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Sat Antenna Starter Pack
by Juan Vasquez 16 Jul '24

16 Jul '24

Hi I just purchased the AMSAT antenna starter pack and have a Yaesu 5500 rotator, Icom 9700, and a SAT tracker I'm wondering what else would be good to get? Tuners, chokes, balun's, etc. Any advice on what a good kit would be Juan

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2024-07-15 17:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 15 Jul '24

15 Jul '24

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2024-07-15 17:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Hokusetsu District Osaka Council Scout Association of Japan, Toyonaka, Japan, direct via JJ3YDM The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Mike Barratt KD5MIJ The ARISS mentor is 7M3TJZ Contact is go for: Thu 2024-07-18 08:23:52 UTC 49 deg Aznakaevsky district schools of the Republic of Tatarstan, Tatarstan Russia, direct via TBD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS (***) The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Aleksandr Grebyonkin RZ3DSE (***) The ARISS mentor is RV3DR (***) Contact is go for Sat 2024-07-27 13:45 UTC (***) Arizona Science Center, Phoenix, AZ, telebridge via AB1OC (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Matthew Dominick KCØTOR (***) The ARISS mentor is K4RGK Contact is go: Sat 2024-07-27 18:24:08 UTC 41 deg (***) The crossband repeater continues to be active. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never 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 2024-07-15 17:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2024-07-11 16:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ####################################################################################################################################### Comments on making general contacts I have been seeing a lot of traffic on Facebook and I suspect on other social media sites with people asking why they are not hearing the crew make general contacts. First off the crew is very busy on the ISS and they simply may not have the time to just pick up the microphone and talk. Also, one needs to be aware of their normal daily schedule. I have listed below the constraints that we at ARISS have to follow in order to schedule the school contacts. Hopefully this will help you better schedule your opportunities. Typical daily schedule Wakeup to Workday start= 1.5 hours Workday start to Workday end=12 hours Workday end to Sleep= 2 hours Sleep to wakeup= 8.5 hours The crew's usual waking period is 07:30 – 19:30 UTC. The most common times to find a crew member making casual periods are about one hour after waking up and about an hour before sleeping, when they have personal time. They're usually free most of the weekend, as well. SSTV events are not that often. So please check out https://www.ariss.org/ for the latest information or watch for the ARISS announcements. And don’t forget that the packet system is sometimes active. Check the status at https://www.ariss.org/ or http://www.issfanclub.eu to see if the packet system is active or not. As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens July 8, 2024 for contacts to be scheduled for January 1, 2025 – June 30, 2025. This proposal window is due to ARISS by September 6, 2024 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time (Sept. 7, 2024, 06:59 UTC). (***) Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on July 22, 2024, at 7 PM ET (23:00 UTC). The Zoom link to sign up is: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErf-ihrDktG9OphYxAjfz7nbONV0YcwY… (***) Find more information and proposal instructions, visit the ARISS-USA website at: https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/ Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system is back on board but awaiting re-installation. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 239 Francesco IKØWGF with 154 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 151 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 119 Steve VE3TBD with 106 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1735. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1640. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 70 on orbit Oleg Kononenko Nikolay Chub Exp. 71 on orbit Tracy E. Caldwell Dyson SpaceX Crew-8 on orbit Matthew Dominick KCØTOR Mike Barratt KD5MIJ Jeanette Epps KF5QNU Aleksandr Grebyonkin RZ3DSE **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Re: How do you decode the numerical data from GRBBETA ?
by ji1izr/Masahiro Sanada 15 Jul '24

15 Jul '24

Hello, DE ji1izr/Masahiro. You can find the information about GRBBeta from here: https://grbbeta.tuke.sk/index.php/en/home/ Please check the part in the bottom of the page, like: Example of decoded AX.25 TRX beacon packets Data in AX.25 TRX beacon packet values are comma-separated. 1:Fm HA2GRB To CQ [10:44:13R] [AA] [+++++++] U,600,1291714,85,0,2723,2766,2650,0,,187,263,95,145 Explanation: 1.Beacon identification [U ? UHF, V ? VHF] ...(Continued) ********************************** Masahiro Sanada JI1IZR PM95pi Hiratsuka-city Kanagawa,Japan ji1izr_1975(a)nifty.com ji1izr(a)jarl.com ji1izr(a)jamsat.or.jp blog in English: https://ji1izr.cocolog-nifty.com/ blog in Japanese: https://ji1izr.air-nifty.com/ **********************************

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Re: How do you decode the numerical data from GRBBETA ?
by Tomáš Urbanec 15 Jul '24

15 Jul '24

Hi Douglas, those are tlm frames from UHF radio, radios are the same as BDSAT, BDSAT2, Planetum and Veronica, so you can search for their webpages for frames description. For example here: https://bdsat.cz/for-radio-amateurs.html In short time, I hope that Grafana at Satnogs would be constructed, so you will see results of your received frames graphically. 73! de Tomas OK2PNQ, BDSat-2 operator Dne 15.07.2024 v 5:21 Douglas Quagliana via AMSAT-BB napsal(a): > Friends, > Does anyone know how to decode the numerical data from GRBBETA? > What do the numbers in the "CQ" frames mean? > > For example, from Satnogs observation 9832130, when I demodulate the > recording myself, it has a greetings message and this "CQ" frame (best > viewed in "Fixed width" font for the columns to line up): > > 0: 86A24040 40406090 82648EA4 846103F0 CQ 0HA2GRB0.x > ..@@@@`..d...a.. > 10: 552C3139 33393533 2C323135 3732392C *............... > U,193953,215729, > 20: 322C302C 31323938 2C313239 362C3132 ................ > 2,0,1298,1296,12 > 30: 31322C30 2C2C3433 382C3939 31372C36 ................ > 12,0,,438,9917,6 > 40: 382C3000 .... 8,0. > > and observation 9864428 when I demodulate it on my computer has these > frames: > > 0: 86A24040 40406090 82648EA4 846103F0 CQ 0HA2GRB0.x > ..@@@@`..d...a.. > 10: 552C3432 30383336 2C343432 3631322C *............... > U,420836,442612, > 20: 322C302C 31363636 2C313636 392C3135 ................ > 2,0,1666,1669,15 > 30: 36322C30 2C2C3136 31332C32 37323336 ................ > 62,0,,1613,27236 > 40: 2C36362C 31303900 ........ ,66,109. > > 0: 86A24040 40406090 82648EA4 846103F0 CQ 0HA2GRB0.x > ..@@@@`..d...a.. > 10: 552C3432 30393236 2C343432 3730322C *............... > U,420926,442702, > 20: 322C302C 31363737 2C313733 352C3137 ................ > 2,0,1677,1735,17 > 30: 31322C30 2C2C3136 31332C32 37323634 ................ > 12,0,,1613,27264 > 40: 2C36342C 31303900 ........ ,64,109. > > 0: 86A24040 40406090 82648EA4 846103F0 CQ 0HA2GRB0.x > ..@@@@`..d...a.. > 10: 552C3432 31313036 2C343432 3838322C *............... > U,421106,442882, > 20: 322C302C 31373639 2C313735 372C3136 ................ > 2,0,1769,1757,16 > 30: 38372C30 2C2C3136 31332C32 37333034 ................ > 87,0,,1613,27304 > 40: 2C36372C 31303900 ........ ,67,109. > > 0: 86A24040 40406090 82648EA4 846103F0 CQ 0HA2GRB0.x > ..@@@@`..d...a.. > 10: 552C3432 31313936 2C343432 3937322C *............... > U,421196,442972, > 20: 322C302C 31383733 2C313937 362C3231 ................ > 2,0,1873,1976,21 > 30: 36382C30 2C2C3136 31332C32 37333734 ................ > 68,0,,1613,27374 > 40: 2C36392C 31303900 ........ ,69,109. > > What do the numbers mean? > > 73, > Douglas KA2UPW/5 > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available athttps://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences athttps://mailman.amsat.org

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How do you decode the numerical data from GRBBETA ?
by Douglas Quagliana 15 Jul '24

15 Jul '24

Friends, Does anyone know how to decode the numerical data from GRBBETA? What do the numbers in the "CQ" frames mean? For example, from Satnogs observation 9832130, when I demodulate the recording myself, it has a greetings message and this "CQ" frame (best viewed in "Fixed width" font for the columns to line up): 0: 86A24040 40406090 82648EA4 846103F0 CQ 0HA2GRB0.x ..@@@@`..d...a.. 10: 552C3139 33393533 2C323135 3732392C *............... U,193953,215729, 20: 322C302C 31323938 2C313239 362C3132 ................ 2,0,1298,1296,12 30: 31322C30 2C2C3433 382C3939 31372C36 ................ 12,0,,438,9917,6 40: 382C3000 .... 8,0. and observation 9864428 when I demodulate it on my computer has these frames: 0: 86A24040 40406090 82648EA4 846103F0 CQ 0HA2GRB0.x ..@@@@`..d...a.. 10: 552C3432 30383336 2C343432 3631322C *............... U,420836,442612, 20: 322C302C 31363636 2C313636 392C3135 ................ 2,0,1666,1669,15 30: 36322C30 2C2C3136 31332C32 37323336 ................ 62,0,,1613,27236 40: 2C36362C 31303900 ........ ,66,109. 0: 86A24040 40406090 82648EA4 846103F0 CQ 0HA2GRB0.x ..@@@@`..d...a.. 10: 552C3432 30393236 2C343432 3730322C *............... U,420926,442702, 20: 322C302C 31363737 2C313733 352C3137 ................ 2,0,1677,1735,17 30: 31322C30 2C2C3136 31332C32 37323634 ................ 12,0,,1613,27264 40: 2C36342C 31303900 ........ ,64,109. 0: 86A24040 40406090 82648EA4 846103F0 CQ 0HA2GRB0.x ..@@@@`..d...a.. 10: 552C3432 31313036 2C343432 3838322C *............... U,421106,442882, 20: 322C302C 31373639 2C313735 372C3136 ................ 2,0,1769,1757,16 30: 38372C30 2C2C3136 31332C32 37333034 ................ 87,0,,1613,27304 40: 2C36372C 31303900 ........ ,67,109. 0: 86A24040 40406090 82648EA4 846103F0 CQ 0HA2GRB0.x ..@@@@`..d...a.. 10: 552C3432 31313936 2C343432 3937322C *............... U,421196,442972, 20: 322C302C 31383733 2C313937 362C3231 ................ 2,0,1873,1976,21 30: 36382C30 2C2C3136 31332C32 37333734 ................ 68,0,,1613,27374 40: 2C36392C 31303900 ........ ,69,109. What do the numbers mean? 73, Douglas KA2UPW/5

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GRBBETA Satellite GMSK 9K6 + FEC
by Pedro Converso 14 Jul '24

14 Jul '24

Launched by Ariane-6 already in orbit and active. Passes/frec: http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=grbbeta Thanks Hungary for this amateur satellite ! 73, lu7abf, Pedro

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Welcome Robusta-3A Pacsat protocol satellite !
by Pedro Converso 14 Jul '24

14 Jul '24

Launched by Ariane-6 this and week already in orbit. By now only telemetry, PACSAT protocol is inactive. Passes & frec: http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=robu3 https://csum.umontpellier.fr/en/nanosatellites-projects-our-3u-projects/ Thanks France ! for this amateur satellite ! 73, lu7abf, Pedro

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ANS-196 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Frank Karnauskas (N1UW) 14 Jul '24

14 Jul '24

In this edition: * 2024 AMSAT Board of Directors Election * Field Day Submissions Now Due * Grace Papay, K8LG Named 2024 WA6ITF Memorial Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year * AMSAT TLE Dissemination Updates * Updating Keps in SatPC32 - An Update from DK1TB * NASA Discovers Strange Spectral Formations Cover LEO Orbits * Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for July 12, 2024 * ARISS News * Upcoming Satellite Operations * AMSAT Ambassador Events * Satellite Shorts From All Over The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at] amsat [dot] org. You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/ ANS-196 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins To: All RADIO AMATEURS From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation 712 H Street NE, Suite 1653 Washington, DC 20002 DATE 2024 JUL 14 2024 AMSAT Board of Directors Election The nomination period for the 2024 AMSAT Board of Directors Election ended on June 15th. The following candidates have been duly nominated: * Mark Hammond, N8MH * Frank Karnauskas, N1UW * Bruce Paige, KK5DO * Paul Stoetzer, N8HM * Douglas Tabor, N6UA As three seats on the Board of Directors are up for election this year, the three candidates receiving the largest number of votes shall be declared elected to the seats. The two candidates receiving the next largest number of votes shall be declared First Alternate and Second Alternate, respectively. The voting process will be conducted via AMSAT's Wild Apricot membership system and will commence on July 15th. Instructions for voting will be emailed to all members in good standing as of July 1st by July 15th. The voting period shall conclude on September 15th and results will be announced not later than September 30th. [ANS thanks Jeff Davis, KE9V, AMSAT Secretary for the above information.] ________________________________ Field Day Submissions Now Due Field Day is behind us and it is time to tally your contacts and submit the for AMSAT Field Day. The Satellite Summary Sheet should be used for submission of the AMSAT Field Day competition and be received by Bruce Paige, KK5DO (e-mail) by 11:59 P.M. CDT, Monday, July 23, 2024. This year, Bruce is using the same due date as the ARRL. The only method for submitting your log is via e-mail to kk5do(a)amsat.org<mailto:[email protected]> or kk5do(a)arrl.net<mailto:[email protected]>. Bruce reports that he has not had a mail-in entry in a very long time. If you need to download a summary sheet, it can be found at https://www.amsat.org/field-day/ or directly from his website https://www.amsatnet.com/2024fd.docx. [ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and Awards, for the above information] ________________________________ The 2024 AMSAT President’s Club coins are here now! Help Support GOLF and Fox Plus [cid:[email protected]] Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/ ________________________________ Grace Papay, K8LG Named 2024 WA6ITF Memorial Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year Grace Papay, K8LG, of Holland, Michigan, has been selected as the 2024 Bill Pasternak WA6ITF Memorial Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year. Grace, 18, is the daughter of Doug Papay, K8DP, and Carrie Papay K8CLP. Grace earned her Technician license in March 2021 and within a year achieved her Extra Class license, passing the test in March 2022. She is a recent honors graduate of Holland Christian High School in her hometown, where she earned a varsity letter in the Unified Sports program. Grace credited her father and her grandfather, John Papay, K8YSE, a well-known operator in the ham radio satellite community, for drawing her into the hobby. “I got involved in amateur radio satellites,” Grace recalls. “I got on the air. And now it has turned into something from honoring my grandfather to a hobby I’m on every day and I love.” With support from her grandfather and father, she earned the DX Century Club certificate for contacts exclusively using satellites. Grace attended Youth on the Air camps in Cincinnati in 2022 and Ottawa in 2023, where she says she was exposed to a variety of other amateur radio activities including balloon launches, slow-scan television and radio contesting. She was part of the K3LR IOTA Dave Kalter Memorial Youth DX Adventure in 2023 and was a team member for the J62K St. Lucia DX contest operation in 2024. Grace is active on the HF bands and operates in the ARRL and CQ DX SSB and CW contests, ARRL Sweepstakes and CQ WPX, as well as Youth on the Air events. For the past few years, Grace has been a regular presenter at the Youth Forum at Dayton Hamvention. She delivered a presentation on youth in contesting at the Contest University Forum at Dayton this year and assisted at the YOTA and AMSAT booths. She is an active member of the Holland Amateur Radio Club, Grand Rapids Amateur Radio Association, West Chester Amateur Radio Association and the American Radio Relay League. Grace received the Radio Club of America’s Young Achievers Award in 2023. She had an article on the “Next Generation of Contesters” published in the National Contest Journal (Nov/Dec 2023). A story she co-wrote on YOTA Camp 2022 appeared in the August 2022 edition of CQ magazine. Grace will be attending Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio this fall, where she will study electrical engineering. She says amateur radio played a major role in her choice of a major. The YHOTY award will be presented to Grace during a ceremony at the Huntsville Hamfest on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024 at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Amateur Radio Newsline and Yaesu USA are primary sponsors of the award, along with Heil Sound Ltd. and Radiowavz Antenna Company. The Young Ham of the Year Award was inaugurated by William Pasternak, WA6ITF, in 1986. Upon his passing in 2015, Bill’s name was added to the award as a memorial to his commitment to recognizing the accomplishments of young people to the Amateur Radio Service. [ANS thanks Amateur Radio Newsline for the above information.] ________________________________ AMSAT TLE Dissemination Updates AMSAT with help from its partner New England Sci-Tech prepares a bulletin of orbital elements during the first hour of the UTC day, and posts it to https://www.amsat.org/tle/daily-bulletin.txt as well as "bare" elements without the bulletin header and footer at https://www.amsat.org/tle/dailytle.txt. Other files and URLs with "nasa" and "ftp" in the URL are still maintained to support older software, but suggest organizations protocols that are no longer involved in TLE dissemination. Use of older filenames and URLs is deprecated and AMSAT does not promise to maintain them in perpetuity. End users and software developers are encouraged to use the URLs above going forward. The files are available via HTTPS (preferred) as well as unencrypted HTTP for legacy software. [ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager/IT Team for the above information.] ________________________________ Need new satellite antennas? Purchase M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. [cid:[email protected]] When you purchase through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/ ________________________________ Updating Keps in SatPC32 - An Update from DK1TB Erich Eichmann, DK1TB, SatPC32 author offers this update: "The SatPC32 Update Keps feature doesn't work with https links for TLE files. That would require changes of the source code and maybe requires a new Delphi version for me. I will care about that but that will at least take time and at present I don't have much time for the hobby. "But all https websites can be accessed also with http. They are not "secure" sites but that is meaningless with websites that contain Keps. Therefore use http in the aux. file Celestrak.SQF for AMSAT and Celestrak TLE (Two Line Elements) files, as described by Charlie, AJ9N, see below. With that modification the Download Keps function works. "Also, the https links can be accessed with your browser, of course. Enter the links into the address line of the browser. So, you can download the Keps and save them in the SatPC32 data folder 'Kepler' (see path to that folder in the footline of menu 'Satellites'). "By the way - Meanwhile my website supports also SSL. You can access it with https://www.dk1tb.de and https://www.dk1tb-2.de. "Also, SatPC32 supports now, besides TLE files, the new formats for Keps files XML, KVN and CSV. Celestrak publishes the Keps files also in these formats. The SatPC32 UpdateKeps feature works with these files also when downloaded from https sites (I don't know why that is different versus the TLE files). Therefore you can use https in Celestrack SQF with these files such as https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/gp.php?GROUP=amateur&FORMAT=xml." [ANS thanks Erich Eichmann for the above information.] ________________________________ NASA Discovers Strange Spectral Formations Cover LEO Orbits NASA scientists have spotted unusual shapes in the Earth's ionosphere, hundreds of miles above the Earth's surface. [cid:[email protected]] The ionosphere stretches from 50 to 400 miles above the planet and marks the boundary between our planet's atmosphere and outer space. While it houses most satellites orbiting the Earth, it's vulnerable to changes in space weather — electromagnetic radiation emitted by the Sun — that can wreak havoc in the zone and mess with communications equipment. Under some conditions, the layer can become electrically charged. As detected by the Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) imaging instrument, plasma bands stretching across the ionosphere can result in formations of unusual X and C shapes. It's a baffling "alphabet soup," as NASA termed the findings in a news release, that could shed light on how space weather can influence our planet's upper atmosphere and "interfere with radio and GPS signals." Charged particles can create dense bands or "crests" around the Earth's magnetic equator, while low density pockets caused by the setting Sun can result in "low-density pockets" called 'bubbles," according to NASA. Scientists believe that larger disturbances such as solar storms or even massive volcanic eruptions can cause multiple crests to merge and form an "X" shape, as previous GOLD observations have shown. But now, scientists have spotted these same shapes without any such occasion, during what scientists call "quiet time." "Earlier reports of merging were only during geomagnetically disturbed conditions — it is an unexpected feature during geomagnetic quiet conditions," said University of Colorado research associate Fazlul Laskar, who lead-authored a paper on the discovery earlier this year, in a NASA statement. Scientists are now wondering if something else could be causing these X shapes to appear. "The X is odd because it implies that there are far more localized driving factors," said NASA scientist and ionosphere expert Jeffrey Klenzing. "This is expected during the extreme events, but seeing it during ‘quiet time’ suggests that the lower atmosphere activity is significantly driving the ionospheric structure." Apart from X shapes, some bubbles in the ionosphere can also curve into C shapes, which new observations show can appear in close proximity to each other. In short, there's a lot still to learn about our planet's magnetically charged, protective shell. "The fact that we have very different shapes of bubbles this close together tells us that the dynamics of the atmosphere is more complex than we expected," Klenzing added. Read the complete article at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-196-IONOSPHERE. [ANS thanks nasa.gov for the above information.] ________________________________ Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition? [cid:[email protected]] Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff from our Zazzle store! 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear ________________________________ Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for July 12, 2024 Two Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps in the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical model of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs. Weekly updates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. TLE bulletin files are updated daily in the first hour of the UTC day. New bulletin files will be posted immediately after reliable elements become available for new amateur satellites. More information may be found at https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/. This week there are no additions or deletions to the AMSAT TLE distribution. [ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above information.] ________________________________ ARISS NEWS Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide. [ARISS News] Upcoming Contacts Hokusetsu District Osaka Council Scout Association of Japan, Toyonaka, Japan, direct via JJ3YDM. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS. The scheduled crewmember is Mike Barrat,t KD5MIJ. The ARISS mentor is Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ. Contact is go for July 18, 2024 at 08:23:52 UTC. Completed Contacts Houjoudu Elementary School, Imizu, Japan, direct via JA9YQJ. The ISS callsign was OR4ISS. The crewmember was Mike Barratt, KD5MIJ. The ARISS mentor was Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ. Contact was successful on Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 10:48:03 UTC. Youth On the Air 2024, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS, Canada, Telebridge via ZS6JON. The ISS callsign was NA1SS. The crewmember was Jeanette Epps. KF5QNU. The ARISS mentor was Brian Jackson, VE6JBJ. Contact was successful on Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 15:06:38 UTC. The crossband repeater continues to be active (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} & 437.800 MHz down). If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. The packet system is also active (145.825 MHz up & down). As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. 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. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html [ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors for the above information.] ________________________________ Upcoming Satellite Operations No operation listed at this time. A growing number of satellite rovers are currently engaged in sharing their grid square activations on https://hams.at. By visiting the website, you gain easy access to comprehensive information about the operators responsible for activating specific grid squares. Additionally, you have the ability to assess the match score between yourself and a particular rover for a given pass, while also being able to identify the upcoming satellite passes that are accessible from your location. [ANS thanks Ian Parsons, K5ZM, AMSAT Rover Page Manager, and Alex Ners, K6VHF, for the above information.] ________________________________ AMSAT Ambassador Events AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events. [cid:[email protected]] July 13, 2024 Firecracker Hamfest Salisbury, NC N7GZT July 20, 2024 “Moon Day” Frontiers of Flight Museum Love Field in Dallas, Texas AMSAT volunteers needed! Contact tschuessler(at) amsat.org for more information. July 20, 2024 WCARS Hamfest 2024 Waynesville, NC N4HF August 3, 2024 2024 KARS / ARRL Idaho State Convention Post Falls, ID K7SYS August 17-18, 2024 Huntsville Hamfest Huntsville, AL AMSAT Booth and Forum N8DEU August 23-25 2024 Northeast HamXposition and ARRL New England Division Convention Marlborough, MA WD4ASW and W1EME September 7, 2024 Greater Louisville Hamfest Shepherdsville, KY AMSAT Forum and Information Table W4FCL October 5, 2024 North Star Radio Convention Hennepin Technical College (North Campus) Brooklyn Park, MN. AMSAT Forum and Information Table KØJM and ADØHJ October 25-27, 2004 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting Double Tree Rocky Point Waterfront Hotel Tampa Bay, FL November 2-3, 2024 Stone Mountain Hamfest, ARRL State Convention Stone Mountain, GA K4RGK [ANS thanks the Bo Lowrey, W4FCL, Director - AMSAT Ambassador Program for the above information.] ________________________________ Satellite Shorts From All Over * Congratulations are in order for Frank Hoonhout, KJ7DZ, for his impressive accomplishment in earning GridMaster Award #66! This esteemed recognition, initiated by Star Comm Group in 2014 and backed by Damon Runion, WA4HFN, and Rick Tillman, WA4NVM, has now been entrusted to AMSAT for the benefit of the entire amateur satellite community. The GridMaster Award celebrates radio amateurs worldwide who achieve two-way communication via amateur satellite with operators in all 488 Maidenhead grids across the contiguous United States of America. For more details on this distinguished award, visit the AMSAT website at https://www.amsat.org/gridmaster/. Frank, your achievement is truly commendable — well done! [ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director of Contests and Awards for the above information.] * Tom Schuessler is still looking for a few volunteers from the DFW area to assist with the "Moon Day event at the Frontiers of Flight Museum on Saturday, July 20. This is a general public STEAM day with seminars, activities and exhibitors relating to space exploration and astronomy. He will have the CubeSat Simulator, Fox engineering model, explanation of satellite orbits and if available in the time frame, outdoor satellite passes worked. Volunteers get free admission and lunch and a break area. Tom needs to know by probably middle of next week. Drop Tom an email at tschuessler [at] amsat [dot]org. [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.] * Satellite enthusiast David Beumer, WØDHB, became a Silent Key on June 2 after a long battle with a form of Muscular Dystrophy. A ham since his days at Haverford Senior High School in Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1969, he was chief engineer of the high school radio station, WHHS. He furthered his education at Stevens Institute of Technology and graduated in 1973 with his degree in Electrical Engineering. Dave started his career in Boston and later moved to San Diego, Calif., where he met Patty. Married in 1980, they moved to the Bay Area in 1984. From there they moved on to Colorado in 1989 for Dave’s job. Dave was employed by Markrevel, Calma, Daisy, Dazix, and VeryBest during his career. He was active on the linear birds and authored the software, FlexSatPC, which is used by many Flex Radio operators for satellite work. [ANS thanks the Beumer family for the above information.] ________________________________ Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/ In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to: * Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization). * Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. * Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. * Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms. Contact info [at] amsat [dot] org for additional membership information. 73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! This week's ANS Editor, Frank Karnauskas, N1UW f.karnauskas [at] amsat [dot] org

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TEVEL-2
by david.greenberg 13 Jul '24

13 Jul '24

Hello All,TEVEL-2 FM transponder has been activated, starting from today 13.07.24 09:37U for 72 hours.73,David 4X1DGנשלח מה-Galaxy שלי

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TEVEL-6
by david.greenberg 13 Jul '24

13 Jul '24

Hello All,TEVEL-6 FM transponder has been activated, starting from today 13.07.24 09:19U for 72 hours.73,David 4X1DGנשלח מה-Galaxy שלי

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