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cubesats with Seismic data payload
by shakeel -ur-rehman 12 Mar '19

12 Mar '19

Hi all I am looking for any advice or information through which I can receive satellite telemtry related to seismic data . any one who have received such satellite payload using amateur satellite ground station ,please provide the name of satellite and receiving satellite ground station specification . I have found Twinsat-1N nanosatellite mission flown on QB50 project but it was unsuccessful mission. looking for information about satellite with seismic data payload whether nano/cubesat which are currently in orbit and whose satellite pass can be received. Thanks and regards shakeel

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Renewal of Orbital Data Request for TLE Redistribution by AMSAT NA for 2019-2020 Completed
by Ray Hoad 12 Mar '19

12 Mar '19

I am pleased to announce that AMSAT-NA's request to re-distribute TLE elements from Space-Track website has been approved for the period April 1, 2019 to April 1, 2020. Our ODR (Orbital Data Request) to distribute the Space-Track TLEs was approved by Air Force 18 SPCS on March 8, 2019. Thanks to Air Force 18 SPCS, Perry Klein, W3PK and Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P for their help in this yearly process. We are "good to go" for another year. Ray Hoad WA5QGD AMSAT-NA Orbital Elements Manager

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-03-12 02:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 12 Mar '19

12 Mar '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-03-12 02:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: North Point School for Boys, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 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 2019-03-20 20:16:09 UTC 86 deg Watch for live stream starting about 10-15 minutes before AOS at: www.ariotti.com (***) ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS-US program’s education proposal window should go open in the spring of 2019. 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, click here. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Keigo Komuro, JA1KAB, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) ****************************************************************************** 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? 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 **************************************************************************** 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 112 **************************************************************************** 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. 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 2019-03-12 02:00 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 Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1293. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1236. 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 **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-03-05 16:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf 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 Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.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 **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-03-11 16:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 11 Mar '19

11 Mar '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-03-11 16:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: North Point School for Boys, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 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 2019-03-20 20:16:09 UTC 86 deg (***) ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS-US program’s education proposal window should go open in the spring of 2019. 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, click here. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Keigo Komuro, JA1KAB, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) ****************************************************************************** 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? 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 **************************************************************************** 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 112 **************************************************************************** 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. 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 2019-03-11 16:00 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 Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1293. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1236. 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 **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-03-05 16:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf 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 Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.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 **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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CM 94, AO92
by Bob Keating 11 Mar '19

11 Mar '19

Will be on the 17:31UTC pass of AO92 this morning. Last chance for CM94. Bob N6REK Sent from my iPhone

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AO-73
by kb2mjeff＠att.net 11 Mar '19

11 Mar '19

Does anyone know why AO-73's d/l is doubling your signal. In other words your signal is being repeated about 1k lower at about 3/4 as strong as your main signal. You can tune to either one to listen to the D/L. I noticed this starting about a week ago.... 73 Jeff kb2m

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Doppler PSK for NO-84
by NA1SA Loon 11 Mar '19

11 Mar '19

I'm attempting to set up Doppler PSK with a SignaLink USB. In the "Audio Device" menu there is the option to select "SignaLink USB Audio CODEC). It will not key up. Any suggestions on how to make this work? Loon NA1SA FN10 AMSAT 41057

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CN95 - 2019-03-11
by KI7UNJ Tucker 11 Mar '19

11 Mar '19

Doing a quick trip up to CN95 tomorrow (March 11TH). This is as long as it doesn’t snow too much tonight, I have 2 activation points in mind but don’t know if they will be snowed in or not. Will update on twitter https://twitter.com/KI7UNJ Will be on APRS https://aprs.fi/ki7unj-9 PASSES: - AO-92 - 2019-03-11 17:26:07Z - AO-91 - 2019-03-11 19:02:43Z - maybe... AO-91 - 2019-03-11 20:38:50Z -- Casey Tucker KI7UNJ https://twitter.com/KI7UNJ https://www.qrz.com/db/KI7UNJ

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I just randomly met a French QO-100 operator
by John Brier 10 Mar '19

10 Mar '19

Pics and article on my blog but I'm posting the text inline below for your convenience. https://spacecomms.wordpress.com/2019/03/10/i-just-met-a-french-qo-100-oper… Unbelievable. I just had lunch with a French QO-100 satellite operator. His name is Alexendre. He is in my area for work for the weekend. I was driving to Waffle House for some food when I heard him identify as W4/F5USF on the 146.64 RARS repeater. Intrigued by a French station over here, I responded to his call and he said he was out looking for lunch too. He also said he was in South West Raleigh which is where I live and where I was! I asked him how long he was going to be here as I was busy this afternoon and he said he was leaving tomorrow so I figured I should meet up with him since he wasn’t going to be in the US that long. We met at a Jason’s Deli and when he asked me what my ham radio interests were I told him satellite. He said he used to work sats like AO-7 but recently had been working QO-100. He apologized that we didn’t have a GEO sat over here. Haha. At lunch he told me all about his QRP QO-100 setup. It’s only strong enough to work CW, but he is working on getting more power so he can do SSB. He has a degree in microwave engineering so when I told him I honestly didn’t understand a lot of the concepts related to running a QO-100 station he started teaching me about mixing signals to get 2.4 GHz, LOs, RFs, how to get stable reference signals without GPS, etc. Very interesting. I showed him some of the satellite gear I had in my car and he snapped a picture of me with it to show his friends. Before we left I gave him some Space Comms, SatNOGS and Libre Space stickers. He is also a SOTA op and that is what he has the FT-817 for. He plans to activate a SOTA summit before he leaves the US. 73, John Brier KG4AKV P.S. Within the next hour or two I’m going to do a livestream on YouTube updating on the progress of my satellite ground station build.

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EN61/EN71 line March 11
by aa8ch 10 Mar '19

10 Mar '19

HiI plan to be on the EN61/EN71 line Monday March 11 for AO91 at 1900UTC and SO50 at 1915 UTC. If you need either grid send me an email and I'll be sure to listen for your call.LOTW. 73Chris AA8CH

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