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VUCC Awards-Endorsements for July 2019
by Ronald G. Parsons 01 Jul '19

01 Jul '19

Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period June 1, 2019 through July 1, 2019. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! CALL 01Jun 01Jul K5OE 1008 1079 WD9EWK 550 567 N3GS 454 525 NS3L 457 475 K9UO 351 400 W5TD New 381 MI6GTY 281 354 KE8AKW 258 329 W7JSD 279 309 G0ABI 305 306 AD0HJ 250 282 KC9ELU 229 233 AJ4A 225 230 AB1OC 177 184 N7EGY 100 169 PU8RFL 157 166 PS8MT 156 165 AA8CH/N8R New 113 KC9VGG New 102 N6REK New 100 WD9EWK (DM45) 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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W3ZM/KH6 update 1
by Mark L. Hammond 01 Jul '19

01 Jul '19

Hi all, trying some passes on the edges of footprint. Be patient as I fumble around. I’m updating on Twitter. Recap for W3ZM/KH6 in BK29 7/1 1149 utc AO-7 near 145.938 1640 utc SO-50 2046 utc AO-91 (only 2 deg) There will be others over the next 3 days! 73, Mark N8MH. -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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How to control HDSDR with SatPC32?
by EDWARD KROME 30 Jun '19

30 Jun '19

Hi all: I apologize in advance because I know this question was answered on this bb before, but I simply cannot find it. Can't find it in the docs, either. The question: I want to use SatPC32 to automatically switch satellite frequencies on an RSP1 SDR. I know there is an interface program (vspMgr) that makes SatPC talk to HDSDR (and HDSDR commands the RSP1; that part works well) but I can't find the details on how to make it work. Help, please. Thanks! Ed K9EK EM69xd

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Rocket Lab Launch Replay
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 29 Jun '19

29 Jun '19

Hi Folks, You can view yesterday’s Rocket Lab Launch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idKCy8LdyKo 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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PSAT2 PSK31 enabled ONLY (No VHF)
by Robert Bruninga 29 Jun '19

29 Jun '19

PSAT2 PSK31 uplink on ten meters 29.481 and downlink on 435.350+/- Doppler is enabled. SSTV is enabled when the camera is in daylight an not looking at space or the sun. But the Other modes are -not-. Please, no uplinks to PSAT2 on VHF while we are performing checkout. Thanks, Bob, Wb4APR

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Re: [amsat-bb] [aprssig] AMSAT Plans?
by Greg D 29 Jun '19

29 Jun '19

Peter Laws N5UWY wrote: > It's hard to tell because AMSAT-NA's web presence is ... sub-optimal I believe it was reported recently that there is, in fact, a lot of stuff going on in the background, but because of non-disclosure restrictions, they can't talk about it. I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt on this. It is, unfortunately, part of why space is hard. Greg KO6TH

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Rocket Lab Launch now streaming
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 29 Jun '19

29 Jun '19

https://www.rocketlabusa.com/live-stream/ 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-06-29 02:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 28 Jun '19

28 Jun '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-06-29 02:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Traverse Area District Library, Traverse City, MI, direct via W8TCM The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV Contact was successful: Fri 2019-06-28 14:02:16 UTC 25 deg (***) Watch for live stream at https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCVyQOrBooJxzLFNGiyz9i2w Santa Barbara Public Library, Santa Barbara, CA, direct via K6TZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV Contact is go for: Wed 2019-07-03 17:54:19 UTC 49 deg Exp. 58 back on earth (***) Congratulations to the crew for a job well done! (***) Oleg Konenenko David St-Jacques KG5FYI Anne McClain 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 2019-06-29 02:30 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. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-06-29 02:30 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf The ARISS webpage is at http://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 http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 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: http://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) http://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 http://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 135 Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 118 **************************************************************************** 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 1320. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1263. 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. http://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: http://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 http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 58 back on earth (***) Congratulations to the crew for a job well done! (***) Oleg Konenenko David St-Jacques KG5FYI Anne McClain Exp. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Aleksey Ovchinin Nick Hague KG5TMV **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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PSAT-2 SSTV and PSK31
by Roland Zurmely 28 Jun '19

28 Jun '19

2 new SSTV pictures and PSK31 decoded: <https://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/psat2.htm> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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able to receive beacon telemetry transmissions from the JAISAT-1 satellite.
by Tanan Rangseeprom 28 Jun '19

28 Jun '19

Dear AMSAT Member. We would like to inform AMSAT members that they should be able to receive beacon telemetry transmissions from the JAISAT-1 satellite amateur radio of Thailand by Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST). for detail with picture to install all satellites to fairing of rocket see detail as link: https://www.roscosmos.ru/26486/ and https://www.roscosmos.ru/26491/ and video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klXEGKKTlFs) and animation video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcUhJMU4mHA&t=10s Which is scheduled for launching on July 5, 2019 by a Soyuz 2.1 rocket at 05.41 UTC together with the Meteor M N2-2 satellite and along with a total of 34 satellites from 12 countries. There is a telemetry beacon with a downlink on 435.325 MHz in accordance with the details from the IARU satellite co-ordinator according to the following link: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=521 The telemetry signal formet is 4k8 GMSK Mobitex (CMX990 Mobitex Format) as is detailed in the link below: http://www.d-star.one/downloads/D-Star%20ONE%20telemetry%20frame%20format.p… Example of signals in same this format can be found with the the reception of signals from the D-STAR ONE Sparrow and D-STAR ONE iSAT satellite http://dk3wn.info/blog/satelliten/d-star-one/ on the frequency of 435.70 MHz with YouTube videos that at the following links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAjPOJDbHdA and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm_NS3Prz9U This is from the following link that you can download for decode: http://uz7.ho.ua/packetradio.htm and http://www.dk3wn.info/files/dstar_one.zip All amateur radio operators capable of receiving signals from the JAISAT-1 satellite are invited to send the data by email to jaisatonetele(a)gmail.com and the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand will have a SWL card to confirm reception to everyone. Sincerely and with respect. 73 de Tanan Rangseeprom, HS1JAN Project Manager of JAISAT-1

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