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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-06-13 04:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 12 Jun '19

12 Jun '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-06-13 04:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Peninsula Grammar, Melbourne, Australia, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV Contact is go for: Thu 2019-06-13 11:10:52 UTC 79 deg GBPOU RM "Saransk Polytechnic College", Saransk Russia, direct via R4UAB (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Konenenko Contact is go for Sat 2019-06-15 10:39 UTC Smithsonian Air and Space – Udvar-Hazy, Chantilly, VA, USA, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV Contact is go for: Sat 2019-06-15 18:11:51 UTC 42 deg Rowan Preparatory School, Claygate, United Kingdom, direct via GB4RPS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV Contact is go for: Thu 2019-06-20 12:48:55 UTC 53 deg Watch for live stream at https://live.ariss.org/ King Island District High School, Currie, TAS, Australia, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Wed 2019-06-19 08:49:20 UTC 58 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 2019-06-13 04:00 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 2019-06-08 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 117 **************************************************************************** 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 1315. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1258. 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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Re: [amsat-bb] agw_onlinekiss_plus.exe on Linux with Wine
by ei7m-wkt＠asahi-net.or.jp 12 Jun '19

12 Jun '19

“Runtime error 9“ is probably a message that some of OCX files are not yet registered on Linux. JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-06-12 20:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 12 Jun '19

12 Jun '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-06-12 20:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Peninsula Grammar, Melbourne, Australia, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV Contact is go for: Thu 2019-06-13 11:10:52 UTC 79 deg Smithsonian Air and Space – Udvar-Hazy, Chantilly, VA, USA, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV (***) Contact is go for: Sat 2019-06-15 18:11:51 UTC 42 deg Rowan Preparatory School, Claygate, United Kingdom, direct via GB4RPS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV Contact is go for: Thu 2019-06-20 12:48:55 UTC 53 deg (***) Watch for live stream at https://live.ariss.org/ King Island District High School, Currie, TAS, Australia, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Wed 2019-06-19 08:49:20 UTC 58 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 2019-06-12 20:30 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 2019-06-08 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 117 **************************************************************************** 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 1315. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1258. 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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Re: [amsat-bb] DopplerPSK
by Roy Dean 12 Jun '19

12 Jun '19

Thanks, guys. the provided links indeed work (and they are the same ones I tried a few days ago). Might have been a problem on my end. --Roy K3RLD > Thanks, Scott, indeed the main site links seem to work but I've added > the zip on my server now and linked on the page at the bottom > https://www.2m0sql.com/2018/10/29/using-the-no-84-psat-psk-transponder/ > 73, Peter, 2M0SQL

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Re: [amsat-bb] OUTERnet becomes OTHERnet (APRS geo feed)
by Roy Dean 12 Jun '19

12 Jun '19

I monitor the rtl-sdr.com blog and also snatched up one of the Othernet receivers when it went on sale (and it came with a cheap LNB). But, like JoAnne, I've been busy doing other things and haven't gotten around to digging it out of the "RF drawer" and getting it to work. If anybody needs one for tinkering, let me know. I'd rather it go to somebody who will use it than just being used as furniture ballast. --Roy K3RLD > The $49 price for the Dreamcatcher SDR-type receiver that OtherNet was > peddling says it is sold out. I got mine for that price a few months ago > but > I haven't had time to burn the SD card (ala raspberry pi) and fire it up. > See: https://othernet.is/ and > https://othernet.is/products/dreamcatcher-3-0 -- > 73 de JoAnne K9JKM > k9jkm at amsat.org <https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb>

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NO84 in safe mode
by Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW 11 Jun '19

11 Jun '19

Hi Bob, Just listened to the 03:05 UTC NO-84 pass on 6-12-19. Glad to report the PSK31 transponder is acting normally again! Had a quick qso with Scott K4KDR and it sounded like its usual self again. Also heard many beacons on 145.825 and looks like most of them were picked up by the igate on findu. Glad to see NO-84 back to its somewhat usual self again. Im sure it will be a valuable asset to use on field day also. 73 - Nick KE8AKW

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Peninsula Grammar, Melbourne, Australia
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 11 Jun '19

11 Jun '19

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Peninsula Grammar, Melbourne, Australia on 13 June. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:10 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VK4KHZ. The contact should be audible over portions of Australia and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Peninsula Grammar is a day and boarding school for approximately 1400 students from three-year-old Kindergarten to Year 12. At Peninsula Grammar we see learning not just as a path to university and a career, but also as a path to wellbeing. The books we read, the science we absorb, the languages we learn, the artistic, sporting and musical skills we acquire are the tools that enable us to fulfil our potential. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Although you are in quarantine before going to space, if someone was to get sick or injured in space, is there always a qualified first aid person when it happens? 2. How long will it take to recover and will you miss the space station when you come down? 3. What is your favourite thing to do in space? 4. What was your first thought during lift off when you travelled to the space station? 5. What kind of science experiments are you doing? 6. Why did you choose to be an astronaut? 7. How do you use the Internet on board the space station? 8. When you were first selected to go to the ISS in 2013, were you thinking about how much your research might affect the future on Earth and did that help you cope with leaving your family behind, getting into a space craft with people you don't really know and possibly risking your life? 9. What training did you do to become an astronaut? 10. Have you ever had a major issue with any of the technology on board the space station? 11. What is currently being done to try to help your life in space become easier? 12. How has your understanding of the universe changed now that you have seen it from space? 13. What do you miss most about Earth? 14. Can you have baths or showers in space? 15. Did the air force help you with what you are doing in space now? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. Smithsonian Air and Space - Udvar-Hazy, Chantilly, VA, USA, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV Contact is go for: Sat 2019-06-15 18:11:51 UTC 2. Rowan Preparatory School, Claygate, United Kingdom, direct via GB4RPS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV Contact is go for: Tue 2019-06-18 12:51:20 UTC Watch for live stream at https://live.ariss.org/ 3. King Island District High School, Currie, TAS, Australia, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Wed 2019-06-19 08:49:20 UTC 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 (STEM) 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. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Launch weight (mass) of Phase 3-E (Express)?
by Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW 11 Jun '19

11 Jun '19

Hi Greg, That is hard to say exactly for sure as it actually has not been done yet. Maybe somebody else out there knows? I do know AO-10/13 was around 140kg at launch with fuel and is 90kg without fuel. So it would be significantly less as the fuel does weigh a lot (50kg?). Also a quick search shows that a 400N motor weights around 9.5 pounds, so minus that.Unfortunately that launch opportunity for the direct launch to a Molniya type orbit was scrapped. Hopefully AMSAT find some sort of a affordable launch opportunity for it here soon in the up coming years. It is difficult enough now a days just to get a 1-2kg cubesat into LEO unfortunately. 73 - Nick KE8AKW

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Launch weight (mass) of Phase 3-E (Express)?
by Gregory Beat 11 Jun '19

11 Jun '19

I understand that the Phase 3E spacecraft frame is currently in Germany (AMSAT-DL). https://amsat-dl.org/en/amsat-phase-3-e-express/ What was the planned launch weight of P-3E? (preferably weight without 400N kick motor). greg w9gb Sent from iPad Air

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NO84 in safe mode
by Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW 11 Jun '19

11 Jun '19

Hi Bob, Yes me and Scott K4KDR has observed this both with NO-84 the past few days. Here is a video Scott has on youtube of NO-84's 70cm PSK31 downlink acting crazy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XqcUNJumSE . The 70cm downlink has been either a ticking carrier, not transmitting at all, or will transmit properly for a few seconds before going crazy again. I hope this is not the last we hear of the PSK31 transponder as I have really enjoyed it. The APRS downlink with the beacon telemetry has been observed by both me and him as either off completely or on for a limited a time. I hope to see NO-84's condition improve soon and to see the launch coming up in a few weeks of NO-84s replacement, PSAT-2 on the next Falcon Heavy Launch! 73 - Nick KE8AKW

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