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Uplink Calibration in SatPC32
by VA3ASE 24 Apr '20

24 Apr '20

I've been learning to operate my station using SatPC32. I'm finding I need to constantly adjust my uplink calibration in the CAT Tuning menu or I start to lose myself. On the most recent pass of XW-2A it required adjustment of about 150 Hz over the duration. This seems like a lot to me - I know its normal to make fine adjustments at the beginning of a pass but thought I could then leave it. Is this normal or is something amiss? If anything I suspect it is related to keps - I update these manually by going to Satellites and clicking Update Keps. Then selecting the nasa.all file and Download. Have I missed something? Station details: Icom IC-9700 transceiver (firmware 1.21), SatPC32 version 12.8d, Windows 10. Crossed yagis on a G-5500 rotator, K3NG based interface. Thanks in advance and 73, Alex VA3ASE

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Another Effect of Covid 19
by Brad Smith 23 Apr '20

23 Apr '20

< With everybody at home these days every day is like a weekend on the FM satellites. Good luck if you've got an HT and an Arrow. > It has been difficult, but I keep trying and sometimes succeeding. The discouraging thing is the open mics on 91 and 92, which I am beginning to think is a deliberate act by some disgruntled ham that can't get into the bird. What doesn't make sense is that if the station is powerful enough to disrupt, it would be powerful enough to get in. Brad KC9UQR

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AO-92 L band
by Ronald Parsons 23 Apr '20

23 Apr '20

Everything conspired against L-Band for me today (UTC). Family, other commitments, bedtime, . A belated 73 to all the regulars. Ron W5RKN

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AO-92 L band
by 73 Bob W7LRD 22 Apr '20

22 Apr '20

I had AO92 all to myself. I sounded pretty good hihi 73 Bob W7LRD

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-04-22 17:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 22 Apr '20

22 Apr '20

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-04-22 17:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Northern Virginia Schools Group, Woodbridge VA, 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: Thu 2020-04-30 13:35:00 UTC 62 deg A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. ************************************************* Looking for some stay at home activities related to science and for when you are not playing on your radio? Check out these links: >From ARISS Vice Chair Oliver Amend DG6BCE: ESA Astronauts to offer inspiration during isolation in #SpaceConnectsUs https://www.esa.int/Newsroom/Astronauts_to_offer_inspiration_during_isolati… Celestron, the telescope, microscope, and sports optics folks, now has something called #STEMINYOURBACKYARD that you can find on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter. By the way, I don't work for Celestron or have any business dealings with them and this is just something I saw. Apparently there are 10 free STEM activities covering Astronomy, Nature and Wildlife, and The Microscopic World. Check out: https://www.celestron.com/blogs/news/discover-stem-in-your-backyard NASA has a STEM page with fun activities to do at home. Check out https://www.nasa.gov/stem ************************************************* 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: Salem-South Lyon District Library, South Lyon, MI, telebridge via TBD (***) Cancelled: YOTA Region 2 Camp, Voice of America (VOA) Museum, West Chester, OH, telebridge via TBD or direct via W8Y (***) 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 2020-04-22 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 2020-03-21 00:00 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 1387. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1320. 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 Welcome aboard! Chris Cassidy KF5KDR Anatoli Ivanishin Ivan Vagner **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Amsat Journal, Digital-only?
by Ronald Parsons 22 Apr '20

22 Apr '20

I was very pleased when ARRL made electronic copies of QST available along with downloadable copies of past issues. I could finally dispose of those magazine boxes stores on the top closet shelf. Doing something similar for The AMSAT Journal would be great. It even would allow color to be used in the articles. I seldom need hard copies of many articles, so printing has not been a problem. PDF would be my format preference. We would get the Journal earlier and wouldn't have to store the old issues. I assume AMSAT would make available an online availability of past issues. Ron W5RKN

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Re: [amsat-bb] Another effect of COVID-19
by Roy Dean 22 Apr '20

22 Apr '20

> > With everybody at home these days every day is like a weekend on the FM > satellites. Good luck if you've got an HT and an Arrow. > Steve AI9IN I've been having surprisingly good luck on SO-50 during the day. --Roy K3RLD

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Another effect of COVID-19
by Steve Kristoff 21 Apr '20

21 Apr '20

With everybody at home these days every day is like a weekend on the FM satellites. Good luck if you've got an HT and an Arrow. Steve AI9IN

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Tt
by PY5LF 21 Apr '20

21 Apr '20

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Missing AMSAT Journal
by Kent R Frazier 21 Apr '20

21 Apr '20

I seem to be missing my AMSAT Journal Volume 24, Number 6 (November/December 2019). I checked the web site and I didn't any back issues. If not a copyright violation, would anyone be willing to scan the article "For Beginners Amateur Radio Satellite Primer II" and email it to me? Thanks, Kent -- Kent R Frazier Amateur Radio License K5KNT AMSAT Life Member #2380, ARRL Member Alt. email: k5knt(a)amsat.org or k5knt(a)arrl.net

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