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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-11-14 13:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 14 Nov '18

14 Nov '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-11-14 13:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Templeton Academy International, Nainital, India, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-11-21 08:00:30 UTC 36 deg IMP Aerospace & Defence, Goffs, NS, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Sat 2018-11-24 19:05:09 UTC 50 deg Watch for live simulcast at http://www.ariotti.com If you are interested in applying for an ARISS contact, please go to http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html The information below is from the ARISS webpage: International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ ARISS Students ARISS-US program’s education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018 September 25, 2018: ARISS is seeking proposals beginning October 1, 2018 from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host amateur radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between July 1 and December 30, 2019. Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. ARISS has been pleased of late, to be one of many possibilities of interest to educators during NASA’s A Year of Education on Station, which celebrates an almost 12-month presence of a teacher aboard the ISS. The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program’s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio. Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, “Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.” Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students’ interest. ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students. The proposal window opens October 1, 2018 and the proposal deadline is November 30, 2018. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, visit: http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered October 11 and October 23, 2018, both at 8 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to: ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2018.eventbrite.com/ 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 2018-11-14 13:00 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 1277. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1221. 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 2018-11-13 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. 56 on orbit Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Sergei Propopev **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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JY1Sat Provisional Keps
by David Johnson 14 Nov '18

14 Nov '18

Hi, Thanks to David Bowman, G0MRF was have a provisional set of Keplerian Elements for JY1Sat to be launched on Monday 19th, 1 05555U 18001A 18323.01450000 .00000000 00000-0 18000-5 0 9991 2 05555 98.2000 30.5000 0000000 225.0000 130.3444 14.97380000 10 These are based on our best guess based on the orbital parameters we have gleaned from various sources. Please note that SatPC32 and GPredict may give erroneous results because the Epoch is in the future. Nova & MacDopplerPro are both fine. 73 Dave Johnson, G4DPZ on behalf of the FUNcube Team

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SSO-A launch Nov 19th 2018 Spacecraft using amateur frequencies
by Graham Shirville 14 Nov '18

14 Nov '18

Hi All, According to "information received" and the IARU frequency coordination website...these are the spacecraft scheduled for launch on the SSO-A flight on Nov 19th which will be using coordinated frequencies in the amateur satellite spectrum: CSIM http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=585**A downlink on 437.250 MHz has been coordinated** ESEO**TLM Downlink on 437.00MHzand a transponder uplink on 1263.500MHz have been coordinated. A revised downlink frequency of 145.895 MHz has been coordinated for FM voice and 1k2/4k8 BPSK telemetry** Exseed http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=636145.900 MHz for FM repeater 67 Hz and digipeater downlink and for telemetry and 435.340 MHz for repeater and digipeater uplink** Fox 1C (Fox 1Cliff)http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=455**A Downlink on 145.920 MHz for FM voice and DUV data and Uplinks on 435.300 and 1267.300MHz have been coordinated** JY1-Sathttp://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=554 tlm downlink on 145.840 MHz and transponder downlink passband on 145.855-145.875 MHz with an inverting uplink on 435.100 – 435.120 MHz have been coordinated K2SAT http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/admin/update.php?serial=552** Downlink frequencies for housekeeping 435.835 MHz,for the repeater 436.225 MHz and for data 2404.000 MHzand an uplink for the repeater on 145.980 MHz have been coordinated** KNACKSAThttp://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=520**A downlink on 435.635MHz has been coordinated** IRVINE02http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=557 **A downlink on 437.450 MHz has been coordinated** ITASAT http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=435 <http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/admin/update.php?serial=435>** Downlinks on 145.860MHz and 2400.150MHz have been coordinated** MinXSS 2http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=477 A downlink of 437.250MHz has been coordinated** MOVE 2http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=487To avoid a frequency clash with another mission, a revised downlink frequency of 145.950 MHz has been coordinated for 9k6 BPSK** PW-Sat 2http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=545A downlink for telemetry on 435.275 MHz has been coordinated RANGE A &B http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/admin/update.php?serial=497** A downlink on 437.150 MHz (A) and 437.475 MHz (B) have been coordinated** SNUGLITE http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/admin/update.php?serial=529 ** A single downlink on 437.275 MHz has been coordinated** SNUSAT-2http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/admin/update.php?serial=509 **Downlinks on437.625 MHz and 2402 MHz have been coordinated** SUOMI-100http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/admin/update.php?serial=507**Downlinks on 437.775MHz and 2410MHz have been coordinated** Visioncube http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=607 **A downlink frequency of 437.425 MHz has been coordinated** e&oe! 73 and have FUN Graham G3VZV

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active uhf 9k6 sats
by Jim White 14 Nov '18

14 Nov '18

Well here I am back begging for info on what UFH downlink 9k6 sats are out there now... Last minute turning up of a ground station before the big launch on Monday. Any pointers to birds actively sending 9k6 on UHF over the US appreciated. Jim WD0E(a)amsat.org jim(a)coloradosatellite.com

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D-Star ONE spacecraft launch details.
by Selwyn Cathcart 13 Nov '18

13 Nov '18

FYI.... Dear D-Star ONE followers, We are happy to announce the next D-Star ONE spacecraft launch. The launch is scheduled for 25.12.2018 Please follow our web-site www.d-star.one for the late news and project progress. Best regards, DJ1JBL ZL2BJO(a)gmail.com

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-11-13 18:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 13 Nov '18

13 Nov '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-11-13 18:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: New English School, Jabriya, Kuwait, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact was successful: Tue 2018-11-13 10:08:08 UTC 50 deg (***) Templeton Academy International, Nainital, India, telebridge via K6DUE (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-11-21 08:00:30 UTC 36 deg (***) IMP Aerospace & Defence, Goffs, NS, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Sat 2018-11-24 19:05:09 UTC 50 deg (***) Watch for live simulcast at http://www.ariotti.com If you are interested in applying for an ARISS contact, please go to http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html The information below is from the ARISS webpage: International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ ARISS Students ARISS-US program’s education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018 September 25, 2018: ARISS is seeking proposals beginning October 1, 2018 from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host amateur radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between July 1 and December 30, 2019. Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with learning opportunities about space technologies, communications, and much more through the exploration of Amateur Radio and space. ARISS has been pleased of late, to be one of many possibilities of interest to educators during NASA’s A Year of Education on Station, which celebrates an almost 12-month presence of a teacher aboard the ISS. The ARISS program connects students to astronauts on the ISS through a partnership between NASA, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the American Radio Relay League, other Amateur Radio global organizations and the worldwide space agencies. The program’s goal is to inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in Amateur Radio. Educators report regularly that student participation in the ARISS program stimulates interest in STEM subjects and STEM careers. One educator wrote, “Many of the middle school students who took part in and attended the ARISS contact have selected science courses in high school as a result of that contact.” Educators are setting up ham radio clubs in schools and learning centers because of students’ interest. ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting education plan. Students can learn about satellite communications, wireless technology, science research conducted on the ISS, radio science, and other STEM subjects. Students learn to use Amateur Radio to talk directly to an astronaut and ask their STEM-related questions. ARISS will help educational organizations locate Amateur Radio groups who can assist with equipment for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students. The proposal window opens October 1, 2018 and the proposal deadline is November 30, 2018. For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, visit: http://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions answered will be offered October 11 and October 23, 2018, both at 8 pm Eastern Time. Advance registration is necessary. To sign up, go to: ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2018.eventbrite.com/ 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 2018-11-13 18:00 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 1277. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1221. (***) 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 2018-11-13 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. 56 on orbit Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Sergei Propopev **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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EO53 VE3FAL next AO-91
by John Papay 13 Nov '18

13 Nov '18

Fred, VE3FAL, is in Sioux Lookout EO53 waiting on an airplane to take him to Kasabonika. He is in EO53 now and will be on the AO91 pass starting at 1802utc. Short notice but great pass. Fred is now using LOTW. Good luck 73, John K8YSE --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Re: [amsat-bb] IRVINE 01 identified
by Roy Dean 13 Nov '18

13 Nov '18

Check out the audio of this Satnogs observation: https://network.satnogs.org/observations/320591/ There is CW, followed by some digital. I don't know CW, so can't confirm that it's actually Irvine-1. But if somebody can confirm, then it's likely that what follows the CW is also from the same sat. --Roy K3RLD > Hi, Has IRVINE01 sent any telemetry, or only "IRV1" in CW ? Their IARU > filing > at http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=504 > mentions it will transmit "9k6 FSK with AX25". Has anyone heard 9k6 FSK > from IRVINE01? 73, > Douglas KA2UPW/5

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KX9X and CT for 50th state
by alex weimer 12 Nov '18

12 Nov '18

Thanks to Sean KX9X in grid FN31 state of CT for confirming my 50th and last state for WAS Satellites. Thanks for his dedication and patience in setting up and completing a sked on FO29 to complete My LOTW WAS Satellites. A very happy JACK KC7MG

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Re: [amsat-bb] IRVINE 01 identified
by Roy Dean 12 Nov '18

12 Nov '18

Oops, I should point out that the "CW" that is heard isn't actually CW.... it's code, but unsure of how it's modulated (looks like maybe FM with some data hidden with it?) > Check out the audio of this Satnogs observation: > https://network.satnogs.org/observations/320591/ There is CW, followed by > some digital. I don't know CW, so can't confirm > that it's actually Irvine-1. But if somebody can confirm, then it's > likely that what follows the CW is also from the same sat. --Roy > K3RLD

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