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Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 13, Issue 361
by Albert van Deursen 02 Nov '18

02 Nov '18

Hi Sean, Plse contact me directly at avdeur(a)home.nl and will revert to a possible solution. 73 Albert PD0OXW -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org Sent: 31 October 2018 04:02 To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 13, Issue 361 Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to amsat-bb(a)amsat.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org You can reach the person managing the list at amsat-bb-owner(a)amsat.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest..."

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ANS-306 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - Live Video Stream from the 2018 William A. Tynan W3XO, Memorial Space Symposium
by JoAnne K9JKM 02 Nov '18

02 Nov '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-306.01 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-306.01 ANS-306 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 306.01 From 2018 William A. Tynan W3XO Memorial Space Symposium, Huntsville, AL DATE November 2, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-306.01 Live Video Stream from the 2018 William A. Tynan W3XO Memorial Space Symposium Join AMSAT for a livestream of the 2018 William A. Tynan W3XO Memorial Space Symposium, in Huntsville, AL at 13:00 CDT (18:00 UTC) November 2: https://www.youtube.com/user/AMSATNA/ Saturday, November 3 sessions begin at 0800 CDT (1300 UTC) [ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers life memberships, and sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73 and Remember to help keep Amateur Radio in space, This week's ANS Contributing Editor, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM k9jkm at amsat dot org

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-11-02 17:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 02 Nov '18

02 Nov '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-11-02 17:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-11-02 17:00 UTC Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School, Palmer, MA, direct via KB1MDS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact was successful: Fri 2018-11-02 14:50:19 UTC 36 deg (***) Bishop O’Connell High School, Arlington, VA, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-11-08 15:56:28 UTC 51 deg 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 2018-10-31 23:00 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 1275. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1219. (***) 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 2018-11-02 17:00 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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Lilacsat 2 beacon
by johnv＠frontier.com 01 Nov '18

01 Nov '18

This evening at 0000 utc I listened and taped the beacon as the satellite passed my qth and it wasn't loud but very audible. So my question is... What software will interpret it and is it available to amsat members. Also, I use My Sats app on my phone and the up links and down links seem to confuse me and I would like to work it if possible. Is it FM? And are there two sets of frequencies. Thanks for any information. JohnN7AME

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Yaesu FT-857D and Doppler
by Hasan al-Basri 01 Nov '18

01 Nov '18

I have been told that this radio will not accept CAT doppler adjustments while it is transmitting. I definitely see that it doesn't, but don't know if I might be doing something wrong. Here is how it behaves: If not transmitting, doppler correction works perfectly. As I assert PTT, doppler adjustment stops and I slide up the band...pretty quickly on high passes. If I hold the ptt for more than a couple of seconds, I will go right out of the passband of my 2.2 kHz filter...and of course become unintelligible. As soon as I drop PTT, and key the mike again, I'm dead on freq...and as long as I hold the PTT on, I drift up the band. *It appears the the FT-857D will not accept CAT commands while PTT is asserted.* At this point I need to know that there is no real solution to this problem with this radio. If that's true, I can get pretty good at doing this: 1. Assert PTT and start talking. 2. Grab VFO knob, adjust as I talk to keep sounding good. 3. Drop PTT and begin to listen to other station. (at the drop of PTT, tx freq snaps to "proper" place that it couldn't get to when PTT was asserted) 4. My turn to talk: Assert PTT and I'm dead on freq where I belong. Basically, I'm doing manual uplink adjustment to freq while I'm talking and letting the CAT adjustment for doppler to take place (to the uplink freq) while I'm listening. *If there is a better way to do this, please advise*. Note, it is not practical to drop PTT quickly enough and often enough to prevent the problem...I can only speak a couple syllables at best, before I slide away. Equipment and Setup: Rx: SDRPlay RSP2 Sofware Defined Radio with SDR Console v 3.03 providing Doppler to Rx Tx: Yaesu FT-857D controlled as External Radio by SDR Console v 3.03 providing doppler correction to the External Radio. p.s. I have tried other doppler control programs and they behave the same way. Any and all help would be most appreciated, even simply: You are stuck with the way you are currently doing it. 73, N0AN Hasan

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PSK31 on PSAT -- it works!
by Scott 01 Nov '18

01 Nov '18

Now that I have successfully transmitted a 10m PSK31 signal to PSAT (NO-84) and have found it on the 70cm FM downlink, I feel foolish that it took me this long to figure it all out. The antenna for 10m is a My Antennas EFHW-8010 (130 ft. wire), so it did not require a beam or anything directional: http://myantennas.com/wp/product/efhw-8010/ Here is a tweet w/ screen shots that I posted: https://twitter.com/scott23192/status/1058007013265944576 ... and here is the excellent how-to from 2M0SQL that finally got me going with this mode: https://www.2m0sql.com/2018/10/29/using-the-no-84-psat-psk-transponder/ Hope to complete a QSO with another station soon! -Scott, K4KDR

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FVUCC Awards-Endorsements for October 2018
by Ronald G. Parsons 01 Nov '18

01 Nov '18

Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period October 1, 2018 through November 1, 2018. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! Our ranks are growing. The Awards list went to three pages this month. CALL 01Oct 01Nov K8YSE 1879 1884 AA5PK 1042 1049 N0JE 400 562 WD9EWK 485 500 VE7CEW 304 356 AF5CC 338 351 AE5B 239 295 MI6GTY 110 281 XE2RV 158 262 KE8FZT 225 254 G0ABI 250 252 PS8ET 198 201 AC9E 150 200 KE0PBR 122 200 AB1OC 115 150 K4RGK 108 133 W4AQT 100 125 W9TWJ New 113 WD9EWK(DM22) New 108 WD9EWK(DM41) New 107 KK4YEL New 102 VE3NKL New 100 W8MGM New 100 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 October 1, 2018 and November 1, 2018. 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!

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-31 23:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 31 Oct '18

31 Oct '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-31 23:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Tallmadge Community Learning Center, Lancaster, OH, direct via K8QIK The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact was successful: Wed 2018-10-31 14:56:40 UTC 27 deg (***) Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School, Palmer, MA, direct via KB1MDS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Fri 2018-11-02 14:50:19 UTC 36 deg Bishop O’Connell High School, Arlington, VA, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-11-08 15:56:28 UTC 51 deg 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 2018-10-31 23:00 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 1274. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1218. (***) 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 2018-10-31 23:00 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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AO-92 pass at 1726 - 1736
by johnv＠frontier.com 31 Oct '18

31 Oct '18

I have yet to find a tape recorder that works correctly. I'm on my third one today. My hearing is not the best so I rely heavily on it. I I am sorry to ask but would the three contacts with me, N7AME CN87 please confirm these contacts. Thank you and any suggestion on tape recorders, pleas let me know. Thank youJohn 1728 - K8FYE - EN91 1728 Ki7UNJ CM931730 - WC7W - DN45

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Ten-Koh and CubeBel 1 identified
by Nico Janssen 31 Oct '18

31 Oct '18

Doppler measurements show that Ten-Koh is object 43677, 2018-084G, and that CubeBel 1 (BSUSat 1) is object 43666, 2018-083E. 73, Nico PA0DLO

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