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CP-7 DAVE, ELFIN-A, ELFIN-B and SurfSat identified
by Nico Janssen 26 Sep '18

26 Sep '18

Doppler measurements show that CP-7 DAVE is object 43615, that ELFIN-B is object 43616 and that ELFIN-A is object 43617. Therefore SurfSat is object 43614. 73, Nico PA0DLO

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Indian Trails Middle School, Winter Springs, FL
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 26 Sep '18

26 Sep '18

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Indian Trails Middle School, Winter Springs, FL on 27 Sept. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:52 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 VK4KHZ. The contact should be audible over portions of Australia and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Indian Trails Middle School is a 6th through 8th grade Seminole County public Middle School located in Winter Springs Florida. The school is a 5 Star rated with exemplary community involvement. As a recipient of the Gold and Silver Awards, the school has demonstrated exemplary involvement in volunteer programs. Indian Trails Middle School has a student body of 1246 students. Students strive for excellence in academics, arts, physical fitness and future ready skills. A staff of 94 teachers, administrators, and support personnel pride themselves on instilling these skills and values in our students. Students are offered over 20 different elective choices to broaden their minds to numerous opportunities while developing a strong academic core. Electives such as robotics and renewable energy are popular among the student population. The mission of the Indian Trails Middle School Community is to provide all students a safe, supportive environment where academic excellence is encouraged, individual strengths and talents are fostered, and respect for the rights of others prevail. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What complications arise when working on the ISS and how are they overcome? 2. How are your energy levels affected by the irregular sleep schedule and intensive exercise regime? 3. What kinds of experiments aboard the ISS influence the progress of putting humans on Mars? 4. Is there anything you wish you could have trained more on before you went to space? 5. My grandfather was an astronaut, Stuart Roosa (Apollo 14) and I never had the chance to ask him: What is the most beautiful thing about space? 6. What type of studies do you conduct and how do they help us here on planet Earth? 7. If I want to be an astronaut, what advice would you give me? 8. I know usually in an airplane, in high altitude, my taste buds get thrown off. Does that happen with you being in space? 9. What is the most challenging obstacle to overcome to grow vegetation in space? 10. How is working underwater and working in space similar and can you apply marine studies to anything in space? 11. After being aboard the ISS for such a long period of time, does it start to feel like a home to you? 12. Can you see the Tesla Roadster? What's the most interesting thing you've seen from the ISS? 13. If the ISS was ever pushed off trajectory, would you feel it and what would you do about it? 14. What is one thing that you wish people would ask you about being an astronaut, but you never get asked? 15. Has your metabolism been affected due to microgravity? If so, how? 16. When creating the ISS, what was the goal in mind? Was that goal accomplished? 17. Which experiment that you have done aboard the ISS interested you the most? 18. What is the hardest thing to adapt to in space? 19. What was the hardest thing you did during training to prepare for the mission? 20. What made you decide to be an astronaut? 21. What is your favorite part of your day aboard the ISS? 22. How did you feel the first day in microgravity? 23. How does your previous career affect how you approach things now as an astronaut? 24. Is space travel everything that you thought it was going to be? What is something that surprised you? 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. IMP Aerospace & Defence, Goffs, NS, Canada, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact cancelled per IMP request 1. Pell Elementary School, Newport, RI, telebridge via ON4ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for: Tue 2018-10-02 17:45 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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AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, to appear on Ham Nation September 26th
by Paul Stoetzer 25 Sep '18

25 Sep '18

AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, will appear on Ham Nation’s September 26, 2018 episode (#369) with Gordon West, WB6NOA. Joe is scheduled to discuss the latest news from AMSAT and ARISS. Ham Nation records live every Wednesday at 9:00pm Eastern / 6:00pm Pacific / 01:00 (Thu) UTC and can be viewed at https://twit.tv/shows/ham-nation https://www.amsat.org/amsat-president-joe-spier-k6wao-to-appear-on-ham-nati…

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Obie Elementary School, Kurashiki, Japan
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 25 Sep '18

25 Sep '18

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Obie Elementary School, Kurashiki, Japan on 26 Sept. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:47 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and 8N4KLO. The contact should be audible over Japan 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. More than 50 years have passed since the establishment of the Kurashiki Municipal Government was formed. The city now boasts over 65 primary schools. Obie primary school has a certain history and tradition that has formed over the last 144 years since its establishment. The school area and surrounding community was founded during the Edo period when much of the land in the area around Kurashiki was being reclaimed. During this time, the Obie community was a village of small urban farms with many reticulated canals for rice paddy irrigation. Recently, the area has transformed into an urban residential area. Obie is close to the city centre, about 4.5km from Kurashiki station, and about 3km from the local city hall. Infrastructure around the area is well designed. The Route 2 highway going east-west is just 150m north of the school, making the area accessible. Furthermore, connecting to the Seto-Chuo highway that runs from the main island of Honshu to the island of Shikoku is also possible. The school has recognized a certain expectation from local residents regarding the school's education and has a very positive relationship with the community through activities such as the school PTA gatherings and various local kids clubs. Obie primary students are considerate, well mannered, and kind hearted. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Japan has been affected by heavy rain and earthquakes this summer. Could you give us some advice about how to overcome problems? 2. How do you decide when it is day or night? 3. Why did you want to be an astronaut? 4. In 50 years from now, will we be able to live in space? 5. What makes you happy in your mission? 6. What makes you scared in space? 7. What language do you speak on the international space station? 8. How do you see a shooting star in space? 9. What's the best thing about the earth when you see it from space? 10. What kind of exams and tests did you take to become an astronaut? 11. What do you want to eat when you come back? 12. How do you spend your free time? 13. What is your favorite space food? 14. Is your spacesuit hot? 15. What kind of training did you do? 16. What's inconvenient in space? 17. What experiments do you do in space? 18. When do you want to go back to Earth? 19. How do you use the toilet? 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. Indian Trails Middle School, Winter Springs, FL, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-09-27 17:52 UTC School plans to live stream contact at https://www.youtube.com /playlist?list=PLW69pNj_8mJcW4d5vH_8cvtM_n786AfqJ 2. IMP Aerospace & Defence, Goffs, NS, Canada, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact cancelled per IMP request 3. Pell Elementary School, Newport, RI, telebridge via ON4ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for: Tue 2018-10-02 17:45 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 2018-09-25 02:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 24 Sep '18

24 Sep '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-09-25 02:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Obie Elementary School, Kurashiki, Japan, direct via 8N4KLO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-09-26 08:47:27 UTC 53 deg Indian Trails Middle School, Winter Springs, FL, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-09-27 17:52:47 UTC 74 deg IMP Aerospace & Defence, Goffs, NS, Canada, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact cancelled per IMP request (***) Pell Elementary School, Newport, RI, telebridge via ON4ISS (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU (***) Contact is a go for: Tue 2018-10-02 17:45:06 UTC 85 deg (***) 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 134 Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 107 **************************************************************************** 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 2018-09-25 02:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1258. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1204. 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: Delaware, 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 2018-09-23 03:30 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. 55 on orbit Drew Feustel Oleg Artemyev Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Exp. 56 on orbit Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Sergei Propopev **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Fargo Hamfest September 29th
by Gary 24 Sep '18

24 Sep '18

If you are going to the Fargo Hamfest this weekend stop by and say hi. I will be selling some stuff that may be of interest to satellite ops. More info can be found at this link: https://rrra.org/cal/2018/09/29/rrra-hamfest--arrl-nd-state-convention/ 73, Joe kk0sd

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MacDopler
by Paul Overn 24 Sep '18

24 Sep '18

Guys, New to Macs, new to the ICOM 910H and new to auto Doppler control. So this should be fun... I have the Doppler correction working. Both the up and the down go the way they should. The software is communicating with the radio, and everything is wonderful, but I can't for the life of me see how to move to another spot on the passband. I move the radio dial and it goes right back to the middle of the passband. When I try to adjust the frequency in the software, nothing moves, I'm stumped here. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Paul Overn KE0PBR Twitter: @KE0PBR `·.¸¸.·´¯`·.. ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.. ><((((º>

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AMSAT demo in Phoenix AZ this (Monday, 24 Sept) afternoon...
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 24 Sep '18

24 Sep '18

Hi! I will be working SSB, FM, and ISS passes from Mountain Vista Park, a Phoenix city park along the I-10 freeway north of Ray Road in grid DM43ah, for an impromptu AMSAT satellite demonstration later today. I should be on passes starting after 2300 UTC (4pm PDT/7pm EDT) today, for 2 to possibly 3 hours. There are a few SSB satellites, along with AO-85 in FM and the ISS with its 145.825 MHz packet digipeater, passing by in that timeframe. I will be on the air using my call sign WD9EWK. If you see or hear me on those passes, please call WD9EWK (or send an APRS message via 145.825 MHz). I will upload my contacts from this demonstration to Logbook of the World either tonight or tomorrow. If anyone who works WD9EWK would like to receive a QSL card, please e-mail me directly with the QSO details. There's no need to first send me a QSL card and/or an SASE to get my card. Thanks, and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

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SDX stops responding
by Kevin Schuchmann 23 Sep '18

23 Sep '18

Hello All, This is probably a windows issue but I'm curious if anyone else has seen it. I'm running windows 8.1 and about once a week or maybe two weeks I will see from the task manager that SDX has stop responding, closing satpc32 fails to kill it and I have to go in and manually kill it, I have tried many different serial ports usb/hard from the pc to the rotor controller, a different controller, running satpc32 as admin, running it in compatibility mode for win 7 was the only thing that "maybe" slowed it down a little. Have I missed something? anyone else ever see SDX stop responding? Thanks Kevin WA7FWF p.s. my first attempt to post this failed, sorry if this becomes a repeat.

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Nayif warehouse
by David Johnson 23 Sep '18

23 Sep '18

Hi It looks like there is a problem where the nayif packets are sent to data.funcube.org.uk which forwards them to data.amsat-uk.org Could I ask users who solely use a Nayif-1 dashboard for it’s reception to try the data.amsat-uk.org url in the dashboard and let me know if your packets get through. Trying to debug at a distance :-) 73 W4/G4DPZ Sent from my iPhone

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Add Switch and LED to ERC-M
by Vincenzo Mone 23 Sep '18

23 Sep '18

Hi folks, please I need an help. I own the ERC-M KIT that I use to track the rotators. Unfortunately it does not have a switch to switch in ON and OFF and also A LED to see when it is on the ON or on the OFF position. I would like to add them but do not how to do as the Power connector is soldered on the printed circuit. Anybody please can point me how to solder the switch and the LED And where to solder them? Also do I need a resistor? If yes which value and where to put it? Thanks for the help. 73 de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 ********************************* ****** GSM +39 328 7110193 ****** ***** SMS +39 328 7110193 ***** *********************************

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-09-23 03:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 23 Sep '18

23 Sep '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-09-23 03:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Bischöfliche Schule / Technisches Institut, St. Vith, Belgium, and Berufliche Schule Direktorat 1 Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Contact was successful: Fri 2018-09-21 10:15:22 UTC 44 deg (***) Obie Elementary School, Kurashiki, Japan, direct via 8N4KLO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU (***) Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-09-26 08:47:27 UTC 53 deg Indian Trails Middle School, Winter Springs, FL, telebridge via VK4KHZ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT (***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-09-27 17:52:47 UTC 74 deg (***) IMP Aerospace & Defence, Goffs, NS, Canada, telebridge via VK4KHZ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Sat 2018-09-29 17:45:44 UTC 28 deg (***) ******************************************************************************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 134 Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 107 **************************************************************************** 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 2018-09-23 03:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. 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 1258. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1204. (***) 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: Delaware, 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 2018-09-23 03:30 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. 55 on orbit Drew Feustel Oleg Artemyev Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Exp. 56 on orbit Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Sergei Propopev **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ANS-266 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletin
by Frank Karnauskas 22 Sep '18

22 Sep '18

AMAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-266 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat dot org. In this edition: * 2018 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Results * Help ARISS Raise Funds for Critical ISS Radio Upgrades * AMSAT President Upcoming Ham Nation Interview on September 26th * Reminder - Registration Deadlines for 2018 AMSAT Space Symposium * Reminder - October 15 Deadline for Space Symposium Papers * AMSAT Rover Awards Update * SiriusSat First Signals Competition Winners Announced * New Indonesian Cubesat to Include Amateur Radio APRS Transponder * LimeSDR Blogs About Open Satellite Project * The European Astro Pi Challenge is Back for 2018/2019 * Call for Volunteers: ANS Seeks Rotating Editors * Upcoming Satellite Operations * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts from All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-266.01 ANS-266 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 266.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD September 23, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-266.01 2018 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Results As a result of the 2018 Board of Directors Election Tom Clark, K3IO; Mark Hammond, N8MH; and Bruce Paige, KK5DO; will serve on the board for two years. The First Alternate is Peter Portanova, W2JV. The Second Alternate is Scott Harvey, KA7FVV. Both will serve for a term of one year. The results of the voting with 698 ballots cast are as follows: Tom Clark, K3IO............574 Mark Hammond, N8MH.........507 Scott Harvey, KA7FVV.......176 Bruce Paige, KK5DO.........402 Peter Portanova, W2JV......359 Submitted by: Martha Saragovitz, Manager Clayton Coleman W5PFG, Secretary [ANS thanks Martha Saragovitz, Manager and Clayton Coleman, W5PFG, Secretary for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Help ARISS Raise Funds for Critical ISS Radio Upgrades AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades on ISS. The upgrades are necessary to enable students to continue to talk to astronauts in space via Amateur Radio. Please help by donating today https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9 ARISS is in critical need of infrastructure upgrades to ensure that programs such as talking to astronauts in space using Amateur Radio can continue. Through your donations ARISS seeks the following upgrades: + Next Generation radio systems that will support easier transition to enable new, exciting radio modes and capabilities for hams, students and the general public including: * New Amateur Radio communication and experiment capabilities including an enhanced voice repeater and updated digital Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS), and * Slow Scan TV (picture up and downlinks) in both US and Russian segments of the ISS. + A new multi voltage power supply that will support present and future radio capabilities and allow wireless experiments to be conducted. ARISS needs to build ten Next Generation radio systems to support the development of on-orbit operations, training and long term maintenance. This includes two units for on-orbit use (one unit each for the US and Russian segments), two units for flight spares, three units for training, one unit for testing, and two units for ground-based maintenance and troubleshooting. AMSAT is a 501(c)(3) organization. Donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. [ANS thanks Frank, KA3HDO for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT President Upcoming Ham Nation Interview on September 26th AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO will be featured on Ham Nation's September 26th episode #369. Well known Amateur Radio journalist Gordon West, WB6NOA will interview Joe and discuss the latest news from AMSAT and ARISS. Joe remarked, "The opportunity for this interview couldn't have come at a better time. With the launch of ARISS's Fundrazr drive to sustain Amateur Radio operations on the ISS and AMSAT's own development needs, this interview will help get the word out to segments of the Amateur Radio community that don't normally track the Amateur Radio satellite community. "Ham Nation is promoted well throughout Amateur Radio social media so the potential audience is substantial. I hope everyone has a chance to watch the show and perhaps share it with your friends who might become interested in AMSAT and Amateur Radio in Space." Ham Nation records live every Wednesday at 9:00pm Eastern / 6:00pm Pacific / 01:00 (Thu) UTC. See it at: https://twit.tv/shows/ham-nation [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reminder - Registration Deadlines for 2018 AMSAT Space Symposium Make Your Hotel Reservations by October 10! Hotel accommodations will be next door at the Marriott at the Space & Rocket Center, 5 Tranquility Base, Huntsville, Alabama USA. Hotel reservations for the Symposium may be made by individual attendees directly with Marriott reservations at: + 1-(800) 228-9290 or + (256) 830-2222 or + On-line at http://tinyurl.com/Marriott-2018-Symposium-Hotel. Please mention the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) reference number M-BIHHXTA for the group rate of $104 per night. + The AMSAT group rate is available 10/31/18 to 11/04/18. + Book by 10/10/18. + Marriott perks include free parking for attendees and complimentary Wi-Fi. Symposium Early Registration Rate Expires September 30! Registration for the Symposium can be ordered on-line at: https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/. + $60 Early Registration is through September 30, 2018. + $65 Registration is October 01, 2018 - October 26, 2018. + $70 Registration at the Door AMSAT Annual Saturday Night Banquet Reservations Are Due October 20! + Dinner reservations are $50 per person and should be made by October 20th to ensure accommodation. + Register online at: https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/. [ANS thanks the 2018 Symposium Committee for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reminder - October 15 Deadline for Space Symposium Papers AMSAT has issued the second call for papers for the 2018 AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting and Space Symposium. The symposium will be held at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL on the weekend of November 2-4. Proposals for papers, symposium presentations, and poster presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community. Prospects should send a tentative title of their presentation as soon as possible. The final copy must be submitted by October 15th for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv at amsat dot org. [ANS thanks Dan Schultz, N8FGV for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Rover Awards Update The AMSAT Rover award is granted to stations who achieve a combined 25 points using any combination of the defined criteria posted at: https://www.amsat.org/amsat-rover-award. Points can be earned for each grid square activated outside of your home grid square using the FM, linear, and digital satellites. While FM contacts count for 1 point each multiplier points are available for contacts via the linear and digital satellites. Additional points are available for photographs, publicity, social media promotion, and AMSAT Journal articles. The options are numerous so please refer to the Rover Award Website for all of the details. Since the last Rover Award announcement in ANS-210 the following stations have qualified for the award: Number Callsign Award Date ------ -------- ---------- 028 K4FTP 30 Jul 2018 029 KB2YSI 15 Aug 2018 030 N3CRT 17 Aug 2018 031 N2WLS 19 Aug 2018 032 K2MTS 22 Aug 2018 033 AI6DO 23 Aug 2018 034 KD8RTT 18 Sep 2018 [ANS thanks AMSAT Director Contests and Awards, Bruce Paige, KK5DO, for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- SiriusSat First Signals Competition Winners Announced Russian cubesats, SiriusSat-1 and SiriusSat-2, were deployed during a spacewalk from the ISS in August. A QSL card is available for all Amateur Radio operators who send reception reports to: siriussat(a)sputnix.ru. Include your callsign, name, mailing address, time of reception, the satellite (RS13S or RS14S), and receiver description. A QSL card will be sent to your address. Winners have been announced of the first signals competition among Radio Amateurs for the reception of the first signals from the SiriusSat-1 and SiriusSat-2: + Rocco Valenzano (W2RTV, USA) + Anton Janovsky (ZR6AIC, South Africa) + Vladimir Chyorny (EU1SAT, Belarus) + Mike Rupprecht (DK3WN, Germany) + Dmitry Pashkov (R4UAB, Russia) The winners will receive a QSL card, a copy of the checklist employed by the cosmonauts for activation of the spacecraft prior to release and also books on space. Vladimir Chyorny has already been given Chris Hadfield's book "An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth" personally in Minsk, Dmitry Pashkov will be sent Stephen Hawking's book "A Brief History of Time," and foreign amateurs will receive Pavlov Shubin's illustrated album "The Space Rocket System N1-L3." SiriusSat noted that radio amateurs received the first signals and appreciated the dissemination of information about the reception of data and the establishment and activation of a specially developed software system for the reception of telemetry and decoding the data from the spacecraft. The satellites operate at these frequencies and call signs: + SiriusSat-1 callsign RS13S frequency 435.570 MHz SSID 1; + SiriusSat-2 callsign RS14S frequency 435.670 MHz SSID 2 GMSK 4800 + modulation is used, protocol is standard AX.25 G3RUH sending beacons every 30 seconds. Telemetry decoding/viewing software can be downloaded from: http://sputnix.ru/ru/nashi-sputniki/siriussat-2 This page includes configuration instructions and files with test signals. [ANS thanks Sputnix.ru for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- New Indonesian Cubesat to Include Amateur Radio APRS Transponder The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have selected a team from Surya University in Indonesia for the UNOOSA-JAXA KiboCUBE programme. The KiboCUBE programme was launched in 2015 by UNOOSA and JAXA to offer educational and research institutions from developing countries the opportunity to develop cube satellites (CubeSats) for deployment from the International Space Station (ISS). Thanks to the KiboCUBE programme, Surya University's cube satellite, Surya Satellite 1 (SS-1), will be the first cube satellite developed by an Indonesian University to be launched into space. The cube satellite will be equipped with an Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) that works on amateur radio frequencies. This will enable the cube satellite to transmit APRS messages to ground stations. Furthermore, SS-1 will be designed for a two-way communication use for educational and disaster mitigation purposes, which can be carried out by anyone with a valid amateur radio callsign. Access the full United Nations press release at http://spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=53079. [ANS thanks the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and spaceref.com for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- LimeSDR Blogs About Open Satellite Project Developer Lucas Teske has a very clear reason for having started the Open Satellite Project, an ongoing effort to develop open-source software for the receipt and decoding of satellite data using software-defined radio (SDR) hardware including the LimeSDR family. "The final goal is to have a generic satellite receiver that is easy to configure to a new satellite or protocol," project originator Lucas Teske explains of the Open Satellite Project and its open-source weather satellite software. With input from the community, Teske has a clear roadmap for the Open Satellite Project's future development. "The main goal now is to have a single application that does everything," he explains. "So far OSP has several parts, which makes it somewhat hard to set up. We're re- writing the main application - now called SatHelperApp - in Go which helps a lot in making it cross platform and easy to use. We also want to lower the costs of building a GOES Rebroadcast protocol (GRB) station, which provides the best images you can ever get from a satellite from the current generation - and also images from the Sun! The idea is to have a simple app that anyone could just download, follow some instructions for assembling the hardware, and get everything working, even if they don't have any technical skill for it." To read more about the Open Satellite Project and find ways your station can help access the full article on-line at https://limemicro.com/community/open-satellite-project/. [ANS thanks LimeSDR for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- The European Astro Pi Challenge is Back for 2018/2019 ESA Education, in collaboration with the Raspberry Pi Foundation, is pleased to announce the launch of the 2018/2019 European Astro Pi Challenge. Students and young people are offered the amazing opportunity to conduct scientific investigations in space by writing computer programs that run on Astro Pis - special Raspberry Pi computers aboard the International Space Station. Youths 19 or younger and live in an ESA Member or Associate Member State invited to form a team with at least friend of and apply to the Astro Pi Challenge's Mission Space Lab by sending their experiment idea by the end of October. There are two themes for experiments: The 'Life on Earth' theme will use the Astro Pi computer Izzy, fitted with a near-infrared camera facing out of an ISS window, to study the Earth. The 'Life in space theme will use the Astro Pi computer Ed, which is equipped with a camera for light sensing, and investigate life inside the Columbus module of the ISS. The complete announcement, rules and regulations can be found at https://tinyurl.com/Astro-Pi-2018-2019. [ANS thanks the ESA and the Raspberry Pi Foundation for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Volunteers: ANS Seeks Rotating Editors The AMSAT News Service (ANS) is seeking volunteers to serve as rotating editors for its weekly newsletter. Editors work on a rotating schedule, each taking a different turn editing a specific week's newsletter as scheduled by the ANS Editor in Chief. Editors support each other by seeking and reporting to the Editor of the week, information and resources of interest to the AMSAT community. The number of newsletters assigned will be dependent upon the number of available editors at any given time. The average editor can expect to spend, on average, 4-5 hours for each newsletter, dependent on available material. Prospective editors are required to be AMSAT members in good standing and have a genuine interest in satellite operation and an understanding of AMSAT's mission. Former editing experience is a plus but not required. If interested, please submit an inquiry, including your contact information to ans-editor at amsat dot org. [ANS thanks the ANS editors for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations Western Colorado (DM77, DM67, DM57, DM58, DM59 DN50, DN60) - September 28-30, 2018 Ron AD0DX will be back in Western Colorado Sept. 28/29/30. Plans are Friday DM77, DM67; Saturday DM57, DM58, DM59; Sunday DN50, DN60. Specific pass announces will be posted to his Twitter account. https://twitter.com/ad0dx North to Alaska (CO28) - October 5-9, 2018 Tucker, W4FS, will be in Juneau, AK, October 5-9th, using the call sign W4FS/KL7. Weather permitting, he may slip up to Whitehorse to use his new Canadian call VE9FS. Watch his Twitter account for specific plans. https://twitter.com/Whiskey4FoSho Kure Beach, NC (FM13) - October 13-19, 2018 (Originally 9/22-28. Rescheduled due to Hurricane Florence) Wayne, NM3B, will be operating holiday style from Kure Beach, NC, October 13-19. Send QSL for confirmation. Bermuda (DXCC NA-005) - November 12-14, 2018 Tom, N2YTF, will be operating as N2YTF/VP9/P from Bermuda, NA- 005 vacation style Nov. 12, 13, 14; all FM passes (and perhaps a few transponder birds). Tom will also be working HF QRP portable from the beach. Tom is looking for a 2m ssb tropo path to some US super station(s). If interested, contact him directly. Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al at yahoo dot com Updated September 19, 2018 [ANS thanks Robert, KE4AL for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News + Updated Hosting Information Posted The information on how to apply for an ARISS event has been updated and posted at: http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html. [ANS thanks Ken Ransom for the above information.] + Upcoming Contacts Obie Elementary School, Kurashiki, Japan, direct via 8N4KLO The ISS callsign is scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU. Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-09-26 08:47:27 UTC 53 deg. Indian Trails Middle School, Winter Springs, FL, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT. Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-09-27 17:52:47 UTC 74 deg. + Successful Contacts Otori Elementary School, Sakai City, Japan, direct via 8N3OH. The ISS callsign was NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut was Ricky Arnold KE5DAU. Contact: Mon 2018-09-17 11:45:55 UTC 74 deg. The total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1256. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1203. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. + ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 134 Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 107 [ANS thanks Charlie, AJ9N for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts from All Over + EA4GPZ's IberRadio LO-94 (DSLWP-B) Talk Available On-line Daniel Estévez, EA4GPZ, gave a presentation about receiving the downlink from the Chinese lunar orbiting satellite LO-94 (DSLWP-B) on September 15 at the IberRadio Spanish Amateur Radio Fair. Daniel's presentation was in Spanish and he says he has finished adding English subtitles to the recording his talk. You can watch the video either with Spanish or English slides and either with Spanish or English subtitles. You may also download copies of the slides from this site. https://destevez.net/2018/09/dslwp-b-talk-in-iberradio/. [ANS thanks Daniel Estévez, EA4GPZ for the above information.] + British Amateur Television Club CAT18 Videos on YouTube The British Amateur Television Club has released all videos of the CAT18 talks on their BATConline YouTube channel. https://tinyurl.com/ans-batc-cat18 The talks include: ISS HAMTV Update - Ciaran, M0XTD & Phil Crump, M0DNY Es'hail-2 Update - Graham @G3VZV & Dave Crump, G8GKQ The Future - Charles Brain @G4GUO [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and the British Amateur Television Club for the above information.] + AMSAT-DL Launches Updated Website AMSAT-DL has launched their modernized website. Visitors can select German, Spanish, French, and English versions. See it at: https://amsat-dl.org/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-DL for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of six post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Frank Karnauskas, N1UW n1uw at amsat dot org Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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EO-88 Telemetry
by JoAnne K9JKM 22 Sep '18

22 Sep '18

The Nayif EO-88 data warehouse seems to be down. They're not accepting uploads from the dashboard and the rankings page says: http://data.amsat-uk.org/nayif1/ranking.html Whitelabel Error Page This application has no explicit mapping for /error, so you are seeing this as a fallback. Sat Sep 22 15:42:51 UTC 2018 There was an unexpected error (type=Internal Server Error, status=500). I/O error on GET request for "http://localhost:9000/user/ranking/11": Connection refused (Connection refused); nested exception is java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused (Connection refused) -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org

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Re: [amsat-bb] Antenna questions
by Kevin Zari 22 Sep '18

22 Sep '18

Are you certain that you built them correctly? I just got mine, and there was an instruction sheet (Rev B) that was included in the box, which had the wrong instructions. They were up to Rev D. The biggest error was that rev B had the wrong orientation of the vertical feeder block, and that could throw off the RH circular polarization. Just asking, as perhaps it may be worth it for you to check your build against rev D, if you haven’t. -Kevin (KK4YEL)

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SATNOGS ground station observation recordings
by Mike Hoblinski 21 Sep '18

21 Sep '18

I am having a lot of fun with my receiving setup and thought this might be of interest. You can go to the SATNOGS Network site and listen to or download audio and SDR waterfall recordings from the various groundstations. https://network.satnogs.org/ They have a number of ground station projects users can build and interface to the SATNOGS observation network. I am starting out with a simple station that consists of a Raspberry Pi, SDR Dongle, and stationary antenna. Mine will be a turnstile to start. They also have projects for a AZ-EL rotor that uses some 3D printed parts. Some antennas as well. Once you are setup you log onto the site and schedule your observations. It sends the info back to the Pi with pass times, frequency,mode doppler ect. The pi records the pass and sends the audio and water fall plus any data back to the web site. It even will display some data and WX satellite pictures decoded. Here are some links to the SATNOGS sites. Their are a lot of Wiki pages and some forums .https://network.satnogs.org/ Network https://satnogs.org/documentation/projects/ Projects https://satnogs.org/ Main page Mike N6IMF

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Antenna questions
by wa7dxz 21 Sep '18

21 Sep '18

I had previously used an ELK, with a az/el rotor. Seemed to work fine for ao91, ao92, so50, and fo29.Decided to upgrade to the M2 Leo Pack. It works fine, but frankly no better than my ELK. Is the major. (only?) advantage of the m2 system the circular polarization? If I had to do it again, Im not sure I would have spent nearly $600 for the system, as opposed to my cheaper ELK, but, I thought more is better, any comments?Bob Wa7dxzDm33 Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

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sat32 and ic7100
by James Brown 21 Sep '18

21 Sep '18

Howdy! I want to connect a Icom 7100 to satpc32. Anyone know the baud and access code for this radio. If I can get this to work I will add my ft 817 as second radio. Thanksjim KI6WJ

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Update Price
by Tom Mikkelsen 20 Sep '18

20 Sep '18

All, Sorry for the pricing error. This was my first BB post and I see from Bruce that it gets posted automatically rather than by an administrator. Satellite Antennas and Rotor Package for Sale I am moving and will not be able to use my larger satellite antenna package and AZ/EL rotator. The systems consist of: -Yaesu G-5500 AZ/EL +Yaesu controller. LVB Tracker with Serial interface. -M2, UHF, 436CP30, 15 El, 15.5 dB, 9.4ft, N, Boom Mnt -M2, VHF, 2MCP14, 7 El, 12.4 dB, 10ft 6 in, N, Boom Mnt -Includes fiberglass boom assembly for antenna mounting as shown. -One set (AZ/EL) 50 ft control cables, One set (AZ/EL) 30 foot control cables. Below is a link with photos of the items for sale. The tripod mast is not part of the package for sale. https://mikkelsen.smugmug.com/Hamradio/Satellite-Antenna-System-2018/ <https://mikkelsen.smugmug.com/Hamradio/Satellite-Antenna-System-2018/> Price = $1,100 -Buyer will pay for actual shipping costs unless picked up in the LA Area. -The system is currently packaged in to 6 boxes and ready to ship. -Buyer will need to provide/purchase 3/16” retainer clips for the antenna element assembly. http://www.m2inc.com/amateur/3-16-retainer-clip-bag-of-50/ <http://www.m2inc.com/amateur/3-16-retainer-clip-bag-of-50/> 2 Bags of 50 clips required $20.99 a bag (Total $41.98) Request push on tool for installation when ordering from Lee at M2. Contact: Tom Mikkelsen WAØPOD AMSAT Member 07597 e-mail: tomm(a)att.net <mailto:[email protected]> Cell: 858-692-8314

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Updated BBS Post
by Tom Mikkelsen 20 Sep '18

20 Sep '18

Please use this post rather the original I just sent. Sorry for the update, I see I had an error plus an addition. Updated post for the next release of the AMSAT BB. Thank you..Tom Satellite Antennas and Rotor Package for Sale I am moving and will not be able to use my larger satellite antenna package and AZ/EL rotator. The systems consist of: -Yaesu G-5500 AZ/EL +Yaesu controller. LVB Tracker with Serial interface. -M2, UHF, 436CP30, 15 El, 15.5 dB, 9.4ft, N, Boom Mnt -M2, VHF, 2MCP14, 7 El, 12.4 dB, 10ft 6 in, N, Boom Mnt -Includes fiberglass boom assembly for antenna mounting as shown. -One set (AZ/EL) 50 ft control cables, One set (AZ/EL) 30 foot control cables. Below is a link with photos of the items for sale. The tripod mast is not part of the package for sale. https://mikkelsen.smugmug.com/Hamradio/Satellite-Antenna-System-2018/ <https://mikkelsen.smugmug.com/Hamradio/Satellite-Antenna-System-2018/> Price = $1,1100 -Buyer will pay for actual shipping costs unless picked up in the LA Area. -The system is currently packaged in to 6 boxes and ready to ship. -Buyer will need to provide/purchase 3/16” retainer clips for the antenna element assembly. http://www.m2inc.com/amateur/3-16-retainer-clip-bag-of-50/ <http://www.m2inc.com/amateur/3-16-retainer-clip-bag-of-50/> 2 Bags of 50 clips required $20.99 a bag (Total $41.98) Request push on tool for installation when ordering from Lee at M2. Contact: Tom Mikkelsen WAØPOD AMSAT Member 07597 e-mail: tomm(a)att.net <mailto:[email protected]> Cell: 858-692-8314

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AMSAT -
by Tom Mikkelsen 20 Sep '18

20 Sep '18

Please post the following for the next release of the AMSAT BB. Thank you..Tom Satellite Antennas and Rotor Package for Sale I am moving and will not be able to use my larger satellite antenna package and AZ/EL rotator. The systems consist of: -Yaesu G-5500 AZ/EL +Yaesu controller. LVB Tracker with Serial interface. -M2, UHF, 436CP30, 15 El, 15.5 dB, 9.4ft, N, Boom MntUHF Ant 335 -M2, VHF, 2MCP14, 7 El, 12.4 dB, 10ft 6 in, N, Boom Mnt -One set (AZ/EL) 50 ft control cables, One set (AZ/EL) 30 foot control cables. Below is a link with photos of the items for sale. The tripod mast is not part of the package for sale. https://mikkelsen.smugmug.com/Hamradio/Satellite-Antenna-System-2018/ <https://mikkelsen.smugmug.com/Hamradio/Satellite-Antenna-System-2018/> Price = $1,1100 -Buyer will pay for actual shipping costs unless picked up in the LA Area. -The system is currently packaged in to 6 boxes and ready to ship. -Buyer will need to provide/purchase 3/16” retainer clips for the antenna element assembly. http://www.m2inc.com/amateur/3-16-retainer-clip-bag-of-50/ <http://www.m2inc.com/amateur/3-16-retainer-clip-bag-of-50/> 2 Bags of 50 clips required $20.99 a bag (Total $41.98) Request push on tool for installation when ordering from Lee at M2. Contact: Tom Mikkelsen WAØPOD AMSAT Member 07597 e-mail: tomm(a)att.net Cell: 858-692-8314

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Help ARISS Raise Funds for Critical ISS Radio Infrustructure Upgrade
by E.Mike McCardel 20 Sep '18

20 Sep '18

Help ARISS Raise Funds for Critical ISS Radio Infrustructure Upgrade AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrade on ISS to enable students to talk to astronauts in space via amateur radio. Please help by donating today https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9 ARISS is in critical need of the infrastructure upgrade to ensure that programs like talking in space using amateur radio can continue. Through your donations ARISS seeks the following upgrades: + Next Generation radio system will support easier radio mode transition, to enable new, exciting capabilities for hams, students and the general public including: * New amateur radio communication and experimental capabilities, including an enhanced voice repeater and updated digital packet radio (APRS) capabilities * Slow Scan TV (picture up and downlinks) in both US and Russian segments of ISS + New multi voltage power supply will support present and future radio capabilities and allow wireless experiments to be conducted + ARISS needs to build ten Next Generation radio systems to support our development on orbit operations, training and long term maintenance. This includes on-orbit (two units, one unit each in US and Russian segment), flight spares (two units), training (three units), testing (one unit), and ground-based maintenance and troubleshooting (two units) Donations are fully tax deductible within the USA as AMSAT IS A 501(c)(3) organization. EMike McCardel, AA8EM Rotating Editor AMSAT News Service Sent from my iPhone

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SatPC32 on Windows 10?
by Peter J. McClosky 20 Sep '18

20 Sep '18

Hello All, I am new to satellites, and need to buy a tracking program. I am interest in getting SATPC32, but can not determine if it will run under Windows 10. Does anyone know if it will? Thanks in advance, Peter, N7IY ----- Peter J. McClosky, N7IY Eugene, Oregon pmcclosky(a)earthlink.net n7iy(a)arrl.net http://home.earthlink.net/~pmcclosky/

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How to use a Kenwood TS-2000 with the internale TNC and Wisp
by Vincenzo Mone 20 Sep '18

20 Sep '18

Anybody that uses PSTROTATOR with a Kenwood TS-2000 and internal TNC?????? I cannot get both to comunicate as they should be both on the same Comport. Somebody has suggested me to, use the VSPE software. I have tried with it and could get both the PSTRotator and the Internal TNC of the Kenwood TS-2000 comunicate but get just one problem. I have tested with a Terminal program and i can see that the both is displayed on the terminal program So it is mixed between the commands sent and recieved fron the radio to the PSTRotator and the Received Packet i get from the radio.Is there a possibility to split the two signals on two terminal programs So one program gets the Radio commands and one get the packet traffic without mixing. Or anybody had success to get the internal TNC of the Kenwood TS-2000 Wisp, and PSTRotator ( controls Radio Frequencies and Rotators ) To work all togheter without problems? If yes please can you tell me how to do maybe in private mail to not disturb the list? Thanks in advance for any help 73 de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 ********************************* ****** GSM +39 328 7110193 ****** ***** SMS +39 328 7110193 ***** *********************************

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AO-92 QSO
by skristof＠etczone.com 20 Sep '18

20 Sep '18

I got my first QSO on AO-92 today, but my voice recorder malfunctioned and I don't have the recording. If you contacted AI9IN on AO-92 around 1600 UTC today, please reply off-list. Thank you! Steve AI9IN

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-09-20 16:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 20 Sep '18

20 Sep '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-09-20 16:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Bischöfliche Schule / Technisches Institut, St. Vith, Belgium, and Berufliche Schule Direktorat 1 Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Contact is a go for: Fri 2018-09-21 10:15:22 UTC 44 deg Obie Elementary School, Kurashiki, Japan, direct via 8N4KLO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU (***) Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-09-26 08:47:27 UTC 53 deg Indian Trails Middle School, Winter Springs, FL, telebridge via VK4KHZ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT (***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-09-27 17:52:47 UTC 74 deg (***) ****************************************************************************** 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 134 Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 107 **************************************************************************** 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 2018-09-20 16:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. 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 1256. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1203. 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: Delaware, 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 2018-09-18 05:00 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. 55 on orbit Drew Feustel Oleg Artemyev Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Exp. 56 on orbit Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Sergei Propopev **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Re: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem server
by Joe Pereira 20 Sep '18

20 Sep '18

Thanks for your suggestion Greg. I have manged to fix the problem by resetting the modem back to default settings. In the process if doing that I also lost all my port forwarding parameters for other applications that I run. Very annoying as that the firmware update was automatically done by my ISP and after I called them and explained the situation they asked for a fee to get the problem fixed by the tech team...............a bloody joke ! What I could not understand was the foxtelem upload was not working but funcube data was ok. Anyway all good for now :) 73 Joe VK5EI & VK5KJP On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 2:08 AM, Greg D <ko6th.greg(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Wild guess, but check with your ISP to see if they installed some sort > of firewall / filtering rules in the modem. It might be blocking the > site or ports that the database upload service uses. > > Greg KO6TH > > > Joe Pereira wrote: > > Ok thanks, but still an issue here. > > > > The same setup runs Funcube dashboard and that is working fine. > > > > All systems have been powered down and restarted including the main house > > distribution modem. > > > > I checked the error logs in the modem and it had a firmware update on the > > 18-09-2018 at 01:42 local time. It appears the data may have stopped > > forwarding since then. > > > > I also noticed that my time clock synchronizing programs are failing to > > connect to their sever. > > > > Something strange has happened and I am not impressed ! > > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 6:22 PM, H. Stephen Nipper < > stephennipper(a)gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> I see that my STATS have updated in the last 90 minutes on both AO91 and > >> A085, so I would say no, or it's back working. > >> > >> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 12:24 AM Joe Pereira <joevk5ei(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> Is the server down ??? > >>> > >>> I have several hundred frames queued ready for upload. > >>> > >>> 73 > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> Stephen Nipper > >> Boise, Idaho > >> N7DJX > >> > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > >

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Bischöfliche Schule / Technisches Institut, St.Vith, Belgium, and Berufliche Schule Direktorat 1 Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 20 Sep '18

20 Sep '18

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Bischöfliche Schule / Technisches Institut, St.Vith, Belgium, and Berufliche Schule Direktorat 1 Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany on 21 Sept. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:15 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 W6SRJ. The contact should be audible over the west coast of the U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in German. Bischöfliche Schule / Technisches Institut Die Schulgemeinschaft BSTI besteht seit 1931 und ist eine Mittelschule für Jungen und Mädchen im Alter von 12 bis 18 Jahren. Sie befindet sich in Ostbelgien und liegt hier in der belgischen Eifel nahe dem Dreiländereck Deutschland-Belgien-Luxemburg. Sie bietet verschiedene Unterrichtsabteilungen im Bereich der Naturwissenschaften, der Sprachen, des Sports sowie verschiedene technische als auch berufliche Unterrichte mit Abitur an. Wir verbinden Tradition und Innovation in der Wissensvermittlung. Uns ist es wichtig den Jugendlichen eine Perspektive für ihr weiteres Leben zu geben. Deshalb gehen wir mit der Zeit und stellen uns den Herausforderungen unserer Gesellschaft und in der Welt unter Beibehaltung von Tradition und Innovation! Berufliche Schule Direktorat 1 Nürnberg Die B1-Nürnberg, Kurzform für Berufliche Schule Direktorat 1 Nürnberg, ist eine berufliche Schule, die sich im Süden Deutschlands befindet. Ausbildungsrichtungen sind Handwerks- und Industrieberufe in den elektrischen, elektronischen und informationstechnischen Fachrichtungen sowie in verschiedenen Metallberufen und der Mechatronik (ein Beruf der Teile aus Metallberufen und Elektronikberufen enthält). An der Schule lernen und arbeiten ca. 2000 Schüler und 80 Lehrer. Die Ausbildung an der Schule besteht aus theoretischem Unterricht und Praxis in den Werkstätten und Laboren der Schule. Unsere Schüler verbringen einen Teil ihrer Ausbildungszeit in der Schule und den anderen Teil in Unternehmen der Industrie und des Handwerks (Duales System der Ausbildung, wie es in Deutschland weit verbreitet ist). Eine Arbeitsgemeinschaft Funk und Elektronik wurde 2016 an der Schule gegründet. In dieser Arbeitsgemeinschaft lernen die Schüler durch einen Amateurfunkausbilder Amateurfunkkontakte (analog und in Digimodes) herzustellen. Eines der Ziele ist es, dass die Schüler eine eigene Amateurfunklizenz mit Prüfung vor der zuständigen Behörde erwerben. Löten von kleinen Schaltungen gehört ebenso zur praktischen Ausbildung in der AG Funk und Elektronik dazu. Eines der Highlights in diesem Jahr soll es sein, mittels Amateurfunk einen Kontakt zu einem Astronauten herzustellen. Translated: Bischöfliche Schule / Technisches Institut Our school, the BSTI was established in 1931. It is a secondary school for boys and girls between 12 and 18. We are situated in the hilly Eifel region, more precisely in St.Vith, a small town in the German-speaking part of East-Belgium. That means that you can find us right in the middle of the border triangle between Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg, where different cultures and languages meet. Our pupils can graduate in a wide range of subjects such as natural sciences, mathematics, physical education or modern languages to qualify for university studies. But since we are also a technical high school many vocational subjects are on offer as well. It is our philosophy to combine tradition and innovation to help our pupils find a perspective for their personal lives and their future as individuals. But we also want to raise an awareness for global challenges to encourage them to contribute to a more sustainable future for our world. Berufliche Schule Direktorat 1 Nürnberg B1-Nuremberg - short form of Berufliche Schule Direktorat 1 Nuremberg - is a vocational school located in the south of Germany. Education directions are electrical and electronically engineering, electronics, information technology, mechanics and mechatronics (parts of mechanics combined with parts of electronics). Approx. 2000 students and 80 teachers are learning and working at the B1-Nuremberg. The education combines theoretical lessons and practical training in workshops and laboratories. Our students spend parts of the period of training in school and other parts in industrial plants and workshops (German Dual-System of education). An amateur radio and electronics working community was found at the school in October 2016. Students are taught by an amateur radio instructor weekly and learn to operate in analogous and digital modes of ham radio with the aim of getting an own ham radio license. Soldering of small circuit boards is also part of the training in the amateur radio and electronic working community. One highlight in this year is to make an amateur radio contact and talk to a person in space. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Wie ist ihre Aussicht auf die Erde bzw. zu den Sternen? 2. Wir sind eine Berufsschule für Metall- und Elektrotechnik und lernen viel über elektrischen Strom. Verhält sich elektrischer Strom im Weltall anders als auf der Erde? 3. Wie sieht ihr Tagesablauf aus und wie ist ihr Schlafrythmus? 4. Was vermisst man als Astronaut am meisten während der Zeit auf der ISS? 5. Können sie ihr Körpergefühl aufgrund der Schwerelosigkeit der Enge der Raumstation mit dem auf der Erde vergleichen? 6. Wenn an Board jemand Geburtstag hat, gibt es auf der ISS auch eine Geburtstagsfeier? 7. Ist es schwieriger sportlichen Übungen auszuführen? 8. Wir haben gesehen, dass die ISS-Besatzung ein internationales Team ist. Welche Uhrzeit gilt an Board der ISS? 9. Was essen sie hauptsächlich auf der ISS, schmeckt es ihnen? 10. Was ist zu tun, wenn ein Astronaut plötzlich krank wird? 11. Wie ist die Luft dort oben? 12. Was fasziniert Euch Astronauten besonders am Amateurfunk? 13. Wie lange haben sie täglich Internet? Können sie es auch privat nutzen um Kontakt mit Freunden oder Familie zu haben? 14. Kann man von der ISS größere Städte, z.B. Nürnberg erkennen? 15. Was erforschen sie zu Zeit? 16. Wir haben gelesen, dass Astronauten am Simulator trainieren müssen. Wieviel Fahrstunden benötigt man, um eine Sojus-Kapsel einparken zu können? 17. Welches war ihr interessantestes Experiment? 18. Was machen Astronauten in ihrer Freizeit? 19. Gibt es Forschungsergebnisse der ISS, die konkrete Auswirkungen für unser tägliches Leben haben? 20. An der Schule haben wir die Weltraumfotos von Alexander Gerst gesehen. Gibt es 2018 wieder Fotos oder Videos? Translated: 1. What is your view of planet earth or the stars like? 2. We are a vocational school for metal and electrical engineering and learn much about electric current. Is the behavior of electric current different than on the earth? 3. What does your daily routine look like and what about your sleep pattern? 4. What is the thing you miss most during your time in space? 5. Can you compare your body sensations of weightlessness in the confined space of a space station with your body sensations on earth? 6. If somebody of your crew has birthday, is there any birthday party on the ISS? 7. Is it more difficult to get exercise? 8. We have seen that the ISS crew is an international team. Which time zone do you use on board? 9. What does your food mainly consist of and do you like it? 10. What has to be done if an astronaut suddenly gets ill? 11. What is the air you breathe like in the station? 12. What fascinates you particularly on amateur radio? 13. For how long do you have daily internet access? Can you use it for private needs such as staying in touch with your family and friends? 14. Is it possible to see bigger towns like Nuremberg from space? 15. What are you doing research on at the moment? 16. We have read that astronauts must practice in the Soyuz simulator. How many driving lessons are necessary to park a Soyuz capsule? 17. Which was your most interesting experiment? 18. What do astronauts do in their leisure time? 19. Are there any findings which could have an impact on our daily lives? 20. We have seen the space photos of Alexander Gerst's last mission at school. Is there any chance to see new photographs? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): TBD About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the 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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SiriusSat-1/SiriusSat-2 Competition Winners
by Stewart Morgan 19 Sep '18

19 Sep '18

The following is my translation of a Russian language post by Sputnix on 13 September 2018 (https://vk.com/wall-49343931_1135): We congratulate the winners of our small competition among radio amateurs for the reception of the first signals from the satellites SiriusSat-1 and SiriusSat-2. The winners of the competition were as follows: Rocco Valenzano (W2RTV, USA), Anton Janovsky (ZR6AIC, South Africa), Vladimir Chyorny, (EU1SAT, Belarus), Mike Rupprecht (DK3WN, Germany) and Dmitry Pashkov (R4UAB, Russia). It's worth noting that the radio amateurs not only received the first signals, but they also strongly helped with the dissemination among the radio amateur community of information about the reception of data and the establishment and activation of our specially developed software system allowing the decoding of data and the reception of telemetry from the spacecraft. The winners will receive a QSL card, a copy of the checklist employed by cosmonauts for activization of the spacecraft prior to release and also books on space. Vladimir Chyorny has already been given Chris Hadfield's book "An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth" personally in Minsk, Dmitry Pashkov will be sent Stephen Hawking's book "A Brief History of Time," and foreign amateurs will receive Pavlov Shubin's illustrated album "The Space Rocket System N1-L3." Anton Sivkov Congratulations to the winners! Todd AL0I

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Re: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem server
by Joe Pereira 19 Sep '18

19 Sep '18

Ok thanks, but still an issue here. The same setup runs Funcube dashboard and that is working fine. All systems have been powered down and restarted including the main house distribution modem. I checked the error logs in the modem and it had a firmware update on the 18-09-2018 at 01:42 local time. It appears the data may have stopped forwarding since then. I also noticed that my time clock synchronizing programs are failing to connect to their sever. Something strange has happened and I am not impressed ! On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 6:22 PM, H. Stephen Nipper <stephennipper(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I see that my STATS have updated in the last 90 minutes on both AO91 and > A085, so I would say no, or it's back working. > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 12:24 AM Joe Pereira <joevk5ei(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Is the server down ??? >> >> I have several hundred frames queued ready for upload. >> >> 73 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> > > > -- > Stephen Nipper > Boise, Idaho > N7DJX > > >

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FoxTelem server
by Joe Pereira 19 Sep '18

19 Sep '18

Is the server down ??? I have several hundred frames queued ready for upload. 73

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AMSAT LVB Tracker
by George Sakai 18 Sep '18

18 Sep '18

Looking for an AMSAT LVB Tracker. Let me know if you want to sell one. 73, George N3GS, EM28

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Office Closed
by Martha 18 Sep '18

18 Sep '18

The AMSAT Office will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday,September 19th. We will re-open on Thursday. -- 73- Martha

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-09-18 05:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 18 Sep '18

18 Sep '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-09-18 05:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Otori Elementary School, Sakai City, Japan, direct via 8N3OH The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact was successful: Mon 2018-09-17 11:45:55 UTC 74 deg (***) Bischöfliche Schule / Technisches Institut, St.Vith, Belgium, and Berufliche Schule Direktorat 1 Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Contact is a go for: Fri 2018-09-21 10:15:22 UTC 44 deg ****************************************************************************** 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 134 (***) Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 107 **************************************************************************** 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 2018-09-18 05:00 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 1256. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1203. (***) 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: Delaware, 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 2018-09-18 05:00 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. 55 on orbit Drew Feustel Oleg Artemyev Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Exp. 56 on orbit Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Sergei Propopev **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ANS-261 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - AMSAT Board of Directors Election Results
by JoAnne Maenpaa 17 Sep '18

17 Sep '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-261.01 In this Special Bulletin: * 2018 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Results SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-261.01 ANS-261 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 261.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE September 18, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-261.01 2018 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Results As a result of the 2018 Board of Directors Election, Tom Clark, K3IO; Mark Hammond, N8MH; and Bruce Paige, KK5DO; will serve on the board for two years. The First Alternate is Peter Portanova, W2JV. The Second Alternate is Scott Harvey, KA7FVV. Both will serve for a term of one year. The results of the voting with 698 ballots cast are as follows: Tom Clark, K3IO............574 Mark Hammond, N8MH.........507 Scott Harvey, KA7FVV.......176 Bruce Paige, KK5DO.........402 Peter Portanova, W2JV......359 Submitted by: Martha Saragovitz, Manager Clayton Coleman W5PFG, Secretary [ANS thanks Martha Saragovitz, Manager and Clayton Coleman, W5PFG, Secretary 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, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM k9jkm at amsat dot org

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Re: [amsat-bb] ICESat-2 (ELaNa-XVIII -18) CubeSats freq & TLEs
by Ryan Caron 17 Sep '18

17 Sep '18

Scott & Fredy, Thanks for your passes so far. ELFIN A & B have been successfully demoded and commanded and are healthy. DAVE has passed similar milestones. SurfSat sadly does not beacon but I hope to hear good news from the UCF team soon. The 2018-070B/C/D/E objects in tle-new.txt are pretty great. We expect ELFIN A is the leading-most satellite, and ELFIN B is the trailing-most, but of course it is too early to know for sure. B is in a slightly lower orbit and should overtake A, especially once we deploy our magnetometer's stacer boom and get some differential drag started (possibly as early as Thursday). We want them to spread apart a bit to make our passes easier! Please send any pass contacts to elfin(a)igpp.ucla.edu and we'll ingest the beacon data into our database. Once we're commissioned and collecting science data we are interested in scheduling downlinks over any interested stations. https://elfin.igpp.ucla.edu/listen-to-elfin/ 73, Ryan NX1U On 9/15/2018 7:04 PM, Scott <scott23192(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Ryan! > > Recorded the 2201utc pass over Eastern USA and just reviewed the signals > from that. > > No sign of the others, but good decodes from DAVE (please note correct > freq. is 437.150); see my tweet w/ pics: > > https://twitter.com/scott23192/status/1041118626055680001 > > 73! > > -Scott, K4KDR

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missed complete call
by johnv＠frontier.com 17 Sep '18

17 Sep '18

I was deploy (rover) to Benton County WA, grid DN06, for the weekend for Washington State Salmon Run QSO Party. While operating for the contest I worked a couple of FM satellites AO-91 and AO-92. I believe I got all the call which I will upload to LOTW today. I went back to my recorder to clarify the call and found it stopped recording because the cord pulled out of my pocket. Another "lesson learned". So, may I ask the N6?TC to give me a fill? 9/15/2018 04:40 - 04:50 - AO-92I worked W7BMD - CM87 - thanks Chris W6D - DM14 RT66 - thanks Christy N6??C - DM-03 ??? KP4JV - DM41 - thanks Jose Thank you JohnN7AME

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Re: [amsat-bb] Assistance with NAISS school contact
by Ken Ernandes 17 Sep '18

17 Sep '18

The person making the request may contact me off the list and we can discuss what you need. I do have spam filters, so bear with them. Ken Ernandes N2WWD n2wwd(a)mindspring.com -----Original Message----- >From: Roy Dean <royldean(a)gmail.com> >Sent: Sep 17, 2018 8:04 AM >To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org >Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Assistance with NAISS school contact > > Brian, > >If you don't get any offers, please contact me directly (royldean(a)gmail.com). > I do NOT own the equipment you are asking for, but I was considering >partnering with somebody local to purchase all the equipment needed for >ARISS contacts as my daughter is in elementary school and I would LOVE to >support local ARISS events. > >--Roy >K3RLD > > > >> Hello, I need assistance with my NAISS school contact that I have planned. >> The >> school and the date is set. The person I had planned to loan me an antenna >> and AZ/EL rotator cannot provide the equipment for the event. I am >> wholeheartedly requesting that someone in this email group could loan me a >> rotator and antenna for the school contact in October. I'll pay shipping >> both ways. Warmest Regards, Brian K2CCW >_______________________________________________ >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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Re: [amsat-bb] Assistance with NAISS school contact
by Roy Dean 17 Sep '18

17 Sep '18

Brian, If you don't get any offers, please contact me directly (royldean(a)gmail.com). I do NOT own the equipment you are asking for, but I was considering partnering with somebody local to purchase all the equipment needed for ARISS contacts as my daughter is in elementary school and I would LOVE to support local ARISS events. --Roy K3RLD > Hello, I need assistance with my NAISS school contact that I have planned. > The > school and the date is set. The person I had planned to loan me an antenna > and AZ/EL rotator cannot provide the equipment for the event. I am > wholeheartedly requesting that someone in this email group could loan me a > rotator and antenna for the school contact in October. I'll pay shipping > both ways. Warmest Regards, Brian K2CCW

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Assistance with NAISS school contact
by Brian Bourdon 16 Sep '18

16 Sep '18

Hello, I need assistance with my NAISS school contact that I have planned. The school and the date is set. The person I had planned to loan me an antenna and AZ/EL rotator cannot provide the equipment for the event. I am wholeheartedly requesting that someone in this email group could loan me a rotator and antenna for the school contact in October. I'll pay shipping both ways. Warmest Regards, Brian K2CCW

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Q:where to find active stations
by Mr B r a d 16 Sep '18

16 Sep '18

hope to address this with ham sat chat page.... valleymedia.org/satchat Ham Radio Sat Chat room | | | Ham Radio Sat Chat room | | | Re: newbie question: where to find active stations (Charles Reiche) From: "David J. Schmocker" <kj9idave(a)charter.net> On 6m moon-bounce, we coordinate ?who?s on and which frequencies? using the internet ON4KST chat (EME page) [and then of course any QSO attempts move solely to the RF path off of the internet]. Is there a similar internet-based chat page (for purpose of coordinating and finding out who?s QRV real-time) for satellite CW, SSB, and FM work please? Thank you in advance.Kind regards, looking forward to my 1st satellite QSO and many more. Very 73,

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ANS-259 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by E.Mike McCardel 15 Sep '18

15 Sep '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-259 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: * Booking is Open for 2018 Symposium in Huntsville * AMSAT 2018 Space Symposium Schedule of Events * Funcube/AO-73 Schedule Changes Due to Full Sun Illumination * FM, Linear Satellite Frequency Table Updated * Tips Regarding Image Capture From AO-92 * Hosting an ARISS Contact in the USA * Frank Griffin K4FEG, SK * Call for Volunteers, ANS Seeks Rotating Editors * Upcoming Satellite Operations * ARISS News * Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-259.01 ANS-259 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 259.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. September 16, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-259.01 Booking is Open for the 2018 AMSAT Space Symposium in Huntsville AMSAT's 2018 36th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting will be held Friday through Sunday, November 2, 3, & 4, 2018 in Huntsville, Alabama. The location will be at the US Space and Rocket Center, One Tranquility Base, Huntsville, Alabama: https://www.rocketcenter.com/ Hotel accommodations will be next door at the Marriott at the Space & Rocket Center, 5 Tranquility Base, Huntsville, Alabama USA. Hotel reservations for the Symposium may be made by individual attendees directly with Marriott reservations at: + 1-(800) 228-9290 or + 1-(256) 830-2222 or + On-line at http://tinyurl.com/Marriott-2018-Symposium-Hotel + Please mention the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), Reference Number M-BIHHXTA for the group rate of $104 per night. The AMSAT group rate is available 10/31/18 to 11/04/18 Book by 10/10/18 + Marriott perks include free parking for attendees and complimentary WiFi. The 2018 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting features: + Space Symposium with Amateur Satellite Presentations + Operating Techniques, News, & Plans from the Amateur Satellite World + Board of Directors Meeting open to AMSAT members. + Opportunities to Meet Board Members and Officers + AMSAT Annual General Membership Meeting + Auction, Annual Banquet, Keynote Speaker and Door Prizes !! + Our Keynote Speaker this year will be announced soon. Registration for the Symposium $60 per person. Banquet registration is $50 per person. Registration for the Symposium and Banquet can be ordered on-line at: https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/ + $60 Early Registration Through September 30, 2018 + $65 Registration October 01, 2018 - October 26, 2018 + $70 Registration at the Door + Dinner reservations are $50 per person and should be made on line by October 20th to ensure accommodation! There are multiple alternate activities and attractions in the Huntsville area include: + The Huntsville Botanical Garden + Monte Sano State Park + U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum + Von Braun Center [ANS thanks the 2018 Symposium Committee for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT 2018 Space Symposium Schedule of Events The 2018 AMSAT Symposium Committee has announced version 1.1 of the schedule of events for the 2018 AMSAT-NA 36th Annual Space Symposium and General Meeting, November 1-4, 2018 at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama Thursday, November 1, 2018 - Board of Directors Meeting Huntsville Marriott at the Space and Rocket Center + 8 am - noon AMSAT Board Meeting, Columbia Room + Noon - 1 pm AMSAT Board Lunch Break, Columbia Room + 1 pm - 6 pm AMSAT Board Meeting, Columbia Room + 6 pm - 7:30 pm AMSAT Board Dinner Break, Columbia Room + 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm AMSAT Board Meeting, Columbia Room + 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Registration, (TBD) Friday, November 2, 2018 - U.S. Space & Rocket Center Morning + 8 am - noon AMSAT Board Meeting, Marriott Columbia Room (Closed Session) + U.S. Space & Rocket Center Educator Training Facility + 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Registration, Foyer + 9:00 am - noon Self-guided tours of Huntsville and US Space and Rocket Center + 1:00 pm - 1:15pm AMSAT Symposium Kickoff, President's Welcome, Educator Training Facility + 1:15 pm - 5:00 pm Paper Sessions, Presentation Schedule TBD + 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm Informal Dinner on your own + 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm AMSAT Reception, Educator Training Facility Cash Bar Available Saturday November 3, 2018 - U.S. Space & Rocket Center Educator Training Facility + 8:00 am - 11:45 am Registration, Foyer + 8:00 am - 8:15 am AMSAT Symposium Welcome + 8:15 am - noon Paper Sessions Presentation Schedule TBD + Noon - 1:00 pm Lunch on your own + 1:00 pm - 3:15 pm Paper Sessions, Presentation Schedule TBD + 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm AMSAT Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony + 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Attitude Adjustment, Cash Bar, Saturn V Hall + 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm Cash Bar, Saturn V Hall + 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Banquet, Saturn V Hall Keynote Speaker - TBD Prize Drawing Sunday November 4, 2018 + 9:00 am - 4:00 pm U.S. Space and Rocket Center Marshall Space Flight Center Tour Exact Times, Itinerary, and Cost TBD [ANS thanks the 2018 Symposium Committee for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- FUNcube/AO-73 Schedule Changes Due to Full Sun Illumination FUNcube/AO-73 is now in continuous sunlight and the FUNcube team has decided to leave the satellite in education mode (full power beacon, no transponder) until further notice. The reason for doing this is to allow the satellite's temperature to stabilise. There is more information at https://funcube.org.uk/news/ Due to the continuous illumination this means that the usual auto- nomous switching between transponder on in eclipse and high-power telemetry when in sunlight will no longer be effective! At this time it looks like the spacecraft will be in this situation for more than eight months until sometime in April next year. This schedule was originally planned to provide a very strong tele- metry signal for schools to use during daylight hours and for amateur operation at night (and also at weekends and over holidays). The FUNcube team has decided to have AO73/FUNcube-1 initially operate for alternate periods of one week in either safe or educational modes. This should enable an evaluation period to determine whether the currents do affect the spin rate. Safe mode provides low power tele-metry and education mode the usual high power telemetry. It will also enable an analysis to see whether the satellite becomes hotter or cooler in each mode. This schedule may be changed in light of experience and the FUNcube team will update everyone on such changes via the AMSAT-BB. This will be a new experience for the spacecraft so the capture of the largest possible amount of telemetry remains an important tool for the team to have. We are very grateful to everyone who continues to upload the telemetry they have received to the Data Warehouse. It is invaluable. In addition to AO73/FUNcube-1, the FUNcube-2 transponder on UKube-1 remains operational and EO88/Nayif-1 continues to operate autonomously with the transponder on when in eclipse and high- power telemetry in sunlight. [ANS thanks the FUNcube/AO-73 for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- FM, Linear Satellite Frequency Table Updated The AMSAT FM and linear transponder satellite frequency summaries have been updated with recent coordination information: FM https://www.amsat.org/fm-satellite-frequency-summary/ Linear https://www.amsat.org/linear-satellite-frequency-summary/ [ANS thanks Paul N8HM for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tips Regarding Image Capture From AO-92 Jerry Buxton, NØJY, AMSAT Vice-President Engineering, provided some insight about of how the AO-92 camera image capture is transmitted via its high speed telemetry data downlink to how the images are produced on the Fox telemetry web pages. Visit this page to view the images that have been captured: http://www.amsat.org/tlm/leaderboard.php?id=0&db=FOXDB Some stations may have captured partial images that they can see on their local FoxTelem display, the web page image is produced from the data received by the server from the many stations who may be capturing the pass with FoxTelem. That literally means the more the merrier, and even if you only see as little as one scan line on your FoxTelem image that line will be sent to the server to be "stitched together" with all other image data that others capture. Your line may be the only capture of that line and just what is needed to complete the whole image. While the single line or incomplete image on your display may seem insignificant or be disappointing, you are contributing to the opportunity to have the entire image available on the web. That is significant, and counting on several stations to receive the components of a full image is part of the design of FoxTelem. To participate in capturing the full image you must have the Decoder Options "Upload to Server" checked in your FoxTelem settings. That setting plus the participation of many stations, no matter how much or how little data they might individually receive, is what can make full images available for all to see on the website. Thank you for participating in the science the Fox-1 satellites deliver, and enjoy the birds! [ANS thanks Jerry Buxton, NØJY, AMSAT Vice-President Engineering for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hosting an ARISS Contact in the USA Editor's Note: The Proposal Window Is Now Open Proposals from schools and organizations in the US are accepted during two proposal windows each year. The Fall 2018 proposal window is now open for contacts to be scheduled from July 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 15, 2018 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. A scheduled ARISS contact is a voice-only communication via Amateur Radio between the International Space Station (ISS) crew and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts allow education audiences to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to work and live in space. These scheduled contact opportunities are offered to formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together. The radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length due to the radio communication window permitted by the logistics of orbital passes of the ISS. During the contact, students interact directly with astronauts and cosmonauts during this communication window using a question and answer format. To maximize these radio contacts, the ARISS program looks for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the radio contact into a well-developed education plan. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in contact dates and times. ARISS Proposal Requirements U.S. education organizations interested in hosting an ARISS scheduled contact will find information about submitting a proposal below. (International schools should submit applications following instructions provided on the international ARISS Program website.) Educational proposals should include plans for students to: study topics related to space technology, space exploration, or space research, and, learn about communication, wireless technology, and radio science The more advance preparation educators make with educational plans, the more learning and value the ARISS event will have for students. Imagine your students interviewing an astronaut in space, maybe even using an antenna your students have assembled! ARRL's Education & Technology Program and NASA offer valuable resources to help you and your students learn about wireless technology and satellite communications and space exploration. Go to ARRL's web page: Preparation for an ARISS Contact for links to those resources. An ARISS Technical Mentor is assigned to assist educational organizations with technical preparations and logistical coordination of the contact. With the assistance of your ARISS Technical Mentor, ARRL and AMSAT can help you find a local Amateur Radio group to provide equipment and expertise. In some cases, local ham radio club volunteers may also be able to assist with lessons on communication, wireless technology, or radio science. Submitting a Proposal The Proposal Window Proposals from schools and organizations in the US are accepted during two proposal windows each year. The Fall 2018 proposal window is now open for contacts to be scheduled from July 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 15, 2018 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. The ARISS Proposal Process Following is the sequence of steps involved in the proposal and selection process. Interested organizations in the US should obtain a planning guide with information about expectations and preparations for a proposal. Organizations participate in an online Information Session. Organizations reach out to local educational partners and local Radio Amateurs to develop and submit a proposal using the current proposal form. A committee of representatives from NASA, ARRL and AMSAT evaluate and approve proposals. 6 to 8 weeks after the close of the proposal window, organizations with approved proposals are sent a congratulatory email. Declination emails are also sent out at that time. Organizations are given the opportunity to request proposal feedback. Selected organizations participate in an ARISS Orientation Session and are paired with an ARISS Technical Mentor who will help them develop an Equipment Plan. After the Equipment Plan is approved, the organization initiates their Education Plan and preparations for the contact get underway If you have questions regarding the proposal process, please send an email to: ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com Upcoming Proposal Webinars In order to help organizations prepare proposals, the ARISS program offers online Proposal webinars. These webinars are an hour in length and are designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the proposal process, as well as provide an avenue for interested organizations to ask questions. Attending an online Proposal webinar is not required but is strongly encouraged. Online Proposal webinars for the Fall 2018 proposal window will be offered during the fall proposal window. Check back at this web site in early September for details on webinars. ARISS Proposal Guide A Proposal Guide is offered to help you plan and identify the resources you will need to host an ARISS scheduled contact. After reading the Guide and developing your plan, you can complete the ARISS Proposal Form and submit it during the proposal window. Download the current version of the Proposal Guide (Fall 2018) ARISS Proposal Form US schools and educational organizations may download the ARISS Proposal Form to submit a proposal to host an ARISS contact. Use this form to submit the details of your Education and Outreach Plan. For Additional Information Contact the ARISS US Program Coordinator to obtain information about Program expectations and proposal guidelines by sending an e-mail to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com For an overview of the ARISS international program visit www.ariss.org. Technical Proposal Use this form to provide the information needed by the ARISS Operations Team to be assured that you have the equipment in place to successfully support your contact. Submit this completed form to your assigned Technical Mentor as soon as possible, but no later than 3 months after your Education Plan is approved. Download the Equipment Plan Form Ground Station Recommendations The recommendations for the ground station to support a scheduled ARISS school contact are considerably more robust than needed for a casual contact with the ISS. Because the scheduled contact is a one- time event involving a large audience every effort is taken to configure a ground station that will offer the maximum communications window possible within the constraints of orbital mechanics and line of sight considerations, and to provide redundancy in the event of unexpected equipment failure. If you are considering supporting an ARISS scheduled contact please review current Ground Station Recommendations. [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Griffin K4FEG, SK ANS has received word that Frank Griffin K4FEG has become a silent key. Many will recognize K4FEG as a friendly voice on the birds, as well as a mentor/elmer. Many have Frank in our satellite logs. He had a knack of remembering folks voices and replying to them by name. We express our collective sympathies and best wishes to Frank's family. [ANS thanks Ed WA7ETH and others via AMSAT-BB for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Volunteers, ANS Seeks Rotating Editors The AMSAT News Service (ANS) is seeking volunteers to serve as rotating editors for its weekly newsletter. Editors work on a rotating schedule, each taking a different turn editing a specific week's newsletter as scheduled by the ANS Editor in Chief. Editors support each other by seeking and reporting to the Editor of the week, information and resources of interest to the AMSAT community. The number of newsletters assigned will be dependent upon the number of available editors at any given time. The average editor can expect to spend, on average, 4-5 hours for each newsletter, dependent on available material. Prospective editors are required to be AMSAT members in good standing and have a genuine interest in satellite operation and an understanding of AMSAT's mission. Former editing experience is a plus but not required. If interested, please submit an inquiry, including your contact information to ans-editor at amsat.com. [ANS thanks the ANS editors for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations Route 66 On the Air – W6D – September 8-16, 2018 (UTC) Christy, KB6LTY, will be operating in the special event Route 66 On the Air, using the special event call sign W6D. She will be on as many of the birds as sh can operate during the week: FM, APRS digi, and transponders. No schedule, just listen for the special event call sign W6D. For more information on the event (QSL/certificate ) go to the website: http://w6jbt.org/ AMSAT-EA Special Event – AM1SAT – September 10-17, 2018 As part of the IV RadioHam Fair IberRadio 2018 activities, AMSAT-EA members, using the special event call sign AM1SAT, will be activating 14 grid squares across Spain from September 10th to September 17th. AMSAT-EA is offering an AM1SAT Special Award in two categories: SILVER and GOLD. More information, to include rules and log submission instructions, is available on QRZ: https://www.qrz.com/db/am1sat Yellowstone (DN42, DN43, DN44, DN52, and DB53) – September 12-21, 2018 RJ, WY7AA, fired up the El Camino and headed to the Rocky Mountains for and little camping trip. FM only. With no internet access, keep an eye on RJ’s QRZ page for details, including the DN42/43/52/53 grid corner activation on September 21st. Southeast Colorado (DM77, DM87, DM88) – September 15, 2018 Ron, AD0DX, will activate some Southeast Colorado grid lines Saturday, September 15th. Plan is DM87/88 grid line at 1604z and then AO-91 at DM77/87 grid line at 1727z, followed by AO-92 at 1737z. Keep an eye on Ron’s Twitter page for further updates https://twitter.com/ad0dx Honduras (DXCC) – September 15-16, 2018 HR2CH will sponsor a special event station in celebration of the 60th anniversary of Radio Club de Honduras. See QRZ page for QSL info. Northern Michigan (EN76, EN85, EN86) – September 15-18, 2018 Chris, AA8CH is heading back to northern Michigan and Drummond Island. September 15: EN76, EN85 September 16: EN85, EN86 September 17: EN85, EN86 September 18: EN76, EN85 Anyone who missed Chris from N8R in July and/or needs any of these grids can send me an email (see QRZ) and he’ll keep you in the loop for expected passes. Kure Beach, NC (FM13) – September 22-28, 2018 Wayne, NM3B, will be operating holiday style from Kure Beach, NC, September 22-28. Send QSL for confirmation. North to Alaska (CO28) – October 5-9, 2018 Tucker, W4FS, will be in Juneau, AK, October 5-9th, using the call sign W4FS/KL7. Weather permitting, he may slip up to Whitehorse to use his new Canadian call VE9FS. Watch his Twitter account for specific plans. https://twitter.com/Whiskey4FoSho Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) yahoo.com Updated September 13, 2018 https://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/ [ANS thanks Robert KE4AL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News The following contacts were successful through the first half of September: + 2018-09-06 16:49 UTC between [ASTRONAUT Ricky Arnold KE5DAU using ISS callsign NA1SS and Mendez Fundamental Intermediate School, Santa Ana, CA, USA Contact was direct via AA6TB. ARISS Mentors were Primary Charlie AJ9N with Backups: Brian AB6UI and Norm K6UU + 2018-09-10 15:20 UTC between Astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT using ISS callsign NA1SS and Colegio Del Sol, San Miguel de Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina, Contact was direct via LU5KHF. ARISS Mentor was Brian VE6JBJ + 2018-09-12 08:21 UTC between Ricky Arnold KE5DAU using ISS callsign NA1SS and Walford Anglican School for Girls, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Contact was telebridge via W6SRJ. ARISS Mentor was Tony VK5ZAI Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule Otori Elementary School, Sakai City, Japan, direct via 8N3OH The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-09-17 11:45:55 UTC Bischöfliche Schule / Technisches Institut, St.Vith, Belgium, and Berufliche Schule Direktorat 1 Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Contact is a go for: Fri 2018-09-21 10:15:22 UTC [ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Shorts From All Over + Free Book Download: Introduction to Amateur Digital TV Jim, KH6HTV, has released a new book titled "Introduction to Amateur Digital Television". (https://kh6htv.com/) This free book pulls together a lot of information previously scattered in over 40 application notes. Download the PDF from https://kh6htv.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/an-45-dtv-book.pdf [ANS thanks Jim KH6HTV for the above information] + APRS Operating Tips Page AMSAT-UK tweeted a link with operating tips for APRS contacts via ARISS and PSAT: https://tinyurl.com/ans259-APRS-Tips [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] + KO4MA on Amateur Radio Newsline AMSAT Vice-President of Operations, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, discussed the interference to AO-92 from DMR operation on the Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2132 for Friday, September 7, 2018 Text script and audio playback are available at: https://tinyurl.com/ANS259-AO92-Interference [ANS thanks Amateur Radio Newsline for the above information] + XW-2E Back in AMSAT Elements Distribution Satellite XW-2E has been reactivated (NORAD CAT ID 40909) and has been added back to AMSAT's 2-line elements distribution. [ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT-NA Orbital Elements Manager, 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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ICESat-2 (ELaNa-XVIII -18) CubeSats freq & TLEs
by Ryan Caron 15 Sep '18

15 Sep '18

All, Has anybody heard from the latest batch of cubes? Preliminary TLEs ELFIN A: 437.450 ELFIN B: 437.475 DAVE: 417.150 SurfSat: 437.275 1 43015U 18073C 18258.59282861 +.00001873 00000-0 +29441-4 0 9990 2 43015 93.0212 249.5748 0001900 284.7942 120.8505 15.36906665563537 73, Ryan NX1U

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(no subject)
by James Sanford 15 Sep '18

15 Sep '18

wanted: LVB interface for G5500 es SATPC32. Thanks K8ZZU

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Funcube Dongle
by David Pykett 15 Sep '18

15 Sep '18

Hi My Funcube Pro+ dongle appears to have packed up, the computer still recognises it but the no signals are received on either the Funcube Dashboard or FoxTelem software I tried emailing Howard but never received a reply, can it be repaired or do I need to purchase a new one? David Pykett G0IIQ

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PSTrotator & Kenwood TS-2000
by Vincenzo Mone 15 Sep '18

15 Sep '18

Hi folks, Is there anyone that uses the PSTrotator software with WISP and internal TNC of the Kenwood TS-2000? I am going crazy, as I cannot set to work all together. If I understood, to work both program together I have to use the same comport but it won’t work because in the minute I load the Wisp program, the PSTrotator stops sending the frequencies to the radio. Anybody has sort out how to do? Any help will be really appreciated Thanks 73's de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 ******************************************* ******* GSM +39 328 7110193 ******* ****** SMS +39 328 7110193 ******* ********************************************

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curious question
by Bob- W7LRD 14 Sep '18

14 Sep '18

Hi All- Just wondering-in the real world how much attenuation is there with trees? I am surrounded with fir trees, a huge maple tree and cedar tree, (I live in the north west). I run a IC-910, preamps at the cp yagis. 73 Bob W7LRD Seattle

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K4FEG SK
by christy hunter 14 Sep '18

14 Sep '18

This was truly sad news. From my many QSOs with Frank, and my listening to his many QSOs with others, Frank was always ready to share helpful information or a quick humorous remark. It was a treat to listen to his many cat stories,and other interesting tales. We will very much miss his wry humor, intellect, and friendly presence he brought to the Satellites' air waves. Our thoughts are with Frank's family as well. 73 Christy KB6LTY --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com

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Re: [amsat-bb] Frank, K4FEG SK
by Bob Mattaliano 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

Also sorry to learn of Frank's passing. Almost two dozen log entries - each one a pleasant QSO. RIP. Condolences to his wife and family. b.

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newbie question: where to find active stations
by David J. Schmocker 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

Everyone: This newbie (not yet QRV, hope to be QRV within six months) is looking to find out which stations are active so that I can determine if possible to work certain stations. On 6m moon-bounce, we coordinate ³who¹s on and which frequencies² using the internet ON4KST chat (EME page) [and then of course any QSO attempts move solely to the RF path off of the internet]. Is there a similar internet-based chat page (for purpose of coordinating and finding out who¹s QRV real-time) for satellite CW, SSB, and FM work please? Thank you in advance. Kind regards, looking forward to my 1st satellite QSO and many more. Very 73, David J. Schmocker, KJ9I

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Re: [amsat-bb] K4FEG SK...
by Nikolai 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

My first contact with Frank was on AO-27 in January 2012 and I had worked him many times since then. He was ready to offer his help and actually helped me on many occasions including my roving in Newfoundland in 2012. What I admired in him is how he always managed to add a personal touch to a QSO even on the busiest passes... Rest in Peace, my friend. Nikolai VE3NKL

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Re: [amsat-bb] K4FEG
by Endaf Buckley 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

My first ever linear contact was with Frank on VO-52. Never knew him personally but will miss hearing "Echo Mary 55" Endaf N6UTC

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910H - Memory Programming
by Paul Overn 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

Morning! Anyone know if there is software for programming the memory slots for a 910H? Specifically want to use a computer to fill the memory slots including the satellite slots. Let me know. Thanks KE0PBR Paul Overn

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Washington State Salmon Run this Weekend
by johnv＠frontier.com 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

Although satellite contacts do no not count in the scoring of Salmon Run 2018, I will be in Grid DN06 (Prosser WA) with my gear. I will try to be on each AO-91, AO-92 and SO-50 contact during the weekend from Friday (2:00PM local PDT) to Sunday (1600 local PDT). I hope you hear me and via-versa. JohnN7AME

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Re: [amsat-bb] K4FEG
by Richard Lawn 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

I was very sorry to hear we lost Frank. He was a fixture on the birds and I’ve made many Qs with him. His voice will be missed. R.I.P Rick, W2JAZ -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

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K4FEG
by Daryl Young K4RGK 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

I would like to add my condolences to go to Frank's family and friends. As others have mentioned Frank has always been a friendly voice on the birds. He would often seek me out on SSB birds and say hello. More surprising, if I was working a special event call or club call he would recognize my voice and say "Hello Daryl" ! As you might imagine that always put a smile on my face. RIP Frank *Daryl K4RGK *

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Frank, K4FEG SK
by f6htj＠aol.com 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

We made cw QSO via AO7b on Feb 24 (7650 km) after a dozen attempts and we considered to try via FO29 when apogee would permit... Au revoir Frank; 73 de Michel F6HTJ Amsat #7409 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I just received the sad news that my friend Frank, K4FEG has become a silent key. Frank mentored my in satellite operations many times and I will miss him dearly. Please keep his wife and family in your prayers at this most difficult time. RIP Frank. See you on the other side. . 73'..Ed WA7ETH

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EN76, EN85, EN86
by aa8ch＠aol.com 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

Hi Look for me this weekend September 15-18th from EN76, EN85, and EN86. Check my QRZ page for updates, will try to post expected passes if I have internet access on Drummond Island. Open to any skeds if somebody needs still needs one of these grids. I'll try to get on more passes of AO07 and FO29 for EU, Central/SA, Caribbean and Alaska. As always, contacts will be uploaded to LOTW. 73/GL Chris AA8CH

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ANS-254 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - AO-92 to Try Imaging Hurricane Florence September 13-14
by JoAnne Maenpaa 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-254.01 In this Special Bulletin: * AO-92 to Try Imaging Hurricane Florence September 13-14 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-254.01 ANS-254 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 254.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE September 11, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-254.01 AO-92 to Try Imaging Hurricane Florence September 13-14 AMSAT Vice-President of Operations, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA says that the camera on AO-92 is planned to be used to try to image Hurricane Florence during North American east coast passes on Thursday, September 13, and Friday, September 14. AO-92 will not be in its U/V FM voice transponder operation during these passes. Ground stations should standby and not attempt to access AO-92 during this time. Voice operation will be available later during these days. The high speed image data will be transmitted on the 145.880 MHz downlink. The image can be captured, decoded, and uploaded to the Fox-1 data warehouse using the FoxTelem v.1.06 software available from AMSAT: http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/windows http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/mac http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/linux [ANS thanks AMSAT Vice-President of Operations, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA 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, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM k9jkm at amsat dot org

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Frank, K4FEG SK
by HUGH EMPEY 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

I just received the sad news that my friend Frank, K4FEG has become a silent key. Frank mentored my in satellite operations many times and I will miss him dearly. Please keep his wife and family in your prayers at this most difficult time. RIP Frank. See you on the other side. . 73'..Ed WA7ETH

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Re: [amsat-bb] [Starcom-bb] K4FEG SK...
by R.T.Liddy 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

Norm, Thanks for posting the Pic. I never knew what Frank looked like even though I could pick his voice out of a thousand others. TNX/73, Bob K8BL P.S. It pains me to hear people making rude comments about a guy that hasn't even been gone 24 hours. Very sad. ________________________________ From: Norm n3ykf <normanlizeth(a)gmail.com> To: starcom-bb <Starcom-bb(a)star-com.net> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2018 9:15 AM Subject: Re: [Starcom-bb] K4FEG SK... George asked me to post this pic: https://www.flickr.com/photos/n3ykf/43746677695/in/dateposted/ On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 9:02 AM jgatti <jgatti(a)optonline.net> wrote: > > While Frank and I had differing opinions on some things, he was hands-down brilliant in all things satellite related. I am proud to call him my sat elmer. He was willing to make a sked in the wee early hours to help get me started and always available to give guidance whenever called upon. His dedication to the satellite community helped to make it what it is today. I will sorely miss Fox Echo Golf...rest in peace my friend. 88 N2PPL > _______________________________________________ > Starcom-bb bulletin board > Starcom-bb(a)star-com.net > http://lists.star-com.net/listinfo/starcom-bb _______________________________________________ Starcom-bb bulletin board Starcom-bb(a)star-com.net http://lists.star-com.net/listinfo/starcom-bb

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Frank, K4FEG SK
by jgatti 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

Allow me to expand on my previous post. When I mentioned the "satellite community", I meant the total satellite community worldwide. I detest infighting and demands for loyalty between combatants. I saw benefits to both sides of this battle. Regardless of where your allegiances rest, Frank was a mentor/elmer to probably hundreds of people worldwide. And, that, was no small feat. May you all be granted such kind words at your own passing. n2ppl

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Re: [amsat-bb] Frank, K4FEG SK
by Ronald G. Parsons 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

Oh no! Hearing his voice on the sat or getting a phone call from Frank always brought a smile to my face. You will be missed, Frank Ron, W5RKN

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Re: [amsat-bb] Frank, K4FEG SK
by Scott Medbury 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

Frank, K4FEG was a great friend of HAMS and AMSAT. Over the years, I looked forward to our QSOs and was greatly saddened to hear of his passing. God bless Frank and his family. 73 to all his friends Scott KD5FBA Sent from my Verizon Motorola Droid On Sep 13, 2018 7:37 AM, jeff griffin <kb2m(a)arrl.net> wrote: > > Frank will be dearly missed. Spent many memorable time's with him on the air > and phone discussing the operation of our Flex VU5K's. > > God Bless and God speed Frank... > 73 Jeff kb2m > > Subject: [amsat-bb] Frank, K4FEG SK > Importance: High > > I just received the sad news that my friend Frank, K4FEG has become a silent > key. Frank mentored my in satellite operations many times and I will miss > him dearly. Please keep his wife and family in your prayers at this most > difficult time. RIP Frank. See you on the other side. > > . > > 73'..Ed WA7ETH > > > _______________________________________________ > 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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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K4FEG Passing
by alex weimer 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

What can I say, you fellow hams have said it all. Frank will be sorely missed . Thanks for being there Frank. R.I.P. JACK KC7MG

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Frank, K4FEG SK
by jgatti 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

While Frank and I had differing opinions on some things, he was hands-down brilliant in all things satellite related. I am proud to call him my sat elmer. He was willing to make a sked in the wee early hours to help get me started and always available to give guidance whenever called upon. His dedication to the satellite community helped to make it what it is today. I will sorely miss Fox Echo Golf...rest in peace my friend. 88 N2PPL On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 9:22 PM, HUGH EMPEY <WA7ETH at frontier.com> wrote: > I just received the sad news that my friend Frank, K4FEG has become a > silent > key. Frank mentored my in satellite operations many times and I will miss > him dearly. Please keep his wife and family in your prayers at this most > difficult time. RIP Frank. See you on the other side. > > . > > 73'..Ed WA7ETH > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at 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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-09-13 04:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-09-13 04:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Walford Anglican School for Girls, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact was successful: Wed 2018-09-12 08:21:02 UTC 31 deg (***) Watch for live simulcast at: https://batc.org.uk/live/vk4khz Otori Elementary School, Sakai City, Japan, direct via 8N3OH (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU (***) Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-09-17 11:45:55 UTC 74 deg Bischöfliche Schule / Technisches Institut, St.Vith, Belgium, and Berufliche Schule Direktorat 1 Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Contact is a go for: Fri 2018-09-21 10:15:22 UTC 44 deg ****************************************************************************** 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 133 Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 107 **************************************************************************** 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 2018-09-13 04:00 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 1255. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1202. (***) 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: Delaware, 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 2018-09-13 04:00 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. 55 on orbit Drew Feustel Oleg Artemyev Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Exp. 56 on orbit Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Sergei Propopev **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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HR2RCH Special Event Station on Satellites September 15-16
by JoAnne K9JKM 12 Sep '18

12 Sep '18

Publicized on DARC's DX Newsletter List (DXNL 2110 - September 12, 2018) HR, Honduras: The 60th anniversary of the "Radio Club de Honduras" will be celebrated on September 15/16 with a special activity of the club station HR2RCH from San Pedro Sula on HF (SSB, PSK31, RTTY, FT8) and VHF/UHF via satellite. QSL via HR2RCH (d/B), eQSL. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-09-12 03:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 12 Sep '18

12 Sep '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-09-12 03:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Walford Anglican School for Girls, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-09-12 08:21:02 UTC 31 deg Watch for live simulcast at: https://batc.org.uk/live/vk4khz Otori Elementary School, Sakai City, Japan, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT or Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-09-17 11:45:55 UTC 74 deg (***) Bischöfliche Schule / Technisches Institut, St.Vith, Belgium, and Berufliche Schule Direktorat 1 Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany telebridge via W6SRJ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Contact is a go for: Fri 2018-09-21 10:15:22 UTC 44 deg (***) ****************************************************************************** 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 133 Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 107 **************************************************************************** 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 2018-09-12 03:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. 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 1254. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1201. 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: Delaware, 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 2018-09-11 05:00 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. 55 on orbit Drew Feustel Oleg Artemyev Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Exp. 56 on orbit Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Sergei Propopev **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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DUV using the Kenwood TS-2000x
by Lisa R. Nelson 11 Sep '18

11 Sep '18

Love my new radio, BUT it seems the audio output on the ACC2 connector pin 3 (MANO) has some filtering on it. It's also only present when the squelch is open. On my V71A, there's a signal called "PR9 Output 9600 (bps) repeat signal" which is always present regardless of squelch etc., and works very well for tapping the audio for DUV detection. I did discover that I could get a EYE diagram (kinda) after turning the 'Lo/Width' knob all the way down. So I believe that means that the radio is filtering the MANO output which it shouldn't.... Has anyone modified the TS-2000 to tap into the audio before it is filtered? I hear this was a practice for a long time. Just assumed Kenwood would have provided a better output for work like this. Then again I easily could be overlooking something simple... if so, please tell me! Attached is the EYE diagram. Thanks, Lisa AK7WS

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FUNcube-1/AO73 Operations
by Jim Heck 11 Sep '18

11 Sep '18

Hi All, As anticipated, FUNcube/AO-73 is now in continuous sunlight and we have decided to leave the satellite in education mode (full power beacon, no transponder) until further notice. The reason for doing this is to allow the satellite’s temperature to stabilise. There is more information at https://funcube.org.uk/news/ 73 Jim G3WGM and the FUNcube team

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-09-11 05:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 11 Sep '18

11 Sep '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-09-11 05:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Colegio Del Sol, San Miguel de Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina, direct via LU5KHF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact was successful: Mon 2018-09-10 15:20:04 UTC 84 deg (***) Walford Anglican School for Girls, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for Option #3: Wed 2018-09-12 08:21:02 UTC 31 deg Watch for live simulcast at: https://batc.org.uk/live/vk4khz ****************************************************************************** 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 133 Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 107 **************************************************************************** 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 2018-09-11 05:00 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 1254. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1201. (***) 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: Delaware, 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 2018-09-11 05:00 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. 55 on orbit Drew Feustel Oleg Artemyev Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Exp. 56 on orbit Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Sergei Propopev **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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For comparison to the DCI/VHF filter
by Norm n3ykf 11 Sep '18

11 Sep '18

Had a Decibel Products DB-4001 sitting right behind me. For comparison: https://www.flickr.com/photos/n3ykf/43889320734/in/dateposted/ n3ykf

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Lost recording AO-91 pass 8/31
by Bob Keating 10 Sep '18

10 Sep '18

To all who might have contacted me on AO-91 on Aug. 31 at 20:00 UTC while I was on the DM07/08 grid line. Unfortunately, my digital recorder crashed on me and I only was able to get two QSOs, K0FFY and W7DOA ending at 20:01 UTC. If we had a contact, please send me the info and I will be happy to record it in my log and upload it to LoTW and QRZ. 73, Bob , N6REK

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satpc32 problem
by Bob- W7LRD 09 Sep '18

09 Sep '18

Hi My satpc32 program talks to the lvb tracker and turns the antennas. I am getting the OLE-Fehler and there is no frequency on the screen where it should be. The Doppler.sqf file appears to be ok. Not sure what to do. Help? 73 Bob W7LRD Seattle

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ANS-252 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Chris Bradley (AA0CB) 09 Sep '18

09 Sep '18

ans-editor at amsat dot 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: * Call for Volunteers, ANS Seeks Rotating Editors * Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-09-09 20:10 UTC * Satellite Operator Gary Killmer, WA2AQH, SK * AMSAT-EA Offers AM1SAT Special Event Award * Satellite Shorts from All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-252.01 ANS-245 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 252.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. September 9, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-252.01 Call for Volunteers, ANS Seeks Rotating Editors The AMSAT News Service (ANS) is seeking volunteers to serve as rotating editors for its weekly newsletter. Editors work on a rotating schedule, each taking a different turn editing a specific week's newsletter as scheduled by the ANS Editor in Chief. Editors support each other by seeking and reporting to the Editor of the week, information and resources of interest to the AMSAT community. The number of newsletters assigned will be dependent upon the number of available editors at any given time. The average editor can expect to spend, on average, 4-5 hours for each newsletter, dependent on available material. Prospective editors are required to be AMSAT members in good standing and have a genuine interest in satellite operation and an understanding of AMSAT's mission. Former editing experience is a plus but not required. If interested, please submit an inquiry, including your contact information to ans-editor at amsat.com. [ANS thanks the ANS editors for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-09-05 04:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Colegio Del Sol, San Miguel de Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina, direct via LU5KHF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-09-10 15:20:04 UTC Walford Anglican School for Girls, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for Option #3: Wed 2018-09-12 08:21:02 UTC Watch for live simulcast at: https://batc.org.uk/live/vk4khz AMSAT received the sad news from the Mt. Beacon Amateur Radio Club and Stuart "Stu" Ballinger, WA2BSS, of the passing of Gary Killmer, WA2AQH, of Poughkeepsie, New York. Stu recalled, "Gary was a long time member of the club and a personal friend of many of ours outside of radio as well. He was a mainstay in the local satellite arena and a very active proponent of AMSAT. We remember his many QSOs on .97 as he worked late shifts driving his trucks at night and kept the local VHF bands warm." Gary's obituary is posted at: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-252-WA2AQH Funeral services and interment will be private. Arrangements are under the direction of Burnett & White Funeral Homes 7461 S. Broadway, Red Hook, NY. To sign the online guest book, please visit www.Burnett-White.com [ANS thanks Stuart "Stu" Ballinger, WA2BSS, for the above information] AMSAT received the sad news from the Mt. Beacon Amateur Radio Club and Stuart "Stu" Ballinger, WA2BSS, of the passing of Gary Killmer, WA2AQH, of Poughkeepsie, New York. Stu recalled, "Gary was a long time member of the club and a personal friend of many of ours outside of radio as well. He was a mainstay in the local satellite arena and a very active proponent of AMSAT. We remember his many QSOs on .97 as he worked late shifts driving his trucks at night and kept the local VHF bands warm." Gary's obituary is posted at: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-252-WA2AQH Funeral services and interment will be private. Arrangements are under the direction of Burnett & White Funeral Homes 7461 S. Broadway, Red Hook, NY. To sign the online guest book, please visit www.Burnett-White.com [ANS thanks Stuart "Stu" Ballinger, WA2BSS, for the above information] AMSAT received the sad news from the Mt. Beacon Amateur Radio Club and Stuart "Stu" Ballinger, WA2BSS, of the passing of Gary Killmer, WA2AQH, of Poughkeepsie, New York. Stu recalled, "Gary was a long time member of the club and a personal friend of many of ours outside of radio as well. He was a mainstay in the local satellite arena and a very active proponent of AMSAT. We remember his many QSOs on .97 as he worked late shifts driving his trucks at night and kept the local VHF bands warm." Gary's obituary is posted at: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-252-WA2AQH Funeral services and interment will be private. Arrangements are under the direction of Burnett & White Funeral Homes 7461 S. Broadway, Red Hook, NY. To sign the online guest book, please visit www.Burnett-White.com [ANS thanks Stuart "Stu" Ballinger, WA2BSS, for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT-EA Offers AM1SAT Special Event Award AMSAT-EA will be using its special call, AM1SAT, on all active satellites from September 10 - 17 as part of the IV RadioHam Fair IberRadio 2018 activities. IberRadio is the biggest event for the ham community in South West Europe, opening on September 14 - 15. Learn more about IberRadio at http://www.iberradio.es. The AM1SAT callsign will be active from a minimum of 14 different grids during that time to help satellite operators to collect as much EA locators as possible. As part of this activity and in order to promote the participation, AMSAT-EA is sponsoring the AM1SAT Special Award in two categories: SILVER and GOLD. AWARD RULES 1. This award can be requested and issued to any licensed amateur station and also SWLs 2. Will be valid for all contacts via AMSAT satellites from September 10 - 17, 2018 using all transmission modes. 3. There are two different requirements to get the awards, depending of the applicant location. If the applicant is in a European country: To qualify for the SILVER award the applicant has to contact AM1SAT in 5 different grids (We consider "grid" as a 4-digits main locator. For example IN71, IM68, JN00, etc). To qualify for the GOLD award the applicant has to contact AM1SAT in 10 different grids. If the applicant in a non-European country: To qualify for the SILVER award the applicant has to contact AM1SAT in 2 different grids (We consider "grid" as a 4-digits main locator. For example IN71, IM68, JN00, etc). To qualify for the GOLD award the applicant has to contact AM1SAT in 4 different grids. 4. There is no need for paper QSLs nor EQSLs to apply for the award. When the applicant gets the requirements, email a log with the QSOs, listing your callsign, name, and QSO data (Date, GMT time, frequency, mode, received grid and the satellite). Include your e-mail for AMSAT-EA to send the award. You will receive your award within 2 months in PDF format. There is no charge for this award. 5. Logs and any question about this activity must be sent to eb1ao at amsat-ea.org . 6. Logs must be received by October 1st 2018. We will consider the AM1SAT operators logs to check and cross the QSOs. Disputes or open issues will be solved by AMSAT-EA committee. [ANS thanks AMSAT-EA and Jose Elias Diaz, EB1FVQ for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + World Maker Faire in NYC to Include Satellite Activity https://tinyurl.com/y7j3pytn + Congratulations to John, AE5B on completing Worked All States - Satellite (Via Twitter) + FY, French Guiana: Manfred/DL5FAB will be in Kourou from the 5th to 18th to participate in the launch preparations for the satellite MetOp-C. QRV from the club station of the Radio Amateur Club de Kourou {FY5KE) as FY/DL5FAB on HF (CW, FT8). QSL via DL5FAB (d/B), eQSL. via DARC DX Newsletter 2109 September 5, 2018 + AMSAT-UK tweeted: September edition of Satmagazine has an article on the Goonhilly Earth Station by Matthew Cosby. Download the free magazine PDF from http://www.satmagazine.com/download.php + Congratulations @N7AGF for satellite WAS! I hear @n6rfm uses LOTW, so that should be a quick QSL... :-) via Twitter /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, Christopher Bradley, AA0CB aa0cb at amsat dot org ans-editor at amsat dot 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: * Call for Volunteers, ANS Seeks Rotating Editors * Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-09-09 20:10 UTC * Satellite Operator Gary Killmer, WA2AQH, SK * AMSAT-EA Offers AM1SAT Special Event Award * Satellite Shorts from All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-252.01 ANS-245 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 252.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. September 9, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-252.01 Call for Volunteers, ANS Seeks Rotating Editors The AMSAT News Service (ANS) is seeking volunteers to serve as rotating editors for its weekly newsletter. Editors work on a rotating schedule, each taking a different turn editing a specific week's newsletter as scheduled by the ANS Editor in Chief. Editors support each other by seeking and reporting to the Editor of the week, information and resources of interest to the AMSAT community. The number of newsletters assigned will be dependent upon the number of available editors at any given time. The average editor can expect to spend, on average, 4-5 hours for each newsletter, dependent on available material. Prospective editors are required to be AMSAT members in good standing and have a genuine interest in satellite operation and an understanding of AMSAT's mission. Former editing experience is a plus but not required. If interested, please submit an inquiry, including your contact information to ans-editor at amsat.com. [ANS thanks the ANS editors for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-09-05 04:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Colegio Del Sol, San Miguel de Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina, direct via LU5KHF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-09-10 15:20:04 UTC Walford Anglican School for Girls, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for Option #3: Wed 2018-09-12 08:21:02 UTC Watch for live simulcast at: https://batc.org.uk/live/vk4khz AMSAT received the sad news from the Mt. Beacon Amateur Radio Club and Stuart "Stu" Ballinger, WA2BSS, of the passing of Gary Killmer, WA2AQH, of Poughkeepsie, New York. Stu recalled, "Gary was a long time member of the club and a personal friend of many of ours outside of radio as well. He was a mainstay in the local satellite arena and a very active proponent of AMSAT. We remember his many QSOs on .97 as he worked late shifts driving his trucks at night and kept the local VHF bands warm." Gary's obituary is posted at: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-252-WA2AQH Funeral services and interment will be private. Arrangements are under the direction of Burnett & White Funeral Homes 7461 S. Broadway, Red Hook, NY. To sign the online guest book, please visit www.Burnett-White.com [ANS thanks Stuart "Stu" Ballinger, WA2BSS, for the above information] AMSAT received the sad news from the Mt. Beacon Amateur Radio Club and Stuart "Stu" Ballinger, WA2BSS, of the passing of Gary Killmer, WA2AQH, of Poughkeepsie, New York. Stu recalled, "Gary was a long time member of the club and a personal friend of many of ours outside of radio as well. He was a mainstay in the local satellite arena and a very active proponent of AMSAT. We remember his many QSOs on .97 as he worked late shifts driving his trucks at night and kept the local VHF bands warm." Gary's obituary is posted at: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-252-WA2AQH Funeral services and interment will be private. Arrangements are under the direction of Burnett & White Funeral Homes 7461 S. Broadway, Red Hook, NY. To sign the online guest book, please visit www.Burnett-White.com [ANS thanks Stuart "Stu" Ballinger, WA2BSS, for the above information] AMSAT received the sad news from the Mt. Beacon Amateur Radio Club and Stuart "Stu" Ballinger, WA2BSS, of the passing of Gary Killmer, WA2AQH, of Poughkeepsie, New York. Stu recalled, "Gary was a long time member of the club and a personal friend of many of ours outside of radio as well. He was a mainstay in the local satellite arena and a very active proponent of AMSAT. We remember his many QSOs on .97 as he worked late shifts driving his trucks at night and kept the local VHF bands warm." Gary's obituary is posted at: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-252-WA2AQH Funeral services and interment will be private. Arrangements are under the direction of Burnett & White Funeral Homes 7461 S. Broadway, Red Hook, NY. To sign the online guest book, please visit www.Burnett-White.com [ANS thanks Stuart "Stu" Ballinger, WA2BSS, for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT-EA Offers AM1SAT Special Event Award AMSAT-EA will be using its special call, AM1SAT, on all active satellites from September 10 - 17 as part of the IV RadioHam Fair IberRadio 2018 activities. IberRadio is the biggest event for the ham community in South West Europe, opening on September 14 - 15. Learn more about IberRadio at http://www.iberradio.es. The AM1SAT callsign will be active from a minimum of 14 different grids during that time to help satellite operators to collect as much EA locators as possible. As part of this activity and in order to promote the participation, AMSAT-EA is sponsoring the AM1SAT Special Award in two categories: SILVER and GOLD. AWARD RULES 1. This award can be requested and issued to any licensed amateur station and also SWLs 2. Will be valid for all contacts via AMSAT satellites from September 10 - 17, 2018 using all transmission modes. 3. There are two different requirements to get the awards, depending of the applicant location. If the applicant is in a European country: To qualify for the SILVER award the applicant has to contact AM1SAT in 5 different grids (We consider "grid" as a 4-digits main locator. For example IN71, IM68, JN00, etc). To qualify for the GOLD award the applicant has to contact AM1SAT in 10 different grids. If the applicant in a non-European country: To qualify for the SILVER award the applicant has to contact AM1SAT in 2 different grids (We consider "grid" as a 4-digits main locator. For example IN71, IM68, JN00, etc). To qualify for the GOLD award the applicant has to contact AM1SAT in 4 different grids. 4. There is no need for paper QSLs nor EQSLs to apply for the award. When the applicant gets the requirements, email a log with the QSOs, listing your callsign, name, and QSO data (Date, GMT time, frequency, mode, received grid and the satellite). Include your e-mail for AMSAT-EA to send the award. You will receive your award within 2 months in PDF format. There is no charge for this award. 5. Logs and any question about this activity must be sent to eb1ao at amsat-ea.org . 6. Logs must be received by October 1st 2018. We will consider the AM1SAT operators logs to check and cross the QSOs. Disputes or open issues will be solved by AMSAT-EA committee. [ANS thanks AMSAT-EA and Jose Elias Diaz, EB1FVQ for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + World Maker Faire in NYC to Include Satellite Activity https://tinyurl.com/y7j3pytn + Congratulations to John, AE5B on completing Worked All States - Satellite (Via Twitter) + FY, French Guiana: Manfred/DL5FAB will be in Kourou from the 5th to 18th to participate in the launch preparations for the satellite MetOp-C. QRV from the club station of the Radio Amateur Club de Kourou {FY5KE) as FY/DL5FAB on HF (CW, FT8). QSL via DL5FAB (d/B), eQSL. via DARC DX Newsletter 2109 September 5, 2018 + AMSAT-UK tweeted: September edition of Satmagazine has an article on the Goonhilly Earth Station by Matthew Cosby. Download the free magazine PDF from http://www.satmagazine.com/download.php + Congratulations @N7AGF for satellite WAS! I hear @n6rfm uses LOTW, so that should be a quick QSL... :-) via Twitter /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, Christopher Bradley, AA0CB aa0cb at amsat dot org

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HTV7 deliver CubeSats to ISS
by Masahiro Arai 09 Sep '18

09 Sep '18

H-II Transfer Vehicle7 (HTV7) which will launch at 11th Sep, deliver three CubeSats as J-SSOD#10 to ISS. The CubeSats are SPATIUM-I, RSP-00 and STARS-Me. RSP-00 and STARS-Me operate on amateur band. SPATIUM-I operates on 401 and 467MHz. Here is the satellite info RSP-00 Rymansat Project 1U 145.890MHz CW beacon, AFSK 1k2, digitalker STARS-Me Shizuoka University 2U (Mother 1U + Daughter 1U) Mother callsign JJ2YPL 437.245MHz CW, 437.405MHz 1k2 AFSK/9k6 GMSK Daughter callsign JJ2YPM 437.255MHz CW, 437.425MHz 1k2 AFSK/9k6 GMSK Deployment day is not announced yet. The average lead time of J-SSOD launch to deployment is 34 dyas except abnormal three data. So, I guess the day will be on October. Deployed CubeSats using J-SSOD Vehicle launch deployment LeadTime J-SSOD#1 HTV3 2012/07/21 2012/10/04 75 J-SSOD#2 HTV4 2013/08/04 2013/11/19 107 J-SSOD#3 SpX-5 2015/01/10 2015/02/05 26 J-SSOD#4 HTV5 2015/08/19 2015/09/17 29 J-SSOD#M1 OA-6 2016/03/23 2016/04/27 35 J-SSOD#6 HTV6 2016/12/09 2016/12/19 10 2017/01/16 38 J-SSOD#7 SpX-11 2017/06/04 2017/07/07 33 J-SSOD#8 SpX-14 2018/04/03 2018/05/11 38 J-SSOD#9 SpX-15 2018/06/29 2018/08/10 42 J-SSOD#10 HTV7 2018/09/11 ?? 34 days ave (except 75,100,10) time stamp is JST HTV7 Payload http://iss.jaxa.jp/en/htv/mission/htv-7/payload/ RSP-00 http://rymansat.com/en/ http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=570 STARS-Me http://stars.eng.shizuoka.ac.jp/english.html see the bottom of the page http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=571 Masa JN1GKZ Tokyo Japan

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Walford Anglican School for Girls, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 07 Sep '18

07 Sep '18

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Walford Anglican School for Girls, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia on 12 Sept. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:21 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 W6SRJ. The contact should be audible over portions of Australia and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Watch for live simulcast at: https://batc.org.uk/live/vk4khz Walford is a dynamic girls' school offering a friendly, family-orientated environment where each student is encouraged to be the best she can be. Progressive teaching and guidance are provided in state-of-the-art facilities to provide our students with the very best preparation to follow their future ambitions. Our school is a vibrant community where learning is prioritised and lifelong friendships formed. Our campus is designed to facilitate positive interactions across year levels and to provide the sense of belonging and connectedness that each girl should feel with her school. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What is the most interesting experiment you have performed or seen performed in space and why? 2. With all the space junk flying around the Earth, some of it being really small, how do you know when it's safe to go outside for spacewalks so that you don't get hit by any of it? 3. Can you see the impact of climate change from space? 4. Has an astronaut every become very ill while you have been on the Space Station and how was it dealt with? 5. What do you expect to see changing in space flight in the coming years? 6. What is the hardest thing about living in space? 7. Has becoming an astronaut always been your dream? 8. What advice would you give to students thinking about a career in space exploration? 9. What training do you have to go through to go into space? 10. How are the experiments you perform on the ISS decided? 11. Do you get less sleep than a person on Earth due to the sun setting and rising every 92 minutes? 12. What is the most used room, area or object on the space station and why? 13. How is NASA using artificial intelligence to find life in outer space? 14. What is the most interesting thing that you have learnt in space? 15. What are the coolest things that you have seen during your time on the space station, both looking back at the earth and looking into outer space? 16. Does being an astronaut change your perspective on humanity as you get to experience seeing the world as a whole? 17. Do you have to do every day chores such as washing on the Space Station? What makes some of these chores difficult? 18. What is the best way to describe the feeling of being surrounded by zero gravity? 19. How do you keep up with the news back on Earth? 20. What is the hardest everyday task to do when you are in space? 21. How long does it take your body to adjust to conditions on Earth after having been in space for an extended period of time? 22. What do you miss the most about Earth when you are in space for long periods of time? 23. How has recent research on the ISS affected life on Earth? 24. What time zone do you follow in space? 25. What would you say is the most important part of being an astronaut? 26. How likely do you think it will be that humans will inhabit Mars or the moon? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): TBD About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the 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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FUNcube-1/AO73 Operations
by Jim Heck 07 Sep '18

07 Sep '18

Hi All, Just to confirm that AO73 is now in education mode (full power beacon only, no transponder). We have set this mode as the satellite is about to enter a period of continuous sunlight (for about 9 months). There is more information at https://funcube.org.uk/news/ 73 Jim G3WGM and the FUNcube team

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Office Closed
by Martha 07 Sep '18

07 Sep '18

The AMSAT Office will be closed on Monday, Sept 10th. We will re-open on Tuesday. -- 73- Martha

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Upcoming ARISS Contact with Colegio Del Sol, San Miguel de Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 07 Sep '18

07 Sep '18

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Colegio Del Sol, San Miguel de Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina on 10 Sept. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:20 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and LU5KHF. 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. During the contact the students of the school will be in the main room waiting for it. Before starting the contact there will be a brief explanation about the contact, about ARISS, about the ISS to all those present, there will be about 200 students of all the courses. the room will have a giant screen to follow the ISS's trajectory through a tracking software, through a sound system all those present will be able to follow the conversation between the students and the astronaut of the ISS, besides there will be present parents of the students, professors and members of the school. In addition, the local media was informed, which will cover the event. The school has 3 main levels, kindergarten, primary and secondary, divided into morning shift and late shift. they have a total of 1700 students. It is a school that is located in a residential area and was operated more than 35 years ago, has an excellent academic level. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What inspired you to be an astronaut? 2. How did your relatives react when they learned about your mission? 3. What is it that you miss from daily life since you are on the ISS? 4. What is your mission? Do you think they will achieve it? 5. Is your work team made up of people from different countries? Which ones? 6. Has your way of seeing space changed since you are in the mission? 7. How long, on average, does a mission on the ISS last? 8. Is the perception of time modified in an environment with micro-gravity? 9. How are spacecraft and spacesuits built to withstand the extreme conditions in space? 10. How is personal hygiene done in a microgravity environment? 11. How is the oxygen supply maintained in the ISS? 12. Living in an environment with micro gravity has had any noticeable effect on your health or physical - emotional state? 13. How fast is the ISS moving? 14. How does the earth look from space? 15. What is the temperature in space? And how is the temperature maintained within the ISS? 16. What is the strangest thing you saw in space? 17. Has your vision of the world and the earth changed since you were in the ISS? 18. Is it possible with current technology to live forever in space? 19. Are the security protocols in the ISS very complex? 20. What do they do if a crew member becomes seriously ill? 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. Walford Anglican School for Girls, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for Wed 2018-09-12 08:21:02 UTC Watch for live simulcast at: https://batc.org.uk/live/vk4khz 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 2018-09-07 02:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 06 Sep '18

06 Sep '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-09-07 02:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Mendez Fundamental Intermediate School, Santa Ana, CA, direct via AA6TB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact was successful: Thu 2018-09-06 16:49:52 UTC 81 deg (***) Watch for live stream at: Mendez school web site (https://www.sausd.us/mendez). There is also this link: https://www.sausd.tv/media/Nasa/0_txw0ig46/92671402 On this page: https://www.sausd.us/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=3050&ModuleInsta… Colegio Del Sol, San Miguel de Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina, direct via LU5KHF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-09-10 15:20:04 UTC 84 deg Walford Anglican School for Girls, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for Option #3: Wed 2018-09-12 08:21:02 UTC 31 deg Watch for live simulcast at: https://batc.org.uk/live/vk4khz ****************************************************************************** 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 133 Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 107 **************************************************************************** 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 2018-09-07 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 1253. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1200. (***) 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: Delaware, 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 2018-09-07 02:00 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. 55 on orbit Drew Feustel Oleg Artemyev Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Exp. 56 on orbit Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Sergei Propopev **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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N4KGL EM61 Rove Sept 8th
by Greg Lane 06 Sep '18

06 Sep '18

N4KGL plans to rove to EM61 Samson, Alabama. on September 8th, 2018 during the SouthEast Alabama Rocketry Society (SEARS) rocket launch. I will attempt these passes; AO-92 at 1521 zulu, AO-91 at 1800 zulu, and SO-50 at 2027 zulu. Note, I may miss a pass due to launch activities or weather. I will use a Yaesu FT-60 and and Elk antenna. GL & 73, Greg N4KGL www.n4kgl.info

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-09-06 10:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 06 Sep '18

06 Sep '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-09-06 10:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Mendez Fundamental Intermediate School, Santa Ana, CA, direct via AA6TB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-09-06 16:49:52 UTC 81 deg Watch for live stream at: (***) Mendez school web site (https://www.sausd.us/mendez). There is also this link: https://www.sausd.tv/media/Nasa/0_txw0ig46/92671402 On this page: https://www.sausd.us/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=3050&ModuleInsta… Colegio Del Sol, San Miguel de Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina, direct via LU5KHF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-09-10 15:20:04 UTC 84 deg Walford Anglican School for Girls, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for Option #3: Wed 2018-09-12 08:21:02 UTC 31 deg Watch for live simulcast at: https://batc.org.uk/live/vk4khz ****************************************************************************** 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 133 Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 107 **************************************************************************** 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 2018-09-06 10:30 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 1252. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1199. 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: Delaware, 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 2018-08-29 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. 55 on orbit Drew Feustel Oleg Artemyev Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Exp. 56 on orbit Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Sergei Propopev **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Roving trip to DN42,43,44,52, and 53 WY Sept 12-22
by Robert Bragg 06 Sep '18

06 Sep '18

Roving time again. Heading to DN42,43,44,52, and 53 all in Wyoming September 12-22. I will be traveling through DN52 and DN53 on September 12th. For Sept. 13-20 I will be in DN43 and 44. On the return trip on the 21st and 22nd, I will be working the corner of DN42,43,52, and 53. Watch my QRZ page for details. FM birds will be worked, and hope to make some ISS contacts as well. R.J. WY7AA

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Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV
by Roy Dean 05 Sep '18

05 Sep '18

I've been licensed for about 2 years. I'm not an ARRL member, nor do I have an ARRL handbook. I'm not trying to stir up muck here, I just asked a simple question. What benefit do we get from WWV? I certainly have had no cause to use it (at least knowingly) over the course of the last couple of years. Seriously, what am I missing out on? -Roy K3RLD > The K call implies that you have been licensed for a while. > Your ARRL handbook has information on what services WWV provides. > These include standard time, standard frequency and propagation > information. Reread your handbook for more information. 73 > Glenn > WB4UIV

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Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV
by Scott Medbury 05 Sep '18

05 Sep '18

For over 60 years, I have considered the function of WWV and WWVH to be vital and quite necessary. As youngster and before I owned a watch that did not set itself, I listened to WWV to know the exact time. I also listened to know of tropical happenings. As a shortwave listener, I knew when certain bands below 30kc (kHz) would allow communications. These are things that ALL licensed hams should know. 73 ... Scott KD5FBA Sent from my Verizon Motorola Droid On Sep 5, 2018 7:05 AM, Roy Dean <royldean(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > I've been licensed for about 2 years. I'm not an ARRL member, nor do > I have an ARRL handbook. I'm not trying to stir up muck here, I just > asked a simple question. What benefit do we get from WWV? I > certainly have had no cause to use it (at least knowingly) over the > course of the last couple of years. > > Seriously, what am I missing out on? > > > -Roy > > K3RLD > > > > > The K call implies that you have been licensed for a while. > > Your ARRL handbook has information on what services WWV provides. > > These include standard time, standard frequency and propagation > > information. Reread your handbook for more information. 73 > > Glenn > > WB4UIV > _______________________________________________ > 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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Re Measuring VSWR at 2.4GHz
by David G0MRF 05 Sep '18

05 Sep '18

Hi Zach / Terry / Simone / Graham / Stefan. Thanks very much for the advice / offers and links. Hopefully there is a PA saving solution in there. Time to try the bird 43 out of its comfort zone, but also get the soldering iron out. See you on P4A 73 David On 09/04/18 16:00, David G0MRF via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Does anyone know a cost effective way of measuring VSWR or reflected power at 2.4GHz ? > > I'm building a 70cm to S band upconverter with 25 Watts output. > Before I connect it to my dish feed, it would be nice to know that the match is reasonably close to 50 ohms. > It would be nice for the PA transistor to last more than 1 QSO David, Try building the surface-mount version at the bottom of this page: https://ludens.cl/Electron/swr/swr.html They don't need (or tolerate) much power, but they are cheap to build! --- Zach N0ZGO

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doppler.SQF
by Mr B r a d 05 Sep '18

05 Sep '18

I have two copies of doppler.SQF on the right side of my sat chat pages...UPDATES WELCOMEbrad ko6kLHam Radio Sat Chat room | | | | Ham Radio Sat Chat room | | | Does anyone know where a current copy of Doppler.SQF (with today's satellites in it) can be downloaded? Would save a lot of time. Thanks in advance. -- Mark D. Johns

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Complete Satellite Antenna System For Sale
by David Swanson 05 Sep '18

05 Sep '18

I've decided to part with my home station and go back to being a fully portable operator for the foreseeable future. So here's what I got: 145mhz Innovantenna 5 Element X-Pol 435mhz Innovantenna 10 Element X-Pol (Factory New, just unboxed, inventoried and repackaged). 2x Innovantenna 2m Balun 2x Innovantenna 70cm Balun 2x Comet 4160N Dupelxers 2x C2G N-Male to N-Male Barrel Connector 2x Tohtsu CX520D Relays, with Dissapation Capacitor Installed. 2x 12 Gauge Wires to Relays with Soldered Ends 4x Andrew CNT-400 Short Jumpers (2' to 4') with Amphenol N-Male Connectors for between Baluns and Relays. 2x DXE Basic Saddle Clamps for Mounting Box 1x DXE Heavy Duty Saddle Clamp for 145mhz X-Pol boom. $550 + Shipping (Guessing it will be about $75 anywhere in the lower 48, will get an exact quote if A few notes - the 145mhz X-Pol was outside for about 10 months at my QTH (Just long enough for me to get my 488 finished) as was an old 435mhz beam, but I damaged part of the 435mhz during disassembly, therefore I ordered replacement 435 metal and it is all factory new never exposed to the weather. All the relays and duplexers were inside weatherproof housings on the Mast and all in good working order. I also drilled holes for a heavy duty DXE saddle clamp on the 2m boom because I had some trouble with the factory saddle clamp slipping on my fiberglass cross beam. There's no slipping now. Here's a picture of everything all spread out on the shop floor: http://druidnetworks.com/xpol.jpg At this time I'm not interested in any trades, and I'm not interested in splitting what I have listed up. Shipping on this is gonna be kinda pricey so if you're anywhere within about 500 miles or so of EM34 I'm willing to meet halfway. Any questions or serious inquiries email me at dave(a)druidnetworks.com. 73! -Dave, KG5CCI

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ANS-248 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - 2018 AMSAT Board of Director Ballots Due September 15
by Joe Spier 05 Sep '18

05 Sep '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-248.01 In this Special Bulletin: * 2018 AMSAT Board of Director Ballots Due September 15 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-248.01 ANS-248 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 248.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE September 5, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-248.01 2018 AMSAT Board of Director Ballots Due September 15 Voting for the 2018 AMSAT Board of Directors ends soon. Ballots must be received at the AMSAT office by September 15, 2018. The ballots, labeled “CORRECTED BALLOT 7/20/2018” and printed on yellow-colored cardstock, were mailed to all AMSAT members. Please vote for no more than three of the 2018 candidates using these corrected ballots. Candidate biographies may be viewed at: https://www.amsat.org/bios2018/ [ANS thanks AMSAT Secretary, Clayton Coleman, W5PFG 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, Joe Spier, K6WAO k6wao at amsat dot org

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Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV
by Daniel Schultz 05 Sep '18

05 Sep '18

The September/October issue of QEX that just landed in my mailbox has two articles by WB0OEW and WA5FRF describing Doppler measurements of the WWV and WWVB signals compared against GPS disciplined oscillators to measure ionospheric disturbances, the second article describes the effect of last year's solar eclipse on WWV signal propagation. There are other articles in professional journals that I will look up if anyone is interested in reading them. If WWV was not already broadcasting frequency and time signals, ionospheric researchers would have to set up their own transmitter to do the same thing, probably at higher cost. https://zenodo.org/record/998278#.W4_heLgnaUk https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/weird-signals-listening-eclipse The February issue of QST published an article by WD8DSB describing a TRF receiver for frequency counter calibration with crystal filters to feed an amplified WWV signal at either 5 or 10 MHz directly to your frequency counter. Internet time servers and cell phone networks do not provide such a frequency reference, and GPS disciplined oscillators are not an off the shelf item. It is also good to have an independent check on the performance of GPS disciplined equipment. There are also millions of WWVB synchronized clocks that will be rendered obsolete if WWVB is taken off the air. As with amateur radio, WWV and WWVB will work even without a functioning internet connection. The 6 million dollar proposed savings are well below the noise level of the Federal budget process. The sentence about eliminating "measurement science research that lies outside NIST's core mission space" is Trump-speak for eliminating any climate change research from NIST's budget, WWV is about the only item on the cut list that is not related to climate research. Dan Schultz N8FGV >"Can we see a list of technical reasons it is worthy of this expense? >Sincerely, >Marcus Sutliff/N5ZY"

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EN63
by aa8ch＠aol.com 05 Sep '18

05 Sep '18

Noticing that some ops' grid maps are still needing EN63, either all time or confirmed in LOTW, I'll be up that way on Sunday September 9th. Look for me on midday passes of AO91 and AO07, possibly others as well. Send me an email if you want this grid, and I'll be sure to listen for you! 73 Chris AA8CH

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Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV
by Roy Dean 05 Sep '18

05 Sep '18

Ok, what exactly is the value that WWV provides us? I'd never even heard of it until this whole budget thing came up. --Roy K3RLD

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-09-05 04:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 05 Sep '18

05 Sep '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-09-05 04:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Mendez Fundamental Intermediate School, Santa Ana, CA, direct via AA6TB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-09-06 16:49:52 UTC 81 deg Colegio Del Sol, San Miguel de Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina, direct via LU5KHF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT (***) Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-09-10 15:20:04 UTC 84 deg (***) Walford Anglican School for Girls, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU (***) Contact is a go for Option #3: Wed 2018-09-12 08:21:02 UTC 31 deg (***) Watch for live simulcast at: https://batc.org.uk/live/vk4khz (***) ****************************************************************************** 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 133 Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 107 **************************************************************************** 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 2018-09-05 04:30 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 1252. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1199. 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: Delaware, 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 2018-08-29 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. 55 on orbit Drew Feustel Oleg Artemyev Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Exp. 56 on orbit Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Sergei Propopev **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Mendez Fundamental Intermediate School, Santa Ana, CA
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 05 Sep '18

05 Sep '18

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Mendez Fundamental Intermediate School, Santa Ana, CA on 06 Sept. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:49 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and AA6TB. The contact should be audible over the state of California, U.S.A 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. Mendez Fundamental Intermediate School, opened in 2000, is named in honor and recognition of Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez who fought for equal education for the all children. In 1945, with several other families they filed a lawsuit entitled Mendez V. Westminster, asking the court to issue an injunction ordering the integration of their school district. The lawsuit argued that segregation based on national origin violated the United States Constitution. On April 14, 1947, the 9th Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the plaintiffs. The court ordered all school districts in California to desegregate allowing the Mendez children to attend previously all-white schools. Eight years after Mendez V. Westminster, Brown V Board of Education ended "separate but equal" education throughout the United States. However, it was the Mendez case that set the precedent for desegregating schools based upon race. Because of their bravery and dedication, Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez opened the door for a better education not only for children in California, but for children throughout the United States. In 2010, their daughter, Sylvia Mendez was awarded the Medal of Freedom for continuing the work started by her parents, ensuring that all students have equal access to a quality education. Mendez is a public school of choice, located in Santa Ana, a high-density city in Southern California. Mendez serves over 1400 students in grades 6-8 and students enroll through a lottery system. 98% of our students are Hispanic and 20% are English Learners. Our students participate in a robust STEM program including classes and clubs focusing on computer science, mechanical engineering, robotics, and rocketry. Our students have participated in many NASA and space related activities due to the personal interest and dedication of our teachers. For the past 5 years, student teams have participated in the Team America Rocketry Challenge. In 2017 two of our teachers flew aboard the Sophia and in 2016, we sent an experiment to the ISS as part of the Student Space Flights Experiments Program Mission 8. The Mendez flight experiment researched the question, "Does microgravity affect the water absorption of hyaluronic acid?" Most recently, we received a grant from ISS Above for tracking hardware/ software and curriculum. All of our students are enjoying these lessons as we prepare for our ARISS event. Our students and staff are so grateful for this opportunity. At Mendez, our mission is to continue the work started by the Mendez family by providing our students with a rich array of opportunities, which spark curiosity, lead to deeper learning and open the door to future possibilities. Thank you for spending some of your time with us. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How is using a ham radio on the ISS different than operating one on Earth? 2. I was wondering if any of the current crew members are artists and if yes, how is it different from doing art on Earth? 3. How is it determined which astronaut conducts which experiments and can you choose which experiments to work on? 4. How does your research on salmonella in microgravity relate to life on Earth? 5. What do you do during your free time and how much free time do you have? 6. How do you deal with the lack of privacy on the ISS? 7. What is something you forgot to bring or wish you'd brought with you on this mission? 8. I'm always losing stuff. Have you ever lost something on the Space Station? 9. How has your time living on the ISS affected the way you live on Earth? 10. I want to be an astronaut when I grow up. What advice can you give me? 11. What is the thing you miss most while on the Space Station? 12. Our school sent up a student space flights experiment in 2016. Are you currently working on any student experiments? 13. How has your time in microgravity affected your coordination and vision? Have you noticed any lasting changes? 14. Do you ever get to contact your family? If yes, how? 15. What has been your biggest "AH HA!" moment? (What has surprised you the most?) 16. How did teaching in a classroom prepare you for doing science on the ISS? 17. How do your eyes adjust to the constant change from daylight to darkness as you circle the Earth? 18. Will you continue your exercise regime when you get back to Earth? 19. Do you ever feel nauseous when you are in space? What do you do if you get sick? 20. When you are sleeping on the ISS, what do you hear? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): TBD About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the 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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Re: [amsat-bb] Observations on tracking programs
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 04 Sep '18

04 Sep '18

Hi Folks, Following JoAnne's advice, I found 3 entries for AO-91 in GPredict for Windows. One was 5 minutes fast, one was 5 minutes slow and the 3rd one was correct. The correct one is the 3rd one down on the menu. If anyone else is having problems, then that is the one to check. 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC -----Original Message----- From: Wendy and Terry Osborne Sent: Monday, September 03, 2018 2:58 PM To: JoAnne K9JKM Cc: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Observations on tracking programs Hi JoAnne and everyone, Thanks for that. Yes I had two entries for AO-91. One with last years keps that I had selected and one with current keps that I hadn't selected. Putting the correct entry in fixed the problem and Nova now agrees with Orbitron. I usually go outside and catch AO-91 with a hand held + yagi. When using Nova, I had to wait about an extra 5 minutes for AOS and LOS was about 5 minutes later than predicted. I actually like Nova, just a personal preference really. 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC -----Original Message----- From: JoAnne K9JKM Sent: Monday, September 03, 2018 1:02 AM To: 'AMSAT BB' Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Observations on tracking programs > Nova has two algorithms for computing the location of the satellites. Try > the other algorithm. I've noticed a bit of sneakiness tracking AO-91 with Nova. I find I'm several minutes off once or twice a year. The main symptom is a weak downlink from AO-91 since the antenna is aimed at a spot in the sky which is not on time. What I've found is somehow Nova has 2 or 3 instances of AO-91 in the table where you choose the satellites to add to the tracking view. None of the other satellites have multiple instances. What I need to do is to select each instance of AO-91 and keep only the one that accurately matches the other resources you can compare with. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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alternative time-keeping solution to WWV/WWVH
by David J. Schmocker 04 Sep '18

04 Sep '18

Everyone: For years I used Heath GC-1000 Most Accurate Clocks which contained WWV receivers and displayed the received time on a clock. Having sold these GC-1000s, I now use a computer-based solution (available for Mac or Windows). http://www.gm4jjj.co.uk/lcd/lcd.html I hope this alternative solution option helps you also.. Very 73, Dave KJ9I

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Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 13, Issue 302
by Dan Heather 04 Sep '18

04 Sep '18

Hi All, The Trump-bashers will continue to bash without regard to logic, truth or what anyone has to say. Why not ignore the genesis of the budget cut and simply do whatever needs to be done to save WWV? Who cares if you love or hate Trump? Your strongly held political preference is of no importance! Sign the doggone petition (I have) AND ALSO send a letter to your federal legislators! Save the WWV! 73, de Dan, N1DH Dan Heather Middleboro MA On 9/4/2018 7:26:58 PM, amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org <amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org> wrote: Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to amsat-bb(a)amsat.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org You can reach the person managing the list at amsat-bb-owner(a)amsat.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest..." Today's Topics: 1. SDX stops responding (Kevin Schuchmann) 2. Current copy of Doppler SQF? (Mark D. Johns) 3. DM07-DM08 Rove (Bob Keating) 4. Re: WTB : AZ/EL Rotor (Don KB2YSI) 5. Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV (Robert Bruninga) 6. Re: Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV (Glenn Little WB4UIV) 7. Re: Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV (Glen Zook) 8. Re: Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV (JamesDuffey) 9. doppler.sqf file (alex weimer) 10. Measuring VSWR at 2.4GHz (David G0MRF) 11. Re: Measuring VSWR at 2.4GHz (Zach Metzinger) 12. Re: Measuring VSWR at 2.4GHz (Stefan Wagener) 13. Re: Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV (Ted Krempa) 14. Re: Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV (Paul Stoetzer) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2018 13:32:36 -0700 From: Kevin Schuchmann To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] SDX stops responding Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Hello All, ?? This is probably? a windows issue but I'm curious if anyone else has seen it. I'm running windows 8.1? and about once a week or maybe two SDX will stop responding, closing satpc32 fails to kill it and I have to go in and manually kill it, I have tried many different serial ports usb/hard from the pc to the rotor controller,? a different controller, running satpc32 as admin, running it in compatibility mode for win 7 was the only thing that "maybe" slowed it down a little. Have I missed something? anyone else see SDX? stop responding? Thanks Kevin WA7FWF ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2018 16:34:34 -0500 From: "Mark D. Johns" To: AMSAT Subject: [amsat-bb] Current copy of Doppler SQF? Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I'm recovering from a hard disk crash and lost all of my current SatPC32 various.SQF files. I did a Google search for Doppler.SQF and the most recent I could find was something posted in 2015. Does anyone know where a current copy of Doppler.SQF (with today's satellites in it) can be downloaded? Would save a lot of time. Thanks in advance. -- Mark D. Johns K?JM / M?GZO / ex-9H3DJ / ex-K?MDJ Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2018 17:34:32 -0700 From: Bob Keating To: AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] DM07-DM08 Rove Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed I just wanted to let everyone know who contacted me this past week while we were in the Eastern Sierra that I am in the process of uploading my contacts to LoTW and QRZ.com as N6REK/P.? Since I have recordings of 7 satellite passes, it may take me a few days, but I will get them logged. Thanks to all of you with whom I had a QSO and also to those I couldn't quite reach. It was a fun trip, fishing was lousy, but I made up for it bagging a good number of contacts on the satellites. 73, Bob, N6REK ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2018 22:31:10 -0400 From: Don KB2YSI To: w3ab(a)yahoo.com Cc: inservice2him(a)hotmail.com, AMSAT BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] WTB : AZ/EL Rotor Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" If you are looking for a project, satnogs.org is a great place to take a look at. On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 11:35 AM W3AB/GEO via AMSAT-BB wrote: > I've seen some made with stepper motors. Ask Dr Goggle. > > ?___ > Sent from my two way wrist watch > 73 de W3AB/GEO? > > On Sep 3, 2018, 06:00, at 06:00, Kirk P wrote: > >Searching for a small AZ/EL system for a small M2 2m/435 SAT antenna. > > > >Kirk, N0KK > > > > > >Sent from Outlook > >_______________________________________________ > >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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- 73, Don KB2YSI https://www.hamqth.com/kb2ysi ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2018 22:35:35 -0400 From: Robert Bruninga To: amsat bb Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" White house planning to shut down WWV. If you disagree, sign the petition started by Ham Operator Tom Kelly in Oregon:. https://www.voanews.com/a/time-may-be-running-out-for-millio ns-of-clocks/4554376.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium= website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2018 22:54:18 -0400 From: Glenn Little WB4UIV To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed .Is it the White House or a ploy by NIST, in their budget,? to list it as an item to defund so that they can keep their conference money? Having worked for the government, you list a high cost line item to defund, knowing that public outcry will not let it happen and you keep your pet project funds. I have already signed the petition, even though iit is a NIST proposal and not a White House proposal. Glenn WB4UIV On 9/3/2018 10:35 PM, Robert Bruninga wrote: > White house planning to shut down WWV. > If you disagree, sign the petition started by Ham Operator Tom Kelly in > Oregon:. > > > https://www.voanews.com/a/time-may-be-running-out-for-millio > ns-of-clocks/4554376.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium= > website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark > _______________________________________________ > 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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Glenn Little ARRL Technical Specialist QCWA LM 28417 Amateur Callsign: WB4UIV wb4uiv(a)arrl.net AMSAT LM 2178 QTH: Goose Creek, SC USA (EM92xx) USSVI LM NRA LM SBE ARRL TAPR "It is not the class of license that the Amateur holds but the class of the Amateur that holds the license" ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 04:54:13 +0000 (UTC) From: Glen Zook To: Robert Bruninga , amsat bb Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 NOT a White House proposal!? The proposal is by the NIST.? The petition is to attempt to get the President to intervene to stop the elimination of WWV / WWVH. ?Glen, K9STH? Website: http://k9sth.net From: Robert Bruninga To: amsat bb Sent: Monday, September 3, 2018 9:36 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV White house planning to shut down WWV. If you disagree, sign the petition started by Ham Operator? Tom Kelly in Oregon:. ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 08:49:40 -0600 From: JamesDuffey To: Glen Zook Cc: amsat bb Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To be clear, NIST did not propose the cuts in a vacuum. They are a response to the budget allocation they get from the executive branch. The allocation is lower than what their current budget is, so they have to cut something. I suspect that NIST allocated budget cuts to the various departments and when the Fundamental Measurement, Quantum Science and Measurement Dissemination group received its cut allocation it prioritized its programs and the WWV/WWVH/WWVB programs fell below the line. Most of us that have been involved in hard budget decisions know the drill. Something ugly usually happens. In essence, the proposed budget allocations are forcing NIST to take a poison pill. In context, the overall federal budget proposed is increased. The cuts in WWV/WWVH/WWVB go to expenditures elsewhere by the government. Each individual needs to determine whether the expenditures elsewhere in the government are more important to them than the WWV/WWVH/WWVB cuts. To me, the lower priority given to science and technology in the 2019 proposed budget, evidenced in part by the NIST cuts, is disturbing. I fear that in time it will flow to other programs, including NASA, that are important to us. At the risk of introducing politics into what should be an apolitical AMSAT BBS, sending your elected representatives a post card declaring how you feel about this issue and what you want them to do about it is as important, or more important, than signing the petition. But, the ballot box is a longer term solution to the problem. Register to vote in November and vote for candidates that will support federal expenditures on science and technology. Encourage your friends, family, and colleagues to do the same. Off the soap box. - Duffey KK6MC James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM > On Sep 3, 2018, at 22:54, Glen Zook via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > NOT a White House proposal! The proposal is by the NIST. The petition is to attempt to get the President to intervene to stop the elimination of WWV / WWVH. > > Glen, K9STH > Website: http://k9sth.net > > From: Robert Bruninga > To: amsat bb > Sent: Monday, September 3, 2018 9:36 PM > Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV > > White house planning to shut down WWV. > If you disagree, sign the petition started by Ham Operator Tom Kelly in > Oregon:. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 11:13:04 -0400 (EDT) From: alex weimer To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] doppler.sqf file Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Complete file sent this morning 73 JACK KC7MG ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 17:00:14 -0400 From: David G0MRF To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Measuring VSWR at 2.4GHz Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hi everyone. Does anyone know a cost effective way of measuring VSWR or reflected power at 2.4GHz ? I'm building a 70cm to S band upconverter with 25 Watts output. Before I connect it to my dish feed, it would be nice to know that the match is reasonably close to 50 ohms. It would be nice for the PA transistor to last more than 1 QSO 2.4G inserts for bird watt meters are few and far between.....I wonder if the one that covers 400M to 1GHz would work.? 73 David G0MRF ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 16:37:31 -0500 From: Zach Metzinger To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Measuring VSWR at 2.4GHz Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed On 09/04/18 16:00, David G0MRF via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Does anyone know a cost effective way of measuring VSWR or reflected power at 2.4GHz ? > > I'm building a 70cm to S band upconverter with 25 Watts output. > Before I connect it to my dish feed, it would be nice to know that the match is reasonably close to 50 ohms. > It would be nice for the PA transistor to last more than 1 QSO David, Try building the surface-mount version at the bottom of this page: https://ludens.cl/Electron/swr/swr.html They don't need (or tolerate) much power, but they are cheap to build! --- Zach N0ZGO ------------------------------ Message: 12 Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 17:50:05 -0500 From: Stefan Wagener To: zmetzing(a)pobox.com Cc: AMSAT BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Measuring VSWR at 2.4GHz Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Look for: "N1201SA" on Ebay ~$150 On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 4:39 PM Zach Metzinger wrote: > On 09/04/18 16:00, David G0MRF via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > Does anyone know a cost effective way of measuring VSWR or reflected > power at 2.4GHz ? > > > > I'm building a 70cm to S band upconverter with 25 Watts output. > > Before I connect it to my dish feed, it would be nice to know that the > match is reasonably close to 50 ohms. > > It would be nice for the PA transistor to last more than 1 QSO > > David, > > Try building the surface-mount version at the bottom of this page: > > https://ludens.cl/Electron/swr/swr.html > > They don't need (or tolerate) much power, but they are cheap to build! > > --- Zach > N0ZGO > _______________________________________________ > 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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > ------------------------------ Message: 13 Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 15:58:56 -0700 From: "Ted Krempa" To: "'Robert Bruninga'" , "'amsat bb'" Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Nonsense ! It was clearly pointed out in the ARRL Letter of 8-22-18: "According to the NIST Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget request, the specific cut would come from the NIST Fundamental Measurement, Quantum Science, and Measurement Dissemination budget and would amount to $6.3 million. "NIST has a long-standing history of providing time and frequency services through our radio stations and we appreciate that many people use these services," NIST said in a statement. "WWV is the longest continuously operating radio service in the US. At the same time, the proposed NIST budget for FY 2019 required difficult choices about budget priorities." NIST said that it plans to eliminate "efforts that have been replaced by newer technologies, measurement science research that lies outside NIST's core mission space, and programs that can no longer be supported due to facility deterioration." The decision has NOTHING to do with the White House (aka Trump Bashing) K7TRK said that -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Bruninga Sent: Monday, September 3, 2018 7:36 PM To: amsat bb Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV White house planning to shut down WWV. If you disagree, sign the petition started by Ham Operator Tom Kelly in Oregon:. https://www.voanews.com/a/time-may-be-running-out-for-millio ns-of-clocks/4554376.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium= website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark _______________________________________________ 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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ------------------------------ Message: 14 Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 19:21:05 -0400 From: Paul Stoetzer To: Ted Cc: AMSAT BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which is part of the Executive Office of the President, works very closely with the agencies on their budget requests. The request is technically the agency's, but it is heavily influenced by the White House. 73, Paul, N8HM On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 7:04 PM Ted Krempa wrote: > > Nonsense ! > > It was clearly pointed out in the ARRL Letter of 8-22-18: > > "According to the NIST Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget request, the specific > cut would come from the NIST Fundamental Measurement, Quantum Science, and > Measurement Dissemination budget and would amount to $6.3 million. > "NIST has a long-standing history of providing time and frequency services > through our radio stations and we appreciate that many people use these > services," NIST said in a statement. "WWV is the longest continuously > operating radio service in the US. At the same time, the proposed NIST > budget for FY 2019 required difficult choices about budget priorities." > NIST said that it plans to eliminate "efforts that have been replaced by > newer technologies, measurement science research that lies outside NIST's > core mission space, and programs that can no longer be supported due to > facility deterioration." > > The decision has NOTHING to do with the White House (aka Trump Bashing) > > K7TRK said that > > -----Original Message----- > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert > Bruninga > Sent: Monday, September 3, 2018 7:36 PM > To: amsat bb > Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV > > White house planning to shut down WWV. > If you disagree, sign the petition started by Ham Operator Tom Kelly in > Oregon:. > > > https://www.voanews.com/a/time-may-be-running-out-for-millio > ns-of-clocks/4554376.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium= > website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark > _______________________________________________ > 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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat-bb(a)amsat.org. 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Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV
by Robert Bruninga 04 Sep '18

04 Sep '18

White house planning to shut down WWV. If you disagree, sign the petition started by Ham Operator Tom Kelly in Oregon:. https://www.voanews.com/a/time-may-be-running-out-for-millio ns-of-clocks/4554376.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium= website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

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