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Upcoming ARISS contact with Ceip Nuestra Señora Del Carmen, Torre De La Reina, Spain
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 02 Mar '19

02 Mar '19

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Ceip Nuestra Señora Del Carmen, Torre De La Reina, Spain on 05 Mar. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:50 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and EG7NSC. The contact should be audible over Spain 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. Torre de la Reina is located south of the main population center of Guillena (Sevilla) about 2 kilometers from it and is about 19 meters above sea level. It is also just 17 kilometers from Seville capital if you take the direction to the south on the A-431 road, also enjoying a strategic location privileged to be located very close to the A-66 (Autovía de la Plata) that connects Sevilla capital with Extremadura. Our school is located in the town of Torre de la Reina, (Seville, Spain), with 215 students, including children and primary school. It has two buildings, one of the infantile stage (recent construction) and another one of primary (something older). The staff consists of 15 teachers. We are a small center, but with a young staff, willing to invest in experiences of all kinds that enrich our students.There are many activities that we carry out within different projects, with the aim not only of fulfilling the educational curriculum, but also of developing competences to train integral people. Also one of our hallmarks of identity is to form values and an emotional education, because we consider that it is fundamental in the education of today's society.The heart and the vocation to educate is our engine every day. The resources we have are not many, but the human side compensates for any technical and material aspect. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What did you think when you saw Earth from space? 2. What are you currently investigating on the ISS? 3. When did you decide to become an astronaut? 4. How do you live in such a small place? 5. How long do you need to recover after finishing your missions? 6. If an astronaut floats away from the ISS, what do you have to do? 7. Which values and skills should an astronaut have? 8. Can you eat whatever you want? 9. What´s the most common problem inside the ISS? 10. Could you go to Mars with this ISS? 11. Can you have a shower or bath there? 12. Where do you throw your rubbish? 13. How long can you stay at the ISS? 14. Is there a doctor in the ISS? 15. How many hours do you sleep every day? 16. How do you keep fit? 17. What´s your favourite food and drink there? 18. Do you listen to music at work? 19. Can you see our country from the ISS? 20. When will you come back to Earth? 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): TBD 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 Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) 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 informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.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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InstantTrack now free to download
by Paul Williamson 02 Mar '19

02 Mar '19

The classic DOS satellite tracking program InstantTrack by Franklin Antonio, N6NKF (and later maintained by me, Paul Williamson, KB5MU) is now free to download and distribute. See http://instanttrack.com for download links, documentation, and related files. The latest version remains 1.55, released as an open beta on May 12, 2002. InstantTrack is still a plain old-style 16-bit DOS program. It ran under Windows up to Windows XP or so, but won't run directly on recent versions of Windows. It can still be run on nearly any computer by using DOSBOX. >From its initial release in November 1989, InstantTrack was sold by AMSAT-NA and other AMSAT organizations around the world as a fundraiser. All proceeds from InstantTrack went to support the amateur satellite program. This income stream has dwindled to a tiny trickle, and all the AMSAT organizations (as far as I know) stopped offering InstantTrack years ago. It was still available online through one of the old-school shareware fulfillment sites, until that site went offline recently. Rather than rehost InstantTrack for sale on another platform, Franklin and I have agreed to release it for free download and distribution. 73 -Paul KB5MU

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Re: [amsat-bb] LVB TRACKER
by Angelo Glorioso 02 Mar '19

02 Mar '19

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] LVB TRACKER Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2019 10:40:24 -0600 From: Angelo <n5uxt(a)hotmail.com><mailto:n5uxt@hotmail.com> To: Rick Hardin <rick(a)rickhardinjr.com><mailto:rick@rickhardinjr.com> I have one for sale. Email me at n5uxt at hotmail.com 73 de Angelo On 2/28/2019 3:43 PM, Rick Hardin wrote: Hello, We need 2 LVB Tracker interfaces, does anyone have 1 or 2 that they can sell ? Thank you Rick kb4bsa rick(a)rickhardinjr.com<mailto:rick@rickhardinjr.com> Sent from Mail for Windows 10 _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org<mailto:AMSAT-BB@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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Oribitron / WispDDE problem
by k0ekl＠frontier.com 01 Mar '19

01 Mar '19

I have Orbitron and WispDDE 3.4.7 installed on my 32 bitWindows 7 PC and I’m trying to use them to control my Yaesu FT-847 for Dopplershift compensation. WispDDE CAT control of the FT-847 works but after just afew minutes of operation I notice a discrepancy between the uplink anddownlink frequencies displayed in Orbitron VS the uplink and downlinkfrequencies displayed in WispDDE and on the 847. The longer the software isrunning the larger the discrepancy and after 15 minutes the two are off my over1 MHz. The other problem I’m seeing is that each time Orbitron andWispDDE send a command to the 847 it interrupts PTT and stops my transmitting. Can anyone offer any advice or a solution to the above? I also have an unregistered copy of SatPC 32 installed andwhile it controls the 847 perfectly I prefer the look and feel of Orbitron. Thanks -de KØEKL

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AO73 FUNcube-1
by Graham Shirville 01 Mar '19

01 Mar '19

Hi All, I am pleased to confirm that AO73 is now in amateur mode for the weekend with the transponder active and available for use. Please enjoy! 73 Graham - G3VZV

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Re: [amsat-bb] VUCC Awards-Endorsements for February 2019
by Ronald G. Parsons 01 Mar '19

01 Mar '19

Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period February 1, 2019 through March 1, 2019. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! Lots of new Not-in-my-home-grid awards this month. CALL 01Feb 01Mar WC7V 1199 1200 AA5PK 1049 1055 WD9EWK 525 537 NS3L 375 400 AF5CC 351 381 AE5B 342 368 KE8FZT 275 301 W7JSD 257 279 K9UO 202 225 WB7VUF 107 206 N2NL New 179 N1PEB 125 138 WD9EWK(DM22)108 131 W5PFG(DM80) New 125 WD9EWK(DM31)New 110 W5PFG(DM95) 100 109 TI2VLM New 106 W5PFG(DM93) New 105 KS1G New 102 PU4JOE New 101 W1OH New 101 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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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-03-01 16:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 01 Mar '19

01 Mar '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-03-01 16:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Ceip Nuestra Señora Del Carmen, Torre De La Reina, Spain, direct via EG7NSC The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Tue 2019-03-05 09:50:56 UTC 48 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 2019-03-01 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 1292. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1235. 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 2019-02-14 16:30 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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ACTIVE BIRDS,
by Joe 01 Mar '19

01 Mar '19

I know this site, http://www.amsat.org/status/ Is there anyplace I can get a current listing of all the active and usable Birds currently operational? I was very active in these things back in the years of Oscar 6,7, the Russian Birds, etc. I plan on getting back on, and also make it a club project. Give a presentation and get some others interested also. Joe WB9SBD -- Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com

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LVB TRACKER
by Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW 01 Mar '19

01 Mar '19

AMSAT should consider making and selling those all year around once again. I wouldn't mind buying one myself here in the near distant future as I refurbish my sat station. I'm sure they do sell a good amount of them especially around Dayton. Hopefully we see more in stock soon as they are a very nice piece of equipment to have! Nick, KE8AKW

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QO-100 bare minimum: GPS referenced LNB + IC-402 (read: no dish, 70cm IF!)
by Michael Fletcher 01 Mar '19

01 Mar '19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7KwssbYMKY /Michael, oh2aue

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