June 2017 - Amsat-dc (INACTIVE)

AMSAT Field Day
by Stephan Greene 17 Jun '17

17 Jun '17

Field Day is a week out. Who's going to be on the birds, and from where? I am again running the satellite station for Loudoun Amateur Radio Group. Will be using K4LRG, operating from our usual location near Lovettesville VA (FM19ef). You'll have to work us to get the rest of the exchange :) Running my Icom 821 and the M2 Leo Pack. Primary ops will be CW/SSB; FM if it's a good pass and I feel lucky. No digital because I again ran out of time to get PSK and APRS software onto my laptop and the laptop interfaced with the radios. (If I start right after FD 17, I might be ready by '18!) Hope to work lots of the DC crowd. 73's Steve KS1G -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Greene ks1g04(a)gmail.com <kay ess one gee zero four>@gmail.com -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Cruise lines
by Robert C. Campbell 14 Jun '17

14 Jun '17

Having trouble getting your radio onboard? Granted there's no salt water here but I understand that for a few weeks work you can sail the rivers. Just think, grids move but you don't drive. Work as one of the crew underway, then play with your radio. USS LST-325. www.LSTMAemorial.org, 812-435-8678, Located, Evansville, IN. Please don't hold me accountable for possible misinformation, just passing the word.

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Wallops launched scrubbed again tonight (Tuesday)
by Perry Klein 14 Jun '17

14 Jun '17

>From Wallop's Facebook page: NASA's Wallops Flight Facility <https://www.facebook.com/NASAWFF/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE&fref=nf> (9:20 PM) 13 mins <https://www.facebook.com/NASAWFF/posts/1688152811214813> · <https://www.facebook.com/NASAWFF#> Launch scrubbed because of cloudy skies They said they will try again tomorrow (Wednesday) but the weather reports don't look good. -- *AMSAT* *Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation* *P.O. BOX 27, WASHINGTON, DC 20044* Dr. Perry Klein, W3PK Founding President, 1969-1980 Tel. (202) 488-7430 Cell (202) 437-1700 MAILING ADDRESS 700 Seventh Street, SW Washington, DC 20024 w3pk(a)amsat.org www.amsat.org

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Re: [amsat-dc] [gsfc-astronomy-club] Wallops launch tonight
by Perry Klein 14 Jun '17

14 Jun '17

They carried Sunday's launch attempt live on Wallop's Facebook page. You can view Sunday's countdown and commentary at https://www.facebook.com/NASAWFF/videos/1685599314803496/ But what I don't know is if they launched Monday. Perry W3PK On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 9:51 AM, Bill Hathaway <hathaway(a)stsci.edu> wrote: > Hi - I’m curious - is there an on-line way to monitor these launch > statuses? Like posted on the Wallops and/or NASA sites > as soon as the decision is made? Or are there only insider sources who > are kind enough to tell a poor soul standing > in the mosquito swarm, waiting well past bedtime to see ‘nothing’ and then > go inside to find a non-official announcement? > Or am I just missing the correct URL to see the status? Sunday > there was nothing - not even a view of the > launcher. Monday, I could at least see the rocket still sitting on its > rails - after I waited out the time window and went > back inside. I forget how many years they’ve been sending these > things up - but it seems like 20-25 years > and I have yet to actually catch one. I appreciate the volunteers who > devote their resources to inform the public - > but not at all impressed with the professionals outreach. (Or again, I > might be looking in all the wrong places …) > > Bill H. > > > On Jun 11, 2017, at 9:16 PM, Perry Klein <pk(a)ieee.org> wrote: > > Launch has just been scrubbed at the final minutes of countdown due to a > boat in the recovery area. > > On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 5:27 PM, Daniel Schultz <n8fgv(a)usa.net> wrote: > >> A sounding rocket carrying ten barium canisters is scheduled to launch >> from >> Wallops Island sometime between 9:04 -9:19 p.m. tonight (Sunday June 11). >> Canisters will deploy between 4 and 5.5 minutes after launch releasing >> blue-green and red vapor to form artificial clouds in the ionosphere. It >> should be visible throughout our area if skies remain clear. Live >> coverage of >> the mission is scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m. on the Wallops Ustream >> site. >> >> https://www.nasa.gov/feature/wallops/2017/nasa-sounding-rock >> et-will-release-early-morning-artificial-clouds0lighting-up- >> the-mid-atlantic-coast-may-31 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Via the AMSAT-DC mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA >> AMSAT-DC(a)amsat.org >> http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-dc >> > > > -- *AMSAT* *Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation* *P.O. BOX 27, WASHINGTON, DC 20044* Dr. Perry Klein, W3PK Founding President, 1969-1980 Tel. (202) 488-7430 Cell (202) 437-1700 MAILING ADDRESS 700 Seventh Street, SW Washington, DC 20024 w3pk(a)amsat.org www.amsat.org

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Wallops launch tonight
by Daniel Schultz 12 Jun '17

12 Jun '17

A sounding rocket carrying ten barium canisters is scheduled to launch from Wallops Island sometime between 9:04 -9:19 p.m. tonight (Sunday June 11). Canisters will deploy between 4 and 5.5 minutes after launch releasing blue-green and red vapor to form artificial clouds in the ionosphere. It should be visible throughout our area if skies remain clear. Live coverage of the mission is scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m. on the Wallops Ustream site. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/wallops/2017/nasa-sounding-rocket-will-release…

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FW: NASA Electronic Parts and Packaging (NEPP) Program - Electronics Technology Workshop (ETW) - June 26-29, 2017
by Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680) 05 Jun '17

05 Jun '17

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See the Electrical, Electronic and Electromechanical (EEE) Parts & Packaging Workshop announcement below. Many CubeSat applications on Wednesday! Free! Register before June 16! DE Pat N8PK . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: On Behalf Of Label, Kenneth A. (GSFC-5610) Sent: Friday, June 02, 2017 8:11 AM Subject: [nepp-epo] NASA Electronic Parts and Packaging (NEPP) Program - Current Notional Schedule for Electronics Technology Workshop (ETW) - June 26-29, 2017 https://nepp.nasa.gov/workshops/etw2017/ The NEPP Program's 2017 Electronics Technology Workshop (ETW) will be held on June 26-29, 2017 at NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD and online. Registration is open (closing date is June 16th, 2017). Please be sure to register ASAP! Please note that we have moved topic areas around and this is not quite final. While no time slots are yet fixed, the current daily plan is below. Talk slots are nominally 30 minutes. https://nepp.nasa.gov/workshops/etw2017/

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