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Skeds SSB Sats
by cl.rudi＠gmail.com 07 Apr '19

07 Apr '19

Hello FM, I'm qrv on all FM and SSB sats. I'm in JO20KT Looking for some skeds inside but specially outside EU. Mail private: on7cl(a)uba.be <mailto:[email protected]> Thanks in advance. See you on the birds. Rudi / ON7CL

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ARISS News Release (ANR) No. 19-06
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 06 Apr '19

06 Apr '19

ARISS News Release No. 19-06 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org Russian SSTV Transmission Event Planned April 6, 2019: ARISS Russia is planning Slow Scan Television (SSTV) image transmissions from the International Space Station. The transmissions begin Thursday, April 11, 2019 around 18:00 UTC and run continuously until approximately 18:00 UTC on Sunday, April 14, 2019. This event uses a computer in the ISS Russian Segment, which stores images that are then transmitted to Earth using the ARISS amateur radio station located in the Service Module which employs the Kenwood TM D710E transceiver. Once these images are received by ham radio operators and other radio enthusiasts on Earth, many participants will post them for viewing at http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php . In addition, you can receive a special SSTV ARISS Award for posting your image. Once the event begins, see details at https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/ . The transmissions will be broadcast at 145.800 MHz using the PD-120 SSTV mode. Please note that the event is dependent on other activities, schedules and crew responsibilities on the ISS and are subject to change at any time. Please check for news and the most current information on the AMSAT.org and ARISS.org websites, the AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org, the ARISS facebook at Amateur Radio On The International Space Station (ARISS) and ARISS twitter @ARISS_status. 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 Center for the Advancement of Science in space (CASIS) 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. Also join us on Facebook: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Follow us on Twitter: ARISS_status Media Contact: Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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ANS-096 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Mark D. Johns 06 Apr '19

06 Apr '19

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-096 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: * AMSAT India AISAT APRS Payload Operational on 145.825 MHz * Upcoming Satellite Operations * UT1FG/MM QSL Procedure Announced * Hamvention Booth Announcement * AMSAT Activities at Hamvention 2019 * The Case of the Unknown Satellites * Upcoming ARISS Contacts * International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students * VUCC Awards-Endorsements for March 2019 * Raspberry Pi magazine MagPi Features Ham Radio * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-096.01 ANS-096 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 096.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE YYY To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-096.01 AMSAT India AISAT APRS Payload Operational on 145.825 MHz An APRS payload from AMSAT INDIA was successfully launched on April 1, 2019 at 03:57 GMT on the PSLV-C45 mission. The payload was powered up on schedule over Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Poland and Moscow. AMSAT India requested stations at these locations to report the first signals on 145.825 MHz from the payload. The first beacon from AISAT-1 was received by R4UAB and DK3WN was able to digipeat through the satellite. Mike posted information on his blog at: http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=94180 AMSAT India requests that the Amateur Radio fraternity worldwide use the payload and Satgates to feed the traffic. More details about this unique project as well as the pre-launch TLE are available at http://www.amsatindia.org/ Their twitter feed is at https://twitter.com/amsatindia AMSAT Argentina's web-based satellite pass page passes at http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=aisa1 provides use- ful tracking information based on the pre-launch TLE. The 4th stage of the PSLV rocket (PS4) will become an orbital plat- form in a 485 km orbit hosting three payloads: + Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) digipeater from AMSAT INDIA + Automatic Identification System (AIS) from ISRO + Advanced Retarding Potential Analyzer for Ionospheric Studies (ARIS) from the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST). https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c45-emisat-mission [ANS thanks Nitin, VU3TYG, Secretary, AMSAT INDIA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT relies on your donations to Keep Amateur Radio in Space. Please consider a donation to the AMSAT General Fund, the GOLF Program, or ARISS today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations Defrosting Trip (EM90, EL99) – April 7-9, 2019 Paul, KE0PBR, has plans to escape the Land of the 10,000 Frozen Lakes and head down to Florida, to enjoy a little Global Warming. Will most likely be FM only, and holiday style. Paul will post announcements on his Twitter account: https://twitter.com/KE0PBR Utah (DM37, DM48, DM58) – April 13-19, 2019 Bob, N6REK, will be roving in Utah from April 13 to the 19th. He plans to be in DM37 April 13, DM58 from April 14-17, and then DM48 from April 17-19. Bob will be FM satellites only, and he will post the specific passes on the amsat-bb when we get closer to those dates. Liechtenstein (JN47) – April 17-19, 2019 Phillippe, EA4NF, is off on another DXpedition. This time, he is heading to HB0/Lichtenstein. Phillippe will operate under the call sign HB0/EA4NF from Leichtenstein and HB9/EA4NF from Switzerland (JN47s, on both FM and SSB satellites. QSL via LoTW. Updated info & Pass announcements (Time+Frequencies) available on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EA4NF_SAT Northern Border Security Check (Minnesota to Washington) – April 29 to May 4 or 5th, 2019 Alex, N7AGF, is all set for his semiannual rover trip to activate rare and somewhat rare grids, from April 29th to May 4th or 5th (or longer depending on how things go). Alex will fly into Minneapolis and drive back to my home grid CN88, activating as many ENx8,ENx7,DNx8,and DNx7 grids as possible along the route. The hope is to hit many corners and lines. Alex will be on both linear and FM birds. As always, activations and route details will be posted to his Twitter @N7AGF at https://twitter.com/N7AGF Alex will also be on APRS at https://aprs.fi/N7AGF-10 In areas of limited cell service, he’ll be using inReach. Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org [ANS thanks KE4AL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- UT1FG/MM QSL Procedure Announced Yuri, UT1FG/mm, is headed to Kalningrad (UA2) and according to marinetraffic.com, he will be there around 16April. Yuri will leave the ship there and go on vacation until next season. Yuri would like those who want to confirm their contacts, to do so by following the procedure to create a .pdf file that he can print, confirm and mail out from Kaliningrad. Instructions for creating the .pdf file are on papays.com/sat Please do not forget to include your mailing address in the header per the example. He would like to receive the qsl logsheets about one week before he arrives in port. You can send them to me later than that, but he may not have time to process them as he approaches port. That decision is up to you. I will forward them to Yuri as long as he is still underway. Send your logsheets to my qrz.com email address. Yuri was in HL90 on the 1818z 04April pass of AO-7. [ANS thanks John Papay, K8YSE for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamvention Booth Announcement Join us as AMSAT celebrates our Golden Jubilee at the 2019 Hamvention with a 1969 theme and an "OSCAR Park" display. The satellite lineup includes appearances by OSCAR-1, AO-7, Phase-3A, ARISSat, Fox, and GOLF. Join up or renew your AMSAT membership. Updated for 2019, AMSAT's book, "Getting Started With Amateur Satellites" is available. Get one-on-one guidance on setting up your satellite station and making contacts at our "Beginner's Corner". Participate in live demon- strations of contacts through FM and linear satellites with station and operating tips from some of the best satellite operators in the country. [ANS thanks the AMSAT Hamvention Team for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Activities at Hamvention 2019 For a complete list of AMSAT activities at the 2019 Hamvention, see www.amsat.org/other-events/amsat-activities-at-hamvention-2019/ Below, two of these activities are highlighted: AMSAT Forum, Forum Room 2 Saturday, 18 May 2019, 12:10 – 13:40 EDT Moderated by Robert Bankston KE4AL, AMSAT Vice President–User Services AMSAT Status Report – Joseph Spier, K6WAO, AMSAT President, will high- light recent activities within AMSAT and discuss some of our challenges, accomplishments, projects, and any late breaking news. AMSAT Engineering – Jerry Buxton, N0JY, AMSAT Vice President– Engineering, will talk about the Fox-1 and Golf (Greater Orbit, Larger Footprint) Projects. AMSAT Education – Alan Johnston, KU2Y, AMSAT Vice President–Education- al Relations will introduce the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator. AMSAT User Services – Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT Vice President– User Services, will discuss AMSAT’s 50th Anniversary Operating Event and the new AMSAT Ambassadors Program. Amateur Satellite Demonstrations Outside Main Entrance – Maxim Hall (Building 1) Friday, Saturday, Sunday 16 – 19 May 2019, 08:00 – 16:30 EDT Amateur Satellite operation demonstrations will be held outside the main Maxim Hall (Building 1 or E1) entrance. Every day, AMSAT will be demonstrating actual contacts with the operational amateur satellites. We especially want to invite youth to make a contact via an amateur satellite. All are invited to observe, participate and ask questions. Satellite pass times will be posted at the AMSAT booth (1007-1010 & 1107-1110) and in the demo area. [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Case of the Unknown Satellites On December 3, 2018, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off from California, lofting the largest haul of individual satellites the vehicle had ever transported. All 64 satellites deployed into space as designed. But nearly four months later, more than a dozen satellites from the launch have yet to be identified in space. We know that they’re up there, and where they are, but it’s unclear which satellites belong to which satellite operator on the ground. They are, truly, unidentified flying objects. An article by Loren Grush details the difficulties presented to the Air Force in sorting out objects from multiple launches. To read the full article, see https://tinyurl.com/y6rgkfn6 [ANS thanks The Verge for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming ARISS Contacts 58th Hamilton Scout Group, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, direct via VE3DC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Sat 2019-04-06 18:31:06 UTC 38 deg Shaftesbury High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, telebridge via VK6MJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-10 15:57:13 UTC 37 deg École des Charmilles, Thyez, France, telebridge via ON4ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Thu 2019-04-11 12:55:18 UTC 64 deg Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz. 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. [ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals from April 1, through May 15, 2019, from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020. Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program's goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio. Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, "Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact." Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students' interest. ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM- related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity for students. The proposal window opens April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com [ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- VUCC Awards-Endorsements for March 2019 Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period March 1, 2019 through April 1, 2019. Congratula- tions to all those who made the list this month! CALL 01 Mar 01 Apr WI7P 835 858 N4UFO 729 730 AA8CH 451 500 N3GS 370 409 K9UO 225 265 N6RFM 201 226 WW8W 152 181 PU8RFL 151 157 PS8MT 150 156 K5CIS New 150 K4RGK 133 145 LW2DAF 115 120 KF0QS New 115 KJ4EU 100 101 PP2CC New 101 AD7DB New 100 N7AME New 100 [ANS thanks Ron Parsons, W5RKN for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Raspberry Pi magazine MagPi Features Ham Radio The Raspberry Pi magazine MagPi issue 80 is an Amateur Radio Special that features articles by Dave Honess M6DNT and Rob Zwetsloot. The PDF is available free. The amateur radio articles appear on pages 62-75: . Pictures from Space via Ham Radio - Have you ever wanted to receive a radio signal from space? It's fun and a lot easier than you might think! . What is Ham Radio? . Using Ham Radio with Raspberry Pi . Amazing Ham Radio Projects - 7 projects Download the Free MagPi magazine issue 80 PDF at https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/issues/80/ The MagPi editorial team say - Got an amazing ham radio project of your own? Tweet us your photos! @TheMagPi Previous issues of MagPi are at https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/issues/ [ANS thanks raspberrypi.org for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + AMSAT has filed comments in the FCC Orbital Debris Mitigation Pro- ceeding. For details, see ANS special bulletin 095 or visit: https://tinyurl.com/yywq5jyt + From precision GPS to batteries for one of the world’s first com- mercial all-electric airplanes, NASA technology turns up in nearly every corner of modern life. The latest edition of NASA’s Spinoff publication features dozens of commercial technologies that were developed or improved by the agency’s space program and benefit people everywhere. The publication provides nearly 50 examples of how NASA benefits various industries and people around the world. Print and digital versions of the latest issue of Spinoff are avail- able at: https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2019/index.html (ANS thanks NASA HQ News for the above information) + XLGTa is a new Excel app which can calculate the antenna Gain/Temper- ature ratio, similar to the TANT program but with many more features. It can read 3D pattern data generated by EZNEC, AutoEZ, 4nec2, A.M. (Teri Software Antenna Model), or MMANA-GAL. In addition to G/Ta the app will calculate Average Gain, RDF (aka Directivity), and DMF (aka Rear Hemisphere Mean Sidelobe Level). XLGTa is free but requires Excel 2000 or later. For complete details and downloads see: https://ac6la.com/xlgta.html (ANS thanks Dan, AC6LA, for the above information) + Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle successfully lifted the R3D2 satellite for DARPA from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula at 23:27, March 28th UTC (12:27, 29 March NZDT). The mission launched a prototype reflect array antenna to orbit for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. (ANS thanks satmagazine.com for the above information) + Lockheed Martin has announced a new generation of space technology that will launch this year that will allow satellites to change their missions in orbit. This new tech, called SmartSat, is a software-defined satellite architecture that will boost capability for payloads on several testbed satellites. (ANS thanks satmagazine.com for the above information) + The Northern Arizona DX Association will celebrate the 50th anniversary of landing men on the moon with the special callsign K7M from various locations including the the "Meteor Crater National Natural Landmark" where astronaut training took place. http://www.nadxa.com/ (ANS thanks DX Newsletter for the above information) + Congratulations to Mike, W8LID for completing his Worked All States Satellite with his AO-91 contact with RJ, WY7AA roving in South Dakota. (W8LID via Twitter) + Former NASA astronauts Jim Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Class of 2019 during a ceremony on April 6, 2019, inside the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. They unveiled their plaques, which will be placed in the Hall of Fame at the visitor complex. (ANS thanks NASA for the above information) + After a long process of testing and judging experiments, the Euro- pean Space Agency and Raspberry Pi Foundation are happy to announce that a record number of 135 teams have been granted ‘flight status’ for Mission Space Lab 2018/2019! Full release at: https://tinyurl.com/y3bdqwp3 (ANS thanks the European Space Agency for the above information) --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space, This week's ANS Editor, K0JM at amsat dot org

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ic 9700
by James Brown 06 Apr '19

06 Apr '19

First day with ic 9700. checked out on local repeater. looks like sat mode similar to previous 910h. now trying to make it work with sat 32. guessing at address to use as ic9100 not working. Did get it to change downlink frequency but not uplink or mode. Will breakdown and read manual. It sure is pretty!! Jim KI6WJ

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-06 21:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 06 Apr '19

06 Apr '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-06 21:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: 58th Hamilton Scout Group, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, direct via VE3DC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact was successful: Sat 2019-04-06 18:31:06 UTC 38 deg (***) Shaftesbury High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, telebridge via VK6MJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-10 15:57:13 UTC 37 deg École des Charmilles, Thyez, France, telebridge via ON4ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Thu 2019-04-11 12:55:18 UTC 64 deg 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. International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students ARISS-US program’s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019 March 24, 2019: The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020. Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program’s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio. Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, “Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.” Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students’ interest. ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students. The proposal window opens April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: 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) http://www.jarl.org/ ****************************************************************************** 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? 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 **************************************************************************** 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 113 **************************************************************************** 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. 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 2019-04-06 21:00 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 Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1297. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1240. (***) 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 **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-04-06 21:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf 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 Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 58 on orbit 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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2 meter antenna wanted
by mikflathead＠aol.com 06 Apr '19

06 Apr '19

Looking for a M2 2 meter sat antenna. Thanks Mike

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Re: [amsat-bb] Geochron 4K with Amateur Satellite Overlay
by Jim Jerzycke 06 Apr '19

06 Apr '19

I keep getting closer and closer to buying one of these. 73, Jim KQ0EA -----Original Message----- From: Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> To: Bob Hammond <propgrinder(a)gmail.com> Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org>; Work-Sat <Work-Sat(a)yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sat, Apr 6, 2019 6:44 pm Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Geochron 4K with Amateur Satellite Overlay I should have said that the satellite overlay ships already loaded into the software. You merely have to select the overlay during set-up. In addition to the amateur birds, you can overlay military satellites, GPS, Irridium, etc. Since the overlays are live from the Internet, keps are updated automatically. I compared the orbits to the data from SatPC32 and everything tracks correctly. At the moment, the overlay only includes the track of the satellite and some other data points like altitude but new live data overlays are being produced frequently. I won’t be surprised to find one soon that includes the footprint of each satellite. Also Geochron is going to offer an SDK for those who want to develop their own overlays. Virtually any real-time data can be used to create new layers to go over the maps. I will try to take some photos tomorrow and share them. 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF Maylene, AL EM63nf AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member _______________________________________________ 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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Geochron 4K with Amateur Satellite Overlay
by Les Rayburn 06 Apr '19

06 Apr '19

No financial or other relationship with this company—just a very satisfied customer. If you haven’t seen the Geochron 4K clock then you’re in for a real treat. Basically a small computer in a box, it features a HMDI output capable of feeding 4K resolution video to a monitor of your choice. Like its mechanical namesake, it displays a world map segmented into 24 hour time zones, and clearly display the “gray line” terminator as day turns into darkness. But for satellite operators it can do so much more. It also can access the Internet to get real-time updates on a number of things—including amateur satellites. That’s right, you can watch the next pass of AO-91 or SO-50 approach your home QTH on a beautiful 70” 4K TV in real time. The effect is hypnotic. Soon to come will be even more live overlays including weather, maidenhead grid maps, propagation reports, etc. You can even add 3-D “pins” in various colors to mark any location on earth, and label them as you see fit. At just under $400 dollars, it makes a great present. Pair it with a large HD or 4K monitor and it’s the perfect compliment to any satellite operators shack. https://www.geochron.com/product/4k/ 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF Maylene, AL EM63nf AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member

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IC 9700
by James Brown 05 Apr '19

05 Apr '19

Just received my IC-9700. Should be on sats with Saturday! Cant wait. Jim

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AISAT-1 CONTACT
by alex weimer 05 Apr '19

05 Apr '19

Great contact via the AISAT-1 digipeater at 1755 Z. Contact between KB6LTY (DM14) and Myself KC7MG (DM42) . Satellite was at 26 degree max over the West Coast and very strong down to about 12 degrees. Digipeating was very easy using 25 watts of power and UISS software ! Now I wonder when it will be available in LOTW to confirm the contact DE KC7MG

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GPS TIME TURNOVER
by Harvey N. Vordenbaum 05 Apr '19

05 Apr '19

What is the significances of the GPS time/date rollover? K5hv

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Re: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
by alex weimer 05 Apr '19

05 Apr '19

44104 19018AC is what I am using ! > On April 5, 2019 at 1:27 PM Greg D <ko6th.greg(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Do you mean catalog # 44104? (vs 14104...) > > Greg KO6TH > > > > > > alex weimer via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > > > > > Umesh: Here are the TLE's for AISAT-1 > > 14104 19018AC AISAT-1 > > AISAT-1,145825,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0 1200 BAUD DIGIPEATER > > Hope this helps 73 JACK KC7MG The satellite is listed under NEW in SATPC32 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On April 4, 2019 at 8:09 PM "k6vug(a)sbcglobal.net" mailto:[email protected] <k6vug(a)sbcglobal.net> mailto:[email protected] wrote: > > > > > > Are the TLEs for this sat part of the normal download from AMSAT ? > > > If not could please share the TLEs. I don't have the updated ones. > > > Thanks. > > > > > > 73! > > > Umesh, k6vug > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thursday, April 4, 2019, 11:16:04 AM PDT, alex weimer via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> mailto:[email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > > > Using M2 horizontally polarized 7 el M2 horizontal yagi and 432 Mhz M2 12 el yagi horizontally polarized as well. 25 watts power. > > > No other stations heard throughout pass ! > > > > > > > > > > On April 4, 2019 at 12:56 PM alex weimer < ingejack(a)cox.net mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Great pass at 1642 Z using both ARISS and AISAT-1 and UISS had no problem digipeating from DM42 throughout the pass 73 JACK KC7MG DM42 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org mailto:[email protected]. 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > >

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Spoken for
by n4qwf 05 Apr '19

05 Apr '19

The 9600 PacComm board has been claimed. 73<<John

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Digital Voice Transponder Satellites
by Clayton Coleman W5PFG 05 Apr '19

05 Apr '19

Historically, strong opinions about digital vs. analog voice transponders have been made public here on the AMSAT-BB. Since Chinese satellite LO-90 recently re-entered and is no longer available, I wanted to hear from those that are pro-digital-voice satellites on their experiences using it. LO-90 was single channel but it offered a perfect platform to experiment with digital voice on an amateur satellite. I congratulate the team that built it for trying something new and giving us an opportunity to play with it. It is my observation that the satellite had very little use, as evidenced by the telemetry dashboard statistics. Why was that? I seem to recall many pro-digital voice conversations on the AMSAT-BB in the past. This was an excellent opportunity to try digital voice, and yet so few did. My excuse was that “life got in the way” and I didn’t spend the time until near the very end of its operational life. Unfortunately, I let time slip away and didn’t get to enjoy this fascinating digital voice experiment as much as I should have. Thankfully I was able to get my station up and running in time to hear my own voice, decode, and submit telemetry before re-entry. Are we ready for digital voice? Why or why not? 73, Clayton W5PFG

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ANS-095 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - AMSAT Files Comments in FCC Orbital Debris Mitigation Proceeding
by Paul Stoetzer 05 Apr '19

05 Apr '19

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-095.01 In this Special Bulletin: * AMSAT Files Comments in FCC Orbital Debris Mitigation Proceeding SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-095.01 ANS-095 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 333.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD DATE April 5, 2019 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-095.01 AMSAT Files Comments in FCC Orbital Debris Mitigation Proceeding The Federal Communications Commission has proposed several rules changes related to the amateur satellite service as part of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) related to the mitigation of orbital debris. AMSAT believes several of these rule changes would have an extremely detrimental affect on the amateur satellite service and AMSAT's ability to launch and operate new satellites, including AMSAT's upcoming GOLF satellites. Today, AMSAT filed comments on the proposed rulemaking. In the comments, AMSAT argues that amateur satellites often have longer mission lifespans than other small satellite missions and that the Commission should take a mission duration of 5 to 10 years into account when determining whether or not an amateur satellite will meet the orbital debris regulations by transferring to a parking orbit or re-entering the atmosphere within 25 years of mission completion. The current practice is to assume a "zero year" mission and to require that amateur satellites either transfer to a parking orbit or re-enter within 25 years following launch. AMSAT also urged the Commission to consider alternatives to a proposed rule that would restrict satellites in Low Earth Orbit that plan to meet the orbital debris mitigation guidelines through atmospheric re-entry to altitudes of 650 km or less. AMSAT noted that, had this rule been in place, AO-85 and AO-91 would not have been able to be deployed in their current ellipitcal orbits with apogees of approximately 800 km, despite the fact that both of these satellites will re-enter within 25 years due to their low perigees. Additionally, AMSAT noted that current plans for the GOLF-1 satellite are to meet orbital debris mitigation guidelines through atmospheric re-entry by deploying a drag device that will ensure re-entry within 25 years despite deployment at an altitude of above 1,000 km. This proposed rule would prohibit GOLF-1's deployment at that altitude. The Commission's proposed rules would also require that amateur satellite licensees indemnify the government against any claims made against the United States due to the operation of the satellite. AMSAT believes this proposal would end the ability of AMSAT, or any other entity in the United States, to launch and operate amateur satellites and urges the Commission to consider alternatives, such as establishing a fund to pay any such claims, noting that the likelihood of such a claim is low. For amateur satellites with propulsion, the Commission proposes a rule that would require any command links as well as satellite telemetry be encrypted. While AMSAT understands and agrees that a satellite carrying a propulsion system must have an encrypted command link, the proposal to require all satellite telemetry be encrypted is unnecessary and counter to the spirit of the amateur service. AMSAT notes that open access to telemetry is expected of amateur satellites and is critical to the educational component of amateur radio satellites. Finally, AMSAT proposes that the Commission exempt amateur space stations co-located on other spacecraft from the orbital debris mitigation regulations, including any indemnification rule. Noting that AMSAT has pursued opportunities to fly a payload as a rideshare aboard government or commercial satellites, AMSAT argues that, as the satellite's owner will need to meet orbital debris mitigation requirements to obtain the license in the primary mission's service, requiring the amateur licensee to meet the orbital debris mitigation requirements as well is redundant. AMSAT proposes that Part 97 be amended to state that amateur space stations co-located on spacecraft with space stations authorized under Part 25 of the Commission's regulations (for commercial spacecraft) or by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) (for government spacecraft) are exempt from these regulations. AMSAT's comments as filed may be downloaded at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-095-Comments The NPRM is International Bureau Docket #18-313 and is available at https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-18-159A1.pdf Interested parties may file reply comments by May 5th at https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/ [ANS thanks AMSAT Executive Vice President Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers life memberships, and sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 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 Contributing Editor, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM n8hm at amsat dot org

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One more freebie
by n4qwf 05 Apr '19

05 Apr '19

Thanks to my friend Mark N2QT I have one more PacComm 9600 baud modem board to give away for the cost of shipping. If you can use it let me know. Please only request it if you can make use of it. First come first serve. 73<<John

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Re: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
by Roy Dean 05 Apr '19

05 Apr '19

Thanks for the feedback, everybody. So far I haven't heard from anybody that used less than 25 watts, so this one may be a little deaf. I will attempt it with my D710 this weekend, and try to verify. --Roy K3RLD

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AISAT-1 working over NA
by alex weimer 04 Apr '19

04 Apr '19

When explaining my antenna setup I only meant to advise what I have at my qth for antennas. Of course AISAT-1 is only on 145.825 so of course it cannot be accessed via 435Mhz Sorry for any problems ...

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UT1FG/MM QSL PROCEDURE
by John Papay 04 Apr '19

04 Apr '19

Yuri, UT1FG/mm, is headed to Kalningrad (UA2) and according to marinetraffic.com, he will be there around 16April. Yuri will leave the ship there and go on vacation until next season. Yuri would like those who want to confirm their contacts, to do so by following the procedure to create a .pdf file that he can print, confirm and mail out from Kaliningrad. Instructions for creating the .pdf file are on papays.com/sat Please do not forget to include your mailing address in the header per the example. He would like to receive the qsl logsheets about one week before he arrives in port. You can send them to me later than that, but he may not have time to process them as he approaches port. That decision is up to you. I will forward them to Yuri as long as he is still underway. Send your logsheets to my qrz.com email address. Yuri was in HL90 on the 1818z 04April pass of AO-7. 73, John K8YSE --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Re: [amsat-bb] AISAT-1 WORKING OVER NA
by Roy Dean 04 Apr '19

04 Apr '19

Jack, can you post antenna used and Tx power? Thanks. --Roy K3RLD > Great pass at 1642 Z using both ARISS and AISAT-1 and UISS had no problem > digipeating from DM42 throughout the pass 73 JACK KC7MG DM42

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Objects from PSLV C45 launch identified
by Nico Janssen 04 Apr '19

04 Apr '19

All, Doppler measurements show that AstroCast 0.2 is object 44083, 2019-018F. Downlink: 437.1729 MHz. Doppler measurements show that AISTechSat 3 is object 44103, 2019-018AB. Downlink: 436.7302 MHz. Note that this frequency has NOT been coordinated with the IARU. Doppler measurements show that the PS4 stage of PSLV C45, with the AIS, APRS and ARIS payloads attached, is object 44104, 2019-018AC. The APRS payload of AMSAT-India is called AISat 1 and has downlink frequency 145.825 MHz. Note that this frequency has NOT been coordinated with the IARU. Doppler measurements show that the 6U Cubesat M6P is now about 50 s behind the PS4 stage. TLEs for M6P are not yet available. The downlink frequency of M6P is 437.265 MHz. Note that coordination of this frequency has been DECLINED by the IARU because there is no amateur radio involved in this mission. 73, Nico PA0DLO

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Re: [amsat-bb] Objects from PSLV C45 - AISAT-1 working over NA
by Roy Dean 04 Apr '19

04 Apr '19

Chisty, I have been unable to get in (that I know of) using a D72 (5W) and Elk. What antenna and Tx power are you using? Thanks! --Roy K3RLD > I was able to get 4 beacons digi thru AISAT-1 using ARISS path, and > UISS. Obj /44104, 2019-018AC/

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-04 02:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 03 Apr '19

03 Apr '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-04 02:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: 58th Hamilton Scout Group, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, direct via VE3DC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Sat 2019-04-06 18:31:06 UTC 38 deg Shaftesbury High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, telebridge via VK6MJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-10 15:57:13 UTC 37 deg École des Charmilles, Thyez, France, telebridge via ON4ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Thu 2019-04-11 12:55:18 UTC 64 deg 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. International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students ARISS-US program’s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019 March 24, 2019: The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020. Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program’s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio. Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, “Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.” Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students’ interest. ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students. The proposal window opens April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: 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) http://www.jarl.org/ ****************************************************************************** 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? 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 **************************************************************************** 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 113 **************************************************************************** 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. 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 2019-04-04 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 Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1296. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1239. 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 **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-03-28 21:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf 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 Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 58 on orbit 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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Upcoming ARISS contact with 58th Hamilton Scout Group, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 03 Apr '19

03 Apr '19

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at 58th Hamilton Scout Group, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada on 06 Apr. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:31UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and VE3DC. The contact should be audible over Ontario, Canada 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 58th Hamilton Scout Group, located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, provides youth across genders aged 5 to 26 the opportunity to participate in educational activities in keeping with the `Canadian Path' program established by Scouts Canada. The `Canadian Path' encourages curiosity and imagination by encouraging youth to pursue their individual interests and skills within a program structure unique to the Scout movement. The `Canadian Path' also lays strong emphasis on Science, Engineering, Technology and Math (STEM) activities. The radio contact with astronaut St. Jacques aboard the ISS will therefore help us further our educational mandate, as it relates to Scouts Canada's STEM emphasis. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. When did you realize you wanted to be involved in the space program, and what did you do to give yourself the opportunities to get there? 2. What does the earth look like from space? 3. Why do you float in space? 4. How do you eat in space? 5. Have you ever experienced any space sickness and what do you do to overcome it? 6. What science experiments are you doing on the ISS right now? 7. What do you do for fun in space? 8. How often do you put on your spacesuit and is it comfortable to wear? 9. How do you communicate with others on the ISS who speak different languages? 10. Do you use boosters to move around the outside of the station? 11. How do you get a steady supply of goods to the ISS, when you are up there for so long? 12. What is the best part of being in space? 13. What would happen if a meteorite hit the Space Station? 14. How does the spaceship fly without rocket boosters in space? 15. What happens if you shoot a gun in space? 16. How do you sneeze in space? 17. How do you do your laundry on the ISS? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. Shaftesbury High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, telebridge via VK6MJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-10 15:57 UTC 2. École des Charmilles, Thyez, France, telebridge via ON4ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Thu 2019-04-11 12:55 UTC About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) 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 informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-03 18:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 03 Apr '19

03 Apr '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-03 18:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: 58th Hamilton Scout Group, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, direct via VE3DC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Sat 2019-04-06 18:31:06 UTC 38 deg Shaftesbury High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, telebridge via VK6MJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-10 15:57:13 UTC 37 deg École des Charmilles, Thyez, France, telebridge via ON4ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Thu 2019-04-11 12:55:18 UTC 64 deg 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. International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students ARISS-US program’s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019 March 24, 2019: The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020. Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program’s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio. Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, “Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.” Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students’ interest. ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students. The proposal window opens April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: 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) http://www.jarl.org/ ****************************************************************************** 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? 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 **************************************************************************** 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 113 **************************************************************************** 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. 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 2019-04-03 18:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1296. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1239. 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 **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-03-28 21:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf 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 Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 58 on orbit 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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DXE Ships My IC-9700 on Monday 4/08/2019
by Frank Karnauskas 03 Apr '19

03 Apr '19

I haven't seen any chatter from anyone on shipments/receipts for this radio. Will I be the first kid on my block with one? I hope not. Someone please take the pressure off me and post your first impressions. I just finished installation of my M2 LEO pack so I have two unused Type-N connectors waiting in the shack. 73, Frank FRANK W. KARNAUSKAS, N1UW AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ROTATING EDITOR 1402 SUMMIT SHORES DR. BURNSVILLE, MN 55306 N1UW(a)GOKARNS.com 612-644-9174

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Re: [amsat-bb] AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
by Nitin Muttin 03 Apr '19

03 Apr '19

The first beacon from AISAT-1 was recieved by R4UAB and Mike ,dk3wn was successfully able to digipeat they the payload. 73 Nitin [VU3TYG] -------------------------------------------- On Sat, 30/3/19, Nitin Muttin <vu3tyg(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: Subject: AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Date: Saturday, 30 March, 2019, 3:31 PM Hello All, An APRS payload from AMSAT INDIA will be flown on PSLV C45. The launch is scheduled on April 1st 2019 at 09:27 IST / 03:57 UTC. The payload will be powered on approximately over Sweden,Norway,Denmark, Finland, Poland and Moscow.We request stations at these locations to report the first signals (145.825 Mhz) from the payload.We also request the Amateur Radio fraternity worldwide to use the payload and Satgates to feed the traffic. More details about this unique project is available at http://www.amsatindia.org The prelaunch TLE are also available for download on http://www.amsatindia.org 73 Nitin [VU3TYG]Secretary, AMSAT INDIA

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CN95 - Mini Rove
by KI7UNJ Tucker 02 Apr '19

02 Apr '19

Many missed CN95 last time I was there so headed back Monday April the 8th. FM only and will upload to LOTW. Use CN95MA for satmatch.com 1704z AO-92 1735z SO-50 1758z AO-91 1836z AO-92 1918z SO-50 1930z AO-91 -- Casey Tucker KI7UNJ https://twitter.com/KI7UNJ https://www.qrz.com/db/KI7UNJ http://bit.do/ki7unj <https://www.google.com/url?q=http://bit.do/ki7unj&sa=D&source=hangouts&ust=…>

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(no subject)
by Frank Staffa Jr. 02 Apr '19

02 Apr '19

Anyone know if the Japanese sat "SPROUT" Is still operational? Had a direct passover today and heard nothing. Cant find any updated info on that Satellite. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

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G5500 rotor connectors?
by Ken Swaggart 02 Apr '19

02 Apr '19

Anyone have the part number, and vendor, for the male connector that plugs into the Az and El rotors? Tnx, Ken, W7KKE

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Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT on HF
by GEO Badger 02 Apr '19

02 Apr '19

Pix are available upon request. I purchased this radio for Burning Man ops. It has 60M band and the DSP board installed. The remote mounting kit is included. I installed a IRC #720-F 2000 Hz SSB XTAL filter in the 455 kHz slot and a stable TXCO. Also included is an USB programming cable. All the accessories are unused. The original manual, untouched except to move it out of the way, and a loose-leaf binder with the slick, operation manual, XTAL filter specs and service manual will also be included. The radio was powered up to program and check operation, then stored in my "Go Box". I labeled the I/O on the back panel to be readable from the top of the radio. Any transmitting equipment will only be sold to a licensed amateur operator with a call sign verifiable in QRZ. If you wish to purchase this for a ham as a present, please contact me with their call and relationship. I am asking $1000.00 USD OBO + S&H. IMPORTANT! I am unable to ship to a PO Box. **NOTE - This item is not eligible for return or exchange. Please read the description, examine all the pictures, read and understand the return policy and ask lots of questions. We assume that the buyer is knowledgeable and proficient in the used of this type of equipment. COMPATIBILITY is the RESPONSIBILITY of the BUYER and is NOT a reason for return. Please verify compatibility before buying.Although we welcome your questions and inquiries, buyers are expected to do their own research in regard to the compatibility and/or software/driver requirements for any item they are considering purchasing.Use Dr Google to find more information. I accept PayPal only.Item(s) will be shipped from the Monterey Bay, California area when the correct funds are deposited in my account.

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test
by F6GLJ 02 Apr '19

02 Apr '19

73 Qro de Michel F6GLJ https://www.qrz.com/db/F6GLJ

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Missed Connection AO-7(b)
by Mike Diehl 02 Apr '19

02 Apr '19

There I was standing on the side of the road on a breezy afternoon around 1930z. I had a piece of 3/4” 6061 in one hand and my PTT switch in the other with only my IC-910H at minimum power to keep me warm. I was listening to the sweet sound of noise at 145.938 MHz with an occasional “one two” to keep my manual tuning on track while I awaited for the sweet DX to get into the footprint. Then you entered the scene pounding away with your CW and sweeping around demanding attention. You were as strong as an ox. You were splattering throughout the whole 60kHz of the passband, how could anyone miss you? And then as suddenly as you appeared there was utter silence. I mean, with that much power how could you not bring any bird to it’s knees? Perhaps we can meet again sometime, maybe try QRP for a less dramatic entrance and we can have a chance to have a conversation. 73, Mike Diehl W8LID/VE6LID

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AMSAT on HF
by skristof＠etczone.com 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

For anyone interested in the AMSAT on HF award I will be calling "CQ AMSAT" in slow code from 1945 UTC to 2015 UTC today (Monday). Frequency will be between 10.105 MHz and 10.115 MHz. Award info: https://www.amsat.org/amsat-50th-anniversary-awards-program/ Steve AI9IN

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Video: Talking through a satellite from 15 feet apart
by John Brier 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

https://youtu.be/HbNKiGO1Bfo Andrew Knafel, KN8FEL saw my videos and through our correspondence I helped him learn how to operate satellites. He and his family live in Ohio but regularly vacation at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He has a long time friend who lives near Raleigh, which is on the way to Myrtle Beach, who he usually stops to see. Since he was in town we met up for an evening to play radio. We worked four passes on four different satellites. The highlight was making contact through a satellite while standing mere feet away from each other. We actually did this twice on two different satellites. :-) Follow Andrew's sat activities on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kn8fel Andrew's equipment: Arrow II antenna Yaesu FT-818 for transmit on linear/SSB sats Wouxon HT for transmit on FM repeater sats Kenwood TH-D74 for receive My equipment: Alaskan Arrow with only one of three sections, except SO-50 pass where I used two of three sections. Icom IC-910H for linear sat passes Kenwood TM-V71 for SO-50. We worked these four passes: 2019-03-30 - 22:51 UTC - XW-2D 2019-03-30 - 23:10 UTC - XW-2C 2019-03-30 - 23:24 UTC - CAS-4A 2019-03-31 - 00:02 UTC - SO-50 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-01 17:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-04-01 17:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: 58th Hamilton Scout Group, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, direct via VE3DC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Sat 2019-04-06 18:31:06 UTC 38 deg Shaftesbury High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, telebridge via VK6MJ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI (***) Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-10 15:57:13 UTC 37 deg (***) École des Charmilles, Thyez, France, telebridge via ON4ISS (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Thu 2019-04-11 12:55:18 UTC 64 deg (***) 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. International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students ARISS-US program’s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019 March 24, 2019: The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020. Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program’s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio. Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, “Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.” Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students’ interest. ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students. The proposal window opens April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: 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) http://www.jarl.org/ ****************************************************************************** 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? 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 **************************************************************************** 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 113 **************************************************************************** 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. 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 2019-04-01 17:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1296. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1239. 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 **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-03-28 21:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf 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 Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 58 on orbit 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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VUCC Awards-Endorsements for March 2019
by Ronald G. Parsons 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period March 1, 2019 through April 1, 2019. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! CALL 01 Mar 01 Apr WI7P 835 858 N4UFO 729 730 AA8CH 451 500 N3GS 370 409 K9UO 225 265 N6RFM 201 226 WW8W 152 181 PU8RFL 151 157 PS8MT 150 156 K5CIS New 150 K4RGK 133 145 LW2DAF 115 120 KF0QS New 115 KJ4EU 100 101 PP2CC New 101 AD7DB New 100 N7AME New 100 For some reason, XE2JA and XE2JA dropped off the list at 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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DN73/83 DN74/84 Rove April 3-6th
by Robert Bragg 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

Time for a spring time fly fishing / satellite roving trip in eastern Wyoming. April 3rd I will be traveling through DN73 and DN83 and I will try to work: AO-92 18:27 utc SO-50 18:55 utc AO-91 19:31 utc SO-50 20:37 utc Some will be just DN73, some DN73/83 based on travel times. I will be camping in Beulah, WY in DN74 which is very close to DN84. Plan to work both vacation style, with DN84 mostly mid-day Thursday and Friday. Mostly FM birds, and I hope to practice my SSB a bit while in camp. Return passes through DN73 are unscheduled right now. I will try to post here and on Twitter before leaving. Very limited internet access during this trip. Hope to get some of you some new grids from DN land. R.J. WY7AA

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Re: [amsat-bb] AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
by Nitin Muttin 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

Thanks Ron for the appreciative note. The payload is powered on now and the first reception reports from the locations I mentioned in my email is eagerly awaited. 73 Nitin [VU3TYG] -------------------------------------------- On Sun, 31/3/19, Ron VE8RT <ve8rt(a)yknwt.ca> wrote: Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Cc: "Nitin Muttin" <vu3tyg(a)yahoo.co.in> Date: Sunday, 31 March, 2019, 2:08 PM Hi Nitin, I'm slowly setting up for satellite APRS as I believe it may be the best option for very short emcomm messages to/from our isolated northern communities (HF has been useless at the bottom of the solar cycle). Another APRS satellite is great news. Thanks! Ron VE8RT On Sat, 30 Mar 2019 15:31:57 +0000 (UTC) Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > Hello All, > An APRS payload from AMSAT INDIA will be flown on PSLV C45. The launch is scheduled on April 1st 2019 at 09:27 IST / 03:57 UTC. The payload will be powered on approximately over Sweden,Norway,Denmark, Finland, Poland and Moscow.We request stations at these locations to report the first signals (145.825 Mhz) from the payload.We also request the Amateur Radio fraternity worldwide to use the payload and Satgates to feed the traffic. More details about this unique project is available at http://www.amsatindia.org > The prelaunch TLE are also available for download on http://www.amsatindia.org > 73 > Nitin [VU3TYG]Secretary, AMSAT INDIA > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Ron VE8RT <ve8rt(a)yknwt.ca>

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Re: [amsat-bb] For Sale: Yaesu FT-897D New In The Box
by Tony 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

All: The FT-897D has been sold. Tony

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Satellite Pass Audio Recordings
by Chris Pohlad-Thomas 31 Mar '19

31 Mar '19

Can someone remind me of the website where you can go to access satellite recordings from recent passes? -- Chris Pohlad-Thomas

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AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
by Nitin Muttin 31 Mar '19

31 Mar '19

Hello All, An APRS payload from AMSAT INDIA will be flown on PSLV C45. The launch is scheduled on April 1st 2019 at 09:27 IST / 03:57 UTC. The payload will be powered on approximately over Sweden,Norway,Denmark, Finland, Poland and Moscow.We request stations at these locations to report the first signals (145.825 Mhz) from the payload.We also request the Amateur Radio fraternity worldwide to use the payload and Satgates to feed the traffic. More details about this unique project is available at http://www.amsatindia.org The prelaunch TLE are also available for download on http://www.amsatindia.org 73 Nitin [VU3TYG]Secretary, AMSAT INDIA

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Pictures Of New FT-897D For Sale Posted
by Tony 31 Mar '19

31 Mar '19

All: Pictures of the new FT-897D I have for sale can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMT7wqqNjjM Sale goes to buyer with the best offer. Please contact me direct: dxdx(a)optonline.net Payment must be via Paypal. Shipped to U.S. buyers Only Thank you, Tony

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For Sale: Yaesu FT-897D New In The Box
by Tony 31 Mar '19

31 Mar '19

All: I purchased a new unopened box Yaesu FT-897D from an estate sale. It came with the FP-30 A/C power supply and a Yaesu 300 Hz CW filter that was also unopened in the box. I tested the radio and it looks and functions like a new transceiver. It's an all-mode HF, 50/144/430 MHz radio that comes with 60 meters and the TXCO from the factory. It can be used with internal batteries or the internal FP-30 A/C power supply that it came with. It's not a full-duplex VHF/UHF transceiver but can be used with satellites. I can provide pictures for those interested. My email address is: dxdx(a)optonline.net Tony -K2MO

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Re: [amsat-bb] Greetings from India
by Rajesh Vagadia - VU2EXP 31 Mar '19

31 Mar '19

Dear OM Umesh KGVUG/VU2HUZ, Many thanks for sharing your radio satellite activities, experience till date & efforts you putup for hobby, just brilliant. You rightly said "working with satellite is exciting for both young and old hams alike"! Will look for your help whenever needed from your huge experience. Will be connected. 73's Rajesh VU2EXP ML52jh On Sun 31 Mar, 2019, 1:18 AM k6vug(a)sbcglobal.net, <k6vug(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Hello Rajesh, > > How are you. It is good to know you are leading the efforts of > AMSAT-INDIA. As you have seen AMSAT-BB is a resource for specific topics > like using satellites, radios, antennas, rotators and good practices and > tips for beginners. > > Just to give you an idea, I have been involved with amateur satellites > since 2011 and have learned quite a lot about them. I have built several > antennas suitable for satellite work and give presentations and > demonstrations at local clubs and public events like field-day etc. > Needless to say working with satellites is exciting for boht young and old > hams alike. I also had the opportunity to work with some students in India > and abroad for their school/college projects that involved amateur and NOAA > weather satellites. Please don't misunderstand, this not about me, I have > been a ham since 1976 (VU2HUZ) and I enjoy helping others enjoy the hobby > as well. > > Science and technology is an integral part of education in India, however > I also understand the restrictions, both financial and strict regulations, > compared to western countries. I would like to offer my help in any way I > can. > > > Best 73! > Umesh Ghodke > K6VUG > > > > > > > > On Saturday, March 30, 2019, 10:11:39 AM PDT, Rajesh Vagadia - VU2EXP < > vu2exp(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello Sat friends, > > I am VU2EXP active ham from India. QRV in hf/vhf/uhf digital & satellite. > I enjoy doing awareness/promotional > activities for amateur radio & satellites in west India zone as regional > coordinator of AMSAT-INDIA. > > Would like to learn & discuss about radio satellites on this wonderful > platform. > > Thanks & 73's > > Rajesh P. Vagadia - VU2EXP > ML52jh > >

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Re: [amsat-bb] AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform
by Nitin Muttin 31 Mar '19

31 Mar '19

Super, Thanks Pedro 73 Nitin [VU3TYG] -------------------------------------------- On Sun, 31/3/19, Pedro Converso <pconver(a)gmail.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AISAT APRS payload on PS4 Platform To: "Nitin Muttin" <vu3tyg(a)yahoo.co.in> Cc: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Date: Sunday, 31 March, 2019, 5:01 AM Thanks Nitin, For early hunters passes at http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=aisa1 Good Luck on launch and thanks for this new bird. 73, lu7abf, Pedro On 3/30/19, Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > Hello All, > An APRS payload from AMSAT INDIA will be flown on PSLV C45. The launch is > scheduled on April 1st 2019 at 09:27 IST / 03:57 UTC. The payload will be > powered on approximately over Sweden,Norway,Denmark, Finland, Poland and > Moscow.We request stations at these locations to report the first signals > (145.825 Mhz) from the payload.We also request the Amateur Radio fraternity > worldwide to use the payload and Satgates to feed the traffic. More details > about this unique project is available at http://www.amsatindia.org > The prelaunch TLE are also available for download > on http://www.amsatindia.org > 73 > Nitin [VU3TYG]Secretary, AMSAT INDIA > _______________________________________________ > 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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AMSAT News Service ANS-090 Weekly News Bulletin March 31, 2019
by Frank Karnauskas 30 Mar '19

30 Mar '19

73, Frank FRANK W. KARNAUSKAS, N1UW ARRL MINNESOTA AFFILIATED CLUB COORDINATOR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ROTATING EDITOR 1402 SUMMIT SHORES DR. BURNSVILLE, MN 55306 N1UW(a)GOKARNS.com 612-644-9174

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Today's Rocket Lab launch
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 30 Mar '19

30 Mar '19

Launch successful See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=OaUSf0D95vs Watch out for the next launch in April. 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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Rove starts tomorrow!
by aa8ch 29 Mar '19

29 Mar '19

Check out @charliehotel10 on twitter. Email works also. Hope to get you in the log if you need these grids! 73Chris AA8CH

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Re: [amsat-bb] Diplexer, Arrow ant, 2 handhelds question
by skristof＠etczone.com 29 Mar '19

29 Mar '19

This worked! I put the filter on the 70 cm side of the "rig" and I was full duplex on the next SO-50 pass. Thanks for the great tip. I also appreciate you roving to a grid line and giving several of us a "twofer". Steve AI9IN On 2019-03-26 10:07, Stephen E. Belter wrote: > Steve, > > *If* the problem is 3rd harmonics from the 2 m transmitter, then what you did should have helped. Adding a 50-ohm terminator might improve the attenuation of the 3rd harmonic. > > A more common problem is that the 70 cm receiver can't handle the 2 m transmitted signal because the receiver doesn't attenuate the 2 m signal sufficiently. (The AGC on the radio hears the 2 m signal, attenuates the whole 70 cm band, and you don't hear the satellite.) By using the Arrow diplexer as a 2 m band reject filter, you may solve your problem. > > For a better explanation see, Tony AA2TX's article here: > https://www.amsat.org/a-simple-desense-filter-for-mode-j-satellites/ > > So try your experiment again, but connect the antenna end of the diplexer to the 70 cm antenna and the 70 cm radio end of the diplexer to your receiver. > > 73, Steve N9IP > -- > Steve Belter, seb(a)wintek.com > > On 3/26/19, 12:18 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of skristof(a)etczone.com" <amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org on behalf of skristof(a)etczone.com> wrote: > > Today, on the SO-50 pass, I tried using the Arrow diplexer (duplexer?) > to enable full-duplex using two handhelds. As most on this forum know, > if you use two handhelds with the Arrow antenna, the third harmonic of > the 2m uplink will desense the 70cm handheld, so you can't hear > yourself. > > So, I hooked up what is normally the antenna end of the diplexer to the > 2m uplink radio and the 2m radio end of the diplexer to the 2m part of > the Arrow antenna. My hope was that this would suppress the third > harmonic of the 2m uplink enough so that it wouldn't desense the 70cm > handheld. The 70cm radio end of the diplexer was left unconnected. > > It didn't seem to work. I made contacts but I still didn't hear myself > on 70cm. > > Just wondering if anyone else has tried this and what results you got. > > Steve AI9IN > > EM79ji > _______________________________________________ > 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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SatPC32 and windows 10
by Mike 29 Mar '19

29 Mar '19

I was successfully using Windows 7 to run SatPC32 and suffered a catastrophic failure of the computer so I had to replace it. I replaced it with a used Windows 10 computer. I can install SatPC32 and get it set up, as best as i remember how to do. Things seem to be working except for the doppler tracking of the CAT control. I know SatPC is talking to my TS-2000 because it goes into satellite mode when I start SatPC. Also, I can click on the CW tab and it changes to CW and back when I deselect it. But no doppler tracking control. I'm at a loss as what to do at this point. Thanks for any help. Mike Stansberry, K0TER

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Diwata-2 schedule
by Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW 29 Mar '19

29 Mar '19

I will be listening for Diwata-2 at 18:55 UTC (overhead pass) on the scheduled time it will be on this evening which is 18:37-19:27 UTC. It is also on in the middle of the night around 1:30 AM EST if you want to stay up late. JA0CAW on twitter lists the full schedules and updates on Diwata-2 so watch his page if you want to know the latest. Looking forward to this new satellite and continuous operations! 73 Nick KE8AKW

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Diwata-2 schedule
by David Bartholomew 29 Mar '19

29 Mar '19

The Diwata-2 FM satellite is apparently on, sometimes. Are they enabling it for just specific passes or single orbits at a time, or will it be usable from the USA? https://twitter.com/JA0CAW/status/1111496822004973568 More FM sats to use can't be a bad thing. Dave AD7DB

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Greetings from India
by Rajesh Vagadia - VU2EXP 29 Mar '19

29 Mar '19

Hello Sat friends, I am VU2EXP active ham from India. QRV in hf/vhf/uhf digital & satellite. I enjoy doing awareness/promotional activities for amateur radio & satellites in west India zone as regional coordinator of AMSAT-INDIA. Would like to learn & discuss about radio satellites on this wonderful platform. Thanks & 73's Rajesh P. Vagadia - VU2EXP ML52jh

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RIP: LO-90
by Roy Dean 29 Mar '19

29 Mar '19

Looks like we've lost LilacSat-1 to re-entry. I was scrambling to get a codec-2 station working, and it never happened. --Roy K3RLD

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EsHail2 - QO-100 - Link budget APP for Android
by Fabio A. IZ5XRC 29 Mar '19

29 Mar '19

Ciao, Antonio, IK8XFV has developed an APP for Android to calculate QO-100 NB Transponder Link budget. Here is the link at the Google Play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.antmodstudios.eshail2link… Please, let us know if results match your experience. . Best 73 de Fabio, IZ5XRC

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LoTW Viewer
by Bruce 28 Mar '19

28 Mar '19

This was sent on a local club reflector. I thought it could be of use to my satellite friends as well.... 73...bruce I found a very nice and free LoTW Viewer for both iPhones and Android phones written by a ham in Greece. It is only a Viewer that pulls all of your LoTW data from ARRL servers and allow you to view it on your phone or iPad. It displays all of the QSLs that you have uploaded and whether they have been CONFIRMED. It has various data sorts, shows several metrics and more. Just do a search for “MyLoTW” in the iStore. There is also an instructional video available by going to APPSupport in the iStore for this app. Regards, Glen Jenkins,P.E. WB4KTF -- 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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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-03-28 21:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 28 Mar '19

28 Mar '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-03-28 21:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Ulluriaq School, Kangiqsualujjuaq, QC, Canada, via LU8YY The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact was successful: Thu 2019-03-28 16:14:54 UTC 47 deg (***) Watch for live stream (probably audio only) at: https://www.canada.ca/en/space-agency/news/2019/03/amateur-radio-contact-be… https://twitter.com/csa_asc/status/1110999963515932673?s=21 58th Hamilton Scout Group, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, direct via VE3DC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Sat 2019-04-06 18:31:06 UTC 38 deg 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. International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students ARISS-US program’s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019 March 24, 2019: The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020. Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program’s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio. Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, “Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.” Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students’ interest. ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students. The proposal window opens April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: 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) http://www.jarl.org/ ****************************************************************************** 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? 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 **************************************************************************** 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 113 **************************************************************************** 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. 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 2019-03-28 21:00 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 Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1296. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1239. (***) 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 **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-03-28 21:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf 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 Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 58 on orbit 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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WD9EWK @ DM51/DM52 line, Saturday (30 March) afternoon
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 28 Mar '19

28 Mar '19

Hi! I previously mentioned I would be at the Radio Society of Tucson's hamfest in southern Arizona on Saturday (30 March) morning: https://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2019-March/072110.html At some point after the hamfest, I will make a drive to the DM51/DM52 grid boundary for some passes in the mid- to late-afternoon, including the SO-50 passes. This grid boundary is in Arizona's Cochise County, near US-191 and south of I-10 - a little more than an hour from Tucson. I will also look to work other passes in SSB, but plan to head home by sunset (sometime around 0200 UTC for that area). As with my other satellite operations, QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World in the day or two after I return home. My travels after the hamfest should be visible on APRS as WD9EWK-9: http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 Further updates will be posted on my @WD9EWK Twitter account. If you do not use Twitter, you can view these updates using a web browser at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

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RE Yaseu 5400B Troubleshooting
by mikflathead＠aol.com 28 Mar '19

28 Mar '19

Terminals 6 and 7 are the common terminals. Check between 6 or 7 and 4 or 5 as you activate the rotor. Mike

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RE Yaseu 5499B Troubleshooting
by mikflathead＠aol.com 28 Mar '19

28 Mar '19

I think you are missing the common terminal. I can't locate the schematic but I think that may shed some light on your testing. Mike

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RE Yaseu 5499B Troubleshooting
by documike＠comcast.net 28 Mar '19

28 Mar '19

Getting the satellite station set back up after several years of inactivity. My G-5400B rotor doesn't seem to be working and it appears it may be the control box so looking for some troubleshooting tips. It was working fine when I last used it so just want to confirm there really is an issue. Yaseu tech told me to measure across terminals 4 & 5 at the rear of the control box and said it should read 12-24 VAC. I'm not seeing any voltage on either AZ or EL so just want to verify that is what I should be seeing? Any other tips on troubleshooting the control box before I send it off to Yaseu? Thanks! Mike N7ASZ

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-03-28 03:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 28 Mar '19

28 Mar '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-03-28 03:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Ulluriaq School, Kangiqsualujjuaq, QC, Canada, via LU8YY The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Thu 2019-03-28 16:14:54 UTC 47 deg Watch for live stream (probably audio only) at: (***) https://www.canada.ca/en/space-agency/news/2019/03/amateur-radio-contact-be… https://twitter.com/csa_asc/status/1110999963515932673?s=21 58th Hamilton Scout Group, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, direct via VE3DC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Sat 2019-04-06 18:31:06 UTC 38 deg 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. International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students ARISS-US program’s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019 March 24, 2019: The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020. Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program’s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio. Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, “Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.” Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students’ interest. ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students. The proposal window opens April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: 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) http://www.jarl.org/ ****************************************************************************** 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? 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 **************************************************************************** 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 113 (***) **************************************************************************** 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. 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 2019-03-28 03:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1295. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1238. 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 **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-03-21 03:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf 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 Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 58 on orbit 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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The PaCComm stuff has been spoken for.
by n4qwf 27 Mar '19

27 Mar '19

Best<<John

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Free PaComm Micropower-2 Controller 9600 baud
by n4qwf 27 Mar '19

27 Mar '19

I have one of these complete in original box with all the manuals. It was given to me by NQ2T to offer to anyone on the Amsat-BB that could use it. I also have two MFJ G3RUH packet boards that are offered free as well. Anyone who wants these and will pay shipping let me know. First request gets them. 73<<John N4QWF

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ISS/SSTV Diploma
by Amsat Argentina 27 Mar '19

27 Mar '19

On April 1-2 new SSTV emissions are announced from ISS on: https://amsat-uk.org/2019/03/26/iss-sstv-transmissions-april-1-2/ We are pleased to announce a free ISS/SSTV Diploma its bases on: http://amsat.org.ar?f=9 Passes for your location at http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=iss Good luck to ISS/SSTV chasers !! 73, LU7AA, AMSAT Argentina

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-03-27 15:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 27 Mar '19

27 Mar '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-03-27 15:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Ulluriaq School, Kangiqsualujjuaq, QC, Canada, via LU8YY The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Thu 2019-03-28 16:14:54 UTC 47 deg 58th Hamilton Scout Group, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, direct via VE3DC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Sat 2019-04-06 18:31:06 UTC 38 deg 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. International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students ARISS-US program’s education proposal window is open April 1 - May 15, 2019 March 24, 2019: The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals beginning April 1, 2019, from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020. Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program’s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio. Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, “Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.” Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students’ interest. ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students. The proposal window opens April 1, 2019 and the proposal deadline is May 15, 2019. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered April 11, 2019 at 7 pm Eastern Time and April 16, 2019 at 9 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2019.eventbrite.com **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: 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) http://www.jarl.org/ ****************************************************************************** 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? 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 **************************************************************************** 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 113 (***) **************************************************************************** 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. 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 2019-03-27 15:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1295. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1238. 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 **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-03-21 03:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf 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 Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 58 on orbit 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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XW-2D linear transponder signal id
by Chuck Swiger 27 Mar '19

27 Mar '19

Hi - can anyone identify this signal often heard on the XW-2 birds? http://swigerco.com/gqrx_20190311_223926_145869769.wav I enjoy listening to the SSB qso's on them, but curious what that is, sounds almost like a very slow fax like https://www.sigidwiki.com/wiki/WEFAX One was particularly strong this morning https://network.satnogs.org/observations/555759/ (the line around +15KHz on the waterfall) along with another weaker one. Just curious. Thanks de kb4new

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Re: [amsat-bb] Diplexer, Arrow ant, 2 handhelds question
by Zach Metzinger 27 Mar '19

27 Mar '19

On 3/26/19 12:38 PM, Don KB2YSI wrote: > I will have to try this with my IC7100 to see if it makes a difference. Hello Don, You might also try WA5VJB's duplexer in https://www.wa5vjb.com/references/Cheap%20Antennas-LEOs.pdf Here's a SMT version of it: http://ve2zaz.net/Arrow_Ant/Arrow_Style_Ant.htm --- Zach N0ZGO

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AMSAT Activities at Hamvention - AMSAT Academy, TAPR/AMSAT Banquet, and More
by Paul Stoetzer 27 Mar '19

27 Mar '19

Don't miss out on the exciting events we have planned for the 2019 Hamvention! Details below: AMSAT Academy Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) Clubhouse, Dayton, OH Thursday, 16 May 2019, 09:00 - 17:00 EDT Come join us the day before Hamvention for AMSAT Academy – a unique opportunity to learn all about amateur radio in space and working the FM, linear transponder, and digital satellites currently in orbit. AMSAT Academy will be held Thursday, May 16, 2019, from 9:00am to 5:00pm, at the Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) Clubhouse, located at 6619 Bellefontaine Rd, Dayton, Ohio. Registration Fee includes: Full day of instruction, designed for both beginners and advanced amateur radio satellite operators, and taught by some of the most accomplished AMSAT operators. Digital copy of Getting Started with Amateur Satellites, 2019 Edition ($15 value) One-Year, AMSAT Basic Membership ($44 value) Pizza Buffet Lunch Invitation to the Thursday night AMSAT get together at Ticket Pub and Eatery in Fairborn AMSAT Academy 2019 Registration Fee: $85.00. Registration closes May 10, 2019. No sign ups at the door. No refunds, No cancellations. Registration may be purchased on the AMSAT Store at https://www.amsat.org/product/amsat-academy-registration/. AMSAT "Dinner at Tickets" Tickets Pub & Eatery, Fairborn, OH Thursday, 16 May 2019, 18:00 EDT The annual AMSAT “Dinner at Tickets” party will be held Thursday at 18:00 EDT at Tickets Pub & Eatery at 7 W. Main St, Fairborn, OH. Great selection of Greek and American food and great company! No program or speaker, just good conversation. Food can be ordered from the menu, drinks (beer, wine, sodas and iced tea) are available at the bar. Leave room for dessert, there’s an in-house ice cream shop! Come as you are. Bring some friends and have a great time the night before Hamvention. ARISS Forum Forum Room 3 Friday, 17 May 2019, 13:15 - 14:15 EDT Out of this World Ham Radio via ARISS--Amateur Radio on the ISS Moderators: Rosalie White, K1STO, ARISS Secretary & USA Delegate, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT Vice President Human Space Flight ARISS is one of the most unique and fun facets of our hobby. We inspire generations of students and hams through our International Space Station crew and radio connections. In this eye-opening forum, learn about current and future lifelong learning opportunities for hams—via SSTV, APRS, voice repeaters, radio experiments and even robots! Hear how ARISS inspires, engages and educates tens of thousands of students each year in STEAM (science, technology, engineering arts and math) and radio science. See the next generation hardware systems we have in development. Discover how to maximize your opportunities to make ARISS connections and to hear the ISS crew directly from your ham shack. And learn about our visionary initiative to fly ham radio on the human space flight lunar Gateway. Come meet the team that have enabled millions, worldwide, to experience the fun of our amateur radio hobby. The ARISS team will present an overview and status of the program and then conduct a panel/Q&A session with ARISS panel experts in operations, education, hardware, experimentation and exploration. We also hope to have some surprise guests attending! TAPR/AMSAT Banquet Kohler Presidential Center , Kettering, OH Friday, 17 May 2019, 18:30 EDT The twelfth annual TAPR/AMSAT Banquet will be held at the Kohler Presidential Center on Friday at 18:30 EDT. This dinner is always a highlight of the AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corp.) and TAPR (Tucson Amateur Packet Radio) activities during the Dayton Hamvention. Tickets ($40 each) may be purchased from the AMSAT store at https://www.amsat.org/product/tapramsat-joint-hamvention-banquet/. The banquet ticket purchase deadline is Tuesday, May 14th. Banquet tickets must be purchased in advance and will not be sold at the AMSAT booth. There will be no tickets to pick up at the AMSAT booth. Tickets purchased on-line will be maintained on a list with check-in at the door at the banquet center. Seating is limited to the number of meals reserved with the Kohler caterers based on the number of tickets sold by the deadline. AMSAT Forum Forum Room 2 Saturday, 18 May 2019, 12:10 - 13:40 EDT Moderated by Robert Bankston KE4AL, AMSAT Vice President - User Services AMSAT Status Report - Joseph Spier, K6WAO, AMSAT President, will highlight recent activities within AMSAT and discuss some of our challenges, accomplishments, projects, and any late breaking news. AMSAT Engineering - Jerry Buxton, N0JY, AMSAT Vice President - Engineering, will talk about the Fox-1 and Golf (Greater Orbit, Larger Footprint) Projects. AMSAT Education - Alan Johnston, KU2Y, AMSAT Vice President - Educational Relations will introduce the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator. AMSAT User Services - Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT Vice President - User Services, will discuss AMSAT's 50th Anniversary Operating Event and the new AMSAT Ambassadors Program. Amateur Satellite Demonstrations Outside Main Entrance - Maxim Hall (Building 1) Friday, Saturday, Sunday 16 - 19 May 2019, 08:00 - 16:30 EDT Amateur Satellite operation demonstrations will be held outside the main Maxim Hall (Building 1 or E1) entrance. Every day, AMSAT will be demonstrating actual contacts with the operational amateur satellites. We especially want to invite youth to make a contact via an amateur satellite. All are invited to observe, participate and ask questions. Satellite pass times will be posted at the AMSAT booth (1007-1010 & 1107-1110) and in the demo area. 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Executive Vice President AMSAT

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Domenico I8CVS files
by 73 Bob W7LRD 27 Mar '19

27 Mar '19

I have about 144 emails and mostly posts from Dom. Scanning through them I realized these things have value. His detailed responses to the many questions he received have a great deal of knowledge behind them. How, and should I make these files publicly available? 73 Bob W7LRD Seattle

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-03-27 03:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-03-27 03:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: About Gagarin From Space, Khabarovsk Institute of Infocommunications (KhIKI SibSUTI), Khabarovsk, Russia, direct via RZØCWD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Konenenko Contact was successful 2019-03-26 10:45 UTC (***) Ulluriaq School, Kangiqsualujjuaq, QC, Canada, via LU8YY The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Thu 2019-03-28 16:14:54 UTC 47 deg 58th Hamilton Scout Group, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, direct via VE3DC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Sat 2019-04-06 18:31:06 UTC 38 deg ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS-US program’s education proposal window should go open in the spring of 2019. 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) http://www.jarl.org/ ****************************************************************************** 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? 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 **************************************************************************** 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 113 (***) **************************************************************************** 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. 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 2019-03-27 03:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1295. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1238. (***) 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 **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-03-21 03:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf 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 Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 58 on orbit 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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Rocket Lab Launch delayed again
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19

Bad weather and space traffic tomorrow. Delayed to 22:30 UTC on 28th March. 11:30 29th March NZDT. See: https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1110638209770254336 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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Es'hail-2 / QO-100 talks at Martlesham April 14 + PSLV-C45
by M5AKA 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19

Es'hail-2 / QO-100 amateur radio geostationary satellite transponder talks at Martlesham on Sunday, April 14. This Free Event is Open To All but you must register in advance https://amsat-uk.org/2019/03/25/ham-radio-geostationary-satellite-talks-at-… PSLV-C45 expected to launch 0357 GMT on April 1 is believed to be carrying 30 satellites.Rocket's 4th stage will become an orbital platform at 485 km. It hosts three payloads, APRS, AIS and Analyzer for Ionospheric Studies (ARIS) IIST. Some information at https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c45-emisat-mission ISS SSTV transmissions April 1-2 https://amsat-uk.org/2019/03/26/iss-sstv-transmissions-april-1-2/ Receive-only antennas for reception of FUNcube telemetry (and 137 MHz weather satellites) are now back in stock at https://shop.amsat-uk.org/FUNCube_TLM_Receive_Antenna/p3815740_15628535.aspx E-members of AMSAT-UK can now download the March 2019 edition of OSCAR News, issue 225. Contents list for this issue is at https://amsat-uk.org/2019/03/26/spring-2019-oscar-news/ Trevor M5AKA---- AMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ----

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Ulluriaq School, Kangiqsualujjuaq, QC, Canada
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Ulluriaq School, Kangiqsualujjuaq, QC, Canada on 28 Mar. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:14 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and LU8YY. The contact should be audible over Argentina 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. Kangiqsualujjuaq is an Inuit village located on the east coast of Ungava Bay located 950 miles northeast of Montreal. Kangiqsualujjuaq is pronounced "kan-JIK-soo-an-oo-joo-ak" and means "very large Bay". Industries in Kangiqsualujjuaq include hunting of caribou, seal and beluga whale, Arctic char fishing, and the production of Inuit art. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Where do you sleep? 2. What happens when you sneeze in zero gravity? 3. How do you use the bathroom in space? 4. Is the internet the same as on earth? Is there WIFI on the space station? 5. How do you communicate with your families? 6. How long does it take to get to the space station and is it the same on the way back to earth? 7. What do you do if you have an emergency and need to go to the doctor? 8. How long can humans stay in space and what is the longest stay so far? 9. What kind of food do you eat in space? 10. Other than Earth, which planet do you think humans could live on and why? 11. Have you ever floated outside the space station? What is it like? 12. How do you control the space station when you're sleeping? 13. Do astronauts get paid like everyone else? 14. How do you wash yourself each day on the space station? 15. What types of research are you personally involved with? 16. Did you want to be an astronaut when you were young? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. 58th Hamilton Scout Group, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, direct via VE3DC. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Sat 2019-04-06 18:31 UTC About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) 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 informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.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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Thank you
by David Bartholomew 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19

I find it amazing that satellite VUCC has been around so many years, and yet less than 500 of them have been earned! I think there are two major reasons for the latest great increase in them: 1) We are very fortunate to have more active satellites at this time than ever before. 2) Logbook of the World makes it fast and easy to get your confirmations and to apply. As for me, I applied for my first VUCC earlier this month and hope to get my certificate very soon. 73 Dave AD7DB

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Satellite Cheat Sheet
by Chris Pohlad-Thomas 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19

Does anyone have a PDF of the laminated satellite cheat sheet that comes with your new member packet for AMSAT? I don't seem to be able to find my packet. -- Chris Pohlad-Thomas

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AmazonSmile for AMSAT!
by Zach Metzinger 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19

All, If you shop with Amazon, remember to use smile.amazon.com and select AMSAT as your charity. > This is your quarterly AmazonSmile donation notification. Your > charity, Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, recently received a > quarterly donation of $428.76 thanks to customers shopping at > smile.amazon.com. > > To date, AmazonSmile has donated a total of: $3,615.82 to Radio > Amateur Satellite Corporation --- Zach N0ZGO

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Road trip to DM52/62 & DM61/62 grid lines on Friday (29 March 2019)
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19

Hi! I will make a quick trip to New Mexico to activate some grids on Friday, 29 March 2019. My plans are to work the midday AO-91 passes from the DM52/DM62 grid boundary west of Deming. Later in the afternoon, I plan to work a couple of SO-50 passes from the DM61/DM62 grid boundary south of Deming. Both of these locations are in New Mexico's Luna County. In between the AO-91 and SO-50 passes, I will work other passes from one of these grid boundaries. I may skip the morning AO-92 passes, depending on where I am when those passes come up. I will drive over 300 miles/500km to get to the Deming area Friday morning. I won't stay in that area into the evening, as I need to get to Tucson in the evening, before a hamfest there on Saturday (30 March) morning. During the day, I will use my @WD9EWK Twitter account to post updates. For those who don't use Twitter, my tweets are readable in a web browser at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK APRS coverage should be pretty good in that area. I use WD9EWK-9 as my call sign for APRS when on the road, and my track should be visible at: http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 All contacts made from this New Mexico trip will be uploaded to Logbook of the World. If you would like a QSL card for a contact with WD9EWK in New Mexico, please e-mail me directly with the QSO details. There's no need to first send me your QSL card or an SASE to get my card. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

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Diplexer, Arrow ant, 2 handhelds question
by skristof＠etczone.com 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19

Today, on the SO-50 pass, I tried using the Arrow diplexer (duplexer?) to enable full-duplex using two handhelds. As most on this forum know, if you use two handhelds with the Arrow antenna, the third harmonic of the 2m uplink will desense the 70cm handheld, so you can't hear yourself. So, I hooked up what is normally the antenna end of the diplexer to the 2m uplink radio and the 2m radio end of the diplexer to the 2m part of the Arrow antenna. My hope was that this would suppress the third harmonic of the 2m uplink enough so that it wouldn't desense the 70cm handheld. The 70cm radio end of the diplexer was left unconnected. It didn't seem to work. I made contacts but I still didn't hear myself on 70cm. Just wondering if anyone else has tried this and what results you got. Steve AI9IN EM79ji

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Rocket Lab launch delayed until Wednesday UTC.
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

High winds for tomorrow at launch site (27 KM/Hr). Launch delayed until Wednesday UTC (Thursday NZDT). See: https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1110348953986297856 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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SO-50 timer resets every 10 mins even if in use
by John Brier 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

This came up on Twitter recently. [1] When I first started using SO-50 I assumed once the transponder was turned on with the 74.4 Hz tone it would stay on as long as it was being used (people are uplinking with a 67 HZ tone), but in fact it turns off every 10 minutes regardless of activity. If you ever hear it go silent in the middle of a busy pass try sending a 74.4 hz tone to reset the timer/turn the transponder back on. 73, John Brier KG4AKV 1) https://twitter.com/AA5PK/status/1109642144887853056

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-03-25 20:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-03-25 20:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: About Gagarin From Space, Khabarovsk Institute of Infocommunications (KhIKI SibSUTI), Khabarovsk, Russia, direct via RZØCWD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Konenenko Contact is a go for 2019-03-26 10:45 UTC Ulluriaq School, Kangiqsualujjuaq, QC, Canada, via LU8YY The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Thu 2019-03-28 16:14:54 UTC 47 deg 58th Hamilton Scout Group, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, direct via VE3DC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Sat 2019-04-06 18:31:06 UTC 38 deg ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS-US program’s education proposal window should go open in the spring of 2019. 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) http://www.jarl.org/ ****************************************************************************** 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? 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 **************************************************************************** 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 112 **************************************************************************** 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. 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 2019-03-25 20:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1294. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1237. 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 **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-03-21 03:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf 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 Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 58 on orbit 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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New APRS sat on PSLV?
by Roy Dean 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

According to a post on the SatNogs community forum, the April 1st PSLV launch will contain an APRS payload (to remained fixed to the upper stage of the rocket). Anybody know of anything about it? --Roy K3RLD

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How AMSAT uses Twitter to make AO-92 mode-change notifications...
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

Hi. Last night, the @AMSAT Twitter account apparently retweeted a notice from Drew Glasbrenner KO4MA, AMSAT's Vice President of Operations, that the normally-scheduled AO-92 mode change would not take place until this morning. I did not see this. Even though Drew's initial AO-92 announcement was retweeted by the @AMSAT Twitter account, I was not able to view it because Drew blocked my @WD9EWK Twitter account from seeing anything originating from his @glasbrenner account. Drew did this as a result of my encouraging AMSAT and ARRL to do more about the DMR hotspot interference that AMSAT reported last August, and Drew's initial weak response (only encouraging everyone to contact the hotspot operators). Drew changed his tune a couple of weeks later, encouraging everyone to contact him about DMR hotspot interference to our satellites, when he appeared on Amateur Radio Newsline: https://www.arnewsline.org/news/2018/9/6/amateur-radio-newsline -report-2132-for-friday-september-7th-2018 The script for that edition of Newsline is at: https://www.arnewsline.org/s/nsln2132.txt Despite this change of tune, my Twitter account remains blocked from viewing tweets from the @glasbrenner account for the past 6 or 7 months. This was not the first time Drew has chosen to have the @AMSAT Twitter account retweet something from his personal Twitter account, instead of using the @AMSAT Twitter account to make this sort of announcement. Drew has done this on two other occasions in the past 3 weeks for announcements on AO-92 mode changes. There have been other occasions where the @AMSAT account retweeted the AO-92 mode-change announcements from Mark Hammond N8MH. I am able to see those, but that doesn't change my opinion on how AMSAT should handle these notifications. I know I can always go to the AMSAT web site and look at the status page for AO-92 to see the status of the satellite, including whether or not the L-band uplink is active. If AMSAT is only going to use its Twitter account to make these announcements, and not post them on the AMSAT-BB list or the AMSAT web site, these tweets from AMSAT really need to originate from the @AMSAT Twitter account. This was done earlier last week, when the @AMSAT Twitter account announced new pricing on the 2018 Getting Started books: https://twitter.com/AMSAT/status/1108171995697606656 and the one-day sale on AMSAT T-shirts: https://twitter.com/AMSAT/status/1108368893914030081 What Drew does with his personal Twitter account is Drew's business. It becomes an AMSAT issue when he is using his personal Twitter account to make announcements on behalf of the organization, and not everyone has access to those announcements. I have tried to address issues related to how Drew manages the @AMSAT Twitter account over the past few months with a few AMSAT officers and Board members, and have either been greeted with silence to my inquiries, contempt for daring to question AMSAT, or outright dismissal in one case. I don't have a problem with AMSAT using its Twitter account for these announcements, as long as AMSAT makes the announcements so *everyone* can see them. Otherwise, the AMSAT-BB list or the AMSAT web site may be better avenues to make announcements about the status of AMSAT's satellites that all can see. Thank you. Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK/VA7EWK Scottsdale, Arizona

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-03-25 16:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-03-25 16:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Khabarovsk University, Khabarovsk, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Konenenko Contact is a go for 2019-03-26 10:45 UTC Ulluriaq School, Kangiqsualujjuaq, QC, Canada, via LU8YY The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Thu 2019-03-28 16:14:54 UTC 47 deg 58th Hamilton Scout Group, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, direct via VE3DC (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Sat 2019-04-06 18:31:06 UTC 38 deg (***) ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS-US program’s education proposal window should go open in the spring of 2019. 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) http://www.jarl.org/ ****************************************************************************** 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? 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 **************************************************************************** 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 112 **************************************************************************** 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. 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 2019-03-25 16:00 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 Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1294. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1237. 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 **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-03-21 03:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf 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 Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 58 on orbit 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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AO-92 L/v this morning
by Ronald G. Parsons 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

Looks possible that the AO-92 pass over eastern US this morning may be within the 24 hour L/v activation period. I’ll be there. Let’s try. Ron W5RKN

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FL11 activations on the way.
by Pavel Milanes Costa 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

Hi to all, I'm Pavel CO7WT, I was off-air from quite long time, mainly because haven't radio for 70cm... I'm glad to inform you that I have now a Wouxun KG-UV8E and it's capable of full duplex in U/V mode, that means all fox satellites! This past weekend I made some attempts in AO-92 and reception in SO-50, that resulted in failure (can't hear my signal coming trough the bird, nor the 70cm downlink of SO-50) I'm using a homebrew cross yagui with 3el in 2m and 7 el in 70cm... I have located and fixed the failure: a open condenser in the UHF part of the VHF/UHF (homebrewed) diplexer, almost two years of storage + used/rescued parts have consequences. Sadly it was to late for Sunday noon passes, I made some test with my laptop and a RTL-SDR and the diplexer is working now, I have seen/heard some beacons from digi satellites in the 70cm band, but this night is raining, so no joy for today; AO-91 is passing NOW but heavy rain keep me inside. I will be working as time permit on week days, mainly night passes beyond 1800 local (-4GMT) and weekends... be kind with me I'm rusted on sat operation... cu on the birds! PS: I have not yet figured the "record" part of the wiring, full duplex with a handy needs a headphone and mike to control, so I will be asking here for partial calls from time to time until I figure it out, ideas are welcomed. 73 CO7WT Pavel.

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Rocket Lab Launch Update
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

Now scheduled for Tuesday 11:30 UTC see: https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1110002183716524032 Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you - VUCC
by R.T.Liddy 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

Got my SAT-VUCC #235, Oct 31, 2012 Was lazy and never got around to applying before that - HIHI. (VUCC for SAT is for QSOs dated 1/1/83 and later) First SAT QSO was 10/16/77 with W1ECH on AO-7 CW 2M/10M. 73, Bob K8BL (AMSAT #6593, since 1979) P.S. When did others have their First SAT QSO & details? -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 3/22/19, Glenn Miller - AA5PK <aa5pk(a)suddenlink.net> wrote: Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you To: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner(a)mindspring.com>, amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Date: Friday, March 22, 2019, 9:04 PM #188, November 19, 2009 73 Glenn AA5PK -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Glasbrenner Sent: Friday, March 22, 2019 5:55 PM To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you #123, November 22, 2002 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org> On Behalf Of Gerald R Brown via AMSAT-BB Sent: Friday, March 22, 2019 6:29 PM To: n1jez(a)burlingtontelecom.net; amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you Mike, Were you just lucky to get #73 or did you pay somebody for that honor??? 73, Jerry, K5OE #88 in 1998 ps: 95% of my contacts were confirmed by Bruce (below) -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org> On Behalf Of Mike Seguin Sent: Friday, March 22, 2019 2:50 PM To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you #73 in 1997 here.... On 3/22/2019 3:17 PM, Bruce wrote: > Oh, my..... I am showing my age now. I became a ham in 1993 and > immediately went into satellite operations. My VUCC in late 1993 is #17. > For at least a dozen years after that they increased very rarely. > > I am glad to see all the activity on the satellites and enough > satellites for everyone to have fun with. > > 73...bruce > > On 3/22/2019 1:54 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: >> Congrats! >> >> On another note, the fact that we're at #427 in VUCCs issued is a >> testament to the increase in popularity of satellite ops and grid >> chasing over the past few years. VUCC Satellite has been around since >> either the late 1980s or early 1990s. I received #248 in March 2014. >> So, in about 5 years, about 42% of all satellite VUCCs issued in >> about >> 30 years have been awarded. >> >> 73, >> >> Paul, N8HM >> >> On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 2:50 PM johnv(a)frontier.com >> <johnv(a)frontier.com> wrote: >>> I just got number VUCC #427 certificate in the mail this morning. >>> >>> Thank you to all those who helped me with it. It will be on the >>> wall Monday after I show it off tomorrow at the Snohomish County >>> Hams Club. >>> JohnN7AME >>> _______________________________________________

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Rocket Lab Launch scrubbed for today.
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

It seems they have a faulty video transmitter see: https://twitter.com/RocketLab 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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AO73/FUNcube-1 Mode changes
by Graham Shirville 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

As reported by a number of users, the transponder on AO73/FUNcube-1 appears to be being affected by its many months in continuous sunlight. The transponder is presently not working as intended and will therefore not be activated again for the time being. We believe that the problem has occurred due to the higher than anticipated on-board temperatures. We anticipate that the situation may be resolved when the spacecraft starts to experience eclipses again at the end of April. The spacecraft will therefore remain in education mode until that time with the usual high-power telemetry downlink active. In addition to the telemetry, Fitter messages also remain available. Any schools or colleges that would like to have their message transmitted from space should contact operations(a)funcube.org.uk <mailto:[email protected]> with their request, giving at least two weeks’ notice. 73 Graham G3VZV

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For Sale Ten-Tec 2510
by Rolf Krogstad 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

I have for sale a Ten-Tec "Model 2510 Mode B Satellite Station". This is a mid-1980s vintage SSB/CW transmitter and receive converter. It has 10 watts output for uplink in the 435.0 to 435.5 portion of the 70 cm band and use an external receiver in the 29 Mhz portion of the 10 meter band to receive the 2 meter signal. It is in good condition. I used it to make a some satellite contacts a few years ago. I am asking $95 or best offer, plus shipping in the continental USA. To estimate the shipping cost it weighs 6 pounds and HWD is 4 1/2" x 7 9/16" x 11". Photos, PDF version of the manual and a copy of the October 1985 review in QST are available upon request. 73 Rolf NR0T EN34

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Re: [amsat-bb] Clarification
by Bruce 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

Sorry for all the confusion and the thread. I created these three 50th Anniversary Awards back in September, last year to try and allow hams all over the world to celebrate with us. Some, like the 50th Anniversary Communication Achievement Award follow the rules of the current award with a date qualification. Others like the 50th Anniversary Friends of 50 award were simply designed to allow everyone worldwide the opportunity to participate and earn a certificate. It was not designed as a contest nor something difficult to achieve, thus the work 50 hams on 50 different days was simple and attainable by all worldwide. It has seemed to have morphed into more and that was due to me responding to one question on the -BB and then my new AMSAT-VP of User Services also responding with an interpretation. The posted rules did not mention anything about unique call signs. Thus, if you said, "Hi" to your friend every day for 50 days on SO-50, you would be able to earn the award. If you were friendlier and said, "Hi to 50 different hams on SO-50" every day for 50 days you too would earn the award. The HF award, I have been asked if you can work the same station on different bands and different modes. Why of course. How many unique call signs might we get on HF from satellite operators when we might see a majority of them with only a 2m/70cm HT's and never have seen an HF rig except in a magazine or a store. 73...bruce On 3/23/2019 10:19 PM, Bob wrote: > Hi > > One of the AMSAT VPs stated on the BB that the 50th Anniversary AMSAT > Satellite Friends of 50 Award requires 50 UNIQUE callsign signs in > addition to the one per day limit. > > I originally thought the goal was at least one contact on each of 50 > days. > > The unique requirement on 50 unique days within a year may well be > impossible. I’ve only worked about 250 unique calls in 45 years on the > birds. I would also hate to have to dupe check each entry if I were in > your shoes. > > Can you clarify, please fingers crossed the VP misunderstands. > > 73, Bob, WB4SON > > -- 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 athttp://www.amsatnet.com Podcast athttp://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitterhttp://www.twitter.com/amsat

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FN51 rove upload has been completed
by Don KB2YSI 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

For anyone that I contacted while in FN51 last week, the LoTW upload has been completed. -- 73, Don KB2YSI https://www.hamqth.com/kb2ysi

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Important Outage affects FoxTelem downloads
by Jerry Buxton 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

Please be aware, I have received word that the server hosting the FoxTelem software releases will be down for maintenance as follows: Date: March 26, 2019 Start time: March 26, 2019 18:00 GMT Finish time: March 26, 2019 23:00 PM GMT Estimated completion: 5:00h During this time these services may be affected: Service: server Status: inaccessible FoxTelem function and uploads to the AMSAT server will continue to work normally during this period. Please feel free to spread the word. -- Jerry Buxton, NØJY

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Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you - VUCC
by Douglas Tabor 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

I’m holding out for VUCC/r … although Gabe is (thankfully) way ahead of me. That’s my goal. 73, Doug, N6UA Douglas Tabor dtabor52(a)gmail.com

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Clarification on Satellite Friends of 50 Award
by HUGH EMPEY 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

This may be "obvious to the most casual observer" but I do not want to assume anything. The rules for this award state that "you must work 50 amateur radio operators on any satellite (limit one per day) during 2019. Does this mean 50 "different" call signs or can you count the same call sign more than once if you work them on different days. I interpret this to mean "50 different call signs." Am I correct. I have my flameproof suit on just in case. . 73'.Ed WA7ETH If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing. * Chuck Yeager

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ANS-083 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by E.Mike McCardel 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-083 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. In this edition: * AMSAT Activities at Hamvention 2019 * NASA on the Air * Satellite Operating Demonstrations Planned for Tucson Hamfest * Three more 50th Anniversary Certtificates Earned * "Getting Started" Guide CLoseout * Canadian Artist To Use HAARP To Transmit SSTV * ESEO Satellite Commissioning Starts * FoxTelem Version 1.07 Released * Sally Ride EarthKAM @ Space Camp's 66th Mission Is Open For Registration * K6FW Gets 488 Grids * Upcoming Satellite Operations * ARISS News * Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-083.01 ANS-083 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 083.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. March 24, 2019 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-083.01 AMSAT Activities at Hamvention 2019 AMSAT Academy Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) Clubhouse, Dayton, OH Thursday, 16 May 2019, 09:00 – 17:00 EDT Come joins us the day before Hamvention, for AMSAT Academy – a unique opportunity to learn all about amateur radio in space and working the FM, linear transponder, and digital satellites currently in orbit. AMSAT Academy will be held Thursday, May 16, 2019, from 9:00am to 5:00pm, at the Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) Clubhouse, located at 6619 Bellefontaine Rd, Dayton, Ohio. Registration Fee includes: Full day of instruction, designed for both beginners and advanced amateur radio satellite operators, and taught by some of the most accomplished AMSAT operators. Digital copy of Getting Started with Amateur Satellites, 2019 Edition ($15 value) One-Year, AMSAT Basic Membership ($44 value) Pizza Buffet Lunch. Invitation to the Thursday night AMSAT get together at Ticket Pub and Eatery in Fairborn. AMSAT Academy 2019 Registration Fee: $85.00. Registration closes May 10, 2019. No sign ups at the door. No refunds, No cancellations. Registration may be purchased on the AMSAT Store. AMSAT “Dinner at Tickets” Tickets Pub & Eatery, Fairborn, OH Thursday, 16 May 2019, 18:00 EDT The annual AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corp.) “Dinner at Tickets” party will be held Thursday at 1800 EDT at Tickets Pub & Eatery at 7 W. Main St, Fairborn, OH. Great selection of Greek and American food and great company! No program or speaker, just good conversation. Food can be ordered from the menu, drinks (beer, wine, sodas and iced tea) are available at the bar. Leave room for dessert, there’s an in- house ice cream shop! Come as you are. Bring some friends and have a great time the night before Hamvention. ARISS Forum Forum Room 3 Friday, 17 May 2019, 13:15 – 14:15 EDT Out of this World Ham Radio via ARISS–Amateur Radio on the ISS Moderators: Rosalie White, K1STO, ARISS Secretary & USA Delegate, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT Vice President Human Space Flight ARISS is one of the most unique and fun facets of our hobby. We inspire generations of students and hams through our International Space Station crew and radio connections. In this eye-opening forum, learn about current and future lifelong learning opportunities for hams—via SSTV, APRS, voice repeaters, radio experiments and even robots! Hear how ARISS inspires, engages and educates tens of thousands of students each year in STEAM (science, technology, engineering arts and math) and radio science. See the next generation hardware systems we have in development. Discover how to maximize your opportunities to make ARISS connections and to hear the ISS crew directly from your ham shack. And learn about our visionary initiative to fly ham radio on the human space flight lunar Gateway. Come meet the team that have enabled millions, worldwide, to experience the fun of our amateur radio hobby. The ARISS team will present an overview and status of the program and then conduct a panel/Q&A session with ARISS panel experts in operations, education, hardware, experimentation and exploration. We also hope to have some surprise guests attending! TAPR/AMSAT Banquet Kohler Presidential Center , Kettering, OH Friday, 17 May 2019, 18:30 EDT The twelfth annual TAPR/AMSAT Banquet will be held at the Kohler Presidential Center on Friday at 18:30 EDT. This dinner is always a highlight of the AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corp.) and TAPR (Tucson Amateur Packet Radio) activities during the Dayton Hamvention. Tickets ($40 each) may be purchased from the AMSAT store. The banquet ticket purchase deadline is Tuesday, May 14th. Banquet tickets must be purchased in advance and will not be sold at the AMSAT booth. There will be no tickets to pick up at the AMSAT booth. Tickets purchased on-line will be maintained on a list with check-in at the door at the banquet center. Seating is limited to the number of meals reserved with the Kohler caterers based on the number of tickets sold by the deadline. AMSAT Forum Forum Room 2 Saturday, 18 May 2019, 12:10 – 13:40 EDT Moderated by Robert Bankston KE4AL, AMSAT Vice President – User Services AMSAT Status Report – Joseph Spier, K6WAO, AMSAT President, will highlight recent activities within AMSAT and discuss some of our challenges, accomplishments, projects, and any late breaking news. AMSAT Engineering – Jerry Buxton, N0JY, AMSAT Vice President – Engineering, will talk about the Fox-1 and Golf (Greater Orbit Larger Footprint) Projects. AMSAT Education – Alan Johnston, KU2Y, AMSAT Vice President – Educational Relations will introduce the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator. AMSAT User Services – Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT Vice President – User Services, will discuss AMSAT’s 50th Anniversary Operating Event and the new AMSAT Ambassadors Program. Amateur Satellite Demonstrations Outside Main Entrance – Maxim Hall (Building 1) Friday, Saturday, Sunday 16 – 19 May 2019, 08:00 – 17:00 EDT Amateur Satellite operation demonstrations will be held outside the main Maxim Hall (Building 1 or E1) entrance. Every day, AMSAT will be demonstrating actual contacts with the operational amateur satellites. We especially want to invite youth to make a contact via an amateur satellite. All are invited to observe, participate and ask questions. Satellite pass times will be posted at the AMSAT booth (1007-1010 & 1107-1110) and in the demo area. [ANS thanks AMSAT Office for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- NASA on the Air In a surprising and touching turnout, tens of thousands of people around the world turned on their ham (or amateur) radios to participate in several "NASA on the Air" events held over the past year. "This was a beautiful thing," said Kevin Zari, head of the amateur radio club at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Zari especially loved the event photos tweeted by people from different countries. Radio clubs from 10 NASA centers and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, all supported the yearlong event. Ham radio operators tuned in from all 50 U.S. states and 56 countries across six continents to chat with NASA personnel. "There were times in our log where we had 20 contacts a minute - it was that quick. And there were other more relaxed times, where we were able to just sit and talk," said Zari. "I don't know how many times people said, 'We thought NASA was gone. We thought NASA was dead.' So we educated people around the world." The NASA on the Air event wrapped up with three special opportunities for people to use their radios to download images from the International Space Station. This was done in coordination with Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS), an international consortium of amateur radio organizations and space agencies. ARISS encourages young people to explore science, technology, engineering and math through the use of ham radios, and their program works to connect students worldwide with astronauts onboard the space station. For the final three events, cosmonauts on the station transmitted several NASA on the Air images from space. Participants could compete to collect images and upload them to a website for credit. Over 34,600 uploads were received from 18,619 participants. The reaction to NASA on the Air was so positive, NASA Radio Clubs plans to activate NASA on the Air for special anniversaries in 2019 and beyond (e.g. 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11). Follow @NASARadioClubs on Twitter or join the NASA on the Air (NOTA) group on Facebook for notifications of future activities. [ANS thanks NASA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Operating Demonstrations Planned for Tucson Hamfest Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK will have an AMSAT booth at the Radio Society of Tucson's annual spring hamfest on Saturday, March 30, 2019, in Tucson AZ. WD9EWK will be on satellite passes demonstrating satellite oper- ating from the hamfest. If you hear WD9EWK on the air that morn- ing, please call him and be a part of the demonstrations. The hamfest site is in grid DM42. QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World after the hamfest. QSL cards are available on request (please e-mail him directly with QSO details if you would like a QSL card). Also the @WD9EWK Twitter account will send photos and updates during the hamfest. These tweets are viewable in a web browser, even if you do not use Twitter: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK Hamfest information is available at: https://rstclub.org/media/hamfest.pdf [ANS thanks Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- More 50th Anniversary Certificates Earned AMSAT has issued 3 more 50th Anniversary certificates to KE8FZT 602, KM4LAO 603, K2MTS 604, VE3CWU 605, N3SL 606, K4WPX 607, KB4PML 608. As of last notice only a couple 50th Certificates were left and then they are gone. [ANS thanks Bruce KK5DO for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Getting Started" Guide CLoseout We are clearing out the 2018 Getting Started with Amateur Satellites books to make room for the next version debuting at Dayton. Get one, or an extra to give to a friend, for just $15 plus shipping, while supplies last. This definitive reference is written for the new satellite operator by Gould Smith, WA4SXM, but includes discussions for the experienced operator who wishes to review the features of amateur satellite communications. The new operator will be introduced to the basic concepts and terminology unique to this mode. Additionally, there are many practical tips and tricks to ensure making contacts, and to sound like an experienced satellite operator in the process. Newly revised in May 2018 with new information on new satellites. It also include information on several satellites of interest to hams expected to be launched in the coming year. Revisions in May 2016 include spiral bound for easier browsing, more new satellites, many more pages and in color.More added in the May, 2017 revision. and More added in the May, 2018 revision. Buy now https://tinyurl.com/ANS083-GettingStarted [ANS thanks AMSAT office for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Canadian Artist To Use HAARP To Transmit SSTV Concordia transmission artist Amanda Dawn Christie will use the world’s most capable high-power, high-frequency transmitter HAARP in Alaska to send art around the world and into outer space using Slow Scan TV Concordia News reports: In the shadow of Mount Sanford, surrounded by Alaskan wilderness, you’ll find the most powerful radio transmitter on earth. On this remote site, scientists use a unique tool called the Ionospheric Research Instrument (IRI) to create radio-induced aurora, also known as airglow. But it’s never been used by a Canadian artist to transmit art — until now. The IRI’s human-made northern lights inspired interdisciplinary artist Amanda Dawn Christie to create Ghosts in the Air Glow: an upcoming transmission art project that will use the IRI to play with the liminal boundaries of outer space. “I was so fascinated by these airglow experiments — and the relationship between the ionosphere and radio communications — I felt compelled to create an artwork specific to the site and its history,” says Christie, assistant professor in Concordia’s Department of Studio Arts. She will be embedding her own encoded SSTV images, audio compositions and propagation tests into IRI experiments from March 25 to 28. Read the full story at https://www.concordia.ca/news/stories/2019/03/21/concordia- transmission-artist-launches-a-high-frequency-project-in-alaska.html Artist made a radio out of a kitchen sink http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2018/december/artist-made-a-radio- out-of-a-kitchen-sink.htm Amanda Dawn Christie http://www. amandadawnchristie.ca/ https://twitter.com/magnet_mountain For further info on HAARP HF experiments follow Chris Fallen KL3WX https://twitter.com/ctfallen [ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ESEO Satellite Commissioning Starts On Monday, December 3, 2018, the 50 kg ESA Education Office satellite ESEO was launched by Space-X on the Spaceflight SSO-A SmallSat Express mission. Following the launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base, ESEO separated from the launch vehicle and automatically activated the periodic transmission of its telemetry beacon. However, by the time out of a predefined period, having not received commands from the ground station, the spacecraft automatically entered into safe mode. Some initial communications issues were experienced by ESEO in receiving commands from the ground stations in Forli’ (Italy) and Vigo (Spain), but they were resolved when the ESEO team of the Observatory of Tartu offered the possibility to use a ground station in Estonia. This is capable of transmitting with higher power, for a temporary contingent use. The Estonian ground station has been configured to be operated remotely by the ESEO MCC team, which involves students of the University of Bologna. ESEO then started executing the commands transmitted from ground. ESEO has now completed the LEOPS (Launch and Early OPerationS) phase of its mission, reaching the platform nominal mode and has begun the process of commissioning the whole satellite: firstly the platform functions, with the payloads functions following. As part of this commissioning process, but subject to the successful completion of other preparatory tasks of the platform subsystems commissioning, it is anticipated that initial testing of the AMSAT communications payload will be carried out within the next few weeks. AMSAT-UK will endeavour to provide some advance notice of these tests being undertaken, but the first step will be activation of the 1200 bps BPSK telemetry beacon on 145.895 MHz. The telemetry format matches previous FUNcube missions and data from this beacon will be forwarded to the FUNcube Data Warehouse using any of the FUNcube dashboards. However, to see the decoded values and graphical displays, please download the dedicated ESEO mission dashboard which is available at https://download.funcube.org.uk/ESEO_Dashboard_v1177.msi The payload has, additionally, a high speed, 4800 bps BPSK data format downlink and also a Mode L/V FM transponder both of which will be tested. Further information about ESEO can be seen at https://tinyurl.com/ANS083-ESEO [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- FoxTelem Version 1.07 Released Chris Thompson has officially released version 1.07 of FoxTelem. A test version has been out for a while, but it had several issues, including a lower decode rate than 1.06. That prevented release for a while. Those issues (and something like 65 other defects) are now all fixed and this decoder performs better than 1.06. Feel free to test them side by side and report back if that is not the case for you. We are always interested in any comparative results. In addition to defects in FoxTelem 1.06 and earlier versions of 1.07, this also introduces Doppler calculation with automatic adjustment of the decoder frequency. This is especially useful for decoding beacons and has been helpful in testing for Fox-1A / AO-85 and Fox-1Cliff / AO-95 which are both in SAFE mode. Decoding from Doppler takes a bit of configuration to get right. Have a read of the new sections in the manual or ask for help if you want to give it a try. There are pros and cons vs "Find Signal" for sure. Version 1.07 changes the core SDR within FoxTelem to use a Numerically Controlled Oscillator (NCO) rather than an FFT Filter for the conversion to base-band. This produces better decodes and will allow the support of wider bandwidth SDRs in the future. The old decoder is available still if needed from the settings screen. Read the manual for details. Version 1.07 also introduces two new BPSK decoders in advance of the Fox-1E launch. (Chris has no inside information about when that will be, but he has the decoder ready :) Chris also wrote some notes on the comparison between the two decoders, which you can read if you are interested in BPSK decoding performance, or just wonder what I do with my time in the evenings: http://www.g0kla.com/workbench/2019-03-09.php The releases are here: http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/windows/foxtelem_1.07y_windows.zip http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/linux/foxtelem_1.07y_linux.tar.gz http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/mac/foxtelem_1.07y_mac.tar.gz KEY CHANGES in 1.07 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Ability to add a new spacecraft from the menu. You can also remove them. * Doppler calculation and tracking as an option instead of "Find Signal" * A better SDR based on a Numerically Controlled Oscillator, ready for wider SDRs * Two new PSK decoders - Costas Loop and Dotproduct * RTL dongle implemented for testing, though more work to do * Stops downloading keps when position calc is off * Allows toggling of high speed / DUV display when in auto mode * Fixed plotting issues for Earth plots * Fixes several crashes and bugs * Fixes copy paste issues with tables * Respects left/right audio preference when processing wav files * Implements formats for later spacecraft - Fox-1E and HuskySat * Linux and Mac launch script updated to locate the JVM (especially on Mac). Please report if when this works/does not work * MEMS gyro calibration updated * Fixed a bug where AO-85 data from the server could not be stepped through And many other bug fixes. Full list of changes here: https://github.com/ac2cz/FoxTelem/milestone/12?closed=1 Let Chris know any feedback, chrisethompson (at) gmail (dot) com. [ANS thanks Chris G0KLA / AC2CZ for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sally Ride EarthKAM @ Space Camp's 66th Mission Is Open For Registration This be will EarthKAM's 66th week-long mission and the second of 2019! Mission 66 runs April 9 through April 12. Mission sign up is available and code words and orbits will be published by 5 p.m. EST Wednesday, April 3. Educators can sign up and get their class involved up to the day of the orbit. Requested images should be available within 24 hours of the orbit. If you are looking for a project to do with the images, look at our activities page for some great ideas that incorporate the images. For more information on how to make an image request take a look at our User Guide. www.earthKAM.orgion] [ANS thanks Sally Ride EarthKAM for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- K6FW Gets 488 Grids Frank Westphal K6FW, announced, via twitter that he has now completed the 488 grid award. "Thanks to Don kb2ysi for FN51 which is the last grid I need for the 488 grid award. My first grid confirmed was KA5SMA, EM66 on 02-14-1992. 27+ years from start to finish. I am the tortoise not the hare! Thanks to all the other rovers over the years to make this happen." [ANS thanks Frank K6FW for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations Eureka Nunavut (ER60, EQ79) – February 3, to March 29, 2019 Eureka ARC, VY0ERC, will be QRV from Eureka, NU (NA-008), February 3 until March 29, 2019. Time and weather permitting, they expect to be on the FM satellites from ER60 and EQ79. Announcements will be posted on Twitter at https://twitter.com/vy0erc. Key West, FL (EL94) – March 18-21, 2019 Adam, K0FFY, will be in Florida Keys on March 18 through 21, activating EL94 vacation-style. Adam’s taking his linear gear to see who he can hear East and South of that location If you still need EL94 please send direct message or email. Otherwise, he’ll be announcing on Twitter https://twitter.com/K0FFY_Radio Eastern Mass (FN51) – March 20, 2019 Don, KB2YSI, will be in FN51 on Wednesday, March 20th, starting with 1945z CAS-4A until 0233z SO-50. Will operate fixed 2m frequency on linears and still learning, so be patient. Keep an eye on Don’s Twitter feed for additional announcements https://twitter.com/kb2ysi. XE Mexico Special Event – March 21-24, 2019 Mexican amateurs will operate the following special event stations from the 21st to 24th to mark the Equinoccio Maya 2019: 4A3MAYA – Museo de Antropologia Regional, Tabasco 4B3MAYA – Merida, Yucatan 4C3MAYA – Champoton, Campeche 6E3MAYA – Quintana Roo 6F3MAYA – Chiapas. QRV on HF, 6m, and via satellite. QSL via bureau. Curaçao (FK52) – March 26-31, 2019 Nathan, K4NHW, will be operating as PJ2/KN4HW from Curaçao, March 26th to 31st. Primarily FM, but Nathan may try some SSB, as well. If you need a sked, let him know. He’s good on QRZ. Ontario (EN93,EN94,FN03, FN04) – March 28, 2019 Ron, AD0DX, with his tire still warm from his last roving trip, is heading to Ontario, March 28th for a one day, four grid, special. Ron will tweet passes the day of the rove, which will most likely be morning passes. Follow Ron on his journey at https://twitter.com/ad0dx Liechtenstein (JN47) – April 17-19, 2019 Phillippe, EA4NF, is off on another DXpedition. This time, he is heading to HB0/Lichtenstein. Phillippe will operate under the call sign HB0/EA4NF from Leichtenstein and HB9/EA4NF from Switzerland (JN47s, on both FM and SSB satellites. QSL via LoTW. Updated info & Pass announcements (Time+Frequencies) available on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EA4NF_SAT Northern Border Security Check (Minnesota to Washington) – April 29 to May 4 or 5th, 2019 Alex, N7AGF, is all set for his semiannual rover trip to activate rare and somewhat rare grids, from April 29th to May 4th or 5th (or longer depending on how things go). Alex will fly into Minneapolis and drive back to my home grid CN88, activating as many ENx8,ENx7,DNx8,and DNx7 grids as possible along the route. The hope is to hit many corners and lines. Alex will be on both linear and FM birds. As always, activations and route details will be posted to his Twitter @N7AGF at https://twitter.com/N7AGF . Alex will also be on APRS at https://aprs.fi/N7AGF-10 . In areas of limited cell service, he’ll be using inReach. Email or hit Alex on twitter with grid requests, route suggestions, or hot tourist attractions in Minot. Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org See https://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/ [ANS thanks Robert KE4AL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News + ARISS contact between North Point School for Boys, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and astronaut David St-Jacques KG5FYI using ISS callsign OR4ISS, was successful. Contact began Wed 2019-03-20 20:16:09 UTC and lasted about 9 and a half minutes, Contact was telebridge via IK1SLD. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule Khabarovsk University, Khabarovsk, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is TBD Contact is a go for 2019-03-26 UTC Ulluriaq School, Kangiqsualujjuaq, QC, Canada, via LU8YY The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Thu 2019-03-28 16:14:54 UTC [ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Shorts From All Over + NY Times article about cubesats/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/18/science/cubesats-marco-mars.html [ANS thanks JoAnne K9JKM for the above information] + ES’HAIL-2: HAMS GET THEIR FIRST GEOSYNCHRONOUS REPEATER https://tinyurl.com/ANS083-ESHAIL-Repaeter [ANS thanks Mark KØJM for the above information] + CubeSat] CubeSat Job Opening Please see below for a postdoctoral fellowship opening for a CubeSat project. Please forward to anyone you think may be interested. The job will be posted on the HR site (jobs.rhodes.edu) shortly. I will be at the workshop next month and can meet with any interested persons. [ANS thanks Ann M. Viano, Ph.D., Rhodes College for the above information] + New HackSpace magazine available for download Issue 17 of the free magazine HackSpace features Long-range radio communications made easy with LoRa This issue includes: • Long-range radio communications made easy with LoRa • Adafruit (Limor Fried AC2SN) Feather M0 RFM96 LoRa Radio 433 MHz • Jo Hinchliffe MW6CYK describes how to lay out a simple PCB in KiCad • Go further together by Dr Lucy Rogers M6CME Download the free PDF of HackSpace issue 17 April 2019 from https://hackspace.raspberrypi.org/issues [ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, EMike McCardel, AA8EM aa8em at amsat dot org

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QSOs Uploaded to LoTW
by R.T.Liddy 23 Mar '19

23 Mar '19

FYI.... I just finished uploading all my SAT Qs from my "Snowbird" trip down South the last couple of months. Let me know if you are missing any. 73, Bob K8BL (DM82,92 EM02,21,22,23,31,32,33,50,51,80,86,87,92,97)

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