Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 12, Issue 170

-- Thanks, Mike Sprenger (37.9167N  81.1244W is the Summit) ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 08:46:58 -0700 From: "Ed Cunningham" edc2491@cox.net To: "AMSAT-NA" amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Carnival Cruise Line Message-ID: 007701d2fa5c$eebc9fc0$cc35df40$@cox.net Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii" Here is the answer I got to my inquiry about bringing ham radio gear on board.  It looks like blanket permission since in "Exemptions and Other Considerations" it states "Permitted to be used on board" Since the ship is registered in Panama all I need to do is contact the ARRL for my IARP Permit.  Has anyone had a problem taking an Elk or Arrow antenna on a plane or will it have to go in the belly (extra $25)? (broke down, not together) Ed, N7EC Thank you for your inquiry. Yes, you are able to bring your ham radio onboard. Carnival Cruise Line Message History Response By Email (07/10/2017 04:02 PM) Thank you for your inquiry. Yes, you are able to bring your ham radio onboard. Carnival Cruise Line Customer By Service Web (07/09/2017 10:56 AM) This feedback is about: https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4090 My wife, son and I are booked on a cruise to the Eastern Caribbean from Miami aboard the Splendor, booking # XXXXXX. As I was reading through the "What to Pack" I clicked on "Prohibited Items", Listed under "Carnival Corporation Prohibited Items" you list "Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRB), ham radios, satellite phones, transformers, lasers and laser pointers" yet under "Exemptions and Other Considerations" you have "Ham Radios/Amateur Radio Equipment: Permitted to be used on board". Can I bring my hand held ham radio on board or not? [---001:000808:13961---] ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 11:02:53 -0500 From: George Carr george.carrii15@gmail.com To: Ed Cunningham edc2491@cox.net Cc: AMSAT-NA amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Carnival Cruise Line Message-ID:     CAOvopc-YqnVRoz77n1AuXqpJt0bMdD1cGNBWR8i5iMEuEf8W9Q@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I packed my Arrow in the suitcase. 73 George WA5KBH On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 10:46 AM, Ed Cunningham edc2491@cox.net wrote: > > Here is the answer I got to my inquiry about bringing ham radio gear on > board.  It looks like blanket permission since in "Exemptions and Other > Considerations" it states "Permitted to be used on board" > > > > Since the ship is registered in Panama all I need to do is contact the ARRL > for my IARP Permit.  Has anyone had a problem taking an Elk or Arrow > antenna > on a plane or will it have to go in the belly (extra $25)? (broke down, not > together) > > > > Ed, N7EC > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for your inquiry. > > > > > > > > Yes, you are able to bring your ham radio onboard. > > > Carnival Cruise Line > > > > Message History > > Response By Email (07/10/2017 04:02 PM) > > Thank you for your inquiry. > > > > Yes, you are able to bring your ham radio onboard. > > > Carnival Cruise Line > > Customer By Service Web (07/09/2017 10:56 AM) > > This feedback is about: > https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4090 > > My wife, son and I are booked on a cruise to the Eastern Caribbean from > Miami aboard the Splendor, booking # XXXXXX. As I was reading through the > "What to Pack" I clicked on "Prohibited Items", > Listed under "Carnival Corporation Prohibited Items" you list "Emergency > Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRB), ham radios, satellite phones, > transformers, lasers and laser pointers" yet under "Exemptions and Other > Considerations" you have "Ham Radios/Amateur Radio Equipment: Permitted to > be used on board". Can I bring my hand held ham radio on board or not? > > > > [---001:000808:13961---] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via 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 > -- George Carr Certified Chip Carving Instructor Amateur Radio Station - WA5KBH ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 12:55:53 -0400 From: Robert McGwier rwmcgwier@gmail.com To: Ed Cunningham edc2491@cox.net Cc: AMSAT-NA amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Carnival Cruise Line Message-ID:     CA+K5gzfXavPD6tPQgP8OjC9kH32hL-cbaTVcwfBVtMV51q_bFg@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" We AMSAT cruised,  we were constantly being questioned by security folks, especially where we were out at night on deck and aiming our arrows at the sky.  It just took persistence and MANY contacts were made by several people. Bob On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 11:46 AM, Ed Cunningham edc2491@cox.net wrote: > > Here is the answer I got to my inquiry about bringing ham radio gear on > board.  It looks like blanket permission since in "Exemptions and Other > Considerations" it states "Permitted to be used on board" > > > > Since the ship is registered in Panama all I need to do is contact the ARRL > for my IARP Permit.  Has anyone had a problem taking an Elk or Arrow > antenna > on a plane or will it have to go in the belly (extra $25)? (broke down, not > together) > > > > Ed, N7EC > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for your inquiry. > > > > > > > > Yes, you are able to bring your ham radio onboard. > > > Carnival Cruise Line > > > > Message History > > Response By Email (07/10/2017 04:02 PM) > > Thank you for your inquiry. > > > > Yes, you are able to bring your ham radio onboard. > > > Carnival Cruise Line > > Customer By Service Web (07/09/2017 10:56 AM) > > This feedback is about: > https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4090 > > My wife, son and I are booked on a cruise to the Eastern Caribbean from > Miami aboard the Splendor, booking # XXXXXX. As I was reading through the > "What to Pack" I clicked on "Prohibited Items", > Listed under "Carnival Corporation Prohibited Items" you list "Emergency > Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRB), ham radios, satellite phones, > transformers, lasers and laser pointers" yet under "Exemptions and Other > Considerations" you have "Ham Radios/Amateur Radio Equipment: Permitted to > be used on board". Can I bring my hand held ham radio on board or not? > > > > [---001:000808:13961---] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via 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 > -- Bob McGwier Founder, Federated Wireless, Inc Founder and Technical Advisor, HawkEye 360, Inc Research Professor Virginia Tech Chief Scientist:  The Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology Senior Member IEEE, Facebook: N4HYBob, ARS: N4HY Faculty Advisor Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Assn. (K4KDJ) Director of AMSAT Member of PVRC (Roanoke-Blacksburg), TAPR,  life member of ARRL and AMSAT, NRVR.ORG (Rocketry) ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:50:15 +0000 (UTC) From: James Brown jimki6wj@sbcglobal.net To: AMSAT BB amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] SSTV Message-ID: 1687653281.3771486.1499802615693@mail.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 ? What do I need to decode the upcoming ARISS? SSTV? My station is IC-910H and laptop with satpc32. I have? a signalink collecting dust. What software should I use? Jim KI6WJ ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 23:12:17 +0000 (UTC) From: "R.T.Liddy" k8bl@ameritech.net To: AMSAT BB amsat-bb@amsat.org, Starcom starcom-bb@star-com.net Subject: [amsat-bb] FN12/22 -  7/12 Message-ID: 1872731638.3949343.1499814737622@mail.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Gridders, I'll be roving to FN12 & FN22 tomorrow 7/12 from late afternoon and into the evening. My plan is to use the FO29, SO50 & XW2 Birds. On the linear SATs, you should hear me somewhat up the bandpass. On SO50, I'm hoping I'll able to finish a QSO or two (!). I may be able to get down to FN11/21 the next morning, but not for sure. 73,  Bob  K8BL            (92 Rover Grids & counting) ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:32:44 -0400 From: Stewart Todd Morgan morgan_st@bellsouth.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] SSTV Message-ID: 0d8dd03f-cc26-9be8-a21d-3363b4c5e203@bellsouth.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed This AMSAT-UK guide may be helpful: https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/iss-sstv/ Todd AL0I ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:46:10 -0400 From: AJ9N@aol.com To: amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-07-12     00:00    UTC Message-ID: 2495ff.422e5fae.4696bd42@aol.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-07-12  00:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and  events: About Gagarin From Space International Summer Camp #2 with  Bashkortostan schoolchildren, Ufa, Russia, direct via RZ9WWB The ISS callsign  is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS The scheduled astronaut is Fyodor  Yurchikhin RN3FI Contact is a go for 2017-07-19 20:07 UTC  (***) ISS R&D conference, Washington, D.C., telebridge via  W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled  astronaut is Jack Fischer K2FSH Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-07-20 13:23:10  UTC 56 deg  **************************************************************************** ** 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@amsat.org or aj9n@aol.com. Listen for the ISS on  the downlink of 145.8?  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@sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS  congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools:  Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123 Gaston ON4WF with  123 Francesco IK?WGF with  119 **************************************************************************** The  webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy.  Out of date  webpages were removed and new ones have been added.  If there are  additiona l 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 2017-07-12 00:00 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 1147. Each school counts as 1  event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1106. 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: Arkansas,  Delaware, 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:  DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS,  RS?ISS **************************************************************************** The  successful school list has been updated as of 2017-06-23 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.  50 on orbit Peggy Whitson Exp. 51 on orbit Jack Fischer  K2FSH Fyodor Yurchikhin  RN3FI **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie  Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team  mentors ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 20:24:44 -0500 From: Chad Phillips KG0MW photos@chadphillipsphotography.com To: "&lt amsat-bb@amsat.org&gt" amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Canadian Grid Trip... Message-ID: 8A619ACC-50D6-4B4F-84B0-2331FE89AB3C@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain;    charset=utf-8 Starting this Saturday July 15th, my wife and I are taking a trip through southern Ontario on our way to Niagara Falls. I plan on activating grids along the way. Mainly when we stop for the night, but may be a few others during the day. Here is the list of grids we are overnighting in. I will try to activate as many different sats as I can. Daily updates will be posted over on my twitter account @kg0mw. Contact me directly through twitter or email chad@kg0mw.com mailto:chad@kg0mw.com For now here is this list of overnight grids? Saturday July 15th EN58 Overnight Sunday July 16th EN77 Overnight Monday July 17th EN96 Overnight Tuesday July 18th FN02 Overnight Wednesday July 19th FN02 Overnight Thursday July 20th EN63 Overnight Friday July 21st EN63 Overnight Saturday July 22nd EN41 Overnight Sunday July 23rd EN41 Overnight ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 08:42:01 -0400 From: David Jaeger yogiwn9q@gmail.com To: James Brown jimki6wj@sbcglobal.net Cc: AMSAT BB amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SSTV Message-ID: 5EC7D740-7D4B-4AAB-AC84-E04B25E8CD2D@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain;    charset=us-ascii Hello Jim,   Download MMSSTV, it is free and still the best and you can be up and running with your equipment in 5 minutes.   The best web page for help is by WA9TT.  His web page has a beginner section and live sstv capture worldwide.   Transmission is on 145.800 and MMSSTV automatically finds the format being used.    You can go to 14.230 to practice rx prior to the event.   Email me direct if you have any questions? Good luck & 73, Dave,  WN9Q Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 11, 2017, at 3:50 PM, James Brown jimki6wj@sbcglobal.net wrote: > >  What do I need to decode the upcoming ARISS  SSTV? My station is IC-910H and laptop with satpc32. I have  a signalink collecting dust. What software should I use? > Jim KI6WJ > _______________________________________________ > Sent via 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 ------------------------------ Message: 12 Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 09:12:40 -0400 From: John Brier johnbrier@gmail.com To: David Jaeger yogiwn9q@gmail.com Cc: AMSAT BB amsat-bb@amsat.org, James Brown     jimki6wj@sbcglobal.net Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SSTV Message-ID:     CALn0fKOcw+QUwWJy9Sy0gkEjeHEfpGsfSUyqyqzRA=iE7EQpnw@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I highly recommend recording the audio. That way if you have issues decoding during TX you can always replay to the decoder later. Also you can try different decoders and settings to see which produces the best image. I have more tips and info on this page on my website: https://spacecomms.wordpress.com/iss-sstv-reception-hints/ 73, John Brier KG4AKV On Jul 12, 2017 8:44 AM, "David Jaeger" yogiwn9q@gmail.com wrote: > Hello Jim, >    Download MMSSTV, it is free and still the best and you can be up and > running with your equipment in 5 minutes. >    The best web page for help is by WA9TT.  His web page has a beginner > section and live sstv capture worldwide. >    Transmission is on 145.800 and MMSSTV automatically finds the format > being used. >    You can go to 14.230 to practice rx prior to the event. >    Email me direct if you have any questions? > > Good luck & 73, > Dave,  WN9Q > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 11, 2017, at 3:50 PM, James Brown jimki6wj@sbcglobal.net wrote: > > > >  What do I need to decode the upcoming ARISS  SSTV? My station is > IC-910H and laptop with satpc32. I have  a signalink collecting dust. What > software should I use? > > Jim KI6WJ > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via 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 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via 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 > ------------------------------ Message: 13 Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 15:27:34 +0200 From: Koos van den Hout koos@kzdoos.xs4all.nl To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SSTV Message-ID: 20170712132734.GA24795@kzdoos.xs4all.nl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Quoting John Brier who wrote on Wed 2017-07-12 at 09:12: > I highly recommend recording the audio. > > That way if you have issues decoding during TX you can always replay to the > decoder later. Also you can try different decoders and settings to see > which produces the best image. > > I have more tips and info on this page on my website: > > https://spacecomms.wordpress.com/iss-sstv-reception-hints/ Two items for that page: 1: when recording, try to set the sample rate in the recording software to the same number sample rate as used by the sstv software. This avoids resampling errors. 2: qsstv for linux works fine for decoding ISS images.                                                 Koos -- Koos van den Hout          PGP keyid 0x5BA9368BE6F334E4 via keyservers                                                                 Weather maps from free sources at https://idefix.net/                         http://weather.idefix.net/ ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ Sent via 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 member? 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