive Vice President AMSAT

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-25 20:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 25 Oct '19

25 Oct '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-25 20:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: I.I.S. “Ciampini-Boccardo”, Novi Ligure, Italy, direct via I1LJV and I.T.I.S. "Magistri Cumacini", Como, Italy, direct via IZ2MCC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact was successful: Fri 2019-10-25 10:24:39 UTC 83 deg (***) Watch for live stream at: Novi Ligure school: https://www.facebook.com/Istituto-Ciampini-Boccardo-210130833074338/ Como school: http://www.arilomazzo.it/ISS-Magistri/ Golden Oak Montessori, Castro Valley, CA, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 15:50:06 UTC 82 deg Watch for live stream at: https://www.goldenoakmontessori.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=884592&typ… Young Scientists Program at USC and Vermont Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA, direct via KN6CHS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 18:57:35 UTC 70 deg Watch for live stream at: http://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/ Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA, direct via K4LRG The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-29 15:01:27 UTC 44 deg Starting at about 14:15 UTC, watch for live stream at: https://live.myvrspot.com/player?udi=bG91ZG91bg==&c=ZmFybWlzcw== 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 2019-10-25 20:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-10-25 20:00 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals New Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 30, 2019. Proposal information and documents can be found at https://www.ariss.org. 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 https://www.ariss.org . Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136 Francesco IKØWGF with 135 Sergey RV3DR with 127 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 1352. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1292. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. 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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov 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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Proximity of HF vertical to my satellite antennas
by Bob Hammond 25 Oct '19

25 Oct '19

My neighbor has a HF vertical (10/15/20 meter trap) that is about 30 feet from my 2M/70/cm/23cm satellite antennas. He currently runs 100W and is planning on going to 200W. Should I be concerned? Will the RF get into my feed lines and blow up my rig? Or into my antenna rotor cables and fry my controller? I am still in construction mode for my satellite ground station. Bob W7OTJ.

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Latest pass AO-91
by skristof＠etczone.com 25 Oct '19

25 Oct '19

Folks, please don't get into an argument on the satellite over who is hogging the satellite. If you're arguing instead of making contacts, then you are both hogging the satellite. Try Facebook if you want to argue about stuff. It's hard enough making satellite contacts (for me anyway) without a couple of guys getting into each others stuff and using up valuable pass time. Steve AI9IN Oldenburg IN EM79ji

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Best USB to Serial converter
by MICHAEL WILLIAMS 25 Oct '19

25 Oct '19

What's the best USB to Serial converter for ham use? TU, Mike (K9QHO)

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J6/AA4FL update
by Jay Garlitz 25 Oct '19

25 Oct '19

Still here operating from St. Lucia at the Villa Grand Piton just north of Soufriere in Grid FK93lu. Contact me by e-mail for scheds providing specific common footprint passes. AO-91, AO-92, AO-07b, CAS-4A, CAS-4B, XW-2A, and XW-2F have yielded the best results. Note I do have some limitations due to topography. Low angle passes for Europe and South America are unlikely, CQWW starts Saturday Oct. 26th at 0000 UTC (Friday local time) but I will try to catch some of the weekend passes during the 48 hour contest (on HF look for J68MD in the contest). Evening passes on Monday Oct. 28th and morning passes on Tuesday Oct. 29th before I depart are possible. For the most current information see my J6/AA4FL page. 73, Jay J6/AA4FL

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ISS contact with West Point Ham club
by christy hunter 25 Oct '19

25 Oct '19

pretty neat! https://www.dvidshub.net/news/348932/ham-radio-club-contacts-speaks-morgan-… 73 Christy KB6LTY

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South Texas Rove Nov 2nd to 9th
by Ron Bondy 24 Oct '19

24 Oct '19

Hi Everyone, I will be roving to south Texas on the above dates. My current plan is as follows:Sat Nov 2nd: EL08/EL09 probably one pass per grid starting in the late afternoon local Sun Nov 3rd: EL17/EL18 holiday style, one or two passes per grid Mon Nov 4th through Fri Nov 8th: EL06 / EL15 / EL16. We are staying in EL06 and will activate 15 and 16 a few times throughout the week. Will probably activate EL06 4 or 5 times. Sat Nov 9th: EL07 / EL08 Probably one pass from each grid. I will be active on FM and linear satellites and will tweet passes from @ad0dx. Hope to give you a few new grids if you need them from south Texas. Cheers, Ron, ad0dx

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Returning to satellites and forgot lots
by Gary Rogers 24 Oct '19

24 Oct '19

I'm returning to satellite operations after being off the air (entire station disconnected) for over two decades and am looking to put my FT-736R back to use in the manner for which it was intended.?? However, while I'm OK with my 2M setup (rig to amp/pre-amp unit to Eggbeater) I'm less confident on 70cM, specifically how not to toast the mast mounted pre-amp. I know that I need to inject the voltage for the pre-amp using the little control box that came with the pre-amp (Mirage KP-2 series) but how do I ensure that the voltage drops when I transmit so the pre-amp is taken out-of-line??? Perhaps there is a FAQ or diagram for this out there somewhere? Also, what is being used for CAT control these days if I'm using SatPC32 for tracking? I feel like such a newb! Thanks!?? -de Gary WA4YMZ

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Re: [amsat-bb] ISS contact with West Point Ham club
by Roy Dean 24 Oct '19

24 Oct '19

I posted this link to the mailing list on Saturday (audio captured by my satnogs station): https://network.satnogs.org/observations/1112819/ --Roy K3RLD > pretty neat! > https://www.dvidshub.net/news/348932/ham-radio-club-contacts-speaks-morgan-… > 73 Christy KB6LTY

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-24 16:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 24 Oct '19

24 Oct '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-24 16:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Liceo Scientifico Teresa Gullace, Rome, Italy,direct via IZØDIB and I.S.I.S. “ Zaccagna - Galilei” sede “G. Galilei”, Carrara. Italy, direct via IQ5VR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact was successful: Thu 2019-10-24 11:13:40 UTC 79 deg (***) Watch for live stream from Rome at: https://www.liceogullace.edu.it/collegamento-con-luca-parmitano/ I.I.S. “Ciampini-Boccardo”, Novi Ligure, Italy, direct via I1LJV and I.T.I.S. "Magistri Cumacini", Como, Italy, direct via IZ2MCC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Fri 2019-10-25 10:24:39 UTC 83 deg Watch for live stream at: Novi Ligure school: https://www.facebook.com/Istituto-Ciampini-Boccardo-210130833074338/ Como school: http://www.arilomazzo.it/ISS-Magistri/ Golden Oak Montessori, Castro Valley, CA, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 15:50:06 UTC 82 deg Watch for live stream at: (***) https://www.goldenoakmontessori.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=884592&typ… Young Scientists Program at USC and Vermont Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA, direct via KN6CHS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 18:57:35 UTC 70 deg Watch for live stream at: (***) http://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/ Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA, direct via K4LRG The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-29 15:01:27 UTC 44 deg Starting at about 14:15 UTC, watch for live stream at: (***) https://live.myvrspot.com/player?udi=bG91ZG91bg==&c=ZmFybWlzcw== 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 2019-10-24 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 2019-10-24 16:30 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals New Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 30, 2019. Proposal information and documents can be found at https://www.ariss.org. 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 https://www.ariss.org . Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136 Francesco IKØWGF with 135 (***) Sergey RV3DR with 127 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 1350. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1290. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. 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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov 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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Re: [amsat-bb] 70cm patch antenna
by Ronald G. Parsons 24 Oct '19

24 Oct '19

I have not used a patch antennas on 435 MHz but I have used then extensively at 900 MHz with great success, both transmit and receive. A simple, non-fragile antenna with a hemi-spherical pattern. See also: https://www.highfrequencyelectronics.com/Mar09/HFE0309_Tutorial.pdf Ron W5RKN

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This morning passes
by Jay Garlitz 24 Oct '19

24 Oct '19

Listen for me on most sats this morning, and many this afternoon. I will focus on AO7B, AO91, AO92, but will work others as well. For those at work I will try to do the same on Saturday. Getting in great to the XW and CAS birds too when trying... 73, looking forward to our QSOs 73, Jay J6/AA4FL

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70cm patch antenna
by Zach Metzinger 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

As I was roaming about the web, I came across this patch antenna design. https://vk6ysf.com/patch_Antenna_435MHz.htm Has anyone on the list used something like this? What was your experience, if so? My rotator setup is slowly taking shape, located in the attic due to roof access issues, so wind loading is not a factor. (If it becomes one, I have bigger problems.. not impossible given Texas weather lately.) --- Zach N0ZGO

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GREAT Symposium and AWESOME flash drive of the Proceedings ...
by redski＠bellsouth.net 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

I'm going through my many notes and inspirations from this past weekend. First, the Symposium was terrific and the organizers out-did themselves. Second, the flash drive on which the Symposium Proceedings was provided is genius. Not only does it obviate printing and transporting an inch thick document for this year's conclave, but the flash drive also contains the Proceedings of all Symposiums back to 1986! The flash drive is essentially a Britannica of satellite ham radio and many related topics. All well done in every dimension. 73, Red KC4LE

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Digipeating 9600 buad
by MICHAEL WILLIAMS 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

Is anyone digitpeating at 9600, what sats? TU, Mike (K9QHO)

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-23 20:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-23 20:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Liceo Scientifico Teresa Gullace, Rome, Italy,direct via IZØDIB and I.S.I.S. “ Zaccagna - Galilei” sede “G. Galilei”, Carrara. Italy, direct via IQ5VR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Thu 2019-10-24 11:13:40 UTC 79 deg Watch for live stream from Rome at: https://www.liceogullace.edu.it/collegamento-con-luca-parmitano/ I.I.S. “Ciampini-Boccardo”, Novi Ligure, Italy, direct via I1LJV and I.T.I.S. "Magistri Cumacini", Como, Italy, direct via IZ2MCC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Fri 2019-10-25 10:24:39 UTC 83 deg Watch for live stream at: Novi Ligure school: https://www.facebook.com/Istituto-Ciampini-Boccardo-210130833074338/ Como school: http://www.arilomazzo.it/ISS-Magistri/ Golden Oak Montessori, Castro Valley, CA, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 15:50:06 UTC 82 deg Young Scientists Program at USC and Vermont Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA, direct via KN6CHS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 18:57:35 UTC 70 deg Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA, direct via K4LRG The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-29 15:01:27 UTC 44 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 2019-10-23 20:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-10-19 18:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals New Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 30, 2019. Proposal information and documents can be found at https://www.ariss.org . 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 https://www.ariss.org . Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136 Francesco IKØWGF with 134 Sergey RV3DR with 127 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 1348. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1289. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. 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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov 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 with I.I.S. "Ciampini-Boccardo", Novi Ligure, Italy and I.T.I.S. "Magistri Cumacini", Como, Italy
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at I.I.S. "Ciampini-Boccardo", Novi Ligure, Italy and I.T.I.S. "Magistri Cumacini", Como, Italy on 25 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:24 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between IR0ISS and ground stations I1LJV and IZ2MCC. The contact should be audible over Italy and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in Italian. Watch for live streams at: Novi Ligure school: https://www.facebook.com/Istituto-Ciampini-Boccardo-210130833074338/ and Como school: http://www.arilomazzo.it/ISS-Magistri/ Stories: I.I.S. "Ciampini-Boccardo" Our school, the Secondary School "Ciampini-Boccardo" of Novi Ligure, was founded in 2010 by the merger of two pre-existing schools in town: the Secondary School "G: Boccardo" and the Secondary School "G. Ciampini. The school "G. Boccardo" offered education for administrative professions, while the school "G. Ciampini" offered education for technical professions. Immediately before and after the merger, the school has grown significantly and so now students are offered a richer field of choices. The school population is 1280 students and there are about 210 teachers and staff. The school consists of two units located in "Viale Saffi" and in "Via Verdi". Students are offered the following opportunities: I.T.I.S. "Magistri Cumacini" The I.T.I.S. "Magistri Cumacini", founded in 1951, is one of the largest and highly qualified high schools (attended by about 1200 students between 14 and 19 years). The Institute is located on the outskirts of the city of Como. The I.T.I.S. "Magistri Cumacini" offers two years of teaching to complete general education and, thereafter, the school gives the opportunity to attend three-years with four options: Construction, Environment and Territory; Electronics and Electrical Engineering; IT and Telecommunications; Mechanics, Mechatronics and Energy saving. The school since 2004 has been operating an Amateur Radio Station with the Callsign IZ2MCC Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Come bisogna prepararsi prima di un viaggio nello spazio? 2. A partire da quale età e fino a quando si può essere astronauta? 3. Come si comportano le piante in assenza di gravità? 4. Quale è la dieta di un astronauta? 5. Come ci si adatta alla microgravità? 6. Di che tipo sono i generatori elettrici per i servizi della ISS e a che tensione lavorano? 7. Cosa ne pensi del riutilizzo delle navette spaziali? 8. E' vero che la giornata lavorativa sulla ISS e' di 10 ore? 9. Come viene gestito lo smaltimento dei rifiuti sulla ISS? 10. Tramite quale tecnologia avete accesso alla rete Internet? 11. Secondo te, la competizione spaziale tra privati porterà dei benefici per il futuro dell'esplorazione spaziale? 12. Come funzionano i dispositivi di protezione in caso di corto circuito? 13. Cosa ne pensi dell'utilizzo di robot nelle missioni spaziali? 14. Si usano batterie per accumulare energia elettrica? Se si, di che tipo e con che autonomia? 15. Che conseguenze ha sul fisico la lunga permanenza nello spazio e come si studia? 16. Come si agisce nel caso di un danno all'esterno della ISS? 17. Durante la missione hai del tempo libero? Se si, come lo utilizzi?Novi Ligure 18. Sono necssarie manovre di riabilitazione al ritorno dalla missione? 19. Che cosa hai provato la prima volta che sei stato in EVA? 20. Come ha reagito la tua famiglia quando hai deciso di diventare astronauta? 21. Secondo te la stazione orbitale intorno alla Luna sarà simile alla ISS? 22. Tra la scorsa missione e questa, hai trovato qualcosa di diverso? 23. Nella nostra società abbiamo avuto una accelerazione tecnologica, è arrivata anche a bordo della ISS? 24. Perché hai scelto di diventare astronauta? 25. Abbiamo parlato la dott.ssa Ravagnolo di Altec, ha parlato di cibo e di menù spaziali. Quali sono i piatti che ti sei portato a bordo della ISS? Translated: 1. How do you prepare for space travel? 2. What is minimum and maximum age to be an astronaut? 3. What are gravity absence effects on plants? 4. What diet does an astronaut need to follow? 5. How do your body adapt to microgravity? 6. What kind of electric generator is used on the ISS and at what tension? 7. What is your opinion on the reuse of space rockets? 8. Do you really work 10 hours a day on the ISS? 9. How do astronauts dispose of waste on the ISS? 10. What technology do you use for internet connection? 11. Do you think that competition between private companies on space issue will bring benefits for the future explorations? 12. How does safety system work in case of short-circuit? 13. What is your opinion on the use of robots during space missions? 14. Do you use batteries to store energy? If so, what kind of batteries and what autonomy? 15. How does long stay in the space affect the human body? 16. How do you react in case of damage outside the ISS? 17. Do you have free time during your mission? If so, what do like to do? 18. After astronauts are back from their mission, do they need rehabilitation? 19. What were your feelings and impressions during your first EVA? 20. What was your family's reaction when you decided to become an astronaut? 21. Do you think that the space station in lunar orbit will be similar to the ISS? 22. What differences have you recorded between your current and your previous mission? 23. Is life on ISS facing the same technology acceleration that we are experiencing in our society? 24. Why did you choose to become an astronaut? 25. We recently met Mrs Ravagnoli from Altec Company who spoke about space nutrition. What type of food did you bring with you 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. Golden Oak Montessori, Castro Valley, CA, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 15:50 UTC 2. Young Scientists Program at USC and Vermont Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA, direct via KN6CHS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 18:57 UTC 3. Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA, direct via K4LRG The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-29 15:01 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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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AO-85 getting sicker?
by Ronald G. Parsons 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

This morning on the 1345Z pass, the satellite AO-85 had a severe amplitude wobble every 15 secs and also a frequency wobble of several kHz. I had seen both before but this pass had them both. A link follows to a JPG capture of my waterfall display. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hx66RJLVeUygm2XY1ynvC9zDV6reDcsz/view?usp=… The satellite was in sun. Ron W5RKN

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Friday/Saturday MDT Rover Trip
by Douglas Tabor 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

RJ, WY7AA and I will be roving this Friday and Saturday in Wyoming and NW Colorado. Will start mid-morning (MDT) Friday on both linear and FM sats and hope to find a number of lines and corners. DN 61/62/71/72 + DN 52/62 + overnighting in DN61. Saturday may find the DN 50/51/60/61 and maybe DN 60/61/70/71 corners. At very least we’ll be on ‘interesting’ grid lines with DN50 (Saturday) being the most needed grid. APRS (N6UA-9) will be running, but digis are sparse out in the land where deer and antelope (pronghorn) play. Good Luck, Doug, N6UA Douglas Tabor dtabor52(a)gmail.com

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IC-910 problem
by 73 Bob W7LRD 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

Hi- Just encountered problem, if I key the tx at high power fm/cw the rig shuts down momentarily. At half power it operates normally this only on 2M uhf/L ok. Ideas anyone? thanks & 73 Bob W7LRD

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Liceo Scientifico Teresa Gullace, Rome, Italy,direct via IZØDIB and I.S.I.S. " Zaccagna - Galilei" sede "G. Galilei", Carrara. Italy
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Liceo Scientifico Teresa Gullace, Rome, Italy and I.S.I.S. " Zaccagna - Galilei" sede "G. Galilei", Carrara. Italy on 24 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:13 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between IR0ISS and ground stations IZ0DIB and IQ5VR. The contact should be audible over Italy and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in Italian. Watch for live stream from Rome at: https://www.liceogullace.edu.it/collegamento-con-luca-parmitano/ Story: Liceo Scientifico Teresa Gullace Our school is born as a science high school, so the scientific method is at the center of all the lessons that work together to accustom students to the rational and experimental approach. Mathematics, physics, and science are the cornerstone of high school education. Attention to the scientific dissemination, participation in maths, sciences, and the current school year, including physics, characterizes our institute that has had important results with participation also in national finals. In our school there is an association (Gruppo SIGMA Studenti e Insegnanti del Gullace per la Matematica) of pupils and former students who have distinguished themselves in mathematics: we could certainly organize the event with the help of the association. We could invite to the event in the main hall students who will demonstrate the intention to participate in the project and who will find out during the year, among the pupils of the three years, until the 80 seats are filled up. I.S.I.S. " Zaccagna - Galilei" sede "G. Galilei" The mission of the State High School Galilei, part of I.S.I.S. Zaccagna, is « value the person », through an educational process built for the person and therefore the society. The school focuses on guiding the students in their future choices, both of study and work, but mostly on the greatest non-material asset available : the person as human capital, with his culture, value and knowledge. The two main goals are there for evaluing the person in all his potential, and professional qualification. The building hosting the event includes a Maths and Science High School and the Industrial and Technical State High School Galilei, with students aged between 14 and 20. About 40 students from the Telecommunication course will be directly involved in the project (16-20 years old), while the connection might be extended to the entire learning centre, that includes about 1000 students ; it might also be possible for the local population to attend the event. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. L'assenza di atmosfera, modifica le sfumature e l'intensità dei colori percepiti dall'occhio? 2. Si apprezzano gli effetti del riscaldamento globale da li? 3. Gli Astronauti possono prendere il raffreddore o l'influenza? 4. Considerando tutte le interviste che ha rilasciato, c'è una domanda che non le è mai stata posta e a cui vorrebbe rispondere? 5. Avete riscontrato possibilità di mutazioni genetiche nello spazio? 6. Cosa prova per film come Interstellar o The Martian? 7. Cosa si mette nella valigia di un'astronauta prima di partire? 8. Cosa ne pensa dell'obiettivo della NASA di creare basi lunari? 9. Oltre alla stazione radioamatoriale, di quali canali di comunicazioni disponete? 10. Come rimane concentrato durante le procedure più importanti? ha una sua particolare tecnica? 11. Nella tua giornata tipica, quanto tempo dedichi in media gli esperimenti scientifici? 12. Vivere insieme sulla ISS è difficile? Ha mai avuto discussioni? 13. Nella tua esperienza, l'efficienza operativa di un astronauta, è maggiore all'inizio o alla fine del periodo di permanenza nella stazione spaziale? 14. Nel suo ultimo libro ha detto che la cosa che l'ha colpito di più nella ISS è la sua dimensione. Ma cosa vorrebbe cambiare nell'ISS per migliorare il suo soggiorno? 15. Quali sensazioni ti suscita la visione dei corpi celesti dalla tua prospettiva? 16. Secondo lei, quale esperimento che ha fatto in ISS è stato il più utile? 17. Ti capita mai di avere momenti di difficoltà psicologica come ansia, nostalgia, tensione? 18. Che tipo di studi ha fatto per diventare un astronauta? Quanto tempo ha impiegato per prepararsi a questa esperienza? 19. Quali sono i tuoi passatempi nel tempo libero? 20. Come vi lavate visto non potete fare una doccia normale? Translated: 1. Does the absence of atmosphere change the shades and intensity of the colours perceived by the human eye? 2. Have you noticed any effects of global warming from there? 3. Can astronauts catch a cold or the flu in space? 4. Considering all the interviews you have given, is there a question you have never been asked and you would have liked to answer? 5. Is there any evidence that genetic mutations might happen in space? 6. What is your feeling about films like Interstellar or The Martian? 7. What do astronauts pack when they go to space? 8. What do you think of NASA's goal of creating lunar bases? 9. Which telecommunications channels are used on the space station along with the ham (or amateur) radio? 10. How do you stay focused during important procedures? Do you have your own technique? 11. How much time do you spend on scientific research and experiments per day? 12. Is living together on the ISS hard? Do you ever have arguments? 13. In your experience, is an astronaut more efficient at the beginning or at the end of the time spent on the space station? 14. In your last book you said the thing that impressed you the most in the ISS is its size. But what would you like to change in the ISS to improve your stay? 15. How does it feel to see celestial bodies from the space station? 16. In your opinion, which experiment that you've done in ISS was the most useful? 17. Have you ever felt nervous, lonely or homesick in space? 18. What kind of studies did you do to become an astronaut? How long did it take you to get ready for this experience? 19. Have you ever felt nervous, lonely or homesick in space? 20. How do you wash yourself as you can't have a normal shower? 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. I.I.S. "Ciampini-Boccardo", Novi Ligure, Italy, direct via I1LJV and I.T.I.S. "Magistri Cumacini", Como, Italy, direct via IZ2MCC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Fri 2019-10-25 10:24 UTC Watch for live stream at: Novi Ligure school: https://www.facebook.com/Istituto-Ciampini- Boccardo-210130833074338/ Como school: http://www.arilomazzo.it/ISS-Magistri/ 2. Golden Oak Montessori, Castro Valley, CA, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 15:50 UTC 3. Young Scientists Program at USC and Vermont Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA, direct via KN6CHS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 18:57 UTC 4. Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA, direct via K4LRG The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-29 15:01 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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Upcoming Satellite Operations
by Robert Bankston 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

Just because the year is winding down and Winter in knocking on the door doesn't mean the satellite operations are slowing down. Check out AMSAT's Upcoming Satellite Operations pages (https://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/) for all the latest happenings. Announcements are posted as soon as they are received, so make sure you bookmark the page and check it often. If you have an activation in the works, please send me an email to make sure the word gets out. 73, Robert Bankston, KE4ALVice-President, User ServicesRadio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) Twitter: @KE4ALabamaWebsite: KE4AL.wordpress.com

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AO-92 in L-band
by Andrew Glasbrenner 22 Oct '19

22 Oct '19

AO-92 is in L/v as of about 0137Z. 73, Drew KO4MA

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Headed to FK93lu in St. Lucia
by Jay Garlitz 22 Oct '19

22 Oct '19

I am headed to FK93lu today. Once I am there I will scan the topography for elevations and refine the SAT passes I plan on being on. The area does have some mountains in directions TBD that are slightly higher than the already high QTH. I have updated my J6/AA4FL QRZ page and will try to do so regularly during the trip. There are some photos and a QRZ logbook widget (not be in real time). For more photos and views of wonderful St. Lucia feel free to "Facebook Friend" me. 73, Jay J6/AA4FL (Jay Garlitz)

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VUCC Satellite
by R W 22 Oct '19

22 Oct '19

How cool is this!! On 5 14 2019 my 1st confirmed grids were FN03 and FN04 with CJ7EWK/3, Patrick Stoddard. On 10 21 2019 my 99th and 100th confirmed grids were FM28 and FM 29 with WD9EWK, Patrick Stoddard. VUCC Thanks Mister Stoddard for being a great “Birdman” and a credit to our great hobby Hope we meet someday 73 Rick Wyrwas WA9JBQ Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-22 12:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 22 Oct '19

22 Oct '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-22 12:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Liceo Scientifico Teresa Gullace, Rome, Italy,direct via IZØDIB and I.S.I.S. “ Zaccagna - Galilei” sede “G. Galilei”, Carrara. Italy, direct via IQ5VR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Thu 2019-10-24 11:13:40 UTC 79 deg Watch for live stream from Rome at: (***) https://www.liceogullace.edu.it/collegamento-con-luca-parmitano/ I.I.S. “Ciampini-Boccardo”, Novi Ligure, Italy, direct via I1LJV and I.T.I.S. "Magistri Cumacini", Como, Italy, direct via IZ2MCC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Fri 2019-10-25 10:24:39 UTC 83 deg Watch for live stream at: Novi Ligure school: https://www.facebook.com/Istituto-Ciampini-Boccardo-210130833074338/ Como school: http://www.arilomazzo.it/ISS-Magistri/ Golden Oak Montessori, Castro Valley, CA, telebridge via K6DUE (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA (***) Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 15:50:06 UTC 82 deg (***) Young Scientists Program at USC and Vermont Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA, direct via KN6CHS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP (***) Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 18:57:35 UTC 70 deg (***) Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA, direct via K4LRG The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA (***) Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-29 15:01:27 UTC 44 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 2019-10-22 12:00 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 2019-10-19 18:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals New Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 30, 2019. Proposal information and documents can be found at https://www.ariss.org . 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 https://www.ariss.org . Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136 Francesco IKØWGF with 134 Sergey RV3DR with 127 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 1348. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1289. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. 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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov 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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great symposium
by Nick Pugh 21 Oct '19

21 Oct '19

Thanks to Joe and his team for a fantastic symposium. The look back in history of the hams in space showed the vision, courage and ability to convince government and defense officials that amateurs can contribute to the public good. Now let's leverage the past work and move way beyond LEO. As we reach for the stars let's not focus on the obstacles but on solutions and how to overcome them. nick Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn

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QO-100 talk video + NASA ARISS article
by M5AKA 21 Oct '19

21 Oct '19

Video of talk on the geostationary satellite Es’hail-2 / QO-100 activities of AMSAT-DL given by Achim Vollhardt DH2VA at the AMSAT-UK Colloquium on Oct 12 https://amsat-uk.org/2019/10/21/video-eshail-2-qo-100-talk/ NASA article highlights the role of amateur radio in letting young people speak directly with astronauts and cosmonauts on the International Space Station https://amsat-uk.org/2019/10/21/inspiring-youth-with-science-in-space/ The FUNcube Yahoo Group is moving to groups.io You can join the group at https://groups.io/g/FUNcube 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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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-21 19:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 21 Oct '19

21 Oct '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-21 19:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Liceo Scientifico Teresa Gullace, Rome, Italy,direct via IZØDIB and I.S.I.S. “ Zaccagna - Galilei” sede “G. Galilei”, Carrara. Italy, direct via IQ5VR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Thu 2019-10-24 11:13:40 UTC 79 deg I.I.S. “Ciampini-Boccardo”, Novi Ligure, Italy, direct via I1LJV and I.T.I.S. "Magistri Cumacini", Como, Italy, direct via IZ2MCC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Fri 2019-10-25 10:24:39 UTC 83 deg Watch for live stream at: Novi Ligure school: https://www.facebook.com/Istituto-Ciampini-Boccardo-210130833074338/ Como school: http://www.arilomazzo.it/ISS-Magistri/ Golden Oak Montessori, Castro Valley, CA, telebridge via K6DUE (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA (***) Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 15:50:06 UTC 82 deg (***) Young Scientists Program at USC and Vermont Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA, direct via KN6CHS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP (***) Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 18:57:35 UTC 70 deg (***) Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA, direct via K4LRG The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA (***) Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-29 15:01:27 UTC 44 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 2019-10-21 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 2019-10-19 18:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals New Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 30, 2019. Proposal information and documents can be found at https://www.ariss.org . 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 https://www.ariss.org . Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136 Francesco IKØWGF with 134 Sergey RV3DR with 127 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 1348. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1289. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. 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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov 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 2019-10-21 15:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 21 Oct '19

21 Oct '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-21 15:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Liceo Scientifico Teresa Gullace, Rome, Italy, direct via IZØDIB and I.S.I.S. “ Zaccagna - Galilei” sede “G. Galilei”, Carrara. Italy, direct via IQ5VR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Thu 2019-10-24 11:13:40 UTC 79 deg I.I.S. “Ciampini-Boccardo”, Novi Ligure, Italy, direct via I1LJV and I.T.I.S. "Magistri Cumacini", Como, Italy, direct via IZ2MCC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Fri 2019-10-25 10:24:39 UTC 83 deg Watch for live stream at: (***) Novi Ligure school: https://www.facebook.com/Istituto-Ciampini-Boccardo-210130833074338/ Como school: http://www.arilomazzo.it/ISS-Magistri/ 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 2019-10-21 15:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-10-19 18:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals New Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 30, 2019. Proposal information and documents can be found at https://www.ariss.org . 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 https://www.ariss.org . Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136 Francesco IKØWGF with 134 Sergey RV3DR with 127 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 1348. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1289. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. 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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov 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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FS Icom 9100
by na2x＠yahoo.com 21 Oct '19

21 Oct '19

For Sale - Icom 9100. Purchased new by me 8 months ago. Little use. As new condition. $1250 shipped FedEx ground to CONUS. Contact me direct via E-mail (good on QRZ).Bob NA2X

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Bricsat-2 telemetry howto?
by Hans BX2ABT 21 Oct '19

21 Oct '19

Had some strong signals from Bricsat-2 today with its 9600 bps telemetry signal. Couldn't get any decodes with my usual Direwolf setup (the one I use for Falconsat-3) and apart from being advertised as 9600 bps there is not much more information about the modem. The signal is also awfully wide: 20 kHz. Does anyone know more about how to decode this? All tips are welcome. 73 de Hans BX2ABT

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AMSAT User Services Update
by Robert Bankston 21 Oct '19

21 Oct '19

I am so honored to be elected by the AMSAT Board of Directors to be the AMSAT Treasurer and reelected to be the AMSAT Vice-President of User Services, as well as reappointed as the Director of AMSAT Ambassadors by the AMSAT President. Thank you for your confidence in me. I am humbled. This is a lot of hats to wear, along with my full-time job, but I look forward to the challenge. I believe in AMSAT's mission and have a wonderful team of volunteers to assist me. I am excited to announce that there are major improvements coming for our AMSAT members in the near future. The AMSAT Board of Directors approved my recommendations for an internet-based, member management system, the transition to a digitally delivered, full-color AMSAT Journal, and a complete overhaul of our AMSAT website. I have been putting together these proposals for several months and thank the Board of Directors for the permission to move these projects forward. These improvements will modernize how AMSAT serves you. I hope that you will be as impressed with them as I am. The member management system puts you in control of your membership account, allowing you to update your contact information, pay your dues, and register for events in real time. In addition, the program will automatically push out reminders, newsletters, and a digital copy of the AMSAT Journal. Transitioning to a digitally-delivered, AMSAT Journal will allow us to provide a full-color magazine, without raising the cost of membership. In addition, we will have to opportunity to provide member-only content on our website, to include back issues of our AMSAT Journal. Lastly, we will be working on a complete overhaul of our AMSAT website. Over the years, our website has received several facelifts, and, in the process, it has become somewhat disjointed. Our goal is to make the navigation more intuitive and offer the content you deserve. The front of the website will focus on external visitors, explaining who we are, what we do, and what we have to offer. We will also have portals for our members and friends in the AMSAT community, how to guides on getting started in amateur radio satellites, and all the important information about current satellites you will need to work them. AMSAT’s User Services is committed to serving AMSAT members and the AMSAT community and to deliver the quality services you deserve as we move forward into the next 50 years of Keeping Amateur Radio is Space! If you would like to join us on this incredible journey, we could sure use you help. 73, Robert Bankston, KE4AL Vice-President, User Services Director, AMSAT Ambassadors Treasurer Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)

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ISS contact with West Point Ham Club
by Roy Dean 20 Oct '19

20 Oct '19

Don't think this was publicized (or I missed it): https://network.satnogs.org/observations/1112819/

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ICOM 821H
by willmarbrowns＠charter.net 20 Oct '19

20 Oct '19

SELLING MY IC-821H..VY GUD CONDX 9/10. VHF/UHF FULL DUPLEX SATELLITE OPERATION. DISPLAY LAMPS CONVERTED TO LED'S BY TECH.COMES WITH MIC, MANUAL, LONG POWER CORD AND A USB CAT CONTROLCABLE FOR (SATPC32,PSTROTATOR,ETC).$595 SHIPPED CONUSA. GOOD ON QRZ... TKS 73 BRUCE KE0LXAMSAT #30873

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DN04 Monday 2019-10-21
by KI7UNJ Tucker 20 Oct '19

20 Oct '19

Will be headed to DN04 to work a few FM passes AO-92 - 16:53Z AO-91 - 17:35Z SO-50 - 17:53Z AO-92 - 18:25Z AO-91 - 19:08Z Track me: https://aprs.fi/#!kml=http%3A%2F%2Fbadgerflix.duckdns.org%2Fgrid%2FKI7UNJ.k… -- Casey Tucker KI7UNJ AMSAT Ambassador https://twitter.com/KI7UNJ https://www.qrz.com/db/KI7UNJ http://bit.do/ki7unj <https://www.google.com/url?q=http://bit.do/ki7unj&sa=D&source=hangouts&ust=…>

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J6/AA4FL
by Jay Garlitz 20 Oct '19

20 Oct '19

Day 1 of SAT ops in St. Lucia was enjoyable but not as productive as I would have liked. AO-7 was in mode A and FO-29 was not awake. Even SO-50 misbehaved, only hearing KC9ELU for a moment. Frans J69DS joined me at Ft. Rodney on Pigeon Island and made Q's on AO-91, along with Ian J66CD. Check my qrz J6/AA4FL page after 0300 URC for changes to my schedule. Going to team up with Frans and Ian tomorrow at his high elevation QTH. Will be looking to focus more on AO-91 and AO-92 as the FM birds. I will also post photos from today on my page. 73, Jay J6/AA4FL

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ANS-293 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Mark D. Johns 19 Oct '19

19 Oct '19

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-293 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: * 2019 AMSAT Symposium Underway! Livestream Available * AMSAT Board of Directors Announces 2019 Officers * AMSAT-UK Colloquium Videos Available * Cubesat Simulators Launched * Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution * Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-293.01 ANS-293 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 293.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE 2019-Oct-19 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-293.01 2019 AMSAT Symposium Underway! Livestream Available The 37th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting has begun, and will continue through Sunday, October 20, 2019, at The Hilton Ar- lingtonin in Arlington, Virginia. Sessions are being live streamed at https://www.facebook.com/AMSATNA/ The AMSAT Board of Directors met just before the Symposium, Oct. 16-17, at the same hotel. The Symposium, which celebrates 50 years of AMSAT, features OSCAR Park –- a display of satellites from throughout the history of amateur rad- io in space. Paper presentations and the AMSAT Annual General Meeting will also be featured. The schedule of presentation is available at https://www.amsat.org/symposium-schedule/ [ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, AMSAT Executive Vice President for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Board of Directors Announces 2019 Officers These are the results of the 2019 AMSAT Board of Directors meeting vote for Officers: * Joe Spier, K6WAO, of Reno, Nev., as President * Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, of Washington, DC, as Executive Vice President * Jerry Buxton, N0JY, of Granbury, Texas, as Vice-President Engineer- ing * Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, of New Port Richey, Fla., as Vice-President Operations * Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, of Silver Spring, Md., as Vice-President Human Spaceflight * Robert Bankston, KE4AL, of Dothan, Ala. as Vice-President User Ser- vices * Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, of Burnsville, Minn. as Vice-President Devel- opment * Alan Johnston, KU2Y, of Philadelphia, PA as Vice-President Educa- tional Relations * Brennan Price, N4QX, of Vienna, Va., as Secretary * Robert Bankston, KE4AL, of Dothan, Ala., as Treasurer * Martha Saragovitz of Silver Spring, Md., as Manager The Board of Directors appointed officers for the new year at its meeting in Arlington, Va. on Wednesday, Oct. 16. Officers are selected by the Board from among the AMSAT membership, based on expertise and experience. [ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, Executive Vice President for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Purchase AMSAT Gear on our Zazzle storefront. 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT-UK Colloquium Videos Available Videos of the presentations given at the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium, which was held as part of the RSGB Convention in Milton Keynes, October 12-13, 2019, are being made available on YouTube. The first of the videos is the fascinating presentation on the WUSAT-3 CubeSat project given by Professor Julia Hunter-Anderson of the Uni- versity of Warwick which highlights the potential use of CubeSats for wildlife tracking. Other presentations are expected to be uploaded in the coming weeks. The AMSAT-UK videos are located on their YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/AMSATUK/videos AMSAT-UK wishes to thank the British Amateur Television Club and Wouter Weggelaar, PA3WEG, for their work in recording, editing and uploading these videos. [ANS thanks Trevor Essex, M5AKA, and AMSAT-UK for the above informa- tion] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cubesat Simulators Launched Dr. Alan Johnston, KU2Y, Vice President - Educational Affairs has announced the general availability of the AMSAT Cubesat Simulators. Speaking at the 37th Annual Space Symposium, Alan reports that since the prototype Cubesat Simulators were introduced at Hamvention in May, 2019, the simulators have undergone testing and final release. Among the schools testing the simulators was Bishop O'Connell High School in Arlington, Virginia. Science and Engineering teacher Melissa Pore presented to the symposium audience her experience with using a simulator in one of her engineering clubs and how her student benefitted from their use. A Cubesat Simulator is a self-contained satellite model that reports solar cell performance via standard AFSK 1200 BPS AX.25 telemetry. The telemetry can be decoded with a simple SDR ground station. A Cubesat Simulator package consists of the 1U simulator, a halogen work light to simulate sunshine, and a motorized rotating turntable that mimics the satellite tumbling through space. The four loaner packages are packed and shipped in a hard case. The simulator is shipped prepaid while the user pays return shipping. Persons interested in borrowing a CubeSat Simulator for a local presentation is encouraged to contact Alan at KU2Y at amsat dot org. [ANS thanks Alan Johnston, KU2Y, AMSAT Vice President - Educational Affairs.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ 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/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution The following Amateur Radio satellite has decayed from orbit and has been removed from this week's TLE distribution: TNS 0-2 - NORAD CAT ID 42914 - Decayed 10/15/2019 (per Space-Track). Last week a number of "N"s were present in a few TLEs which caused some programs to reject those TLEs. Note: Some (but not all) of the raw TLEs from SpaceTrack have plus signs (+) which are not necessary. All plus signs (+) in the TLEs are routinely changed to a blank space. Last week all plus signs were incorrectly changed to the letter "N". This was due to a change in the formatting program and a typing error that substituted a "N" instead of a single blank space everytime a plus sign was present. That problem has been corrected and should not be an issue in the future. [ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ The Fox-In-A-Box Raspberry Pi SD card for setting up a Raspberry Pi-based telemetry station for the Fox-1 satellites now supports the Raspberry Pi 4. Get yours today on the AMSAT Store! https://amsat.org/product/fox-in-a-box-raspberry-pi-sd-card/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule An International Space Station school contact was completed with par- ticipants at Science & Technologie e.V. event: Science Days, Teningen, Germany on Thursday, Oct. 17. The event lasted approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds, direct between OR4ISS and DN1EME. The contact was audible over Germany and adjacent areas on the 145.80 MHz downlink. ARISS has received word that the EVA that took place on Friday, Oct. 18 has caused changes to the schedule. Thus, some contacts now have new times. Istituto Comprensivo Statale “Diego Valeri”, Campolongo Maggiore, Italy, direct via IQ3RW and Istituto Comprensivo Ladispoli1, Ladispoli, Italy, direct via IKØWGF, the ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS and the scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano, KF5KDP. The contact is go for: Saturday, Oct. 19 at 10:27:13 UTC (26 degrees) Watch for live stream from IQ3RW side of the contact at: https://tinyurl.com/y5pcyr9m Watch for live stream from IKØWGF side of the contact directly on the AMSAT Italia youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkJ8IFmfTO-pUkVFNrUXIcg Liceo Scientifico Teresa Gullace, Rome, Italy,direct via IZØDIB and I.S.I.S. “ Zaccagna - Galilei” sede “G. Galilei”, Carrara. Italy, di- rect via IQ5VR, the ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS and the scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano, KF5KDP. Contact is go for: Thursday, Oct. 24 at 11:13:40 UTC (79 degrees) I.I.S. “Ciampini-Boccardo”, Novi Ligure, Italy, direct via I1LJV and I.T.I.S. "Magistri Cumacini", Como, Italy, direct via IZ2MCC, the ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS. The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano, KF5KDP. Contact is go for: Friday, Oct. 25 at 10:24:39 UTC (83 degrees) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ [ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, of the ARISS operation team 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 St. Lucia, October 19-28, 2019 Jay, AA4FL, will be in St. Lucia for the J68MD CQWW SSB Contest Team. Jay will be doing OSCAR satellite operation as J6/AA4FL, by schedule as he is visiting vacation style in varying locations. His schedule will depend on shifts as a team member of the CQWW J68MD team. E-mail per QRZ to coordinate both FM simple SATs and SSB linear transponder bird QSO schedules. Radios will be a FT-817ND and FT-818ND for full duplex operation using an Arrow II antenna. Oregon, DN04, October 21, 2019 KI7UNJ will be QRV on Oct. 21, from 1653z to 1910z, FM only. Colombia, through October, 2019 The special event stations J500LDV, 5J500D, 5J500L, and 5J500V will commemorate the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death on the air until the end of October. QRV on 80 to 10m on CW, SSB, digital modes, and via satellite. An award program will be available as well. QSL via HK3VHZ, LoTW, eQSL. Texas, EL06, EL16 and adjacent grids, November 2-9, 2019 Ron Bondy, AD0DX, reports on Twitter that he will be flying to San Antonio and hopes to activate as many as 10 south Texas grids. Watch Twitter @ad0dx for details. Hawaii (BK19, BK28, BK29, BL20) December 21-28, 2019 Alex, N7AGF, is heading back to Hawaii over Christmas. This will be a holiday-style activation, with special empahasis on the grid that got away – BK28. Keep an eye on Alex’s Twitter feed for further announce- ments: https://twitter.com/N7AGF Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT Vice-President of User Ser- vices for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + The AMSAT Office will be closed on Monday, October 21 as the AMSAT Symposium wraps up. (ANS thanks Martha Saragovitz, AMSAT Manager, for the above informa- tion -- you deserve a day off, Martha!) + Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir carried out history’s first all-female spacewalk Friday, floating outside the Internation- al Space Station and successfully installing a 230-pound replacement battery charger in the lab’s solar power system. The historic excur- sion was carried out in a blaze of public interest that rose all the way to the White House. (ANS thanks Spaceflight Now for the above information) + NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has named Douglas Loverro as the agency’s new associate administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. Loverro succeeds former astronaut Kenneth Bowersox, who has been acting associate administrator since July. Previously, Loverro spent three decades in the Department of Defense and the National Reconnaissance Office developing, managing, and establishing national policy for the full range of national security space activities. (ANS thanks spaceref.com for the above information) + SpaceX is seeking approval to add up to 30,000 more satellites to its Starlink broadband network, on top of 12,000 spacecraft already authorized by U.S. government regulators, according to filings sub- mitted to the International Telecommunication Union. (ANS thanks Spaceflight Now for the above information) + Possibly related to the previous news item, LeoLabs announced that they plan to build four additional radar installations for tracking space debris. Their current installations can track objects down to about a 10 cm diameter, but with their new installations they’ll theoretically be able to track objects as small as 2 cm. In general, current radar systems tend to be limited on the lower end to objects in the 5-10 cm range. Systems like LeoLabs’ and the U.S. Air Force’s upcoming Marshall Islands-based Space Fence will improve coverage, but still won’t see the 128 million objects from 1 mm to 1 cm, which have the potential to disable or completely destroy a satellite. (ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above information) + Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, who became the first person in his- tory to spacewalk in 1965, has died aged 85. He went on to become the commander of Soyuz-Apollo, the first ever joint US-Soviet mis- sion in 1975. Leonov died at Moscow's Burdenko hospital on Friday, Oct. 11 after a long illness. (ANS thanks BBC.com 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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FUNcube Warehouse
by David Johnson 19 Oct '19

19 Oct '19

Hi, The web application had become corrupted, database was OK. Dashboards are now catching up. Will have to take it again one more time but will leave that until tomorrow. Thank you for your patience. 73 Dave, G4DPZ

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-19 18:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 19 Oct '19

19 Oct '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-19 18:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Istituto Comprensivo Statale “Diego Valeri”, Campolongo Maggiore, Italy, direct via IQ3RW and Istituto Comprensivo Ladispoli1, Ladispoli, Italy, direct via IKØWGF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact was successful: Sat 2019-10-19 10:27:13 UTC 26 deg (***) Watch for live stream from IQ3RW side of the contact: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDwdfkmV7_z2xtZP07Js3Rw?fbclid=IwAR2cvdFuG… Watch for live stream from IKØWGF side of the contact: or directly on AMSAT Italia youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkJ8IFmfTO-pUkVFNrUXIcg Liceo Scientifico Teresa Gullace, Rome, Italy,direct via IZØDIB and I.S.I.S. “ Zaccagna - Galilei” sede “G. Galilei”, Carrara. Italy, direct via IQ5VR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Thu 2019-10-24 11:13:40 UTC 79 deg I.I.S. “Ciampini-Boccardo”, Novi Ligure, Italy, direct via I1LJV and I.T.I.S. "Magistri Cumacini", Como, Italy, direct via IZ2MCC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Fri 2019-10-25 10:24:39 UTC 83 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 2019-10-19 18:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-10-19 18:00 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals New Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 30, 2019. Proposal information and documents can be found at https://www.ariss.org . 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 https://www.ariss.org . Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136 Francesco IKØWGF with 134 (***) Sergey RV3DR with 127 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 1348. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1289. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. 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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov 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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Maker fair Rome 2019
by andy thomas 19 Oct '19

19 Oct '19

G0sfj and Paulo iz0cux are just completing the day's presentation on Amateur Radio in space, in support of the British Interplanetary Society (BIS) and BIS -Italia. We heard Commander Luca Parmitano's ARISS downlink on an Arrow outside and demonstrate QO-100 on the web SDR. Receivers old and new from the Sputnik Special of 1958 to the Fun cube dongle are also featured. Thanks to amsat+uk for support. 73 dear Andy g0sfj Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

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2019 AMSAT Symposium - Saturday Morning Session
by Paul Stoetzer 19 Oct '19

19 Oct '19

The Saturday morning session of the 2019 AMSAT Symposium is now live at https://www.facebook.com/AMSATNA/videos/404490770456785?sfns=mo

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-19 02:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 18 Oct '19

18 Oct '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-10-19 02:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Istituto Comprensivo Statale “Diego Valeri”, Campolongo Maggiore, Italy, direct via IQ3RW and Istituto Comprensivo Ladispoli1, Ladispoli, Italy, direct via IKØWGF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Sat 2019-10-19 10:27:13 UTC 26 deg Watch for live stream from IQ3RW side of the contact: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDwdfkmV7_z2xtZP07Js3Rw?fbclid=IwAR2cvdFuG… Watch for live stream from IKØWGF side of the contact: or directly on AMSAT Italia youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkJ8IFmfTO-pUkVFNrUXIcg Liceo Scientifico Teresa Gullace, Rome, Italy,direct via IZØDIB and I.S.I.S. “ Zaccagna - Galilei” sede “G. Galilei”, Carrara. Italy, direct via IQ5VR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Thu 2019-10-24 11:13:40 UTC 79 deg (***) I.I.S. “Ciampini-Boccardo”, Novi Ligure, Italy, direct via I1LJV and I.T.I.S. "Magistri Cumacini", Como, Italy, direct via IZ2MCC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Fri 2019-10-25 10:24:39 UTC 83 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 2019-10-19 02:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-10-17 15:00 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. ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals New Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 30, 2019. Proposal information and documents can be found at https://www.ariss.org . 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 https://www.ariss.org . Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136 Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Sergey RV3DR with 127 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 1346. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1288. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. 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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov 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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FUNcube Warehouse Down
by David Johnson 18 Oct '19

18 Oct '19

Hi We had a mains failure but I haven’t had a chance to restart the server processes. Will attempt it in the morning. 73 Dave

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30, 000 More Starlink Satellites in Orbit = Contact your congressperson.
by Mr B r a d 18 Oct '19

18 Oct '19

Thank you Christy for the heads up on the space-junk.I have emailed my Congressman and asked for contact.BradKo6kL re: >SpaceX Just Filed a Request to Run 30,000 More Starlink Satellites in Orbit

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FOR SALE... ICOM 821H
by willmarbrowns＠charter.net 18 Oct '19

18 Oct '19

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nasa.all TLE
by Ronald G. Parsons 18 Oct '19

18 Oct '19

The file was just downloaded and looks file. Thanks. Ron

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Socorro New Mexico Ham fest Satellite Demos
by Dan Eggert 18 Oct '19

18 Oct '19

Hi all, This Saturday October 19th I will be doing satellite demonstrations at the Annual Socorro New Mexico Ham fest in Grid DM64. I will only be working the FM voice satellites. I hope to make many contacts! Dan Eggert - AC9E Sent from my iPad

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Jamboree on the Air this weekend.
by tjschuessler＠verizon.net 18 Oct '19

18 Oct '19

This weekend is the annual World Scouting "Jamboree on the Air" operating event. It is the largest annual Scouting activity worldwide. There will be hundreds of JOTA activations in North America alone, some, like me, will be helping Scouts make satellite contacts. If you hear stations on the birds this weekend that are working JOTA, do make it a point to work them and give them space to work as well. Scouts find our activities making satellite contacts fascinating and some have gotten hooked on the hobby through demos and activations like JOTA. I will be operating with N5EOC (NE Tarrant County ARC club call), at the Longhorn Council HQ facility in Hurst Texas during the day Saturday the 19th. I am sure besides Scouts coming to visit the event, there will be HQ staff as well and our operation, including Amateur Satellites, may be the first exposure to the hobby for some. Same goes for the other JOTA activations worldwide. Hope to hear you on the satellites this Saturday for Jamboree on the Air. Give us a shout. Tom Schuessler, N5HYP EM12ms

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