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WAS satellite
by BeetleJerald Oliver 01 Jan '19

01 Jan '19

I am looking for a satellite station operating from state of Delaware.....Need for my WAS.....If know of anyone, let me know..... Tnx Jerry KJ4EU

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New Horizons reaches Ultima Thule tonight
by Daniel Schultz 01 Jan '19

01 Jan '19

Images of Ultima Thule from the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager on New Horizons are being posted at: http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/UltimaThule-Encounter They don't look like much today, but we expect to see much better images in less than 24 hours. The entire mission results are at http://www.pluto.jhuapl.edu and the PBS program NOVA will do a special show about the Ultima Thule encounter on Wednesday evening on your local Public Broadcasting station (in the USA at least). Dan Schultz N8FGV

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-12-31 19:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 31 Dec '18

31 Dec '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-12-31 19:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Pembroke Junior Senior High School, Corfu, NY, telebridge via LU8YY (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Tue 2019-01-08 15:28:49 UTC 32 deg (***) ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS-US program’s education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018 has now closed. The next 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 108 **************************************************************************** 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 2018-12-31 19:30 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 Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1285. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1228. 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 2018-12-14 18:00 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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Commercial omni satellite antennas?
by Ken M 31 Dec '18

31 Dec '18

Hello all, Does anyone know of commercial sources of any of the following omnidirectional satellite antennas suitable for amateur use? - QHA - Turnstile - Lindenblad There are many plans for constructing such antennas, but I haven’t found any commercial varieties through common Amateur sources (other than M2 which makes egg beaters). Thanks & 73! Ken VA7KBM Sent from my iPad

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APRS digipeaters in space?
by skristof＠etczone.com 31 Dec '18

31 Dec '18

With the ISS digipeater down and NO-84 and NO-44 only slightly operational, are there any other birds that can do APRS digipeating on 145.825? What ever happened with BHUTAN-1 and MAYA-1? Weren't they supposed to be APRS digipeater capable? Steve AI9IN

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Tracking Grids
by Chris Pohlad-Thomas 30 Dec '18

30 Dec '18

Is there a good site to keep track of your grids attained for satellite work? Chris Pohlad-Thomas KC1E

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Re: [amsat-bb] Tracking Grids
by Rolf Krogstad 30 Dec '18

30 Dec '18

> Logbook of the World is great for this. Set up a VUCC Award and upload > tour QSOs. You can see worked vs confirmed. And it is easy to apply for > the VUCC award. > > Rolf NR0T > > On Sat, Dec 29, 2018, 12:19 PM Chris Pohlad-Thomas < > chrispohladthomas(a)gmail.com wrote: > >> Is there a good site to keep track of your grids attained for satellite >> work? >> >> Chris Pohlad-Thomas >> KC1E >> _______________________________________________ >> 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: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> >

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flex 6000
by Nick Pugh 30 Dec '18

30 Dec '18

Has anyone used a flex 6xxx radio to decode the 9k6 kbs sats? nick Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn

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WD9EWK from DM22/DM32 line on Monday (31 December 2018)
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 30 Dec '18

30 Dec '18

Hi! On Monday (31 December 2018), I will make a quick road trip out to the DM22/DM32 grid boundary in Yuma County, Arizona. I am planning to work the AO-91 and AO-92 passes from a spot north of the I-8 freeway about 25 miles east of Yuma. After those passes, I'll head back to Phoenix and (hopefully) avoid the New Year's Eve craziness on the roads. While driving, I should be visible using APRS as WD9EWK-9: http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 Except while driving, I will use my @WD9EWK Twitter account to post updates while I am out there. If you don't have a Twitter account, you can still see these updates using a web browser at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK I will upload my DM22/DM32 log to Logbook of the World after I return home. If you would like a DM22/DM32 QSL card to confirm a contact, please e-mail me directly with the QSO details. If you are in my log, I will send a card. No need to send me a QSL card or SASE. Thanks, and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

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new DStar sat?
by Ted Krempa 30 Dec '18

30 Dec '18

Hello, Anyone have info on a new DStar sat launched a few days ago? Is it usable, etc.? and how? 73, Ted K7TRK

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