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Satellite/AMSAT presentation next Monday (5 November 2018) in Mesa AZ
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 29 Oct '18

29 Oct '18

Hi! I will be giving a presentation on amateur satellites and AMSAT for the Sunlife Amateur Radio Club at their weekly meeting next Monday (5 November 2018) in Mesa, Arizona. The club meets in the Greenfield Village RV Park, along Main Street between Greenfield and Higley, north of the US-60 freeway in Mesa. The meeting starts at 10am (1700 UTC). More information about the club is available at: http://www.sunlifearc.org/ There may be a possibility of a demonstration before or after the 10am meeting - or possibly demonstrations before and after the meeting. If this happens, I will use my own call sign WD9EWK. If you hear me on next Monday morning, please feel free to call and be a part of a demonstration. I will use my @WD9EWK Twitter account to send updates about the meeting, and especially any demonstrations, next Monday morning. If you do not use Twitter, you can see my tweets in a web browser at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK Any contacts made during demonstrations will be uploaded to Logbook of the World sometime after Monday morning. If you would like a QSL card for a contact made during a demonstration, please e-mail me directly with the QSO details. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

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ISS SSTV Active
by Alfred Watts 29 Oct '18

29 Oct '18

ISS SSTV was active on 145.800 and received on a 40 deg. Pass from Albuquerque, NM 10/29/18 18:21 UTC 73 AF5VH Alfred C. Watts e-mail: awatts44(a)comcast.net <mailto:awatts44@comcast.net> cell: (505) 449-7044 1159 Laurel Loop NE Albuquerque, NM 87122 (505) 237-2043 34808 County 2 Blvd. Frontenac, MN 55026 (651) 345-3007

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Just 3 Hours Left for Online AMSAT Symposium Registration!
by Paul Stoetzer 29 Oct '18

29 Oct '18

Online ticket sales for the 2018 AMSAT William A. Tynan W3XO Memorial Space Symposium and AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting will end at 12:00 Noon EDT TODAY. Tickets to the Symposium may also be purchased at the door. but banquet tickets MUST be purchased online by Noon EDT today. They will NOT be available for purchase at the door. Purchase your tickets at https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/ 73, Paul, N8HM

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Re: [amsat-bb] NASA on the Air images with MMSSTV overlay?
by John Brier 29 Oct '18

29 Oct '18

So I hadn't seen this image yet: https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/9s3bvh/iss_is_transmitting_s… Clearly that is not the template. It was just a choice to make RS0ISS larger. I believe it is the Russian equipment and these events don't happen without them so it makes sense to me. I dont think all the images have NA1SS in them but I'm pretty sure they all have RS0ISS in them. 73, John Brier KG4AKV On Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 15:57 Greg D <ko6th.greg(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks. Looks like they have things sorted now. Nice image received on > the 19:03z pass here in CM98. > > Greg KO6TH > > p.s. Just a nit... Why does the RS0ISS call sign appear in a > significantly larger font than "NA1SS 10/12" in the SCaN images? Is there > a legal reason (station license)? > > > John Brier wrote: > > Some of them have the overlay. It is not just you. It is weird how they > all don't have it though. > > Just had a nice 53 degree pass here. There was a 3 min gap between the > last two images. > > 73, John Brier KG4AKV > > On Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 13:25 Greg D <ko6th.greg(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> I let my radio and SSTV program run last night. Several passes, none >> super high, so my expectations were low. Also the whole downlink >> frequency thing. But, as I sift through the images and static of the >> night, I see about a half dozen partial pictures! Yea! >> >> But, three of them, two from the 12:35z pass, and one from the 14:11z >> pass, have an overlay from MMSSTV calling "CQ SSTV"! Were they sent >> down from the ISS this way, or was someone locally rebroadcasting them >> (incorrectly)? The image from the 11:02z pass seemed fine, though I >> only go a part of it ("Curiosity on Mars"), as was the 15:49z pass. >> >> Next pass, a low one, beginning in 4 minutes at 17:27z... Fingers crossed. >> >> Greg KO6TH >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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Re: [amsat-bb] NASA on the Air images with MMSSTV overlay?
by John Brier 28 Oct '18

28 Oct '18

I think the template uses whatever callsign is set in MMSSTV. The template is huge. Also I was told MMSSTV has five templates and when you load images to transmit into it the first five get the templates and presumably the others don't which is why some have the template and others don't. 73, John Brier KG4AKV On Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 15:57 Greg D <ko6th.greg(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks. Looks like they have things sorted now. Nice image received on > the 19:03z pass here in CM98. > > Greg KO6TH > > p.s. Just a nit... Why does the RS0ISS call sign appear in a > significantly larger font than "NA1SS 10/12" in the SCaN images? Is there > a legal reason (station license)? > > > John Brier wrote: > > Some of them have the overlay. It is not just you. It is weird how they > all don't have it though. > > Just had a nice 53 degree pass here. There was a 3 min gap between the > last two images. > > 73, John Brier KG4AKV > > On Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 13:25 Greg D <ko6th.greg(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> I let my radio and SSTV program run last night. Several passes, none >> super high, so my expectations were low. Also the whole downlink >> frequency thing. But, as I sift through the images and static of the >> night, I see about a half dozen partial pictures! Yea! >> >> But, three of them, two from the 12:35z pass, and one from the 14:11z >> pass, have an overlay from MMSSTV calling "CQ SSTV"! Were they sent >> down from the ISS this way, or was someone locally rebroadcasting them >> (incorrectly)? The image from the 11:02z pass seemed fine, though I >> only go a part of it ("Curiosity on Mars"), as was the 15:49z pass. >> >> Next pass, a low one, beginning in 4 minutes at 17:27z... Fingers crossed. >> >> Greg KO6TH >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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ISS SSTV currently on wrong frequency 145.480 or 145.475
by John Brier 28 Oct '18

28 Oct '18

145.480 according to this report: https://twitter.com/M0GIW/status/1056139984397352960 145.475 according to this one (with image) https://twitter.com/MrMartinMah/status/1056137638426693632 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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HELP Please
by James Brown 28 Oct '18

28 Oct '18

I messed up sat 32. I was trying to make the sstv program work. I realized that the downlink radio(ft 817) needed to be changed so that it could connect to mmstv. I had this brilliant idea to change from config 1 on sat 32 to a new config 2 so that I could set up for sstv. that caused a error "Error while loadingfile YAESUE11ParSemi.sqf" I can not recover sat 32. What do I do?? ThanksJim KI6WJ

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IC-910H sold
by wa7dxz 28 Oct '18

28 Oct '18

Thanks, group, it went to a happy mid west satellite guy. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

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NASA on the Air images with MMSSTV overlay?
by Greg D 28 Oct '18

28 Oct '18

Hi folks, I let my radio and SSTV program run last night. Several passes, none super high, so my expectations were low. Also the whole downlink frequency thing. But, as I sift through the images and static of the night, I see about a half dozen partial pictures! Yea! But, three of them, two from the 12:35z pass, and one from the 14:11z pass, have an overlay from MMSSTV calling "CQ SSTV"! Were they sent down from the ISS this way, or was someone locally rebroadcasting them (incorrectly)? The image from the 11:02z pass seemed fine, though I only go a part of it ("Curiosity on Mars"), as was the 15:49z pass. Next pass, a low one, beginning in 4 minutes at 17:27z... Fingers crossed. Greg KO6TH

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Satellite station for sale
by wa7dxz 28 Oct '18

28 Oct '18

Selling my M2 LEO Pak , up 2 months. Paid $549, sell for $400.Also stock IC-910 H, no 1.2 module in it. With mic and manual. $1000Prices are firm. Located in Phoenix area DM 33.Plans changed, going to do more FM roving.Bob LucasCall or text 623.377.5830Or reply to wa7dxz(a)aol.com Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

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