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RaDAR AO-91 Pass Saturday
by Greg Lane 02 Nov '19

02 Nov '19

A contact on this pass appreciated for the RaDAR bonus. I will stand down on SO-50. AO-91 will be visible from Crawfordville, FL on Saturday, November 2 12:55:26 PM Maximum elevation: 40.1°° http://issdetector.com

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Re: [amsat-bb] IC-9700 + 9600 baud packet?
by Mark L. Hammond 02 Nov '19

02 Nov '19

Sadly i don’t think that is a fix. Unless Icom releases a new firmware to fix 9k6 bandwidth on xmit, we’re dead in the water on this one. It’s not just a tap in the rig or a TNC issue. It’s an SDR issue in the radio firmware. If anyone can influence Icom, please do so!!!!! Mark N8MH On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 5:45 AM Gregory Beat via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > Sounds like an opportunity for SYMEK (German company closed 2014), > that offered various high-speed add-on boards for AMSAT satellite > operators. > http://www.symek.com/g/index-g.html > > greg > w9gb > == > Message > Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 16:28:40 -0700 > From: Kevin <wa7fwf(a)gmail.com> > To: Charles Reiche <charlieray(a)gmail.com> > Cc: AMSAT BB <Amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] IC-9700 + 9600 baud packet? > > Charles, > A bunch of us spent a long time trying to get this to work, I tried with > my Kantronics 9612. > Icom was asked many times where the bottleneck is, hardware? firmware? and > they refuse to say one way or the other. > Their only answer has been that "we" (radio amateurs) should have seen > them removing 9600 packet support from the mobile market,so it should have > been no big surprise that they removed it from the 9700. > > 73 Kevin WA7FWF > > > Sent from iPad Air > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-11-01 22:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 01 Nov '19

01 Nov '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-11-01 22:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Private UKEB School, Izmir, Turkey, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Tue 2019-11-05 12:34:49 UTC 67 deg Watch for live stream at: (***) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHI1hqkeATG-6-rLty4k19A Istituto Comprensivo “G.B. Perasso”, Milano, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Montignoso – Scuola secondaria I grado “G.B.Giorgini”, Montignoso, Italy, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2019-11-06 09:27:34 UTC 32 deg 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) 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 2019-11-01 22:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. 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 2019-10-29 19:30 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 (***) Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals Current Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019 Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 (***) The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact for proposals submitted in the proposal window now open would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. ARISS is happy to announce a second proposal window will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit proposals for contacts between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 is November 30, 2019. The proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up is https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.eventbrite.com . The Opportunity Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations' volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio. More Information For 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 136 Francesco IKØWGF with 135 Sergey RV3DR with 127 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 1355. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1294. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. 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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov Drew Morgan KI5AAA Exp. 61 on orbit Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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radio question
by RG 01 Nov '19

01 Nov '19

Hello fellow hams!I am looking into the Kenwood TS 2000,Older version on Ebay and the Yaesu FT 991A.The Kenwood is nice with the satellite features and a built in TNC perhaps for filter selectivity than the FT 991A but have heard some problems with RX sensitivity on the TS-2000.Dont want to spend $1600 on a new one.The Yaesu is nice because it has digital radio but I have DMR so not a big thing though nice.Anyway opinions would be greatly appreciated.My motive is obvious for full duplex for satellite use but would like a good nice base station as I run CW 85% .also and can use my 706 for RX and portable usethanks all73Rich :) marzo7088(a)yahoo.com

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Re: [amsat-bb] radio question
by Roy Dean 01 Nov '19

01 Nov '19

Rich, I do not believe the FT991A is full duplex. --Roy K3RLD > Hello fellow hams!I am looking into the Kenwood TS 2000,Older version on > Ebay and the Yaesu FT 991A.The Kenwood is nice with the satellite features > and a built in TNC perhaps for filter selectivity than the FT 991A but have > heard some problems with RX sensitivity on the TS-2000.Dont want to spend > $1600 on a new one.The Yaesu is nice because it has digital radio but I > have DMR so not a big thing though nice.Anyway opinions would be greatly > appreciated.My motive is obvious for full duplex for satellite use but > would like a good nice base station as I run CW 85% .also and can use my > 706 for RX and portable usethanks all73Rich :)

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VUCC Awards-Endorsements for October 2019
by Ronald G. Parsons 01 Nov '19

01 Nov '19

Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period October 1, 2019 through November 1, 2019. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! Call Sep Oct W5RKN 675 694 N0JE 569 637 K9UO 475 500 W5TD 384 392 AC9E 352 353 HP2VX 300 351 AD0HJ 325 350 K5IX 325 350 W7JSD 309 336 G0IIQ 112 251 ND0C 200 250 WB8TGY New 210 N4DCW New 201 KC9VGG 127 200 NX2X 119 178 KC9UQR 132 172 W0NBC 137 152 VE1VOX New 126 N4QX 120 125 AA0MZ 102 112 WA9JBQ New 104 N9FN New 103 PU8MGB New 102 KI4US New 101 AB4GE New 100 N0RC New 100 S57NML New 100 W2ASC 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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IARU Update on Week 1 of WRC-19
by M5AKA 01 Nov '19

01 Nov '19

Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, November 1, 2019 – Week 1 of the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference saw agreement reached on several issues on which discussions prior to the conference had revealed consensus. Those were the easy ones; the rest will be more difficult. Read the IARU report at https://amsat-uk.org/2019/11/01/early-progress-contention-on-difficult-issu… The FUNcube Yahoo Group has moved to groups.io You can join the new FUNcube group at https://groups.io/g/FUNcubeThe FUNcube Pro+ SDR Dongle group is at https://groups.io/g/FCDProPlus/ Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ----

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Secondary mission ideas
by Andrew Glasbrenner 01 Nov '19

01 Nov '19

I just had a super call with a university program flying a mission using SDRs. We talked about licensing and coordination issues, and discussed ideas for a secondary two-way mission that they want to do. What would you like to see, repeater, transponder, BBS, digital voice, digipeater? Downlink would be on 2m, and would probably be limited to 20-25khz wide. Other ideas? Something new and different? Let's have a civilized discussion about what they could try, as they seem to be an eager and capable bunch. 73, Drew KO4MA

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SetPC32 12.8d setup
by Jim White 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

Noticing the advert in the Journal and seeing a couple of features that looks useful I downloaded and installed it. Questions: It forced me to uninstall the old version before installing 12.8d. Once installed I had to reconfig everything local like station location, rotor and CAT interfaces, display and operational options... Is that correct or did I miss something that would have made this easier? Jim

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AMSAT Seeks Webmaster, Website Content Managers, and Online Store Co-Manager
by Robert Bankston 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

AMSAT is in the process of redesigning its website and is looking to immediately fill key volunteer member additions to its digital communications team. Available positions include a Webmaster, Content Managers, and an Online Store Co-Manager. Candidates must have experience with Wordpress and be a current AMSAT member. Webmaster: The Webmaster works as an integral member of the AMSAT Digital Communications Team in planning, organizing, implementing, and supporting strategic web technologies. Under minimal supervision, the Webmaster collaborates with the Digital Communications team and AMSAT Development to facilitate ongoing content creation, development of standards, and overall management of AMSAT’s website and member portal. The primary objectives of the Webmaster are to ensure that AMSAT’s digital presence accurately portrays the character, quality and heritage of AMSAT, provide an efficient user experience, and serve to increase recruitment and financial contributions. Web Content Managers: Web Content Managers ensure AMSAT's website and webpages follow best content practices and meet the diverse needs of internal and external customers. As part of the AMSAT Digital Communications Team, Website Content Managers must understand the organizational needs, map them to the end-user needs and work with applicable AMSAT departments to create content strategy and plan for individual webpages. Online Store Co-Manager: The Online Store Co-Manager updates and refreshes the AMSAT Store when new merchandise becomes available, deletes merchandise when no longer available, and updates pricing and shipping information when necessary. Experience in WooCommerce is required. If you want to be a part of the solution in delivering the quality web services AMSAT members deserve, we could sure use your help. Please contact the AMSAT VP of User Services at ke4al (at) yahoo (dot) com. 73, Robert Bankston, KE4AL Vice-President, User Services Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)

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