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EnduroSat One and EQUiSat identified
by Nico Janssen 24 Jul '18

24 Jul '18

Detailed doppler measurements show that EnduroSat One (downlink 437.050 MHz) is object 43551 (1998-067NZ) and EQUiSat (downlink 435.550 MHz) is object 43552 (1998-067PA). No signals received from MemSat (downlink 437.350 MHz) and RadSat-g (downlink 437.425 MHz). 73, Nico PA0DLO

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YESU FT847
by alex weimer 24 Jul '18

24 Jul '18

I have a Yaesu FT847 in excellent condition for sale. Full output on all bands and excellent cosmetics. Comes with MH31 Dynamic microphone and full length power cord. I will also include a Cat control cable to be used with SATPC32 or other computer control programs. If anyone is interested please email me at Thanks You.. JACK KC7MG

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DM07 Rove
by Bob Keating 24 Jul '18

24 Jul '18

To All of You Who Heard Me this past weekend, I will be logging all of my satellite contacts from Silver Lake Resort (DM07) near June Lake, CA in the Eastern Sierra with my N6REK/P callsign on LoTW, QRZ and eqsl. FYI, I will be back there in DM07 from August 29 to Sept. 2nd working the FM birds whenever I get the chance. More on that as the dates approach. I might even be able to activate some new grids. 73, Bob, N6REK

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-07-24 04:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 24 Jul '18

24 Jul '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-07-24 04:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: 7th International Aerospace School. I.N. Sultanova Rep. Bashkortostan, Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Artemyev Contact was successful: 2018-07-20 20:15 UTC (***) Shinoda Elementary School, Izumi City, Japan, direct via 8N3SD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact was successful: Mon 2018-07-23 09:47:14 UTC 43 deg (***) ISS R&D Conference-San Francisco, CA, (CASIS#2), participating school Quest Institute for Quality Education, San Jose, CA, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contract is a go for: Thu 2018-07-26 20:22:10 UTC 48 deg Nepal Astronomical Society (NASO), Kathmandu, Nepal, telebridge via W6SRJ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU (***) Contact is a go for: Tue 2018-07-31 08:01:46 UTC 40 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: Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 129 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 105 (***) **************************************************************************** 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 2018-07-24 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 1240. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1188. (***) 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 2018-07-24 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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Reservations at AMSAT Symposium
by Douglas Tabor 23 Jul '18

23 Jul '18

1) When I went to the reservation link, I found that I can ‘pull-down’ for multiple rooms but NOT for Guests/room. I suppose that I can book 1 room and just have my better half show up. 2) I was out of town, but saw that there was some hub-bub about the election ballot. Didn’t see anything on the website about it, but noticed that the instructions in the left column conflict with the right column heading. I’m going with the ‘read carefully’ side for my 3 BoD selections. 73, Douglas Tabor, N6UA dtabor(a)estesvalley.net

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Nayif1 Data Warehouse Problems
by David Johnson 22 Jul '18

22 Jul '18

Hi There appears to be a problem with the hardware that runs the service. I am going to speak to the service provider tomorrow (22:00 BST) here. Your dashboards will back off until the service returns. Dave, G4DPZ Sent from my iPhone

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AMSAT Awards Update
by Bruce 22 Jul '18

22 Jul '18

Since my last post and actually since the beginning of 2018, I have been posting all the Rover Awards on my Twitter account and tagging @AMSAT. I will include all the Rover Awards here for those that do not have Twitter. AMSAT Satellite Communicators Award for making their first satellite QSO Thomas Hetland, DL8DXW Bernd Preusker, DO1UB German School Club Station DL0IKT German School Club Station DL0TSD Daivd Dean, AE7ID Adam Donahue, KE0JWQ Mitchell Ahrenstoff, AD0HJ Stephen Szabo, WB4OMM Michael Clark, N4WQH ------ AMSAT Communications Achievement Award David Stanley, WI4L, #580 Randy Kohlwey, WI7P, #581 (This is Randy's Second go around after moving his QTH) Marissa Robledo 11-year old, W4AQT, #582 Paul Overn, KE0PBR, #583 Mitchell Ahrenstorff, AD0HJ, #584 ------ AMSAT South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award David Stanley, WI4L, #US206 Marissa Robledo 11-year old, W4AQT, #US207 Paul Overn, KE0PBR, #US208 ------ AMSAT Sexagesimal Award Randy Kohlway, WI7P, #182 (This is Randy's Second go around after moving his QTH) ------ AMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award Adrian Liggins, VA3NNA, #95 Steve Nordahl, NS3L, #96 ------ AMSAT Rover Award (New for 2018) Rover Call ===== ======== 001 AC0RA 002 WD9EWK 003 NJ4Y 004 M0IDA 005 KG5GJT 006 EB1AO 007 N7AGF 008 N4YHC 009 W0S 010 KE0PBR 011 K5IX 012 AK4WQ 013 WI7P 014 K5ND 015 N6UA 016 N9IP 017 N4UFO 018 K7TAB 019 K8BL 020 AD0DX 021 HB9WDF 022 KE4AL 023 KE9AJ 024 AA8CH 025 WY7AA 026 KE8FZT 027 KX9X 73...bruce To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org and click on Services the Awards Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes

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AMSAT Awards Update
by Bruce 22 Jul '18

22 Jul '18

Since my last post and actually since the beginning of 2018, I have been posting all the Rover Awards on my Twitter account and tagging @AMSAT. I will include all the Rover Awards here for those that do not have Twitter. AMSAT Satellite Communicators Award for making their first satellite QSO Thomas Hetland, DL8DXW Bernd Preusker, DO1UB German School Club Station DL0IKT German School Club Station DL0TSD Daivd Dean, AE7ID Adam Donahue, KE0JWQ Mitchell Ahrenstoff, AD0HJ Stephen Szabo, WB4OMM Michael Clark, N4WQH ------ AMSAT Communications Achievement Award David Stanley, WI4L, #580 Randy Kohlwey, WI7P, #581 (This is Randy's Second go around after moving his QTH) Marissa Robledo 11-year old, W4AQT, #582 Paul Overn, KE0PBR, #583 Mitchell Ahrenstorff, AD0HJ, #584 ------ AMSAT South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award David Stanley, WI4L, #US206 Marissa Robledo 11-year old, W4AQT, #US207 Paul Overn, KE0PBR, #US208 ------ AMSAT Sexagesimal Award Randy Kohlway, WI7P, #182 (This is Randy's Second go around after moving his QTH) ------ AMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award Adrian Liggins, VA3NNA, #95 Steve Nordahl, NS3L, #96 ------ AMSAT Rover Award (New for 2018) Rover Call ===== ======== 001 AC0RA 002 WD9EWK 003 NJ4Y 004 M0IDA 005 KG5GJT 006 EB1AO 007 N7AGF 008 N4YHC 009 W0S 010 KE0PBR 011 K5IX 012 AK4WQ 013 WI7P 014 K5ND 015 N6UA 016 N9IP 017 N4UFO 018 K7TAB 019 K8BL 020 AD0DX 021 HB9WDF 022 KE4AL 023 KE9AJ 024 AA8CH 025 WY7AA 026 KE8FZT 027 KX9X 73...bruce To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com/awards.html Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes

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Nayif1 Data Warehouse
by David Johnson 22 Jul '18

22 Jul '18

Hi, I have just got back from a two week holiday and while going through my mail found a report that the data display had been stuck for a few days. It turns out that one of the internal services had failed due to lack of resource. The good thing is that the raw data has been captured during the period and I'm writing a small application to do a catch up. The services are all working again now. 73 Dave, G4DPZ

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IC-9100 PAT V panadapter board
by kb2mjeff＠att.net 22 Jul '18

22 Jul '18

I posted this to the 9100 group, and also here, in case anyone might be interested in this. What SDR S/W is anyone using with their SDRPlay for sat’s? I’m trying to learn SDR-Console and the learning curve is very steep. I vaguely remember a few years ago getting it working with some other S/W.... I finished my PAT V install on my 9100 this morning. I decided to do the HF tap also, but not the 23cm. It’s went well, worse part was doing the HF tap, I managed to move the top board out of the way without completely un plugging, then removing the metal shield completely to get to the HF tap point on the BPF board. Everything is working ok, only issue’s are I haven’t figured out yet how to get the levels up to allow a better waterfall display. I’m using SDR-Console. I also have to figure out how to get the display to follow the 9100. Just started using SDR-Console and the learning curve is very steep. What I don’t understand is there is no frequency offset needed to use the various taps, and also the bandwidth on HF is very narrow? Any ideas? Also If anyone want's some pictures of my install I will gladly send them along. A big thanks to Dave KD2C for making this available... 73 Jeff kb2m --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com

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Thanks for the help
by Tom Lubbers K8TL 22 Jul '18

22 Jul '18

Thanks for all who helped me with PCSAT and windows 10, new to windows 10. Now things up and running with the Green Heron/windows 10/PCSAT 32. Now have old Yaesu Control box and LVB tracker moved to the no longer in use shelf. Now replacing my old KLM's with MM's. Tom K8TL

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ANS-203 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 21 Jul '18

21 Jul '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-203 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: * 2018 Corrected Board of Directors Ballots * Scotland site selected as launch base for Lockheed Martin, Orbex * Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for 7-18-2018 * Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-07-19 * Faculty Positions Opening This Summer at the Hawaii Space Flight Lab SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-203.01 ANS-203 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 203.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE July 22, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-203.01 2018 Corrected Board of Directors Ballots Due to a printing error, the beige-colored ballots mailed to AMSAT- NA members for the 2018 Board of Directors election on July 15, 2018 have been declared void. Any of these voided ballots received at the AMSAT-NA office will not be counted. New ballots labeled "CORRECTED BALLOT 7/20/2018" and printed on yellow-colored cardstock will be mailed to all AMSAT-NA members. Please vote for no more than three of the 2018 candidates: Tom Clark, K3IO Mark Hammond, N8MH Scott Harvey, KA7FVV Bruce Paige, KK5DO Peter Portanova, W2JV The Directors positions will go to the three candidates receiving the highest number of votes. In addition, there will be two alternate members chosen, based on the next highest number of votes received. [ANS thanks Clayton W5PFG AMSAT-NA Corporate Secretary for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Scotland site selected as launch base for Lockheed Martin, Orbex Two companies — U.S. aerospace giant Lockheed Martin and British start-up Orbex — seeking to carve out a share of the burgeoning small satellite launch market plan to fly their rockets from a remote site on the northern shore of Scotland, British government and industry officials announced Monday. The proposed launch facility would be built on A’Mhoine Peninsula, a sparsely- populated stretch of land overlooking the sea. The first launch from Sutherland could happen in the early 2020s. British government officials said the development of a U.K. spaceport would give the nation’s industry broader access to the space market. British companies, such as SSTL in England and Clyde Space in Scotland, are already counted among the global leaders in constructing small satellites. Scottish Secretary David Mundell said the Sutherland launch site could create hundreds of new jobs. Lockheed Martin is reportedly interested in launching a variant of Rocket Lab’s Electron booster from the Sutherland site. The U.S. aerospace contractor is a strategic investor in Rocket Lab, which already operates an orbital spaceport in New Zealand, and is planning to develop a U.S. launch pad for the Electron vehicle, which has made two test flights to date. Rocket Lab said in a statement late Monday that it is “evaluating launch opportunities” from the Sutherland spaceport in Scotland. “Electron is well-positioned to be the first orbital rocket launched from U.K. soil,” said Peter Beck, Rocket Lab’s founder and CEO. “We’re excited to review the opportunity to develop a launch service to support the U.K. space industry’s growth. “Every aspect of Rocket Lab’s launch model is designed to offer rapid, repeatable and precise delivery to orbit for small satellites,” Beck said in a statement. “The development of launch sites around the globe that can support Electron launches is crucial to delivering unprecedented access to orbit.” [ANS thanks SpaceFlightNow for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for 7-18-2018 The nine cubesats (JAXA) that were deployed on April 13,2018 from the ISS have been added this week as follows: Object NU - NORAD CAT ID 43546 Object NV - NORAD CAT ID 43547 Object NW - NORAD CAT ID 43548 Object NX - NORAD CAT ID 43549 Object NY - NORAD CAT ID 43550 Object NZ - NORAD CAT ID 43551 Object PA - NORAD CAT ID 43552 Object PB - NORAD CAT ID 43553 Object PC - NORAD CAT ID 43554 These objects are too close together to be positively identified. The objects deployed are RainCube, Radix, CubeRRT, HaloSat, TEMPEST-D, EnduroSat AD, EQUISat, MemSat and RadSat-g Only the following operate in the Amateur bands: EduroSat AD 437.050MHz CW, GFSK 9k6 EQUISat 435.550MHz CW, FSK 9k6 MemSat 437.350MHz BPSK 9k6 (per IARU Coordination status) [ANS thanks Nico Janssen (PA0DLO), IARU and AMSAT-UK for the above info} --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-07-19 Shinoda Elementary School, Izumi City, Japan, direct via 8N3SD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-07-23 09:47:14 UTC 43 deg ISS R&D Conference-San Francisco, CA, (CASIS#2), participating school Quest Institute for Quality Education, San Jose, CA, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-07-26 20:22:10 UTC 48 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 at amsat.org or aj9n at aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.80 MHz. [ANS thanks Charlie, AJ9N, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Faculty Positions Opening This Summer at the Hawaii Space Flight Lab There are two new tenure track faculty positions opening this summer to work with the Hawaii Space Flight Lab on Small Satellite research. These two positions are for an Assistant Researcher and the other for an Associate Researcher. The position announcement can be found at: http://workatuh.hawaii.edu/Jobs/NAdvert/28814/4956642/1/postdate/desc This is the HSFL website: https://www.hsfl.hawaii.edu/ and a brief overview of the lab in PDF format can be found in this link: https://www.hsfl.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/HSFL- Overview-2018-07-01.pdf The HSFL team will be at SmallSat so anyone interested can meet the team and learn more about HSFL. [ANS thanks Miguel Nunes 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, Lee McLamb, KT4TZ kt4tz at amsat dot org

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Re: [amsat-bb] PCSAT32/Windows10
by Mark L. Hammond 21 Jul '18

21 Jul '18

Hi Tom, Yes, it works fine under Win10. Did you actually extract the installation file before trying the install? The file needs to be decompressed before installing...having the OS allow you to view a file is nice, but it sometimes creates issues. That's my guess, anyhow! Mark N8MH At 03:02 AM 7/21/2018 +0000, Tom Lubbers K8TL wrote: >Can PCSAT32 be run on windows 10. My main stumbling block is how to run as admin. Right clicking on the install icon doesn't give the permission box!!! >_______________________________________________ >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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PCSAT32/Windows10
by Tom Lubbers K8TL 21 Jul '18

21 Jul '18

Can PCSAT32 be run on windows 10. My main stumbling block is how to run as admin. Right clicking on the install icon doesn't give the permission box!!!

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Cables loss
by Roger Titmuss 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

Hi as a newcomer to this part of the hobby I have a couple of questions. 1. When using the M2 egg beaters how important is it to install a masthead preamplifier? 2. Again with egg beater will 30 watts be enough to get back to the bird? I am using about 80 feet of RG213 to connect the antenna. Many thanks Roger G0AWY 73

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Sat schedule
by jhbrtoo＠aol.com 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

I goofed and lost the link to the satellite scheduler which used to be from AMSAT/LU. I hope it wasn't dropped. Help, por favor

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AO73 operations
by Graham Shirville 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

Hi Everyone, Just to confirm that AO73/FUNcube-1 is now in continuous amateur mode with the transponder active for the weekend. 73 Graham G3VZV

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Test
by F6GLJ 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

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

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Shinoda Elementary School, Izumi City, Japan
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Shinoda Elementary School, Izumi City, Japan on 23 July. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:47 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and 8N3SD 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. Shinoda Elementary School is located in the south of Osaka prefecture in Japan. Founded 145 years ago, the school currently has 495 enrolled students for the 2018-2019 academic year. Shinoda Elementary School students are attentive, conscientious learners with a great respect for their peers. The current sixth grade consists of 90 students, 19 of whom were chosen to ask their questions to the astronauts. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Why did you want to become an astronaut? 2. How many languages do you need to know to become an astronaut? 3. What was the last thing you thought about before getting on the rocket? 4. Why do you change 3 members at a time? 5. What country has the same time as the space station? 6. Is it tiring living in zero gravity? 7. Do you sleep well in space? 8. In space do you feel hot or cold? 9. What do you do if you have a cold or a fever on the space station? 10. What do you do if you get injured on the space station? 11. How do you drink liquids in space? 12. When you are eating, what do you do when your food starts floating away? 13. What is the fastest way to move in space? 14. Are there any dangers living in the space station? 15. Have you ever seen an alien or a UFO? 16. What is your favorite planet? 17. Have you ever seen a black hole? 18. Because there is no gravity in space, do you get dizzy when you walk around? 19. Who is the first person you want to see when you come back to earth? 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. ISS R&D Conference-San Francisco, CA, (CASIS#2), participating school Quest Institute for Quality Education, San Jose, CA, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contract is a go for: Thu 2018-07-26 20:22 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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Reservations at AMSAT Symposium
by Keith Pugh 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

I now have reservations at the Marriott in Huntsville, AL, but I did encounter one difficulty. I wanted to stay on one day after the AMSAT Room Block expired (5 November). The on-line sign up would not let me do that. I called the Hotel and was able to extend my stay but I had to do it at normal Hotel rates beyond the AMSAT Block that expired on the 4th. I was able to negotiate a reduced rate but not as good as the AMSAT Block rate for this additional day. 73 - Keith, W5IU

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"Moon Day" satellite passes Saturday 7/21
by Tom Schuessler 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

AMSAT Will be represented at a large space themed STEM event at the Frontiers of flight museum in Dallas this coming Saturday. "Moon Day" will feature astronomy and space themed exhibits from many organizations from our area here in North Texas. Special speaker will be NASA Astronaut Douglas Wheelock, KF5BOC most recently on ISS Expedition 24. https://www.flightmuseum.com/moon-day/ Keith Pugh, W5IU, Mac Cody, AE5PH, Jay Cox, KG5BZW and myself, N5HYP will anchor the AMSAT presence at the event from 10-4P CDT We will have an opportunity to talk about amateur radio and especially amateur satellites to upwards of 1500 families and young people from all over. Most all of them will be non-hams. We will be doing contacts on all the FM satellites between 10AM and 4PM CDT using a shared call sign, W5FC, thanks to the Dallas Amateur Radio Club, our neighbors in the indoor exhibit area. Thanks also to Joe Spier, AMSAT president for loaning the Fox satellite mock up for display. It WILL be hot with a projected Dallas record high of 110 degrees so we won't be outside for long each pass but if you do hear W5FC from EM12 Moon Day, give us a shout please. I am sure Patrick Stoddard has done hotter passes, but this should be close. 73 and see you on the birds tomorrow. Tom, N5HYP

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Making your reservation at the Marriott for the AMSAT Symposium
by Bruce 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

There are a few quirks with the site. However, I have found a work around that will satisfy everyone. You have the option of one King Bed or two Double Beds. You can choose how many adults and children. Just not off the first linked page. Please follow these tips to make it work right for your needs. I also added these instructions on the amsat.org Symposium page. 73...bruce Instructions for booking your room. Firefox blocked several of the features on this page. Try Internet Explorer or Edge, they worked fine. First, click on the link or copy/paste. You will be presented with one option... a King Bed with one person. Next, choose the dates for your stay. After that, click on Check Availability. This will allow you to choose either one King bed or two Double beds. After choosing the beds, click on Edit that appears under your check in and out dates and below the number of rooms and guests. You can change the number of adults and children in the room and make any other changes you need. -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards AMSAT Board Member 2016-2018 ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat

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Kansas City Tuner/Tracker Board
by Stephan Greene 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

Cleaning out shack and found a Kansas City Tracker/Tuner board and 3.5" floppy with software. Board stencil reads "LLG02 Rev D" and has "6912" (a serial number?) handwritten on the solder side. Parallel port interface and fits in one of the old full height PC slots (16 bit?). No idea if it works. No floppy drives so I can't check if the disk is readable. I think I bought this used in early-mid 1990s. In excellent cosmetic condition (kept in a static bag in a box in climate-controlled shack for the past 2 decades+!). Photos of board on request. Will ship to anyone who'll pay the postage. (USPS domestic Priority Mail small flat rate box is $7.20). Please contact direct ks1g(a)amsat.org. 73 Steve KS1G

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Electronic voting (was Re: 2018 Corrected AMSAT
by tjschuessler＠verizon.net 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

The society of Broadcast Engineers http://www.sbe.org has been conducting electronic voting for it's officers and board members for several years now. Please contact John Poray, SBE executive Director or James Leifer, elected President to see how SBE does it and how effective it has bee. Email addresses for these folks can be found in the "About Us" pages. Tom Schuessler, N5HYP EM12ms Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 22:23:36 +0000 (UTC) From: Brennan Price <mailto:[email protected]> To: "mailto:[email protected]" <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [amsat-bb] Electronic voting (was Re: 2018 Corrected AMSAT Board of Directors Ballots) Message-ID: <mailto:[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 ARRLtried electronic balloting for Directors and Vice Directors for a three-year cycle not long ago. Physical ballots were mailed only to those members without email addresses on file. Members with emails on file got a link to the contractor's (SBS) online voting site. Voter participation in the few contested ARRL elections during that cycle plummeted, and the cost was pretty much a wash (it costs money to do electronic voting securely). The difficulty is that an email directing voters to a voting site is easily lost in the noise compared to a paper ballot received in the mail. This phenomenon is not uncommon; the same thing happened when the Virginia State Bar implemented online voting around the same time, with the same vendor. ARRL abandoned electronic balloting. VSB has kept it, and has dealt with declined participation. There are merits in both approaches, but the argument that electronic balloting is better and cheaper is fallacious. (Same thing applies to electronic publication as compared to paper--paper ad rates command a premium for a very good reason.) 73 de Brennan N4QX ------------------------------

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Rotator display needle problem
by alex weimer 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

I recently picked up a Emotator EV700X elevation rotor.. Everything works fine, the rotor rotates on command via the control box,.. All lights work . There is one major problem,, The indicator needle does not move although the rotator works. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what the problem could be ?? I don't believe this EMotator is being produced any longer. The rotatpr itself is built like a tank and works great. The shaft for the needle indicator is not turning at all .. Thanks for any help... JACK KC7MG

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Anyone talked with G6LVB recently?
by Zach Metzinger 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

Hello, A few years ago, I identified a bug in the HID implementation on the FCDP+: http://www.funcubedongle.com/?page_id=1073#comment-72288 I'd like to work with Howard to fix this, as it causes lock-ups on both macOS and FreeBSD when using the FCDP+ and gqrx. (Short summary: Reading a HID report endpoint should always return the most current report, even if that contains no data. This is why using HID as a general-purpose data transfer mechanism is A Bad Thing. Shame on Microsoft for encouraging people to use it that way.) Thanks, --- Zach N0ZGO

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Icom 9100 compatible s-band receive
by shakeel saad 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

Hi all I am looking for icom 9100 compatible s band receiver which can be used with icom 9100 transceiver. Anyone who knows I shall be grateful for this help please. Regards Shakeel Institute of space technology lahore Get Outlook for Android

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1KUNS-PF
by Jean Marc Momple 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

Dear All, I have been advised this morning that 1KUNS-PF is not transmitting images (confirmed from telemetry received this side) over Kenya and that the camera is off except when over Europe controlled by the Italian Ground Station.. The Kenyan Ground Station promised to inform me when it will be available in the region, some of us here are eager to received the pictures (me surely). Will keep you informed of any info I may received. Jean Marc (3B8DU)

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Re: [amsat-bb] Misassembled May/June Journal
by Dino Papas 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

Glenn - several of us received faulty copies, this came up here on the reflector a couple of weeks ago…Martha told me that she would send a replacement but haven’t received it yet…send her a note or call and request a replacement. 73 - Dino KL0S > On Jul 17, 2018, at 11:25 PM, Glenn Little WB4UIV <glennmaillist(a)bellsouth.net> wrote: > > In looking at my May/June AMSAT Journal, I find mine has pages missing and others duplicated and out of order and others missing. > Is mine the only one like this, or is this a batch problem? > > Thanks > 73 > Glenn > WB4UIV

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67 Hz filter
by Ashhar Farhan 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

I am brewing a satellite receiver. The 67 Hz CTCSS tone is quite annoying. Is there anyway to easily filter it out? - f

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Surprise - The AMSAT-NA TLE's Are Early This Week
by Ray Hoad 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

Surprise - The AMSAT-NA TLE's are one day early this week (vacation). Ray Hoad WA5QGD AMSAT-NA Orbital Elements Manager

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Electronic voting (was Re: 2018 Corrected AMSAT Board of Directors Ballots)
by Brennan Price 18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18

ARRLtried electronic balloting for Directors and Vice Directors for a three-year cycle not long ago. Physical ballots were mailed only to those members without email addresses on file. Members with emails on file got a link to the contractor's (SBS) online voting site. Voter participation in the few contested ARRL elections during that cycle plummeted, and the cost was pretty much a wash (it costs money to do electronic voting securely). The difficulty is that an email directing voters to a voting site is easily lost in the noise compared to a paper ballot received in the mail. This phenomenon is not uncommon; the same thing happened when the Virginia State Bar implemented online voting around the same time, with the same vendor. ARRL abandoned electronic balloting. VSB has kept it, and has dealt with declined participation. There are merits in both approaches, but the argument that electronic balloting is better and cheaper is fallacious. (Same thing applies to electronic publication as compared to paper--paper ad rates command a premium for a very good reason.) 73 de Brennan N4QX

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-07-19 01:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-07-19 01:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: 7th International Aerospace School. I.N. Sultanova Rep. Bashkortostan, Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Artemyev Contact is a go for 2018-07-20 20:15 UTC Shinoda Elementary School, Izumi City, Japan, direct via 8N3SD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-07-23 09:47:14 UTC 43 deg ISS R&D Conference-San Francisco, CA, (CASIS#2), participating school Quest Institute for Quality Education, San Jose, CA, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contract is a go for: Thu 2018-07-26 20:22:10 UTC 48 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: Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 129 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 103 **************************************************************************** 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 2018-07-19 01:00 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 1238. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1186. 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 2018-07-17 18:00 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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pictures from satellites
by skristof＠etczone.com 18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18

I'm still having issues downloading images from satellites. It's the same issue whether I'm trying to get photos from wx satellites using WxtoImg or images from the space station using MMSSTV. They all appear to be shredded horizontally. Is the software not getting the synchronization tone? I have noticed lately that the "scope" line on FoxTelem goes flat every once in a while when I'm trying to get telemetry from AO-85 or -92 (which also has been fruitless lately). But the trace on the SDR# waterfall does not disappear at those times. When I posted this problem before, a couple folks suggested turning off anti-virus programs. I tried turning off my AVG during a run and nothing changed. My setup has worked in the past as-is. Was there a Windows 10 update that may be interfering? Does Windows 10 have some inherent anti-virus features that should be turned off? Has anyone else had this problem and how did you fix it? All constructive suggestions will be appreciated. Steve AI9IN

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2018 Corrected AMSAT Board of Directors Ballots
by Clayton Coleman W5PFG 18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18

Due to a printing error, the beige-colored ballots mailed to AMSAT-NA members for the 2018 Board of Directors election on July 15, 2018 have been declared void. Any of these voided ballots received at the AMSAT-NA office will not be counted. New ballots, labeled “CORRECTED BALLOT 7/20/2018” and printed on yellow-colored cardstock will be mailed to all AMSAT-NA members. Please vote for no more than three of the 2018 candidates: Tom Clark, K3IO Mark Hammond, N8MH Scott Harvey, KA7FVV Bruce Paige, KK5DO Peter Portanova, W2JV The Directors positions will go to the three candidates receiving the highest number of votes. In addition, there will be two alternate members chosen, based on the next highest number of votes received. 73, Clayton W5PFG AMSAT-NA Corporate Secretary

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New Software Tool for Verifying If Roving Locations Are Within Your VUCC Circle
by Ron Bondy 18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18

I have written a software tool in Python for determining if a set of local rover locations (specified in decimal degrees latitude and longitude) are all within 200km of each other. I used this for myself to determine which of my local roving locations were within my 200km VUCC circle. The script uses the Haversine method for determining the distance between two locations on the earths surface, assuming the earth has a constant radius. References are given in the readme.txt file provided below in the DropBox folder. It's a good planning tool too; if I'm going to go roving to a new local spot then I'd prefer to rove to a location within my VUCC circle so my contacts count toward my VUCC award totals. This is a Python script that is run from the command line, so I'm sorry but there is no user interface. If you're not sure what the command line is and you've never heard of the Python programming language this software tool is probably not for you. You can download the files here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xkvbaj41060h4vy/AAC0n_D3uDAjEgWwcwxxxjnba?dl=0 The DropBox folder contains the Python script, along with ad0dx_vucc_circle.txt, the file with my roving locations to give you an example of how to use the script. A readme.txt file is provided to give some more background and also a results file with the results from using the script on my roving locations file. You could examine the results file to determine if you think this Python script might be useful to you. Another great application is to put all your local WalMart's in the file to confirm if those WMPLOTA locations count toward your VUCC totals. Currently only latitude and longitude in decimal degrees are supported for locations. I haven't actually found the center of my own VUCC cirle at this point, but the tool has let me confirm and investigate all the locations I use for roving. It turns out for me that the DM68 69 78 79 four corner grid is in my circle as well as the location I operate from on the DM 88 89 grid line. My qth is in DM78 and is close to 39N latitude so DM79 is just a few miles north of me. The tool has shown me that I can also include DM77 in my VUCC circle, so that gives me a lot of options for roaming and counting grids towards my VUCC award. If you have any questions or comments please contact me off list at ad0dx at yahoo dot com. Thanks and 73's, Ron, ad0dx

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Re: [amsat-bb] 2018 Corrected AMSAT Board of Directors Ballots
by Scott Medbury 18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18

These errors seem to be increasing in frequency. Scott KD5FBA Sent from my Verizon Motorola Droid On Jul 17, 2018 5:53 PM, Frank <k6fw1(a)verizon.net> wrote: > > I hope the error was the printing company's and that they are paying for > the printing and mailing the second time. That would be fair. > > 73, > Frank > K6FW > On 7/17/18 3:40 PM, Gabriel Zeifman wrote: > > How unfortunate that our cash strapped, technology oriented organization is > > having to waste so much money to print and mail two sets of paper ballots > > to each and every member. Seems to me that electronic voting would save the > > organization money, make voting more secure and efficient, prevent mishaps > > such as this, and prevent some members from not receiving ballots like last > > year. > > > > 73, > > Gabe > > AL6D/VE6NJH > > > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2018, 2:33 PM Clayton Coleman W5PFG <tasmac(a)w5pfg.us> wrote: > > > >> Due to a printing error, the beige-colored ballots mailed to AMSAT-NA > >> members for the 2018 Board of Directors election on July 15, 2018 have > >> been declared void. Any of these voided ballots received at the AMSAT-NA > >> office will not be counted. > >> > >> New ballots, labeled “CORRECTED BALLOT 7/20/2018” and printed on > >> yellow-colored cardstock will be mailed to all AMSAT-NA members. > >> > >> Please vote for no more than three of the 2018 candidates: > >> Tom Clark, K3IO > >> Mark Hammond, N8MH > >> Scott Harvey, KA7FVV > >> Bruce Paige, KK5DO > >> Peter Portanova, W2JV > >> > >> The Directors positions will go to the three candidates receiving the > >> highest number of votes. In addition, there will be two alternate > >> members chosen, based on the next highest number of votes received. > >> > >> 73, > >> Clayton > >> W5PFG > >> AMSAT-NA Corporate Secretary > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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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seeking info on AMSAT (any platform) utilization of >2 GHz frequencies
by Samudra Haque [TTLLC] 18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18

Hi, I am experimenting with RF carriers above 2 GHz in my lab. According to FCC and ITU tables there are several AMATEUR-SATELLITE bands allocated above 2 GHz, to very very high frequencies. What is the status of those frequencies in terms of past, present or planned utilization on AMSAT / other satellites ? If those bands haven't been used, should they be not used or plans to use them to protect them from being de-assigned to other services? Is there room for experimental RF super high frequency and extremely high frequency payloads on any mission to make some use of these great resource? 73 de Samudra N3RDX The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be privileged and is intended for the exclusive use of the above named addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s), you are expressly prohibited from copying, distributing, disseminating, or in any other way using any information contained within this communication. If you have received this communication in error please contact the sender by telephone or by response via mail. We have taken precautions to minimize the risk of transmitting software viruses, but we advise you to carry out your own virus checks on any attachment to this message. We cannot accept liability for any loss or damage caused by software viruses.

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TAPR JAMSAT TRAKBOX Questions
by Joe Leikhim 18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18

I am on a mission to complete all my nagging projects. I have a TAPR JAMSAT TRAKBOX that I modified for Y2K and Turbo a while back and I am now going to replace the ancient BR lithium battery with a fresh one and install a backlighted LCD display. I find today the 16 position alphanumeric BCD switch seems flaky and unresponsive. Is that the electronics ignoring it for some reason or do these switches fail? If the latter, does anyone know of a source of that specific pushbutton BCD switch? Also has anyone used a USB to serial adaptor with th TRAKBOX? -- Joe Leikhim Leikhim and Associates Communications Consultants Oviedo, Florida JLeikhim(a)Leikhim.com 407-982-0446 WWW.LEIKHIM.COM

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Audio file to .kss file - part 2
by Hans BX2ABT 18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18

I got one step further, but haven't succeeded yet. I have some recorded telemetry from XW2D and the decoded program from DK3WN up and running on Linux using Wine. The telemetry program needs a .kss file to give some useful data. This is how far I got: 1) run a PulseAudio null sink with this command: pactl load-module-null-sink sink-name=virtual-cable 2) play the audio with Audacity 3) run Dire Wolf 4) use pavucontrol to set the output (Playback tab) for Audicity and the input (Recording tab) for Dire Wolf to the null sink 5) Dire Wolf will now happily take the audio from Audacity, which you can see by checking the VU meter in pavucontrol That's it. Dire Wolf has the -l command line option to set a directory for log files, but no option to set the file name or any other hint on how to save data as a file. I know it is mainly used as a pipe to decoding programs, but what is the option to save to file? It is not always feasible to decode from a live signal, so what I try to achieve is to decode from recorded material. Any hints appreciated. 73 de Hans BX2ABT

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Misassembled May/June Journal
by Glenn Little WB4UIV 18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18

In looking at my May/June AMSAT Journal, I find mine has pages missing and others duplicated and out of order and others missing. Is mine the only one like this, or is this a batch problem? Thanks 73 Glenn WB4UIV -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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"

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Re: [amsat-bb] Additional comments on VHF QHA antenna project
by Richard Tejera 17 Jul '18

17 Jul '18

You should be able to access the article on line from the ARRL website. A good resource for those wanting to build one at a different frequency is here: http://jcoppens.com/ant/qfh/calc.en.php Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.SaguaroAstro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org On July 16, 2018, at 13:32, Francis Geraci <fgeraci14(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hello again, Sat Heads - WB1FXX I had quite a few comments/questions on this antenna. First : I have to give a HUGE "Shout-out" to David P. Finell, N7LRY for his extremely concise article in the May, 2018 issue of QST. David is the 2nd place winner in the 2017 QST Antenna Design Competition. He is "amazingly" quick to answer my Emails with questions I had during the Project. Thank You again, David. I don't have a lot of performance reports yet. My Sat Shack is down for some house renovations. The station is under plastic sheets. Yes, It's a pretty exacting build. David does most of the dimensions in MM / CM . I had to "re-calibrate" my brain for the metric system. I'll never go back to inches / feet. I had a great time building the antenna. It WAS a challenge to my metalworking skills. Installing the "phasing harness" was the toughest part. Very small space to work in. Patience Preservers. Take your time, walk away when You get frustrated and "admire" your progress. As an "aside", my YL, K3FXX said it's the coolest antenna I've built, which is many. Calls it "A work of Art". I agree. I hope all can find the QST article and consider building one. Maybe David will "weigh-in" and provide a copy of the article to the Amsat group. Best to Group - WB1FXX _______________________________________________ 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] Completed QFH Ant project - WB1FXX
by Richard Tejera 17 Jul '18

17 Jul '18

Nice, is that based on the plans in a recent issue of QST? Whatvfrequency is it cut for? Most folks build them for 137kHz to receive the NOAA ad sats. Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.SaguaroAstro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org On July 15, 2018, at 14:48, Francis Geraci <fgeraci14(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hello Sat Heads Just wanted to "share" a project I just finished. It was a really fun VHF satellite antenna project. Great looking and NO "pointy" antenna elements to poke You in the Eye. Here's the kink to the photo: https://photos.app.goo.gl/CAfYxyosnRe3c3zVA Best to the Sat community. WB1FXX _______________________________________________ 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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ANS-198 SPECIAL BULLETIN: 2018 Corrected Board of Directors Ballots
by E.Mike McCardel 17 Jul '18

17 Jul '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-198 SPECIAL BULLETIN: 2018 Corrected Board of Directors Ballots 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: * 2018 Corrected Board of Directors Ballots SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-198.01 ANS-198 SPECIAL AMSAT News Service Bulletin AMSAT News Service Bulletin 198.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. July 17, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-198.01 2018 Corrected Board of Directors Ballots To Be Mailed Due to a printing error, the beige-colored ballots mailed to AMSAT- NA members for the 2018 Board of Directors election on July 15, 2018 have been declared void. Any of these voided ballots received at the AMSAT-NA office will not be counted. New ballots labeled "CORRECTED BALLOT 7/20/2018" and printed on yellow-colored cardstock will be mailed to all AMSAT-NA members. Please vote for no more than three of the 2018 candidates: Tom Clark, K3IO Mark Hammond, N8MH Scott Harvey, KA7FVV Bruce Paige, KK5DO Peter Portanova, W2JV The Directors positions will go to the three candidates receiving the highest number of votes. In addition, there will be two alternate members chosen, based on the next highest number of votes received. [ANS thanks Clayton W5PFG AMSAT-NA Corporate Secretary 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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Re: [amsat-bb] seeking info on AMSAT (any platform) utilization of >2 GHz frequencies
by David G0MRF 17 Jul '18

17 Jul '18

Hi Samudra. The Geostationary satellite Eshail-2 is due to be launched by Space-X shortly. It will have a 10GHz downlink and 2.4GHz uplink amateur radio transponder. It's position will be apx 26 East, so not in range for the USA. Satellite is apparently completed. Launch date is unknown, but SpaceflightNow are the latest to add it to their listing for August.......Then we add the usual delays and then sprinkle on a few more delays for good measure. 73 David G0MRF Hi, I am experimenting with RF carriers above 2 GHz in my lab. According to FCC and ITU tables there are several AMATEUR-SATELLITE bands allocated above 2 GHz, to very very high frequencies. What is the status of those frequencies in terms of past, present or planned utilization on AMSAT / other satellites ? If those bands haven't been used, should they be not used or plans to use them to protect them from being de-assigned to other services? Is there room for experimental RF super high frequency and extremely high frequency payloads on any mission to make some use of these great resource? 73 de Samudra N3RDX

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-07-17 18:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 17 Jul '18

17 Jul '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-07-17 18:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Essex Heights Primary School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact was successful: Tue 2018-07-17 08:24:52 UTC 85 deg (***) 7th International Aerospace School. I.N. Sultanova Rep. Bashkortostan, Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Artemyev Contact is a go for 2018-07-20 20:15 UTC Shinoda Elementary School, Izumi City, Japan, direct via 8N3SD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-07-23 09:47:14 UTC 43 deg (***) ISS R&D Conference-San Francisco, CA, (CASIS#2), participating school Quest Institute for Quality Education, San Jose, CA, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contract is a go for: Thu 2018-07-26 20:22:10 UTC 48 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: Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 129 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 103 **************************************************************************** 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 2018-07-17 18:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1238. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1186. (***) 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 2018-07-17 18:00 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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2018 Board of Directors Mailed Ballots
by Clayton Coleman W5PFG 16 Jul '18

16 Jul '18

There was an error on the printed ballots mailed out for the 2018 AMSAT Board of Directors election. There are three open Board of Directors positions in this 2018 election cycle. The verbiage on the left side of the ballot indicating the selection of three candidates is correct. Please disregard the incorrect verbiage on the right side of the ballot indicating to select four candidates. An announcement via AMSAT News Service (ANS) will be forthcoming. Thank you, Clayton W5PFG AMSAT-NA Corporate Secretary

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BOD ballot
by Stan Horzepa 16 Jul '18

16 Jul '18

I received my AMSAT BOD ballot today. The left side of the ballot reads, "Select no more than three of the five listed candidates..." The right side of the ballot reads, "SELECT NO MORE THAN FOUR." The accompanying letter reads, "This year AMSAT-NA will be electing three voting members of the Board of Directors." So which is it? 3 or 4? 73, Stan, WA1LOU

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Activation of CN87 and 97
by johnv＠frontier.com 16 Jul '18

16 Jul '18

Thank you for hearing me and responding. It seems strange to me that the descending side of the overpass is the one that always works but give you less time to work others. I believe I worked 4 stations and will download to LOTW this evening. If we don't connect with LOTW, please email me off the BB. I am trying to get permission to work from the four corners (CN 87,88,97 and 98) but the lady of the house which the grid 4 corners are on, so far does not approve. The four are so close, it makes all the others at least a couple to three hours away and a ferry ride to get to, so I am doing some planing for different grids. Thank you and 73, JohnN7AMEEverett, WA

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Additional comments on VHF QHA antenna project
by Francis Geraci 16 Jul '18

16 Jul '18

Hello again, Sat Heads - WB1FXX I had quite a few comments/questions on this antenna. First : I have to give a HUGE "Shout-out" to David P. Finell, N7LRY for his extremely concise article in the May, 2018 issue of QST. David is the 2nd place winner in the 2017 QST Antenna Design Competition. He is "amazingly" quick to answer my Emails with questions I had during the Project. Thank You again, David. I don't have a lot of performance reports yet. My Sat Shack is down for some house renovations. The station is under plastic sheets. Yes, It's a pretty exacting build. David does most of the dimensions in MM / CM . I had to "re-calibrate" my brain for the metric system. I'll never go back to inches / feet. I had a great time building the antenna. It WAS a challenge to my metalworking skills. Installing the "phasing harness" was the toughest part. Very small space to work in. Patience Preservers. Take your time, walk away when You get frustrated and "admire" your progress. As an "aside", my YL, K3FXX said it's the coolest antenna I've built, which is many. Calls it "A work of Art". I agree. I hope all can find the QST article and consider building one. Maybe David will "weigh-in" and provide a copy of the article to the Amsat group. Best to Group - WB1FXX

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PI5FTS at Fontys University Eindhoven needs a new home!
by Zach Metzinger 16 Jul '18

16 Jul '18

Hello all, I was sad to hear this: > Unfortunately this amateur radio station PI5FTS will have to be > closed down and completely dismantled sometime in August 2018. If we > can find a new location, we shall try to reactivate the station at > the new location, using a different call sign. http://vhf.pi5fts.nl/ Anyone have a location for this fine setup to call home? --- Zach N0ZGO

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What is this phenomenon?
by Hans BX2ABT 16 Jul '18

16 Jul '18

Could you please take a look at this image <http://bx2abt.com/main/data/_uploaded/image/20180715_1747-baffled.png>? I'm new to the VHF/UHF world and I have no idea what this is? Anybody? 73 de Hans BX2ABT

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Essex Heights Primary School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 16 Jul '18

16 Jul '18

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Essex Heights Primary School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 17 July. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:24 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. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Essex Heights Primary School is situated in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne within the municipal boundaries of the City of Monash (approx. 183,000 residents) approximately 20km from Melbourne CBD. Essex Heights is one of 27 primary schools and 9 secondary schools in the City of Monash. Essex Heights is a Prep to Year 6 School of 576 students. The school has a strong partnership with Deakin University and is part of a number of educational research projects. Essex Heights has a rich cultural mix and also caters for a number of students funded under the Program for Students with Disability (4%). About 60% of the parent population were born outside of Australia, with China (18%), Malaysia (6.3%) and India (6.1%) being the predominant countries of birth. Through the 'School Values' of friendliness, honesty, inclusiveness, persistence and respect, children develop positive attitudes and acquire skills that equip them for their future. All children are valued within a supportive and stimulating school environment where each child is encouraged to reach his / her potential. The whole community encourages high expectations and promotes innovative and contemporary curriculum, differentiated to cater for the needs of all children. The school engenders a culture of connectedness and creativity and whilst focussed on developing literacy in a variety of ways as well as positive relationships, students are actively involved in learning programs covering a wide range of domains. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Why did you want to be an astronaut?2. How long and what training did you do to be selected as an astronaut?3. Does your body react differently in space?4. What different jobs do you do as work on the Space Station?5. What happens if you fall seriously ill on the Space Station?6. What emergency back up plans are there if something very serious happens to the Space Station?7. What was the most difficult part of astronaut training?8. Why is it important to conduct experiments in space?9. Sometimes animals like insects and spiders are taken into space. Have any been hatched in space and does zero gravity affect them?10. What do you do on a typical day?11. Why does food taste differently on the Space Station and do you eat your meals together?12. Does space junk cause a potential problem for the Space Station?13. How many spacewalks have you and the crew done and was it scary?14. What is your favourite food to eat on the Space Station and what food are you missing the most?15. What differences have you noticed in your body while you have been in space and how will you get used to gravity when you return to earth?16. Have any of the past scientific experiments on the Space Station had a real world impact on Earth?17. Why don't you run out of oxygen on the International Space Station?18. How long does it take to get used to zero gravity?19. What plans are there for the future expansion of the International Space Station?20. What types of experiments are you currently running and how does zero gravity affect them?21. Why can the International Space Station stay in orbit around the Earth, without falling?22. How do you communicate with astronauts on the Space Station that come from other countries?23. Is exercising harder in space and do you do any special exercise to help you stay fit?24. What is the most amazing sight you have seen when you looked through your window? 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. 7th International Aerospace School. I.N. Sultanova Rep. Bashkortostan, Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Artemyev Contact is a go for 2018-07-20 20:15 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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KG6LHW's CM79 trip last Friday afternoon
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 16 Jul '18

16 Jul '18

Hi! Last Friday, Anthony KG6LHW made a scouting trip to grid CM79 in northern California. This is one of the rarest grids in the continental USA. It isn't an easy place to reach, as KB5WIA discovered when he operated from the CM79/CM89/CN70/CN80 4-grid intersection in 2011: http://kb5wia.blogspot.com/2011/08/cm79-grid-expedition.html KG6LHW ended up working one western SO-50 pass late Friday afternoon, and he uploaded his CM79 log to LOTW in the past hour. He also posted a YouTube video showing where he went, and the SO-50 pass he worked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzo_gdgBNrE Anthony is planning a multi-day trip out there, and wants to get familiar with working SSB/CW satellites before that trip. It will be interesting to see how those plans work out... 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

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new 20ah bioenno battery for sale.
by Matthew Stevens 16 Jul '18

16 Jul '18

I have a brand new condition 20ah bioenno and charger for sale. It has been charged twice, was used for about 2 hours on the Tortugas this past weekend, and 45 minutes on field day. It's great for use while roving, or for portable HF etc. I bought it as a backup battery for the K4R expedition, and now that we are back home it is just excess to my needs with all the other batteries I own. Including charger, I’m asking $190. You pay shipping. I paid $220 for this battery and charger from HRO a month and a half ago. For a photo, visit the link below. https://twitter.com/matt_nj4y/status/1017814120559796224/photo/1 73, - Matthew nj4y

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Audio file to KISS
by Hans BX2ABT 16 Jul '18

16 Jul '18

Is there a (hopefully Linux) way to turn an audio recording into a KISS file? Why? Because...... I got fairly strong signals from XW2D today and saw the GMSK data stream showing up for the first time. Having no idea about what to do with it I decided to simply record an audio file. I downloaded the XW2 telemetry program from DK3WN's website and after an hour of trying got it to work on Linux, under Wine. But....it only takes KISS files. I googled around a bit, but didn't fine any program or method for turning my audio file into a KISS file. Does anybody have any experience with doing such a thing? Cheers, Hans BX2ABT

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Completed QFH Ant project - WB1FXX
by Francis Geraci 16 Jul '18

16 Jul '18

Hello Sat Heads Just wanted to "share" a project I just finished. It was a really fun VHF satellite antenna project. Great looking and NO "pointy" antenna elements to poke You in the Eye. Here's the kink to the photo: https://photos.app.goo.gl/CAfYxyosnRe3c3zVA Best to the Sat community. WB1FXX

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N8R final wrap up
by aa8ch＠aol.com 15 Jul '18

15 Jul '18

Hi: I have posted some photos and a short recap with statistics from the N8R rove on the N8R QRZ.com page if anyone's interested. Thanks to all for calling me, AMSAT is the best! 73 Chris AA8CH

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Re: [amsat-bb] You can't go wrong with AO-91 and AO-92 (U/V FM)
by k6vug＠sbcglobal.net 15 Jul '18

15 Jul '18

Sorry, looks like Yahoo email did something to the link, here it is again https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11CWQLH7B3qu6BBLm6plXpp3V4XMvssVc Thanks,Umesh On Sunday, July 15, 2018, 4:55:31 PM PDT, H. Stephen Nipper <stephennipper(a)gmail.com> wrote: Your pictures didn't attach. On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 5:48 PM, k6vug(a)sbcglobal.net <k6vug(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: I guess I feel bad for the few hams here and on the air who seem to find it difficult to get on these amazing birds. Below is a link to an ultra-portable ultra light weight setup for working these birds with a HT (4 watts). The Duplexer is zip tied on the short center boom and the coax is just some RG-8X. A set of short (24 inch) home-brew Yagis are set at fixed elevation of about 30 degrees, and don't need any phase angle rotation. The camera mount center rod was replaced with a 1/2 inch PVC pipe, which can be raised to catch very low angle passes, and lowered in windy situations. The HT, a headset, an old android smartphone and a small writing pad completes the setup. AO-91 and AO-92 can be worked down to 3 degrees full quieting, beyond the hills, from my city lot house back yard. See pics Ultra_Portable_Setup_Working_ FM_Satellites - Google Drive | | | | Ultra_Portable_Setup_Working_ FM_Satellites - Google Drive | | | Actually, it would take a bit of work to NOT work these sats, happened once when the coax cables to the duplexer were reversed ! Good luck to the folks trying hard work them, wish I could help... 73! Umesh K6VUG ______________________________ _________________ 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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You can't go wrong with AO-91 and AO-92 (U/V FM)
by k6vug＠sbcglobal.net 15 Jul '18

15 Jul '18

I guess I feel bad for the few hams here and on the air who seem to find it difficult to get on these amazing birds. Below is a link to an ultra-portable ultra light weight setup for working these birds with a HT (4 watts). The Duplexer is zip tied on the short center boom and the coax is just some RG-8X. A set of short (24 inch) home-brew Yagis are set at fixed elevation of about 30 degrees, and don't need any phase angle rotation. The camera mount center rod was replaced with a 1/2 inch PVC pipe, which can be raised to catch very low angle passes, and lowered in windy situations. The HT, a headset, an old android smartphone and a small writing pad completes the setup. AO-91 and AO-92 can be worked down to 3 degrees full quieting, beyond the hills, from my city lot house back yard. See pics Ultra_Portable_Setup_Working_FM_Satellites - Google Drive | | | | Ultra_Portable_Setup_Working_FM_Satellites - Google Drive | | | Actually, it would take a bit of work to NOT work these sats, happened once when the coax cables to the duplexer were reversed ! Good luck to the folks trying hard work them, wish I could help... 73! Umesh K6VUG

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Activation of CN87 and CN97 on Monday morning @ 1806 utc using AO-92
by johnv＠frontier.com 15 Jul '18

15 Jul '18

Activation of CN87 and CN97 on Monday morning @ 1806 utc using AO-92 I hope I found a public street corner that bisects CN87 and CN97 in Snohomish County WA. I believe I will have line of sight for most of the 11 minutes. Hope to hear you and this is a new one for you. John N7AME

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Not able to decode 1KUNS-PF - Can anyone help?
by Jean Marc Momple 15 Jul '18

15 Jul '18

Good afternoon, I have been trying to decode 1KUNS-PF fo the past 2 weeks without success in spite the signal received is sometimes strong. I used the UZ0HO Soundmodem specially written by Andrei for this bird with default settings. I can see the signal on the Soundmodem waterfall but no decode. I tried to play with the bandwidth and filters without success. Any hints? 73 Jean Marc (3B8DU)

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AirSpy & LNA questions
by Hans BX2ABT 14 Jul '18

14 Jul '18

Man, this sat stuff is difficult and I was getting a bit frustrated with lack of progress, to be honest. But just when I thought I didn't get anywhere, I went a big leap forward. But I'm not there yet, so I need your input. My goal is to get some decent reception of the major telemetry sats, e.g. Funcube-1. I have two rigs: an ICOM IC820H and an AirSpy Mini SDR running on a Linux box with GQRX as front-end. I have a Chinese Arrow Alaska clone pointing 200 degrees with 20 degree elevation. The other antenna currently is a turnstile tuned for 137 MHz, but I have 2/70 DCAs as well (they had to come down this week because of a typhoon. Will be up again shortly). The bare antennas do fine on terrestrial signals, but up till now very few sats were heard (mostly the Xiwang sats and Athenoxat-1) and signals were very very weak. I got myself some proto boards and PGA103+ MMICs and built two LNAs according to schematics found on the web. On the workbench they perform as they should and give some 15-25 dB gain depending on what frequency is used. I use an old AM/FM signal generator and an RTL-SDR as crude scope since I don't have a real one. I mounted the LNAs as close as possible to the antennas and they are fed with a bias-T from Minikits.com.au. The first results were disappointing: I used the AirSpy and noticed a lot more signal but also an increased noise floor. With the AirSpy there is a lot of fiddling going on in the software and I managed to get some improvement by tweaking the LNA gain, Mix gain and IF gain. Still I couldn't hear any sat signals. This afternoon I switched from the AirSpy to the IC820H and lo-and-behold very strong beacon signals from XW2A and F; the strongest I've ever heard. Even the AirSpy did detect a signal, although not-at-all as great as the IC820H. To get a cleaner signal from the IC820H I did have to engage the attenuator on the set, though. Using the IC820H I also heard a very weak beacon signal from CO-65, but the AirSpy failed there. Conclusion: the IC820H could detect signals that the AirSpy could not detect at all or detect them much better. Pretty happy with this step forward, but not satisfied. Question is how to improve even more. Q1: is the LNA desensing the AirSpy (and to a lesses extend, the IC820H) and if so, how to fix that? I read something about an attenuation network after the LNA to improve the front-end of the receiver. Might that help? Q2: when not powered, MMICs seem to have a very high insertion loss. Is there a way to remotely bypass the LNA in order to compare reception with and without the LNA? Q3: would filtering help? E.g. bandpass filters for 2m and 70cm. I do realize that this would mean another couple of dB of insertion loss, but maybe that disadvantage outweighs the advantages. I would appreciate any input on the above and also would like to hear from others who use the AirSpy Mini for sat reception. I already did a lot of googling, but can't find any clear cut answers. Hope you all can help me go into the right direction. Cheers, Hans BX2ABT

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-07-13 21:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 13 Jul '18

13 Jul '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-07-13 21:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Space Port Area Conference for Educators (SPACE), Kennedy Space Center, FL (CASIS#4) participating school Burns Science & Technology Charter School, Oak Hill, FL, telebridge via W6SRJ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact was successful: Fri 2018-07-13 14:00:22 UTC 42 deg (***) Essex Heights Primary School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 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: Tue 2018-07-17 08:24:52 UTC 85 deg 7th International Aerospace School. I.N. Sultanova Rep. Bashkortostan, Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Artemyev Contact is a go for 2018-07-20 20:15 UTC ****************************************************************************** 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: Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 129 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 103 **************************************************************************** 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 2018-07-13 21:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1237. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1185. (***) 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 2018-07-13 21:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 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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AO-92 Camera Passes this week -- A big fat THANK YOU!!
by Zach Leffke 13 Jul '18

13 Jul '18

Hello fellow AMSAT'ers, I just wanted to send out a quick thanks to all for supporting the camera passes over the last couple days. We did a demo here at VT on 7/12 for a large group of Middle Schoolers and they were definitely wowed by the Camera images. We were also able to monitor a bit of audio on the FM downlink as the satellite rose on Blacksburg, but before it was kicked into Camera Mode. I was able to show them the footprint with our tracking program and explained how we wouldn't start to see images until the footprint crossed into Florida in order for Drew to kick the bird into camera mode. Before the pass I had them guess what kinds of things we might see, and they were pretty excited when they saw their guesses were pretty close (clouds, coastlines, ocean, etc........one kid was disappointed that there were no aliens...:-) ). While we were able to get a good number of images direct in Blacksburg (including the shot of Cape Cod, Pic 86), it was very reassuring to know if I bungled the local station demo that I could jump to the website and show them images there collected from the community! So many thanks to all out there for the backup. And many thanks to Drew and the Ops Team for accommodating us with the Camera Mode request. It felt really great showing kids visiting VT images from Space from a camera built at VT! Overall great success!.....Made possible in no small part thanks to the entire AMSAT community. So on behalf of VT....THANK YOU !!!!! -Zach, KJ4QLP -- Research Associate Aerospace Systems Lab Ted & Karyn Hume Center for National Security & Technology Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Work Phone: 540-231-4174 Cell Phone: 540-808-6305

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Re: [amsat-bb] AO73/FUNcube-1 Operations
by Jim Heck 13 Jul '18

13 Jul '18

Hi All, The spacecraft is now operating in continuous transponder mode. Plan is to switch to Educational mode on Sunday PM UTC as usual. Have fun 73 Jim G3WGM and the FUNCube team

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New Mexico Museum of SPACE HISTORY
by Clayton Coleman W5PFG 13 Jul '18

13 Jul '18

A few weeks ago, my wife and I were on a small road trip around New Mexico and stumbled upon the most delightful discovery... The New Mexico Museum of SPACE HISTORY. We had planned for lunch in Alamogordo and a quick visit to White Sands National Monument, but the museum made it into a longer visit. It is not a large museum by any means. Some of the artifacts may be things you have seen at other space museums but it is most definitely worth a few hours of your time. The location and its view of White Sands off in the distance is impressive. The architect and team that laid out the exhibits get an A+ for flow and content. http://www.nmspacemuseum.org/ 73, Clayton W5PFG

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CM79
by Anthony Wiese 13 Jul '18

13 Jul '18

Hello All, Look for me this afternoon's two passes of SO-50 from CM79. Moved the trip one day early because of weather concerns for the weekend. Thunderstorms, excessive heat warnings, etc. Have no fear if you miss me. Again, this is more of recon mission for a grander activation later on in the year.Cheers,Anthony

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AO-92 1626UTC 7/12 PASS CAMERA TEST
by christy hunter 13 Jul '18

13 Jul '18

I was hoping to get a partial decode on the camera test this am, but because it was a low pass (6deg) for me, the stronger signal from CAS-4B (also overhead at the time) high speed telemetry signal captured the telem decoder. Is there a way to prevent these stronger signals from over-powering the telem decoder AO-92 target frequency? (Don't read this as a complaint as having too many satellites) thanks, 73 Christy KB6LTY DM14 --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com

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Fwd: Urgent Golden Packet need in SW VA 21 July!
by Robert Bruninga 12 Jul '18

12 Jul '18

AMSAT ops? We urgently need someone with a D700 or D710 to drive to the top of Apple Orchard (AO) Mountain near Roanoke and Lynchburg and Comers Rock near Wythville along I 81. See details: http://aprs.org/hamtrails/AO.html http://aprs.org/hamtrails/comers-rock.html Its for 4 hours from 11 to 1500 on Saturday to be a digipeater for the annual AT Golden Packet Event. All the other 15 stations from Georgia to Canada along the Appalachian Trail are ready to go. Some operators are driving several hours to man those sites. We need to find two operators in SW VA to complete the chain. We do both 1200 and 9600 baud operation and so a D710 or D700 is required (or D72 with amplifier. Bob, WB4APR

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-07-12 20:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 12 Jul '18

12 Jul '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-07-12 20:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Space Port Area Conference for Educators (SPACE), Kennedy Space Center, FL (CASIS#4), telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for: Fri 2018-07-13 14:00:22 UTC 42 deg Essex Heights Primary School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 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: Tue 2018-07-17 08:24:52 UTC 85 deg 7th International Aerospace School. I.N. Sultanova Rep. Bashkortostan, Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Artemyev (***) Contact is a go for 2018-07-20 20:15 UTC (***) ****************************************************************************** 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: Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 129 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 103 **************************************************************************** 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 2018-07-12 20:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. 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 1236. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1184. 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 2018-06-28 19:30 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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FM07 possibility this evening
by Kevin M 12 Jul '18

12 Jul '18

Hello grid chasers, I am taking the wife on a drive up the Blue Ridge Parkway today towards Roanoke. I am aware that a few folks on the West Coast are in need of grid FM07, so I will be taking along my sat gear and attempting to make the FO-29 mid continent pass at 0124z. (evening of July 12th local, which is July 13th UTC) I will try below the middle of the pass band, unless there is QRM, etc. and then I will move above. Hopefully, things will be favorable.I may also try some XW birds or even the earlier eastern FO-29, but all will be subject to the whims of the wife and how events transpire. =^) Unfortunately, there is no convenient FM pass around that time... there is an SO-50 pass several hours earlier, but I read that there are some construction delays on the parkway (one lane sections) near Roanoke and I have my doubts that we will make it in time. If we do, I will try to get on. As for an FM pass afterwards, this is just a day trip and can't stay too late, we will be after midnight getting home as it is. I hope the FM only gangwill forgive me and overlook it. This is just the luck of the timing fitting in a pass or two on a day trip with the wifey... I hope everyone understands. I will bring my twitter tablet along, but will only have connectivity if near wifi. https://twitter.com/UFOrover I may try to do a one way text tweet from my ancient flip phone, but remember I won't be able read any replies until later. No APRS tracking either this trip, for same reason. 73 all and good luck! Happy summer to all... Kevin N4UFO

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1st QSOs
by Matt Severin 12 Jul '18

12 Jul '18

Good afternoon, This week I have been working with a group of teachers at ARRL headquarters studying amateur radio and remote sensing. Part of my agenda is to decode satellite telemetry, and of course, make a QSO if possible. Thank you to all of the hams yesterday and today that made it possible for everyone in my group to make their first SAT QSOs, and in one case, her first (and second) QSO ever---and it was on the birds. They are grinning from ear to ear! We are in FN31 in CT. K1ECU KM6LYV KM6BXQ K6KWL KE0BIT KB0HOR KG4ZQY Thanks and 73! Matt, N8MS (normally in EN61)

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Frequency build
by Peter J. McClosky 12 Jul '18

12 Jul '18

Hello All, Does anyone have a (satellite) frequency build for the Kenwood TS-2000, that they would be willing to share? I purchased the TS-2000 in late May and love it on HF. I am now ready to start using it for ham sat’s (ssb & FM) and would like to save myself from figuring out each and every satellite. I also purchased the KRS-2000-USB programming software and cable for the radio. As you can tell I am completely new at this! Thank you, 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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Portable Sat Station
by mattpatt＠1starnet.com 11 Jul '18

11 Jul '18

Hi All, I've been inactive for several years now and have started to get the itch again to get back into doing some Amateur Radio related. I've often thought about trying to get on some of the linear and FM sats as apparently I live in a somewhat rare grid. EM23? Anyway I have a FT-897 and FT-857 that I plan to use along with a dual band arrow antenna that I used several years ago during field day one time. I have CAT cables for the radios on order for rig control. I will probably go with SATPC32 for software unless someone has an idea on something better but it needs to be PC based. Maybe free? Right now the plan is to either hold the arrow antenna or mount to a tri-pod. I need all of this to be as portable as possible as I am currently unable to setup a station at my QTH. Am I missing anything? Any suggestions? 73 Matt W5LL

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SatPC32 12.8d & Yaesu FT-991A (not an option)
by Clayton W5PFG 11 Jul '18

11 Jul '18

I would like to test my Yaesu FT-991A with SatPC32 version 12.8d, but neither FT-991 or YaesuII are available options as described in the latest help menu Radio->Hints or Yaesu README file. I recently migrated from SatPC32 version 12.8c to 12.8d on my testbed computer. I followed the normal instructions (DataBackup, uninstall 12.8c, install 12.8d as Administrator.) I’ve done this many times and have configured SatPC32 to control a half-dozen different radios over the years. On my latest attempt I did not restore the DataBackup and attempted to configure a “fresh” copy of 12.8d, but the radio options are not available. Is anyone successfully using SatPC32 version 12.8d to control a Yaesu FT-991A? I would like to compare files with you. 73, Clayton W5PFG

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Online telemetry forwarder problem
by Ken Swaggart 11 Jul '18

11 Jul '18

I've been using DK3WN's Online Telemetry Forwarder for the past year to upload 9600 baud Cubesat telemetry to the SatNogs database. Two days ago, after a PC restart, it stopped receiving KISS data from UZ7HO's High-Speed Sound Modem. I've checked that the KISS ports are correct and there are no other demodulators running. The HS sound modem displays the telemetry data, but nothing shows up on the Online Telemetry Forwarder even though it shows the port is connected. I'm running both programs as Administrator. OS is Win10. The Online Telemetry Forwarder is ver 1.0.14b HS sound modem is ver 0.19b. I'm using KISS port 8100 between the telemetry forwarder and the sound modem. HS Sound Modem has "KISS Optimization" checked and is displaying the received data, so it's working. Any troubleshooting suggestions appreciated! 73, Ken, W7KKE

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ARRL release
by 2 11 Jul '18

11 Jul '18

http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-urges-regulatory-regime-to-keep-non-amateur-s…

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Spid RAS rotor issue
by Clayton W5PFG 11 Jul '18

11 Jul '18

I eliminated all my issues with the AlfaSpid RAS/HR & MD-01 controller by migrating from using SatPC32 to PSTrotator software for rotor control. SatPC32 did not have the correct incremental steps and more importantly it does not read any feedback from the controller when it is sending commands. You will definitely have problems, potentially hazardous mechanical aiming issues, if you attempt to use the AlfaSpid+SatPC32 for anything other than 360 degree rotation. My recommendation is use PSTrotator natively to control/direct Spid movements (and NOT feed with DDE instructions from other applications.) 73 Clayton W5PFG

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CM79 Activation
by Anthony Wiese 11 Jul '18

11 Jul '18

I'm looking to activate CM79 this Saturday and maybe Sunday. I'll be on the FM Birds as well as 20 and 40m. This is a recon expedition for a grander activation later on in the year. I hope to become proficient on the Linear Birds by then to use them next time. Wish me luck,AnthonyKG6LHW.

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FS: Yaesu FT100D HF/VHF/UHF all mode radio
by John Geiger 11 Jul '18

11 Jul '18

I have for sale a Yaesu FT100D HF/6m/2m/70cm transceiver in nice condition that operates like it should, with one small issue. This is the model that does 100 watts on HF and 6 meters, 50 watts on 2 meters, and 20 watts on 70cm. This would make a nice rig for part of a satellite station. Just get another 2 meter or 70cm all mode radio and you are ready to do full duplex on the satellites. It is small enough to take portable on satellite grid expeditions as well. It has DSP noise reduction, mic equalization, an auto notch filter, and a very effective audio peak filter for CW, and bandpass filtering (AF DSP) for SSB. Also has a built in CW memory keyer, and SWR meter. It is a 2000 year model and has had the SWR/Grounding mod done to it. Being a D model it has the 500hz CW filter, TCXO, and CTCSS decode options installed in it at the factory. I tried to plug a couple of different CT-62 computer control cables into the CAT port on the end of the pigtail on the FT100D, and I couldn't get them to fit right. Not sure if there is something wrong with the jack. You might not be able to do computer control with this radio It comes with the power cord, and a almost new MH-48 hand mic. A previous owner did install a couple of circular rubber feet on the front bottom, but these won't interfere with the prop up feet if you want to use them. I am asking $420 shipped in the US for the radio, and can take paypal/check/MO. 73 John AF5CC

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Spid RAS rotor issue
by kb2mjeff＠att.net 11 Jul '18

11 Jul '18

Looks like the elevation up relay is fried in my RAS controller box. I'm going to take Harald's advice and replace all 4. Before I order the parts has anyone else experienced a relay failure with their RAS? If so what relay did you replace it with, make, part # ? I'm at this time running the controller and rotor at 13.8 volts, was going to try 28 volts to the rotor with the Spid approved mod, but now not so sure :-) 73 Jeff kb2m -----Original Message----- From: Harald Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 7:07 PM To: kb2mjeff(a)att.net Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Spid RAS rotor issue Hello Kb2m jeff, I don't know if you have ELFA over there but from elfa the part nr. is PCB power relay 12VDC 400mW 137-44-376. It is more or less a standard relay. They are a littel bit hard to get out of the pcb but I used solder sucking wick as they called it, you may have to resolder some points to get it totally free. Not too much heat, ,,,,take some breaks :-) good luck in finding them. Harald la7qta Wednesday, July 11, 2018, 12:34:25 AM, you wrote: > Hi Harald. thank you for the reply. I'm sure my control box has a failed > relay also. I hear a faint click when going both ways in azimuth, but only > hear a click on down elevation. So I'm sure the up elevation relay is > defective. I'm going to take your advice and swap out all four relays. > Would > you be so kind to give me a part number and a source of the relays you > replaced with. Thanks in advance.... > 73 Jeff kb2m > -----Original Message----- > From: Harald > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 3:07 PM > To: kb2mjeff(a)att.net > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Spid RAS rotor issue > Hello Kb2m jeff, > I recently had the exact same problem but the rotor was running. > To get it out of that position I took the plug out of the az > conn. and put the conn. from ez into az and drove it all the way > around again. they are equaly pinned. test which way you have to > rotate with the az buttons,,,,(or connect 12v with the right > polarity to the ez plug directly),,,,,,, much easyer to use the az conn. > I replaced the 4 relays, zeroed the controller and all is working > again. > The relays are some cheap ones so the best is to change them > anyway. > I have used it for 3 years and had truble before with those. > Hope this will help in solving your problems ! > Best 73's > Harald > LA7QTA > PS: questions,,,just ask ! > Tuesday, July 10, 2018, 12:32:26 PM, you wrote: >> I’m having a problem with my RAS rotor at my winter home. When I turned >> it >> on yesterday, after an absence of about 2 months the elevation went into >> a >> complete backflip when powered up, and is jammed against the roof with an >> elevation reading of 195 degrees on the control box. I’m at my Florida >> home for just a few weeks to do some fishing, so before starting to work >> on it to maybe speed up the repair process a bit I’m asking here if >> anyone >> else had this problem. When the roof dries off I plan on going up there >> and remove the antennas before trying to move the rotor, to diagnose. >> Right now the azimuth will turn, but the elevation is stuck, it wont move >> up or down. I’m hoping it is just jammed into the roof, once unstuck >> hopefully all it would need is a re-calibration. Thanks for any useful >> information.... >> 73 Jeff kb2m --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com

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WARNING -- PHISHING masquerading as amsat.org
by Jim Sanford 10 Jul '18

10 Jul '18

All: Just deleted a phishing email which purported to be from the webmaster -- my account is full and will be deleted unless I clicked a link, which did NOT go to amsat.org. Beware! 73, Jim wb4gcs(a)amsat.org --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Re: [amsat-bb] Trying to understand downlink corrections
by k6vug＠sbcglobal.net 10 Jul '18

10 Jul '18

A big thank you for all the replies ! W3AB/GEO, Just to clarify, SatPC32 has the latest TLEs and does all the work during the pass. However, at AOS I have to apply a small correction to the downlink frequency (via SatPC32's feature) in order to zero beat the CW beacon. After that, it tracks nicely throughout the pass. So my question was (a) why do I need the correction and (b) why is the correction different for different satellites. Jay, Thanks, I did calibrate it as much as SDRsharp would allow and it seems to be dead-on for ground VHF transmissions. Assuming it was still off by a little, I thought it would be off by the same amount for all satellites. Alan, Thanks for the detailed explanation, the temperature based drift was my first guess due to the size limitations. I had not thought of the component degradation and esp., seasonal changes and the PC clock. Pedro, Thanks for the TLE updating tip. I guess TLEs change to keep up with orbit drift, etc. right? Again, thanks everyone, this is fascinating and it looks like there is no way to "Set-it-and-Forget-it"... So, for now, I'm making a list of downlink corrections for the satellites that I'm playing with and that have a CW beacon. Some day, if I get my hands on some SDR code I may look into adding auto-zero-beat like FLDIGI or DM780 or CWGET. Best 73s, Umesh k6vug On Tuesday, July 10, 2018, 12:59:21 PM PDT, W3AB/GEO <w3ab(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Umesh, Are you asking about doppler corrections that must be made during the operation or a fixed frequency before you start? ___ Sent from my two way wrist watch 73 de W3AB/GEOOn Jul 10, 2018, at 12:43, Jay Cox via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: Don't forget your SDR could be off by a few parts per million in frequency if you haven't calibrated it to a known frequency source. At 435 MHz, being off by 3 parts per million would translate to a 3*435 =1305 Hz or 1.305 KHz offset from the actual intended frequency of reception. Jay F. CoxKG5BZW "Knowledge can only exist if doubt is possible." -- stolen from an amazon.com review of "On Certainty:" by by Ludwig Wittgenstein. On Tuesday, July 10, 2018, 1:43:09 PM CDT, Alan <wa4sca(a)gmail.com> wrote: Umesh, There are two primary satellite issues. First, the published frequencies are usually nominal values obtained during ground checkout. Over time due to normal component aging, radiation, loss of voltage regulation, etc they can drift. The second is the temperature effect you mentioned. You will find that the beacon and transponder calibration will change slightly with the spacecraft temperature as it goes through periods of eclipse and full illumination. There is also a slight seasonal shift which you can see. This is most prominent in CubeSats which have very little thermal inertia. Also, the are tradeoffs to be made in terms of power consumption, radiation resistance, and performance. AO-7 also drifts due to the lack of a battery to stabilize the voltage. Another issue is your station computer clock. They can drift rather badly, and the operating system may not do a very good job of syncing them with a reliable time standard. There are some free programs which do an excellent job available. 73, Alan WA4SCA <-----Original Message----- <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of <k6vug(a)sbcglobal.net <Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 12:28 PM <To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> <Subject: [amsat-bb] Trying to understand downlink corrections < <Greetings, <I have been using a SDR dongle to receive the downlinks of SSB satellites. The <combination of SatPC32's Downlink Correction feature and the SDR's visual <display helps to zero beat the CW beacon exceptionally well. The Lat/Lon is <good to 6 decimals. However, I find that the downlink correction needed is <quite different for different satellites. Could it be due to rounding off errors or <due to temperature variations at the satellite itself ? Maybe this has been <explained earlier, but I wonder why ? < <Obviously, the more I learn, shows how less I know... Thanks for any pointers <! < <73! <Umesh <k6vug < <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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Trying to understand downlink corrections
by k6vug＠sbcglobal.net 10 Jul '18

10 Jul '18

Greetings, I have been using a SDR dongle to receive the downlinks of SSB satellites. The combination of SatPC32's Downlink Correction feature and the SDR's visual display helps to zero beat the CW beacon exceptionally well. The Lat/Lon is good to 6 decimals. However, I find that the downlink correction needed is quite different for different satellites. Could it be due to rounding off errors or due to temperature variations at the satellite itself ? Maybe this has been explained earlier, but I wonder why ? Obviously, the more I learn, shows how less I know... Thanks for any pointers ! 73! Umesh k6vug

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Space Port Area Conference for Educators (SPACE), Kennedy Space Center, FL
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 10 Jul '18

10 Jul '18

An International Space Station school contact has been planned at the Space Port Area Conference for Educators (SPACE), Kennedy Space Center, FL with participating students from Burns Science and Technology Charter School in Oak Hill, FL. on 13 July. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 14:00 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 English. Burns Science and Technology Charter School is a K-8 public charter school operating within the Volusia County School District. It is a tuition free school, with an open admission policy. It is located in a rural area in the town of Oak Hill, Florida. The school is a STEM school, offering core curriculum, with emphasis on science, technology, and 21st century skills. The school has a strong belief that in order to prepare students for success in the 21st century, today's learners must be able to think critically and creatively, work collaboratively, and master an ever-growing arena of skills. The school has 450 students, 25 classroom teachers, seven special area teachers, and two teaching assistants. The school's mission is to cultivate learners and leaders who are inspired, able, and prepared to make a positive difference in the world. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What is the most valuable item you've ever found or discovered in space? 2. What experiments or items do you think would best help astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft on the trip to Mars? 3. Do they allow you to bring any lucky charms aboard the ISS? What did or would you bring as your lucky charm? 4. In 12 years, do you think you might get to go to Mars in the Orion MPCV for EM-2? 5. What do you want to do as soon as you get back home? 6. How does CIMON stabilize in antigravity? And, can CIMON be used as a Wi-Fi hotspot for games? 7. Does CIMON have the capability to monitor air quality (gasses in particular), and are there multiple air quality sensors throughout the different sections of the ISS? 8. Yesterday was my birthday, how many birthdays have been celebrated aboard the ISS? 9. Will absolute zero ever be accomplished in the ISS, and if so, will the cooled atoms in the CAL have no motion at all; creating a wonderful opportunity to observe and experiment with quantum physics? 10. What does it feel like wearing a spacesuit? Have there been any special suit modifications for astronauts who are more sensitive to having things touch their skin? 11. Is Commander Drew Feustel going to try to beat his third-place record for cumulative time spacewalking during this mission? 12. What sensors are used to collect data and determine the amount of Cosmic rays aboard the ISS? And who monitors that data over time? 13. How do you draw blood in space for all the experiments requiring that? Do you have to use a special type of syringe? 14. Is your daily routine regimented to a time zone, or can you sleep, wake, and work at times you choose? 15. How long did it take to make CIMON and get it approved for this mission, and has anyone nicknamed it "HAL" yet? 16. Do ambient noises sound different in the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) compared with the other sections of the ISS, and can you please record ambient sounds inside the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) for us? 17. What happens if you take apart a jumbled Rubik's cube and reassemble it correctly in front of CIMON? Will it detect that as cheating and call you out on it? 18. Would Infrared lights help the High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) cameras to see Earth when the ISS is looking at the night sides? 19. Have you watched the new episodes of BattleBots on Discovery Channel? Our school S.T.E.A.M. Director JediJill, and I, and Ethan, and Cayden, and Sara from Team Kraken-BattleBots are all here today. Our robot's primary weapon is a pneumatic crusher. What kind of pneumatics are used on board the ISS or the Soyuz? 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. Essex Heights Primary School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 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: Tue 2018-07-17 08:24 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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Spid RAS rotor issue
by kb2mjeff＠att.net 10 Jul '18

10 Jul '18

I’m having a problem with my RAS rotor at my winter home. When I turned it on yesterday, after an absence of about 2 months the elevation went into a complete backflip when powered up, and is jammed against the roof with an elevation reading of 195 degrees on the control box. I’m at my Florida home for just a few weeks to do some fishing, so before starting to work on it to maybe speed up the repair process a bit I’m asking here if anyone else had this problem. When the roof dries off I plan on going up there and remove the antennas before trying to move the rotor, to diagnose. Right now the azimuth will turn, but the elevation is stuck, it wont move up or down. I’m hoping it is just jammed into the roof, once unstuck hopefully all it would need is a re-calibration. Thanks for any useful information.... 73 Jeff kb2m --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-07-10 02:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 09 Jul '18

09 Jul '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-07-10 02:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Space Port Area Conference for Educators (SPACE), Kennedy Space Center, FL (CASIS#4), telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for: Fri 2018-07-13 14:00:22 UTC 42 deg Essex Heights Primary School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 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: Tue 2018-07-17 08:24:52 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: Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 129 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 103 **************************************************************************** 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 2018-07-10 02:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1236. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1184. 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 2018-06-28 19:30 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-190 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - AMSAT-NA Files Comments on FCC Docket
by JoAnne Maenpaa 09 Jul '18

09 Jul '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-190.01 In this Special Bulletin: * AMSAT-NA Files Comments on FCC Docket #18-86 Small Satellite Licensing Procedures SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-190.01 ANS-190 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 190.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE July 9, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-190.01 On July 9, 2018, AMSAT filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission on their Notice of Proposed Rulemaking In the Matter of Streamlining Licensing Procedures for Small Satellites (International Bureau Docket #18-86). AMSAT's comments as filed can be found at: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filing/10709067911864 (A copy of AMSAT's comments document can be accessed on the ECFS page, using the Document Download link) In the comments, AMSAT reviewed the significant contributions made by the organization and the amateur radio community. The comments note that the many scientific and technological achievements made by AMSAT satellites directly led to many groups, including government, non-profit, and commercial organizations becoming interested in developing small satellites of their own. AMSAT also discussed the suitability of authorizing certain satellites built by universities and non-profit organizations in the amateur satellite service and expressed opposition to satellites licensed as experimental under Part 5 of the Commission's regulations operating in the amateur satellite service bands. Interested parties may file reply comments on or before August 7, 2018. [ANS thanks AMSAT Executive Vice-President, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM for the above information] /EX

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KX9X Birthday Rove Through VT & NH This Weekend
by Sean K. 09 Jul '18

09 Jul '18

Hi all- I'll be hitting the road this weekend, celebrating my birthday by driving through Vermont and New Hampshire. This will be a holiday-style trip with no real agenda, taking my time. I won't be on every pass, but I'll be on several. I'll be on SSB/FM passes. Saturday 7/14: CT/MA/VT: FN31/32/33/34/44/45Will spend the night just south of the FN44/45 grid line and will make a point of being on to hand out FN45 from ~2100z Saturday to ~1300z Sunday. Sunday 7/15: VT/NH/MA/CT: FN45/44/43/42/31There is a chance I'll be on from FN41 Rhode Island as well. Will be on SSB and FM. Follow me on Twitter at @seankutzko for real-time pass info. Hope to work you this weekend! Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X

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AO-92 images
by Andrew Glasbrenner 09 Jul '18

09 Jul '18

All, This Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday we will be enabling the camera on AO-92 on the morning passes over the US east coast. This is in support of two different educational programs running this week. Please help us copy images by enabling Auto or High Speed mode in FoxTLM and enabling data to be uploaded to the server. Camera mode runs for 45 minutes each time, so this will be an opportunity for Central and South America as well. Images will appear at http://www.amsat.org/tlm/fox1d/images/ in near-real time. Thanks for your cooperation. 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT VP Operations

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AO-7 orbit count.
by tjschuessler＠verizon.net 09 Jul '18

09 Jul '18

Now I see looking at SatPC32 that it shows AO-7 in the 99,625 range in orbit count. If memory serves me right though, doesn't the TLE orbit count roll over at 99,999 (Just like a car odometer), so that would mean that we would be coming up to the 200,000th rev is that right? If I am right, then this will be coming up in less than a month. Does anybody know exactly when that will be? I am doing a presentation for a local club and would like to throw out that fact if I could. Also the day of that event would be good AO-7 operating day I would think. 73 Tom Schuessler, N5HYP EM12ms

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Linear Satellite demonstration Wednesday Evening, July 11th.
by tjschuessler＠verizon.net 09 Jul '18

09 Jul '18

I will be doing a satellite talk and demo this coming Wednesday evening, July 11th, for the Euless Texas Amateur Radio Club. The pass for the demo will be XW-2A at 8:21 CDT which is 0121Z 12-July. A good east coast pass but not so good for the Rockies and west. The demo will be somewhat ambitious for me, with RX on a FunCube Dongle Pro+ run by HDSDR and controlled by SatPC32. The uplink radio will by my FT847. We will use the Euless club call W5EUL for any contacts. Might be the first time that their club call has been used on satellite, I don't know. Please look for me probably near the center of the passband and give us a shout. Tom Schuessler, N5HYP EM12ms

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Nunavut and Bermuda Satellite Operating Announcements
by JoAnne K9JKM 08 Jul '18

08 Jul '18

Here are some operation announcements which fall in between the usual news cycle ... NA-008. (Zone 2) Pierre/VE3KTB will once again active from the Eureka Weather station and the Eureka Amateur Radio Club [probably the most northerly located amateur radio club in the world] from Eureka, Nunavut (NA-008), as VY0ERC between July 8-21st. The suggested bands are 40 and 20 meters, as well as FM satellites, using SSB, the Digital modes and very slow CW. Activity will be limited to his spare time. QSL via M0OXO, OQRS or direct. VP9, BERMUDA. Steve, KU9C, will once again be active as KU9C/VP9 from Ed, VP9GE's, QTH between July 11-17th. During the IARU HF Championship he will operate as VP9HQ/RSB, the VP9 IARU Headquarters station. Outside of the contest look for activity on all HF bands (especially the 30/17/12m bands) as well as 6 meters, the SO-50/AO-85 FM satellites, and trying some FT8 along with enjoying the weather. QSL VP9HQ and the KU9C/VP9 callsigns to his home callsign. Thanks to Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1371 -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org

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AO-73/FUNcube Mode change
by Jim Heck 08 Jul '18

08 Jul '18

Hi folks, I have just changed the sat into education mode (full power beacon in sunlight, low power beacon plus transponder on in darkness). 73s Jim G3WGM and the FUNcube team.

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ANS-189 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by E.Mike McCardel 08 Jul '18

08 Jul '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-189 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * AMSAT Symposium Call For Papers - First Call * International Balloon Satellite Launch Challenge JULY 2018 * 145.825 MHz APRS Cubesats Enroute to ISS for August Deployment * China Microsatellite Symposium and International CubeSat and Mission Contest * "Moon Day" Volunteers Requested * University of Manitoba Wins the 4th CSDC! * AMSAT Field Day submissions are due Monday, July 9 * ISS SSTV Transmissions Continue * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-189.01 ANS-189 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 189.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. July 8, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-189.01 AMSAT Symposium Call For Papers - First Call This is the first call for papers for the 2018 AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of November 2 - 4 at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Proposals for papers, symposium presentations, and poster presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community. We request a tentative title of your presentation as soon as possible. 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.org [ANS thanks Dan N8FGV for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- International Balloon Satellite Launch Challenge JULY 2018 The 1st FREE OF COST International Balloon 'Satellite' Launch CHALLENGE is open across the Globe for participants below 21 years of age. Leveraging the power of technology, the State of Rajasthan in India has become the "Digitalization Hub of India". In the upcoming three- day technology carnival by the Government of Rajasthan- "Rajasthan Digifest 2018", held at Jaipur (known as the Pink city of the world) there will be a plethora of opportunities for everyone. From insightful workshops to varied exciting events, the fest would have a lot to offer. Taking a step further, Government of Rajasthan in collaboration with Space Kidz India, is organizing an "International Balloon Challenge" on the 25th & 26th July 2018. This challenge has been initiated to mark a tribute towards our former President and reputed Scientist Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. Set with the motto- 'Dream. Imagine. Believe", it is an open competition for everyone aged below 21 years. The participant will have the opportunity to fly their payload 'near space' in a balloon FREE OF COST. Following are some notable points in respect to the challenge: • The payload must fit inside a 1U Cube3 and the weight should be 500 grams including the battery. • No hazardous chemicals are allowed. • Biological experiments containing living micro-organisms shall not be allowed. • Only Original Ideas will be entertained. • Any findings of plagiarisms can get the participant eliminated and permanently banned from participating in the future. • If approved by Space Kids India you can also come directly to the venue and fly your payload. • Accommodation and food facility for teams coming directly will be provided for two days. Payload should reach our Chennai Office (Add. given below) on or before the 18th of July 2018. Space Kidz India, No.1-B, Nutech Narayana Apartments, 48, Thirumalai Pillai Road, T.Nagar, Chennai 600 017, India Space Kidz India and Government of Rajasthan invites students for this exciting and adventurous 'International Balloon Challenge' to be held on 25th & 26th July 2018. The competition not only looks inspiring & challenging, but will help the participants to meet like- minded people from different nook and corner of the world uniting together with a strong competitive edge. It's time to help our younger generation to showcase their skills and let their dreams fly high! Our Contacts for further clarification: Mr. Rifath +919518535615 shaarookrsr(a)live.com Mr. Vijay +917708574647 vijaypp01(a)gmail.com Mr. Priyadharshan +918220333449 prabhupriyadharshan(a)gmail.com Mr. Tanishq +919940515800 forutanishq(a)gmail.com Mr. Yagna +919912752744 yagnasai7(a)gmail.com Dr. Srimathy +914448535376 spacekidzindia(a)gmail.com [ANS thanks SpaceKidz India Team for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 145.825 MHz APRS Cubesats Enroute to ISS for August Deployment The June 29, 2018 SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of the Dragon cargo capsule included cubesats of the BIRDS-2 satellite constellation. All cubesats in the BIRDS-2 constellation MAYA-1, BHUTAN-1 and UiTMSAT-1 have identical designs and utilize the same radio frequencies. While independently made, the operation and control of the three cubesats will be shared by the three teams after they are released from the ISS early in August. They will be operational for six months. "The three will form a constellation, orbiting the earth from different places. This will provide the countries more opportun- ities to make measurements and run experiments, than just with using one cubesat," explained Joel Joseph Marciano Jr., manager of the PHL-Microsat program in the Philippines. The primary mission of BIRDS-2 CubeSat constellation is to provide digital message relay service to the amateur radio community by means of an APRS digipeater onboard. The APRS digipeater onboard BIRDS-2 CubeSats will use 145.825 MHz for both receive and transmit which isa standard configurations used by other satellites such as ARISS and LAPAN-A2. Another mission of the BIRDS-2 CubeSat constellation is to demonstrate a store-and-forward (S&F) system. In this mission, their goal is to investigate technical challenges through ex- periments on appropriate data format, multiple access scheme, file-handling protocol while complying with limited operational time and power constraints. The BIRDS-2 CubeSat S&F system will collect data from remote ground sensors, store them onboard and download them to the different BIRDS-2 ground stations network. Additional experiments will use the BIRDS-2 CubeSat constellation to enhance research and experiment in the fields of single latch-up event detection, magnetic field measurements using a COTS aniso- tropic magnetometer, and flight testing of a COTS GPS chip which can be used for future CubeSat missions if proven effective. Stu- dents will also explore a passive attitude stabilization mechanism consisting of magnets and hysteresis dampers for proper orientation of camera on a CubeSat. All measurements and image data will be shared with the public on BIRDS-2 project website. Moveover, BIRDS-2 CubeSat constellation will expand amateur radio communication experiment on the operation of CubeSat constellation via a network of UHF/VHF amateur radio ground stations (started in the BIRDS-1 CubeSat constellation project). BIRDS-2 hopes to promote awareness of amateur radio communication and amateur satellites among the general public and students, especially in the participating nations of BIRDS-2 Project: Bhutan, Malaysia, Philippines, and Japan. The IARU has coordinated 437.375 MHz CW beacon for a downlink and 145.825 MHz for the APRS experiment. Philippine news coverage of MAYA-1 can be accessed at: https://tinyurl.com/ANS189-MAYA-1 http://tinyurl.com/ANS-BIRDS2-cubesats Visit the BIRDS-2 website at: http://birds2.birds-project.com/ [ANS thanks the BIRDS-2 Project, Kyushu Institute of Technology and the IARU for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- China Microsatellite Symposium and International CubeSat and Mission Contest The China Microsatellite Symposium(CMS2018), (www.microsatsymp.com) will be held at Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an China on 18th – 20th November 2018. The symposium includes keynote presentations and several sessions which will focus on the design experience, scientific missions, launch opportunities and all new technologies about microsatellites. International CubeSat and Mission Contest will be held on 20th November 2018, after which a free launch opportunity of 3U CubeSat or 1U payload capacity (provided by Expace Technology Co., Ltd.) will be awarded to the winner of the first prize. Participants can get information and submit the works through the official website of our contest: www.cubesatcontest.org. The submission deadlines for the abstract of CMS2018 and work of CubeSat contest are both August 31, 2018. The papers accepted will be indexed by China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and the proceedings of the symposium will be submitted to IEEE Xplore, some of the excellent papers will be recommended for publication in the AEROSPACE CHINA. You could submit abstract and get information on the website www.microsatsymp.com Along with the symposium, there will also be a related exhibition, during which you can find the updated progress of CubeSat, launchers and other related technology. For exhibitors, you could also get information about booth on the website. The event is supported by China National Space Administration, International Astronautical Federation, Chinese Society of Astronautics and Chinese Institute of Command and Control. Please forward this information to your colleagues and anyone that may be interested in this symposium. You could also find the brochures in the attachment. On behalf of the organizing committee of the China Microsatellite Symposium, we sincerely invite you to attend the symposium. If you have any questions, please contact us! Dr. Yu Xiaozhou, Mr.Pang Weijian Email: service (at) microsatsymp.com: pangwj (at) mail.nwpu.edu.cn Tel: +86 18291419293 National United Engineering Laboratory of Microsatellite Technology and Application,Northwestern Polytechnical University 127 Youyi Xilu, Xi'an, ShaanXi Province, China Phone:008629 88492103 Fax:008629 88492103 Mobile:008615902909698 [ANS thanks Yuxiao Zhou (via cubesat.org) for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Moon Day" Volunteers Requested Tom Schuessler, N5HYP, is looking to recruit additional volunteers from the AMSAT community in North Texas, Central Texas or elsewhere, to help promote "Amateur Radio in Space" to a large public STEM event. "Moon Day" at the Frontiers of Flight Museum at Love Field in Dallas Texas on July 21, 2018 is the largest space themed STEM event in Texas. Last year saw 1500 people attend the 6 hour event. https://www.flightmuseum.com/moon-day/ Again this year, Tom Schuessler will be heading an exhibit and satellite demos for AMSAT. They will have a table inside the Museum, (Alongside the Dallas Amateur Radio Club Table), and a demonstration area outside. I will be setting up the outside activities and hope to work as many satellite passes as possible during the 10A-4P run of the show. I'm looking for AMSAT people to both help with the inside table and also with the outside demonstrations. Joe Spier has promised me that he will send me the FOX "Engineering Model" but I am looking for additional demonstration aids to illustrate satellite orbits and other aspects of space communications like various types of antennas. Being a STEM event, there will be many young people in attendance, (General public as well as Boy and Girl Scouts), and they get a chance to earn a STEM patch by answering questions from exhibitors like US. We really need people and content for Moon Day so please consider spending Saturday, July 21 with us. Contact Tom Schuessler for more information. N5hyp (at) arrl.net Tom also notes that next year, 2019, is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. The Moon Day event is planning a big splash. Looking at moon phase predictions for next year indicates that conditions would be favorable for a portable EME station as part of the mix. We will be looking for volunteers to assist this lofty goal. Keep that in the back of your mind and I will bring it up next year. [ANS thanks Tom N5HYP for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- University of Manitoba Wins the 4th CSDC! Congratulations to the University of Manitoba team, which earned First Place in this fourth offering of the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge! The CSDC launch simulation testing took place at the Canadian Space Agency's David Florida Laboratory (DFL) in Ottawa this past week, concluding yesterday. In all, a total of nine teams had the opportunity to fully test all three axes of their cubesats - two more than previously achieved. As the competition drew to a close, the judges (and several of the DFL employees) were impressed by the level of design maturity and understanding, preparedness, and professionalism of the UofM team throughout the test campaign. This is the first CSDC win for the UofM, which has been a strong and enthusiastic participant in every CSDC since its inception. Not everything went perfectly, however: an accelerometer - a sensor which is attached to record the accelerations at a particular location - fell off during the vibration test, and may have shorted or damaged a circuit board that was underneath it. The judges' deliberations for second and third place were far more difficult, with five teams being considered. This is a testament to the high level of spacecraft engineering capability which has developed at Canadian universities over the course of these past four competitions - especially considering that, in the first CSDC, only three teams were able to complete their cubesats in time for testing. Second place honours were given to the University of Victoria, and Concordia University was third. The Educational Outreach Award was also presented, to the University of Alberta. Their team developed several modules of age-specific educational materials for the presentations which they gave to elementary and secondary schools. Honourable mentions went to: Simon Fraser University (participating for their first time in the CSDC) for their efforts which reached an estimated 3,500 people over the course of this offering; and, the University of Manitoba, whose educational outreach efforts have been admirable since the inception of the CSDC (and whose Educational Outreach efforts in the first CSDC prompted the creation of the award). The CSDC Management Society (CSCDMS), the not-for-profit organisation which organises the CSDC, would like to again thank the Canadian Space Agency's David Florida Laboratory for allowing us the use of the facility, and for being so accommodating to us over this past week. Additionally, as this concludes the fourth offering of the competition, the CSDCMS would also like to thank the many sponsors, judges, and companies which have all contributed to make the CSDC a success. Please see this article on our web page for more photos of the testing campaign. And, stay tuned for Selfie-Sat in CSDC-5, which will begin in September. About the CSDCMS: The Canadian Satellite Design Challenge Management Society is a federally-incorporated not-for-profit organisation co-registered in British Columbia and headquartered in Vancouver. It is managed and operated by a volunteer Board of Directors. For more information on the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge or the CSDCMS, please visit our website at www.csdcms.ca, or contact: Larry Reeves CSDCMS President LReeves (at) CSDCMS.ca Ph: +1 778-988-6343 [ANS thanks the CSDCMS for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Field Day submissions are due Monday, July 9 A quick reminder. AMSAT Field Day submissions are due Monday, July 9, 2018 by 11:59 PM Central Time. This is earlier than the ARRL due date. You will get a reply email that your submission was received. email submissions to: kk5do (at) amsat.org or kk5do (at) arrl.net. The Satellite Summary Sheet should be used for submission of the AMSAT Field Day competition and be received by KK5DO by 11:59 P.M. CDT, Monday, July 9, 2018. Complete rules and criteria can be found at: https://www.amsat.org/field-day/ [ANS thanks Bruce KK5DO for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ISS SSTV Transmissions Continue SSTV transmissions from the Russian Service module on the International Space Station started June 29 on 145.800 MHz FM and they are still continuing There may well be further transmissions up until July 13 when the equipment being used for the SSTV will be required for a school contact. David Boult G7HCE in Exeter noted that some adjustments have been made by the cosmonauts and the images are now being sent uncropped. For the first week the edges of the pictures were missing. The images commemorate the various satellites that were hand- deployed from the ISS. These will include the first satellite deployment from ISS: Suitsat-1/Radioskaf-1 which was developed by ARISS and deployed in February 2006. The transmissions are being made on 145.800 MHz FM using the PD-120 SSTV mode. Note the ISS transmissions use the 5 kHz deviation FM standard rather than the narrow 2.5 kHz used in Europe. If your transceiver has selectable FM filters try using the wider filter. Handheld transceivers generally have a single wide filter fitted as standard and you should get good results outdoors using just a 1/4 wave whip antenna. The ISS Fan Club site will show you when the space station is in range http://www.issfanclub.com/ ISS SSTV information and links at https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/iss-sstv/ [ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News Recent Successful ARISS Contacts + 2018-06-27 10:32 UTC between Alexander Gerst KF5ONO using callsign DPØISS and Werner-Heisenberg-Gymnasium, Leverkusen, Germany. Contact was direct via DLØIL. ARISS Mentor was Peter IN3GHZ. + 2018-06-27 10:32 UTC between ASTRONAUT Alexander Gerst KF5ONO, using callsign DPØISS, and Schickhardt-Gymnasium, Herrenberg, Germany, contact was direct via DLØSGH ARISS Mentor was Peter IN3GHZ. + 2018-07-02 15:35 UTC between Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT, using ISS callsign NA1SS and Pearl Technology STEM Academy, Peoria Heights, IL, contact direct via W9DWJ. ARISS Mentor was Dave AA4KN. + 2018-07-03 08:32 UTC bewtween Alexander Gerst KF5ONO, using ISS callsign DPØISS and Kardinal-Frings-Gymnasium, Bonn, Germany, contact was direct via DLØIL. ARISS Mentor was Peter IN3GHZ. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule Space Port Area Conference for Educators (SPACE), Kennedy Space Center, FL (CASIS#4). Contact is telebridge via W6SRJ. The ISS callsign is yet to be determined. The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU. Contact is a go for: Fri 2018-07-13 14:00:22 UTC. [ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + 6U CubeSat Design Specification Rev 1.0 - Released The 6U CubeSat Design Standard has now been fully reviewed and is available for download as Revision 1.0. Please visit cubesat.org to view and download the 6U CDS. [ANS thanks The CubeSat Team at Cal Poly, SLO for the above information] + Interview about ISS SSTV on local TV station James M0JFP of the Chertsey Radio Club was interviewed by That's Surrey TV, about the recent Slow Scan TV transmissions from the International Space Station The images transmitted commemorated the various satellites that had been hand-deployed from the ISS. Watch the video at https://tinyurl.com/ANS189-SurreyTV ISS SSTV https://amsat-uk.org/2018/06/27/receive-sstv-from-space/ That's TV Surrey http://www.thats.tv/surrey/ https://twitter.com/ThatsSurreyTV [ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information] + Software for STEM high altitude balloon flight projects is posted in the article at: https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/pytrack-skygate-hab-software/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK via twitter for the above information.] + CalPoly 2018 Cubesat Developers Workshop Presentations Available 2018 PRESENTATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO VIEW! YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCENz0fNHsDR8Kz3jM6C_VWw PDF Presentations: http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~workshop/archive/2018/ [ANS thanks cubesat.org 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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AMSAT-UK Colloquium Oct 13-14 + Goonhilly Balloon Launch
by M5AKA 08 Jul '18

08 Jul '18

434 MHz high altitude balloon launch from Goonhilly, Cornwall on Tuesday, July 10. Signal should be receivable across most of British Isles. Listen worldwide using the SUWS WebSDR https://amsat-uk.org/2018/07/08/434-mhz-balloon-launch-from-goonhilly/ CubeSats to deploy from ISS July 13 https://amsat-uk.org/2018/07/07/cubesats-to-deploy-from-iss-july-13/ SSTV transmissions from Space Station on 145.800 MHz FM are continuing https://amsat-uk.org/2018/06/27/receive-sstv-from-space/ The Summer issue of OSCAR News is now available for AMSAT-UK members to download https://amsat-uk.org/2018/07/05/summer-issue-of-oscar-news-now-available-2/ Book now for AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium at Milton Keynes Oct 13-14 https://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/ Trevor M5AKA---- AMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ----

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Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 13, Issue 233
by Jerrold Hancock 07 Jul '18

07 Jul '18

Put On Monday, July 2, 2018, <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. ANS-185 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins > (Chris Bradley (AA0CB)) > 2. Portable operation from FN-21 (Richard Lawn) > 3. Help for "Moon Day" (tjschuessler(a)verizon.net) > 4. AO-7 orbit count. (tjschuessler(a)verizon.net) > 5. Re: AO-7 orbit count. (Alan) > 6. Re: AO-7 orbit count. (Tom Schuessler) > 7. Re: AO-7 orbit count. (Paul Stoetzer) > 8. Re: AO-7 orbit count. (Alan) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2018 19:39:44 -0500 > From: "Chris Bradley (AA0CB)" <kg5jup(a)gmail.com> > To: ans(a)amsat.org, AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-185 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins > Message-ID: > <CANk-AFsF1B-susM-nv+Mj2LW0P50zf+a=hCF5_EO= > CWgMZjnaA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > AMSAT NEWS SERVICE > ANS-182 > > 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: > > * Digital Communications Conference (DCC) Call for Papers > * Invitation to the 2018 NASA AAQ Workshop - September 7, 2018 > * China Microsatellite Symposium 2018 > * K4R Dry Tortugas EL84 Roving Trip on Schedule for July 6 > * Upcoming ARISS contacts > * AMSAT Rover Award Updates > * VUCC Awards-Endorsements for June 2018 > * WMPLOTA 7/2 EN74 EN75 EN84 EN85 Rove > * AMSAT-NA President to attend AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2018 > * AMSAT BOD Nominees > * Satellite Shorts > > SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-182.01 > ANS-182 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins > > AMSAT News Service Bulletin 182.01 > From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. > DATE JULY 1, 2018 > To All RADIO AMATEURS > BID: $ANS-185.01 > > Digital Communications Conference (DCC) Call for Papers > > Technical papers are solicited for presentation at the ARRL and TAPR > Digital Communications Conference (DCC) and publication in the > Conference Proceedings. Annual conference proceedings are published > by the ARRL. Presentation at the conference is not required for > publication. Submission of papers are due by July 31st, 2018 and > should > be submitted to > > Maty Weinberg, ARRL > 225 Main Street > Newington, CT 06111 > or via the Internet to > maty at arrl.org > > The ARRL and TAPR DCC is an international forum for radio amateurs > to meet, publish their work, and present new ideas and techniques. > This year, the DCC is in Albuquerque, New Mexico, September 14- > 16. Presenters and attendees will have the opportunity to exchange > ideas and learn about recent hardware and software advances, theories, > experimental results, and practical applications. Topics include, > but are > not limited to: > > ? Software Defined Radio (SDR) > ? Digital voice (D-Star, P25, WinDRM, FDMDV, DRMDV, G4GUO) > ? Digital satellite communications > ? Global position system > ? Precise Timing > ? Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) > ? Short messaging (a mode of APRS) > ? Digital Signal Processing (DSP) > ? HF digital modes > ? Internet interoperability with Amateur Radio networks > ? Spread spectrum > ? IEEE 802.11 and other Part 15 license-exempt systems adaptable for > A mateur Radio > ? Using TCP/IP networking over Amateur Radio > ? Mesh and peer to peer wireless networking > ? Emergency and Homeland Defense backup digital communications in > Amateur Radio > ? Updates on AX.25 and other wireless networking protocols > ? Topics that advanced the Amateur Radio art > > Go to https://tinyurl.com/y7wgm6vh to view the guidelines for paper > submissions > > [ANS thanks the TAPR PSR for the above information] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Invitation to the 2018 NASA AAQ Workshop - September 7, 2018 > > You are invited to participate in the 2018 NASA Academy of Aerospace > Quality > {AAQ) Workshop. This event will take place at Glenn Research Center > in > Cleveland, Ohio on Friday, September 7 from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. The > event > targets academics (faculty, researchers, students) involved with > space > related > activities such as cube sat, small sat, high altitude balloon, > rocket and > more. It is also designed for those wishing to be involved with > NASA space > related projects. The event will feature speakers and a poster > session. > > Travel stipends from NASA are available to attendees on a limited > basis and > will favor those giving a presentation or poster. There is no > registration > charge for attending the event but registration in advance is > required. > > Please register at the link below by July 31. > > http://spider2.eng.auburn.edu/AAQ/registration.html > > The NASA Academy of Aerospace Quality is an open access virtual > academy of > educational modules, lessons learned, standards, case studies and more > related to quality assurance for space related projects, especially > those > from academic based teams. The website is: > > http://aaq.auburn.edu > > Links to the agenda and materials from previous NASA AAQ Workshops > can be > found at the link below: > > http://aaq.eng.auburn.edu/events > > [ANS thanks Alice Smith and Jeff Smith for the above information] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > China Microsatellite Symposium 2018 > > The China Microsatellite Symposium(CMS2018), (www.microsatsymp.com) > will > be held > at Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an China on 18th - 20th > November > 2018. The symposium includes keynote presentations and several > sessions > which > will focus on the design experience, scientific missions, launch > opportunities > and all new technologies about microsatellites. In addition, another > import > session, International CubeSat and Mission Contest will be held on > 20th > November > 2018, after which a free launch opportunity of 3U CubeSat or 1U > payload > capacity > will be awarded to the winner of the first prize. Participants can get > information and submit the works through the official website of our > contest: > www.cubesatcontest.org. > > The submission deadlines for the abstract of CMS2018 and work of > CubeSat > contest > are both August 31, 2018. You could submit abstract and get > information > on the > website www.microsatsymp.com > > Along with the symposium, there will also be a related exhibition, > during which > you can find the updated progress of CubeSat, launchers and other > related > technology. For exhibitors, you could also get information about > booth > on the > website. > > The event is supported by China National Space Administration, > International > Astronautical Federation, Chinese Society of Astronautics and Chinese > Institute > of Command and Control. > > If you have any questions, please contact service at microsatsymp.com. > > [ANS thanks Ray Nugent for the above information] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > K4R Dry Tortugas EL84 Roving Trip on Schedule for July 6 > > Robert KE4AL, Rich N4ESS, and Matthew, NJ4Y will be arriving on > Garden Key, EL84np in the Dry Tortugas mid-day on Friday July 6, > staying all day Saturday, and then leaving Sunday morning July 8. > > The team will be using the callsign K4R, and all logs will be > uploaded to LOTW after the trip. Paper cards will be available on > request via NJ4Y. They will also be able to tweet via a satellite > messenger from the island, to our public twitter account at > twitter.com/k4r_EL84 > > The K4R QRZ page is up to date with our info, as well as k4r2018.com. > Their goal is to work anyone within ~7500km who needs EL84 on satel- > lites. Check out the pass listing link at the above web pages and > let them know if you have a special schedule request from the outer > reaches of our range, especially in EU and South America. > > [ANS thanks Matthew, NJ4Y for the above information] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > UPCOMING ARISS CONTACTS > > Pearl Technology STEM Academy, Peoria Heights, IL, direct via W9DWJ > > The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS > > The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT > > Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-07-02 15:35:42 UTC > > > > Kardinal-Frings-Gymnasium, Bonn, Germany, direct via DL?IL > > The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS > > The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO > > Contact is a go for: Tue 2018-07-03 08:32:16 UTC > > 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 145.8? 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: > > Francesco IK?WGF with 132 > > Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 129 > > Gaston ON4WF with 123 > > Sergey RV3DR with 103 > 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 2018-06-28 19:30 > UTC. > Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and > questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, > and > instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. > > 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 1234. > Each school counts as 1 event. > Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 11821. > 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: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS > The successful school list has been updated as of 2018-06-28 19:30 > 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_cor > rection > .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 > > [ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N for the above information] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > AMSAT Rover Award Updates > > AMSAT Director of Contests and Awards, Bruce Paige, KK5DO, says that > congratulations are in order for the newest Rover Award operators, > Chris, AA8CH, for earning award #024; and, Robert, WY7AA for earning > Award #025. > > The AMSAT Rover award is granted to stations who achieve a combined > 25 points using any combination of a list of achievements during > their roving operations via amateur radio satellites. All of these > combinations, including instructions of how to apply are posted at: > https://www.amsat.org/amsat-rover-award/ - or from the main page - > www.amsat.org --> Services --> Awards --> AMSAT Rover Award > > Examples of the point scoring include (access the Awards web page > for details of multiplier points, etc.): > > + 1 point for each grid square activated outside your home grid square > using a single-channel FM satellite transponder > + 2 points for each grid square activated outside your home grid square > using a linear (SSB/CW) satellite transponder. > + 3 points for each grid square activated outside your home grid square > using a digital mode satellite transponder. > + 1 additional point for added to each grid square score for activating > a state, province, or DX entity outside your home entities > + 5 points for for advertising your grid operation using an open and > public social media account, tagging @amsat or #amsat at least > 24 hours in advance of the activation. > + 5 points for photographing your grid operation and posting them > afterwards using an open and public social media account, tagging > @amsat > or #amsat. > + 10 points for activating a grid square while operating Maritime Mobile. > + 15 points for 15 points for documenting your grid activation in an > article published in the AMSAT Journal. > > AMSAT Rover Award winners to date include the following stations: > > Rover Call Date Issued > ===== ============ =========== > 001 AC0RA 02 Jan 2018 > 002 WD9EWK 05 Jan 2018 > 003 NJ4Y 08 Jan 2018 > 004 M0IDA 09 Jan 2018 > 005 KG5GJT 12 Jan 2018 > 006 EB1AO 18 Jan 2018 > 007 N7AGF 22 Jan 2018 > 008 N4YHC 29 Jan 2018 > 009 W0S 07 Feb 2018 > 010 KE0PBR 08 Feb 2018 > 011 K5IX 18 Feb 2018 > 012 AK4WQ 23 Feb 2018 > 013 WI7P 25 Feb 2018 > 014 K5ND 09 Mar 2018 > 015 N6UA 12 Mar 2018 > 016 N9IP 16 Mar 2018 > 017 N4UFO 04 Apr 2018 > 018 K7TAB 27 Apr 2018 > 019 K8BL 10 May 2018 > 020 AD0DX 16 May 2018 > 021 HB9WDF 28 May 2018 > 022 KE4AL 28 May 2018 > 023 KE9AJ 30 May 2018 > 024 AA8CH 27 Jun 2018 > 025 WY7AA 29 Jun 2018 > > [ANS thanks AMSAT Director of Contests and Awards, Bruce Paige, KK5DO > for the above information] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > WMPLOTA 7/2 EN74 EN75 EN84 EN85 Rove > > 7/2/18 > Objects AOS (U) LOS Period > 1. EN74 WM1432 Cadillac > XW-2D 00:01 00:09 > XW-2F 00:05 00:13 > SO-50 00:12 00:25 > > 2. EN74 WM2014 Houghton Lake > SO-50 01:54 02:03 (*Low Pass Attempt) > AO-92 02:03 02:13 > AO-73 02:32 02:38 (*Low Pass Attempt) > Falconsat-3 02:43 02:53 > FO-29 02:45 02:55 (*Low Pass Attempt) > AO-85 02:59 03:06 (*Low Pass Attempt) > AO-92 03:37 03:46 > > 3. EN74 WM5159 West Branch > XW-2B 11:57 12:07 > AO-07 12:06 12:22 > > 4. EN84 WM5376 Tawas > XW-2B 13:33 13:39 (*Low Pass Attempt) > AO-07 14:01 14:04 (*Low Pass Attempt) > XW-2A 14:13 14:22 > AO-73 14:15 14:26 > SO-50 14:27 14:38 > AO-92 15:05 15:14 > > 5. EN85 WM2358 Alpena > AO-92 16:39 16:47 > AO-91 17:16 17:30 > > 6. EN75 WM1542 Gaylord > AO-91 18:52 19:06 > AO-07 19:19 19:39 > > 7. EN75 WM2417 Petosky > XW-2C 21:49 21:58 > XW-2D 22:12 22:22 > XW-2F 22:15 22:25 > AO-85 22:15 22:28 > > 8. EN75 WM2100 Cheboygan > XW-2C 23:22 23:32 > AO-73 23:35 23:45 > XW-2D 23:47 23:56 > XW-2F 23:50 23:59 > AO-85 23:57 00:08 > > 7/3/18 EN75 Holiday Style Maybe > > Wish me luck on my first real rove, all stops are in a new VUCC > circle, > please work me if there is room. Manual tuning on linear birds, > please be > patient. > > [ANS thanks Andrew, KE8FZT for the above information] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > VUCC Awards-Endorsements for June 2018 > > Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite > Awards issued by the ARRL for the period June 1, 2018 > through July 1, 2018. > Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! > > CALL 01 Jun 01 Jul > > N8HM 1054 1068 > AA5PK 1011 1042 > N9IP 609 618 > XE1AO 584 598 > WD9EWK 441 450 > AA9LC 299 416 > AF5CC 314 338 > VA3NNA 179 300 > KC9ELU 220 229 > W7JSD 189 215 > G0ABI 200 206 > KE8FZT 175 200 > PT2AP 172 200 > PS8ET 157 180 > KE0PBR New 122 > W3ARD New 119 > N3ROY New 102 > AD0DX New 101 > W5PFG (DM95) New 100 > W5PFG (EM12) New 100 > > If you find errors or omissions. please contact me off-list > at <mycall>@<mycall>.com > and I'll revise the announcement. > > This list was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf > listings for June 1, 2018 and July 1, 2018. It's a visual > comparison so omissions are possible. Apologies if your > call was not mentioned. Thanks to all those who are > roving to grids that are rarely on the birds. They are > doing most of the work! > > > [ANS thanks Ron, W5RKN for the above information] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > AMSAT-NA President to attend AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2018 > > AMSAT-UK is very happy to announce that the dates of the next > AMSAT-UK Colloquium will be October 13-14, 2018. > > The AMSAT-UK Colloquium, incorporated into the RSGB Convention, > will take place at the Kents Hill Park Conference Centre, > Timbold Drive, Milton Keynes, MK7 6BZ. > > The AMSAT-UK Committee are pleased to announce that Joe Spier, > K6WAO will be presenting a paper entitled '50 Years of AMSAT and > Beyond' > > AMSAT-UK invites speakers, to cover topics about Amateur satellites, > CubeSats, Nanosats, Space, High Altitude Balloons and associated > activities, for this event. Those wishing to speak should contact > Dave, G4DPZ, dave at g4dpz dot me dot uk > > AMSAT-UK Colloquium web page: > https://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/ > > The schedule will be at > http://rsgb.org/main/about-us/rsgb-convention/rsgb-convention- > programme/ > > [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > FP/KV1J 3 - 17 July 2018 GN17 Includes Satellite Operation > > Eric, KV1J will be active on the Sats from the French island of > Miquelon > from 3 July through 17 July as FP/KV1J. This will be his 12th trip > to the > island. He mostly operate the low bands and 6 meters. When the WX is > good, > he will try to get outside and work the linear birds. Occasionally, > he plans > to also be on the FM birds using a pair of FT-817s and an Arrow > antenna. > > Most of the time he will be grid GN17. If he is on the main island > of St > Pierre or if he can borrow a car a drive to Langlade, he will be > GN16. The > island has limited internet. His email is kv1j (at) arrl.net > > More information at: http://www.kv1j.com/fp/July18.html > > [ANS thanks Eric KV1J / FP/KV1J for the above information and > wishes him > success on his trip] > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > AMSAT BOD Nominees > > The 2018 candidates, in alphabetical order by last name are: > > Tom Clark, K3IO > Mark Hammond, N8MH > Scott Harvey, KA7FVV > Bruce Paige, KK5DO > Peter Portanova, W2JV > > This year AMSAT-NA will be electing three voting members of the Board > of Directors. These will go to the three candidates receiving the > highest number of votes. In addition, there will be two alternates > chosen, based on the next highest number of votes received. > > Ballots will be mailed to the AMSAT-NA membership by July 15, 2018 and > must be received at the AMSAT office by September 15, 2018 in order to > be counted. Those sent outside North America will go by air mail. If > you have not received your ballot package in a reasonable time for > your location, please contact the AMSAT office. Completed ballots > should be returned as promptly as possible, and those from outside > North America preferably by air mail. > > Election of Board members is both an obligation as well as an > opportunity by our membership to help shape the future direction of > AMSAT. Please take the time to review the candidate statements that > will accompany the ballot and determine who you wish to see on the > Board. You have the option to vote for up to three candidates. > > [ANS thanks Clayton, W5PFG for the above information and wishes him > success on his trip] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Satellite Shorts > > + Stations in the USA mid-west and Canada will have the opportunity > to hear the ISS on 145.800 MHz for a school contact with the Pearl > Technology STEM Academy, Peoria Heights, IL. This will be a direct > contact between NA1SS and W9DWJ. The scheduled astronaut is Serena > Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT. The contact is planned for: Mon 2018-07-02 > at 15:35:42 UTC. (via ARISS) > > + AMSAT has discovered a pagination problem from printer error in the > May/June issue of the AMSAT Journal. Please take a look at the issue > you > just received and, if you see any missing or duplicate pages, let > Martha > know ASAP at the AMSAT office at martha(a)amsat.org. > > + Congrats to Sean Kutzko, KX9X, on winning the June QST Cover > Plaque for his article "Get on the Satellites for ARRL Field > Day." > > The article has been reprinted on the AMSAT website with the > ARRL's permission. Although Field Day is over for an another > Year Sean's article gives good operating tips for every pass. > Check it out! > https://www.amsat.org/get-on-the-satellites-for-field-day/ > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > /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, > Chris Bradley, AA0CB > aa0cb at amsat dot org > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2018 21:03:21 -0400 > From: Richard Lawn <rjlawn(a)gmail.com> > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] Portable operation from FN-21 > Message-ID: > <CADQmrTGEKaH=XHE4OqqfV4hpo6RWV== > DqP95bGFGNiTo9rYnpA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Thanks again to those who helped me to sort out my 5400B rotor issues. > Today I got the station up and running from Lakeville, Pa, FN21. I?ve > already made a number of contacts that verified everything is finally > working as it should. I?m using computer control of a single Arrow antenna > with a 9100. I hope to work as many of the 13 colonies as possible. > 73 and happy 4th > Rick, W2JAZ > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2018 23:41:37 -0500 > From: <tjschuessler(a)verizon.net> > To: "'AMSAT BB'" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Help for "Moon Day" > Message-ID: <00a701d411be$f86e65b0$e94b3110$(a)verizon.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I am looking to recruit additional volunteers from the AMSAT community in > North Texas, Central Texas or elsewhere, to help promote "Amateur Radio in > Space" to a large public STEM event. "Moon Day" at the Frontiers of Flight > Museum at Love Field in Dallas Texas on July 21, 2018 is the largest space > themed STEM event in Texas. Last year saw 1500 people attend the 6 hour > event. https://www.flightmuseum.com/moon-day/ > > Again this year, I am heading an exhibit and satellite demos for AMSAT. We > have a table inside the Museum, (Alongside the Dallas Amateur Radio Club > Table), and a demonstration area outside. I will be setting up the outside > activities and hope to work as many satellite passes as possible during the > 10A-4P run of the show. > > I am looking for AMSAT people to both help with the inside table and also > with the outside demonstrations. Joe Spier has promised me that he will > send me the FOX "Engineering Model" but I am looking for additional > demonstration aids to illustrate satellite orbits and other aspects of > space > communications like various types of antennas. > > Being a STEM event, there will be many young people in attendance, (General > public as well as Boy and Girl Scouts), and they get a chance to earn a > STEM > patch by answering questions from exhibitors like US. Each year I do this, > I am also surprised by ho many Hams I talk to at the event who are either > inactive or have never experienced Amateur Satellites. > > We really need people and content for Moon Day so please consider spending > Saturday, July 21 with us. Contact me off list for more information. > N5hyp(a)arrl.net > > Oh by the way, next year, 2019, is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 > moon landing. The Moon Day event is planning a big splash then and it > would > be really interesting to see a portable EME station as part of the mix. > That would generate a lot of interest I would suspect. My looking at moon > phase predictions for next year showed that I think they would be > favorable. > Keep that in the back of your mind and I will bring it up next year. > > Hope to see you at Moon Day, 2018. > > > Tom Schuessler, N5HYP > EM12ms > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2018 23:55:49 -0500 > From: <tjschuessler(a)verizon.net> > To: "'AMSAT BB'" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-7 orbit count. > Message-ID: <00bb01d411c0$f2a2b710$d7e82530$(a)verizon.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Now I see looking at SatPC32 that it shows AO-7 in the 99,625 range in > orbit > count. If memory serves me right though, doesn't the TLE orbit count roll > over at 99,999 (Just like a car odometer), so that would mean that we would > be coming up to the 200,000th rev is that right? If I am right, then this > will be coming up in less than a month. Does anybody know exactly when > that > will be? I am doing a presentation for a local club and would like to > throw > out that fact if I could. Also the day of that event would be good AO-7 > operating day I would think. > > 73 > > Tom Schuessler, N5HYP > EM12ms > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2018 02:47:28 -0500 > From: "Alan" <wa4sca(a)gmail.com> > To: <tjschuessler(a)verizon.net>, "'AMSAT BB'" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-7 orbit count. > Message-ID: <000401d411d8$eda9bfc0$c8fd3f40$(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Tom, > > According to the Keps, AO-7 makes 12.54 orbits per day. It will hit 99999 > on the 30th or so. You can use the Preview function to find out exactly > when. > > 73, > > Alan > WA4SCA > > > <-----Original Message----- > <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > <tjschuessler(a)verizon.net > <Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2018 23:56 PM > <To: 'AMSAT BB' <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > <Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-7 orbit count. > < > <Now I see looking at SatPC32 that it shows AO-7 in the 99,625 range in > orbit > <count. If memory serves me right though, doesn't the TLE orbit count roll > <over at 99,999 (Just like a car odometer), so that would mean that we > would > <be coming up to the 200,000th rev is that right? If I am right, then this > <will be coming up in less than a month. Does anybody know exactly when > that > <will be? I am doing a presentation for a local club and would like to > throw > <out that fact if I could. Also the day of that event would be good AO-7 > <operating day I would think. > < > <73 > < > <Tom Schuessler, N5HYP > <EM12ms > < > < > < > <_______________________________________________ > <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: 6 > Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2018 09:03:23 -0500 > From: Tom Schuessler <tjschuessler(a)verizon.net> > To: APBIDDLE(a)MAILAPS.ORG > Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-7 orbit count. > Message-ID: <DC1E95AB-36C8-472B-9AE3-C1A92C57659B(a)verizon.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > 12.5?365?45 equals 205,312..5. Based on that you think it had Brolley a > diameter the second time already but it might have been hiring slower when > originally launched. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 2, 2018, at 02:47, Alan <wa4sca(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Tom, > > > > According to the Keps, AO-7 makes 12.54 orbits per day. It will hit > 99999 > > on the 30th or so. You can use the Preview function to find out exactly > > when. > > > > 73, > > > > Alan > > WA4SCA > > > > > > <-----Original Message----- > > <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > > <tjschuessler(a)verizon.net > > <Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2018 23:56 PM > > <To: 'AMSAT BB' <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > > <Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-7 orbit count. > > < > > <Now I see looking at SatPC32 that it shows AO-7 in the 99,625 range in > > orbit > > <count. If memory serves me right though, doesn't the TLE orbit count > roll > > <over at 99,999 (Just like a car odometer), so that would mean that we > would > > <be coming up to the 200,000th rev is that right? If I am right, then > this > > <will be coming up in less than a month. Does anybody know exactly when > > that > > <will be? I am doing a presentation for a local club and would like to > > throw > > <out that fact if I could. Also the day of that event would be good AO-7 > > <operating day I would think. > > < > > <73 > > < > > <Tom Schuessler, N5HYP > > <EM12ms > > < > > < > > < > > <_______________________________________________ > > <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: 7 > Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2018 10:07:46 -0400 > From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm(a)arrl.net> > To: Tom Schuessler <tjschuessler(a)verizon.net> > Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org>, Alan Biddle <APBIDDLE(a)mailaps.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-7 orbit count. > Message-ID: > < > CABzOSOr5XPbfxr-zACZ0gBuZ4OqMGtwi3_1Cu+QK9-Be4u7xFg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Tom, > > AO-7 was launched on November 14, 1974, that's 15,935 days ago. Multiplying > 15,935 by it's current mean motion of 12.53633150 revs/day gets you 199,766 > orbits. The orbit number is currently 99,630, so there is a bit of error > there. The mean motion should have very slightly decreased over the past 43 > years as the minimal atmospheric drag ever so slightly slows it down. > > 73, > > Paul, N8HM > > On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 10:03 AM, Tom Schuessler <tjschuessler(a)verizon.net> > wrote: > > > 12.5?365?45 equals 205,312..5. Based on that you think it had Brolley a > > diameter the second time already but it might have been hiring slower > when > > originally launched. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Jul 2, 2018, at 02:47, Alan <wa4sca(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Tom, > > > > > > According to the Keps, AO-7 makes 12.54 orbits per day. It will hit > > 99999 > > > on the 30th or so. You can use the Preview function to find out > exactly > > > when. > > > > > > 73, > > > > > > Alan > > > WA4SCA > > > > > > > > > <-----Original Message----- > > > <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > > > <tjschuessler(a)verizon.net > > > <Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2018 23:56 PM > > > <To: 'AMSAT BB' <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > > > <Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-7 orbit count. > > > < > > > <Now I see looking at SatPC32 that it shows AO-7 in the 99,625 range in > > > orbit > > > <count. If memory serves me right though, doesn't the TLE orbit count > > roll > > > <over at 99,999 (Just like a car odometer), so that would mean that we > > would > > > <be coming up to the 200,000th rev is that right? If I am right, then > > this > > > <will be coming up in less than a month. Does anybody know exactly > when > > > that > > > <will be? I am doing a presentation for a local club and would like to > > > throw > > > <out that fact if I could. Also the day of that event would be good > AO-7 > > > <operating day I would think. > > > < > > > <73 > > > < > > > <Tom Schuessler, N5HYP > > > <EM12ms > > > < > > > < > > > < > > > <_______________________________________________ > > > <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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2018 09:21:38 -0500 > From: "Alan" <wa4sca(a)gmail.com> > To: "'Tom Schuessler'" <tjschuessler(a)verizon.net>, > <APBIDDLE(a)MAILAPS.ORG> > Cc: 'AMSAT BB' <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-7 orbit count. > Message-ID: <000201d4120f$fdeb1b40$f9c151c0$(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Tom, > > It has in fact turned over once already. > > 73, > > Alan > WA4SCA > > Sent from my Waring blender. > > > <-----Original Message----- > <From: Tom Schuessler [mailto:[email protected]] > <Sent: Monday, July 02, 2018 09:03 AM > <To: APBIDDLE(a)MAILAPS.ORG > <Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > <Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-7 orbit count. > < > <12.5?365?45 equals 205,312..5. Based on that you think it had Brolley a > <diameter the second time already but it might have been hiring slower when > <originally launched. > < > <Sent from my iPhone > < > <> On Jul 2, 2018, at 02:47, Alan <wa4sca(a)gmail.com> wrote: > <> > <> Tom, > <> > <> According to the Keps, AO-7 makes 12.54 orbits per day. It will hit > 99999 > <> on the 30th or so. You can use the Preview function to find out exactly > <> when. > <> > <> 73, > <> > <> Alan > <> WA4SCA > <> > <> > <> <-----Original Message----- > <> <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > <> <tjschuessler(a)verizon.net > <> <Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2018 23:56 PM > <> <To: 'AMSAT BB' <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > <> <Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-7 orbit count. > <> < > <> <Now I see looking at SatPC32 that it shows AO-7 in the 99,625 range in > <> orbit > <> <count. If memory serves me right though, doesn't the TLE orbit count > roll > <> <over at 99,999 (Just like a car odometer), so that would mean that we > <would > <> <be coming up to the 200,000th rev is that right? If I am right, then > this > <> <will be coming up in less than a month. Does anybody know exactly when > <> that > <> <will be? I am doing a presentation for a local club and would like to > <> throw > <> <out that fact if I could. Also the day of that event would be good > AO-7 > <> <operating day I would think. > <> < > <> <73 > <> < > <> <Tom Schuessler, N5HYP > <> <EM12ms > <> < > <> < > <> < > <> <_______________________________________________ > <> <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. > 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! > http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > ------------------------------ > > End of AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 13, Issue 233 > ***************************************** >

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Reminder N8R July 10-14
by aa8ch＠aol.com 07 Jul '18

07 Jul '18

Hi! EN74, EN75, EN76, EN85, EN86: I have updated the N8R QRZ.com page with more information. 73 and I hope to work everyone who needs these grids Chris AA8CH

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View from the space station question
by Mike Hoblinski 07 Jul '18

07 Jul '18

I watching the news about all the 4th of July celebrations planned across the USA and maybe during New Years celebration if the astronauts aboard the space station can see any indication of fireworks. Mike N6IMF

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