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Neil Armstrong - Radio ham?
by Peter Green 10 Jul '19

10 Jul '19

Last evening I went to the premiere of the documentary film Armstrong, which charts a life of astronaut Neil Armstrong. Throughout the film it shows his home in Wapakoneta Ohio on numerous occasions throughout the film. Attached to this house is a mast with a beam antenna and in the garden are several vertical antennas. I cannot see any mention of Neil Armstrong being a radio ham so does anybody know if the current owner of the house is a radio ham or perhaps this is just a random house that happens to have a mast and antennas? Best 73 Pete G0ABI Sent from my iPhone

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SDR legislation
by Jean Marc Momple 10 Jul '19

10 Jul '19

Dear All, I would be grateful if you could send me your regulator position about SDR's or legal framework in your country about same. Having some discussions with the 3B8 regulator (right now) about same this may help clearing some issues. Thanking you beforehand. Jean Marc (3B8DU)

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Re: [amsat-bb] PSAT2 PSK31 transponder operation
by Brad Schumacher 10 Jul '19

10 Jul '19

I have been able to activate the PSK31 transponder with as little as 20 watts when the satellite was at TCA and about 80 watts when closer to the horizon. I am using a Zero-Five 10-40GP vertical antenna which is about 27 feet in length. I learned that the PSK-31 will continue to run even when the SSTV is active. If the PSK-31 receive audio is kept between about 500 Hz to 1000 Hz and above about 2500 Hz it will not get interfered with from the SSTV transmission. In other words, set the 10 Meter uplink between 29.4785 and 29.4790 or between about 29.4805 and 29.4810 to stay out of the SSTV audio range. Thanks Brad Schumacher W5SAT Thanks, Brad Schumacher 307-631-6436 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-07-10 02:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 09 Jul '19

09 Jul '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-07-10 02:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Aerospace School of. U.N. Sultanova summer camp, Kalinovka, Davlekanovsky, Russia, direct via TBD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Alexey Ovchinin Contact is go for Thu 2019-07-11 20:30 UTC ====================================================================== Aerospace School of. U.N. Sultanova summer camp, Kalinovka, Davlekanovsky, Russia, direct via TBD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Alexey Ovchinin Contact is go for Tue 2019-07-16 19:35 UTC ====================================================================== The ARISS webpage is at http://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 http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) For many years I have on purpose not given the actual hyperlinks; I assume the user would do a copy/paste into their favorite browser. I am now thinking that the browsers have all grown up and most should be able to handle the link. Please let me know you experience any issues. So now you should be able to directly click on the link. (***) 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 2019-07-10 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. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-07-03 19:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at http://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 http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 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: http://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) http://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 http://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 135 Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 118 **************************************************************************** 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 1322. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1265. 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. http://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: http://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 http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correctio… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Aleksey Ovchinin Nick Hague KG5TMV **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Radio Carrying Case
by Kees van Oosbree 09 Jul '19

09 Jul '19

Hello, I've been looking for a new radio carrying case for my handheld radios. Right now I use an old camera bag to hold the radios, so then I can hold the antenna in one hand, and the speaker mic in the other hand. This has gotton complicated, however, because to adjust for doppler shift on my radios, I have to rummage around in my bag to to find the radios and have to push the buttons to change the frequency, which takes too much time. Does anybody have any ideas for a cheap way to hold the radios so they are easy to locate and don't take so much time to change the frequencies? 73 de KE0STO

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PSAT2 PSK31 transponder operation
by Tomáš Urbanec 09 Jul '19

09 Jul '19

Hi all, after our return from european field day this weekend, we sorted out through all available receptions of PSAT2 telemetry and SSTV. As very valuable source we use the SatNOGS observations. There I have found several passes over US, were PSAT2 was transmitting because it sensed the PSK signals on uplink, and I have found two stations there and decoded their calls as W5SAT and K4KDR. Congrats gentlemen! If you can post the power/antenna used in experiments, it would be very valuable for us. Therefore we can state, that also the PSK31 uplink is in great shape and waiting for your further experiments. Tomas OK2PNQ and Ales OK2ALP

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PSAT2 SSTV/telemetry intervals?
by Hans BX2ABT 09 Jul '19

09 Jul '19

Hello all. At what intervals do the SSTV and PSK31 telemetry get broadcast? Just had another good pass, saw some SSTV in the beginning, but until LOS not a single blip heard. Same yesterday. What gives? 73 de Hans

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PSAT2 TLE object number
by Robert Bruninga 08 Jul '19

08 Jul '19

> What is the object # for psat2 Its either 44354, 355 or 375. Those will certainly get you very close. But they are too close for use to claim one. BOb

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object # for psat2
by Nick Pugh 08 Jul '19

08 Jul '19

What is the object # for psat2 nick Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn

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EN75/76/85/86 corner from earlier today
by aa8ch 08 Jul '19

08 Jul '19

Hey, if you worked me on AO92 at 1625UTC or AO91 at 1655UTC today, please log as AA8CH/MM to get a match in LOTW. Thanks for the QSOs! Pictures /further details @charliehotel10 twitter. 73 Chris AA8CH

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AO-92 camera mode
by Andrew Glasbrenner 08 Jul '19

08 Jul '19

July 10 and 11 we'll be running the camera on AO-92 in support of the ARRL Teachers Institute. Exact pass times TBD, but expect anything that passes over Florida in the morning to be possible. More to follow. 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT VP Operations

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Re: [amsat-bb] Tripod Mount for Arrow
by Clint Bradford 08 Jul '19

08 Jul '19

To relieve stress to your wrist, elbow, and shoulder, you could mount a “handle” on the end of the Arrow’s boom. Photos if this ergonomic enhancement here: http://www.k6lcs.com/Photos/Pages/Arrow_Mod.html Clint Bradford K6LCS

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Tripod mount for Arrow.
by Brad Smith 08 Jul '19

08 Jul '19

Don: What kind of mount do you have to hold your Arrow on the tripod? I rove and the Arrow sits on a tripod while I sit on my butt. On Saturday, July 6, 2019, 11:13:50 AM EDT, Don KB2YSI via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: Sent from Brad's iPod

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Field Day score submission drawing near
by Bruce 07 Jul '19

07 Jul '19

Only about one day left to get your scores in for AMSAT Field Day 2019. You have until 11:59PM, Monday, July 8, 2019 to get those scores emailed to me. If you have some pictures, send them along. If you have a story about your field day experience, send it along as well. 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards AMSAT Board Member 2016-2020 ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat

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W3ZM/KH6 from BL20ca
by Mark L. Hammond 07 Jul '19

07 Jul '19

Hi all, getting near the end of the operating time here in Hawaii. I am currently limited to the east by hills/mountains, so I need like 8 deg ELE or more, working from BL20ca. Two passes coming up shortly: 7/8 (soon! ) AO-7 pass around 0005 z . Listen for me at 145.938 (at the satellite). FO-29 pass around 0040z. Very short window with enough elevation, but I'll try it. Listen 435.882 (at the satellite) 73! Mark N8MH . -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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Wow! Do not discount AO-85 yet!
by John Brier 07 Jul '19

07 Jul '19

It just worked/sounded as good as ever on the 1602 UTC pass (2019-07-06). I was able to get in easily with 5 watts through most of the last half of the pass. It was not fading in RX or TX capability at all like it was the previous few times I worked it. This was a 72 degree pass for me. Perhaps its solar panels were lit perfectly and maybe its RX antenna was lined up perfectly for me... either way, I am impressed. I'll upload my recording later but just wanted to put this out there as there were a ton of WMPLOTA stations on AO-91 earlier... maybe spread the traffic out on AO-85 some. At least when it is not in eclipse. 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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IC-9700 mode setting problem
by Erich Eichmann 07 Jul '19

07 Jul '19

Hello, A German user of the IC-9700 (Firmware vers. 1.11) reports the following problem when controlling the radio by SatPC32: When he selects a satellite the frequencies are set correctly, but the downlink mode goes immediatly to DATA mode. With FO-29, AO-07 the radio displays 'USB-D' as downlink mode, with SO-50 'FM-D', the same with all satellites. The mode settings in Doppler.SQF are correct (USB, FM etc.). The uplink mode is set correctly to LSB, FM etc. He can change to normal mode by pressing the field DATA in the mode screen, but when he selects another satellite the radio switchs again to DATA mode. With my radio (Firmwarevers. 1.06) also the donwlink mode is set correctly to USB , FM etc (without the '-D'). I can manually switch to USB-D, FM-D etc. by pressing the field 'DATA' in the mode screen. The '-D' then remains until I switch to another satellite, because the program sets the mode only once when the satellite is selected. When I switch to another satellite the radio goes to back to USB, FM etc. Has someone noticed such problem? Many thainks. 73s, Erich, DK1TB

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PSAT-2 SSTV
by Roland Zurmely 07 Jul '19

07 Jul '19

<https://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/psat2.htm#b> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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ARMADILLO over Brazil
by Roland Zurmely 07 Jul '19

07 Jul '19

Mensagens a 19k2 do ARMADILLO RX por PY4ZBZ 07-07-2019 12:21 UTC 1:Fm KE5DTW To WH2XYR <UI R Pid=F0 Len=256> [09:21:24R] [AA] [+++++++] Getting bored of space.Do you smell something burning?What's your favorite thing about space? Mine is space.There's a star. There's another one. Star. Star star star. Star.Don't like space. Don't like space.It's too big. Too big. Wanna go home. Wanna go to earth.Here, let me put on some adventure music.This ain't Marquis of Queensberry Rules, sweetie! Pour on the mustard!There's nothing in space! That's why it's space!You know what I hope's in space? Fire. I hope you go to space and catch on fire.We will both die because of your negligence.This situation is hopeless.Oh. Play cool. Play cool. Here come the space cops. Here come the space cops.Atmosphere. Black holes. Astronauts. Nebulas. Jupiter. The Big Dipper.Ohhh, the Sun. I'm gonna meet the Sun. Oh no! What'll I say? 'Hi! Hi Sun!' Oh boy!Come here, space, I have a secret for you. No, come closer.I'm in space!I know! Spell it! S P... AACE. Space. Space. 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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SATpc32/IC-9700 Start Up Issue
by Edward Roth 07 Jul '19

07 Jul '19

I wrestled with this problem for over a week trying everything I could think of to change and test. I finally saw a post by one of the developers of either the N1MM Contest Logging program or the WSJT-X digital program - can't remember which - saying that if you use their program with the IC-9700 then turn OFF the CI-V Transceive function or you will have data collisions. I turned it off in my IC-9700 and haven't had the problem since (the default is ON). Go to page 8-13 in the manual to see how to get to this setting. I'd be interested in knowing how many people had this problem. ED, K0NW Original Message From: Frank Karnauskas <n1uw(a)gokarns.com> To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Cc: Bcc: Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 23:41:55 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32/IC-9700 Start Up Issue After watching Daniel, W5EKG's You Tube video, I had SatPC32 and the IC-9700 working beautifully on the first try. (Thanks, Daniel!) The radio frequency tracked the software real-time just like it should. However, after playing around for a few minutes (changing satellites, turning the main tuning knob, etc.) The radio suddenly stopped following the frequency changes from SatPC32. The frequency intermittently updates after 10-20 seconds accompanied by the frequency on the radio display flashing white from MAIN to SUB for a brief moment. Usually nothing happens until I choose another satellite then the frequency updates once then...crickets.

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FM15 on 2019-07-07 - 2115 UTC - SO-50 pass
by John Brier 06 Jul '19

06 Jul '19

I will be activating FM15 tomorrow on the 2019-07-07 - 2115 UTC - SO-50 pass. I may be on the FM05/FM15 gridline too. This pass covers all of the US: https://twitter.com/SpaceComms1/status/1147681616602574848 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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FM sat chaos
by skristof＠etczone.com 06 Jul '19

06 Jul '19

Trying to get on the FM sats (e.g. AO-92 a couple of minutes ago) reminds me of the videos of people at BestBuy the day after Thanksgiving. Don't be surprised if you see an Arrow and a couple of handhelds going cheap on Ebay soon. Steve AI9IN

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Re: [amsat-bb] FM sat chaos
by tjschuessler＠verizon.net 06 Jul '19

06 Jul '19

So many newcomers to the FM Sats are put off by the chaos they here, especially on the weekends. Our success has led to this, which is at the same time a bad thing and a good thing. For those interested in making a first contact, or getting more comfortable with the process, here is what I recommend to folks I talk to. 1) Listen a lot first. Get familiar with the process. (Getting Started with Amateur Satellites from the AMSAT Store is also great for this stage). 2). Weekday passes, especially not in Summer are active but somewhat less competitive. 3). Overnight passes, especially of AO-91 as they generally are in the wee hours of the morning when most of us are tucked away in our beds. 4). For those on the east coast, Passes out over the Atlantic, as the footprint will have fewer other operators available, thus lower competition. 5). Central US operators should take advantage of west coast passes. Except for California, way fewer operators per square mile which means more room, sometimes. 6). West coast operators should aim for passes well over the pacific to again have fewer operators. 7). Full duplex operation. You may have to put a duplexer on each radio, even using an Arrow with two feeds, to help separate V and U signals to avoid de-sense. 8). Low popularity passes help you learn the quirks of each satellite as well as what procedures work best for you to hear yourself (Full duplex). 9) Use proper phonetics to get your call/grid across plainly. 10) Enjoy the challenge. Don't give up. Finally, no one reading this email needs this last piece of advice. Subscribe to this mail list. It is a great learning tool. 73 Tom Schuessler, N5HYP EM12ms

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ANS-188 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletin
by Mark D. Johns 06 Jul '19

06 Jul '19

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-188 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation 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://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 Board of Directors Election Update * Candidates for the AMSAT Board of Directors Announced * Frank Karnauskas, N1UW Appointed as AMSAT VP for Development * First Ever Contact via Moon Orbiting Transponder on LO-94 * First Call for Papers for the 50th Anniversary AMSAT Symposium * Take W3ZM on the Road! * ARISS-International Delegates Meet in Montreal * JAISAT-1 telemetry beacon downlink on 435.325 MHz FM 4k8 GMSK * Additional Amateur Radio Payloads to Launch with JAISAT-1 * VUCC Awards-Endorsements for July * * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-188.01 ANS-188 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 188.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE: 2019 July 7 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-188.01 2019 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Update The 2019 AMSAT Board of Directors election will be conducted dif- ferently than in past elections. In previous years, the balloting pro- cess was handled by multiple vendors. This year, AMSAT has contracted with a single, independent party, ElectionBuddy, to conduct and fully manage the election process. A ballot card will be mailed to all current members in accordance with the organization’s by-laws by or on July 15, 2019. You may cast your ballot by visiting a unique URL or utilizing the QR code printed on the card. If you do not receive your ballot, you will need to contact ElectionBuddy. ElectionBuddy will be responsible for distributing ballots, collecting ballots, and tallying votes. Individual candidates’ statement of qualification (biographies) will be published on AMSAT’s website and will be displayed on the ElectionBuddy website available to eligible voters. AMSAT believes this voting system will result in greater election integrity as it removes the potential for any perceived conflicts of interest. ElectionBuddy will manage AMSAT’s voter list and interaction with members regarding the election. This ensures voter anonymity. Individual ballot responses will never be shared with any volunteer or paid AMSAT staff. Because AMSAT has contracted ElectionBuddy for a fully managed elec- tion, they will be voters’ single point of contact regarding any ballot issues. The AMSAT Secretary or Office Manager may direct you to contact ElectionBuddy in situations deemed part of this fully managed election. Questions will not be answered on the AMSAT-BB or organizational Social Media accounts. In the event that you are unwilling or unable to cast your ballot via the online mechanism, ElectionBuddy will mail you a specific ballot that must be returned to them within the parameters of our election time frame so that it is received by the office no later than Sept- ember 15, 2019. If you choose this option, please understand it is at an increased cost to the organization. Sincerely, Clayton L. Coleman, W5PFG AMSAT Secretary [ANS thanks Clayton L. Coleman, W5PFG, AMSAT Secretary, for the above information]] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidates for the AMSAT Board of Directors Announced The corrected list of 2019 candidates, in alphabetical order by last name are: Jerry Buxton, N0JY Howard (Howie) Defelice, AB2S Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA Jeff Johns, WE4B Brennan Price, N4QX Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Michelle Thompson, W5NYV This year AMSAT membership will select four candidates to the Board of Directors. The four candidates receiving the highest number of votes will be seated as voting members of the Board of Directors. Two alternate directors will be selected based on the next highest number of votes received. Ballots will be mailed to the AMSAT membership by July 15, 2019. The election closes September 15, 2019. [ANS thanks Clayton L. Coleman, W5PFG, AMSAT Secretary, for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Karnauskas, N1UW Appointed as AMSAT VP for Development The AMSAT Board of Directors has elected Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, Vice President - Development This position carries the responsibility for fund raising, marketing and public relations for AMSAT programs. In addition to enhancing the AMSAT and ARISS brands within their tradi- tional spheres, this position is expected to broaden the appeal of its activities to a wider market. This includes the educational, corporate and philanthropic sectors. Joe Spier explains, "The cost of planning, building and launching satellites has risen exponentially over the past years. It is essential that we not only raise the Amateur Radio community's financial participation in these programs, we need to enlist the support of outside entities. We can only do this by demonstrating the value that Amateur Radio satellites bring to society's best interests. This is especially true for youth and educational programs where AMSAT's and ARISS' growth lies." Frank comes to this position with a forty-five year career as a sales and marketing executive in the consumer and industrial markets. He was first licensed in 1963 and has been a long-term member of AMSAT and the ARRL. Frank also contributes to AMSAT as an AMSAT News Service Rotating Editor. [ANS thanks AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ 2019 marks AMSAT’s 50th Anniversary of Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. To help celebrate, we are sponsoring the AMSAT 50th Anniversary Awards Program. Full details are available at https://www.amsat.org/amsat-50th-anniversary-awards-program/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- First Ever Contact via Moon Orbiting Transponder on LO-94 Daniel Estevez, EA4GPZ, reported on the details of the first contact via a lunar orbiting repeater that was accomplished via China's DSLWP-B (LO-94) satellite. EA4GPZ wrote, "In parallel [with the solar eclipse testing], the GMSK to JT4G repeater onboard DSLWP-B was used to make a QSO between BY2HIT, the Harbin Institute of Technology Amateur radio club, and Reinhard Kuehn DK5LA. This is the first ever Amateur radio QSO made through a lunar orbiting repeater. It was reported by Wei Mingchuan, BG2BHC." Continuing, "Using the GMSK to JT4G repeater is not easy, in terms of the signal power needed for the uplink. There were plans to make a QSO between BY2HIT and Reinhard since many months ago, but previous attempts didn't work out. My congratulations to the people at both sides of the QSO, who have achieved it a month before DSLWP-B crashes against the lunar surface. "The GMSK to JT4G repeater works by sending commands to the satellite which embed a 13 character message, using the same frequency and a similar protocol to the one used to command the camera and other sat- ellite functions. The precise definition of this mode is a 7.8125 baud FSK modulation with a shift of 394.53125Hz. Each FSK tone is "spread" with a 250 baud GMSK 32 bit syncword. The CCSDS 32 bit syncword is used to mark the beginning of a packet, and a Reed-Solomon (64,32) code is used for FEC, together with CCSDS scrambling. Such a message takes a bit longer than one minute to transmit. The uplink is in the 2m Amateur satellite band. "The repeater downlink is the usual JT4G downlink of DSLWP-B in the 70cm Amateur satellite band. The 13 character messages sent in the uplink command replace the usual JT4G telemetry, being repeated as a free-form JT4G message. In the case of this QSO, the B1 radio at 436.400MHz was used. This radio was also used to transmit the images using GMSK SSDV." Access EA4GPZ's full report at: https://destevez.net/2019/07/analysis-of-dslwp-b-eclipse-test-run-again/ [ANS thanks Daniel Estevez, EA4GPZ for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- First Call for Papers for the 50th Anniversary AMSAT Symposium The 50th Anniversary AMSAT Annual Meeting and Space Symposium will be held on the weekend of October 18 – 20 at The Hilton Arlington, 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, Virginia. Proposals for papers, symposium presentations, and poster presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community. We request a tentative title of your presentation as soon as possible, with final copy to be submitted by September 23rd for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv(at)amsat.org [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Take W3ZM on the Road! Leading up to the 2019 AMSAT 50th Anniversary Space Symposium and Gen- eral Meeting, to be held in Arlington, VA, October 18 – 20, 2019, AMSAT’s call sign, W3ZM, will operate from all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Not only is this your chance to get Worked All States-Satellites under the W3ZM call sign, but, also, your chance to be a part of this historic effort. Note: When operating outside of the “3” call area, operators will append the W3ZM call sign with “/(call area).” As an example, someone operating from Texas will use W3ZM/5; from Hawaii, W3ZM/KH6; from Alaska, W3ZM/KL7; and from Puerto Rico, W3ZM/KP4. To make this happen – We need your help! Please volunteer to get on the air and activate your State, using AMSAT’s W3ZM call sign, as well as to cover those States without an active AMSAT Member. Activations of other United States Territories (i.e. Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) are also welcome. To volunteer and operate using AMSAT’s W3ZM call sign, you must: - Be a current member of AMSAT - Obtain permission by emailing AMSAT VP of User Services, specifying the requested date(s) and location(s) - Submit an ADIF log of contacts made for upload to LoTW by AMSAT, as instructed in your notice of approval to use the W3ZM call sign Additional information and a schedule of operations may be found at: https://www.amsat.org/events/was-w3zm/ [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT VP of User Services, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS-International Delegates Meet in Montreal Nine nations were represented as Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) held its 2019 “face-to-face” meeting of interna- tional delegates at the Canadian Space Agency in Montreal, June 26–28. ARISS-Canada was the host for the gathering. A high point of the con- ference came when Kenwood software manager Shin Aota, JL1IBD, present- ed two Kenwood TM-D710GA transceivers to ARISS-Russia delegate Sergey Samburov, RV3DR. One of the TM-D710GA radios will replace aging Amateur Radio equipment currently in use on the International Space Station, while the other will remain on Earth as a spare for training cosmonauts. For more than a year, these radios have undergone detailed NASA qualification testing followed by final software configuration and verification. “With today’s transfer of the radios to ARISS-Russia, we are one step closer to an enhanced Amateur Radio system on board the ISS, support- ing various operations such as SSTV, voice communication, APRS, and a variety of experiments,” ARISS-International said in announcing the presentation. The ARISS Hardware Team met on June 25. Those on hand for the event included Radio Amateurs of Canada President (RAC) and ARISS-Canada Delegate for RAC Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA; AMSAT-NA President Joe Spier, K6WAO, and AMSAT-Italia President Emanuele D’Andria, I0ELE. ARRL Southeastern Division Director Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, attended in his role as chair of the ARRL Board’s new ARISS Committee. Rosalie White, K1STO, represented ARRL as an ARISS-US delegate and handled the duties of ARISS-International Secretary. The other ARISS-US delegate was Dave Taylor, W8AAS. The French government’s proposal to consider 144–146 MHz for possible allocation to the Aeronautical Mobile Service drew some discussion. Other topics included ARISS’ future participation in NASA’s Deep Space Gateway (DSG) program. ARISS is the only noncommercial entity whose ideas are under study by the program. The ARISS plan focuses on Amateur Radio communication, including optical communication channels, as well as equipment development, team cooperation, education, and public out- reach. Canadian Space Agency Program Manager of the Lunar Gateway Program Ken Podwalski noted that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada will go to the moon. CSA provided the “Canadarm” robotic arm for the space shuttle and contributed the Mobile Servicing System, a sophisticated robotics suite that plays a critical role in ISS oper- ations. White and Taylor presented the ARISS-US Region Report, highlighting many of the accomplishments of the US team since the last ARISS face- to-face meeting. Dave Honess of the European Space Agency presented some ideas for en- hanced ARISS educational outreach. A future SSTV session to honor Owen Garriott, W5LFL (SK), also came in for some discussion. Garriott was the first space traveler to use Amateur Radio from space. — Thanks to Dave Jordan, AA4KN, ARISS Public Relations, and Rosalie White, K1STO [ANS thanks ARRL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- JAISAT-1 telemetry beacon downlink on 435.325 MHz FM 4k8 GMSK JAISAT-1 was launched on July 5, 2019 at 05:41:46z along with a total of 33 satellites from 12 countries. The JAISAT-1 telemetry beacon is at 435.325 MHz. The telemetry signal format is 4k8 GMSK Mobitex (same as Dstar one Sparro and iSAT CMX990 Mobitex Format) in accordance with the details from the IARU satellite co-ordinator site: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=521 This is keplerian element from simulated orbit the following as below: JAISAT-SIM 1 77777U 19001a 19186.41724769 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 00015 2 77777 098.5564 148.1307 0015651 161.6334 118.6706 15.15099188000017 All amateur radio operators capable of receiving signals from the JAISAT-1 satellite are invited to send the data by email to: jaisatonetele(a)gmail.com The Radio Amateur Society of Thailand will have a SWL card to confirm reception. [ANS thanks Tanan Rangseeprom, HS1JAN, Project Manager of JAISAT-1, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional Amateur Radio Payloads to Launch with JAISAT-1 When JAISAT-1 launches in July from the Vostochny Cosmodrome it will fly with additional amateur radio payloads, summarized below. Berlin Technical University (Germany) Beesat-9 Coordination details at: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=657 A 1U Cubesat, BEESAT-9 is an educational, experimental satellite. The main objective is to verify 3- axes stabilization using a GPS receiver, reaction wheels and magnetorquers. A camera will take pictures of Earth to verify the attitude of the satellite. A new attitude control actuator, developed in a PhD thesis, will be first flown on BEESAT-9. The operations of the spacecraft will be conducted in lecture courses under the guidance of licensed radio amateurs. The satellite will have a digipeater function to mirror a signal to another satellite or ground station. Furthermore, it will provide a beacon signal for radio amateurs, including telemetry. The amateur radio community is highly encouraged to collect telemetry data pack- ets, plans for special operations e.g. experiments shall be announced to the amateur radio community on the Internet. It is also planned to include the amateur radio community to receive parts of pictures, which will then be put together by TU Berlin and published on the Website and on social networks. proposing to use a UHF downlink with 4k8 or 9k6 Mobilex GMSK modulation. A downlink on 435,950 MHz has been coordinated by the IARU. BEESAT-9 Will fly with BEESAT10-13 and MOVE-2B. More info from: http://www.raumfahrttechnik.tu-berlin.de/menue/ forschung/aktuelle_projekte/beesat-4/parameter/en/ https://tinyurl.com/ANS-188-BEESAT-9 Munich Technical University (Germany) will demonstrate their inno- vative cubesat bus by launching MOVE-IIb. Coordination details at: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=645 A 1U CubeSat. Proposing a VHF QPSK 12k5 Bit/s downlink for telemetry and mission data with a UHF uplink capability for a cross band repeat- er. A downlink on 145,840 MHz has been coordinated. No additional amateur radio repeater operation is available at press time. The IARU release suggests to monitor for updated information on the mission website at: https://www.move2space.de/ Tallinn Technical University (Estonia) - an educational satellite TTU101 developed to test Earth observation cameras and a novel high speed X-band communication system. Coordination details at: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=660 The mission of TTU satellite is to perform remote sensing in visible and IR electromagnetic spectrum from 500-600 km polar orbit with 1U cubesat for educational and technology demonstration purposes. Another mission task is to test amateur 10.450 - 10.500 GHz band frequencies for high-speed data downlink operations. Proposing a 435 MHz downlink with data rates up to 9k6 GFSK/GMSK and also OQPSK downlink on 10.45 GHZ at data rates up to 20Mbs. Downlinks on 10460.000 MHz and 435.450 MHz with a beacon on 435.500 MHz have been coordinated. More info at: https://www.ttu.ee/projects/mektory-eng/satellite-programme-3/ Royal Institute of Technology KTH (Sweden) - SEAM-2.0 scientific spacecraft for measuring the magnetic field of the Earth. http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=584 A 3U CubeSat intended to test a deployable boom carrying miniature sensors for measuring magnetic fields. A commercial S Band transceiver will operate in addition to a UHF transceiver using 9k6 GMSK. A down- link on 437.250MHz has been coordinated. University of Wuerzburg (Germany) - SONATE, a cubesat for technology demonstration, and orbital verification of various satellite compon- ents and autonomous payloads. Coordination details at: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=572 The educational objective of this mission includes opportunities students to build and operate radio communication systems of space and ground segment systems. Such a system is the amateur payload of this satellite, a transceiver which is currently built by several students over the course of their theses. This transceiver will initially provide regularly SSTV downlinks with images from one of the on-board cameras. Other thesis for instance address the antenna deploy mechanism. The following downlink frequencies have been coordinated: 9k6 GMSK/GSFK AX25 telemetry 437.025 MHz and for SSTV 145.840 MHz SkyFox Labs (Czech Republic) - Lucky-7 cubesat will demonstrate innovative solutions for 1U cubesat platform. Coordination details at: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=452 In addition to radio frequency operation the satellite includes high power LEDs transmitting in visible spectra (blue) to demonstrate EPS high power handling capability. Also included is a Digital Color cam- era module which will be used aboard the satellite to capture the images of Earth to confirm ADCS stabilization functionality and "high" data transfer throughput capability of the custom-built FSK onboard radio. A downlink on 437.525 MHz has been coordinated for a FSK downlink at variable bit rates up to 9k6. Data format information will be made available at http://www.lucky7satellite.org Additional launch information can be found at: https://tinyurl.com/y39pxhel [ANS thanks the IARU and parabolicarc.com for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- VUCC Awards-Endorsements for July Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period June 1, 2019 through July 1, 2019. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! CALL 01 Jun 01 Jul 2019 K5OE 1008 1079 K6FW 794 801 Correction WD9EWK 550 567 N3GS 454 525 NS3L 457 475 K9UO 351 400 W5TD New 381 MI6GTY 281 354 KE8AKW 258 329 W7JSD 279 309 G0ABI 305 306 AD0HJ 250 282 KC9ELU 229 233 AJ4A 225 230 AB1OC 177 184 N7EGY 100 169 PU8RFL 157 166 PS8MT 156 165 AA8CH/N8R New 113 KC9VGG New 102 N6REK New 100 WD9EWK (DM45) New 100 [ANS thanks Ron Parsons, W5RKN for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations Hawaii (BL20) – July 5-8, 2019 Mark, N8MH will be operating as N8MH/KH6 and as W3ZM/KH6 July 5-8 from BL20, FM and linears. Possibility of other grids once there. Watch the Twitter feed for further announcements: https://twitter.com/N8MH Wabakimi Provincial Park, Ontario (EO50) – July 4-10, 2019 Fred, VE3FAL, is heading off to Wabakimi Provincial Park July 4th-10th and will activate EO50 via FM satellites. Keep an eye on Fred’s Twitter feed for further updates: https://twitter.com/Fred_VE3FAL UP and Ontario (EN85, EN86, EN87) July 6-13, 2019 Chris, AA8CH, is heading back up north MI July 6th. Staying in EN85, will also hit EN86 if any requests. July 13 going to stay in EN76/VE3, with activation of EN86/EN87 planned. DM or email Chris, if you need one of ’em. Keep an eye on Chris’ Twitter feed for further updates: https://twitter.com/charliehotel10 Montana (EN55) July 8-10, 2019 Dennis, N7EGY, will be in DN55 starting the evening of July 8th thru ~1800z July 10th. First priority is moving his daughter & family into their new home, but he’ll sneak away to play on the birds as able. Keep an eye on Dennis’ Twitter feed for specific pass announcements: https://twitter.com/n7egy1 Iceland (HP93, HP94, HP95, IP03, IP05, IP13, IP14, IP15, IP24, IP25, IP35) – July 13-19, 2019 Adam, K0FFY, is taking his family (and his radios) to Iceland. He’ll be staying in HP95 on July 13, IP15 on July 14-15, IP25 on July 16, IP03 on July 17-18, and HP94 on July 19. In total, he’ll be passing through HP93, HP94, HP95, IP03, IP05, IP13, IP14, IP15, IP24, IP25, & IP35. There’s a lot to see, so passes will be best effort & announced on Twitter shortly prior: https://twitter.com/K0FFY_Radio For more information on the latest satellite roves and special events: https://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/ [ANS thanks KE4AL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + Several AMSAT members will be operating on satellites during the 13 Colonies Special Event this weekend: N2OA will be operating as K2A from FN03 KG4AKV will operate as K2J from North Carolina N3CAL will represent Maryland from FM18 as K2F For more information see: http://www.13colonies.net/ (ANS thanks N2OA, KG4AKV, and N3CAL for the above information) + An ARRL video introducing amateur radio to the public includes AMSAT Members N8HM, KM4LAO, and NP4JV: https://www.facebook.com/ARRL.org/videos/576779882849805/ (ANS thanks ARRL for the above information) + Lunar-OSCAR 94 successfully imaged the solar eclipse from lunar orbit on July 2. The images were downloaded by BY2HIT and PI9CAM. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-ifQaaXsAAGBwd.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-iDwjdUcAA8ehc.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-iNUXCX4AEzjmQ.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-iGqg9W4AAT3ue.jpg (ANS thanks Nico Janssen, PA0DLO for the above information.) + A nicely detailed description of equipment needed for access to the geosynchronous QO-100 by Tobias Mädel, DL4TMA was recently posted at: https://tbspace.de/qo100eshail2.html (ANS thanks Tobias Mädel, DL4TMA, for the above information) + NASA will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 Moon mission and look to the future of exploration on the Moon and Mars with a live, two-hour television broadcast Friday, July 19, and partner-led events taking place across the country from July 16 through July 20. For details, see: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/apollo50th/index.html (ANS thanks NASA for the above information) + The Planetary Society's LightSail 2 spacecraft sprang loose from its Prox-1 carrier vehicle as planned on July 2, and sent its first signals back to mission control at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in Cali- fornia. The satellite, with callsign WM9XPA, sends AX.25 FSK telem- etry at 9600 bps on 437.025 MHz. Full news release at: https://tinyurl.com/y6dtauv2 (ANS thanks The Planetary Society for the above information) + A reminder that AO-85 is in a low battery voltage condition. Please do not use the satellite while it is in eclipse, even if you hear it. Please send reports to the AMSAT-BB. They are welcome and helpful. (ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA for the above information.) + On July 1, 1976, the main exhibition hall of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC opened. AMSAT was on site with a portable satellite station on the steps of the museum and President Ford's dedication speech was transmitted through AO-7. Photos of this event were posted by AMSAT at https://twitter.com/AMSAT/status/1145679438744608769 + The submission deadline for AMSAT Field Day scores is July 8th. --------------------------------------------------------------------- /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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I'll be activating FM13 in 50 minutes on AO-91 (1742 UTC)
by John Brier 06 Jul '19

06 Jul '19

What I said in $SUBJECT. 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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Re: [amsat-bb] HRD WITH DX labs
by Richard Lawn 06 Jul '19

06 Jul '19

I’ve been following your posts both here and on the 9700 list as I just bought one too. Haven’t even gotten it out of the box yet. Log integration with satpc32 is an important issue for us to solve. I’ll keep an eye out for those who respond in hopes of finding a solution. 73 Rick, W2JAZ -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

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AO-7 pass to NA
by Ronnan Werneck 06 Jul '19

06 Jul '19

Hi folks, I'm again in GH52dx, and I'll be on AO-7 pass to North America today starting arround 19:21UTC. Pse QSP. 73 PP2RON

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PSAT2 Ops Normal
by Robert Bruninga 05 Jul '19

05 Jul '19

PSAT2 checks out perfectly. We will leave it in the present mode for a while. That is, PSK31, SSTV (when volts are high), with Digipeater on, and APRS-to-Voice is enabled. PSAT2 is either object 44375 or 443354. It is not 355. Bob, Wb4APR

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FInding Nemo (er... USNAP1)
by Robert Bruninga 05 Jul '19

05 Jul '19

Norad has added another object very close to the two objects we are tracking (one of which is PSAT2). The new one is 44375 It is slightly behind 44354 and 44355. If one of those three is USNAP1, then PSAT2 has to be behind it. So PSAT2 could be either 44354 or 44375 maybe. Proof? Bob, WB4APR

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Please help an old ham, but new to hamsats!
by george.carrii15 05 Jul '19

05 Jul '19

WO5W has an Alinco DJ-G7T and needs help setting it up for the hamsats.Can anyone help him? I have no knowledge of that rig and an trying to Elmer him from afar.Please email him and offer help.Tnx73GeorgeWA5KBHSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone null

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HRD with DXLab on sats
by jeff griffin 05 Jul '19

05 Jul '19

Has anyone on here use HRD with DXLab to work and log satellite contacts using the HRD to DXLab bridge? I'm trying to integrate an IC-9700 into my daily use sat setup, replacing SatPC32 and DXLab. I'm trying to get something that's more integrated then what I'm now using and the bridged HRD and DXLab look promising. Anyone doing this? Anyone interested in doing this? 73 Jeff kb2m

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Polysat CP9 heard
by Hans BX2ABT 05 Jul '19

05 Jul '19

Today heard around 1109 UTC, 437.509 MHz, from SSW, 20+ wpm CW ID (SSB mode) with call WI2XTB and a short data bursts (9600 baud). Audio of the ID: http://bx2abt.com/main/data/_uploaded/media/20190705_1109_437509-WI2XTB.mp3 There isn't much information on the web about this bird. 73 de Hans BX2ABT

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Field Day Submissions due
by Bruce 04 Jul '19

04 Jul '19

Do not forget if you would like your groups score included in the 2019 Field Day summary, your submission must be made by 11:59 PM, Monday, July 8, 2019. We are running a little behind last years submissions. I even have our club in with our one contact. You do not have to have a lot of contacts, any amount is respectable. It is the ooo's and ahhh's that those watching said when they saw a satellite contact being made. 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards AMSAT Board Member 2016-2020 ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat

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LO 94 and the solar eclipse
by Nico Janssen 04 Jul '19

04 Jul '19

On July 2 there will be a total solar eclipse that can be observed by the amateur satellite Lunar-OSCAR 94 (a.k.a. LongJiang 2 and DSLWP-B) from its elliptical orbit around the Moon. Attempts will be made to image the eclipse, where both the Moon and Earth should appear in the images. For details see these blog posts of Dani, EA4GPZ: https://destevez.net/2019/06/dslwp-b-and-the-solar-eclipse/ https://destevez.net/2019/06/imaging-times-for-dslwp-b-eclipse-observation/ Note that LO 94 is expected to crash onto the Moon's surface at the end of July, ending its mission. Until then you can still track LO 94 using GMAT and receive its 70 cm downlinks. 73, Nico PA0DLO

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JAISAT-1 telemetry beacon downlink on 435.325 MHz FM 4k8 GMSK
by Tanan Rangseeprom 04 Jul '19

04 Jul '19

Dear AMSAT Member, We would like to inform AMSAT members that they should be able to receive telemetry transmissions from the JAISAT-1 satellite which is scheduled for launching on July 5, 2019 by a Soyuz 2.1b rocket at 05.41 UTC together with the Meteor M N2-2 satellite and along with a total of 34 satellites from 12 countries. for live at link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDbhjv_2UNM JAISAT-1 There is a telemetry beacon with a downlink on 435.325 MHz The telemetry signal formet is 4k8 GMSK Mobitex or same dstar one Sparro and iSAT (CMX990 Mobitex Format) in accordance with the details from the IARU satellite co-ordinator according to the following link: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=521 This is keplerian element from simulate orbit the following as below: JAISAT-SIM 1 77777U 19001a 19186.41724769 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 00015 2 77777 098.5564 148.1307 0015651 161.6334 118.6706 15.15099188000017 All amateur radio operators capable of receiving signals from the JAISAT-1 satellite are invited to send the data by email to: jaisatonetele(a)gmail.com and the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand will have a SWL card to confirm reception to everyone. Sincerely and with respect. Tanan Rangseeprom, HS1JAN Project Manager of JAISAT-1

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Re: [amsat-bb] FM sat chaos
by John Kludt 04 Jul '19

04 Jul '19

Yup, some passes can get pretty intense. But others can be pretty mellow. Don't give up yet. John Sent from my Verizon Motorola Smartphone On Jul 4, 2019 12:27, AI9IN via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > Trying to get on the FM sats (e.g. AO-92 a couple of minutes ago) > reminds me of the videos of people at BestBuy the day after > Thanksgiving. Don't be surprised if you see an Arrow and a couple of > handhelds going cheap on Ebay soon. > > Steve AI9IN > _______________________________________________ > 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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Turned the corner on AISAT-1 APRS digipeats
by Scott 04 Jul '19

04 Jul '19

Greetings! Being smart would be cool, but sometimes it's just easier to be lucky. Since the launch of AISAT-1, I have really struggled to get digipeated thru that satellite. At best, I could get in a single digipeat but only at the exact moment of closest approach on a high pass. Armed with seeing that repeatedly, I thought doppler tracking the 145.825 FM uplink might help, but it did not. So tonight (4-July UTC), by pure coincidence, there was a high pass of AISAT-1 immediately following a pass of PSAT-2. Following Bob's (WB4APR) recommendation to use NARROW-FM on PSAT-2 (worked well), I thought "what the heck", I'll leave my radio set on NARROW-FM for the pass of AISAT-1 as well. I'll even doppler track the AISAT-1 uplink while I'm at it. Boom. Got digipeated left and right. Well before and after closest approach, I got digipeated. I didn't go crazy since I'm always so afraid of blocking out other people on a simplex satellite, but I hit it enough to see the night & day difference from what I'd been experiencing since deployment. If it's in the docs somewhere I missed it, but is sure seems to me that, like PSAT-2, AISAT-1 might very well be equipped with a NARROW-FM radio. It would be great to see if others find as much improvement as I did, so I hope some folks will try AISAT-1 using NARROW-FM on the 145.825 APRS digipeater. 73, -Scott, K4KDR

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Lightsail2
by Hans BX2ABT 04 Jul '19

04 Jul '19

On Twitter I see successful decodes of telemetry and CW. I monitored a few passes, but either nothing heard, or I got a pulsating carrier with no modulation. I had passes both in sunlight and eclipsed. Are signals from Lightsail2 very weak and is my station too small to handle them? What can I expect? Who on this list has heard Lightsail2? 73 de Hans BX2ABT

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Satellite presentation - Madison County NC
by Philip Jenkins 04 Jul '19

04 Jul '19

I'll be giving a "Satellite 101" presentation at HAMARS (High Appalachian Mountain Amateur Radio Society) ,Mars Hill, NC, on July 16 at 7pm I may attempt (a) demo(s)s, but I haven't looked at the available passes yet. Philip N4HF AMSAT Ambassador

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APRS Satgate- Server and Port Information
by Nitin Muttin 04 Jul '19

04 Jul '19

All, I want to turn on the APRS satgate at my station. Installed UISS Satgate ver2.0 and trying to connect to satgate.aprsca.net using port 14850 but unable to connect. I have checked the AVG firewall in the PC and nothing is blocking this application. Also have tried port forwarding in the router but still unable to connect. I am able to ping satgate.aprsca.net Please share if there are other servers I could try for satgate. 73 Nitin [VU3TYG]

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PSAT2 Status and Voice Ops (and reset)
by Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW 04 Jul '19

04 Jul '19

Hi, Heres more SSTV from PSAT-2 from tonights 01:43 and 00:05 UTC passes. Also got a few PSK31 telemetry frames again on 375hz: PSAT-2 A cbjF bBagjovgpqkaaq aaaa A cbjz bBadkgvmpqjEaot . Heard Scott testing the APRS to Voice several times sucessfully on 145.825. Still no luck on bringing up the PSK31 transponder. Max elevation tonight was 19 degrees! Images can be seen here from tonight: https://twitter.com/KE8AKW/status/1146653199966842880 73 - Nick KE8AKW

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Re: [amsat-bb] PSAT2 Status and Voice Ops (and reset)
by Roy Dean 04 Jul '19

04 Jul '19

https://clyp.it/fesdanzt I can make out "K4KDR" in the first message, but not the message itself. Scott, what did you have it say? I tried to make it say "Shall we play a game", no dice. Hopefully somebody can do that in the future. :) --Roy > Your updates are very helpful as we learn about the capabilities of this > new satellite - thanks Bob! Regarding the text-to-voice, are you saying > that we should not transmit > messages in that format to the normal 'ARISS' path? If not, then what path > should be used for text-to-voice messages? Thanks! -Scott, K4KDR

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Re: [amsat-bb] Type of modulation used by Kenwood Th-d7
by Roy Dean 03 Jul '19

03 Jul '19

FM? APRS is AX.25 1200AFSK Is that what you are looking for? --Roy K3RLD > Hi everybody > Can anyone tell me what kind of RF modulation used by Kenwood Th-d7. > Regards

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Type of modulation used by Kenwood Th-d7
by Abdeslam Salah 03 Jul '19

03 Jul '19

Hi everybody Can anyone tell me what kind of RF modulation used by Kenwood Th-d7. Regards

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Triplexers wanted
by Roger - W7TZ 03 Jul '19

03 Jul '19

In need of three Diamond Antenna Triplexers model MX324. Condition must be to spec. Please provide pic and cost shipped to 97457. Payment by Paypal only. I'm good on QRZ, or my call via ARRL.net. 73, Roger W7TZ CN83ia Grid Busters w7tz.webs.com

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PSAT2 Status and Voice Ops (and reset)
by Robert Bruninga 03 Jul '19

03 Jul '19

PSAT2 digipeating and aprs-to-voice ops are working using the special APRS-to-voice packet format. But not both. A packet with a digipeating path will not be spoken and a properly formatted text-to-voice message will not be digipeated. This is a quirk of the TNC that for some reason does not pass a digipeated packet out its serial port to the Speech CPU. Also the 6 day watchdog timer is about to reset and will probably reboot the spacecraft's comm system overnight. We are letting this fail-safe watchdog timer time out intentionally so we can verify it works. Turns out, the Speech CPU is sleeping longer than we expected and so it turned into a 9 day timer! We hope our command station in Brazil can restore it tomorrow. You can see the alphabetic watchdog timer count (y) as the first character in the APRS-to-voice bulletin: PSAT2>APDIGI,ARISS::BLNg-APRS:y|Q S T: This is the Aee PRS bullettin . It turned to (y) sometime between 1400 and 1700z today and after (z) it will reset (it is 8 hours per count)... If you wonder about the spelling of this bulletin, that is intentional, because it is intended that this bulletin be spoken. We have found that creative spelling can get the sound you want instead of what the text-to-speech processor might come up with. And remember, for text-to-speech, use lower case, or it will spell-out letters if they are uppercase. Hence "Aee PRS" is the correct pronunciation of APRS and not "Aprs" that some people use <wink> ;-) Bob, WB4APR

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Office Closed
by Martha 03 Jul '19

03 Jul '19

The AMSAT Office will be closed Thursday, July 4th and Friday, July 5th -- 73- Martha

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-07-03 19:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 03 Jul '19

03 Jul '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-07-03 19:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Santa Barbara Public Library, Santa Barbara, CA, direct via K6TZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV Contact was successful: Wed 2019-07-03 17:54:19 UTC 49 deg (***) Watch for livestream at starting at about 17:30 UTC: https://SantaBarbaraCA.gov/citytv2 The ARISS webpage is at http://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 http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) For many years I have on purpose not given the actual hyperlinks; I assume the user would do a copy/paste into their favorite browser. I am now thinking that the browsers have all grown up and most should be able to handle the link. Please let me know you experience any issues. So now you should be able to directly click on the link. (***) 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 2019-07-03 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. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-07-03 19:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at http://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 http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 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: http://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) http://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 http://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 135 Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 118 **************************************************************************** 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 1322. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1265. (***) 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. http://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: http://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 http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correctio… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Aleksey Ovchinin Nick Hague KG5TMV **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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A test question!
by Graham Shirville 03 Jul '19

03 Jul '19

Hi All, I am preparing for a satellite talk and QO100 demo this Monday 8th July at the Milton Keynes Amateur Radio Society! I have a slide that shows Oscar 7 as having been launched in 1974 and I am tempted to state that it is the oldest satellite in earth orbit that is still functioning! (not just the oldest Oscar) Would I be correct? I will, of course, explain about how it was "out of service" for some years in the intervening 45. many thanks Graham G3VZV

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PSAT2 status DIGI and Voice are on
by Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW 03 Jul '19

03 Jul '19

Hi Bob! Managed to copy my first SSTV image on 17 degree pas @01:45 UTC today. Looks like its a image from the ROM of your desk. Also managed to copy a PSK31 telemetry frame on 375hz: PSAT-2 A bDmk bBaalfvdpqjEar aaaa A bCph bBamlkujpqjFak . No luck this pass in trying to bring up the PSK31 transponder and seeing my downlink, but this was my first attempt. I will keep trying on 29.481.50. My SSTV image can be seen on my twitter here: https://twitter.com/KE8AKW/status/1146238059698110465 . Also looks like two stations were digipeated in the US on that pass according to FINDU http://www1.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat.cgi?absolute=1 . Thanks for enabling the digipeater. We cannot wait here in the higher latitudes to finally hear and work PSAT-2! 73 - Nick KE8AKW

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Good SSTV picture from PSAT-2
by Roland Zurmely 03 Jul '19

03 Jul '19

Near perigee, good picture from 03 july <https://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/psat2.htm#a> 73 de Roland

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Re: [amsat-bb] PSAT2 status DIGI and Voice are on
by Robert Bruninga 02 Jul '19

02 Jul '19

PSAT2 has been enabled for Digipeating on 145.825 up/down. Also the APRS-to-Voice feature is enabled if you send a packet in APRS message format TO PSAT2-SAY and begin the message with CCCCCC sez speak this… Where CCCCCC is your callsign padded to 6 bytes with spaces and you must spell “sez” which is the key word. What will be spoken is “CCCCCC sez speak this …” But DON’T EVEN THINK about it if you are not tracking Doppler on the uplink. You wont get in and will only jam others. If you radio can only do 5 KHz steps, then the only time for you to transmit is a few seconds at max elevation when the Doppler passes through 0 offset (And you are strongest then anyway). DO NOT ATTEMPT any DTMF modes. They are disabled. They take longer uplink times and will be quite jamming to others. ALSO, because of all the APRS calls in space, FINDU.com and I are cleaning up the links. PCSAT.APRS.ORG will now only capture USER packets and will not be cluttered with satellite telemetry. Find telemetry from each satellite on this top-down page: http://aprs.org/sats.html Object number we now think is 44355 or 44354 that are too close to tell. Bob, WB4aPR *From:* Robert Bruninga <bruninga(a)usna.edu> *Sent:* Monday, July 1, 2019 9:02 PM *To:* amsat bb <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> *Cc:* Robert Bruninga <bruninga(a)usna.edu> *Subject:* PSAT2 status (GREAT NEWS!) PSAT2 is doing great! PSK31 and SSTV transponder have been on since launch. SSTV downlinks are looking good. See Gallery: http://www.urel.feec.vutbr.cz/esl/psat2/sstv/ Still waiting for first report of user PSK31 contacts. But I have not said much about the VHF modes… because we have had difficulty commanding. This is because the PSAT2 VHF uplink uses an inexpensive narrowband XCVR module which is intolerant of overdeviated signals, exactly what you get with +/- 3 kHz of Doppler. ANYWAY, we can now consistently command if we set the Kenwood to narrowband NFM and do it right in the middle of the pass. Plus, we can extend that a bit (1.25 KHz after center) by then changing the radio step size to 6.25 Khz where the channel raster ups the channel by 1.25 KHz). So, we now have command again! You may have seen that we have turned on Sun vector S#... telemetry and can easily see by plotting the 1 minute xyz xyz xyz vector triplets that it is smoothly tumbling at about 1.3 RPM for nice battery charging and good thermal management. The downlink is live on FINDU: http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/raw.cgi?call=psat2-1&time=1 Background: This last 6 days of crisis was complicated by the fact that I am operating in a temporary dungeon while the building is being renovated and all my 27 years of lab stuff is in 200 boxes surrounding me. I installed a temporary ground station on the top floor and modest antennas and a TV rotator and the contractor let me drill a hole through the wall that they can seal up later. But the big problem is the 8 flights of stairs from my PC and internet connectivity in the dungeon up to the radio 6 times a day for passes with only a few hours sleep and all kinds of what-if-dead-ends. And with passes from 10 PM to 2 AM. But we are back in the saddle again! And this good news reprieve is only an hour old, so it will take a while to decide what we want to do next. In any case, the Brno University PSK31 and SSTV transponder has all the power for now, so enjoy. Uplink USB on 29.4815 and downlink on 435.350 +/- Doppler. The transponder only comes up if there is a user in the uplink with PSK31. Bob, WB4APR

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13 Colonies Special Event
by Dave 02 Jul '19

02 Jul '19

I will be operating K2A this week as a representative of NY for the event and hope to work some of the satellites during the week from FN03. I'm still a newbie but I have a pair of eggbeaters up and can work the linear or FM sats when everything cooperates. I will post on the AMSAT-NA Facebook group and will use twitter @AMSAT when I know I'll be on. Dave N2OA

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K2J on 2019-07-02 - 2230 UTC - SO-50 pass
by John Brier 02 Jul '19

02 Jul '19

Hi folks, I will be operating with the K2J callsign from FM05 on the 2019-07-02 - 2230 UTC - SO-50 pass. This is a nice pass over the center of North America. K2J is the North Carolina callsign for the 13 Colonies Special Event: http://www.13colonies.net/ https://www.qrz.com/db/k2j 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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EN75/76/85/86/87 rove
by aa8ch 02 Jul '19

02 Jul '19

Heading back up north MI July 6th. Staying in EN85, will also hit EN86 if any requests. May try to do EN75/76/85/86 corner /MM one of the days. July 13 going to stay in EN76/VE3, with activation of EN86/EN87 planned. Let me know if you need one of 'em. 73/Chris AA8CH

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IC-9700 and SATPC32 linear tuning
by Bill Acito 02 Jul '19

02 Jul '19

I run SATPC32 on a Win10 tablet portable with my ICOM 820H. Make sure your clock and keps are current (sync immediately before the pass) On FO-29, you shouldn't have to move the TX offset more than +/- 1Khz to find yourself. On my current tablet, it was +800Hz, on a previous laptop, -600. You're adjusting for PC clock tolerance, temperature, location accuracy, and VFO accuracy. Once you do, you can set that as a permanent offset so you don't have to do that again: https://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2006-December/001991.html AO-7 is much tougher, as some of the published doppler.sqf files are 3 to 4Khz off from reality (your mileage may vary) The XW's seem to be spot on, with little or no adjustment. Bill W1PA

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IC-9700 and SATPC32 linear tuning
by Dave J 02 Jul '19

02 Jul '19

Hello folks: I just upgraded my tired FT-847 for a new IC-9700. FM birds are not a problem but I'm wondering if someone has a good method of finding your signal on the linear birds while using SATPC-32 revision 12.8d. The only way I can vary the TX frequency is under the CAT Tuning menu Upl Calib field. It seems to work but it's a bit clunky and not very quick. If I try to change the transmit frequency on the radio it only gives me a few seconds then reverts back to what is on the main screen of the PC. If I try changing the receive frequency, the transmit frequency changes as well. Probably new radio operator error but I would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks//Dave WB9YIG

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Santa Barbara Public Library, Santa Barbara, CA
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 02 Jul '19

02 Jul '19

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Santa Barbara Public Library, Santa Barbara, CA on 03 July. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:54 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and K6TZ. 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. The Santa Barbara Public Library's mission is to provide information services, reading materials, and educational resources to the greater Santa Barbara community. The Library provides STEM programs and a wide range of maker programs year round. The Library enriches lives by creating equitable opportunities for learning both at our libraries and outside our walls in locations throughout the community. All of the Library's services are free of charge. Every summer, the Santa Barbara Public Library holds a Summer Reading and Learning Program for readers of all ages, which especially targets school age children to help prevent summer learning loss. This year, the theme of the program space exploration, and includes a series of STEAM programs related to astronomy, physics, radio communication, and other space related topics, in preparation for an ARISS (Amateur Radio International Space Station) contact taking place the first week of July. STEAM programs this summer include the following: Cook up a Comet - What are comets, and how do they form? Kids can learn about these astrological phenomenon and create their own. What is Amateur Radio? - Learn more about how our radio Space Station contact works by connecting with Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club (SBARC), the group that is making contact with the ISS possible. Little Bits ISS and Mars Rover - Learn about radio communication on the International Space Station or satellite communication with the Mars Rover by building your own model with Little Bits circuits. Robotics Camp - Build and code your own space rover using Hummingbird Robotics in this week long camp. Summer Space Camp - This will be a week-long camp where we'll focus on engineering, space, aeronautics, and the space station. Activities will include Wonderbots retrieving space samples, building and launching rockets, and astronaut boot camp. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What's the most interesting thing that you have seen while you were on the space station? 2. Are there any planets that you've found that we could live on? 3. How do you take a shower? 4. Are pets and/or animals allowed on the ISS? 5. How do you survive and eat on the space station? 6. What does it feel like to be in space or the ISS? 7. What is it like to be weightless and float in space? 8. Has the ISS been hit by space debris? 9. What does Earth look like from very far up? 10. What do you do in your life on Earth that you cannot do in space? 11. At your current orbit, do you have sunrise and sunset and how many hours of daylight do you have? 12. If the ISS was rebuilt what would you do differently and should another be built? 13. Living in space or anywhere else other than on earth is very dangerous. Why not just send robots? 14. Can you get sick while in space? 15. Do radio waves travel slower in space? 16. How do Astronauts use the restroom at the space station or when traveling to the space station? 17. How do you repair the space station? 18. Why do you eat Jello on Mondays? 19. What experiments do you do? Are you doing any research in space that was your idea? 20. What do you do with your waste? Is there compost? 21. How many "pounds of thrust" are required to launch the rocket that boosts the space station into space and what does it feel like? 22. How many years does it take and what tests do you have to pass to become an astronaut? 23. Do you see space vehicles from other countries during your observations? 24. What was it like when you found out you actually get to go to 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): 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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2019 AMSAT Symposium Call for Papers
by Daniel Schultz 02 Jul '19

02 Jul '19

This is the first call for papers for the 2019 AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of October 18 - 20 at The Hilton Arlington, 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, Virginia. Proposals for papers, symposium presentations, and poster presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community. We request a tentative title of your presentation as soon as possible, with final copy to be submitted by September 23rd for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv(at)amsat.org 73, Dan Schultz N8FGV

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PSAT2 status (GREAT NEWS!)
by Robert Bruninga 02 Jul '19

02 Jul '19

PSAT2 is doing great! PSK31 and SSTV transponder have been on since launch. SSTV downlinks are looking good. See Gallery: http://www.urel.feec.vutbr.cz/esl/psat2/sstv/ Still waiting for first report of user PSK31 contacts. But I have not said much about the VHF modes… because we have had difficulty commanding. This is because the PSAT2 VHF uplink uses an inexpensive narrowband XCVR module which is intolerant of overdeviated signals, exactly what you get with +/- 3 kHz of Doppler. ANYWAY, we can now consistently command if we set the Kenwood to narrowband NFM and do it right in the middle of the pass. Plus, we can extend that a bit (1.25 KHz after center) by then changing the radio step size to 6.25 Khz where the channel raster ups the channel by 1.25 KHz). So, we now have command again! You may have seen that we have turned on Sun vector S#... telemetry and can easily see by plotting the 1 minute xyz xyz xyz vector triplets that it is smoothly tumbling at about 1.3 RPM for nice battery charging and good thermal management. The downlink is live on FINDU: http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/raw.cgi?call=psat2-1&time=1 Background: This last 6 days of crisis was complicated by the fact that I am operating in a temporary dungeon while the building is being renovated and all my 27 years of lab stuff is in 200 boxes surrounding me. I installed a temporary ground station on the top floor and modest antennas and a TV rotator and the contractor let me drill a hole through the wall that they can seal up later. But the big problem is the 8 flights of stairs from my PC and internet connectivity in the dungeon up to the radio 6 times a day for passes with only a few hours sleep and all kinds of what-if-dead-ends. And with passes from 10 PM to 2 AM. But we are back in the saddle again! And this good news reprieve is only an hour old, so it will take a while to decide what we want to do next. In any case, the Brno University PSK31 and SSTV transponder has all the power for now, so enjoy. Uplink USB on 29.4815 and downlink on 435.350 +/- Doppler. The transponder only comes up if there is a user in the uplink with PSK31. Bob, WB4APR

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PSAT2 SSTV & PSK mixed
by Hans BX2ABT 01 Jul '19

01 Jul '19

Finally got a chance to tonight to see if I could get some signals in from PSAT2. Got a very nice image on a 58 degree pass (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-ZE3vHU4AE0Ah5.png), but I noticed it was intertwined with a PSK signal. Is that supposed to be? Got a stand-alone PSK signal a while later, but FLdigi couldn't decode it, because it looked like two separate PSK signal? How can you decode it then? (And yes, if the answer is out there accept my apologies: I have not been paying attention this past week. Sorry). 73 de Hans BX2ABT

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Re: [amsat-bb] Falconsat-3 upload problem
by Hans BX2ABT 01 Jul '19

01 Jul '19

Hello all, Got all your TESTING UPLOAD messages in loud and clear. My message to K4KDR didn't get send out. I'm still (re)searching about the cause of this. Later...... Hans BX2ABT On 06/18/2019 09:45 PM, Mark L. Hammond wrote: > Hi Hans, > > I was able to upload a message (to you!) on FS-3 last night/this > morning, fully automated. So the satellite is evidently behaving OK. > > Hope you get it figured out. Since I don't use Direwolf, sorry I > can't give any suggestions. > > 73, > > Mark N8MH > > At 08:07 AM 6/18/2019 +0800, Hans BX2ABT wrote: > >> I didn't write it directly, but I assumed from the description you >> would read that I indeed run full duplex (and to add to this: my >> system is Linux, not Windows). If not Direwolf will wait for a free >> window to throw out packets which will never happen because FS-3 is >> on all the time. No, everything is working, except for the problem I >> described before: all commands to the bird are heard and responded >> to, but uploading a message will fail. >> >> Desensing is also not the problem: got the appropriate filters in >> place for that. Cheers, >> >> Hans >> >> BX2ABT >> >> On 06/17/2019 10:52 PM, Mark L. Hammond wrote: >>> Hello Hans, I have not been working FS-3 recently, since the IC-9700 >>> will not do 9600 packet [iCom, please fix!!] :( Â Â So I cannot >>> comment on recent uploads.Â However, to add to Bob's thoughts--are >>> you running full duplex? Â It's critical.Â Also, is your transmit >>> signal desensitizing your receive signal?Â Â That is important, too.Â >>> >>> In the next week or so I will change radios at my station so I can >>> again use FS-3. Â I'll be better able to share current experiences >>> with you. >>> >>> 73, >>> >>> Mark N8MH >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 9:19 AM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB >>> <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> I'm not behind my shack computer right now, but I know that PSGS >>> and >>> Direwolf each have a TX delay. Are you referring to those maybe >>> being >>> too long? If so, then why are all other commandsÂ (DL and >>> directory >>> listings) giving me no problem? >>> >>> 73 de Hans >>> >>> BX2ABT >>> >>> >>> On 06/17/2019 08:53 PM, Robert Bruninga wrote: >>> > I am no expert.Â But remember that your RF and all processing >>> has to >>> > be full duplex.Â The turn arround for packets in the >>> satellite is >>> > instantaneous. >>> > with no TXD delays.Â Bob >>> > >>> > >>> > On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 2:24 AM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB >>> > <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <mailto:[email protected]> >>> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: >>> > >>> >Â Â Â Up til now I have been successful in getting >>> PacSatGroundStation >>> >Â Â Â (PSGS) >>> >Â Â Â to work on receive. You can go here if you want to see >>> my setup: >>> >Â Â Â http://bx2abt.com/main/Falconsat-3 >>> <http://bx2abt.com/main/Falconsat-3> . I can hit FalconSat-3 with a >>> >Â Â Â directory request or file download request and get an >>> immediate >>> >Â Â Â response >>> >Â Â Â and consequent downloads. Uploading is a different >>> story, however. I >>> >Â Â Â have been able to get some messages uploaded, but it >>> was more by >>> >Â Â Â chance. >>> >Â Â Â Right now if I want to upload I seem to get into a loop >>> where PSGS >>> >Â Â Â keeps >>> >Â Â Â on sending out the same frame (I presume), then >>> disconnects, after >>> >Â Â Â which >>> >Â Â Â the whole cycle starts over again. >>> > >>> >Â Â Â Â From the PSGS debugging info you can see that I am >>> successful in >>> >Â Â Â logging into PFS3-12. My file gets a designated ID >>> (1f14 in this >>> >Â Â Â case) >>> >Â Â Â and is ready to be received. Then it uploads what I >>> presume is one >>> >Â Â Â frame >>> >Â Â Â (you can see this in Direwolf where the same chunk of >>> data is send >>> >Â Â Â over >>> >Â Â Â and over again) after which possibly the reason why >>> things don't >>> >Â Â Â work: >>> >Â Â Â "ER_BODY_CHECK received while uploading: >>> >Â Â Â >>> /home/hans/PacSatGroundData/FalconSat-3/BX2ABT17.txt.out". The only >>> >Â Â Â mention of ER_BODY_CHECK I can find on the internet is >>> that it is >>> >Â Â Â sent >>> >Â Â Â when the checksum on the file body fails. After that >>> the whole >>> >Â Â Â sequence >>> >Â Â Â starts again, so the message never gets uploaded and >>> out of the queue. >>> > >>> >Â Â Â Does this problem lie with FalconSat-3, Direwolf or >>> PGSG, or >>> >Â Â Â somewhere >>> >Â Â Â else? Where is the checksum being made? This is my >>> first forray into >>> >Â Â Â packet radio/PacSat, so I'm not an expert (yet). I >>> don't want to make >>> >Â Â Â any (un)educated guesses, thus any help or hints are >>> appreciated. >>> >Â Â Â Cheers, >>> > >>> >Â Â Â Hans >>> >Â Â Â BX2ABT >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >Â Â Â This is the output (with debugging turned on) of PSGS: >>> > >>> >Â Â Â --------BEGIN------- >>> >Â Â Â Open ABCD: >>> >Â Â Â Ready to upload file: BX2ABT17.txt.out >>> >Â Â Â B: 209908947. >>> >Â Â Â U>> >>> >Â Â Â DEBUG 3: Open: Adding UP LINK Event: UL_CONNECT >>> >Â Â Â PB: Empty.. >>> >Â Â Â I>>From:PFS3-12 to BX2ABTÂ Ctrl: 0 Type: I Cmd PF: 0 >>> NR: 0 NS: 0Â >>> >Â Â Â 5 2 cc >>> >Â Â Â a7 fb 5c 4> SUCCESSFUL LOGIN to PFS3-12 by BX2ABT >>> >Â Â Â DEBUG 3: Open: Adding UP LINK Event: From:PFS3-12 to >>> BX2ABT Ctrl: 0 >>> >Â Â Â Type: I Cmd PF: 0 NR: 0Â NS: 0Â 5 2 cc a7 fb 5c 4> >>> SUCCESSFUL >>> >Â Â Â LOGIN to >>> >Â Â Â PFS3-12 by BX2ABT >>> >Â Â Â DEBUG 3: Cmd Ok: Adding UP LINK Event: UL_REQUEST_UPLOAD >>> >Â Â Â DEBUG 3: Cmd Ok: UL_CMD: From:BX2ABT to PFS3-12 Ctrl: 0 >>> Type: I >>> >Â Â Â Cmd PF: >>> >Â Â Â 0 NR: 0Â NS: 0Â 8 3 14 1f 0 0 31 3 0 0 UL CMD: >>> UPLOAD_CMD File: 1f14 >>> >Â Â Â Size: 331 >>> >Â Â Â S>> >>> >Â Â Â I>>From:PFS3-12 to BX2ABTÂ Ctrl: 22 Type: I Cmd PF: 0 >>> NR: 1 NS: 1Â >>> >Â Â Â 8 4 >>> >Â Â Â 14 1f 0 0 31 3 0 0> Ready to receive file: 1f14 from >>> BX2ABTÂ at >>> >Â Â Â off: 817 >>> >Â Â Â DEBUG 3: Waiting: Adding UP LINK Event: From:PFS3-12 to >>> BX2ABT >>> >Â Â Â Ctrl: 22 >>> >Â Â Â Type: I Cmd PF: 0 NR: 1Â NS: 1Â 8 4 14 1f 0 0 31 3 0 >>> 0> Ready to >>> >Â Â Â receive >>> >Â Â Â file: 1f14 from BX2ABTÂ at off: 817 >>> >Â Â Â DEBUG 3: Waiting: UL_GO_RESP: From:PFS3-12 to BX2ABTÂ >>> Ctrl: 22 >>> >Â Â Â Type: I >>> >Â Â Â Cmd PF: 0 NR: 1Â NS: 1Â 8 4 14 1f 0 0 31 3 0 0> Ready >>> to receive >>> >Â Â Â file: >>> >Â Â Â 1f14 from BX2ABTÂ at off: 817 >>> >Â Â Â DEBUG 3: Waiting: GO FILE>From:PFS3-12 to BX2ABTÂ >>> Ctrl: 22 Type: I >>> >Â Â Â Cmd >>> >Â Â Â PF: 0 NR: 1Â NS: 1Â 8 4 14 1f 0 0 31 3 0 0> Ready to >>> receive file: >>> >Â Â Â 1f14 >>> >Â Â Â from BX2ABTÂ at off: 817 >>> >Â Â Â DEBUG 3: Data: Adding UP LINK Event: UL_DATA_END >>> >Â Â Â DEBUG 3: Data: UL_DATA_END: UL_DATA_END >>> >Â Â Â S>> >>> >Â Â Â I>>From:PFS3-12 to BX2ABTÂ Ctrl: 44 Type: I Cmd PF: 0 >>> NR: 2 NS: 2Â >>> >Â Â Â 1 7 >>> >Â Â Â 10> UL NAK 16: ER_BODY_CHECK >>> >Â Â Â DEBUG 3: Data End: Adding UP LINK Event: From:PFS3-12 >>> to BX2ABT >>> >Â Â Â Ctrl: 44 >>> >Â Â Â Type: I Cmd PF: 0 NR: 2Â NS: 2Â 1 7 10> UL NAK 16: >>> ER_BODY_CHECK >>> >Â Â Â DEBUG 3: Data End: UL_NAK_RESP: From:PFS3-12 to BX2ABT >>> Ctrl: 44 >>> >Â Â Â Type: I >>> >Â Â Â Cmd PF: 0 NR: 2Â NS: 2Â 1 7 10> UL NAK 16: ER_BODY_CHECK >>> >Â Â Â NAK: ER_BODY_CHECK received while uploading: >>> >Â Â Â /home/hans/PacSatGroundData/FalconSat-3/BX2ABT17.txt.out >>> > >>> >Â Â Â TIME-1: PHT: uptime is 469/13:51:30.Â Time is Sat Jun >>> 08 12:19:29 >>> >Â Â Â 2019. >>> >Â Â Â U>> >>> >Â Â Â DEBUG 3: Idle: Adding UP LINK Event: UL_DISCONNECTED >>> >Â Â Â DEBUG 3: Idle: Adding UP LINK Event: Open ABCD: >>> >Â Â Â Open ABCD: >>> >Â Â Â B: 209908947. >>> >Â Â Â PB: Empty.. >>> >Â Â Â ---------END------- >>> > >>> >Â Â Â This is what Direwolf's output is: >>> > >>> >Â Â Â --------BEGIN------- >>> >Â Â Â PFS3-1 audio level = 68(+118/-110)Â Â [NONE] ||||||||| >>> >Â Â Â [0.4] PFS3-1>LSTAT:I P:0x13A8 o:0 l:31473 f:31529, d:1 >>> st:4 e:26<0x0d> >>> >Â Â Â Unknown APRS Data Type Indicator "I", Ambulance >>> >Â Â Â [0L] BX2ABT>PFS3-12:(SABM cmd, p=1) >>> > >>> >Â Â Â PFS3-12 audio level = 69(+115/-111)Â Â [NONE] ||||||||| >>> >Â Â Â [0.4] PFS3-12>BX2ABT:(UA res, f=0) >>> > >>> >Â Â Â PFS3-12 audio level = 70(+119/-110)Â Â [NONE] ||||||||| >>> >Â Â Â [0.4] PFS3-12>BX2ABT:(I cmd, n(s)=0, n(r)=0, p=0, >>> >Â Â Â pid=0xf0)<0x05><0x02>^<0xa8><0xfb>\<0x04> >>> >Â Â Â [0L] BX2ABT>PFS3-12:(I cmd, n(s)=16, n(r)=120, p=0, >>> >Â Â Â >>> pid=0x08)<0x08><0x03><0x14><0x1f><0x00><0x00>1<0x03><0x00><0x00> >>> > >>> >Â Â Â PFS3-12 audio level = 70(+121/-110)Â Â [NONE] ||||||||| >>> >Â Â Â [0.4] PFS3-12>BX2ABT:(RR res, n(r)=1, f=0) >>> > >>> >Â Â Â PFS3-12 audio level = 70(+121/-109)Â Â [NONE] ||||||||| >>> >Â Â Â [0.4] PFS3-12>BX2ABT:(I cmd, n(s)=17, n(r)=120, p=0, >>> >Â Â Â >>> pid=0x08)<0x04><0x14><0x1f><0x00><0x00><0xfe><0x00><0x00><0x00> >>> >Â Â Â [0L] BX2ABT>PFS3-12:(I cmd, n(s)=1, n(r)=2, p=0, >>> >Â Â Â pid=0xf0)<0xfe><0x00> >>> >Â Â Â the internet server that you sent me a message on April >>> 11, but >>> >Â Â Â unfortunately I never was able to download it. It took >>> a while to get >>> >Â Â Â the transmitting part working, but now it does and I'm very >>> >Â Â Â pleased to >>> >Â Â Â be able to contact you via FS-3. Truly an amazin >>> >Â Â Â [0L] BX2ABT>PFS3-12:(RR cmd, n(r)=2, p=1) >>> > >>> >Â Â Â PFS3-11 audio level = 65(+118/-109)Â Â [NONE] ||||||||| >>> >Â Â Â [0.4] PFS3-11>PBLIST:PB: Empty.<0x0d> >>> >Â Â Â Unknown APRS Data Type Indicator "P", Original Balloon >>> (think Ham b >>> > >>> >Â Â Â PFS3-12 audio level = 66(+117/-109)Â Â [NONE] ||||||||| >>> >Â Â Â [0.4] PFS3-12>BX2ABT:(RR res, n(r)=1, f=1) >>> >Â Â Â [0L] BX2ABT>PFS3-12:(I cmd, n(s)=33, n(r)=120, p=0, >>> >Â Â Â >>> pid=0x08)<0x08><0x03><0x00><0x00><0x00><0x00>1<0x03><0x00><0x00> >>> > >>> >Â Â Â PFS3-12 audio level = 74(+125/-111)Â Â [NONE] ||||||||| >>> >Â Â Â [0.4] PFS3-12>BX2ABT:(DISC cmd, p=1) >>> >Â Â Â [0L] BX2ABT>PFS3-12:(UA res, f=1) >>> >Â Â Â --------END------- >>> > >>> >Â Â Â _______________________________________________ >>> >Â Â Â Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org <mailto:[email protected]> >>> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>. AMSAT-NA >>> >Â Â Â makes this open forum available >>> >Â Â Â to all interested persons worldwide without requiring >>> membership. >>> >Â Â Â Opinions expressed >>> >Â Â Â are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the >>> official >>> >Â Â Â views of AMSAT-NA. >>> >Â Â Â Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur >>> satellite >>> >Â Â Â program! >>> >Â Â Â Subscription settings: >>> https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >>> <https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb> >>> > >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring >>> membership. Opinions expressed >>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official >>> views of AMSAT-NA. >>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur >>> satellite program! >>> Subscription settings: >>> https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >>> <https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-07-01 22:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 01 Jul '19

01 Jul '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-07-01 22:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Santa Barbara Public Library, Santa Barbara, CA, direct via K6TZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV Contact is go for: Wed 2019-07-03 17:54:19 UTC 49 deg Watch for livestream at starting at about 17:30 UTC: (***) https://SantaBarbaraCA.gov/citytv2 (***) The ARISS webpage is at http://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 http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) For many years I have on purpose not given the actual hyperlinks; I assume the user would do a copy/paste into their favorite browser. I am now thinking that the browsers have all grown up and most should be able to handle the link. Please let me know you experience any issues. So now you should be able to directly click on the link. (***) Exp. 58 back on earth (***) Congratulations to the crew for a job well done! (***) Oleg Konenenko David St-Jacques KG5FYI Anne McClain 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 2019-07-01 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. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-06-29 02:30 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at http://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 http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 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: http://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) http://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 http://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 135 Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 118 **************************************************************************** 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 1320. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1263. 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. http://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: http://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 http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correctio… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Aleksey Ovchinin Nick Hague KG5TMV **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Entrysat launched on July 3rd, be ready!
by christophe.mcr 01 Jul '19

01 Jul '19

Dear The EntrySat cubesat should be launch from ISS the july 3rd at 15:00 GMT. A dedicated page has been published with dedicated software for telemetry decoding : http://site.amsat-f.org/eng-entrysat/ EntrySat Downlink : 436.95 MHz - 9600 BPSK Reports are welcome. Christophe

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Yaesu FT991A on the sats
by John Geiger 01 Jul '19

01 Jul '19

Has anyone used the Yaesu FT991A on the satellites? Does the bandscope really help to find people in the downlink passband? Also, how does it do on the FM satellites? The QST review made it look like it is kind of deaf on FM. 73 John W5TD (ex AF5CC)

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GNU Radio Conference - Early Decision Deadline for Presentations is Today
by Michelle Thompson 01 Jul '19

01 Jul '19

Greetings all! Today is the early-decision deadline for submissions to GNU Radio Conference. This year, we have a space communications and amateur radio theme. Get them in before midnight wherever you live! We accept presentations, papers, and posters. You do not have to present at the conference to submit to the proceedings. https://openconf.org/GRCon19/author/submit.php Final deadline is 1 September 2019. Find out more at https://www.gnuradio.org/grcon/grcon19/ -Michelle W5NYV

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W7D Wrap Up
by David Swanson 01 Jul '19

01 Jul '19

Hello VHF Chasers of All Modes, Wyatt and I wanted to send out a few notes to everyone now that the W7D expedition has been in the bag for a few weeks and we've caught our breath. Logs: You can view a complete breakdown of every contact we made, across all bands and modes in the mast log spreadsheet here: http://www.druidnetworks.com/W7D_Master_Logs.xlsx. Obviously it's a Microsoft Excel file, so you'll need that to view it. Feel free to look thru the spreadsheet for your callsign, and if anything doesn't look right please email me direct and we'll get it sorted. LOTW QSLs: On the QSL front, from the master spreadsheet I have generated adif files for each type and style of contact, and those files have been uploaded to LOTW. We have matches across all bands, all modes, using both calls and multiple dates. That said 24 different ADIF files, and 24 different station locations had to be generated to cover all the different grids and calls, so it's possible something got screwed up along the way. If you dont have a match in LOTW, but see your QSO in the master spreadsheet, make absolutely sure you're looking in the LOTW web interface and not the output of a logging program. We have found that a few pieces of logging software (N3FJP in particular) are not handling the LOTW XML output when 2 grids have been uploaded with our station location. If you've double checked in the LOTW web interface and still don't have a match, email me and we'll get it sorted. Paper QSLs: The cards arrived from the printers last Friday, and I spent the weekend getting labels put on everything. Everyone who sent a card and SASE, and everyone who made a donation should (as of this morning) have a card on the way to them. I expect most folks in the US should have it within a week, and folks overseas within 3 weeks. I've still got plenty of cards left, so if you'd like a paper QSL feel free to send your card and a SASE, or email me and we can work something out regarding postage. Folks who worked us on EME from places far off the US Mail beaten path especially, if you'd like a card please email me and I'll arrange to get one to you somehow. Stats: Total across all bands and modes, 950 QSOs were logged on the rove. 730 QSOs were made on 6m Terrestrial, 122 on 2m EME, 63 on 2m Terrestrial, and 52 on AMSAT. On 6m specifically 309 contacts were made using FT8, 226 on SSB, and 195 using MSK144. All EME contacts were made on JT65. On 2m Terrestrial 39 on MSK144, 21 on SSB, and 3 on FT8. 873 Total QSOs were made across all bands and modes while fixed at the camps, and 77 Total QSOs were made while truly operating mobile driving down the road. We worked 477 Unique Callsigns total, 405 uniques on 6m, and 55 uniques on EME. For VUCC/FFMA purposes, we activated 25 total grids, including 6 of the top 10 most wanted FFMA grids. For WAS purposes we activated 5 total states. For the June VHF Contest operating as W7D/R we turned in a score of 46,368 as a High-Power Rover (operating from DN20 and DN10 for contest purposes) and included 320 QSOs on 6, and 2 on 2m. Our total fuel bill (for both the truck and generator) was $1064.40 and we ended up spending $413.25 on Food, Ice, and Water. The final Wrap Up: I'll be writing a proper story about the rove in the coming months - my day job has kept me busy since I've gotten back though, and that takes priority over writing for now. When the story is done I'll be sure to share it with everyone. I've also got piles of pictures, videos, and files full of data I plan to fully use and share because I find it interesting. What's Next: That's the question everyone keeps asking. And honestly, it really depends. Wyatt and I have some ideas floating around, but there's a bunch of logistics and/or paperwork required to pull them off. For now, if you've got some awesome idea for next e-skip season, feel free to get in touch with us and float it.. never know when something will stick to the wall. Last but not least: We have to send out a massive heartfelt thanks to folks who pitched in to help us with the expenses. Whether you donated $5 or $500, every single penny went towards Fuel, Food, Fees, and a few repairs to the rover and some equipment. We said from the very beginning we were doing this rove because we wanted to, even if no one pitched in. The fact that so many of you had faith in us to get out there and put those grids on the air was a huge boost to our morale during some tough hours when we were second guessing ourselves. It also has given us a lot more courage to try and keep pushing the envelope in the world of VHF Roving and rare grid expeditions, when you know the community has got your back. From the bottom of our hearts, we say to you all, thank you. 73! Dave, KG5CCI CC: Wyatt, AC0RA

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Re: [amsat-bb] VUCC Awards-Endorsements for July 2019 Correction
by Ronald G. Parsons 01 Jul '19

01 Jul '19

Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period June 1, 2019 through July 1, 2019. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! CALL 01 Jun 2019 01 Jul 2019 K5OE 1008 1079 K6FW 794 801 Correction WD9EWK 550 567 N3GS 454 525 NS3L 457 475 K9UO 351 400 W5TD New 381 MI6GTY 281 354 KE8AKW 258 329 W7JSD 279 309 G0ABI 305 306 AD0HJ 250 282 KC9ELU 229 233 AJ4A 225 230 AB1OC 177 184 N7EGY 100 169 PU8RFL 157 166 PS8MT 156 165 AA8CH/N8R New 113 KC9VGG New 102 N6REK New 100 WD9EWK (DM45) 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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VUCC Awards-Endorsements for July 2019
by Ronald G. Parsons 01 Jul '19

01 Jul '19

Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period June 1, 2019 through July 1, 2019. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! CALL 01Jun 01Jul K5OE 1008 1079 WD9EWK 550 567 N3GS 454 525 NS3L 457 475 K9UO 351 400 W5TD New 381 MI6GTY 281 354 KE8AKW 258 329 W7JSD 279 309 G0ABI 305 306 AD0HJ 250 282 KC9ELU 229 233 AJ4A 225 230 AB1OC 177 184 N7EGY 100 169 PU8RFL 157 166 PS8MT 156 165 AA8CH/N8R New 113 KC9VGG New 102 N6REK New 100 WD9EWK (DM45) 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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W3ZM/KH6 update 1
by Mark L. Hammond 01 Jul '19

01 Jul '19

Hi all, trying some passes on the edges of footprint. Be patient as I fumble around. I’m updating on Twitter. Recap for W3ZM/KH6 in BK29 7/1 1149 utc AO-7 near 145.938 1640 utc SO-50 2046 utc AO-91 (only 2 deg) There will be others over the next 3 days! 73, Mark N8MH. -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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How to control HDSDR with SatPC32?
by EDWARD KROME 30 Jun '19

30 Jun '19

Hi all: I apologize in advance because I know this question was answered on this bb before, but I simply cannot find it. Can't find it in the docs, either. The question: I want to use SatPC32 to automatically switch satellite frequencies on an RSP1 SDR. I know there is an interface program (vspMgr) that makes SatPC talk to HDSDR (and HDSDR commands the RSP1; that part works well) but I can't find the details on how to make it work. Help, please. Thanks! Ed K9EK EM69xd

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Rocket Lab Launch Replay
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 29 Jun '19

29 Jun '19

Hi Folks, You can view yesterday’s Rocket Lab Launch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idKCy8LdyKo 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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PSAT2 PSK31 enabled ONLY (No VHF)
by Robert Bruninga 29 Jun '19

29 Jun '19

PSAT2 PSK31 uplink on ten meters 29.481 and downlink on 435.350+/- Doppler is enabled. SSTV is enabled when the camera is in daylight an not looking at space or the sun. But the Other modes are -not-. Please, no uplinks to PSAT2 on VHF while we are performing checkout. Thanks, Bob, Wb4APR

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Re: [amsat-bb] [aprssig] AMSAT Plans?
by Greg D 29 Jun '19

29 Jun '19

Peter Laws N5UWY wrote: > It's hard to tell because AMSAT-NA's web presence is ... sub-optimal I believe it was reported recently that there is, in fact, a lot of stuff going on in the background, but because of non-disclosure restrictions, they can't talk about it. I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt on this. It is, unfortunately, part of why space is hard. Greg KO6TH

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Rocket Lab Launch now streaming
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 29 Jun '19

29 Jun '19

https://www.rocketlabusa.com/live-stream/ 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-06-29 02:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 29 Jun '19

29 Jun '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-06-29 02:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Traverse Area District Library, Traverse City, MI, direct via W8TCM The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV Contact was successful: Fri 2019-06-28 14:02:16 UTC 25 deg (***) Watch for live stream at https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCVyQOrBooJxzLFNGiyz9i2w Santa Barbara Public Library, Santa Barbara, CA, direct via K6TZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV Contact is go for: Wed 2019-07-03 17:54:19 UTC 49 deg Exp. 58 back on earth (***) Congratulations to the crew for a job well done! (***) Oleg Konenenko David St-Jacques KG5FYI Anne McClain 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 2019-06-29 02:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-06-29 02:30 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at http://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 http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 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: http://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) http://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 http://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 135 Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 118 **************************************************************************** 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 1320. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1263. 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. http://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: http://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 http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 58 back on earth (***) Congratulations to the crew for a job well done! (***) Oleg Konenenko David St-Jacques KG5FYI Anne McClain Exp. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Aleksey Ovchinin Nick Hague KG5TMV **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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PSAT-2 SSTV and PSK31
by Roland Zurmely 28 Jun '19

28 Jun '19

2 new SSTV pictures and PSK31 decoded: <https://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/psat2.htm> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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able to receive beacon telemetry transmissions from the JAISAT-1 satellite.
by Tanan Rangseeprom 28 Jun '19

28 Jun '19

Dear AMSAT Member. We would like to inform AMSAT members that they should be able to receive beacon telemetry transmissions from the JAISAT-1 satellite amateur radio of Thailand by Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST). for detail with picture to install all satellites to fairing of rocket see detail as link: https://www.roscosmos.ru/26486/ and https://www.roscosmos.ru/26491/ and video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klXEGKKTlFs) and animation video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcUhJMU4mHA&t=10s Which is scheduled for launching on July 5, 2019 by a Soyuz 2.1 rocket at 05.41 UTC together with the Meteor M N2-2 satellite and along with a total of 34 satellites from 12 countries. There is a telemetry beacon with a downlink on 435.325 MHz in accordance with the details from the IARU satellite co-ordinator according to the following link: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=521 The telemetry signal formet is 4k8 GMSK Mobitex (CMX990 Mobitex Format) as is detailed in the link below: http://www.d-star.one/downloads/D-Star%20ONE%20telemetry%20frame%20format.p… Example of signals in same this format can be found with the the reception of signals from the D-STAR ONE Sparrow and D-STAR ONE iSAT satellite http://dk3wn.info/blog/satelliten/d-star-one/ on the frequency of 435.70 MHz with YouTube videos that at the following links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAjPOJDbHdA and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm_NS3Prz9U This is from the following link that you can download for decode: http://uz7.ho.ua/packetradio.htm and http://www.dk3wn.info/files/dstar_one.zip All amateur radio operators capable of receiving signals from the JAISAT-1 satellite are invited to send the data by email to jaisatonetele(a)gmail.com and the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand will have a SWL card to confirm reception to everyone. Sincerely and with respect. 73 de Tanan Rangseeprom, HS1JAN Project Manager of JAISAT-1

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TLE Elements for PSAT2
by Robert Bruninga 28 Jun '19

28 Jun '19

I've been using object 44348 but PSAT2 is arriving maybe 2 or 3 minutes earler Steve Dimse guesses 44357 below SATNOGS guesses 44354 or 44355 and thinks they see BRICSAT2 9600 bd on 437.600 Bob -----Original Message----- From: aprssig <aprssig-bounces(a)lists.tapr.org> On Behalf Of Steve Dimse Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2019 10:54 PM To: Max Harper via aprssig <aprssig(a)lists.tapr.org> Subject: Re: [aprssig] Designation for PSAT2 > On Jun 25, 2019, at 8:33 AM, Max Harper via aprssig <aprssig(a)lists.tapr.org> wrote: > > Yes, the keplerian elements or TLE is what I'm looking for. I didn't know that AMSAT assigned the numbers like NO-84 so I'll just have to wait for them to assign a designation to PSAT2. > The Falcon Heavy launch was designated 19-036 in NORAD elements, and there were more than 20 satellites from that one launch (designated by a final letter). Watching when IGates receive the beacons, my wild-ass guess is PSAT2 is 19-036U, but it could be R, S, or T, those are still pretty close together. Here is the latest TLE for 19036U 1 44357U 19036U 19178.41227610 .00060436 00000-0 94415-3 0 9996 2 44357 28.5325 187.1376 0389997 127.0282 350.5130 14.97361557 296 NORAD is releasing new keps for these several times a day as they refine them, so even if this is the right bird expect these to be worthless in a couple days. Steve K4HG _______________________________________________ aprssig mailing list aprssig(a)lists.tapr.org http://lists.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig_lists.tapr.org

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Rocket Lab launch scrubbed for today (again)
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 28 Jun '19

28 Jun '19

See: https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1144327947798454272 Better luck tomorrow. 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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Satpc32
by Bruce 27 Jun '19

27 Jun '19

I bought a Yaesu G5500 to use during field day this year, we got tired of the arm strong rotor. This is the first time I have used SATPC32 for anything more than AOS-LOS predictions. I still moved the rotor by hand. Have not been able to get the Yaesu cable built to have the LVB tracker control the rotor. May work on that for next year. Used the ICOM IC-9100 and a laptop this year. It worked great to set the frequency for the FM satellites but was horrible for any SSB satellite. I can find myself with the computer turned off. When I tried to use Satpc32, it would jump to somewhere in the passband and no matter how i tried to adjust the radio to find myself, satpc32 had a mind of its own. So, never made an SSB contact. Of course it is more fun to do this during field day with everyone watching. So what is the secret for making Satpc32 see where you have found the sweet spot on the up and down link when you click CAT control instead of doing what it wants? I would have thought it would read the settings from the radio and go from there. After all, it takes me a few seconds to find myself and really easier to adjust for Doppler manually. I wanted to give the automated feature a go for those watching. 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards AMSAT Board Member 2016-2020 ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat

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PSAT2 simple tracking for wilderness mobiles
by Robert Bruninga 27 Jun '19

27 Jun '19

You don't need no stinkin' computer... I updated my Mobile LEO tracking site to show graphically how PSAT2 orbit works. http://aprs.org/MobileLEOtracking.html Easy to remember. 5 minutes later per day, but a new orbit an hour and a half earlier every other day. (This is approximate... time will tell... might change as we see the effect of the elliptical orbit) If you are in the wilderness, just monitor 145.825 and when you hear PSAT2, then you can easily guess all orbits in the future... Bob, WB4APR -----Original Message----- From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga(a)usna.edu> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2019 12:13 PM To: 'amsat bb' <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Cc: Robert Bruninga <bruninga(a)usna.edu>; 'Steve Dimse' <sdimse(a)gmail.com> Subject: PSAT2 is coming to Northern Latitudes!! PSAT2 is coming to the Northern hemisphere! After reviewing the orbit, it is somewhat time synchronous, meaning each orbit time (at mid northern latitudes) is just 5 minutes later each night. But then a NEW earlier orbit appears 90 minutes earlier every other day. So, by the 4th of july, one week from now, PSAT2 first pass will be as early as 4 PM local time... (in the Northern Hemisphere mid latitudes) And the Apogee moves rapidly, In just two weeks, Apogee will be over the northern hemisphere giving higher latitudes much better access. At launch it was the middle of the night and perigee was in the Northern hemisphere making it only visible for lower latitudes. So things will improve for Northern Hemisphere .... (and then two weeks get worse, etc)... 24 Hour telemetry plots (links to FINDU.COM) are now available on the http://aprs.org/psat2.html page. Bob, WB4APR

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AO-85 update
by Andrew Glasbrenner 27 Jun '19

27 Jun '19

At about 2105UTC today I disabled the auto Safe mode function on AO-85, and turned the transponder on. After verifying it would drop with inactivity, a few QSOs were made before LOS. Currently, the battery voltage is very low and it looks like we have a cell about to give up the ghost. Please do not use the satellite while it is in eclipse, even if you hear it OK. We are not sure what will be usable if and when this cell fails completely. In the meantime, reports to -bb are welcome and helpful. Thanks and 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT VP Operations

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Re: [amsat-bb] SSTV from PSAT-2 (ionosphere)
by Robert Bruninga 27 Jun '19

27 Jun '19

> Does the 10m uplink have any bounce/skip off the atmosphere? The ionosphere can bend your uplink down so that it does NOT hit PSAT2 when it is low on the horizon. On the other hand, at the horizon, it might also at times bend just enough to extend the footprint. But you wont hear the UHF downlink to know... So I suspect, the ionosphere will be more in the way than not. Just a wild guess. With the same PSK31 transponder having been on 100% for over 2 years with the original PSAT (NO84), there has not been enough users to really know what happens. It also downlinks on the same frequency. (but uplinks in the normal ten meter PSK band at 28.121) so if there are ANY users at all on 10m then they will bring up the transponder. But on PSAT2, the IARU decided all uplinks must be in the satellite band and we had to m ove the uplink to the exclusive 29.481 frequency. Bob -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org> On Behalf Of Robert MacHale via AMSAT-BB Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2019 1:52 PM To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org>; Scott <scott23192(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SSTV from PSAT-2 Scott, Just curious -- Does the 10m uplink have any bounce/skip off the atmosphere? Seems like you should be able to "reach" around beyond line of sight at that frequency. Right? Robert MacHaleKE6BLR Ham Radio Licensehttp://spaceCommunicator.club Supporting Boy Scout Merit Badges in Radio and Space Exploration On Thursday, June 27, 2019, 10:48:29 AM PDT, Scott via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: That's great, Roland! Thanks for the updates. The elevation is still too low for me to receive any of the 70cm downlink, but I have been hearing some of the 2m APRS on 145.825. It was great news to see the post from Bob regarding the orbit slowly moving north. If you can, please monitor the 70cm downlink for any sign of PSK31 - since Bob announced that the PSK31 transponder was active, I have been transmitting on the 10m uplink on the chance that the satellite hears me even at such low elevations. -Scott, K4KDR ===================================== -----Original Message----- From: Roland Zurmely via AMSAT-BB Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2019 1:31 PM To: AMSAT BB Subject: [amsat-bb] SSTV from PSAT-2 2 new pictures from PSAT-2: <https://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/psat2.htm> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ _______________________________________________ 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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PSK31 from PSAT-2
by Roland Zurmely 27 Jun '19

27 Jun '19

PSAT-2 o bhcb bBaaleev tkqjEap...FkparboxCaa

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SSTV from PSAT-2
by Roland Zurmely 27 Jun '19

27 Jun '19

2 new pictures from PSAT-2: <https://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/psat2.htm> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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PSAT2 is coming to Northern Latitudes!!
by Robert Bruninga 27 Jun '19

27 Jun '19

PSAT2 is coming to the Northern hemisphere! After reviewing the orbit, it is somewhat time synchronous, meaning each orbit time (at mid northern latitudes) is just 5 minutes later each night. But then a NEW earlier orbit appears 90 minutes earlier every other day. So, by the 4th of july, one week from now, PSAT2 first pass will be as early as 4 PM local time... (in the Northern Hemisphere mid latitudes) And the Apogee moves rapidly, In just two weeks, Apogee will be over the northern hemisphere giving higher latitudes much better access. At launch it was the middle of the night and perigee was in the Northern hemisphere making it only visible for lower latitudes. So things will improve for Northern Hemisphere .... (and then two weeks get worse, etc)... 24 Hour telemetry plots (links to FINDU.COM) are now available on the http://aprs.org/psat2.html page. Bob, WB4APR

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SSTV from PSAT-2 rx in Brazil
by Roland Zurmely 27 Jun '19

27 Jun '19

<https://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/psat2.htm> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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Rocket Lab launch scrubbed for today
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 27 Jun '19

27 Jun '19

Hi Folks, Today’s launch is scrubbed. They will try again tomorrow. See: https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1144053098719002624 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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ARMADILLO copied over VK
by Colin Hurst 26 Jun '19

26 Jun '19

Hastily listened to the 0044utc 27th June pass over VK to see if I could hear any of the new birds. Just grabbed TLE set 36R, no logic to that, just that they should be still grouped. Had my Funcube Dongle set to listen 437.465 to 437.555. Was low elevation pass but certainly activity on waterfall. Copied 8 frames from CP-9 and noted a marginal signal adjacent so tuned to it. Eventually two decodes from Armadillo. There's a star. There's another one. Star. Star star star. Star. Don't like space. Don't like space. Next pass is higher elevation, so maybe better results. No guarantees in this game. 73 Colin VK5HI

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ICOM IC-UX9100 1200 MHz Unit for IC-9100
by Richard Lawn 26 Jun '19

26 Jun '19

I may have one of these 23 cm modules available for the 9100. Anyone looking for one? 73 Rick, W2JAZ -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

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Fwd: Immigration is a kind of oxygen
by Ray Soifer 26 Jun '19

26 Jun '19

MIT president L. Rafael Reif issued the following statement today to all members of the MIT community, including yours truly. Reif, himself a Venezuela-born US citizen whose parents emigrated from Europe in the 1930s to escape Nazism, received his PhD from Stanford University and is a recognized authority in information technology. He has been president of MIT since 2012. In his letter, he draws attention to the global nature of the MIT community and its foundation as a meritocracy, as well as the need to protect against academic espionage wherever it may occur. Like MIT, AMSAT and amateur radio itself are global communities, whose members think for themselves about the issues Reif is raising, and develop their own points of view. For this reason, I am circulating Reif's message for your information and without further comment. 73 Ray W2RS -----Original Message----- From: President L. Rafael Reif <leadershipnews(a)mit.edu> To: rsoifer <rsoifer(a)alum.mit.edu> Sent: Tue, Jun 25, 2019 8:46 am Subject: Immigration is a kind of oxygen #yiv2554181767 #yiv2554181767divHostedEmailLink {margin-bottom:15px;text-align:center;font-family:Arial, Helvetica;font-size:11px;} #yiv2554181767 #yiv2554181767divHostedEmailLink a {color:#ce1126;} #yiv2554181767 p.yiv2554181767foot{color:#8A8A8A !important;font-size:60% !important;} #yiv2554181767 p.yiv2554181767foot a{color:#ce1126 !important;}#yiv2554181767 table td{border:0px;} | | To the members of the MIT community, MIT has flourished, like the United States itself, because it has been a magnet for the world’s finest talent, a global laboratory where people from every culture and background inspire each other and invent the future, together. Today, I feel compelled to share my dismay about some circumstances painfully relevant to our fellow MIT community members of Chinese descent. And I believe that because we treasure them as friends and colleagues, their situation and its larger national context should concern us all. The situation As the US and China have struggled with rising tensions, the US government has raised serious concerns about incidents of alleged academic espionage conducted by individuals through what is widely understood as a systematic effort of the Chinese government to acquire high-tech IP. As head of an institute that includes MIT Lincoln Laboratory, I could not take national security more seriously. I am well aware of the risks of academic espionage, and MIT has established prudent policies to protect against such breaches. But in managing these risks, we must take great care not to create a toxic atmosphere of unfounded suspicion and fear. Looking at cases across the nation, small numbers of researchers of Chinese background may indeed have acted in bad faith, but they are the exception and very far from the rule. Yet faculty members, post-docs, research staff and students tell me that, in their dealings with government agencies, they now feel unfairly scrutinized, stigmatized and on edge – because of their Chinese ethnicity alone. Nothing could be further from – or more corrosive to – our community’s collaborative strength and open-hearted ideals. To hear such reports from Chinese and Chinese-American colleagues is heartbreaking. As scholars, teachers, mentors, inventors and entrepreneurs, they have been not only exemplary members of our community but exceptional contributors to American society. I am deeply troubled that they feel themselves repaid with generalized mistrust and disrespect. The signal to the world For those of us who know firsthand the immense value of MIT’s global community and of the free flow of scientific ideas, it is important to understand the distress of these colleagues as part of an increasingly loud signal the US is sending to the world. Protracted visa delays. Harsh rhetoric against most immigrants and a range of other groups, because of religion, race, ethnicity or national origin. Together, such actions and policies have turned the volume all the way up on the message that the US is closing the door – that we no longer seek to be a magnet for the world’s most driven and creative individuals. I believe this message is not consistent with how America has succeeded. I am certain it is not how the Institute has succeeded. And we should expect it to have serious long-term costs for the nation and for MIT. For the record, let me say with warmth and enthusiasm to every member of MIT’s intensely global community: We are glad, proud and fortunate to have you with us! To our alumni around the world: We remain one community, united by our shared values and ideals! And to all the rising talent out there: If you are passionate about making a better world, and if you dream of joining our community, we welcome your creativity, we welcome your unstoppable energy and aspiration – and we hope you can find a way to join us. | | * * * | | In May, the world lost a brilliant creative force: architect I.M. Pei, MIT Class of 1940. Raised in Shanghai and Hong Kong, he came to the United States at 17 to seek an education. He left a legacy of iconic buildings from Boston to Paris and China to Washington, DC, as well as on our own campus. By his own account, he consciously stayed alive to his Chinese roots all his life. Yet, when he died at the age of 102, the Boston Globe described him as “the most prominent American architect of his generation.” Thanks to the inspired American system that also made room for me as an immigrant, all of those facts can be true at the same time. As I have discovered through 40 years in academia, the hidden strength of a university is that every fall, it is refreshed by a new tide of students. I am equally convinced that part of the genius of America is that it is continually refreshed by immigration – by the passionate energy, audacity, ingenuity and drive of people hungry for a better life. There is certainly room for a wide range of serious positions on the actions necessary to ensure our national security and to manage and improve our nation’s immigration system. But above the noise of the current moment, the signal I believe we should be sending, loud and clear, is that the story of American immigration is essential to understanding how the US became, and remains, optimistic, open-minded, innovative and prosperous – a story of never-ending renewal. In a nation like ours, immigration is a kind of oxygen, each fresh wave reenergizing the body as a whole. As a society, when we offer immigrants the gift of opportunity, we receive in return vital fuel for our shared future. I trust that this wisdom will always guide us in the life and work of MIT. And I hope it can continue to guide our nation. Sincerely, L. Rafael Reif MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 77 MASSACHUSETTS AVE, W98-300 | CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 | | If you wish to be removed from this mailing list, click here.

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ARMADILLO spotted over Japan!
by Shivani Patel 26 Jun '19

26 Jun '19

HUGE THANK YOU to JA0CAW, who spotted ARMADILLO over Japan! He has posted the beacon on twitter @JA0CAW. Thanks also to Scott, K4KDR for connecting the dots for us! This is the first beacon heard for our satellite!!!Our team is currently still working on stations and a decoder to post on github for everyone, we just need to verify with the University that it's alright to do so.For now, our beacon features our vehicle's callign is ascii and quotes from the video game "Portal", so give us a listen! Based on info from CalPoly and from PSAT, we think we are either Object J or Object K in the database, 44347 or 44348.Parameters again are 437.525MHz DL, 19200 baud, GFSK, beacons every 10 seconds, vehicle callsign WH2XYR. Overall we are inexperienced with respect to interacting with the amateur community (and building satellites for that matter) but we already owe everyone a lot for helping us find our satellite while we are indisposed, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH! B/R Shivani, KG5EAU

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PSAT2 SSTV copied in Brazil
by Roland Zurmely 26 Jun '19

26 Jun '19

<https://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/psat2.htm>

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PSAT2 SSTV copied in Brazil
by Roland Zurmely 26 Jun '19

26 Jun '19

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Re: [amsat-bb] PSAT2 PSK31 Uplink CORRECTION!
by Robert Bruninga 26 Jun '19

26 Jun '19

Argh! The Team at Brno University that built the PSK31 transponder CORRECTS me. The uplink is 29.4815 MHz. Bob -----Original Message----- From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga(a)usna.edu> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 11:23 AM To: 'amsat bb' <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Cc: 'Scott' <scott23192(a)gmail.com> Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] PSAT2 PSK31 Operations Enabled PSAT2 Ten meter PSK31 uplink and UHF FM 435.350 downlink is ON. Who will be the first to nail down the ten-meter PSK31 center uplink frequency? It should be around 29.40X. The Total Doppler shift during a pass should be about 1 KHz. What 29.40X TX uplink gives 1.5 KHz in the UHF passband at the center of the pass? Thanks, Ill correct links below. (PSAT has uplink on 28.120. But PSAT2 is on 29.40X) Bob -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org> On Behalf Of Scott via AMSAT-BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PSAT2 Future Operations Regarding the PSK31 uplink, please advise the correct RF frequency. At http://aprs.org/PSAT2/USER-Operations-Manual.doc, the uplink frequency is listed as 29.401 MHz. At https://github.com/alpov/PSAT-2/blob/master/README.md, the uplink frequency is listed as 29.48 MHz. At http://aprs.org/psat2.html, the uplink frequency is listed as 28.120 MHz (in text, w/ a graphic indicating "29.XX?"). Thanks! -Scott, K4KDR ============================ On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 10:20 AM Tomáš Urbanec via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > Hi Paul, > > Thanks for the interest in the PSK31 transponder, as Bob already > pointed up, the downlink audio spectrum is shared, so at 280Hz and > 374Hz are > PSK31 beacon tlm streams from camera board and transponder board > respectively. Then every 4 minutes the SSTV signal is present so if > you plan experiments in PSK transponder, try to stay between the > beacons and SSTV. Description of modes you can find at > https://github.com/alpov/PSAT-2/blob/master/README.md > > We would be glad to answer any questions about this experiments. > > We are still awaiting for any positive confirmation of downlink signal > at 435.350MHz as for us it is still below horizon. Any audio > recordings, IQ data or at least pictures of reception would be welcomed. > > 73! Tomas OK2PNQ and Ales OK2ALP > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Re: [amsat-bb] PSAT2 PSK31 Operations Enabled
by Robert Bruninga 26 Jun '19

26 Jun '19

PSAT2 Ten meter PSK31 uplink and UHF FM 435.350 downlink is ON. Who will be the first to nail down the ten-meter PSK31 center uplink frequency? It should be around 29.40X. The Total Doppler shift during a pass should be about 1 KHz. What 29.40X TX uplink gives 1.5 KHz in the UHF passband at the center of the pass? Thanks, Ill correct links below. (PSAT has uplink on 28.120. But PSAT2 is on 29.40X) Bob -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org> On Behalf Of Scott via AMSAT-BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PSAT2 Future Operations Regarding the PSK31 uplink, please advise the correct RF frequency. At http://aprs.org/PSAT2/USER-Operations-Manual.doc, the uplink frequency is listed as 29.401 MHz. At https://github.com/alpov/PSAT-2/blob/master/README.md, the uplink frequency is listed as 29.48 MHz. At http://aprs.org/psat2.html, the uplink frequency is listed as 28.120 MHz (in text, w/ a graphic indicating "29.XX?"). Thanks! -Scott, K4KDR ============================ On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 10:20 AM Tomáš Urbanec via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > Hi Paul, > > Thanks for the interest in the PSK31 transponder, as Bob already > pointed up, the downlink audio spectrum is shared, so at 280Hz and > 374Hz are > PSK31 beacon tlm streams from camera board and transponder board > respectively. Then every 4 minutes the SSTV signal is present so if > you plan experiments in PSK transponder, try to stay between the > beacons and SSTV. Description of modes you can find at > https://github.com/alpov/PSAT-2/blob/master/README.md > > We would be glad to answer any questions about this experiments. > > We are still awaiting for any positive confirmation of downlink signal > at 435.350MHz as for us it is still below horizon. Any audio > recordings, IQ data or at least pictures of reception would be welcomed. > > 73! Tomas OK2PNQ and Ales OK2ALP > _______________________________________________ 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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PSAT2 Future Operations
by Robert Bruninga 26 Jun '19

26 Jun '19

PSAT Voltages look good. The PSK31/SSTV downlink appear to be working well on 435.350+/- Doppler, But you will only see SSTV during daylight passes (Now occuring in the Southern Hemisphere) where the Solar charge voltage is above threshold (6.8 volts. THen you should see SSTV images once every 4 minutes automatically while in the sun. Northern Hemisphere passes are presently occurring overnight and PSAT2 is in a 28 degree orbit and not seen at all by high northern latitudes and most of Europe :-( PSAT2 APRS digipeating will remain off indefinately while all these other NEW modes are working. Do not TX any APRS packets on the uplink. DTMF Grid Uplinks-to-APRS/Voice will be enabled LATER. While waiting, spend the next day familiarizing yourself with the PSAT2 APRStt touchtone mode. This mode will let you send DTMF Grid square reports which are translated to VOICE and to an APRS packet on the 145.825 downlink. Be sure to prepare your radio with your pre-programmed DTMF grid report IN ADVANCE. And learn how to send Touchtone from your radio's DTMF memory. quickly! It should take under 4 seconds. Do not even think of sending it manually. Here is WA7MXZ's translator to calculate your onetime DTMF grid report: http://aprs.org/aprs_translator.htm See how it works in about the middle of the PSAT2 page: http://aprs.org/psat2.html A successful DTMF uplink will result in a Voice response and an APRS packet on the downlink for display on APRS radios. Again, no APRS Uplink in this mode. This will be painful because of the 4 second uplink transmissions all colliding on the half-duplex uplink, so PLEASE only attempt your DTMF uplink once every 30 seconds or longer to give others a chance. And of course NOT while PSAT2 is downlinking. We will advise when this mode is enabled. http://aprs.org/aprstt.html Bob, WB4APR

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Re: [amsat-bb] PSAT2 Future Operations
by Roy Dean 26 Jun '19

26 Jun '19

There are a few successful UHF observations at SatNogs. I tried to decode the SSTV signal, but it was a little bit off frequency, so only got some somewhat organized "noise" in the picture. General link for PSAT2 observations (will show up-to-date observations): https://network.satnogs.org/observations/?future=0&bad=0&failed=0&norad=999… Some good UHF observations so far: https://network.satnogs.org/observations/772700/ https://network.satnogs.org/observations/772668/ https://network.satnogs.org/observations/772662/ https://network.satnogs.org/observations/772680/ https://network.satnogs.org/observations/772697/ https://network.satnogs.org/observations/772670/ https://network.satnogs.org/observations/772701/ https://network.satnogs.org/observations/772661/ https://network.satnogs.org/observations/772673/ --Roy K3RLD > We are still awaiting for any positive confirmation of downlink signal > at 435.350MHz as for us it is still below horizon. Any audio recordings, > IQ data or at least pictures of reception would be welcomed.

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AMSAT's Upcoming Satellite Operations
by Robert Bankston 26 Jun '19

26 Jun '19

There is a lot of great activations happening this Summer. Be sure to keep an eye on AMSAT's Upcoming Satellite Operations webpage for all of the latest announcements. https://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/ In addition AMSAT's call sign, W3ZM, is popping up all over the U.S. in an effort to operate from all 50 States before this year's 50th Anniversary Symposium. To make this happen, we need your help. Check out https://www.amsat.org/events/was-w3zm/ for more information available. 73, Robert Bankston, KE4AL AMSAT-NA VP of User Services

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