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Fwd: [CubeSat] Naval Academy Job Posting
by Robert Bruninga 02 Jul '20

02 Jul '20

Anybody want my Cubesat / Engineers job at the Academy? Bob, WB4APR ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <kang(a)usna.edu> Subject: [CubeSat] Naval Academy Job Posting The U.S. Naval Academy’s Small Satellite Lab is looking for a General Engineer in GS-13 pay grade. More details can be found at: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/572230600 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.usajobs.gov_GetJob…> Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1. Plan, design, monitor, and/or evaluate operations dealing with a Satellite Ground Station; 2. Perform and/or lead maintenance or installation efforts involving modifications to the Satellite Ground Station, the Global Positioning Satellite receiver, and/or other satellite dish and receivers for an installation, including the design and/or repair of component level electronics; 3. Solve engineering problems involving academic support including applying new technologies to problems not resolvable through conventional methods; 4. Investigate and/or identify additional areas of potential application of satellite technology on the academic curriculum to optimize the use of satellite technology; and 5. Prepare estimates of costs, time and labor for proposed station improvements. _______________________________________________ CubeSat mailing list

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VUCC Awards-Endorsements for July 2020
by Ronald Parsons 01 Jul '20

01 Jul '20

Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period June 1, 2020 through July 1, 2020. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! CALL June July N0JE 637 652 WD9EWK (DM43) 600 612 NS3L 551 575 KI7UNJ 510 527 AD0HJ 425 450 KE8FZT 400 428 AA4QE 305 408 K5IX 375 402 ND0C 346 377 KC9UQR 275 301 WA9JBQ 275 300 N4YHC 250 270 W4DTA 261 263 KA9P 212 259 KS1G 170 233 KE0WPA 200 229 VU2LBW 114 200 N3CAL 100 160 K7TEJ 102 126 N7ZO New 116 AC9O New 108 DJ3GZ New 108 WD9EWK (DM45) 100 106 K3HPA New 102 WA9WUD New 102 KI5HHK New 101 N8URE New 101 KD9NGV New 100 KP4RV New 100 W8LR 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 the two months. It's a visual comparison so omissions are possible. Apologies if your call was not mentioned. Thanks to all those who are roving to grids that are rarely on the birds. They are doing most of the work! Ron W5RKN

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Field Day submissions
by Bruce 30 Jun '20

30 Jun '20

There will be a slight delay in both processing submissions and replying to email submissions. My computer SSD drive died during the night. Everything is backed up to NAS hourly and should not have lost anything. Will try the cloned drive first and then restore the latest files. Of course with an 8-10 year old PC this is a wonderful opportunity to upgrade to a newer PC. I do not like responding I received your submission from my phone because if there is an issue loading it on the PC then you will not be included. I always make sure it is on the PC first. 73...bruce Sent from my iPhone

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San Diego Microwave Group - Let's talk about microwave digital broadband on ISS
by Michelle Thompson 30 Jun '20

30 Jun '20

Here's an invite to the San Diego Microwave Group zoom meeting to be held this upcoming Monday evening (US Pacific 7pm). I will talk about putting ORI work (payload) on ISS at the meeting to get advice and feedback. This affects ground stations and testing for the payload equipment. This work directly benefits all AMSAT organizations. Being on the ISS was raised as a possibility this past week from the ARISS/AREx hardware summit meetings. The San Diego Microwave Group meeting is a regular technical roundtable on amateur microwave activities, questions, operations, and experiments. You don't have to make a presentation to be part of the call. If you want to be on the SDMG email reflector, send me an email at w5nyv(a)arrl.net and I will make sure it happens. Please forward to anyone you think would be interested. -Michelle W5NYV Topic: San Diego Microwave Group Time: Jun 29, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81927112936?pwd=UzROZ3MrQnFnTTdFVHgrNjlqaTZ1dz09 Meeting ID: 819 2711 2936 Password: 487697 One tap mobile +16699006833,,81927112936#,,,,0#,,487697# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,81927112936#,,,,0#,,487697# US (Tacoma) Dial by your location +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) Meeting ID: 819 2711 2936 Password: 487697 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcZzwZUYc5 -Michelle W5NYV "Potestatem obscuri lateris nescis."

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AO-27
by Brian Wilkins 29 Jun '20

29 Jun '20

I may have missed a notice. AO-27 has not been heard. Did FD do it in or just taking a break? -- Brian Wilkins KO4AQF

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FUNcube Warehouse problem
by David Johnson 29 Jun '20

29 Jun '20

Hi, A DNS change has occurred that is pointing data.amsat-uk.org to another machine. http://warehouse.funcube.org.uk is an alias and is working fine. I am trying to find out who did it and change it back. 73 Dave, G4DPZ

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-06-29 15:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 29 Jun '20

29 Jun '20

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-06-29 15:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Don Bosco Haacht Technisch en Beroepsonderwijs, Haacht, Belgium, Multi-point telebridge via AB1OC (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Chris Cassidy KF5KDR Contact is go for: Fri 2020-07-10 10:49:51 UTC 27 deg (***) ######################################################################################################################################## 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 additional schools Cancelled: No additional 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 2020-06-29 15:30 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 2020-06-16 16:00 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 133 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 1390. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1323. 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 SpaceX-Demo2 now on orbit Bob Behnken KE5GGX Doug Hurley **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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AMSAT opportunity?
by Bob Hammond 29 Jun '20

29 Jun '20

https://thespaceperspective.com/for-immediate-release/fly_to_edge_of_space/ Bob W7OTJ

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VEGA V116 new attempt early 29/06/20
by christophe.mcr 28 Jun '20

28 Jun '20

Dear A new attempt on June 29th. The TLEs that can be used for Amicalsat are : 1 74001U 14999A 20181.14829195 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 08 2 74001 97.4083 254.9750 0002456 34.4284 347.2671 15.09685390 05 see http://amicalsat.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/pages/contribute 73 Christophe Mercier AMSAT-F Chairman

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Satellites on N1MM?
by MrToby 28 Jun '20

28 Jun '20

I edited the cabillo file with my SAT QSOs. Used the transmit frequency as the log frequency. Marshall, AA0FO

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