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ICOM CR-293 HIGH STABILITY CRYSTAL UNIT
by W0JW John 08 Sep '20

08 Sep '20

Hello to the group I am wondering if anyone has a ICOM CR-293 HIGH STABILITY CRYSTAL UNIT in excess of their needs ? If so please drop me a line at W0JW@ARRLNET Thanks John W0JW

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AMSAT BoD Election... Please Vote!
by Jeff Moore 08 Sep '20

08 Sep '20

There can't be anything going on in "board meetings" when they aren't having any! Jeff Moore -- KE7ACY On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 4:01 AM Joseph Armbruster via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > I would like to see regular updates again, in an environment that is free > of legal intimidation and rich of engineering activity, like it use to > be... That's why I voted for: Hammond, Paige, Stoetzer. > > AMSAT should be voting for people who speak well about AMSAT, work for > AMSAT and want it to continue to evolve and grow. I have seen some board > members speak up now and then, but it seems limited now and focused on > answering specific engineering questions. > > I'm not on the board of AMSAT, or involved with the board in any way, but > from all observations i've been able to make from the -bb traffic, it seems > like many on the BOD are being forced to walk on eggshells with their words > and are being stifled due to legal threats. Reference the -bb email > "[Reply to W5PFG's letter of 10 July 2020", and all it's majesty. With an > email like this being sent publically to the -bb, who knows what else has > gone on behind the scenes or in board meetings. Not sure if the email was > sent just-for-show or not (you know how some people can be these days...), > but that's the work of Patrick and Michelle (ref the email), whom appear to > be part of the root cause of the deafening silence we are experiencing from > the board. If you want to do AMSAT a service, sift through the -bb and > vote-away the friends-and-family of ORI. Otherwise, it feels like it will > be the last year, ad-infinitum, minus any engineering activity. > > Joseph Armbruster > KJ4JIO > > >

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ARISS News Release No. 20-15
by David Jordan 08 Sep '20

08 Sep '20

ARISS News Release No. 20-15 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISS Contact Scheduled for Students at College Raymond Sirot, Gueux, France September 8, 2020—AmateurRadio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received scheduleconfirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is the groupthat puts together special amateur radio contacts between students around theglobe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the International Space Station (ISS). This will be a telebridge contact via amateur radio and students will take turnsasking their questions of ISS Commander Chris Cassidy, amateur radio call sign KF5KDR. ARISS telebridge operator Tony Hutchison, call sign VK5ZAI, will relaythe ARISS contact via his ham radio ground station in Pinks Beach, Australia. The ARISS radio contact is scheduled forSeptember 10, 2020 at 10:17 pm CEST (Gueux) (08:17 UTC, 4:17 amEDT, 3:17 am CDT, 2:17 am MDT and 1:17 am PDT). The schoolselected for the telebridge ARISS school contact is College Raymond Sirot orRaymond Sirot Middle School (with about 600 students ages 11 to 15) in thesmall town of Gueux. It is a rural school located in the northeastern area ofFrance, about 100 miles northeast of Paris. The school teachesstudents a wide range of subjects including technology, physics, biology,chemistry, mathematics, and the arts. _____________________________ Astime allows, students will ask these questions: 1. Why did you choosethis job? 2. How long did ittake to get ready for this mission? 3. What were yourfeelings when you left the Earth? 4. What was the firstthing you did when you got on board the ISS? 5. What are the mainobjectives of your mission? 6. What are the goalsof the experiments made in the ISS? 7. How are yousupplied during your mission? 8. How do you getenough water? Do you recycle it? 9. What do you do ifan astronaut gets sick on the ISS? 10. How does it feelto witness 16 sunsets and sunrises in one day and therefore, how do you makethe difference between night and day? 11. What is the mostdifficult task of daily life to achieve in weightlessness? 12. Is it difficultto wash yourself? To go to the toilet? 13. What do you dowhen you have some free time? 14. What is the mostdifficult thing you have to deal with in the ISS? Being far from your family?Fearing a technical problem? Living close to each other? 15. Do you think thathumankind will be able to colonize other planets one day? 16. Since your veryfirst mission, have you noticed any changes on the Earth? 17. What is your bestmemory in space? 18. What is yourworst memory in space? 19. Have you everbeen afraid for your life during a space mission? 20. Have you everobserved strange phenomena from the ISS? ARISS – Celebrating 20 Years of Amateur Radio Continuous Operations onthe ISS About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that support the International Space Station(ISS). In the United States, sponsorsare the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio RelayLeague (ARRL), the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, and NASA’s SpaceCommunications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promoteexploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematicstopics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew membersaboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students,educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org . MediaContact: DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISSPR Likeus on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Search on Amateur Radio on the ISS and@ARISS_status.

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Help with recordings of UPMSAT-2
by Felix Paez EA4GQS 08 Sep '20

08 Sep '20

Dear friends, UPMSAT-2 team would appreciate a lot if some of you could send some recordings of their satellite. They are very interested in recordings made outside Spain. Please be aware that UPMSAT-2 should be received in 437.405 MHz using USB, not FM. Any transmissions can be send to contacto(a)amsat-ea.org Thanks a lot, Felix EA4GQS

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ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Virtual Conference (DCC), September 11 - 12 (THIS WEEK)
by Mark Thompson 08 Sep '20

08 Sep '20

39th Annual ARRL / TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) THIS WEEK - Friday, September 11th & Saturday, 12th DCC will be a virtual conference using Zoom video communications and YouTube video-sharing platforms. DCC information, Technical Papers, Presentation Schedule & Registration Available at: DCC Information DCC Technical Papers DCC Presentation Schedule DCC Registration Registered DCC attendees participating via Zoom will be able to interact with presenters and other attendees via a chat room as well as raise a virtual hand to ask questions. (you don’t need a Zoom account to register). Non-registered DCC attendees can watch the live stream for free on YouTube, however non-registered DCC attendees will not be able to ask questions or chat. No registration is required for YouTube access. The YouTube URL will be announced and posted on this webpage preceding the DCC. DCC registration is free for TAPR members and $30 for non-members. Members receive a 100% discount at checkout. Non-members who would like to join TAPR and receive the free DCC pass can simply add TAPR membership and DCC registration to their shopping carts. After checkout, they will receive the free DCC pass when their membership is processed.

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Request for a couple Fox telemetry files? (to practice decoding)
by Curt Laumann 08 Sep '20

08 Sep '20

Hello, I downloaded and installed the Fox 1 Telemetry tool. A group of us are going to discuss using this tool during our weekly net tonight, and It thought it would be helpful to have a couple of audio files to practice decoding. If you have one or two telemetry audio files that you could send to k7zoo(a)arrl.net it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Curt / K7ZOO

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Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT BoD Election... Please Vote!
by Burns Fisher 08 Sep '20

08 Sep '20

It seems perfectly clear that the root problem with AO-92 is that the batteries are no longer holding a charge as well as they did when new. I am not a battery expert, and unfortunately, we had no battery expert volunteers when the Foxes were being built (although we do now). Fox was designed for AMSAT engineering and ops to learn about cubesats. This is one of the things we learned. All the Foxes are complete--there is nothing we can do about that except work for better results on Golf. Another issue is that AO-92 sometimes stays in safe mode after the voltage rises again as it exits eclipse and requires a command station to start the repeater again. That is not the design. I'll take responsibility for that behavior since I wrote that software. And believe me I *am* analysing it to ensure future birds that I work on don't have that bug (which is subtle to the extent that I have not yet found it, or even been able to reproduce it on the ground). I'd add that these problems are most likely based on volunteer engineers with limited time butting up against fixed launch schedules set by large for-profit corporations with big payrolls. It's hard for me to imagine blaming the board of a volunteer, non-profit corporation for this situation. 73, Burns Fisher, WB1FJ AMSAT Flight Software Volunteer

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Re: [amsat-bb] Request for a couple Fox telemetry files? (to practice decoding)
by Roy Dean 08 Sep '20

08 Sep '20

> > Hello, I downloaded and installed the Fox 1 Telemetry tool. A group of us > are > going to discuss using this tool during our weekly net tonight, and It > thought it would be helpful to have a couple of audio files to practice > decoding. If you have one or two telemetry audio files that you could send > to > k7zoo at arrl.net <https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb> it > would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Curt / K7ZOO Curt, I actually plan on listening in this evening, and have an audio file from a pass yesterday, however it is over 100 mb. Do you have a way of accepting this via something other than email? --Roy K3RLD

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-09-08 12:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 08 Sep '20

08 Sep '20

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-09-08 12:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: College Raymond Sirot, Gueux, France, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Chris Cassidy KF5KDR Contact is go for: Thu 2020-09-10 08:17:01 UTC 57 deg Avellaneda Ikastetxea, Sodupe, Spain, telebridge via ZS6JON (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Chris Cassidy KF5KDR Contact is go for: Fri 2020-09-18 12:56:34 UTC 65 deg (***) There is a new radio on board the ISS. The Kenwood D710GA is now in use. The crossband repeater is now available when the radio is not being used for ARISS school contacts. The frequencies are 145.99 MHz up (67 tone) and 437.800 MHz down. Watch the Doppler on the downlink. ######################################################################################################################################## 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. 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/ Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements here also. 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) 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 2020-09-08 12:30 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 2020-09-02 20:00 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf 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) The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. Message to US Educators ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The Proposal Window of February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 has now closed. 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. Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. 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. ******************************************************************************* 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 has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 138 Sergey RV3DR with 135 Gaston ON4WF with 123 **************************************************************************** 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 1397. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1330. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC 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. 62 now on orbit Chris Cassidy KF5KDR Anatoli Ivanishin Ivan Vagner **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT BoD Election... Please Vote!
by E.Mike McCardel 08 Sep '20

08 Sep '20

Jeff stated “ A few days ago, one of the BoDs and the VP of Engineering stated on that he couldn’t be bothered with the failure of AO-92 and that if anyone wanted to know what happened to it, they could look at the data but he was too busy to do so. ” This is incredibly misleading and distorted. The VP of engineering said no such thing. In fact if you take the time to actually read his statement he offered to share information if someone wanted to dig deeper. He did say that current engineering priorities were “focused on Golf”. This is a far cry from saying he couldn’t be bothered with the failure of AO-92. You can look it up and read it for Yourself. People, please, do your fact checking and don’t be mislead by distortions of the truth. EMike McCardel, AA8EM Past Senior Editor AMSAT News Service Past AMSAT-NA VP Educational Relations Former ARRL, Ohio Section, Affiliated Club Coordinator > On Sep 7, 2020, at 9:01 PM, Jeff Johns via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > A few days ago, one of the BoDs and the VP of Engineering stated on QRZ.com that he couldn’t be bothered with the failure of AO-92 and that if anyone wanted to know what happened to it, they could look at the data but he was too busy to do so.

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