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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-06-25 01:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 24 Jun '19

24 Jun '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-06-25 01:00 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 is go for: 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 Option #2: Wed 2019-07-03 17:54:19 UTC 49 deg (***) 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 2019-06-25 01:00 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. 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 2019-06-20 16:00 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 on orbit 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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Icom 821h For Sale
by David Swanson 24 Jun '19

24 Jun '19

Hey All, I'm selling my Icom 821h that I've used for the past 4 years to break all sorts of distance records and work all the grids out there. The rig still works amazingly well, and the only reason I'm parting with it is because I upgraded to a 9700, and it's just better. See my listing in the 'Zed forums here: https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/icom-821h-all-mode-vhf-uhf-radio-f… I'd love to see this rig go to another AMSAT member and keep on getting used to work the birds for the rest of time. Email me direct if you're interested. 73! -Dave, KG5CCI

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EME
by James Brown 24 Jun '19

24 Jun '19

ANyone tried basic EME with the IC-7100 yet? I would like to learn more. Jim

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DN15 ROVE - W3ZM/7 "KI7UNJ"
by KI7UNJ Tucker 24 Jun '19

24 Jun '19

Only 4 short days till #JosephOrBustRove While DN15 is my MAIN Goal I will be in DN05 as well for 1 or 2 passes. I will be operating as W3ZM/7 while on this trip, and it will be logged that way. APRS Tracking: https://aprs.fi/#!call=ki7unj-9 FRIDAY 1600Z-2200Z (AO-91/92/PO-101) passes will be on the fly, keep eye on twitter https://twitter.com/ki7unj. June 28th (29th UTC DN15) 0331Z AO-92 June 29th (DN15) 1801Z AO-92 1832Z AO-91 2249Z SO-50 June 30th DN05 (+DN15?) 1853Z AO-91 Soon as the June 29th and later schedule comes out for Diwata2PH (PO-101) I will post but hope to be on any pass that is on and FP for me. -- Casey Tucker KI7UNJ https://twitter.com/KI7UNJ https://www.qrz.com/db/KI7UNJ http://bit.do/ki7unj <https://www.google.com/url?q=http://bit.do/ki7unj&sa=D&source=hangouts&ust=…>

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ANS-175 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - CORRECTION BoD Candidates
by JoAnne K9JKM 24 Jun '19

24 Jun '19

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-175 * CORRECTION: 2019 Candidates for the AMSAT Board of Directors SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-175.01 ANS-175 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 175.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. June 24, 2019 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-175.01 CORRECTION: 2019 Candidates for the AMSAT Board of Directors ANS-174, as originally published, omitted one of the candidates for the upcoming AMSAT Board of Directors Election. We apologize for this omission. The corrected list of 2019 candidates, in alphabetical order by last name are: Jerry Buxton, N0JY Howard (Howie) Defelice, AB2S Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA Jeff Johns, WE4B Brennan Price, N4QX Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Michelle Thompson, W5NYV This year AMSAT membership will select four candidates to the Board of Directors. The four candidates receiving the highest number of votes will be seated as voting members of the Board of Directors. Two alternate directors will be selected based on the next highest number of votes received. Ballots will be mailed to the AMSAT membership by July 15, 2019. The election closes September 15, 2019. Sincerely, Clayton L. Coleman, W5PFG AMSAT Secretary /EX

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Another first: rotor problems
by Hans BX2ABT 24 Jun '19

24 Jun '19

There is a first for everything. So today for the first time in my 10 years as an amateur radio operator I experienced that my KR-400 rotator (partially) stopped working. It has not been in use for 10 years, only the last 8 months and the motor was cleaned and greased before the install. Before I start dismantling everything I would like to see if any of you have any good advice. The problem --- it will turn right, not left. What I measured --- between terminals 5 and 6 (right turn) I measured 31 Volts, which is normal. Between 4 and 6 (left turn) only 21 Volts. Rotor not connected to the controlling box when measuring. My thoughts --- must be in the controlling box. However, there is simply nothing there in the circuit that I think could act up. From the transformer one terminal carrying 29 Volts goes to two switches. The other terminal is neutral. There is the light bulb between the two terminals and a 70 uF/50V capacitor between the two switches. I could be entirely wrong, so spill any info and/or tips that you can give me, here. Cheers, Hans BX2ABT

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G5400B rotor problem
by Roy Dean 24 Jun '19

24 Jun '19

Rick, there is a new option in Hamlib specifically for the G5400B + FoxDelta combo (about a month old). Might want to try that as it solved all my problems. --Roy K3RLD

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Re: [amsat-bb] Correct up-link frequency for PO-101 (Diwata-2)
by Mac A. Cody 24 Jun '19

24 Jun '19

That's what I was using.?? Like I said, I was probably just out-gunned by more powerful stations. 73, Mac / AE5PH On 6/23/19 11:01 PM, Stephen E. Belter wrote: > Mac, > > I used these frequencies from the @Diwata2PH Twitter home page: > Uplink 437.500 MHz, 141.3 Hz CTCSS > Downlink 145.900 MHz > > I had no trouble getting into PO-101 on three passes during Field Day. I was able to talk to myself for all three passes for the entire pass. > > Of course, I was in Copper Center, Alaska and nobody else within range was heard. > > My point is that these frequencies worked, so the AMSAT website and their Twitter home page are most likely correct. My station was a standard Arrow, IC-9700, with manual tuning. > > 73, Steve N9IP > -- > Steve Belter, seb(a)wintek.com > > > > ???On 6/23/19, 7:35 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Mac A. Cody via AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org on behalf of amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > On the AMSAT FM Satellite Frequency Summary it lists the > up-link frequency for PO-101 (Diwata-2) as 437.500 MHz. > On the PHL Microsat website, the up-link frequency is > listed as 437.7 MHz.?? Which is correct??? I tried to > work PO-101 during Field Day yesterday and had no > success getting in with my radio set to 437.500 MHz, > and Doppler-shift adjusted near values.?? Of course, > being Field Day, I could have just been 'out-gunned'. > I do wonder, though. > > 73, > > Mac / AE5PH > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >

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G5400B rotor problem
by Richard Lawn 23 Jun '19

23 Jun '19

I have an old 5400B that I use at a summer location. I use another old fox delta serial control interface that emulate GS-232. It has developed a strange problem with the AZ rotor that seems to occur when it reaches the extreme S (past E) where it tends to freeze. The only way to unfreeze it and gain control again is to shut the control box off for a short time and then it will run fine manually or under control by SATPC32. I’m guessing there may be some thermal device inside the rotor itself that is exceeding a limit and needs to cool down. I’d love to hear some suggestions on what the problem might be. Tnx Rick, W2JAZ -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

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Firefly announces DREAM payloads (Vandenberg site)
by Gregory Beat 23 Jun '19

23 Jun '19

Firefly Aerospace is asking academic institutions, startup companies and the public to submit ideas for payloads to launch, free of charge, on the inaugural orbital flight of the company’s Alpha rocket next year from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/06/18/firefly-offering-free-launch-for-rese… “We’re calling the flight opportunity the Dedicated Research and Education Accelerator Mission, or DREAM payload,” said Tom Markusic, CEO of Firefly. “We encourage educational institutions, startup space enterprises, or any other institution that has big space dreams to visit Firefly.com and tell us about your DREAM space payload.” w9gb AMSAT-NA, AMSAT-UK Sent from iPad Air

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